Stuck | Lottie Loves Paper | Paige Evans Bungalow Lane

Tuesday 30 November 2021

 


Hiya! I’m back with a new layout for Lottie Loves Paper using Paige Evans Bungalow Lane collection! I have really enjoyed playing with this collection and have made so much with it!

For this layout I decided to use a sketch that was up a few weeks ago on the Lottie Loves Paper Community Group. For the starburst in the background I decided to use the stars paper from Bungalow Lane and create my starburst from patterned paper. I found the middle of the paper, drew lines from the middle to the outside and cut out the pieces. I distressed all the edges and stuck these back together onto a sheet of white card.

For the middle strips I used strips from the swatches paper. I love these papers from Paige’s collections. I cut a strip, keeping the swatches intact and positioned these like the photo strips on the sketch.

I created my title using the Bungalow Lane Thickers which I mounted first onto a piece of white cardstock. I also stitched through the letters using gold thread on my sewing machine.

I embellished either side of the photos with a variety of embellishments. I used chipboard, foam Phrase Thickers, crepe paper leaves, stickers from the sticker book and epoxy stickers. I finished off with some splatters of white paint.

Thanks so much for joining me today, I hope you have enjoyed this layout.

Happy scrapping

Niki x

@nikiclairecreates

[ad] 







December Album Base Pages Days 21 - 26 | Simple Stories | Make it Merry

Monday 29 November 2021

 


Hey everyone! Here are a few December Album base pages using Simple Stories Make it Merry collection. My December Album this year is a mixture of both this collection and the Holly Days collection but today I’m focusing just on Make it Merry.

I’m keeping my album more simple this year. Last year I made it rather complicated, and whilst I love what I created, the overall project wasn’t as enjoyable as past years as I spend so much time on every page. So this year is stripped back and is much more simple and has been far more enjoyable which is ultimately what makes me happy.

For Days 21 and 22 I have focused on red as my main colour. Day 21 is a white card base with four square photo mounts from the red gingham print from the Make it Merry 6x8 Paper Pad. I distressed the edges of each and stitched with white machine stitching. They are all in a strip on the right side of the page. These could hold four photos, or less, depending on what photos I take that day. I could easily also turn those into journaling spots too. This allows me to have some flexibility. On the left side of the page I’ve created a little cluster with two poinsettias from the Make it Merry Bits & Pieces, and my number which is a sticker from the Make it Merry Sticker Book on a glittery punched circle. I’ve added Decorative Brads and some Enamel Dots.

Day 22 is a red patterned paper background and I’ve created a block at the top for two photos and a journaling card from the Bits & Pieces pack. Underneath the block I’ve punched circles from one of the Make It Merry papers and my number. I also added a few stickers from the Cardstock Stickers and Enamel Dots.

For Day 23 I decided to make a hanging sign out of my photo for that day, inspired by the hanging sign icon in the Make It Merry collection. I often look to the icons in the collection I’m using for inspiration and this was one of those times! Currently I have a white photo placeholder with woodgrain strips of paper top and bottom. I’ve added some white cord around a Decorative Brad for the hanging. At the bottom of the sign I added my number together with a few Bits & Pieces.

Day 24 is super simple. The black background is an insert that came with the Make it Merry album. I’ve added a full sized photo placeholder to the background. Across the bottom I cut a strip of Make it Merry paper and machine stitched it to the bottom with zig zag stitch. This creates a fold down section. I decorated the front with my number, Decorative Brads and ‘falala’ stickers from the Foam Stickers. Inside the fold down section I plan to add some journaling and maybe some further embellishments.

Day 25 is Christmas Day so is a double spread. The left side is the back of the insert used for Day 24, and is lime green. I’ve added a full sized photo placeholder to this page together with a small embellishment cluster made from Bits & Pieces and a foam arrow. This is tacked into place for now and can be moved around when the photo is in place.

The right side of Day 25 is a white background with a piece of lime green Make it Merry on the right side. I machine stitched around the outside edge of this page which created a vertical pocket. I embellished the outside of the pocket with ‘Good Cheer’ foam sticker and the large 25 number from the Make it Merry Number Bits pack. Inside the pocket I’ve put in the Very Merry Memories Insert from the Make it Merry album, and I’ve also created a little mini album too. The mini album is made from the 3x4 Elements paper and is folded and stuck together to make a 3”x4” booklet. I can add photos from Christmas Day in here and journaling and of course more embellishments!

