Paper Rose Botanical Blooms

Today I am sharing a bunch of cards that I created with the Paper Rose Botanical Blooms 6x6 Paper Pack.

I love the dramatic look of these papers and I used them in a variety of ways. 

I dug out my die cut shapes, frames and some embellishments. Some sentiments and embellishments that were already assembled and some that I put together. Ribbon, dimensional foam and foil cardstock were also used.

I used embossing folders and die cut sentiments from my stash, and twine to "tie" layers together.

Some of these bold prints are so bright and colorful that on their own they can be overwhelming. But grounding the patterns and adding things that I already had in my stash calmed them down and created a card layout that is pleasing to look at. It was a great opportunity to add some wax seals that I had been saving and even put a full panel shaker card in the mix.

Using one of the softer colored papers, I created a 5"x7" Mother's Day card. Even though the panels are only 6" high, matting it creatively allowed an unbroken image to be the highlight on this one. A bit of sheer organza ribbon and it's a card I would be proud to give.

I used over half of the package of 18 6"x6" paper, but still have a few papers that will come in handy for fast and pretty creations. I hope some of these have inspired you to look at those bright and bold prints with a refreshed idea! If there is any product that you are wondering about, just drop me a comment and I can let you know the specifics. 

Have a great day!

Simply Stated and Scorched Wood Cards

Happy National Name Yourself Day! What a funny national day to celebrate. It's also National Unicorn Day. I'm sure all the unicorns are so excited. I can hardly wait for Lost Sock Memorial Day...

The real reason I'm posting is to share some masculine cards that I created with the Craft Consortium Scorched Wood 6x6 paper pad, that you can pick up now in the Scrapshotz online store right here! All of the cards were created using "Simply Stated" ephemera pieces. I have a stash of these images and find them to be a simple way to create a distinctive card. Sandy has a selection in the store here of some different packs, but if you have a special request, she would be able to order for you. 

The Scorched Wood background is very versatile and goes with everything. I have used a bit of twine, ribbon and embellishments on these, and used foam squares to pop up the images and/or sentiments.

The images vary in size, so can take up as much or as little of the card front as you like.

I liked putting the images on a white base. They are all cut out with a white border, so putting them on white gives a more seamless look.

This last card background was created with the scorched wood framing an embossed panel. There are so many gorgeous embossing folders, and many are perfect for masculine cards. Check out the current Scrapshotz selection here.

I hope this has given you some ideas for creating masculine cards. They aren't always the easiest and it's good to have a stash of them on hand.

Have a great "Name Yourself Day!" 🤣 

I think I'm going to go with "Effa" today. Effa Manley is the only women member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame!(inducted 2006) 😉

Reminisce "Let's Play Hockey"

I have two hockey layouts to share with you today. The arena is where we tend to spend a fair bit of time watching our grandchildren play. 

This first layout tells a story. Vyda scored a goal and I created a semi-circle of the action photos showing the progression of events.  

The date tab at the top of the layout is a pull-out, and gives the opponent and the score.

I used 2 thicker dots to prevent the tab from disappearing behind the photo. They hold the pull-out perfectly.

The second layout is our grandson who was playing in his last regular season Minor Hockey game. 

It is a tradition for them to have their Mom's present them with a home jersey at their last game. It's a proud moment for the Mom's and signifies an end to an era in both their lives.

I used the yellow mats to highlight the photos. This brings out the color of the bottom of the boards in both the background themed paper and the photos. I used Thickers from my stash for the title and stickers from the collection for the top and bottom borders and the "proud mom" banner.

Thanks for stopping by! It feels like a long time ago that I had time to spend in my crafty space. (Perhaps too much time at the hockey rink? Lol!) I'll be back...

 

Photoplay - To the Moon Collection

At first glance, I loved this collection. The colors in the line are gorgeous and so different from most of the lines out there right now. Then last week we were in Houston, and the patterned paper and stickers were perfect for this photo from the Space Center. I popped up the stickers and when I cut out the alphas, I loved the look of the negative space, so used that instead of the individual letters.

