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Monday, June 26, 2023

Amazing Day with Cocoa Vanilla Happy Days
Fiona Johhnstone

Hello everyone

Back with some more Cocoa Vanilla love for this layout using the Happy Days collection

Amazing Day


This striped paper was the PERFECT match for the sunrise in this photo, so I enlarged my photo to a 5x7 so it was more in line with the colours, and backed it with the cool words paper. I love how the words paper has some little stars and hearts so you don't need to add anything at all!

I've added a couple of extra bits of patterned paper under the stripes before adding my embellishments using a mix of the ephemera packs and the accessory sticker sheet. 


I've added some hearts and dots from an older Paige Taylor Evans puffy stickers thickers set to my clusters:


 I finished my page with the perfect 2Crafty title  - Amazing Day which I have inked in two tones to again match the paper and the sunrise in orange and yellow. 

Thanks for visiting
See you next week
Fiona
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Products Used:

Cocoa Vanilla Studio Happy Days  - Definitive paper
Cocoa Vanilla Studio Happy Days -Sunshine Lollipops
Cocoa Vanilla Studio Happy Days - Little Blossom
Cocoa Vanilla Studio Happy Days - Flutterby
Cocoa Vanilla Studio Happy Days - Diecut Ephemera
Cocoa Vanilla Studio Happy Days - Floral Ephemera
Cocoa Vanilla Studio Happy Days 6x12 Accessory Sticker Sheet
2Crafty Chipboard - Amazing Day

Monday, June 19, 2023

Oh the Places We'll Go with 49&market Vintage Artistry Everywhere collection by Fiona Johnstone

Hello everyone

Another layout with the 49&Market Vintage Artistry Everywhere collection, focusing on the pinks and blues from a recent trip to Canberra:

Oh the Places We'll Go


For this layout I have gone with multi photos, adding a few paper layers behind as well as some ephemera bits and these cool filmstrips!  Teamed up with some more ephemera and some Green Tara flowers. 


Love this cute 2Crafty chipboard Hot Air Balloon which I have inked with pink and blue inks and some gesso to tie in with my papers. A doily helps the ephemera title to stand out.  


Thanks for visiting
See you next week

Fiona
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Products Used:

49&Market Vintage Artistry Everywhere - Collection Pack 12x12
49&Market Vintage Artistry Everywhere - Coloured Foundations Pack
49&Market Vintage Artistry Everywhere - Chipboard Set
49&Market Vintage Artistry Everywhere - Ephemera Bits
2Crafty Chipboard Hot Air Balloon
Green Tara CherryBlossoms Pale Pink and White
49&Market Color Swatch Blossom Acetate Filmstrips

Monday, June 12, 2023

Go See Do with 49&Market Vintage Artistry Everywhere collection by Fiona Johnstone

Hello

Another layout today with 49&Market Vintage Artistry Everywhere collection. This layout focuses on the greens and orange in the collection for my waterfall photo:

Go See Do



The background paper paper is simply stunning, ready to go with all the mixed media done. I have mounted it onto some orange foundations paper before adding some paper layers from the main collection pack. 

I did add one thing to my background - the big words. How cool are these rubons? Seriously so easy to use and really pop on the page! They are the album rub ons. 


With my large rub-ons as a major design feature of the page I have focused my clusters around my photo. I have used a mix of ephemera and chipboard from the collection. I've added a little rub on to the plain journaling circle to tie it in with the backround. 


Title from the chipboard collection and I've finished with the bubbles and baubles. 


Thank for visiting
See you next week

Fiona
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Products Used:
49&Market Vintage Artistry Everywhere - Collection Pack 12x12
49&Market Vintage Artistry Everywhere - Coloured Foundations Pack
49&Market Vintage Artistry Everywhere - Albums Rub Ons 6x8
49&Market Vintage Artistry Everywhere - Chipboard Set
49&Market Vintage Artistry Everywhere - Ephemera Bits
49&Market Vintage Artistry Everywhere - Wishing Baubles and Bubbles

Monday, June 5, 2023

Here we Are with 49&Market Vintage Artistry Everywhere Collection by Fiona Johnstone

Hello everyone

Very excited to share some pages over the next couple of weeks using the fabulous Everywhere Collection by 49&Market.
Love the colours and perfect as I've been doing lots of weekend and day trips!

Here we are


How good are these background papers? Perfect and easy to team up with some of the other papers from the collection. I have added some of the awesome rub-ons to my background too, on this close up you can see the small compass next to the Love this View chipboard piece and also the larger Go See Do words that went on so smoothly, especially over my torn paper layers. I've also added some rub-ons to my orange ephemera circle. Very versatile!


