It is the season of sunshine, beach, and fun! And I am so glad that the beautiful Summer Fun collection is here to help me document all those fun and colorful memories with it. I think all the fun designs and vibrant colors are just the perfect complement to our sun filled memories. Let me show you what I created:
I wanted a design that would bring your eyes to the photo but at the same time showcase the fun look of this collection. So, I set to construct a sunburst design for my page using different patterns from the collection.
I started by gluing half of the Water Babies paper to the bottom of the white cardstock from the Texture Cardstock Assortment, then selected a center point for the photo. Once I marked the spot, then I pulled my 6x8 paper pad and started cutting some of the papers into triangular strips to fit on the page.
I laid them on the page so that the triangular pieces start at the designed point on the page and cover the top part of the paper. I made sure that the triangles fan out of the center point marked, lay flat on the page, and then trimmed the excess outside of the layout.
Once the sunburst design was complete, I set the photo onto a piece of the Let's Luau paper and set it atop of the joining point of the papers. Next, I mixed pieces from Chit Chat, This & That stickers, mini sticker icons, and icon stickers to create clusters at the top left and bottom right corners of the photo.
Once the title was set on place, I then needed to balance the page by adding a smaller cluster at the bottom of the page. This time, I pulled some of the This & That stickers and added a few icon stickers to complete the page.
I love how this turned out, and I hope it inspires you to pull your Summer Fun collection to document your fun filled memories.
Scrapbook Layout created for Just Nick Studio - SAY WHAT? -
Hello there!
Nathalie with you today! We are in the middle of a hot summer here in Toronto, so my teenage kids have been spending a lot of time indoors with their cell phones at hand. How fun is it that i can document such a not so fun memory with some of the Just Nick Studio cut files?
To start, I added a light coat of Vicki Boutin art crayons to the background, so that the cut out would stand out from the page.
To create the background, i used the Text Me and Say What? cut files to create the large cut out and words that are set on the background.
I used Paige Evans' Pick Me Up collection to back the cut out using a bit of foam adhesive. The speech bubble words from the Text Me cut file were then glued straight to the patterned that backs the cut out. In addition, I used the Hashtags 1 cut file to create the small hashtags that are added to the speech bubbles and title.
The negative pieces from the Say What? background and the speech bubbles from the Text me cut file were also added to the background. All the embellishments come from the Emoji collection from Simple Stories.
The title of the page was created by using the Say What? and Hashtags 1 cut files, backed with papers from Paige Evans collection and then propped with some foam adhesive.
This layout turned out better than what i had expected, and it perfectly documents those not so shiny moments of my Summer with my teenage kids.
I hope this serves as inspiration to use some of the new JustNick Studio cut files, and to stop by the store to check all the designs that are available, Remember I am always a comment away if you have any questions on how this was put together.
Scrapbook Layout created for Simple Stories - DREAM BIG -
Hello Simple Stories Friends and Fans!
Nathalie with you today with a new project that is all about color and GOOD VIBES. I love taking pictures of my kids and their little cousins together, especially since they get along very well despite the large age gap between them. Sometimes it is hard to document these pictures, but the new Simple Stories' GOOD VIBES collection was perfect to convey the feel of this memory.
I wanted to use as many of the papers and colors of this collection, so my choice was to create a large title using a JustNick Studio cut file, and then used papers from the Good Vibes collection to back the letters.
To have all the details pop on the page, a bit of mixed media -Vicki Boutin's Art Crayon- was added to the b-side of a Sn@p! Birch/white grid paper.
Once the title was added to the page, it was time to start embellishing! Since there are so many fun and colorful icons, I chose to color block the clusters so that they match the colors in the background.
The picture was then backed with one of the papers from the collection, and placed next to the title. Once again color block clusters were created around the picture. Just love all the icons and how perfect they work in these color clusters.
Totally loving the GOOD VIBES on this page. I hope this serves as inspiration to check this new Simple Stories collection. You are going to love how fun and versatile the new Simple Stories' GOOD VIBES collection can be!
Scrapbook Layout created for Vicki Boutin DT - SWEET MOMENTS -
Hello lovelies! How was your weekend?!
Nathalie with you today ( I
am taking Jana’s schedule for this week!) to bring you abit of inspiration using Vicki’s All The Good
Things collection and some of her new releases in one very Spring inspired
page. For this entire month, we are partnering with JustNick Studio, so most of
our projects will be featuring some of their awesome cut files.
