The Good Stuff with Crate Paper Fresh Bouquet by Fiona Johnstone

Hi everyone
Playing with the gorgeous Crate paper Fresh Bouquet collection this week for
a layout of me and my girls
The Good Stuff

I started this page with the design of the papers in mind, initially going to use a patterned paper background I decided to go with cardstock and add some masking. 
I've used the new Vicki Boutin Storyteller Radiate stencil and some Dylusions Paints for the background. Even though it is a smaller stencil than the area I didn't worry about the middle as it was going to be covered by my patterned paper and just made sure the outer section matched up. 

Then once my paper layers were down I have used both the cardstock stickers and the foam stickers from the collection to embellish my page and tucked some inked chipboard bits under my flowers. 
I've used some older thickers - Vicki Boutin Kaleidoscope for my title to complete my layout. 

Thanks for stopping byTill next week
Fionax
Products Used:Crate Paper Fresh Bouquet 12x12 Paper PadCrate Paper Fresh Bouquet Cardstock StickersCrate Paper Fresh Bouquet Foam ThickersVicki Boutin Radiate Stencil Vicki Boutin Thickers - Kaleidoscope2Crafty Chipboard Mini BranchesDylusions Paint - Rose QuartzKaisercraft Cardstock - Snow

Book Week with Pebbles - My Bright Life by Fiona Johnstone

Hello everyone
Welcome to the start of another week and I've got a new collection to play with. I'm using the Pebbles My Bright Life paper pad - lots of fun papers in this pack! So to start off I have created a fun page:
Book Week

Lily went as Al the Alpaca to Book Week this year, based on the book Alpacas with Maracas. It was her last chance to dress up for book week being in Year 6!
It's not too hard to find alpaca/llama themed paper at the moment and this collection is no exception - love these cute ones. My base paper was chosed due to it's find a word, I think that ties in pretty well with the Book Week theme!

This cute guy is from another collection - Jillibean Soup - Souper Celebration. He was too cute to pass up as an embellishment! As he was quite large, I have left him on his own!

For alphas I have used the new Pinkfresh Studio The Mix No. 2 puffy stickers. Lots of colours, perfect for sub-ttiles! And of course the Awesome puffy sticker from Crate Paper. I've finished off with a little twine to add a pop more colour to the background. 

Thanks for stopping by Have a great week!
Fiona x Products Used: Pebbles My Bright Life 12x12 paper pad Jillibean Soup - Souper Celebration Pea Pod Parts Pinkfresh Studios The Mix no 2 Puffy Alpha Stickers Crate Paper Good Vibes Puffy Stickers Twinery Twine Peapod Green

Good Vibes Ahead with Crate Paper Good Vibes by Fiona Johnstone

Hello everyone
Back with another share created with the funky Good Vibes collection by Crate Paper. 
Good Vibes Ahead:

For this layout I wanted to use the darker floral paper as a larger piece so you could see all the wonderful design, but it is very busy so to break it up a little I tore the edges and lay it across the plainer pink paper. 
Then I have layered some of the more neutral patterned papers behind my photo, and added a doily to soften the page. 

I've used the fabulous chipboard stickers from the Crate Good Vibes collection, some Green Tara flowers, Cocoa Vanilla Studio Tassle and some other bits and pieces to embellish my layout. 

My title is from the chipboard stickers plus some Shimelle Thickers. 

Thanks for stopping by

Till next week

Fiona

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Products Used:
Crate Paper Good Vibes paper - All Good  Crate Paper Good Vibes paper - Flourish  Crate Paper Good Vibes paper - Passion Crate Paper Good Vibes paper - Chill Crate Paper Good Vibes paper - Life Goals Crate Paper Good Vibes Chipboard Stickers Shimelle Go Now Go Luggage Thickers Departure Black Green Tara Cherry Blossoms Pink Cocoa Vanilla Studio Love Always Bits & Pieces Doily

Best Friends with Crate Paper Good Vibes by Fiona Johnstone

Hi Everyone
This week I am creating with the bright and fun collection - Crate Paper Good Vibes.  I adore bright colours and this range is fabulous!
My layout: Best Friends

Loving the bright colours in this collection, and went with a neutral kraft background to highlight the colours. I've used several of the patterned papers to create my paper layers. I then cut out the shipping tags from the So Chill paper, then created my own tag from a 3x4 piece on the paper. 

I've used the puffy stickers and the chipboard stickers from the Crate Paper Good Vibes collection to embellish my page. I've finished it off with an assortment of other embellishments from my stash (see product list). 

