Hey everyone, have you seen the beautiful Simple Vintage Fresh Snow collection by Simple Stories? It is simply stunning...those blues have my heart! For this layout I choose a plain background and layered my single photo in the middle with Ephemera, Bits & Pieces and lots of Floral Bits! I also used loads of rub-ons which are fast becoming my new favourite product!
Happy scrapping
Niki xx
@nikiclairecreates
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Hey everyone, here is another layout for Simple Stories using
the gorgeous Heartstrings collection! This time I wanted to use that simply
fabulous heart paper as a main feature on my layout, so I started by cutting a
large piece of it to use on the right side. I fussy cut around the hearts to
give a shaped edge.
I used two photos, stacked together in the middle and added
a sticker of bunting from the Cardstock Stickers in the middle, this added a
bit of separation between the two photos.
I added two titles: ‘Sweet’ from the Foam Stickers, and ‘adorbs’
from the Cardstock Stickers. There are so many lovely titles on the Foam
Stickers and lots can be used generically instead of just for Valentine themed
photos.
I added a few embellishments around my photos: flowers from
the Floral Bits and a gumball machine from the Bits & Pieces – so cute! I
also added a few of the phrase stickers from the Cardstock Stickers, I always
love to use those as the phrases are always brilliant and so easy to use!
I added a few Decorative Brads and some Enamel Dots. I also handwrote
my journaling and finished off with some splatters of white paint! I think it
turned out really cute!
Thanks so much for joining me today and happy scrapping!
Niki xx
@nikiclairecreates
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Hey everyone, here is a new layout for Simple Stories using
the gorgeous Heartstrings collection. I always love Valentine’s collections and
this one is no exception, I particularly love the colour palette, with pinks,
oranges and reds are just fabulous and I love the pops of blue and green too!
For this layout I wanted to showcase the papers, so I cut nine
hearts out of different papers. I distressed the edges of each one and raised
them on foam pads onto a white background. For the middle heart I wanted to
include a heart-shaped photo, so I used one of my hearts as a template to draw
around the part of the photo I wanted, and then hand-cut slightly within those
lines to make my photo slightly smaller than the patterned paper heart. This
way it had a nice border around the edge.
I then set about making each of my hearts into a mini scrapbook
page! Lots of the hearts have a small photo. We had a ‘gal-entines’ party for
my daughter and her friends – they go to a girls’ school so there are no
boyfriends on the scene so they decided to celebrate their gal friendships
instead! At the party we had cookie decorating, lots of pretty decorations,
pizza, music and lots of silly fun! So all the little photos show some of those
things.
I was worried the small photos were a little too big to go on
the hearts, but at the right angle they looked ok and the hearts still
maintained their heart-shape without too much being covered. Some of the hearts
contain titles from the Sentiment Bits, and the bottom right heart has a little
clipboard journaling spot, for me to write my journaling.
I added Floral Bits to each heart together with Bits &
Pieces, some of the small hearts from the Foam Stickers, Decorative Brads and
some phrase stickers from the Cardstock Stickers.
I finished off with a few splatters of black paint – I love
the pops of black in the collection so the black splatters were the perfect
addition!
I love how this one turned out! Happy scrapping
Niki xx
@nikiclairecreates
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I've been playing along with the recent GoGo Getaway January 2025 Cybercrop, and my challenge this time was a sketch challenge - my favourite!
I've used the School is Cool collection by Bella Blvd and a large photo (trimmed down from 6x8)
Happy scrapping
Niki xx
@nikiclairecreates
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Hey everyone and happy New Year! I’m afraid I’m still
scrapbooking my Christmas photos, so here is a layout for Cocoa Vanilla Studio
using the gorgeous Deck the Halls collection.
I wanted to use that gorgeous green paper as my background
so I trimmed it down a bit and mounted it on white. I added a strip of the with
paper with ditzy stars (OMG this paper has my heart!) and then added my photo,
which is my nemesis size: 6”x8” landscape! I always find using that size photo
a huge challenge and annoyingly all the ‘professional’ photos from school and
when visiting theme parks etc all seem to be in that size! I trimmed it down a
bit to 7”x5” which I prefer and gave it a white border with some copy paper.
I then added lots of pretty Deck the Halls embellishments:
Floral Ephemera, Ephemera and Chipboard Stickers. I created two clusters either
side of my photo. For my title I used ‘Christmas’ banner from the cut-apart
sheet and added ‘time’ from the gold puffy alpha stickers. I finished of with little
puffy stickers and some splatters of white paint!
I think that’s it for my Christmas layouts…other than my
December Album which needs my attention!
Happy scrapping
Niki xx
@nikiclairecreates
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I added a gold title curved around the circle which I then
stitched in place with my sewing machine. I added a few more Ephemera pieces to
the layout, some phrase stickers from the Accessory Stickers and finished off
with journaling and splatters of gold paint!
Happy scrapping
Niki xx
@nikiclairecreates
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I had great fun making this wintery layout using the Snow
Pine Lodge collection by Simple Stories! I used a series of photos which I
arranged in a grid design and then added loads of gorgeous flowers and
Christmas icons too!
Happy scrapping
Niki xx
@nikiclairecreates
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Here is another layout using Simple Stories Simple Vintage Yuletide. For this layout I choose four different coloured papers and
cut them into 2” strips. I distressed the edges and positioned them onto a
white background. I then trimmed the offcuts down slightly and hand-drew the letters
NOEL. I cut them out, drew a narrow black border around the to make them stand
out, then layered them colour-on-colour back onto the strips, raised up on foam
pads of course! I love how this technique turned out, it is so effective!
I added my photo, tucked into one of the strips. I then
added three areas of embellishments using mostly Floral Bits.
To each cluster I added flowers, Chipboard pieces, Chipboard
Stars and I also added Decorative Brads. I love all the different textures on
this layout!
I finished off with a few lines of journaling and then added
a few splatters of black paint to add a bit of contrast to the layout.
This layout has turned out so well, I love the effect of the
letters on top of the coloured strips, so simple yet so effective!
Thank you so much for joining me today and happy scrapping
Niki xx
@nikiclairecreates
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Hi everyone, here is a layout for Simple Stories using the
lovely Simple Vintage Yuletide collection. This collection is very traditional with
classic vintage imagery and is simply wonderful to work with.
For this layout, I choose two of my favourite papers, a red
polka dot and a cream, red and green check print. I cut these into squares,
about 3½” each. I distressed the edges of each and arranged them onto a white
background.
I placed my photo on one of the grid intersections which I mounted
first with green paper. I then tucked in lots of Floral Ephemera and Chipboard
Stickers. I created a large cluster around the photo and then went on to make
two more clusters: one at the bottom that was linked to my title and a smaller
one at the top to balance out the layout.
For my title I used large word ‘Santa’ and ‘I’ve been good’
phrase – super cute! I added lots of other words and phrases to the layout,
some from the Foam Stickers, and some from the Bits & Pieces packs: ‘naughty
or nice’, ‘filled with wonder’, ‘the big guy’, ‘tis the season’ and more! There
are always such wonderful words and phrases in Simple Stories collections!
I also added some small stars, and some Decorative Brads
before finishing off with my handwritten journaling and a few splatters of
black paint. I love how it turned out and it’s wonderful to have captured this
beautiful memory – Santa came to visit us at our house at 6pm on Christmas Eve
before setting out on his rounds! What a lucky boy!
Thank you so much for joining me today and happy scrapping
Niki xx
@nikiclairecreates
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