So Fun & Such an Amazing Day with Bella Blvd Let's go on an Adventure by Fiona Johnstone

Hey everyone
A couple of travel pages with the fun and bright Let's Go on an Adventure collection from Bella Blvd. First up
So Fun      

I've added some texture paste trough a stencil for my background to create a bubble effect to mimic the whitewater. Next I have haphazardly layered some complimentary patterned papers to create some movement to my page. 

I've used icons from the Ephemera pack in the collection to embellish my layout, adding some wood veneer shapes and some journaling stickers to finish it off. 

Close ups of the texture and embellishments. 

And my second page:
Such an Amazing Day

For this layout I have used a neutral base paper as I had a lot of photos to fit on to the page of our trip up the mount to Skyline Rotorua. A fun day out I wanted to include multiple photos to capture the day. To enable me to use multiple photos I have used a simple design of paper strips running down the page in co-ordinating colours. 

next I have added my photos in a linear pattern, before adding embellishments from the ephemera pack and a few pieces from some other travel collections - particularly Pinkfresh Studio Out and About. 

Thanks for stopping by

Till next week

Fiona

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Products Used: So Fun Bella Blvd Let's go on an Adventure paper - Wildflowers Bella Blvd Let's go on an Adventure paper - Park Map Bella Blvd Let's go on an Adventure paper - Shy foxes Jillibean Soup Rainbow Roux Pinch of Colour Bella Blvd Let's go on an Adventure Ephemera Icons pack Kaisercraft Lucky Dip Wooden Flourish Travel  Cocoa Vanilla Studio You Rock Wood Veneer Shapes Simple Stories Hello Summer 4x6 Stickers Thickers Texture Paste Mask White Bazzill cardstock  Such an Amazing Day Bella Blvd Let's go on an Adventure paper - Wildflowers Bella Blvd Let's go on an Adventure paper - No Wifi Script Bella Blvd Let's go on an Adventure paper - Park Map Bella Blvd Let's go on an Adventure paper - Shy foxes Bella Blvd Let's go on an Adventure Ephemera Icons pack Pinkfresh Studio Out & About Cardstock Stickers Pinkfresh Studio Out & About Mixed Embellishment Pack 2Crafty Chipboard Such an Amazing Day

Pretty as a Picture using Simple Stories Heart by Kerryn Fry

Good morning all. This week I've created my second page with the beautiful collection Simple Stories Heart This gorgeous photo of my niece matched the colours perfectly and she looks super cute with her little pout.   

The background effect has been created in layers on the white cardstock base.

I've started with the clear packaging and spritzed with water effect.

First Scattered Straw Distress Oxide, let it dry

and then added touches of Fossilized Amber over the top. 

The next layer is using Fossilized Amber applied through 

the honeycomb stencil from Vicki Boutin Wildflower & Honey Collection.

Then using Evergreen Bough, I have randomly added flowers 

with the daisy stencil from the same collection.

The final layer is splatters of watered down Evergreen Bough Distress Paint

I have used black cardstock as a base for the photo,

then added smaller pieces of patterned paper in layers under the photo.

Some 2x2 pieces have been lifted with foam tape.

The photo has also been mounted with foam tape for added dimension.

There are multiple 2 Crafty pieces added to the layout.

The 2 Crafty Twiggy Branch has been cut into smaller pieces

and covered with Evergreen Bough Distress Paint.

For a little detail, I have added a centre line to each leaf

with light tough of Picket Fence.

The rainbow is from the 2 Crafty Weather Bits pack,

I've hand painted it with Distress Paints 

and added Dimensional Magic just to the clouds.

The 2 Crafty Flowers have been painted with Distress Paints,

using Evergreen Bough, Scattered Straw and Picket Fence.

Once dry, they have been stamped using Kaisercraft Tiny Dots 

and finished with a layer of Dimensional Magic.

The centres of the flowers have been cut from patterned paper.

I have used embellishments from the Chipboard and Cardstock sheets.

Adding the small chipboard hearts and flower sprays

and then the banner, words and tab stickers. 

The small polaroid frame is from the 2 Crafty Assorted Polaroid Frames.

It has been painted with Hickory Smoke Distress Paint,

then I've backed it with patterned paper

and sealed with Dimensional Magic.

The 2 Crafty title Pretty as a Picture was covered with swipes of Hickory Smoke

and then finished with a coat of Dimensional Magic.

I had lots of fun creating this page, always enjoy getting a little messy. Thanks for visiting the blog today, and I hope you have enjoyed the process. Have a fabulous weekend and please join us again on Monday for Fiona's next project. Products Used: Bazzill White Cardstock Simple Stories Heart - So Loved Simple Stories Heart - Remember Simple Stories Heart - 2x2 Elements Simple Stories Heart - 3x4 Elements Simple Stories Heart - Cardstock Sticker Sheet Simple Stories Heart - Chipboard 6x12 Stickers 2 Crafty title Pretty as a Picture 2 Crafty Polaroid Assorted Frame 2 Crafty Flower Funky 2 Crafty Twiggy Branch 2 Crafty Weather Bits Vicki Boutin Wildflower & Honey Mixed Media Stencils Distress Oxide Ink Distress Paint Kaisercraft Textured Stamp - Tiny Dots Dimensional Magic

Make Today Countusing Celebr8 Photobookby Amanda Hartmann

Hi everyone!