For Day 26 I have used a cut file of stacked gifts which I have backed with different Make it Merry papers. I’ve kept this page very simple, with the cut file on the left side and ‘JOY’ from the Foam Stickers down on the bottom right. I’ve only added my number, a few Cardstock Stickers and some Decorative Brads for decoration but I can always add more after I have my photos printed and added.

So that’s it for today! Check back next month for more December Album pages made with Holly Days next time! I have you have enjoyed seeing this process, I can’t wait for December to begin now!

Happy scrapping

Niki xx

@nikiclairecreates

[ad] 











Grateful | Hip Kit Club Color Challenge

Sunday 28 November 2021

 


Hey everyone, I have a new layout to share today for Hip Kit Club using the October 2021 Kits. You can find the October kits on the Hip Kit Club website here: https://www.hipkitclub.net/october-2021 and I’m also playing along with this week’s challenge which is a color challenge: red, turquoise, white and dark navy.

I have used the triangle paper from the October kits to create a background feature. I cut it into triangles and then cut them in half so they were smaller. I layered these, then arranged them to form a square shape. I distressed all the edges and added stitching down the middle. I stuck this in the middle of a white background.

I added my photo together with lots and lots of beautiful exclusive ephemera, mostly leaves and a tree. I added a tag behind my photo together with ribbon and twine.

I used a chipboard word for my title and added a subtitle down the right side of the square. I finished with splatters of white paint over the embellishment clusters.

Thanks so much for joining me today and happy scrapping
Niki xx

@nikiclairecreates

[ad] 










Loving the Leaves | Hip Kit Club Recipe Challenge

Sunday 21 November 2021

 


Hey everyone, I have a new layout to share today for Hip Kit Club using the October 2021 Kits. You can find the October kits on the Hip Kit Club website here: https://www.hipkitclub.net/october-2021 and I’m also playing along with this week’s challenge which is a recipe challenge: leaves, Mixed Media and buttons.

I started off using the stencil that was in the October Color Kit and inking some orange ink through it to create leaves on my background. 

I created a border with golden paper behind my layout and on the top right corner. I used border punches too.

I cut my photo to a circle shape, and a Pocket Life card too. I then arranged these together with lots of floral ephemera, some large fussy cut flowers and lots of leaves. I added a chipboard title, added those beautiful wood veneer golden leaves and splattered with white paint.

I finished off with beautiful Nuvo Drops around my photos and dotted amongst the ephemera.

Thanks so much for joining me today and happy scrapping

Niki xx

@nikiclairecreates

[ad]

 








Sunflower Festival Mini Album | Lottie Loves Paper | Bungalow Lane

 

Hey everyone! I have a new mini album to share today for Lottie Loves Paper using the gorgeous Bungalow Lane collection by Paige Evans. I’ve also used a sunflower cut file that was a freebie from Paige’s Facebook group a few months ago.

I cut the cut file four times from gold cardstock. I cut backing pieces too from the yellow prints from the Bungalow Lane collection. I cut these twice – mirrored so that I could stick them back-to-back to have pages with the same print on each side. I then added the sunflower cut file in gold, to the front side of each page. The result is super pretty.

I also created via my Silhouette software, a strip of four circles welded together. I cut one from each of the same papers I’d used for the pages. I was then able to concertina fold these to form additional spaces to hold my photos which I cut to circle shapes using metal dies.

On the reverse of each page I added the concertina folded circles and my photos. I added a closure to each using a simple system of a punched circle, brad and twine. This is super simple and very easy and effective.

I cut an additional page from the beautiful Speciality Acetate. I drew around an existing page and hand cut. I punched a hole in every page and threaded them onto a book ring. I added two of the Bungalow Lane enamel charms too, directly to the book ring. I added one to the front, and one a few pages in.

I decorated each page with chipboard stickers, Foam Phrase Thickers, layered flowers, epoxy stickers and small stickers from the sticker book. I also added a few of the little embossed stickers.

Inside the concertina folded circles are all my photos together with journaling panels too.

