Frosty Winter Days | Simple Stories | Simple Vintage Winter Woods

Tuesday 20 December 2022

 


Hey everyone! Here is a layout I made for Simple Stories using the Simple Vintage Winter Woods collection. This collection is perfect for snowy or frosty photos!

I wanted to showcase some of the beautiful patterns in this collection from the 6x8 Paper Pad so I selected a few and punched some snowflakes from each. I then used the Simple Vintage Winter Woods Stencil and a blue ink pad to create some stencilled snowflakes onto a white background. Amongst the stencilled snowflakes I added the punched snowflakes. Some are layered and offset to give extra dimension.

I added my photo layered with one of the Chipboard Clusters in the middle of the layout together with some ephemera from the Bits & Pieces packs. I added a large title to the right of the photo together with lots more embellishments including Foam Stickers, Decorative Brads, Bits & Pieces and Enamel Dots.

I was going to leave it there but I had quite a few leftover punched snowflakes so I stuck them randomly all over the background together with some little water droplet gems from my stash. I finished off with splatters of white acrylic paint.

Thank you so much for joining me today. I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing the gorgeous Simple Vintage Winter Woods collection, it’s is just so pretty and I have loved working with it.

Happy scrapping

Niki xx

@nikiclairecreates

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Love Never Melts | Simple Stories | Simple Vintage Winter Woods

 


Hey everyone here is a new layout for Simple Stories using the very beautiful Simple Vintage Winter Woods collection.  This collection is so unbelievably pretty with all the soft pastel snowy tones and I couldn’t wait to dive right in!

I was instantly drawn to the cross hatch paper and decided to use that for my background. I trimmed it down and distressed the edges, then mounted it onto a piece of paper from the 12x12 Basics Pack.

I cut a circle from white card, which I then cut into pieces and distressed. I then added this to my background as a central feature.

I then added my photo which I layered with one of the Chipboard Clusters and some ephemera from the Bits & Pieces pack. I tucked in several snowflakes from the Woodland Bits & Pieces to the slices of my circle and created a couple of embellishment clusters with these, some Foam Stickers and more Bits & Pieces.

My title ‘love never melts’ is from the Foam Stickers, how adorable is that phrase! I added more Foam Stickers, Decorative Brads and Enamel Dots.

I finished off with splatters of silver paint. I’m delighted with how this layout turned out, this collection is super pretty and perfect for frosty photos.

Thanks so much for joining me today and happy scrapping

Niki xx

@nikiclairecreates

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Baking Memories | Simple Stories | Baking Spirits Bright

Monday 12 December 2022

 


Hey everyone! Have you seen the Baking Spirits Bright collection by Simple Stories? I absolutely adore it! It is obviously Christmas themed and is about Christmas baking! Even if you aren’t a baker yourself though, it is packed full of fun icons, embellishments and prints that work for generic Christmas photos too.

My favourite icons in this collection are the gingerbread men! There’s a whole pack of Gingerbread Bits & Pieces which are just so fun! We ‘make’ a gingerbread house every year (well actually I buy a pre-made kit and we just stick it together and decorate it!) so this collection is perfect to document those photos!

I really wanted to use the paper with the gingerbread people all over it but as a full sheet it may have been too busy for a background, so I cut off the top half of the paper, carefully fussy cutting around all the people. The result was a gingerbread people – shaped border! I added this to a piece of red paper from the Baking Spirits Bright collection which gave me a busy top half of the layout and a more plain lower half of the layout.

I mounted my photo into one of the Chipboard Frames and positioned this on the right side of my layout. I added a title from the Foam Stickers underneath and added embellishments from the Foam Stickers, Bits & Pieces and Gingerbread Bits & Pieces around the frame.

I also made a little embellishment cluster of little items from the Bits & Pieces underneath the title, and I added some raised stars to the gingerbread background too. I finished off with a couple of lines of journaling and some splatters of white paint.

Thanks so much for joining me today, I hope you like the layout!
Happy scrapping

Niki xx

@nikiclairecreates

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Joy | For the Love of Pretty Paper Sketch Challenge

Saturday 3 December 2022

 

Hi everyone, I’ve been playing along with the December sketch over at For the Love at Pretty Paper. The December sketch is Christmas themed and has baubles on it!

I’ve used the Baking Spirits Bright collection by Simple Stories, which is adorable! I made layered circles for two of the baubles and the third is a folded paper rosette. I’ve decorated the layout with loads of Bramble Fox Perspextives, I just adore all the Christmas ones!

Happy scrapping and merry Christmas!

Niki xx

@nikiclairecreates

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Dear Zoo | GoGo Getaway Moodbaord Challenge

Wednesday 30 November 2022

 



Hey everyone! At GoGo Getaway Retreats, the Design Team each set a challenge to inspire our delegates. The challenge I set at October 2022 was a moodboard challenge.

The moodboard was mostly shades of greens and browns, features the phrase ‘Hakuna Matata’ and has a jungle or safari feel to it. I decided to use the Into the Wild collection by Simple Stories to scrap photos of my little boy being a zookeeper in a school performance.

I used a very busy patterned paper around the top of the layout featuring lots of animals. I then added to this with more ephemera animals, leaves and flowers. I also added a compass which featured on the moodboard, and even managed to add a small label sticker saying ‘Hakuna Matata’!

I cut out my photos and added them to the middle of the layout with my title that I made from a mixture of alphabet stickers and word ephemera!

I finished off with splatters of white paint and lots of pretty sequins!