Another close -up

Thanks for stopping by

Till next week

Fiona

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Product List: Crate Paper Good Vibes paper - Fresh Crate Paper Good Vibes paper - Flourish Crate Paper Good Vibes paper - All Good Crate Paper Good Vibes paper - Life Goals Crate Paper Good Vibes paper - Passion Crate Paper Good Vibes paper - Perfection Crate Paper Good Vibes paper - So Chill Crate Paper Good Vibes Embossed Puffy Stickers Crate Paper Good Vibes Chipboard Stickers CVS Make a Wish Bits & Pieces Flutterby Designs Flair Pink Paislee C'est La Vie Puffy Sticker Asstd Enamel Dots Kraft Cardstock

Delight by Amanda H

Hello AAS fans!   Today is my last page to share for November.  This page started with some classic black and white... and then I had to add my  favourite colour combo: yellow and mint. I combined papers from  Kaisercraft - Christmas Edition, papers and stickers from Crate Paper - Carousel,  with some 2 Crafty Chipboard, all coloured with Colour Blast.  

To start this page, I glued some 2Crafty chipboard pieces to a piece of white cardstock.

 I knew roughly where my photo would go, so I stuck the chipboard so that it would be a

 feature behind. The 2Crafty chipboard pieces I used were: Freda's Butterflies, a flourish from Leafy Shrub Set 2, and Moroccan Bits.

With all chipboard glued, I gave the whole page a good coat of Gesso.

I then unscrewed the lid to my bottle of Colour Blast - Colour Shimmer Spray in Envy (the soft mint colour) and using a paintbrush, I painted to highlight the chipboard on the background. I like the way some of the colour pooled in the recesses of the chipboard so we see different shades of the Envy colour on the background. A few splatters were made then also.

Once I had created the colours and layers on the white cardstock, I then trimmed the edges and mounted the background on the black and white starry paper Starbright from the Carousel collection.

Next came the fussing cutting. I had a couple of sheets of paper from the Kaisercraft Christmas edition, waiting for inspiration. When I saw the flowers on the reverse of the Rejoice Paper, I decided to fussy cut them. They were the perfect addition to this page. I cut three of these and tucked them at various corners of the photo. 

I mounted the photo on more of the Starbright paper, as well as some of the Uplifting paper, which brought in the first hints of yellow.

With the mint  and black and white in the background, it was easy to decide to have pops of yellow on top!

I started with the 2Crafty Chipboard Floral frame and Foliage set. I added three layers to this chipboard: 1. Yellow ink, 2. Sprayed with Colour Blast - Colour Shimmer Spray in Sunshine, and 3. Dimensional Magic.

While I had the Sunshine (yellow) Colour Shimmer Spray out, I added a few splatters to the background too.

 I had some flowers from the Prima - St. Tropez Flowers - Isla Marina set. They were a soft yellow. A few sprays of  Colour Blast - Colour Shimmer Spray in Sunshine on the flowers gave them the perfect bright yellow colour needed for this page!

Lastly, I finished the page with some banner stickers, hearts and a bow, all taken from the Puffy Stickers pack again from the Crate Paper Carousel collection.

Here is the full list of products that I used to create this page.

Products used:

Papers:

White Cardstock

Crate - Carousel Paper - Starbright

Crate - Carousel Paper - Uplifting

KC - Christmas Edition Paper - Rejoice

Embellishments:

Crate - Carousel Thickers - Cirque Multi Colour Puffy Stickers

Prima - St. Tropez Flowers - Isla Marina

2Crafty Chipboard:

Freda's Butterflies

Leafy Shrub Set 2

Moroccan Bits

Foliage set 1

Frame Sml 5" Floral Frame

Dimensional Magic

Mixed Media:

Colour Blast - White Heavy Gesso

Colour Blast - Colour Shimmer Spray in Envy

Colour Blast - Colour Shimmer Spray in Sunshine

Thank you for looking today!

Amanda

 

"Moments" by Amanda

Hi all,   Welcome to my Wednesday share!   Have you seen the new Crate Paper range by Maggie Holmes: "Carousel"?  Some amazing papers and embellishments in this range!   I found a favourite paper and built my layout around that!  Here's my page to share today!  

I instantly fell in love with the florals on this Crate Paper: Belle. As it was a black and white paper, I decided to paint the designs. Using Colour Shimmer Pots (from Colour Blast), I painted some shimmery colours on the flowers and leaves. I chose colours in the teal and pink ranges to match the colours in the photo (and such a cute photo of my Mum and her newest grand-daughter, my niece).

I mounted the paper on White cardstock and machine stitched the edges in black thread.

And I mounted the photo on Black cardstock and the Romance paper in this Crate Paper range.

It is hard to photograph, but the Colour Shimmer Pots have bright colours and a shimmer and shine!

For the title, I used a sticker from the Puffy Sticker packet in this range.

More stickers from the Puffy Sticker packet in this range were added for small final touches: including the hearts, bows and the small "happy moments" banner.

Thank you so much for looking today!

Products used:

Papers:

Crate - Carousel Paper - Belle

Crate - Carousel Paper - Romance

White cardstock

Black cardstock

Embellishments:

Crate - Carousel Thickers - Cirque Multi Colour Puffy Stickers

Mixed Media:

Colour Blast: Colour Shimmer Pots: Envy, Deep Water, Singing the blues, Blush,

 Lipstick and Snow White.

