Simple Mixed Media

I am playing with some of the Vicki Boutin, Let's Wander collection - this is the line we are featuring in our kits this month and I got a few of the goodies to play with. I love it as much as I knew I would! This collection is so colourful and so busy (in a good way). With this kit, you can get away with keeping things really simple and still creating a layout with lots to look at.

I started this layout with the sunburst rainbow design in the 12x12 paper pad. Inspired by the rainbow look, I took the star 12x12 paper and started fussy cutting. Focusing on the stars that had the same colour tones as the rainbow burst and making sure to cut a few of all the different sizes - I spent a couple of Parks & Recreation episodes sitting on the couch cutting stars. Binge-watching and fussy cutting are like peas and carrots!

From there I laid out the stars on the rainbow burst using tone on tone. Sitting back, I felt like I needed some mixed media -  not too much though there was a lot going on...So I stamped a few stars from the matching stamp & die set with the collection to bring a little pop of black behind the star clusters. Then using my journal and a ruler created a grid pattern sort of like a graph paper design to anchor my photos and then a little bit more up top off the edge.

To finish off my background, I did just a tiny bit of black splatters and then layered it all back on. I used foam adhesive on a few of the stars to give it all some dimension. 

I really love how it turned out! The muted colours of this collection and pops of black with the star stamps and grid design giving it just a touch of black - made it fun busy, not too busy! 

February Kit with a Little Bit of Everything!

Hello everyone! I hope everyone is doing well and looking for some ideas with the February kit. The kit is full of Vicki Boutin "Let's Wander" supplies. There are lots of stars so I used them to inspire a layout with some fun pictures we took at Mme Tussaud's a few years ago.

I got to play with lots of fun supplies with this layout. The star bursts were made with a stencil called Starstruck. Seems like it was fate that it goes with the title of the layout. I used Liquid Pearls to fill in the stencil and then dab some extra dots to make the paint thicker. I also used the pearls on the wooden stars. They can be found in the Scrap Shotz store here. 

The background paper comes in a paper pad. The cute little envelope with matching card are a great way to add a journaling space on a busy layout. The title uses the Thicker set which I'm really happy has made 3 titles without running out of any letters. Finally, I've embellished the layout with die cuts and chipboard stickers. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Let's Wander Layouts with the February Kit

Hello everyone! Today I have 2 layouts using the February kit. This kit is full of Vicki Boutin "Let's Wander" goodness. The theme of this collection is "travel" so I'm getting caught up with my vacation pictures from last summer.

For the first layout, I fussy cut some photo frames to create a summary of our trip to the Maritimes. I really like the map paper and the thumb tacks were just asking to be stuck to it! The embellishments came from the ephemera pack and chipboard set. Here is a close-up.

For the second layout, I decided to use the February sketch from Creative Scrapbooker Magazine. Head over to their Facebook group to post your creations. Here is what it looks like:

Here is my layout:

I chose to change the hearts to stars and scrap about my daughter golfing for the first time. The colours in the pictures match the papers in the kit so I thought that would be a good starting point. The large star is cut on my Silhouette Cameo and the smaller stars are fussy cut from one of the papers. I used the Thickers in my kit for the title but felt like I was still missing something so I added some background stars with white gesso and black pen to match the style of the Thickers. I'm not a big risk taker and this was a bit scary to do. I admit I originally shaded in the stars black but decided to make them white with the gesso to match the title. A little chipboard camera, star and arrows and the layout is complete. 

Thanks for stopping by! Have fun with your February kit! - Carolyn