Wild Heart

Scrapbook Layout for Scrapbook Nerd   - WILD 💓 -

Hello everyone!

It is almost the end of  my reveal week at Scrapbook Nerd (one more project for this month).   And this month was all about some of the women in my life, which means one of the littles (my niece and nephew) had to make it to a project.  

This project was inspired by the colors in Pink Paislee's Take Me Away collection, available at Scrapbook Nerd store.   I paired all the colorful papers with, one of my favorite cut files, ever,  Spinwheels from the Cut Shoppe.   I simply added an offset to one of the spinwheels shapes. and cut different sizes of the isolated pinwheel.   Once I backed the shapes, different size adhesive foam, and glue dots were added to the back so that they all are at differerent heights.   I mapped the location of each spinwheel, and stitched the shape of the sticks onto the card stock.

I always built backgrounds before choosing pictures, and this time, I struggled trying to find the right picture for this layout.  But a few weeks ago was my sister's birthday, and my niece showed me her new room, and i asked her what was her favorite part, and she started jumping on the bed.  So this is one of 3 that i loved of her jumping, and then I found all the add ons that were perfect for it in the collection.   Here is final layout:

I love, love all the color in a white background (my favorite).  I am so happy with the end result!, and how the collection worked perfectly for this layout.  IF you want to check all the materials used here, do not hesitate to visit Scrapbook Nerd, and the Cut Shoppe.


As always, leave a note if you have any questions on how this came together.


Take care!


Materials used:
cut file - Spinwheels - The Cut Shoppe

White Card stock - American Crafts

Patterned papers - 6x6 pad, #7, #22 - Take Me Away Collection - Pink Paislee

Ephemera, Chipboard stickers, Thickers - Take Me Away collection - Pink Paislee

Word stickers - Small Talk - Tim Holtz - Idea-ology

Lovely Smile

Scrapbook Layout created for Scrapbook Nerd  -  LOVELY SMILE -

Hello friends!


As my reveal week continues at Scrapbook Nerd. Today, I am showing you a new layout that i worked out with the negative parts (left-over pieces) from a cut-out.  I am a sucker for paper scraps, so I couldn't let this pieces go without reworking them into a layout.

These flowers were leftover from a cut file used for another project.  So using the cut-out, and some removable tape, I glued the pieces to a scrap piece of paper.   I pulled some of my  Prima watercolors, and used them to add color to the flowers trying to match the ones in the Pink Paislee's Take Me Away collection.  

Once the flowers dried, I stitched them onto white card stock.  I think at this point, I changed my design a few times, but the more i saw the stitched design, it reminded me of the edges of pillowcase dresses, so I decided to trim the card stock to match this design.  I simply followed the edge of the flowers.   Since this layout is all about one of my sisters (we are 20 years apart), I decided to put small quotes as the centers of the flowers.

I had been meaning to scrap this picture of my sister, but hadn't created the right background.  It was a happy coincidence, she is wearing that flower headband.  Since the background is detailed, I chose to add just a few details to the picture, and frame it within the stitched background, and papers from the collection.

I went with a non-white background for the page.  I found paper #1 from the Take Me Away collection as the perfect background (my sister is wearing a head band with purple flowers).   For the title, I pulled the foam words from the collection, and combined them with pieces from the chipboard and mirror stickes to create the title of this page.   To finish the page, I added a few splatters of black ink, and some journal lines,  Here is the final layout:

Though we are at the beginning of winter, I love the spring, happy and airy feel of this page, and it  is just like my sister.    It is funny that i had the perfect picture for a background that was created from the left over pieces of another project!.

As always don't forget to check the Scrapbook Nerd store to find all the materials used in this layout!  Remember I am a comment away, if you want to reach me with a question or concern.

Take care!


Materials Used:
Cut file - Lost River - Studio Calico
Patterned papers - #1, 11 and 6x6 paper pad - Take Me Away collection by Paige Taylor Evans- Pink Paislee
Mirror stickers, Chipboard stickers, wood veneer, die cut pieces, Foam thickers - Take Me Away collection by Paige Taylor Evans - Pink Paislee
Bits and Pieces - She Blooms collection - Bella Blvd.
Word stickers - Small chat - Tim Holtz
Watercolor Palette - The Classics, Dreamy Pastels -  Prima Marketing

Happy Times -SN

Scrapbook Layout created for Scrapbook Nerd's blog:   HAPPY TIMES

Hello there!

i hope you are all safe from the snow!  It is starting to look a lot like winter here in Canada!


