Smile Always

Scrapbook Layout created for JustNick Studio  -  SMILE ALWAYS -

Hello everyone!
Nathalie with you today!  The weather here in Toronto is still stuck in winter mode, so, what better than bring some needed spring with a colorful new layout that features a few new cut files from JustNick studio.



For this page, i chose the newly released  Spring Florals cut file to cut a few  of the images - in graduating sizes -  from papers of various Jillibean Soup collections.

While the flowers were being cut, i chose to add a bit of color to the background using Distress Oxides.   

Having the flowers in graduating sizes helped with the layering of the die cuts to create the flowers and dimension on them.   I chose to add a foam circle in the star shaped flowers so that the 3 layers of die cuts can be distinguished.

The flowers were attached to the background so that they formed a small diagonal line at the top half of the page.   I nestled the picture in the center of the line, and added just a few embellishments around the page.

To create the title,  a combination of word die cuts were created using the Smile and Love You  Eternal cut files from patterned papers from Jillibean Soup collections.  These were layered to create a bit of dimension and to make sure they stand out on the page.





I love how easily this page came together with just a few cut files and a bit of mixed media.   There are so many beautiful cut files arriving at the Just Nick Studio shop weekly, you want to make sure to check them all.  Remember you can always contact me with any questions!

XO

Freezin' Winter Season

Scrapbook Layout created for Simple Stories  - FREEZIN' WINTER SEASON -

Hello Simple Stories friends and fans!

Nathalie with you today to celebrate the arrival of Winter (here in the Northern Hemisphere) with a colorful and fun layout using the beautiful Simple Stories new line Freezin' Season.  Though, Toronto-Canada has yet to get some snow, i have so many memories of snowfalls past, and the colors in the collection were perfect to bring the fun of Winter to my scrapbook album.

To start,  a bit of white acrylic paint was added to the Hello Winter paper -this hazes the pattern in the background, while creating a whiter canvas for the layout-.  While the paint dried, the"Winter" cut file (from Paige Evans) was cut from white cardstock, and backed with papers from the Freezin' Season collection.

The cut out was placed on a slant on the background, so that it adds playfulness to the page.   The picture was backed with papers from the collection ( the element pages are a great to layer and back pictures!), and then it was nestled in between the background and the cut out.

Since the picture shows my niece holding a snowball, i decided to continue the circle motive throughout the page.   For this all the circle snowflake embellishments from the collection were used to create clusters around the picture, along with some die cuts and stickers.  Love all the colors!

To complete the title of the page, a cluster of snowflake embellishments was created at the top left corner of the cut out.   Here the the "Freezin'" chipboard was added.  In a similar manner the "Season" chipboard sticker was added at the opposite -diagonally- corner of the cut out, so that the title reads "Freezin' Winter Season".

Those circle snowflakes were perfect to create clusters around the layout.  Some were tucked under the cut out, while others are floating on the page along with sticker words and embellishments from the collection.   Just a few lines of journal and some white ink were the final touches of this page.

I hope this inspires you to check the colorful designs and colors of the Simple Stories' Freezin' Season collection.  It is  the perfect collection to document all those happy Winter memories.

XO

Hello Sunshine

 Scrapbook Layout created for Simple Stories  -  HELLO SUNSHINE  - 

Hello Simple Stories friends and fans!

Nathalie with you today with a new project that is Spring on a page.   I was so excited to be able to create some samples for Creativation this year, and this is one of them (that is why there is no journal lines on it yet!!!).  That means I was one of the lucky ones who got to play with some of the new collections before they were released, and the new Bliss collection is one of the  most beautiful ones  i have seen.   Just look at all that purple!!

It all started when i cut the triangles from the Live in the Moment paper from the collection. I wanted to take advantage of the angles to anchor my picture between them.   So once i cut them,  i carefully also cut some of the butterfly wings  -using an exacto knife- so that they could be lifted of the page

Then i hand stitched the triangles to white cardstock, making sure to follow the lines of the wood grain of the paper design.  To add more interest to the triangles, a few fussy cut butterflies were also stitched, through the center line, so that they form a flying path on the page.

I fell in love with the florals in this collection, so I fussy cut quite a bit of them from the Be Good, and Remember to Shine papers to create the clusters around the picture.  All the fun embellishments (and the ones included in this collection are gorgeous) just help bring more sentiment to the page.