This plaid patterned paper is very gender neutral, so easy to use for masculine pages. I printed the photos in black and white so they would stand out  and matted them with black. The alphas are from my stash, an old Heidi Swapp booklet. They weren't distinctive enough, so I traced them with a black pen after matting them on solid cardstock from the add on cardstock pack. To cut out the words, I find it easier to draw a bubble around them with a pencil then fussy cut. If there are any stray pencil marks, they are easily erased.

Finally, I used the sticker sheet and the 3x4 cut aparts in the collection to create baby cards. These are really sweet. All I added was foam and enamel dots and some twine and ribbon. I also used stickers for the inside sentiments where I could. This made for no-stamp cards, which are fun for a change!

Thanks for stopping in! 

 

Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Essentials

Hello! I am back in my craft room after a busy summer. It feels pretty good to being back in creative mode. I was excited to work with this line. "Simple Stories Simple Vintage Essentials" is very monochromatic, and I love how colors pop on it!

These older photos of my sweet granddaughter make me smile, and her bright coat helps them jump off the page. I used a few different patterns from the patterned paper pack, cutting squares at 4.5 inches and mounting them on a mat, that was mounted on a dotted background that was adhered to a cardstock base.  Over the quad patterned paper, I mounted another pattern in a larger square, popped it up on foam and used that as the base for my photos. The gold heart accents and the gold thickers are from my stash and the clipboard clips are from the Chipboard Clipboard ephemera pack. 

I really like the pattern on this paper with all the rulers on it. I mounted a 8" strip in the middle and built my layout up from that, using foam to pop up the photo, different words from the foam sticker sheet and a die cut Hello from my stash. The postcard and other layering bits were from the ephemera packs, and more of the clips from the Chipboard Clipboard pack. I knew that this photo was going to be on a layout as soon as I took it. That's my sister climbing up the ladder on our RV attempting to get a cell signal at the Big Valley Jamboree. 

This layout was fun. The layers under the photo were already done for me, I popped one of the ephemera pieces on a bit of foam, then mounted it on another. So easy to get the multi-layers! I put that onto a patterned paper piece that I cut around the tags about halfway up the page, distressed them a bit, inked the edges and sewed around it a couple of times. The flowers are 49 and Market blooms that also had a bit of distressing. I used the labels from the ephemera pack with the inserts intact. (You can use the frames or the words separately if you'd like.) To give the labels a bit of dimension, where ever you could see them, I put glossy accents on the rivets to make them look 3D. I also put glossy accents on the clips and on the heart under the photo. 

 

Of course, I ended my scrap session with some cards. These were fun and easy to create, and I think they'll be ones I use quickly. They'll be great for office greetings and occasions.

Thanks for having a look! Anytime you have a question, please just ask. Have a great week!

   

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!

Altenew Craft-A-Flower: Water Lily Layering Dies & Artists' Gouache!

 Hello Crafty Friends!

Rosie here to share a few projects using the awesome Altenew Craft-A-Flower: Water Lily Layering Dies!

Altenew produces amazing die sets and they've added a new element that makes it foolproof to put together. If you look close at the image above you can see each layer of the die set individually and you'll notice a small keyhole shape and arrow. 

You just line up each layer with the keyhole and arrow and you have perfect placement for every layer!

The main die cut has 9 layers but it's super quick to put together! I die cut all the pieces in white card stock and added colour with the Altenew-Artists' Gouache Strolling Through New York set. 

The dark background behind the flowers is watercolour paper painted with Prussian Blue from the Altenew gouache set. It's then layered over a white card front embossed with the Altenew Ribbon Waves 3D Embossing Folder . The sentiment is a die from the die set and has also been cut from paper painted with the Prussian Blue paint.

This next card was hard to photograph as I used mirror card stock for the background.

Again I painted pieces of watercolour card stock with Prussian Blue, Ultraviolet, Lavender, Primary Yellow, Lagoon Green and Baby Pink Artists' Gouache. I mixed Primary Yellow and Ruby Red to create the orange colour for the flower centre. After letting the pieces I die cut the layers and then adhered them together liquid adhesive.

I die cut a piece of dark blue/purple paper from the Memory Box-6x6 Ocean Blue Paper Pad with the Altenew Diamond Frame Cover Die and glued that over the Gold Mirror cardstock.

