Mintay Papers Wildwood Secrets - Forest Finds

Here is another layout I have to share using Mintay Papers' beautiful Wildwood Secrets collection.

Sometimes I struggle to use the papers with large all over designs on scrapbook layouts so for this layout I chose to use just a circle of paper #2.



I cut a large circle from the middle of a sheet of white cardstock and used this to frame a section of the patterned paper.



I then daubed some cream coloured acrylic paint round the outer edge of the circle and with my sewing machine, stitched a straight stitch all the way round. The layout was then trimmed down slightly and mounted onto a sheet of Bazzill 'Almond Cream' cardstock leaving a narrow border.

I layered pieces of paper from the 6x8 add on paper pad under my photo and placed it in the bottom right corner of the layout. Some natural jute twine was tied round the bottom of the photo to add some texture.

I die-cut some lettering from more of the patterned paper to create a title right on the edge of the circle.

Die cuts from the Paper Die Cuts pack and also fussy cut images from the paper pad were used to embellish the layout. I layered the images with 3D foam underneath to add dimension.

Word strips from the sticker sheet were added.

In my stash I found some very old paper flowers with jewelled centres to embellish the layout further and I scattered a few clear crystals about the layout too.

Mintay Papers Wildwood Secrets - Nature's Playground

Hello , Karen here to share another new scrapbook layout I created using the beautiful Wildwood Secret's collection by Mintay.



I started this layout with a 12 x12 sheet of smooth white cardstock. To create my background, I grabbed some green acrylic paint and a chevron stencil. I applied the paint through the stencil and then flipped the wet painty stencil over and pressed it onto the cardstock to create a messy, imperfect imprint.



Next, I took some papers from the 6x8 Add-on Paper Pad and cut out chevron shapes. I stuck these onto the layout and, to add extra texture, I machine stitched over them with white thread.

To complete the background, I added some splatters of green paint. Then, after slightly trimming the 12x12 sheet, I attached it to a sheet of brown cardstock, leaving a narrow border around the edge.

Next, I matted my 3.5" x 5" photo onto some woodgrain paper from the collection. I positioned it slightly off-center on the layout, adding a bit of dimension by tucking some pizza box card underneath to raise it up.

To embellish the layout I created a scene on the bottom right corner of the photo using die cuts from the Paper Die Cuts Pack. The images in this collection are so cute and I went to town using the foxes, mushrooms, etc.



More card was placed underneath the die cuts to raise them up too.

Other dies cuts were also used elsewhere on the layout as well as some of the phrase stickers from the Sticker Sheet.

I die cut the title from brown cardstock (Thickers or other letter stickers could also be used) and placed this at the bottom of the layout.



I printed paper journaling strips on the computer and added them to the bottom left corner of the layout.

Finally, as I often do, I finished the layout with a scattering of sequins (I used sequins from the Woodlands mix from Picket Fence Studios) and also machine stitched around the outside edge of the entire layout to complete it.