Worth Melting For | FTLOPP Sketch Challenge | Simple Stories Winter Wonder

Friday 15 March 2024

 


Playing along with the March Sketch over on For the Love of Pretty Paper. I've used Simple Stories Winter Wonder, and loads of Perspextives by Bramble Fox.

Happy scrapping
Niki xx
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Adventure | Cocoa Vanilla Studio | Great Escape Collection

Tuesday 12 March 2024

 


Hey everyone! Here is another layout I have made using the Great Escape collection by Cocoa Vanilla Studio! I adore the bright stripey paper and decided to make a feature out of that. I started off by cutting a large block of it to go across the layout which I paired with a narrow strip of yellow sun paper to go along the top.

I cut one of the border strips from the cut apart sheet, the one with the rainbow scallops, and added this strip as a boarder along the bottom of the stripes. I love the bright colours!

I mounted my photo onto a piece of navy blue paper from the A5 paper stack to make it stand out against the stripes and added it to the lower horizontal line. I already had two layered stars made that I had leftover from my previous layout so I added those to the layout too, tucked behind the photo.

I added my title ‘adventure’ from the puffy title stickers across the top of my photo together with the word ‘play’ from the cut apart paper. I also added a little label sticker from the Accessory Stickers to the bottom of the photo that says ‘so much fun’.

I then embellished the layout with several pieces of ephemera from the Die Cut Ephemera pack, Chipboard stickers, Puffy Stickers and more Accessory Stickers. I finished off with a few sequins and splatters of black paint!

I love how bright, happy and colourful this layout turned out!

Happy scrapping

Niki xx

@nikiclairecreates

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Weekend Shenanigans: a half and half Scrapbook Layout for Bramble Fox

 


Split the page with this bright, fun layout using the April Fox Box and the Essential Elements Spring set for Bramble Fox! For this layout I have used the True Colors collection by Simple Stories and choose two papers to feature in half-and-half design.

I used Fox Cut #93 Stencil to create a film strip area to the left side of the middle square with a bright pink ink. I then layered up my photos with some tags and placed my ‘weekend shenanigans’ title along the centre line of the square.

I then had fun playing with all the Essential Elements Spring set – there are so many little bits in this set: tabs, tags, arrows, plus signs, cameras, photo corners etc.

I created another cluster over to the right side of the layout and included several pieces from Paper Snips #53 as these coordinated perfectly with the paper collection I was using.

I also added a cloud and a sun Perspextive from the April Fox Box above my photos.  I finished off the layout with my journaling, splatters of black ink and some sequins! I love all the fun bright colours and all the little Perspextive bits!

Happy scrapping

Niki xx

@nikiclairecreates

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Fun Times | Cocoa Vanilla Studio | Great Escape Collection

Monday 26 February 2024

 


Hey everyone! Here is a new layout for Cocoa Vanilla Studio using the fabulous Great Escape Collection! This layout actually started off as a scraplift as the monthly challenge over on the Cocoa Vanilla Studio Community Group is to scraplift a layout of one of the Design Team. There is an example by Josefine that has layered hearts in a grid design, so I decided to do the same thing with stars.

I set about using my Big Shot and metal nesting star dies to cut lots of different sized stars from lots of patterns from the A5 paper stack. I layered them together and stitched down the middle of each one. I made some smaller than others and each star has at least three layers.

But it turns out that arranging stars in a grid design doesn’t really work because they are very pointy! The would have to be really small to fit several across the page! So I continued to use my layered stars but the grid design was out the window!

I prepared my background using the beautiful white wash woodgrain paper which I trimmed down, distressed the edges and stuck onto a sheet of white card. I then splattered this with black paint.

I arranged my photo onto the background with four of the layered stars. They are all clustered together across the top part of the layout and this worked really well. I couldn’t cut my photo into a star shape so I’ve kept it as a rectangle and slotted it in-between two stars with some overlap.

I added ‘Fun Times’ as my title from the puffy title stickers pack and then added just a few simple embellishments to the layout: a couple of Chipboard Stickers, some little phrase stickers from the Accessory Stickers and some little star stickers: some from the Puffy Stickers set, and some from the Puffy Title Stickers pack. I finished off with some sequins and some splatters of black paint!

Thanks so much for joining me today and happy scrapping!

Niki xx

@nikiclaircreates

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Love Much | Bramble Fox

Thursday 22 February 2024

 


Love much and adore with this love themed layout made using several Bramble Fox Perspextive Sets and the Simple Stories Simple Vintage Love Story collection.

For this layout I began with a pink background which I then stencilled hearts onto using stencil #88. I went for a very soft stencilled look. My photo stood out very well against the pink background and I created an embellishment cluster at the bottom left corner.

These are the Bramble Fox items I used:

Stencil #88

Love Much Perspextives Set – love much title

February Fox Box – adore title, grey arrow & tab, and viewmaster circle.

