Live out Loud with Fancy Free by Pink Paislee

Hey everyone,

I'm here today with a new layout to share for Circles week on the Pink Paislee Blog. For my layout I decided to use a cut file available here at Just Nick as a base for my layout design.

I am a big fan of a diagonal design and loved that this cut file led itself to one. The layout features the Fancy Free designer collection by Paige Evans. As always I love the bright colours that this collection brings to a page, and against a white background, boy they sure do pop!

Here is the layout I created:

I added a subtle texture to the background with a music notes stencil from my stash and a white texture paste. I applied that to the page diagonally just to add a bit of detail to the areas behind the cut file.
 

 I used the button pack to match with the circular layout design. They added a nice pop of colour to the page. The 'happy dance' text is cut from a circle in one of the patterned papers within the collection. I used that circle and a couple of the others from the paper to back to smaller circles within the cut file.
 

 For the circles that contained photos I have backed them with doilies from my stash. I was able to use both 5" and 4" doilies behind them. I love the softness that this adds.

 I also embellished the page with die cut ephemera and the cute swiss cross' from the silver glitter thickers pack.
 

 The dream acetate script can also be found in the ephemera pack.
 
 The acetate pieces pop beautifully off the white background, even with the added texture of the paste.
 

The title of the page is live out loud. It just summarised these photos of my little girl beautifully. I used the 4x6" card from the cut apart patterned paper for backing that section of the cut file. I was wrapt when it fit perfectly!
 

 I applied the whole cut file to the page with a foam adhesive. I do this as the cut file is white and applying it to a white background can sometimes mean it fades in a little and doesn't stand out. The foam adhesive adds a shadow to the page and helps the cut file pop from the white background.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today x

Raquel xx

In the Summertime with Cocoa Vanilla Studio

Hey everyone. I'm here with you today sharing a layout I created using the Hello Sunshine collection. This bright and fun collection is one of my faves. I just love how versatile it is. I can create masculine or feminine layouts and of course document our beautiful summers. Perfect timing to share this layout while we are experiencing dreaded cold days!

This layout was actually one of the layouts I taught at the recent Brisbane Scrapbook Expo. It features a just because photo of my little man. I just adores this cheeky smile.

To the left of the photo I added a cluster of ephemera and stickers. I also added a wood ephemera and a couple of enamel shapes from the collection.

The stars on the page are adapted from the Colour me Happy cut files which I welded together in a diagonal design and then backed with the papers in the collection. I adhered them to the page with a dimensional adhesive.

I added a small triangle to the bottom left of the page this helps to draw your attention back into the photo and works the design into a visual triangle which is a technique I use often.

I also added a cluster to the right of the photo which incorporates some of the stickers, ephemera and veneer. The sticker ‘in the summertime’ acts as the title for this page. Lots of foam adhesive helps these embellishments to pop off the page.

Thanks for for stopping by. I recently received a box full of the stunning Love always collection which I can’t wait to play with!!!

Raquel xx

Happy Exploring with the June Hip Kits!

