Simple Stories Boho Sunshine Layouts and a Card

Wow, it is July already! It is so nice to be scrapping again. I'm excited to show you the Simple Stories Boho Sunshine Collection. It is cute and playful and perfect for scrapping pictures of my 11-year-old.

My first layout has a background made from distress inks that were applied with a dry sponge. The butterflies were fussy cut and glued to their corresponding colour. 

The black lines were drawn by hand. The embellishments all came from the cardstock sticker sheet in the main kit or the bits and pieces die cuts floral pack. 

My next layout uses two pieces of paper. I cut a square out of the center of one paper and set it off-center. Then I backed the frame with the second paper. The picture is surrounded by papers that were leftover from the frame backing. I used a chain stitch to sew around the frame using white embroidery thread. 

The title and butterfly are pieces of chipboard. The flowers and hearts are from the bits and pieces pack. The subtitle is a cardstock sticker and the clay circle embellishments are from Studio Katia from an older kit. I used an older blue Stickles paint for the centers of the flowers. 

This collection has some premade frames that make it easy to highlight a picture. I liked how this frame matched the paper. There are also some cut-apart cards in the paper pack which are perfect for journaling. 

My final layout was fun to make. The paper kit has one sheet with tags on both sides. I cut them all apart and then chose the ones that looked best horizontally. I printed my pictures using the collage feature in Picasa. It allowed me to print 4 pictures on one 4x6 print. I backed them with some yellow paper. Then I used the bits and pieces, chipboard and cardstock stickers to embellish and found some string in my stash. 

The final touch was to doodle around the tags with a black pen.

I also had the chance to make a card. They are not something I usually make but I had a wedding shower to attend. I used a piece of Bazzill cardstock from a previous kit. The embellishments are from the bits and pieces pack and cardstock sticker. The title was cut out from a paper in the kit. I used thread to sew the letters to the rainbow. It was a little tricky to try to get the letters to hang with just the right amount Finally, I used some Nuvo drops to highlight the center.

I hope this offered you some inspiration to get crafty with the Boho Sunshine Collection. 

Alex Syberia Designs...Fabulous Florals!

 Hello!

Rosie back again with more Alex Syberia Designs projects, this time, featuring florals!

This large bloom from the Hello Lovely stamp set is the perfect size to fill an A2 card front. I stamped this on Altenew watercolour paper with clear embossing ink and then heat set with Altenew Rose Gold Crisp Embossing Powder.

It's coloured with Distress Watercolour Pencils and I added some extra details/shading with Prismacolor Pencils. The panel is die cut with the Stampendous Deckle Cutting dies (this is not in the store but can be special ordered) and the sentiment is also heat embossed with Rose Gold embossing powder. A few Studio Katia Iridescent Bubbles finish off this card.

Life Is Good is another gorgeous floral stamp from this designer.

I used the ink smooshing technique to create the background with Altenew Just Green, Lagoon, Maple Yellow and Galactic Stream Crisp Dye inks, then run through my Big Shot with the Honey Bee Rainbow A2 Pierced Cover Plate. 

The large floral image from Life Is Good was stamped on copic friendly cardstock, coloured with Copic markers, fussy cut and popped up on the background with foam adhesive tape. I treated the black card stock with the Taylored Expressions-Anti Static Powder Tool which is one of the best anti-static tools on the market in my opinion, then stamped the sentiment in clear embossing ink, coated with white embossing powder and set with heat tool.

Now let's take a look at one of the stand alone die sets from Alex Syberia Designs, Fantasy Flowers! If you were at the Great Canadian Scrapbook Carnival in Edmonton you may have created one of these cards in one of the Scrap Shotz Make & Takes.

These layers are super easy to layer and I die cut the layers from Memory Box 6x6 Ocean Blue Paper Pad which contains 4 each of 12 shades so it's perfect to use for these types of layering dies!

The background is created with Simon Hurley Tropical Tango Lunar Paste and the Alex Syberia Pureland Fan stencil. After adhering the layers together I've embellished the stamens with a gel pen from the Sakura-Gelly Roll Classic Pen Set.

Sentiment is from the Pinkfresh Studio Sentiments 5 pack of 43 sentiments which has multiple birthday, thank you and encouragement (just to name a few) sentiments in gold or silver foil. A few Pinkfresh Studio Silver Matte Pearls complete this card.

I made this second version of the card with yellow blooms using Memory Box Sunny Orange 6x6 paper to die cut blooms and Studio Katia Gold Sparkle Crystals.

I have one more card created with the Petit Periwinkles Stand alone Die Set but I can't find it to photograph so make sure you're following use on Instagram as I'll post it there when I locate it!

Thanks for stopping in!

Alex Syberia Designs! Cute Critters!

 Hello Scrap Shotz Friends!

Rosie here, sharing a few projects with a brand new to us product line, Alex Syberia Designs!

You'll find cute critters, lovely florals, stand alone die sets and hot foil plates in this product line!

Check out the entire line the store HERE!

First up, Giraffe-ic stamps and dies...

I've done a bunch of masking and stamping to create this fun scene for these cute giraffe friends and then coloured with Copic markers.

You like giraffes but you LOVE birds? Let's check out these feathery friends, Paradise Birds!

These fine friends are Copic coloured and visting on a background created with Lunar Pastes and the Pureland Fan stencil from Alex Syberia. The sentiment is from the Life is Good stamp set.

