Photoplay - Christmas Junque - Oh Christmas Tree

Today is the eve of Epiphany, which means the Christmas decorations are coming down tomorrow! 🎄 To say a proper goodbye to the season, I’ve created a new layout featuring my Christmas tree. I used the gorgeous Christmas Junque collection by Photoplay, which I think was the perfect match for the photo.

I started with a sheet of  Mrs. Claus Bakery paper. While I originally saved this for a festive food-themed layout, I realised that by layering embelishments to hide the 'Bakery' reference, I could use the entire sheet for this tree layout instead.

After printing my photo slightly smaller than A4, I double-matted it using Christmas Time paper and gold mirror card. I then stuck it to the right-hand side of my layout.

From the Collage Cut Out Sheets I fussy cut several images, matted them with gold card and used them to embellish the photo. Stars from more gold card were also included.

A fussy cut arrow was used to pinpoint a favourite ornament in the photo.

To cover the 'Mrs. Claus’ Bakery' text, I used a cut-out piece as a pocket. I secured it to the layout using gold brads, which added a touch more gold to the layout and also hid the original paper's theme.

I printed my journalling onto a tag, created a red tag top, threaded it with some red and white twine and tucked it into the pocket.

Tucking a few additional cut-outs into the pocket created a layered, cluster effect that gave more interest to the layout.

At the top of the layout I added a die cut title and finished it off with a scattering of gold sequins and punched cardstock stars which carry the gold theme across the whole layout.

Pretty Little Studio - Good Vibrations - This is Our Happy Place

Today I've a layout to share using the new Good Vibrations collection from Pretty Little Studio. This collection was created by Ashley Horton and is all about feeling good. With bright cheerful colours, hearts, flowers and happy phrases it is perfect for summer scrapbooking.

For my layout today I used one sheet of paper from the 12x12 single sided paper pack and die cuts from the wildflower and frames packs plus a flair button and some enamel dots.

I started by trimming ¼" from each edge of the Play it Cool paper and matted this onto a sheet of 12x12 smooth white cardstock. On top of the paper I placed my large 11½" by 8½"  photo and then using white thread I machine stitched round the edges of the paper and the photo.

From white cardstock I die cut my title on the Silhouette Cameo using a cut file from the Silhouette Store. My title was attached to the top of the layout with 3D foam underneath.

Two embellishment clusters were created on opposite corners of the photo with all the elements raised on more 3D foam. In the bottom corner I used yellow/brown die cuts to echo the sand in the photo and in the top corner I used blue, to echo the sky.

I cut one of the Picture Day Die Cut Frames in half and used one half in each cluster. Phrases from the Seize the Day Die Cuts and frames pack were also added.

The Wildflower Die Cuts contain lots of circular flowers so I pulled out the yellow/brown and blue ones and added them to the layout. In the Be Seeing Ya Flair Buttons there was a blue heart which was the perfect addition.

Finally I scattered a few brown and blue enamel dots into the clusters.

Photoplay Notting Hill - So Many Good Books

This month I'm playing with the fabulous Notting Hill Collection from Photoplay. This collection is perfect for book lovers! The collection features books, e-readers, bookshelves, library cards, and lots more and the colour palette is so bright and cheerful. 

For my first project I decided to scrapbook about my love of books and in particular some of the books I've read since joining a local book club.

I started with a white cardstock background and onto this I layered 3 pieces of the patterned paper. The blue (Books I Love) measured 11.5 x 7.5, The red (Book Nerd) measured 8.5 x 10.5 and the lime green (Currently Reading) measured 7 x 8. Because my photo was very colourful I choose to use the less busy B sides of the papers.

My 6.75 x 7 photo was matted onto a folded piece of white cardstock to make a 'book' which when opened reveals a couple more smaller photos, some journalling and a book list. 

Some of the stickers from the sticker sheet were used to embellish the inside of the book and the book was glued onto the layout on top of the lime green patterned paper.

More stickers were used to embellish the photo.

I created a bookmark, as a home for some more journalling, using one of the die cuts and a piece of white cardstock and this was placed beside the photo.

I made a tassel for the bookmark using some lime green embroidery thread. It turned out a bit bigger than I had planned but it adds a lot of texture to the layout which without it would be very flat. The tassel was held in place with some wet glue.

Finally I added my title at the bottom of the layout using some very, very old chipboard letters from my stash. 

Carta Bella Welcome Autumn - My Favourite Colour is October

Today I have a layout to share using the Welcome Autumn collection from Carta Bella. As the name of the collection suggests, this collection is autumn themed and the colours are traditional vibrant autumn colours - oranges, reds, rusts, browns and greens  This is the first layout I've created using this collection and the colours were the inspiration for my layout which uses a large 12" x 8" photo taken in October a few years ago.

I used one of my go-to designs for this layout - a big photo and borders top and bottom.

I used a piece of 12x12 white cardstock for my base and stuck my photo about 2" from the bottom of the layout.

Above and below the photo I added strips of the Perfect Pie (B Side) and Autumn Air (B Side) papers. I added some gold and black washi tape from my stash and a punched white cardstock border strip. I also machine stitched with white thread across one of the strips at the top.

