Adventure Awaits

Scrapbook Layout created for Scrapbook Nerd  -  ADVENTURE AWAITS  -

Hi there!

There are so many beautiful paper collections arriving at my doorstep, and I love them, but there are those special collections that keep you coming back, and this is the case of 1Canoe2 Creekside collection.  So I decided to create this page for Scrapbook Nerd using a bit of mixed media and some of the collection.

A bit of watercolor from one of Prima Marketing's palette (Odyssey) was used to create the background.   Then the wood texture stamp from Kaisercraft and some brown archival ink were used to create the wood texture on top of the watercolor.   Just love the background!!!

Next, I fussy cut the wood-like colored roses from the collection's paper,  and clustered them at the corners of the picture so that they form a diagonal on the page. Along the way,  I added a few stickers and die cuts from the collection to  add some more color to the page.

To balance the page, a small cluster was created using stickers from the collection.  A bit of the background was also repeated on this corner of the page so that the look is coherent on the page.  A few stamped images using a Citrus Twist Kits stamp complete this page:

Can I say that i love how this page  came together, and the monochromatic look of the page with those small pops of color.   Just love the look of the page.

Stop by Scrapbook Nerd to check all the materials used in this layout (all come from the store, they are great at ordering in stuff for you!). Remember i am a comment away if you have questions on how this was put together.

Take care!

Be Mine

Scrapbook Layout created for Simple Stories  -  BE MINE-

Hi there!

Nathalie with you today, bringing you some inspiration just in time for Valentine's Day.   And what better way to document your especial one than to use the beautiful Simple Stories's "ROMANCE" collection.

All the floral motifs in the Romance collection are beautiful, so a bit of fussy cutting was all that was needed to create the clusters that frame the picture of my husband and I on our Thanksgiving walk.

Since the picture of us was taken at a bridge, I was inspired to continue the pattern of the formation onto the background of this page.   There are so many beautiful embellishments in this collection, that it was so easy to combine them to create the title for this page.

The collection is perfect to document all those special moments in your life, not just Valentine's Day.   Remember to check the collection, you will love a bit of "ROMANCE" in your life.

Remember to contact me if you have questions on how this came together.

Take care.

Materials used:

Romance Collection:

9400 Collection kit

9411 4x4 Elements

9414  6x12 Chipboard stickers

9415 Bits and Pieces

9416 4x6  Stickers

Be You

Scrapbook Layout created for Scrapbook Nerd  - BE YOU -

Hello!


Welcome to my blog! 

It is my turn to share some inspiration over at Scrapbook Nerd, and this time around, I wanted to use a bit of mixed media and Vicki Boutin's new All The Good Things collection to create a soft layout about my daughter.

For this layout, I chose a rather masculine palette, and worked some Vicki Boutin art crayons to create this background on the Vicki Boutin Foundation paper.  Once the page dried,  it was trimmed and stitched to one of the pages in the 12x12 paper pad.

While the background dried, a cut out (created from a Silhouette cut file) was backed with vellum, and the picture was backed with layers of papers from the collection.

To set up the page, a small cluster of ephemera and a small cut out were glued to the bottom of the page,   The butterfly was then attached to the page (as in fight) using some foam adhesive.

The title for this page comes from some of  the ephemera from the collection.  The gold glitter heart and arrow bring attention to the title, and also  create a cluster around th bottom part of the  picture.   A few fussy cut butterflies and some gold splatters complete this page.

Just love how this page came together.  The colors in the background complement the ones in the butterflies and frame the picture beautifully. Remember to check Scrapbook Nerd for all the materials used in this page. 

If you have questions on how this came together, do not hesitate to contact me!


Take care!

Family Love

Scrapbook Layout created for Scrapboook Nerd  -  FAMILY LOVE -

Hi there!


It is time for some inspiration, and what better way than to use lots of color!!    This week's DT project for Scrapbook Nerd celebrates those small moments in a colorful way.   For this page, i am using Jillibean Soup's Famhouse Stew, and a bit of mixed media.   Here is  video showing you how this page came together:

As you saw in the video, I was drawn to the color contrast between the woodgrain and teal paper, so I combined them and added a bit of mixed media to the background, so that all the detail in the flowers will pop.