Hey everyone, Raquel here today to share a layout I created inspired by the July mood board. I chose to draw inspiration from the image on the bottom left of the board with the polaroid images and pegs and also the notion of exploring from the quote. Here is the July Board:
 And my layout: Happy Exploring The Jillibean Soup pegs were perfect to replicate that pegged photo look. I tried to choose ones that had coloured veneer than complimented my colour palette. I added some string from my stash along the tops of the photos also and secured it with staples.   Each photo was mounted onto a 3x4" card from the project life kit in coordinating colours. The landscape photo of my kiddies in the middle was double matted and embellished more than the photos on either side to make it more of a focal point. The embellishments are a combination of the exclusive die cuts, puffy stickers, and Jillibean Soup wood veneer. That 'hip' peg by Jillibean Soup was perfect for my little man. I love adding the puffy sticker tabs to the tops or side of photos too.  The journaling is typewritten on my trusty typewriter. I just never tire of the look of the strip journaling. It is so easy and quick to add my stories to my layouts.   Each photo was backed with foam adhesive as the peg creates a lot of dimension and needs to foam to make it a flat surface.  The title was made from a combination of products. The Happy was from the Bella Boulevard chipboard from the June kit and the Jillibean Soup Navy alphas from the July kits. I created a multi dimensional cluster to the bottom right of the page. I added the Heidi Swapp chipboard, Jillibean Soup veneer, the exclusive die its and puffy stickers, Pink Paislee buttons,  and more. The kids had such a fun day this day so I am so pleased that this kit was perfect for documenting it.  Of course while I had this beautiful kit out on my table I had to have more of a play and create a tag just for fun. This will go in my 'card' stash and be a quick and nice little addition to a gift for someone. I created the tag itself from some white yardstick and applied a reinforcement sticker to the top after I punched the hole. This makes the tag look like a brought one instead of one I have just made. The main element of the tag is a camera with speech bubble which was cut out from one of the 3x4" cards in the Project Life kit. 
 I embellished the tag with the exclusive die cuts and the Simple Stories alphas, stickers and enamel dots. I love how it turned out.   Thanks for stopping by my blog today everyone.
Have you seen the August kits? Oh my, make sure you check them out!

August Hip Kit Reveal

Well I don't know about you, but I want it all this month !!!

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HIP KIT CLUB – AUGUST 2016- MAIN KITHip Kit Club Member Price:  $29.95 (requires a 3 month minimum subscription)CLICK HERE to join!Individual Kit Purchase Price:  $34.95 

Products Included:

• 1 sheet – American Crafts – Amy Tangerine – Oh Happy Life – Happy Paper
• 1 sheet – American Crafts – Amy Tangerine – Oh Happy Life – Yes Pease Paper
• 1 sheet – American Crafts – Saturday – Central Park Paper
• 1 sheet – American Crafts – Saturday – Madison Avenue Paper
• 1 sheet – American Crafts – Saturday – Metro Paper
• 1 sheet – Crate Paper – Cute Girl – Be You Paper
• 1 sheet – Crate Paper – Cute Girl – Giggle Paper
• 1 sheet – Crate Paper – Cute Girl – Rainbows Paper
• 1 sheet – Crate Paper – Cute Girl – Cheery Paper
• 1 package – American Crafts – Amy Tangerine – Oh Happy Life – Ephemera
• 1 package – American Crafts – Dear Lizzy – Saturday – Petals Thickers
• 1 package – American Crafts – Dear Lizzy – Saturday – Hello Thickers
• 1 package – Crate Paper – Cute Girl – Small Embellishments
• 1 package – Crate Paper – Cute Girl – Wood Embellishments

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HIP KIT CLUB – AUGUST 2016 – PROJECT LIFE ADD-ON KITHip Kit Club Member Price:  $29.95 (requires a 3 month minimum subscription)CLICK HERE to join!
Individual Kit Purchase Price:  $34.95
Hip Kit Club subscribers can purchase individual Project Life Kits for the member price. ($29.95)

Products Included:

• 24 HKC – Exclusive Project Life Cards – designed by Kim Watson
• 1 each – American Crafts – Amy Tangerine – Oh Happy Life – Sticker Book (8 pages)
• 1 package – Pink Paislee – Take Me Away – Wood Veneer Shapes
• 1 package – Pink Paislee – Take Me Away – Mirrored Acrylic Shapes
• 1 package – My Mind’s Eye – Hooray – Enamel Dots
• 1 package – HKC Exclusive Acetate Stickers – Designed by Claudia Van Rooijen

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HIP KIT CLUB – AUGUST 2016 EMBELLISHMENT ADD-ON KITPrice:  $27.95*
*Hip Kit Club members receive a 15% off on all Add-On Kit purchases

Products Included:

• 1 package – Crate Paper – Cute Girl – Adorable Puffy Thickers
• 1 package – Crate Paper – Cool Kid – Play Thickers
• 1 package – Dear Lizzy – Saturday – Black Foil Stickers
• 1 package – Dear Lizzy – Saturday – Rubber Shapes
• 1 package – HKC Exclusive Ephemera – Designed by Claudia Van Rooijen

