Hey everyone, here is a beachy mini album made for a GoGo Getaway Cybercrop Moodboard Challenge. I've used a cut file by Peartree Cut Files and the paper collection is Simple Stories Simple Vintage Coastal. I've also used fabulous Perspextives by Bramble Fox including the Life's a Beach signpost, Beach Hut and Seagulls!
Two pages are shaker pages filled with Spiegelmom Scraps Sequins - they are so pretty!
Thanks for joining me today and happy scrapping
Niki xx
@nikiclairecreates
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Hey everyone! Here is a new mini album for Simple Stories. I’m
using the very beautiful Simple Vintage Indigo Garden collection.
I cut lots of circles for this album. I used metal dies and
cut several in varying sizes. I used the 6x8 Paper Pad and the Simple Vintage
Indigo Garden 12x12 Basics Kit too. I
cut several circles in the biggest size and paired these with a slightly
smaller circle in a different pattern. I machine stitched the two together to make
a pocket. These form the bases of each page.
I cut more circles from a smaller size which would become
the inserts to go inside the pockets. I cut two for each pocket. I cut my
photos into smaller circles and added these to the insets. I added little
ribbon tabs to each circle insert so they could easily be pulled out of the
pockets.
I used the Chipboard Clusters for my front cover and for my
back cover. These were the three large clusters. I stuck two back to back to
form the back cover. I backed the other one with patterned paper and used this
as my front cover. I also added Floral Bits, Foam Stickers and Chipboard
Stickers to the front cover with my title ‘bubbles’ from the black Color Vibez
Alphabet Stickers pack.
I made two of my pages into shaker pockets by cutting
circles in acetate to overlay onto some of the circle pages. I then stitched
the layers together trapping pretty sequins inside.
I used a one Chipboard Frame to make a feature frame out of
one of my favourite photos.
For the photos that I couldn’t cut into circle shapes, I make
little fold-out booklets that also sit inside the circle pockets.
I decorated my pages, inserts and photos with Foam Stickers,
Layered Stickers, stickers from the Sticker Book, Cardstock Stickers, Banner
Stickers, Decorative Brads, Chipboard Stickers, Bits & Pieces, Floral Bits.
Somehow I forgot to use the Enamel Dots which would have been perfect, D’oh!
I punched a hole in the top of each page and put all the
pages onto a yellow book ring to bind it all together. It has turned out pretty
chunky but I absolutely love it.
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 Hip Kit Club using
the January Kits which can be found on the Hip Kit Club website here: https://www.hipkitclub.net/january-2022.
Today is Mixed Media Monday so I have focused on the Color Kit.
I started by using one of the stencils on a white background
with some white texture paste. Once it was dry, I spritzed it with three
colours of Shimmerz: the Frostbite blue that was in the January Colour Kit,
Jeni B Blue which was in a past Colour Kit and a green colour from my stash. I
sprayed directly onto the background. It’s great to see the colour run between
the texture paste pattern, the effect is lovely.
I added my photos together with three geometric hearts cut
with the metal dies. I backed these with white so they showed up better against
the background. I added a few solid hearts and some other small embellishments
such as the cute sequin puffy stickers, ephemera flowers and mandala puffy
stickers.
I added a title in the black and white font from the January
kits – I love these letters. I finished with a few splatters of white paint and
some drops of black ink.
Thank you so much for joining me today and happy scrapping
Niki
@nikiclairecreates
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Hey everyone! Here is my latest layout for Bella Blvd and I’ve
used a mixture of Bella Besties Hearts & Ombre and My Candy Girl. Our
prompt this week was to use hearts!
I’ve used a Cut-Out which is a pre-cut cut file with
templates for backfilling the letters and shapes. I’ve used a large title that
says ‘Love you Lots’. I loved the hearts that replaced the ‘o’s and decided to
turn those into sequin shaker pockets.
I started by cutting the heart template from acetate. I
stuck this to the back of the Cut-Out. I then made a ‘wall’ of foam pads around
the heart apertures. I filled these with sequins: light ones at the top, darker
ones in the middle and mainly navy ones in the bottom one.
I backfilled all the letters in ombre style: for the top word
I used the lightest part of the ombre side of Hearts & Ombre paper, for the
second word I used a pink pattern from My Candy Girl and for the bottom word I
used a dark pink hearts side from a Hearts & Ombre paper.
Once all my letters were backfilled and the sequin shakers
filled and sealed, I stuck the Cut Out to a sheet of navy Hearts & Ombre
paper. I had actually splattered this first with white acrylic paint and
trimmed it down a bit. I mounted the background onto white card to give it a
border.
I then punched a few hearts from pink papers in different
sizes. I added my photo and then added the hearts around the photo and some on
the other side of the Cut Out too.
I finished off with a white border drawn with white pen and
some more splatters of white acrylic paint.
Many thanks for joining me today and I hope you have enjoyed
this fun shaker layout!
Happy scrapping
Niki xx
@nikiclairecreates
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Hi everyone! I have a mini album to share today for Hip Kit
Club. I’ve used the January 2022 Kits which can be found on the Hip Kit Club
website here: https://www.hipkitclub.net/january-2022.
Our assignments today were to use lots of hearts, and to
include five different patterned papers. I chose to go for a balloon shaped
mini album because these photos are of my little boy’s third birthday. I
included lots of hearts throughout the album.
I drew a balloon shape onto white card and cut it out which
I then used as a template for the pages. I made seven balloon shaped pages. I
made two into sequin shaker pockets and turned the rest into pocket pages by
adding a vellum pocket. I machine stitched around the outside edge of all. I
punched a hole in the top of each so the book could be bound by a book ring.
I added ribbons and twine to each of the balloons, as the
strings. I made little booklets full of photos to go inside all the vellum
pockets.
I decorated each page with a geometric heart cut using one
of the metal dies and solid hearts too. On the front cover I used the balloon
die too, inked it to match the paper and added ‘3’.
I used lots of little stickers, puffy stickers and ephemera
inside the album.
I really love how it turned out. Thank so much for joining
me today and happy scrapping
Niki xx
@nikiclairecreates
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Hey everyone! Here is a new layout for Lottie Loves Paper. I’m
playing along with this week’s challenge which is to use hearts, and I’m using
the Simple Stories Happy Hearts collection.
I’ve used a pink cardstock base and have used metal dies to
cut lots of different sized hearts from the Happy Heart Papers. I layered these
together, stitched through them and arranged them in a curve on my page.
I added lots of little embellishments from the Happy Hearts
collection as well as Perspextives by Bramble Fox and little heart shaped gems.
I definitely managed to complete the hearts challenge!
Thanks so much for joining me today and happy scrapping
Niki xx
@nikiclairecreates
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