Thanks so much for joining me today, happy scrapping

Niki xx

@nikiclairecreates

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Wild One | GoGo Getaway Cybercrop Challenge

Thursday 24 November 2022

 


Hi everyone! I have a new layout to share for GoGo Getaway today. I made this layout playing along with the November Cybercrop sketch challenge. I’ve used Into the Wild by Simple Stories to scrap a photo of my little boy with his face painted as a tiger.

For the big panel across the middle of the sketch I’ve used an orange patterned paper. I added another brown print behind it and tore and distressed all the edges. I used a 4x4 square journaling card as my title and then created a long line of embellishments – I used all the big cats I could find in the collection, as well as decorative brads, chipboard, sequins and Bramble Fox perspextives!

I hope you enjoyed the cybercrop at the weekend and enjoyed using the sketch!

Happy scrapping

Niki xx

@nikiclairecreates

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Good Cheer | | Simple Stories | Mix & a-Mingle

Tuesday 22 November 2022

 


Hi everyone! Here’s another layout for Simple Stories using the Mix & a-Mingle collection! I totally loved that dark star print paper and was determined to use a large part of it as my background.

I tore a strip off the side of the paper and distressed and curled the edge. I turned over the piece I had torn off to reveal the pattern on the other side and tucked that under the first tear. This created a strip of white space on the left side of the layout, and I loved the texture and dimension created by the torn and curled edges.

I added my photo to one of the Chipboard Frames, layered this onto the layout with a red circle of patterned paper, and added a title using the Foam Stickers. I also used the large wreath Chipboard Frame to tuck in on the left side of the layout.

I then added lots of cute embellishments. I’ve used the icons from the Foam Stickers, bits from the Bits & Pieces pack, Chipboard Stickers, Cardstock Stickers and Decorative Brads. I also added enamel dots. I love to use a mixture of embellishments on my layouts, different sizes and also different materials as this provides lots of interesting things to look at!

I hand wrote my journaling next to the torn strip and added lots of splatters of white paint!

Thanks so much for joining me today for this festive layout! Happy scrapping

Niki xx

@nikiclairecreates

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Joy | Simple Stories | Mix & a-Mingle


Hi everyone, here is a new layout for Simple Stories, using the fabulously festive Mix & a-Mingle collection! I fell in love with this collection the moment I saw it, the colours are totally my thing and all the icons and words are super cute.

I used patterned paper for my background with a white border. I then cut three circles from three more patterned papers. I distressed the edges and added machine stitching around all three, with red thread.

I also used a couple of tags from the Tags paper. I think this sheet is almost as good as having another pack of embellishments! I cut these apart, distressed the edges and added twine.

I backed my photos and then began adding lots of embellishments. I loved the trees and Santa icons, plus I also added a bird, gingerbread cookies, snowflakes and coffee cups. Some are from the Bits & Pieces, and some are stickers from the Cardstock Stickers.

I also added decorative brads and my title which is from the Bits & Pieces pack. I also added pink enamel dots in a curved formation at the top left point of my circle.

I finished off with splatters of white paint and I handwrote my title around the edge of the large circle. Thanks so much for joining me today and happy scrapping!

Niki xx

@nikiclairecreates

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This Many | GoGo Shopaway | Jen Hadfield Stardust Collection

Monday 21 November 2022

 



Hi everyone! Here is a new layout for GoGo Shopaway using the Jen Hadfield Stardust collection. This collection isn’t themed, but it does have some balloons in it so I picked out as many as I could and made a birthday layout.

I started by cutting a large circle from a white background, and backed it with balloon print paper and also added pretty pom pom trim around the edge.

I then created two clusters, one with my photo and more balloons and another one opposite with lots of pretty embellishments from Stardust.

I used the gorgeous Stardust Thickers to add my title ‘this many’ which didn’t show up as well as I’d hoped against the busy balloon print, so I outlined the letters with a black journaling pen which helped.

I finished off with sequins by Spiegelmom Scraps and a few Perspextives by Bramble Fox: the big ‘Celebrate’ in the middle which was the perfect colour match, and two blue and yellow cupcakes. I also added lots of splatters of silver paint and handwrote my journaling around the edge of the circle.

Check out the Stardust collection over at GoGo Getaway online shop! 

www.gogo-shopaway.co.uk

Happy scrapping

Niki xx

@nikiclairecreates

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Seven is the Number... | For the Love of Pretty Paper Sketch

Sunday 20 November 2022

 


Hi everyone, here is a new layout I made playing along with the November sketch over on For the Love of Pretty Paper Facebook Group. The sketch had a border of tags so I’ve used the Simple Stories Family Fun collection to document photos of my daughter’s school play which was all about board games!

I made the border of tags, added my photos and then used the empty space in the middle for my title. I also embellished the tags with lots of little bits and pieces and some Bramble Fox perspextives too.

Happy scrapping

Niki xx

@nikiclairecreates






Amazing | Pinkfresh Studio Good Times

Tuesday 8 November 2022


Well it's very rare that I make a layout just for fun, but it does occasionally happen! I made this layout playing along with the November Pinkfresh Studio challenge, which is to add texture to your layout.

I fussy cut ALL the leaves from a sheet of Good Times paper, folded and curled every one and added them to my layout around a circular frame. Most are raised on foam pads to give them extra dimension.

I love how this layout turned out and it was so lovely to make a layout just for fun! The Pinkfresh Studio Good Times collection is available at GoGo Shopaway.

Happy scrapping
Niki xx
@nikiclairecreates