Thank you very much for joining me today and happy scrapping!

Niki xx

@nikiclairecreates

[ad] 















Christmas Eve | Bella Blvd | Sketch & Let Us Adore Him Collection

Monday 15 November 2021

 

Hi everyone! Here is my latest layout for Bella Blvd using the brand new Let Us Adore Him collection. I am playing along with the sketch challenge this week.

I decided to choose four patterns from the Let us Adore Him collection to form the block background. I liked the red and green prints and also that pink background with green holly leaves is adorable. I cut the strips to 2” x 8” and distressed the edges. I also stitched around each one on my sewing machine.

I mounted my photo on one of the journaling cards from the cut apart sheet. I added it to the left side of the layout, as per the sketch. I then added lots of flowers around the photo…ephemera and chipboard.
To the right of my photo I added my title, made up of the acrylic word ‘Christmas’ and ‘eve’ made with stickers. I stuck the alphabet stickers onto white card first and trimmed around them so they would show against the red patterns on the background.

I then embellished the layout using different products. I attempted to embellish colour-on-colour so that I had green embellishments on the green section – I like the way this technique makes the layout flow.

The sketch has some stitching around the the colour block. Instead of doing this I handwrote my journaling around the edge instead.

I finished off with some white splatters.

Thanks so much for joining me today and happy scrapping

Niki xx

@nikiclairecreates

[ad] 







Autumn | Hip Kit Club | October 2021 Kits

Friday 12 November 2021

 


Hey everyone! Here is a new layout for Hip Kit Club using the October 2021 Kits. You can find the October Kits on the Hip Kit Club website here: https://www.hipkitclub.net/october-2021

I am focusing on items from the Color Kit today and the diamond chipboard frames. I started off with that amazing paper from the October kit – the one with the faux mixed media, how cool is that! I then added to the mixed media effect by using the leaf stencil from the October Color Kit and applied orange and peach ink to create pretty leaves over the paint effect. I then sprayed the whole background with the Nuvo Mica Mist in Pecan Peach and added large drops of the same. I dried this with a heat tool and also heated the other side of the paper to counteract the warping.

I added three photos, all mounted on Pocket Life journaling cards and I added lots of the diamond frames. I love how these nest. I layered them inside each other in a vertical formation.

I then added lots of beautiful ephemera, mostly leaves and flowers and some pumpkins too. I curled the leaves for dimension. I also added some of the pretty wood veneer leaves that have gold detailing. For my title I used one of the chipboard phrases ‘Autumn’.

I finished off with beautiful Nuvo Crystal Drops in Auburn Pearl from the October Color Kit which I dotted al l over the layout and I also added a few splatters of white paint.
Thank you so much for watching and happy scrapping

Niki xx

@nikiclairecreates

[ad] 







At the Pumpkin Patch | Lottie Loves Paper Sketch Challenge| Paige Evans Bungalow Lane

Thursday 11 November 2021

 


Hey everyone! Here is a new layout for Lottie Loves Paper using the beautiful Bungalow Lane collection by Paige Evans. I am also playing along with this week’s Sketch challenge which you can join in with over on the Lottie Loves Paper Community Facebook Group.

I started off by cutting a large circle aperture from a patterned paper. Initially I was aiming for a pink and orange colour scheme but when I flipped the paper over I just fell in love with the blue! So that became my background. I handcut the circle after drawing it first with a compass.

I mounted my two photos and added them to the bottom right of the page and I had lots of pink fussy cut flowers from another Bungalow Lane paper which I arranged around the photos.

I made a cluster at the top with two squares from the swatches paper. I added Bramble Fox Pumpkins and the Pumpkin Patch sign. I also embellished with Bungalow Lane Chipboard, Cardstock Stickers and two of those beautiful crepe paper leaves. I also added some stickers from the sticker book.

For my title I used the Bungalow Lane alphabet Thickers. I mounted these first onto pink card and cut them out leaving a narrow border. This was to help them stand out against all the details behind them.

I finished off with some journaling…different questions that were asked when doing the very serious job of selecting the perfect pumpkin! I also added a few white splatters.

Thanks so much for joining me today and I hope you enjoy this week’s sketch

Happy scrapping

Niki xx

@nikiclairecreates

[ad]