Here you can see more rub-ons used - the top left map piece, another compass and the Exploring text. I've also mixed my ephemera and chipboard here, giving my word a little frame. 


The ephemera also has some great titles that are the perfect addition to the page and then I have use the fun Wishing Baubles for a great finishing touch!


Thanks for visting
See you next week

Fiona
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Products Used:
49&Market Vintage Artistry Everywhere - Collection Pack 12x12
49&Market Vintage Artistry Everywhere - Coloured Foundations Pack
49&Market Vintage Artistry Everywhere - Albums Rub Ons 6x8
49&Market Vintage Artistry Everywhere - Chipboard Set
49&Market Vintage Artistry Everywhere - Ephemera Bits
49&Market Vintage Artistry Everywhere - Wishing Baubles and Bubbles

Monday, May 29, 2023

Good Times with Cocoa Vanilla Studio Happy Days by Fiona Johnstone

Hello everyone

Back with another layout created using the stunning Happy Days collection from Cocoa Vanilla - I just love the colours in this collection:

Good Times


Love this colour combo, it is just gorgoeus! For this layout  wanted to stick to these two main colours and use a white background but with a bit of distress ink of masking and splatters to add a bit of interest to the background! I've used a Vicki Boutin Stencil from the Fernwood collection, then added some splatters in two different Distress Oxides. 


Again lots of flowers from the Floral Ephemera pack - so many in this pack! And teamed with some word stickers from the 6x12 Accessory Sticker Sheet and the chipboard from the Alpha pack.


and of course, finishing again with these fab alphas!


Thanks for visiting
See you next week
Fiona
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Products Used:

Cocoa Vanilla Studio Happy Days paper - Little Blossom
Cocoa Vanilla Studio Happy Days paper - Flutterby
Cocoa Vanilla Studio Happy Days paper - Sunshine Lollipops
Cocoa Vanilla Studio Happy Days Floral Ephemera
Cocoa Vanilla Studio Happy Days Accessory Sticker Sheet 6x12
Cocoa Vanilla Studio Happy Days Chipboard Title Stickers
Distress Oxides - Seedless Preserves
Distress Oxides - Peacock Feathers
Vicki Boutin Fernwood Stencil
Vicki Boutin Foundations Paper

Monday, May 22, 2023

Together with Cocoa Vanilla Studio Happy Days by Fiona Johnstone

Hello everyone

One of my favourites this week, the new Cocoa Vanilla Studio Happy Days collection. So bright, so fun! I've used Some special photos for this layout:

Together




I've used the B side papers for this layout today, using the small heart print as my background paper and then adding a strip of the pretty blue floral paper, love the smaller patterns on these papers. 



I chose the floral ephemera and the sticker elements as my embellishments for this range and have gone with a few floral clusters teamed up with some fussy cut butterflies from the Flutterby paper. 




I've added some stickers and chipboard - a cute 2Crafty shape and the title and chip heart from the Title Stickers pack. 




Thanks for visiting
See you next week

Fiona
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Products Used:
Cocoa Vanilla Studio Happy Days - Rainbow Bright
Cocoa Vanilla Studio Happy Days - Definitive
Cocoa Vanilla Studio Happy Days - Flutterby
Cocoa Vanilla Studio Happy Days - Floral Ephemera
Cocoa Vanilla Studio Happy Days - Accessory Sticker Sheet
Cocoa Vanilla Studio Happy Days - Chipboard Title Stickers
2Crafty Chipboard - Flower Medallion


Monday, May 15, 2023

Bee Awesome with Echo Park Bee Happy by Fiona Johnstone

Hello everyone

One last fun one with the Bee paper!  I had to document these photos from last years Sister Chicks retreat:

Bee Awesome


For this layout I  remembered that we had been gifted a hexagon punch at one of the retreats and this was the perfect way to cut my Echo Park Bee Happy papers to create my layout, perfect for my bee theme:


I then hit the sticker sheet and used the cute bees to go over the hexagons. I added a bunch of stickers including one to add some journalling to. 


Then I have added these stunning flowers! I love these Sunflowers!


I finished off using one of the sticker sheet words for my title:


Such a fun page to create!
Thanks for visiting
See you next week
Fiona
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Products Used:

Echo Park Bee Happy paper - Bee Friends
Echo Park Bee Happy paper - Happy as can Bee
Echo Park Bee Happy paper - Sweet Stems
Echo Park Bee Happy paper - Lazy Daisy
Echo Park Bee Happy 12x12 Element Sticker Sheet
49 and Market Sunflowers
Kaisercraft Cardstock - Snow

Monday, May 8, 2023

Bee-YOU-tiful with Echo Park Bee Happy by Fiona Johnstone

Hello everyone

Today I have a cute layout to share using the Echo Park Bee Happy collection:

BeeYOUtiful



This bee paper was perfect for these photos of my daughter in a bee costume for Halloween last year. The gorgeous yellows and greens also makes it the perfect paper for outdoors photos. 
For my page I focused on the paper with the bees to highlight the theme of my page and I loved her silly but cute poses so made a multi-photo page. I've layered some of the other papers to work with my photo bringing in the greens and a touch of black. 


