HERE & NOW - Scrapbook Nerd

Hello there!

This week the DT at Scrapbook Nerd is working projects that document Travels and Summer.  I pulled the beautiful Sunny Days collection and a cut file from Handipaper to create a page all about my daughter's first trip to LA a few years back.

Lately, i have been loving non white backgrounds, this time I pulled a light blue cardstock for the background and added and extra splash of color (a bit too much, i think) using some white paint and Jane Davenport's Mermaid Markers.

While the background dried,  i used a cut file from Handipaper to create the seashell wreath cut out for the page.  I backed each image with papers from the Maggie Holmes' Sunny Days collection, and even added  a bit of extra color to some of the images using the markers.

Once the background was completely dried, i used a bit of foam adhesive to attach the cut out to the layout.   The pictures were then backed with pieces from the large alpha cards from the collection; these too were attached to the page followed with a series of fussy cut shells and embellishments.

I clustered most of the embellishments at the lower part of the page surrounding the pictures.   Then added the title of the page at the top of the wreath.  I wanted to mark the location of the pictures in the page, so i used mini alphas at at the end of the seashell cluster.   I made sure to leave plenty of empty space under the title for my daughter's lines of journal.  Here is the final layout:

Love how this page came together, and all the colors in the page.   I am sure my daughter will cherish this page, and will be able to add her memories on the page.

Remember to stop by Scrapbooknerd to check all the materials used in the page, and please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions

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Spooky Cute Little Monsters

Scrapbook Layout created for Scrapbook Nerd  - SPOOKY CUTE LITTLE MONSTERS -

Hi there!

It is Halloween!  So, today's project for Scrapbook Nerd is all about those cute little costumes my niece and baby are wearing on Halloween a few years ago, however i chose to work with a non-traditional Halloween collection for this page.

To create this page, I chose to work with Pinkfresh Studio's Indigo Hills 2 collection due to its color palette.   To start,  i pulled a new cut file from Handipaper and cut a few of the ghosts out of the collection papers, and then used some handstitching to add texture and definition to all the details of the cut out.

Next, a piece of the "Valley" paper was cut and glued to white cardstock.  A thin coat of white paint was then added to the center of the page.  Once it dried, I used some Jane Davenport mermaid markers and Kuretake metallic watercolors to create a colorful background (using mostly orange and purple tones)

Once it all dried, the page took no time to put together.   First I backed the picture with one of the collection papers, and then mounted it on the center of the background, then the ghosts were added as if flying around the picture.  A few embellishments from Pink Paislee's Spellcast collection, Simple Stories' Simple Vintage Halloween collection were added around the ghosts.

Finally, the title was added using a combination of the Indigo Hills 2 gold alphas and the Pink Paislee Spellcast stickers.  A few lines of journal and some small enamel dots complete the page.   Just love how this turned out!  Those two little ones looked spooktacular surrounded by the cute ghosts.

Remember to stop by Scrapbook Nerd to check for all the materials used in this page, and if you have any questions on how this all came together, do not hesitate to contact me!

Happy Halloween everyone!

Spooktacular Selfie

Hi there!

Happy Halloween everyone!   Oh, how i miss the day my kids would dress up for the day, all the preparations, the make up and all the candy afterwards (well, there is still candy!!);  now that they are teenagers all I am left with are sweet memories of Halloween's past.  So, i pulled a few pictures from a couple years ago to create this page using some of the new JustNick Studio cut files.



There are so many cut files to chose from, and it was so hard to pick one, that i decided to mix four cut files in one page.








I combined one of the Basic Heart cut file  images with the Spiderweb 2 background and Web cut files to create the cut out for this page.  I chose to cut it from black cardstock, so that it would stand out from the mixed media background (created with Jane Davenports Mermaid Markers).





Before setting the cut out on the page, a bit of white acrylic paint was rubbed on the cardstock, this gives the cut out that worn/antique look you see in the layout.





The pictures were sized so that they fit in between the two spiderwebs inside the heart, and then i used stickers and embellishments from a few Halloween collections (Simple Vintage Halloween from Simple Stories,  Pink Paislee's Spellcast and Pebbles' Midnight Haunting) to add some small details around the page.





For the title of this page, I chose the new Happy Halloween cut file to create the "SPOOKTACULAR" part of the title.  It was cut from black cardstock and then treated to a white acrylic paint wash.





Now it is time to go and set all the candy in bowls for us to share (well a bit of it, at least!).  Remember to stop by the JustNick Studio store to check all the cut files used here and all other beautiful designs.  You can always contact me if you have questions on how this all came together!
Have a safe and  Happy Halloween!!