Today I am sharing a page I created using the Paper Pack from Celebr8 - Photobooth Sketch Pack. Great colours and so many cool elements you can cut out and use on your pages.

For this page I started with two sheets of paper from the pack - the neutral for the base with the blue as the next layer. This blue paper had really interesting elements of tickets and tags in the bottom right corner, so i decided to build my photo stack and embellishments amongst it.

I went to town fussy cutting elements from the cut-apart sheets in the pack. I cut tags, labels, cameras, words, flowers and tickets. These are layered on the page to add interest.

Please check out some close ups for the details:

Tucked in this side of the cluster is a piece of  2 Crafty Heart Clump - inked navy blue and coated with dimensional magic. You can see it layered amongst the cut out pieces I made.

I also but one heart from the 2 Crafty Heart Clumps (which would have been hidden anyway), and included it in the small top left cluster. This adds some balance to the page, as it is combined with the title label and more cut outs.

You can also see here some splatters - I used Colour Blast Fire Engine Colour Shimmer spray for this.

On the other side of the photos, amongst the cut outs, I included a 2 Crafty Beaded Hanging Heart - also inked navy blue and coated with dimensional magic.

This photo and now page, does capture the perfect moment of meeting with work colleagues in Amsterdam. These papers are versatile and I already have more pages planned with the collection.

Thanks for looking,
Amanda

Products used:

Celebr8 - Photobooth Sketch Pack.

2 Crafty Beaded Hanging Heart Set
2 Crafty Heart Clumps
Dimensional Magic

Shine Bright with Cocoa Vanilla Studio Unforgettable by Fiona Johnstone

Hello everyone
Back with another CVS Unforgettable layout, nice clean page, embellished with all the pretties in the collection. 
Shine Bright

  Love the words paper (Pretty Bits) as a background to then add some of the brighter colours. Love the big floral print on the Glorious patterned paper and used this as a large rectangle so that pretty design can be seen! I've used a few other patterned papers to layer my photo, a cute stripey banner and some paper strips to tie the page together.   

  Again I have used lots of yummy embellishments - ephemera, stickers, enamel dots and flair to add detail to my layout before finishing it off with the amazing Foam Title Stickers - love the font and the black ensures it pops right off that busy floral.  

Thanks for stopping by Till next week
Fiona x Products Used: Cocoa Vanilla Studio Unforgettable paper - Pretty Bits Cocoa Vanilla Studio Unforgettable paper - Glorious Cocoa Vanilla Studio Unforgettable paper - Sprightly Cocoa Vanilla Studio Unforgettable paper - Lacewing Cocoa Vanilla Studio Unforgettable Ephemera Cocoa Vanilla Studio Unforgettable Accessory Sticker Sheet Cocoa Vanilla Studio Unforgettable Enamel Dots Cocoa Vanilla Studio Unforgettable Flair Buttons Cocoa Vanilla Studio Unforgettable Foam Title Stickers

Just the 3 of Us using Simple Stories Heart by Kerryn Fry

Hi Everyone! Today's page has been created using the gorgeous collection, Simple Stories Heart. Beautiful colours and patterns! The photo is a rare gem taken by my Mum. A fabulous family day spent travelling via train to Victor Harbor. The 3 of us together!  

 My normal start, a Kraft cardstock base with some background work.

Using Evergreen Bough Distress Oxide, gold and white ink,

I have stamped in layers around the page.

I've used three different Kaisercraft Textured Stamps,

Grid Texture, Tiny Dots and Paint Splatter Texture.

I've hand cut a few floral elements from the papers 

4x4 Elements and 2x2 Elements.

The flowers have been mounted on foam tape for dimension

and placed in 3 different spots on the page.

I have also used the paper 2x2 Elements to hand cut 

the journal spot and words.

Some more flowers added to the clusters from the Sticker Sheet.

At the top of the photo, I've used another 2x2 Element,

the hand cut flowers and added a touch of Diamond Stickles.

The 2 Crafty title Just the 3 of Us has been covered with Gold Ink. I have used foam tape to add it to the page to give it some extra depth. The Black cardstock was the perfect pop for the page, I have used a border punch to added a strip to the page. That's my page for this week. A simple design, with some depth and sparkle. Thank you for visiting the blog today, hopefully you have enjoyed the process. Enjoy your weekend, a long one for some. Please join us again on Monday for Fiona's next page. Products used: Bazzill Kraft Cardstock Bazzill Raven Cardstock Simple Stories Heart - 2x2 Elements Simple Stories Heart - 3x4 Foil Elements Simple Stories Hearts - 4x4 Elements Simple Stories Heart - Missing You Simple Stories Heart - So Loved Simple Stories Heart Sticker Sheet 2 Crafty Just the 3 of Us Distress Oxide Ink Kaisercraft Textured Stamps - Tiny Dots Kaisercraft Textured Stamps - Grid Texture Kaisercraft Textured Stamps - Paint Splatter

love, adore, cherish by Amanda Hartmann

Hi everyone, Here is my first page share for October... the year is flying by!  Today I used the sweet florals and colours of the Prima Apricot Honey collection.  They were a great match to this photo of my sister and I in Croatia.