Other Colour blast products in the same colours can be found HERE.

YAY Sweet with Crate Paper Carousel by Fiona Johnstone

Hello Everyone
Another share with this fabulous collection, really can not get enough of it - love it! It's Crate Papers Carousel by Maggie Holmes.
YAY Sweet

I had to scrap this older photo of my two eating ice-creams together, lots of cute ice-cream themed ephemera in this collection begging to be used!

To start my page I've used a little bit of pink distress spray and water to add some splotches of pink to the white background. Next I have used a long strip of paper to centre my design on - the cute Ice-cream cart, my photo then my large title all going across the page together. 

Thanks for stopping by Till next week Fiona xx
Products Used: Crate Paper Carousel paper - Sprinkles  Crate Paper Carousel paper - Uplifting Crate Paper Carousel paper - Kaleidoscope Crate Paper Carousel Ephemera Die Cuts Crate Paper Carousel Thickers Cirque Puffy Stickers White Cardstock Distress Ink Spray - Picked Raspberry 

On Top of the Worldwith Crate Paper Carouselby Fiona Johnstone

Hello everyone
More Crate Paper Carousel love this week. I love the carousel paper and it was the perfect background for this photo of my two at the top of the carousel at Luna Park
On Top of the World

As you can see I have chosen a very busy paper for my background. For this reason I have used a black and white photo and used some plainer patterns around my photo. The doily also helps to soften the busyness of the page.   

My title has been cut from one of the patterned papers (carnival), it summed up exactly how we felt at the top of the carousel and the white stands out against the busy background. 
I've finished off the page with ephemera pieces and stickers from the Carousel collection.
Thanks for stopping by Till next week
Fiona x  Products Used: Crate Paper Carousel paper - Fairgrounds Crate Paper Carousel paper - Dazzle Crate Paper Carousel paper - Prize Crate Paper Carousel paper - Kaleidoscope  Crate Paper Carousel Paper - Carnival Crate Paper Carousel Ephemera  Crate Paper Carousel Thickers Cirque Puffy Stickers Doily Cocoa Vanilla Love Always Bits & Pieces

Sweet Girl with Crate Paper Carousel by Fiona Johnstone

Hi Everyone
This month I've created a few layouts using the delightful Carousel collection  from Crate Paper. 
Sweet Girl

  I've tested out the new Distress Oxide Ink pads on this layout.  I've used the colour Peacock Feathers, which is a similar match to  my daughters top. I love how vibrant these colours are. 
To create my background I have stamped onto some plastic, spritzed with some  water then pressed this down onto my cardstock. Then I have added some  stamping, just stamping directly from the ink pad. Love the effect from when it hits  the drier or wetter parts of the previous ink layer. 
  I've used a long strip of paper to break up the inking and add some colour  contrast, then added a couple of layers to matt my photo. 

The cutest embellishments in this collection, once again kept subtle as I have  chosen busy paper patterns. 
I've finished off my layout with this cute title from the Girl Squad thicker set by Pebbles.   

  Thanks for stopping by till next week
Fiona x Products Used: Crate Paper Carousel paper - Prize Crate Paper Carousel paper - Carried Away Crate Paper Carousel paper - Uplifting Crate Paper Carousel paper - Summertime Crate Paper Carousel Ephemera Crate Paper Carousel Thickers Cirque Multi Colour Pebbles Girl Squad Thickers Distress Oxide Ink in Peacock Feathers

You are Here with Simple StoriesSummer Days by Fiona Johnstone

Hello everyone
Finishing off the month with one final summery page, walking the boardwalk at Venice Beach, using Simple Stories Summer Days. 
You are Here

  To start my layout I have used some Dylusions Ink Spray and applied using the plastic bag technique - spray some colour onto your plastic, add some water then turn it over and press it down on your page.  I've added some subtle stamping in a similarly toned blue. 
 I have added lots of paper layers under my photo, so many fun summery colours in this collection.   

  I've use a large wood veneer for my title and embellished with some  co-ordinating wood veneer, stickers and flair.   

  Loved this little sun from my stash, so cute with the journaling stickers to  add a subtitle to my page. 

Thanks for stopping by,  till next week Fiona x Products Used: Simple Stories Summer Days Paper - Hello Sunshine Simple Stories Summer Days Paper - Snapshots Simple Stories Summer Days Paper - Gotta Wear Shades Simple Stories Summer Days Paper - Sunny Days Cocoa Vanilla Studio Endless Summer Flair Badge KC Lucky Dip Wooden Flourish - Lifes a Beach Crate Paper Oasis Puffy Stickers Simple Stories You are Here wood veneer October Afternoon Stickers and Mine Market Stickers Dylusions Ink Spray - London Blue Kaisercraft Texture Stamp Tiny Dot