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HIP KIT CLUB – AUGUST 2016 COLOR ADD-ON KIT

Price:  $25.95*
*Hip Kit Club members receive a 15% off on all Add-On Kit purchases

Products Included:

• 1 package – Prima – Oil Pastels (24 colors)
• 1 package – American Crafts – Amy Tangerine – Oh Happy Life – Die Cut Tags

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HIP KIT CLUB – AUGUST 2016 PAPER ADD-ON KIT
Price:  $12.95*
*Hip Kit Club members receive a 15% off on all Add-On Kit purchases

Products Included:

• sheet – American Crafts – Amy Tangerine – Oh Happy Life – Happy Paper
• 1 sheet – American Crafts – Amy Tangerine – Oh Happy Life – Yes Pease Paper
• 1 sheet – American Crafts – Saturday – Central Park Paper
• 1 sheet – American Crafts – Saturday – Madison Avenue Paper
• 1 sheet – American Crafts – Saturday – Metro Paper
• 1 sheet – Crate Paper – Cute Girl – Be You Paper
• 1 sheet – Crate Paper – Cute Girl – Giggle Paper
• 1 sheet – Crate Paper – Cute Girl – Rainbows Paper
• 1 sheet – Crate Paper – Cute Girl – Cheery Paper

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HIP KIT CLUB – AUGUST 2016 – CARDSTOCK ADD-ON KITPrice:  $11.95*
*Hip Kit Club members receive a 15% off on all Add-On Kit purchases

Products Included:

• 8 sheets – American Crafts – White Cardstock
• 2 sheets – American Crafts – Lt. Kraft Cardstock
• 2 sheets – American Crafts – White Vellum

First Haircuts using a Grid Design and Pink Paislee

Hey everyone,

I am here today sharing a grid design layout I created for Pink Paislee this week.

Here is the layout I created for you today:

I am not one who tends to scrapbook in grid designs. For some reason I actually find them a little tricky. I do not know if it is because I feel confined within the design, or whether I like a more flowing layout design. However, for this layout I tried to add a different spin to it and angle the design and create a lot of squares so I could incorporate multiple photos to tell my story. I absolutely adore the chipboard thickers in the collection. You can pack a whole lotta punch by adding these thickers to your page as each letter is a different colour and really pop off the page. Because my title was larger I was able to incorporate a lot of the thicker designs. I just love the effect!
   
To add a little detail to the title I machine stitched through the centre of each of the words. It is easy to machine stitch through the thickers however whenever running them through your machine, due to the thickness, stitch them slowly.
 
I used the multi square patterned paper to create this layout. I loved that I could incorporate multiple patterned paper designs into this one layout from a single sheet of paper. Plus they were the perfect size! I added embellishment clusters to some of the squares, but for one of the spaces where a square could have been I added one of the acetate hearts from the ephemera pack and a puffy sticker 1 to symbolise the 'first' haircut my kiddies had.
 
 I added a few clusters to this page which comprised of die cut ephemera, buttons and glitter thickers. I love the detail this gave and it also allowed my page to balance with a visual triangle in the layout design.
   
The photos themselves were printed in wallet size - 2 to a page. I edit all my photos in Pic Tap Go that are taken on my phone and print with my Epson picture mate. Makes it so easy!

 I added detail to each of the squares on the page by machine stitching around the edge of them and folding the edges inwards to add slight dimension.
 
 I hope you have enjoyed this post today on creating a multi photo grid based layout.

Raquel xx

Happiness Together with June Hip Kits

Hey everyone, I'm here today sharing my first layout and a tag created using the June kits. These kits are just so beautiful and as always that first layout is a little tricky as you have to choose what you will use when there is so much fun choice.

For my layout my focus this week was to ‘focus on the photos’.I have decided to create a layout based on the July Sketch. As soon as I saw this sketch by Ashley I knew I wanted to play along too! I loved that the arrowheads dictate and lead your eye towards the focus. Your focus is certainly on the photos in a design like this.

