Sweet Forever

Scrapbook Layout  for Scrapbook Nerd  - Sweet Forever -

A view of the many layers in this layout.

Hello everyone,

This week is all about reveal projects for Scrapbook Nerd.  For my May kit, i have chosen to work mostly with Pink Fresh Studio's Felicity collection,  and Simple Stories' Life in Color and Heart collection.  

For this month, our inspiration is a gorgeous mood board (you can find it in ScrapbookNerd 's facebook page) and the word "Blossom".   With that in mind, I picked this picture of my sister and niece showing their affection for each other, and knew the name for my title right away "Sweet Forever".

I started by cutting one of the papers along their diagonal lines until I got 4 equal pieces.  I flipped two of the pieces, and attached them all to another piece of paper.  Once the mat was completed, I used the Spring Fling cut file from the Cut Shoppe to create a perforated template of a heart sequence in the middle of the page.

I stitched the hearts with embroidery floss of the same colors as the ones
in the paper.

I used hand stitching to trace the cutfile, using white on the pink triangles, and multicolor on the white pieces.  Also, using the same cutfile -same dimensions-, I cut a piece of vellum to use as a layer that will fit exactly on top of the stitched hearts.

The vellum was attached using small glue dots;
this gave a subtle dimension to the layout.

I matted and layered the picture with papers from the same collection;  following the lines of the layout,  i placed the picture in the center of the page.  Some fussy cut  words were used to create the  tag and tab on the picture.  The rest of the decorations come from the word sticker sheet, wood veneer package from the same collection, and Mambi's Favorite friends chipboard sticker collection.

I created the title using the glittered foam word stickers from the collection.

I am all about balance, so a small cluster of fussy cut pieces was attached to the top left corner of  the page.

I fussy cut the pocket cards into this little pieces for my cluster

A few lines of journal on the opposite side of the  cluster, as well as a few pieces of puffy sequin (from Pink Fresh Studio) were enough to complete the page.

The complete layout

I  love the contrast of the patterned papers, the cut file and hand stitching in this piece.  I hope you also like it.

See you soon!

Materials Used:

Patterned papers,  Felicity collection, Pink Fresh Studio

Cut File, Spring Fling, The Cut Shoppe

Embelishment and word stickers,  Felicity collection, Pink Fresh Studio

Chipboard stickers,  Favorite Friends, Mambi

Title, Felicity collection, Pink Fresh Studio.

You Are My Happy Place

Scrapbook Layout  for NSD 2016  @ScrapbookNerd.com  - You Are My Happy Place-

It is all about the fringe!!

Hello once again!!!

This is my last layout created for Scrapbook Nerd's National Scrapbooking Day 2016.   For this I was inspired by the new Bloom Collection from Crate Paper.

For starters, I chose a large picture of my sister and my nephew together  (I love this picture)...  I decided that i wanted to highlight the picture, so enlarged it to 8.5 x 11 in, and matted it on white cardstock.

I created a fringe border using all Crate Paper papers from the Bloom collection and Style board collection.  I cut strips of 2 x 12 in, and used a pair of scissors to cut the fringe.  I sew the strips together to a multicolor polka dot paper.  

A close up of  the cluster in the picture.

Using a foam sheets behind the picture, I attached it to the page, making sure the picture sat above the fringe.  I added just a few clusters at two of the corners of the picture.

The second cluster - a  close up- 

For the title, I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut the "You are my Happy Place"  file twice.  I glued the two cut outs together, and then attached it to the bottom of the picture.

I used pearl white cardstock for the title

Finally, I added a few puffy sequin stickers, photo corners and a tag behind the picture with all the journal about this picture...

The Final Layout...

I called this page my Ode to Crate Paper, as 90% of the materials used come from their different collections.

I love it, even though it will most likely go to my sister's scrapbook or my nephew's room.

I hope you join me at Scrapbook Nerd for more fun.

Happy Scrapping!!

Materials Used:

Patterned Paper - fringe -  Bloom Collection, Style Board Collection - Crate Paper

Title - You are My Happy Place cut file - Silhouette Store

Title - Pearl white cardstock - Michaels

Ephemera and stickers - Market place collection, Bloom collection, Shine Collection - Crate Paper

puffy sequin stickers, word phrase stickers - Felicity collection - Pink Fresh Studio

Head In The Clouds

Scrapbook Layout for NSD 2016 (@scrapbooknerd.com)  - Head in the Clouds -

It is all about the fringe!!

Hello everyone!,

It has been a busy way prepping for this weekend's celebrations:  Mother's Day and National Scrapbooking Day 2016...    I found an outlet to my creativity when I started scrapbooking, so now I prepare to celebrate a whole day filled with inspiration.

This is the second layout, i have created for a challenge at Scrapbook Nerd.  Since, the challenge is all about the fringe!.  I wanted to create something  fun to evoke a child-like feeling in the layout.   I knew the picture I was scrapbooking was that of my nephew looking up at the sky while being in his photo session -trust me we tried to have him look at the camera and smile-...

For this I used the Happy clouds cut file from the Cut Shoppe...  I went ahead and blew up one of the clouds, so that it will fill most of my page;  a few extra clouds were also cut from the same cut file.  

 

I used a smaller cloud to add my title on it.

Using all Pink Fresh Studio's Felicity collection, I cut a few strips of different papers from the collection to about 2.5 in x12 in, and used my Cameo to make the cuts to all the strips at once  (I used technology for this layout).   Once I had the strips; i stitched them with the sewing machine to the large cloud cut-out.  I trimmed the edges, and glued the cloud on the paper.  I popped the outline cut-out on small glue dots), and attached the outline around the fringed cloud.

A close-up of the picture that inspire this page.

I matted the picture on white cardstock, and added just a few pieces of ephemera.   It was enough to highlight both the picture and the background.  I added the extra clouds and my journal lines inside the top cloud outline,     I love the results...

The Completed layout.

You can head over to ScrapbookNerd.com  for more lots of fun!!

See you soon!

Materials used:

Cut File - Happy Clouds  - The Cut Shoppe

Patterned papers - fringe - Felicity collection - Pink Fresh Studio

Patterned paper - mat - Attwell collection - Fancy Pants Design

Ephemera and Chipboard stickers - Mambi collections

Word puffy sticker - Heidi Swapp collection

Wood pieces and puffy glitter stickers - Felicity Collection - Pink Fresh Studio

Title - Silver letters - Recollections - Michaels

Title - black letters - Mambi collections