XOXO Set – xo title and the little hearts, envelopes & cherries

I used three Bramble Fox titles to the right of my photo – they all went perfectly with this photo! I was worried the pink ‘xo’ title wasn’t showing up too well against the pink background, so I backed it with a dark paper and then it stood out perfectly.

I created another large embellishment cluster at the top right of the layout, repeating lots of elements used in the other cluster.

I finished off the layout with some pretty sequins and splatters of white paint, I love how pink and pretty it turned out!

Happy scrapping

Niki xx

@nikiclairecreates

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It's a Love Story | Simple Stories | Simple Vintage Love Story

Wednesday 21 February 2024

 


Have you seen the Simple Vintage Love Story collection by Simple Stories? This is my first time using it and I’m in love!

The camera paper instantly had my heart and I knew it was going to feature prominently on my layout. I fussy cutout a large portion of it and paired it with a plain sheet from the 12x12 Simple Vintage Basics coordinating paper pack. I used a turquoise sheet which just made those cameras pop off the page!

I added just one photo at the bottom of the cameras and I added lots of Floral Bits and Rub-ons around this area too. I balanced this cluster with another one at the top right of the cameras. The Rub-ons really are gorgeous!

I added a few butterflies and a title from the Foam Stickers saying ‘it’s a Love Story’. I also added phrase strips from the Cardstock Stickers, and lots of gorgeous Decorative Brads. I added a Brad or Enamel Dot to the centre of each of the cameras – this turned out so cute!

I finished off with my journaling, a few sequins and splatters of black paint. Those cameras really are just gorgeous and I’m so pleased with this layout!

Thanks so much for joining me today and I hope you enjoyed the layout!

Happy scrapping

Niki xx

@nikiclairecreates

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Tis the Season to Sparkle | Simple Stories | Winter Wonder

Tuesday 20 February 2024


Here is another layout using the absolutely stunning Winter Wonder collection by Simple Stories. I started off by trimming down the spotty paper to about 10” square and adding this to the right side of a white background. I added strips of dark peach paper around the edges of the square to make it really stand out against the white.

My photos were a bit awkward because I had two portrait photos and one landscape – I usually find mixing orientations a bit of a challenge but this worked well with the  landscape one being on it’s own on one side, with the two portrait ones grouped together on the other side.

I added a big line of embellishments down the left side of the square and around my landscape photo. I used some 2x2 squares cut from Patterned Papers, layered tags from the Tags paper as well as lots of Bits & Pieces and Floral Bits. I also added a large title to this cluster, underneath my photo, from the Foam Stickers.

I also added some small embellishment clusters to the other two photos too, including phrase strips cut from one of the patterned papers – I love the phrases on that sheet!

I finished off with my handwritten journaling, a few sequins and splatters of silver paint. I enjoyed using this collection so much and love how this layout turned out, it is so easy to create with!

Happy scrapping

Niki xx

@nikiclairecreates

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Frosty Friends | Winter Wonder | Simple Stories

 


Hey everyone! Here is a new layout for Simple Stories using the gorgeous Winter Wonder collection. I just adore the colours in this collection!

The photos I was using for this layout were from a recent ice-skating trip. I printed a series of five photos in quite a small size.

I choose to go for a wide strip of that fabulous criss-cross paper across the bottom of my layout. I paired this with a strip of peach paper. I mounted all my little photos and then arranged these across the horizontal line. Once my photos were in place, I could start embellishing!

I made two large clusters at the top of the photos, both on the right, and the left sides using a mixture of tags cut from the Tags paper, Bits & Pieces, Floral Bits, Cardstock Stickers and Decorative Brads.

I added my title under the photos, using the phrase ‘frosty friends’ from the Foam Stickers. I also added a few phrase strips from the Cardstock Stickers and some small embellishments here too.

At the top of the layout I added another cluster which cascades down to meet the other parts of the layout, this helped balance out the very large section at the bottom of the layout.

I finished off with sequins and splatters of silver paint! This one turned out so fun, I love it!

Happy scrapping

Niki xx

@nikiclairecreates

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Love This Moment | For the Love of Pretty Paper Sketch

Friday 16 February 2024


Hey everyone, here is my layout playing along with the February Sketch. I turned that circle into a heart but otherwise stayed pretty close to the sketch!

I've used the Simple Vintage Love Story collection by Simple Stories and Perspextives by Bramble Fox!
Happy scrapping
Niki xx
@nikiclairecreates






 

Picturesque | More Travel Scrapbooking with the Bramble Fox Wander Collection

Wednesday 14 February 2024

 


Another travel layout made using the Wander Collection by Bramble Fox. I've used the Great Escape paper collection by Cocoa Vanilla Studio. I cut a large yellow circle to represent the sun and some stencil details to go under my photo. I paired this with pretty florals, fussy cut flags and lots of gorgeous perspextives by Bramble Fox, including a wooden sign saying 'scenic route'.

I love how this turned out!
Happy scrapping
Niki xx
@nikiclairecreates 
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