The title at the top of the page was created using white foam alphas from Pink Paislee and the word October was cut on the silhouette from white cardstock. I nestled the word October among the foam alphas and let it overlap the top of the photo.

At the bottom of the page I added two tags made from the 3x4 cut apart journalling cards. Foam was placed underneath the tags to raise them up slightly and they were finished off with eyelets and bakers twine.

I tucked a few chipboard leaves and a pumpkin from the Chipboard Accents sheet underneath the tags and also dotted some gold sequins along the bottom.

The layout was completed with the addition of some teeny tiny black letter stickers for the journalling

The Muttcracker by Photoplay - May your days be Furry & Bright

Today I am on the Scrap Paper Scissors blog with another layout using The Muttcracker collection from Photoplay.  I used a photo taken Christmas 2018 by Lara when she was playing around with Millie and some Snapchat filters.

I started my layout by trimming a quarter of an inch off of each side of a sheet of the Feliz Navidog paper and matted this onto a sheet of white cardstock. I machine stitched round the edges using white thread.

Two large Christmas trees were cut from white cardstock using a template from the Silhouette Studio and the 'baubles' on the trees were backed with scraps of cardstock which matched The Muttcracker collection. The trees were then attached to the layout using foam to raise them up. Two torn strips of white cardstock were placed at the bottom of the layout to give the impression of fallen snow.

My photo was printed at roughly 7.5" x 4". I matted the photo with white cardstock and then placed it on top of the Christmas trees and added some red photo corners.

To embellish the layout I fussy cut some of the dogs from the Countdown paper. The images were matted onto white card and I then stuck them in groups along the bottom of the layout on foam to add dimension.

The dog with the reindeer antlers and scarf was so like my dog that it was the perfect embellishment. A few stickers from the Element Sticker sheet were also added.

A border sticker from the sticker sheet was stuck to the top of the layout.

Foam letter stickers from Pink Paislee were used to make the title.

The layout was finished off with a few sequins and letter stickers from Websters were used to add the date.

Echo Park Celebrate Autumn - Falling Leaves

I recently created a layout from the Papermaze blog using a large 7"x10.5" photo  and some of the scraps of patterned paper which I had left after creating my other two layouts with the Echo Park Celebrate Autumn collection. The photo is of Lara trying to catch some falling leaves and as it was only taken last month I was really pleased to get it scrapbooked so quickly.

I started with a 12x12 sheet of white cardstock and stuck my photo to this, just right of centre. Either side of my photo I stuck strips of patterned papers which I cut to varying widths.  I machine stitched the strips of patterned paper to the layout using black thread and bent the edges up  a little to create a bit of dimension.

I also added a column of sequins and paper leaves between two of the strips of paper. Some of the leaves were punched from scraps of the patterned paper and others were fussy cut from a scrap of the paper. I also added some sequins on top of some of the paper strips for added sparkle.

A circle of sequins were glued onto the photo to draw attention to Lara eagerly poised beneath the trees waiting to catch a falling leaf.

I raided my stash for some Gold Glitter Foam alphabet stickers and some very old stickers from a sheet of Simple Stories Cardstock Stickers to make the title on the bottom of the photo. 

To complete my layout I printed my journaling on the computer onto a piece of white cardstock and stuck this beneath the photo. The date was also added to the layout using little letter stickers.  

Pebbles Patio Party from Jen Hadfield - Birthday Layout

Today I am on the Papermaze blog with my first project using Pebbles 'Patio Party' collection by Jen Hadfield. The collection would be ideal for all sorts of scrapbook layouts or cards and would be especially good  for scrapping summer photos, party photos or, as in the layout I created, birthday photos.

Inspiration for this layout was the 'Just for You' sheet of paper.

Several of the tags on the paper are birthday themed and I chose to use 4 of the tags to create a banner across the bottom half of my birthday layout.

The tags were embellished with die cuts form the Ephemera pack and some sequins and stickles.

Using tiny wooden pegs I attached some of the birthday themes die cuts to the banner and the number 15 was put on the cake die cut using pink puffy alpha stickers from Pink Fresh Studio.

In the top right corner of the layout I added another die cut which I stickled for some sparkle.

My layout was completed with a scattering of sequins and the date was put at the bottom of the layout using some little letter stickers.

Paige Evans Heart Wreath Cut File

I recently decided to make a scrapbook layout using one of the Paige Evans cut files from the Silhouette Studio and a photograph of Lara taken at home when she was about 18 months old.

I cut the heart wreath from white cardstock and then backed it with lots of scraps of brightly coloured paper from my scrap bag. This took quite some time but I was pleased with the finished result.

I then printed my photo at A4 size and cut it to fit in the centre of the wreath.

I used a sheet of 12x12 paper from the Dear Lizzy Serendipity Collection for my base and to add some texture I machine stitched several large circles in white thread onto the paper before attaching the wreath.

The wreath and photo where mounted on foam before sticking onto the background.

I added several die cuts with cute words on them on top of the wreath.

I finished my layout with a scattering of tiny white cardstock hearts which were stuck round the outside of the wreath.