The title for this page (all about my niece's sweet smile, and love for the ipad) comes from the chipboard sticker set from the collection.   Once i set the "Hello Sunshine" banner for the title, i quickly add another one at the top of the picture.  The movement they create along with the butterflies is just what this layout needed.

I hope this has inspired you to pick the beautiful Bliss collection.   It is the perfect Spring collection, and you will be wanting to use it all to document the upcoming season.  Remember to check all the new Simple Stories collections, they are so so beautiful

See you all soon!

Materials Used:
Bliss Collection
10012   Collection Kit
10014   Be The Good Paper
10015   Enjoy The Ride paper
10016  Remember to Shine paper
10017   Live in the Moment paper
10020   6x12 Chipboard
10021  Bits and Pieces
10022  Bliss 4x6 Stickers

Sweet Charm

Scrapbook Layout -  Sweet Charm

a close up of the layout details

Hello everyone!,

I love cut files, and Scrapbook Nerd has just released a new cut file, "X to my O", designed by the Cut Shoppe.   Since I can resist using them, I chose to create a sample to go along with the published cut file image.

To start this layout, I traced the cut file, and set the machine to perforate the XO in the design (i removed the circle out of the design for  the moment.   I then used embroidery floss to complete the background of the page...

the colors match those in MME's On Trend 2 collection

  I chose to cut  the circle out of another patterned paper, making sure to shrink it a bit.  Using foam adhesive squares, I attached it to the stitched background.  

a close up to the cluster on the picture

Since there is a lot of color on the page, i picked to use a black and white picture of my niece on her 8th birthday, and anchored it to the lower right side of  the page. I added  a few clusters around the picture (all materials come from the same collection).

For the title, I picked the mirror stickers from the collection and placed them on the opposite side diagonally to the picture.

Finally I added some small details (enamel dots) and my journal lines along the page.  Using a black fine marker, I create a small border along the edge of the circle, as to give the impression of stitching-.  Here is the final layout:

I am so happy with the results, and have started finding ideas on how to use the cut file differently.  Do not forget to stop by the Scrapbook Nerd Store to pick up your FREE copy of the cut file,  just follow this link.   

As always let me know if you have any questions about the layout.

See you soon!!

Materials Used:

Cut file, X to my O, Scrapbook Nerd

Patterned Papers,  On Trend 2collection - My Mind's Eye

Chipboard Stickers, On Trend 2 collection - My Mind's Eye

Ephemera pieces, ON Trend 2 collection - My Mind's Eye

Stickers,  On Trend2 collection - My Mind's Eye

Mirror Stickers - On Trend 2 collection - My Mind's Eye

enamel dots - On Trend2 collection - My Mind's Eye

You Are My Bright Side

Scrapbook Layout created for Scrapbook Nerd  -  YOU ARE MY BRIGHT SIDE  -

Hello there!

I hope you all had a great weekend!   If you are a scrapbooker, then you know it was a busy one  for all of us, as we celebrated NSD.

It is my reveal week for Scrapbook Nerd, and the saying, "April Showers bring May Flowers" is what my projects are inspired by this month.  That's right, it is all about flowers for this week , which happens to be Mother's Day, too.   So let  me show you what I have been up to.

I was lucky to serve as the guest designer for this month's free SCT cut file, and I played with different designs for the  blog, here is one of the choices.   I started by cutting just the inside of the flower ring from white card stock.   The cuts were then  backed with different papers from the Oh My Heart collection from Paige Evans.

The picture of my niece in a field of dandelions was blown up to letter size, so that the image fit inside the ring.  I used thin fun foam to glue the cut  out to the picture, which had been glued to a piece of cardstock.

I created a cluster of fussy cut  flowers, ephemera and stickers to balance the flowers from the ring.   The title of  the page comes from one of the ephemera pieces.   To complete this page, I wrote the journal lines on the picture with a super fine marker, so that they are hidden.  Here is the final page:

I love this page,  the colors, the flowers, and the large picture are perfectly balanced.     You can find the cut file at the Scrapbook and Cards Today magazine blog, and all the materials used in this page come from the Scrapbook Nerd store   ( I love these ladies!!)

