Fun Times using Simple Stories Homegrown by Kerryn Fry

Good morning all!I'm back today to share my second pagecreated with the collection Simple Stories Homegrown.The photos are from the 2005 archives,a very young Mr H with his Godmother,visiting the Hahndorf Farm Barn. Perfectly suited to this paper range.

The base is a plain sheet of Bazzill Kraft Cardstock

which worked well amongst the bright colours.

I have used six small photos in two strips

and backed them with Bazzill Raven Cardstock.

The photos have been mounted on foam tape

to pop above the paper layers.

I have hand-cut the Ee-i-ee-i-o paper

to create the cow patches around the page.

A fun element around the colourful strips.

I have also hand-cut the 'patches' from Country Fair

and placed them around the page.

The 12x12 Sticker Sheet provided great

embellishments to the page and 

worked perfectly around the photos.

Some elements have been lifted with foam tape.

The 2 Crafty Tiny Funky Frame has

been covered with black ink

and backed with a scrap of white cardstock.

I've added more stickers to the base of the frame.

The animal stickers were super cute!

I loved how well they matched the photos.

The words from the Sticker Sheet

added the extra details to the photos

and were raised with foam tape.

I've used a black gel pen to add a 

fake stitch line on both sides of the paper strips.

The 2 Crafty title Fun Times has

been covered with black ink

and lifted with foam tape to

create further dimension.

Thanks for visiting the blog,

I hope you have enjoyed the page

as much as I did creating it.

Have a lovely weekend

and join us again on Monday 

for Fiona's next page

Products used:Bazzill Kraft CardstockBazzill Raven CardstockSimple Stories Homegrown - 3x4 Elements

Simple Stories Homegrown - Country Fair

Simple Stories Homegrown - Ee-i-ee-i-o

Simple Stories Homegrown - Grows Here

Simple Stories Homegrown - 12x12 Sticker Sheet

2 Crafty title Fun Times

2 Crafty Tiny Funky Frame

New Route with Vicki Boutin Fernwood by Fiona Johnstone

Hello everyone
Another layout with the stunning Fernwood collection by Vicki Boutin. 
New Route

Love all the fern leaves in this collection, especially the large Fern mask. I've used that several times on this page in different shades of green Distress Oxides. 

and more masking close-ups:

Next I added the fern leaves from the ephemera pack along with some flowers, butterflies and dragonfly.  I've added a few stickers around the page and added a cute 2Crafty arrow. 

I've finished off with a title from the Thickers pack - I changed Routine to Route to suit my page. 

Thanks for stopping by

Till next week

Fiona

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Beautiful Girl using Photo Play Our Friendship Through the Years by Kerryn Fry

Hi everyone!Today I'm sharing my first page created withPhoto Play Our Friendship Through the Years.My focus for this page was to showcase the colours in this gorgeous collection.The cute photos are of my Great-Niecechecking on her doll to see if she was hungry.The colours in the photos didn't quite match, but the B&W photos worked really well.

The page started with a plain 

sheet of 12x12 Bazzill Kraft Cardstock.

I've torn pieces from three of the edges 

to add the patterned paper pieces.

I've also used Bazzill Raven Cardstock

to create a scalloped strip to add to the page

and to back some of the words used on the layout.

The Bow is from the Element Sticker sheet,

I've used it to embellish the top of the photos.

It has been lifted with foam tape.

The camera and phrase 'enjoy the moment'

have been hand cut from the Documented paper.

I've used foam tape to raise the elements

and the centre of the camera has been

hand-cut from the Do Epic Stuff paper.

The embellishment cluster in the bottom 

right corner of the page has been 

built bigger with florals & a heart sticker 

from the Element Sticker Sheet.

There are also the hand-cut elements,

the butterfly and heart cut from Do Epic Stuff

added to the page with foam tape.

The words 'priceless' and 'memories' were hand-cut

from the Documented paper and backed with cardstock.

The photos were matted with the red side

of the Do Epic stuff paper.

The embellishment cluster to the left of the photos

was built with hand-cut elements.

The flowers were cut from the Together paper,

the butterfly was cut from Dream Life paper

and the flower & heart from the sticker sheet.