Here is the July Sketch by Ashley. 

And here is my layout ‘Happiness Together’ featuring the June Kits. The photo was very dominated with yellow and orange with pops of pink so the Simple Stories Sunshine & Happiness Papers teamed with Kim Watsons exclusive papers were the perfect compliment. 

I love the effect that only securing the arrowheads with a light dob of glue in the centre of each one and finishing with machine stitching brings. If you fold each end inwards it brings about such dimension. 

It can be hard to keep a clean and balanced style when you background is so busy. I always try to remember my visual triangle in times like this and ask myself; is my layout balanced? is the design to heavy to one side? etc. I decided to add a cluster to the top left and bottom right of the photo. That then brings me back to a visual triangle and balances out my layout. The cluster contains some of the exclusive ephemera, Jillibean Soup Clothes pins and Red Raspberry Soup veneer, and even a touch of the Project Life Currently Ephemera and the Simple Stories Sunshine and Happiness stickers. I added foam tape under these to bring them to the same dimensional level as the photo.

I added some journaling along that bottom right diagonal using some white paper and my typewriter. I found that if I placed the journaling any where else if was off balancing the whole design. The Silver arrow is in the Heidi Swapp puffy stickers. I chose silver as the accent and bling tone on this page. 

The photo mat is adhered to the page with quite think foam adhesive dots. This is because the peg created quite a bulk on the page and a thick foam dot was needed to even it back out flat. 

I loved layering all the different papers on this page. I was able to use the lime paper from Pink Paislee’s Fancy Free collection as the first layer. I then layered multiple papers from the kit making sure to alternate between bold and busy patterns to more subtle calm patterns. I added some definition to the notepaper exclusive by Kim Watson by adding a binding edge punch to the left side. 

I was having to much fun with the kits, so while all these pretty goodies were out around me I decided to use some of them on a tag for a birthday present. I used one of the off cuts from my silhouette cutting to create a mega arrowhead. I backed that with vellum to help it stand out. I also added more of the binding edge to scraps of the notepaper patterned paper that I had cut off.

Once I had the foundation of the page done I was able to embellish. I just had to cut the florals from the Simple Stories Sunshine & Happiness paper. I love that is made such a statement on the tag. I then added a touch of embellishments like stickers, a clip and a title which was stamped on vellum and backed with some tulle. 

I hope you have enjoyed this post today. I will have a process video for the layout up on my You Tube channel VERY soon!

Raquel xxx

Hello 32 with Pink Paislee

Hey everyone,
I'm here sharing a layout with you that I created for Selfies week on the Pink Paislee blog.

I dug back into my gorgeous C'est La Vie collection for this one. Of course the subject of this layout is a selfie of myself that I took on my camera phone and edited using an app.  

I absolutely adored this triangular design patterned paper ever since I got my hands on this collection and was glad I was able to create a layout featuring it. To create this layout I cut out the white section of the patterned paper with a craft knife. This allowed me to fill that cut out section with my title '32' and journaling.
   

I added a lot of layers behind my photo on this one as I wanted to keep the layout design quite simple and let the paper dominate the design, but also wanted the layout to still be detailed. The layers provide the detail on this page that I was wanting. I added a border punch to one of the layers to add a different texture. I also fussy cut the florals from one of the papers and added a puffy sticker flower.   
 To add a little detail to the top layers I added one of the C'est La Vie paper clips to the top left corner of the photo.
   

You may find that I always add a white border to my photos. The reason I do this is that I love the contrast it brings between the photo and the next layer of patterned paper. If I have a white border it means I can have a busier patterned paper as the next layer as the white breaks the layers up a little.

I typed my journaling onto vellum through my typewriter. I machine stitched the journaling vertically to my page. This added some dimension and helped secure the translucent material to the page.  
 The '32' were acetate pieces in the ephemera pack. They were the perfect title for this page. 

I fussy cut another flower to continue the design element to the bottom of the journaling. I also added an angled strip of the patterned paper to fit in within the angled design of the patterned paper.
I hope you have enjoyed this post today! Thanks for stopping

Raquel x