I matched some pink and kraft cardstock to the prima papers to use as the base and as mounting behind the photo.

Then I layered two main sheets of paper to create the page: Apricot Honey as the neutral panel and Sweet Apricots as the floral panel.

I finished with flowers, fussy cut elements and 2Crafty chipboard.

I fussy cut some of the flowers from the Sweet Apricots paper and used them in this main cluster.

 I also fussy cut butterflies from the All Together paper.

I added some of the flowers from the Lovely Peaches pack to each cluster.

I used three words from the 2Crafty Mini words set 2 in each cluster also. I inked them

 in a golden brown to match.

Also in the larger cluster I used a 2Crafty flourish, which I had heat embossed in copper.

 This matches the copper foil finishes in the papers.

A flower and a fussy cut butterfly with a chipboard word in each of the smaller clusters.

I do love the florals and coppers that work so nicely with this photo amongst the old buildings! Thanks for looking, Amanda

Products used: kraft cardstock Prima Paper: Apricot Honey Prima Paper: Sweet Apricots Prima Paper: All Together 2Crafty Mini words set 2 2Crafty flourish - Leafy Shrub Set 3

Little Moments with Cocoa Vanilla Studio Unforgettable Collection by Fiona Johnstone

Hello everyone
Got my hands on the new Cocoa Vanilla Studio Unforgettable collection at crop the other week and created a couple of layouts to share with you. Always gorgeous collections. Today's layout:
Little Moments

I have had this pic of Lily for a while, a quick snap in Kmart trying on the large animal heads. She of course chose her favourite - a Panda! The photo was taken in the toy aisle and I wasn't loving the cluttered background, so the solution - fussy cut the photo! I've just used two pieces of the patterned paper for this layout and focused on the embellishments, layering them around, and tucking them under my photo. 

I've used the ephemera pack,  accessory sticker sheet, flair, enamel dots and the tassels & bows, scattering them around my photo.  The bow was perfect to cover up the Kmart tag on the ear.  I've used a little ephemera tag as the title. 
Thanks for stopping by Till next week
Fiona x Products Used: Cocoa Vanilla Studio Unforgettable paper - Glorious Cocoa Vanilla Studio Unforgettable paper - Forget me Not Cocoa Vanilla Studio Unforgettable Die-cut Ephemera Cocoa Vanilla Studio Unforgettable Accessory Sticker Sheet Cocoa Vanilla Studio Unforgettable Enamel Dots Cocoa Vanilla Studio Flair Buttons Cocoa Vanilla Studio Tassels & Bows Cardstock - White Bazzill

Loving These Moments using Kaisercraft Let It Snow by Kerryn Fry

Hello AAS Fans! I'm back today with my second page created  with the beautiful collection, Kaisercraft Let It Snow. This week I have actually used it as it was intended and created a Christmas page from one of last year's photo. Our delightful Mr 15 being his usual crazy self and thankfully, allowing me to photograph it.  

I have used a sheet of Kraft cardstock as a solid base for the page,

it's hidden, but still there LOL!

The bottom paper is Falling Snowflakes stuck down first.

Then I've hand cut the top section of the paper Twinkle Star

and added cardboard to mount it to the page for added dimension.

The Baubles are from the Collectables pack.

They have attached using foam tape

and their string has been hand drawn with white and silver pens.

The 2 Crafty Winter Twig Branches have been covered with

Evergreen Bough Distress Paint and then swiped with Brushed Pewter Distress Paint.

Once the paint had dried, I have added some silver metallic rub to the branches.

One of the branches has been cut down and added to different sections of the page.

Diamond Stickles has been added to the centre of the stars in the top section.

The photo has been matted with the bottom part of Twinkle Star paper 

and added to the page with cardboard and tape.

There are a few more papers under the photo,

and the sentiment has been cut from the bottom of one of the patterned papers.

I've used the flourishes from the Collectables to embellish either side of the photo

and added one of the larger 2 Crafty Winter Twig Branches to the photo as well.

The 2 Crafty Stars were covered with Brushed Pewter Distress Paint,

swiped with metallic rub and the decorated with Diamond Stickles around the edges.

The finishing piece is the 2 Crafty title Loving These Moments.

I've covered the title with a few layers of Picket Fence Distress Paint.

Kept it nice & simple and then stuck it down at the top of the page.

Thanks for visiting the blog today. Hopefully you have enjoyed the process of the page. Have a great weekend and please join us again on Monday.   Products used: Bazzill Kraft Cardstock Kaisercraft Let It Snow - Twinkle Star Kaisercraft Let It Snow - Falling Snowflake Kaisercraft Let It Snow - Shimmering Kaisercraft Let It Snow - Snowfall Kaisercraft Let It Snow - Collectables 2 Crafty title Loving These Moments 2 Crafty Winter Twig Branches 2 Crafty Stars Pack Distress Paint