This page started planned
with a totally different idea on mind, but changed a bit along the way.Based on my first set up, I started adding
some of the starburst circle images –from Vicki’s latest stamp release –to a
gessoed foundation paper.
I wanted to create
“dandelions” on the background, so my choice was to use embossing ink, and
frost white embossing powder to create these images.
Actually using embossing on
top of the gessoed surface does not affect the background, and if you are going
to add mixed media after embossing, then remember to gesso your page first.
To add color to the
background, I pulled Vicki’s watercolor set and watercolor brushes.If you have swatched your paints following
the order of the box, then #8, #12, #13 were the colors combined to create the
background on this page.
I started by adding a light
color wash with lots of water, and raising the paper, so that the watercolor
will flow around the stamp images.Then
using the finest brush, added splatter and some details at the edge of the
background
The watercolor brings the
detail of the embossed circles in the background nicely, so that they look like
“dandelions”.
Here is where the layout
took a change, as I decided to add the Floral Background 2 as part of the
background.This time, I welded the
background so that it created this floral wave on the background.The flowers were backed using the pink tone
papers from Vicki’s All the Good Things collection, and some white vellum.
The flowers were attached to
the background with some foam adhesive, and then a few of the watercolor
sticker leaves were scattered around some of them, so that they add to the
flowers definition.
The picture of my mom and
nice were tucked under the cut file, and a few details were used to the
picture.The cardstock stickers, along
with some of the watercolor stickers are plenty to decorate this picture.
To add a bit more of a break
in between the flowers, a bit of watercolor was added to all the leaf stickers,
and the large watercolor sticker butterfly.The cool palette on these contrasts and complements the rich warm tones
in the flowers.
To finish the page, I
trimmed the top edge of the page a bit, and added a large strip of “The Little
Things” paper to the bottom edge.Here I
created a smaller cluster with some cardstock stickers and enamel dots –all
from the collection-.The title was
created with a combination of the collection’s thickers.
A few splatters of
water-down rose gold just complete the page.I am very happy with what the page, even when it took a major change as
it was being created.The following
video will show you a more in depth look on how the page came together.
Remember to check Vicki’s
All The Good Things collection and all her mixed Media goodies, they are all
awesome.Also if you are not part of the
Vicki Boutin’s Mixed Media community on Facebook, come join us.There is so much inspiration and fun
happening there, plus there is a color challenge for the month (and this layout
was inspired in those colors!)
Scrapbook Layout created for Simple Stories - SNOW FUN -
Hello Simple Stories Friends and Fans!
We are in the middle of Winter here in Canada, so what better way to warm up those cold days, than a bit of inspiration using the super fun "SUB ZERO" collection.
The designs, and colors in the papers in the "SUB ZERO" collection are so bright and fun, so what better way to showcase them all, than to create a large title -using a few cut files from the Cut Shoppe-. And to bring more winter to the page, a bit of extra winter (as in Vicki Boutin's Iridescent glaze and a snowflake stencil) on the background.
To bring a bit more fun, and playfulness to the page. Small clusters of ephemera and stickers were added around the title, and in clusters around the picture of my nephew while playing in the snow!. Gotta love all those fun elements in the SUB ZERO collection!
I hope this inspires you to check the "SUBZERO" collection. The fun and colorful designs will bring a bit of happiness to those cold Winter days.
Scrapbook Layout created for Citrus Twist Kits - LOVE HIM -
Hi there!
I hope you are all doing great!
Today, I wanted to share with you all a new project created with this month's GOOD VIBES main kit from Citrus Twist Kits. The kit is just packed with papers and embellishments from Pink Paislee's Turn The Page collection, as well as Crate Paper's Carousel collection.
Once I saw the large title in the 'Radiant' paper -Crate Paper-, i knew it was going to become the title for one of my pages. So I cut the "LOVE" part of the title, and treat each letter as a sticky note in my page.
A bit of mixed media on top of the CrissCross paper (a CTK exclusive) brings all the cluster details around the page. Gotta love all the ticket stubs from the Crate Paper specialty paper included in the kit.
There are so many exclusive embellishments in this kit, that it made this layout a breeze to come together. Not to mention all the CTK stamps used in this layout. Just gotta love how versatile, and easy they are to work with. I have created a small video to show you how this page came together, so sit back and enjoy:
I hope the video gave you a closer look at the kits available at Citrus Twist Kits, many of them have sold out, but there are still some available, so stop by the CTK store to subscribe to the upcoming kits.
Remember I am a comment away if you have questions on how this page came together.