As always let me know if you have any questions on how this came together.



See you all tomorrow!



Materials Used:
Cut file - SCT magazine blog - May 2017

Patterned paper collection, ephemera, stickers, chipboard stickers, washi tape - Oh My Heart - Paige Evans - Pink Paislee
Foam stickers -Take Me Away collection - Paige Evans - Pink Paislee

Hello Summer

Scrapbook Layout created for The Cut Shoppe  -  HELLO SUMMER  -

Hello Crafty Friends!

Today, I am back with a new layout showcasing the Cloud Nine,  April Showers, Let's Talk Summer cut files, and the super cute Ain't Life Grand collection, by Ashley Horton.

I have had this picture of my little  in the scrap folder for a while, once the Cloud Nine cut file was available, I knew it would be perfect for what i had in mind.

For this layout, I picked the 8.5x11 format of the Cloud Nine cut file. The empty cloud cut outs were backed with papers from the new collection, "Ain't Life Grand" by Ashley Horton for Pretty Little Studio, and some white polka dot vellum paper.

A bit of  dimensional adhesive was perfect to create some dimension on the page.  The background paper was created using distress ink and a blending sponge. I simply worked from the center to the outside, just a bit wider than the cut out.

Aren't the patterns of the papers just beautiful!.   I tried to find all the papers that had some pink in them, so that they did not blend with the background.

Finally the title was created by using the Hello cloud image from the April Showers cut file, and the Summer word from the Let's Talk Summer cut file.   Once again, I used a combination of the papers used to back the clouds to tie in the title to the layout.  A few drops of white and black acrylic ink complete the page.

This layout took no time to come together, and  i love how it looks.   The cut files combined with the colorful "Ain't Life Grand" collection was just perfect to document this picture.

Don't forget to check all the cut files used in The Cut Shoppe Etsy store, there are so many designs available !!

Thanks for stopping by!

Materials Used:
The Cut Shoppe - Cut files

Ain't Life Grand collection - Ashley Horton - Pretty Little Studio

You Go Girl

Scrapbook Layout created for Clique Kits  -  YOU GO GIRL  -

Hello everyone!


Happy Easter!

Today I am up on the Clique Kits blog with a new layout using the beautiful "JELLYBEAN" kit, and its exclusive cut files.  This time i picked the large phrase title to be the center piece of this page.

     

To make the title stand out, i added a small white border around the title (the offset).  The title was cut from the beautiful Bella Bld.'s "Magnifique" paper  -though the flowers are gorgeous, I was drawn to the colors and paint brush marks on the image-.  I made sure to cut the title from the center of the Magnifique page.

      Once the cuts were glued together,  the edge of the title was pierced to add some stitching and texture to it.  After adding hand stitching to the title,  I set out to construct the page.   First,  i trimmed about 0.5in from two of the edges of a light pink card stock.  Then I used watercolors and inks to add some color to the background.

    Once the background dried,  the title was attached to the page, making sure it sit right in the middle of the large watercolor background.  The picture of  my niece holding her art TN (she loves TNs as much as I do!) was placed above the title.  I used the exclusive printables, and ephemera included in the Jellybean kit, as well as the puffy stickers from the Make Your Mark collection that are available in the store, to frame the picture.

    To finish the page, using the sewing machine, I stitched the  layout to the left over piece of the "Magnifique" paper, making sure to leave two opposite corners free .  These were folded into the layout to be used as part of the clusters formed here. I tried to use these corners to bring some of the colorful accents and embellishments from the Jellybean kit.  Here is the final layout:

     Don't the colors and title work just pop  out of this page?  Though I love the roses, I wanted to take a different approach when using the Make Your Mark  "Magnifique" from the Jellybean kit in this layout.   I am so pleased with the end result, and i hope it inspires you to create stand out titles for your project.



 Don't forget to check Clique Kits to register for a subscription (there are just some spots available) for their gorgeous kits, or sign up for their newer Traveler's Notebook kit.  You will love them! I am always a comment away if you have any questions on how this came together.


 Thanks for stopping by, today!  



Materials Used:
Clique Kits - Jellybean kit

Cut file - Clique Kits - Jellybean kit
Watercolor - the classics, the tropicals - Prima Marketing