The 2 Crafty Beautiful Girl title was Beautiful Girls,

the 's' was removed to adapt to the page.

I have colour the title with multiple colours

of Distress Paint to replicate the So Lucky paper.

I have built the effect with layers of Evergreen Bough,

Pine Needles, Brushed Corduroy and Black Soot.

I loved the end result.

Thank you for visiting the Blog today,

I hope you have enjoyed the page.

Have a lovely weekend,

hopefully some time for crafting.

Please join us again on Monday.

Products Used:

Bazzill Kraft Cardstock

Bazzill Raven Cardstock

Photo Play Our Friendship Through the Years - Do Epic Stuff

Photo Play Our Friendship Through the Years - So Lucky

Photo Play Our Friendship Through the Years - Documented

Photo Play Our Friendship Through the Years - Together

Photo Play Our Friendship Through the Years - Dream Life

Photo Play Our Friendship Through the Years - Element Sticker Sheet

2 Crafty title Beautiful Girls

Distress Paint

Discover with Vicki Boutin Fernwood by Fiona Johnstone

Hello everyone
Another share with the stunning Fernwood Collection by Vicki Boutin. 
Discover

For this layout I have used my favourite paper in the collection, Into the Woods as the focus of my page. I've used the green tones to add a small amount of watercolour and stamping to my Kraft base paper before using a full torn strip of the Into the Woods paper. I've taken the colours from this paper to add to my page with a strip of yellow from the Happy Thoughts paper and red from the Flora and Fauna paper. 

Next I've used some of the florals and camera from the ephemera pack to embellish my page.  A few stickers and dots from the collection complete the design, finishing with the Thicker title Discover. 

Thanks for stopping bytill next weekFionax


Vicki Boutin Fernwood paper - Into the WoodsVicki Boutin Fernwood paper - Happy ThoughtsVicki Boutin Fernwood paper - Flora and FaunaVicki Boutin Fernwood Ephemera IconsVicki Boutin Fernwood Sticker Book with Gold FoilVicki Boutin Fernwood Story of Us Phrase ThickersKraft CardstockTim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink - Mowed LawnTim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink - Rustic WildernessKaisercraft Tiny Dot Texture StampKaisercraft Texture Stamp - Bubble Wrap

Remember moments using Simple Stories Home Grown by Kerryn Fry

Hello everyone.

The page I'm sharing today was created with 

the collection Simple Stories Home Grown.

Some hilarious photos of Mr H 

from the archives 2009 laying on the 

floor at home being tickled.

There is nothing more precious 

than a child's giggle!

I've started the page with Bazzill Kraft Cardstock.

Once I had a plan for the page

I have inked the background with

Broken China Distress Oxide Ink

to create a shadow around the papers.

Once the ink was dry, I grabbed a stencilfrom my stash, sprayed the back of it with waterand then put it down on the inked sections of the cardstock.I picked up the excess water with paper towel.
I've then added splashes of watereddown ink to add splashes to the background.

I've cut two different sized heart shapes

from the Ee-i-ee-i-o paper to pop behind the photos.

I've raised the tops of the hearts with foam tape.

The photos have been backed with 

black cardstock and lifted with foam tape.

The stickers from the Cardstock sticker sheet

have embellished the page around 

the photos and were raised with 

foam tape for some extra dimension.

The patches have been hand cut from

the County Fair paper and added to the page.

Some of the patches have been stuck down 

with tape and some have been

lifted with foam tape. 

The 2 Crafty Mini stick ' Your Smile'

has been covered with black ink.

The 2 Crafty Tiny Funky Frame

was covered with black ink

and backed with with cardstock

to create a journal spot for the page.

The 2 Crafty title 'Remember moments like thishas been covered with black ink.The sub-title is from the Cardstock Sticker sheet.
The finishing touch on the pageis watered down white gessoflicked across the pages with a paint brush.

Thank you for visiting the blog today.

I hope you found the page inspiring

and got a bit of a giggle from the photos.

Have a fabulous weekend,

happy crafting

and join us again on Monday.