A few of the members in the Scrapbook Nerd community had asked how i create the watercolor background on my layouts.   So I thought i create  a small tutorial to illustrate one of the ways i go about creating a background.   I shot a small video to accompany the tutorial on Scrapbook Nerd's blog.   Please enjoy the video:

The title of this page comes from Juliana Michaels's free cut file, "Besties".  I hand stitched it onto the watercolor background.   The rest of the project came together by using  Pink Paislee's Take Me Away collection.  Here are some close ups, and the final layout:

Don't forget to check Scrapbook Nerd's blog for all the details on the tutorial.

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

Thanks for visiting today.


Materials Used:
cut file - Juliana Michaels - 17 turtles blog - Besties

Pink Paislee - Take Me Away - 6x6 Paper Pad	Pink Paislee - Take Me Away - Thickers - Alpha Stickers - Carefree chipboard	Pink Paislee - Take Me Away - Ephemera Die-Cuts	Pink Paislee - Take Me Away - 12x12 Printed Acetate	Pink Paislee - Take Me Away - Chipboard Stickers - Wildheart	Crate Paper Gather
PinkFresh Studio - Felicity - Word & Phrase stickers	Prima Marketing - Watercolour Confections - Shimmering Lights set	Prima Marketing - Watercolour Confections - Pastel Dreams	Prima Marketing - Watercolour Confections - Classics set	Bazzill Heavyweight Cardstock - Marshmallow

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Fabulous

Scrapbook Layout created for Maya Road  - FABULOUS -

Hello!

I hope you all are doing well.   Today, I am sharing the first projects created for Maya Road (i still cannot believe that I am part of their Design Team!).  I was lucky to receive a large assortment of Maya Road products, they are all so beautiful, but i was drawn to the "Rolled Flower die".  

For this layout, I am using the beautiful Paige Evans, Take Me Away collection.  I started by hand-stitching a large heart in a piece of heavy card stock.  I cut  a large number of flowers from the paper collection, and started to fill the inside of the heart with the rolled flowers (i made sure to use my hot glue gun to ensure the flowers will stay in place).

I debated about keeping this just as art to hang around the apartment!

I chose a picture of my daughter on our Thanksgiving walk (we already celebrated it here in Canada).  and used a piece of pink vellum to layer behind the picture, making sure there was a bit of paper hanging from the bottom of the picture.  Next i used some metallic watercolor to add some shine to a piece of Ken Oliver's vintage trim, and layered it under the picture.  I had to trim some of the excess vellum behind the trim.

I added  a few of the tassels, and one  of the arrow charms to the picture as a way to bring the attention to the picture.  I found this clear acetate butterfly amongst the  products, and love how it looked nested in the flowers.

The flowers are just too beautiful, and the butterfly was a soft touch to the piece.

I used one of the large word foam words as the title of this layout, "FABULOUS", and added  all my journal and date to the back of the piece, as when finished finished, we wanted to use it as piece in our apartment.  Here is the final layout:

We love the final look of this layout, the soft rolled flowers and subtle details from the Maya Road products are perfect to document my beautiful daughter.

I am so blessed to be able to play with all the Maya Road products, and look forward to draw more inspiration from them.

Thanks for visiting today!

Materials Used:

Steel Rolled Flower Die #3288  -Maya Road

Perfect Shot Arrow - Vintage Findings - Maya Road

Crafting Tassels in Turquoise Trail  - Maya Road

Scallop Dot Trim - Ken Oliver's Vintage trims - Maya Road

Acetate butterfly in white - Maya Road,

Metallic semi-watercolor palette - Prima Marketing

Pink vellum

Patterned paper #2,3,4,9,15 - Take Me Away collection by Paige Evans - Pink Paislee

Word foam thickers - Take Me Away collection - Pink Paislee

Marshmallow heavy card stock - Bazzill