I've used the 12x12 Elements Sticker sheet to embellish my page - love the flower stickers and a bunch of punny journaling pieces and words. I've teamed it up the sticker sheet with a super cute 2Crafty piece - BeeYOUtiful that includes honeycomb and bees as well as the awesome title 


I've inked the title in Distress Oxide ink Mustard Yellow to match the page


Thanks for visiting
See you next week
Fiona
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Products used:

Echo Park Bee Happy paper-Bee Friends
Echo Park Bee Happy paper- Lazy Daisy
Echo Park Bee Happy paper-Sweet Stems
Echo Park Bee Happy paper- Life is Sweet
Echo Park Bee Happy Element Sticker Sheet
2Crafty BeeYOUtiful set
Distress Oxide Mustard Seed 

Monday, May 1, 2023

Just Love with Prima Marketing Spring Abstract by Fiona Johnstone

Hello everyone

Back with another share using the beautiful Prima Spring Abstract paper:

Just Love


Loving the circle on the background paper and as these papers are stunning on their own with their silver embossing I decided to add some 2Crafty Chipboard frames to keep the circle theme without detracting from the paper. 

For the frames I have inked them in colours to co-ordinate with my paper and photo - pink, green, blue and mauve, then added some shimmer glitz spray. I've fussy cut my photo then fussy cut the butterfly from one of the patterned papers and stuck them under the frames:


I've then added some of the stunning Prima flowers that are part to the Spring Abstract Collection and combined this with some of the elements from the Ephemera pack:


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I finished by using the ephemera pieces as my title

Thanks for visiting
See you next week

Fiona
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Products Used:

Prima Marketing Spring Abstract Collection - Spring Crown paper
Prima Marketing Spring Abstract Collection - Happiness Blooms paper
Prima Marketing Spring Abstract Collection - Ephemera
Prima Marketing Spring Abstract Collection - Flowers Spring Notes
2Crafty Chipboard - Pointed Doily Frames
Shimmer Spray - Sparkle

Monday, April 24, 2023

Some Kind of Wonderful with Prima Spring Abstract by Fiona Johnstone

Hello everyone

This week I have the very beautiful Prima Sping Abstract papers to create with.
These are just so stunning with gorgeous colours and foil accents. 

Some Kind of Wonderful


Oh I just adore this background paper - Spring Awakening - with it's beautiful floral pattern along the bottom. I wanted to extend that by having my photo come out from the flowers and then adding some extra floral ephemera and Prima Flowers from the Spring Abstract collection. 


I've added some Lattice Chipboard leaves to my flower clusters on both sides. I've inked these in a mix of navy and green to match the leaves on the paper. 

I've used a little journaling square as my title, this is from the ephemera pack as are the sweet butterflies. I've finished off the page with a little sub quote, a chipboard sticker from the Prima Aquarelle Dreams collection. 


Thanks for visiting
See you next week!

Fiona
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Products used:

Prima Spring Abstract paper - Spring Awakening
Prima Spring Abstract paper - Together we Bloom Better
Prima Spring Abstract 68 piece Ephemera
Prima Spring Abstract Flowers -Spring Notes
Prima Aquarelle Dreams Chipboard Stickers
2Crafty Lattice Leaves

Monday, April 17, 2023

Delight in the Now with Pinkfresh Studio Delightful by Fiona Johnstone

Hello everyone

Today I am sharing a layout I have had the papers sitting with the photo for a while! Finally put it together and loving the pink and green colour combo on this layout:

Delight in the now


I've added top and bottom tearing for may paper layers over a green check background and then teamed it up with some vellum embellishments and some ephemera from the Pinkfresh range. 

I've then added some a49 & Market flowers to match and some 2Crafty chipboard to finish off my page:


I've used the ephemera pack for my title and used an older Pinkfresh ephemera piece for the white outlined flower.


Thanks for visiting
See you next week
Fiona
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Pinkfresh Studio Delightful Collection - Dream Chaser
Pinkfresh Studio Delightful Collection - Smile Often
Pinkfresh Studio Delightful Collection - Vellum Embellishments
Pinkfresh Studio Delightful Collection - Ephemera
49&Market Royal Spray Paper flowers - Bashful
2Crafty Chipboard Foliage Set 6