Products used:

Bazzill Kraft Cardstock

Simple Stories Home Grown - 3x4 Elements

Simple Stories Home Grown - County Fair

Simple Stories Home Grown - Ee-i-ee-i-o

Simple Stories Home Grown - Love Grows Here

Simple Stories Home Grown - 12x12  Cardstock Sticker Sheet

2 Crafty title Remember moments like this

2 Crafty Mini Title Stick Set 3 - Your Smile

2 Crafty Tiny Funky Frame

Distress Oxide Ink

Hello 16 with Vicki Boutin Fernwood by Fiona Johnstone

Hello everyone
Back this week with the gorgeous Fernwood collection by Vicki Boutin. 
Hello 16

I started with the Notebook paper - I adore this background paper with this gorgeous floral cluster and the blue/green base that is perfect for my daughters dress. I added a matte of the light green paper to the photo before fussy cutting some of the base paper so it wasn't hidden by the photo. 

Next was to fussy cut some flowers from the Flora and Fauna paper and then I teamed them up with some Fernwood ephemera pieces, Fernwood stickers and some ferns from 49&Markets Hike More range. Love the cluster!

I added some butterflies to the white space at the left and added some doodling. 

I finished my title using Vicki Boutins Thickers for Hello and the heart and some older Thickers numbers in my stash.

Thanks for stopping byTill next weekFionax

Products Used:
Vicki Boutin Fernwood paper - NotebookVicki Boutin Fernwood paper - Flora and FaunaVicki Boutin Fernwood paper - FernwoodVicki Boutin Fernwood paper - Full CircleVicki Boutin Fernwood Ephemera IconsVicki Boutin Fernwood Sticker Book with Gold FoilVicki Boutin Fernwood Thickers Story of Us

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It's the Simple Things using Pinkfresh Studio Keeping it Real By Kerryn Fry

Hi everyone!Today I am sharing my second page created with the gorgeous collection, Pinkfresh Studio Keeping it Real.I have been saving this photo for justthe right papers to suit the beautiful purple jacket.Another lovely photo of my youngest nieceand her very first snow experience last year.

I started with two 12x12 sheets of

Vicki Boutin Mixed Media Foundations Paper.

The first piece was used for the background.

Using the 6x6 Echo Park Paper Snowflake Swirl,

I have stamped the stencil in a puddle of water 

and Dusty Concord Distress Ink 

and then added Spun Sugar Distress Ink 

through the stencil before lifting it.

A great technique from a VB video that I had to try out.

Once the background was dry, I've added

a few random areas of Pickled Raspberry Distress Ink 

with a Vicki Boutin Colour Study Stencil.

I have used a small stamp and gold ink

in the background and Ranger Stickles Glitter Glue.

The second sheet of Foundations Paper

was used to die-cut the snowflakes.

I've used Milled Lavender, Dusty Concord,

Spun Sugar, Pickled Raspberry Distress Inks

with the packaging technique to colour the paper.

Then die-cut multiple sizes of snowflakes.

I have layered the snowflakes with foam tape

and spread them across the page.

The Stickles Glitter Glue added

that extra sparkle to the page.

The rainbow strips on Big Mood paper provided

the layers of colour behind the photo

The hearts and journal card were cut from

the Reality Check paper.

The 2 Crafty Mini Stick That Smile 

was covered with gold ink and

added to the page with foam tape.

The 2 Crafty title It's the Simple Things has

also been covered with gold ink

and then added to the bottom left corner of the photo.

Thank for visiting the blog today.I hope the layout has inspired you to create.Have a fabulous weekendand join us again on Mondayfor Fiona's next project.
Products used:Vicki Boutin Mixed Media 12x12 Foundations PaperPinkfresh Studio Keeping it Real - A Little ChaosPinkfresh Studio Keeping it Real - AdultingPinkfresh Studio Keeping it Real - Big MoodPinkfresh Studio Keeping it Real - Daily GrindPinkfresh Studio Keeping it Real - Reality Check2 Crafty title It's the Simple Things2 Crafty Mini Stick Set 3Distress Oxide InksDistress InksVicki Boutin Colour Study StencilsEcho Park Paper 6x6 Snowflake Swirl StencilRanger Stickles Glitter Glue