Next, it was all about using all the fussy cut floral motifs (it took quite a while to cut all those florals!).   I set them around the picture, so that it looked like the picture was sitting on a patch of flowers.

To pop the title, and to play with the  teal strip of paper, I decided to switch the orientation of  the title, and take advantage of the large alphas.    Then just used a bit of foam adhesive to add dimension, and play to the title.

Can i say I totally love this page,  not just the kids (my little cousins) that are featured in the page.  Here is the entire layout:

I hope this brings a bit of inspiration to your Wednesday!   Remember to stop by Scrapbook Nerd to check all the materials used in this layout.


Take care!

XOXO

Scrapbook Layout created for Clique Kits   - XOXO -

Hello!

Today i am up on the Clique Kits blog with an entry for their Locker Room series.   This time around, i went back to basic scrapbooking, and i am using papers from the beautiful Swan Lake kit to create a layout for one of my favorite summer pictures.   Here is a quick video (this is the condensed version!,  this layout was time consuming due to all the fussy cutting) on how the layout came together:

I hope you enjoyed the video, as you can see this layout was all about fussy cutting papers from the Maggie Holmes' Gather collection -featured in this month's Swan Lake kit-.     Though, I like to be detailed with my fussy cutting, it was a bit time consuming because of all the small details in the papers.  Once the images were cut, the page came together easily by gluing the pieces to the mat using different height foam adhesive.  Here are some close ups:

I kept the details around the picture to a minimum, so that  the picture will be the center of the mat.  I added just a few pieces from the ephemera pack, a few chipboard stickers, and those cute little tassels - all from the Gather collection -.

Since the picture is that of my little nephew apologizing to my daughter, and kissing her away, I chose to title this page XOXO, and used the Dear Lizzy, Petal Thickers  create the title.   The gold chipboard sticker just directs the eye to the picture.   Here is the final layout:

I love the feel and look of this layout, is by far one of my favorites of the year.
AS always, let me know if you have any questions as how this layout came together.  Don't forget to visit the Clique Kits website to check the blog and the store.



Thanks for visiting today!



Materials Used:
Maggie Holmes's Gather collection - Crate Paper - Clique Kits' Swan Lake kit

Our Sweetest Blossom

Scrapbook Layout - Our Sweetest Blossom -

a close up of the layout

Hello everyone,

I hope you all are enjoying the last days of summer vacation.  We are starting to ready all our stuff and lives for a new school year.  Particularly, I have been trying to also put a dent in my paper stash (since I have a lot of new collections on pre-order that soon will be arriving).   At the same time, one of my cousins recently had a baby girl, and i had to create a layout to capture the moment, please enjoy the video on how the layout came together...

I am trying to use as much of Pink Paislee's Fancy Free collection, so I have chosen two of the papers to complete this project.   First I cut up all the beautiful flowers out of paper #9, and created a flower cascade along the one side of the page.

the flowers were added with different glue and foam dots to add layers and dimension on the page.

Before gluing everything down, I used my Cameo  to create the title for this page.  Once the title was stitched, I proceed to color the words using some shimmer watercolors.

This picture was taken a few days after she was born, and was captured using a cell phone.  I chose to work with Adobe Lightroom to clean up the image.  I chose to add just a few pieces of ephemera  around the picture...

a close up to the layout.

Finally, I added just  a few notes on how it feels to be a long distance ncousin/aunt at the bottom of the page, along with some  other small details.  Here is the final layout...

I love how the papers worked on this page,  it took very little effort to put together.

Thanks for visiting today,

See you around!!

Materials Used:

Patterned Paper,  #7, #9 - Fancy Free collection -Pink Paislee

Puffy stickers and ephemera - Fancy Free collection - Pink Paislee

Word Stickers - Little chat stickers -Tim Holtz - Ranger

Chipboard Sticker - Favorite Soft Spoken collection - MAMBI

Ephemera - C'est La Vie collection - Pink Paislee