I used the Altenew Stampwheel to stamp this wreath of palm fronds and to also stamp a mirror image of the toucan bird that I've Copic coloured so this couple could face each other as they celebrate their anniversary!

I stamped, coloured and die cut these images from Paradise birds and created a shaker thank you card. I applied Clear Skies Lunar Paste through the Simon Hurley 6x6 Tiny Circles stencil and adhered the images with liquid adhesive as well as foam adhesive to pop some of them up.

The background shines with the combo Shooting Star Lunar Paste and the AS Pureland Fan stencil. These images are all Copic coloured as well as die cut with the coordinating Paradise Birds dies.

I'll be back later to share some of the fabulous florals from Alex Syberia Designs!

Thanks for stopping by!

49 and Market Card Set

 Mother's Day is almost here, and I wanted to share a card set that I made for my Mother-In-Law to celebrate the day. She loves my cards and always is so thankful when she has a stash to choose from. I used the 6x8 Tranquility Collection pack that is here in the store, as well as the Plum Grove 6x8 Collection.

With very little effort, (and the laser cut elements,) these cards were quick to create and are beautiful. A bit or ribbon or twine, some bling embellishments, and you're done!

I want to wish all the Moms a very Happy Mother's Day! 

49 and Market - Plum Grove Layouts

Once again, I'm working with the Plum Grove Collection from 49 and Market. I love the richness of the colors and the outstanding quality of the paper. For this first layout, I added more flowers to the background with a bouquet of ephemera and put some laser cut stems over my photo mat, framing the photo. I used a bunch of the chipboard words, stacking them close together so that they appear to be a single element. The thankful words are all added with rub ons and the postcard journaling spot blends in enough to not throw off the balance.
 

This photo is of my sisters and I at a concert. I printed it in black and white so that it would be suited to any color combination I wanted to use. I cut out the butterfly border from another patterned paper sheet and mounted it on foam to give it dimension. I used a Happy die cut, purple Doodlebug Alphabet Soup Alphas and the "You" from the ARToptions Plum Grove Chipboard Word set. I used some rubons to add phrases, outline flowers and grunge paint to the background. The photo mat is an ephemera piece from the Plum Grove Ephemera Bit package.

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you're having a great spring week!

49 and Market - Vintage Artistry "Everywhere"

 I am absolutely in love with the 49 and Market releases, and I can't choose a favorite. That's okay though, as they all will work together. For this layout I used the Vintage Artistry Everywhere collection. It works so well as a travel line, with great chipboard words for all your vacation photos.  I used one of these to highlight the Michael Buble' Higher Tour that I attended in October. I used gold thickers and Doodlebug Alphabet Soup Alphas in the Coral color for my title and sub-title. In the background I used some of the acetate filmstrip frames. My journaling was typed and cut into strips that I ink blended the edges. Just a few chipboard word strips and it was finished. 

The second layout using this collection is more of a travel theme. Once again the filmstrip frames gave the background interest, and the title was created with chipboard words, highlighted with chipboard hearts. My journaling was hand written on a postcard from another 49 and Market collection ephemera pack. I am sure that I could fill several albums with just sunset photos from Puerto Vallarta. This view is amazing every day.

Thanks for stopping by. I am continuing to work with 49 and Market and plan to make some more cards with these gorgeous elements.

Scrapbooking with 49 and Market Countryside! Plus a Video!

 Hello friends! Karla here today with a couple layouts and process video using the beautiful 49 and Market Vintage Artistry Countryside Collection! 

You can see how this first layout comes together in the process video linked below! Every week you can join us on the Scrap Shotz Facebook page for demos, projects, how-to's and what's new in the shop on Thursday's at 1 pm MST! 

I used some of the Craft Consortium Ink Drops Sunset paper pad to frame my photos and used the Creative Scrapbooker March Sketchy Challenge as inspiration for this layout. There are so many pretty embellishments in the Countryside Ephemera Pack - perfect to use on the top of this layout! 

I added a title with the Chipboard Words pack and the Spellbinders Yana's Wonderful Script Sentiments Die Set. The Stamperia Velo Glue was perfect to glue down the intricate diecut!

For the second page, I again used the beautiful 49 and Market Countryside 12x12 Paper Pack as my base. I used some fall photos with this paper, but it could totally be used for summer scrapbooking as well! 

I cut out the images on the back of the paper pack cover and added them beside my daughter's photo. The stamp washi tape is so beautiful, and works perfectly as embellishments on the page. 

I added The Robin's Nest Dew Drops, which are beautiful translucent acrylic drops soon to be in the shop, with the Stamperia Extra Strong Glue. They add soft pops of colour around the page!

I used Slippery When Wet Lunar Paste to add texture around the circle ephemera pieces on both pages and add stenciled details using the new Dina Wakley Coaster Stencils. I used the Botanic Collage stamp set and Frayed Burlap Distress Oxide Ink to add a bit of stamping over the stencilled areas. If you're looking for a similar scripty effect, you could try the Festive Collage Stamp, some of the AALL Stamps or the Wendy Vecchi Background Script Stamp!

Here's a look at both of these layouts together.

Watch the video replay to see how I put the first layout together and see a few new things in the shop this week! 

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you have a wonderful weekend, and happy crafting!