The sentiment, from the Altenew Doodle Bouquet Stamp Set, is stamped with clear embossing ink over Artists' Gouache and heat embossed with gold embossing powder.

This final card was lots of fun to make! I've never used gouache paint before so this card is inspired by this video by Jenny Colacicco one of Altenew's designers.

I plan to do a lot more experimenting with this new to me medium but I love the vibrancy of colour on this panel. I painted Altenew A2 Watercolour with the gouache in rainbow colours, thinning the paint down a little with water and then set aside to dry.

Craft-A-Flower: Water Lily sentiments and Altenew Leafy Garland Die are cut 2x each from white card stock and then once from gold foil cardstock and adhered with liquid glue.

I finished off by embellishing with a few Altenew Satin Gold Sequins.

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Crafting!

49 and Market - Plum Grove Layouts

 Hello everyone! I have a couple of layouts from the 49 and Market Plum Grove collection. This line is absolutely stunning. I have said it's almost too pretty to cut, but I've gone and done it! (A little, at least!)

This layout was quick to put together, using a few of the laser cuts, die cuts, tags and die cut words. The laser cuts are gorgeous and the cutting is very precise and doesn't leave a white border that you get with the normal die cuts. 

This is a totally different color pallette from the same line. I dug out the greens for this June layout. Again, the laser cut branches are an awesome embellishment. Check out the fine branches on the bottom left. They would have been impossible to cut out like that! I used black Thickers from my stash for the title and as well as the Doodlebug Alphabet Soup Alphas in Limeade. There are so many colors of these letters and you get a lot of them in a package. I used some chipboard, phrase die cuts and tickets as well as a postcard for my journaling. Looking now at the finished product, I'm pretty happy with the balance and texture interest in this layout, documenting a special day for a special girl! 

My apologies for the crooked photo. I can hardly wait for longer days so that I can get better photos to share! Lol!  

Make sure you check out the 49 and Market lines in the store. There are more coming every week!  I'm sure you're going to see a lot more cards, layouts and projects made with these gorgeous elements. Share yours in the Scrapshotz Paper Crafting group - we would love to see them!

Thanks for stopping by!

49 and Market - Plum Grove - Cards

Hello! Lorraine with you today, sharing some cards made with this amazing line from 49 and Market. The line was the December kit from Scrapshotz, and this weekend I picked up some of the additional elements of the line and created cards.

I love the colors of this and the paper quality is nothing short of amazing! With this card I matted and embellished with purple, bringing out the rich colors of the patterned paper in the 6x8 Paper Collection. I stamped the sentiment with Distress Ink directly on the background and embossed over top of it with clear embossing powder. The only embellishment is a bloom from the Laser Cut Outs. The quality of paper and the intricate designs in the cut outs are so easy to work with. 

I was able to put foam under the bloom and then cover it with glossy accents to bring it out even more. I love the subtle depth that the bloom gives the card. 

This card uses another sheet of the heavy cardstock in the 6x8 pack, as well as a bloom from the laser cut outs. 

Changing up the color but using the same simple ideas with the laser cuts, I kept these blooms just raised a small amount by rolling up glue dots to put under them.

The depth is really subtle and the blooms fit perfectly with the patterns of the background.

Changing the mood slightly, I created a one layer encouragement card, using a Pinkfresh Foiled Sentiment. I love having these on hand. Just a few drops of Metallic Silver Lining Nuvo Crystal Drops and some metallic thread, and my card is done!

I popped up this cut out with a thinner foam square. Copper Penny Nuvo Drops were used for the embellishments and the sentiment is from Simple Strips from Taylored Expressions.

And finally, I created this simple Happy Birthday card using a stamp from Studio Katia, layered laser cuts and more Copper Penny Nuvo Drops. I felt that the black sentiment was too harsh for the mood of the card, so I doodled a bit of white pen on top of it to soften it a bit. Again, putting a little Glossy Accents on the blooms made them shine and pop over the leaves. The stripe is a piece of cardstock cut off of the background that grounds the design.

Check out the wonderful 49 and Market Plum Grove items in the store. They won't disappoint!!!