Beauty Spot | Bramble Fox

Tuesday, 13 February 2024

 


Morning everyone! Here is the layout I made live last night for Bramble Fox during Marvellous Monday with Morag!
I used the beautiful Wander collection, including the Beauty Spot title, and the Wander Elements set. I also used two stencils: #17 Sunburst, plus another small snowflake stencil that was from an Advent Calendar.
The paper collection is Great Escape by Cocoa Vanilla Studio. I hope you like it and thanks for having me scrap along with you again last night Morag! The video can be watched on catch up in the Bramble Fox Friends Facebook Group.
Happy scrapping
Niki xx
@nikiclairecreates
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Mr Lava Lava | Cocoa Vanilla Studio | Great Escape Collection

Monday, 12 February 2024

 


Hey everyone, here is my first layout for Cocoa Vanilla Studio using the new Great Escape Collection! I had a little story to tell about my little boy, and the paper with the mountain skyline was just perfect so I went straight for that!

I trimmed the paper down and placed it on a white background. I framed it with two dark blue strips that I cut from the A5 Paper Stack, this was to give that middle piece some definition against the white background.

I added my photo together with some mountain ephemera from the Die Cut Ephemera pack and a cute little journaling card from the A5 Paper Stack. I added some Chipboard Stickers and some more ephemera: a star and a compass.

On the other side, I made another large cluster using a small piece of paper, several Accessory Stickers, some Chipboard Stickers and more pieces from the Die Cut Ephemera. I stapled some ribbon onto the tag sticker and this was initially where I thought I could write my journaling. I actually ended up adding small embellishments and the date and writing my journaling below the title instead.

I added ‘let’s explore’ title from the Puffy Titles pack – how awesome are these! And I handwrote my journaling below this. I wanted to add my own title to this layout which went with my story, so I reached for the Mini Puffy Alphabet stickers from the Heart & Home collection. The colours match really well and I was able add my ‘Mr Lava Lava’ title!

My mountain skyline was looking a little flat, so after I’d stuck everything down, I decided to attempt to give them some dimension! I managed to lift up the paper, slide my cutting mat underneath and carefully cut along the mountains. I then added foam pads – I love how this turned out!

Finally I added some splatters of black paint and some sequins!

I loved using the Great Escape collection and have made loads more layouts with it since so keep checking back for those!
Happy scrapping
Niki xx

@nikiclairecrates

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YOUnique | Bramble Fox

 


Reach for the stars with this YOUnique layout about my gorgeous boy! For this layout I used the Bramble Fox sun rays stencil to add a starburst effect to a sheet of white cardstock which I then splattered with black paint. This gave me a fabulous background to start creating on top of!

I’ve used the Great Escape collection for this layout. I mounted my large photo onto some patterned paper, which I replicated at the two sides of the layout by making little tears which I backed with the same paper.

I layered my photo with a large colourful star cut from stripey patterned paper and some ticket strips. I then added three Bramble Fox titles, to the right of my photo: ‘YOUnique’ from the March Fox Box, and two more words ‘remarkable’ and ‘superb’ which are from a set called ‘Good Life’. I love how these words all describe my complicated boy. I also added a black page tab and a little blue person, both of which were from the March Fox Box.

I added LOADS of stars cut from one of the Great Escape papers, a wax seal a friend made me, added some Accessory Stickers, and then I finished off with sequins and splatters of black paint.

This layout was super simple to make and I love the end result!

Happy scrapping

Niki xx

@nikiclairecreates

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Away We Go! Bramble Fox Wander Collection

Thursday, 8 February 2024

 


Here's a quick layout using the new gorgeous items from the Wander collection by Bramble Fox, perfect for travel scrapbooking!

I've used the Great Escape collection by Cocoa Vanilla Studio, and cut two large geotags to hold my photo and journaling card, I love how it turned out and the Bramble Fox Perspextives were perfect!

Happy scrapping
Niki xx
@nikiclairecreates
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A Little Bit Dramatic | For the Love of Pretty Paper Sketch

Monday, 5 February 2024

 


Better late than never! Playing along with the January sketch over on For the Love of Pretty Paper Facebook group! I've used Shimelle's Main Character Energy collection, love those bright colours and the gold titles!







Beautiful | Bramble Fox | Remember Collection by Simple Stories

Tuesday, 30 January 2024

 


Hey everyone! Here is my layout that I made last night with Morag, during Marvellous Monday. I used the Remember collection by Simple Stories and a number of Bramble Fox products:
Background Stencil Fox Cut #79
Beautiful title from Splendid Perspextives set
Gold leaves from Autumn Leaves Galore set
and a few perspextive hearts
I hope you enjoyed it! Thanks to Morag for having me and for Melanie Cook Hyatt for linking to all the products used! Sorry for the lurgy...I'll sound better next time lol!
Niki xx
@nikiclairecreates






December Album 2023 Completed Album

Friday, 26 January 2024

 


Hey everyone! This is a flip-through of my December Album (December Daily) 2023 completed album. I've used two collections: mainly Paige Evans Sugar Plum Wishes, mixed with a small amount of Simple Stories Feeling Frosty, which is from a couple of years ago, but I love it and have kept hold of it! The colours mixed really well and I'm delighted to have a mixture in this 2023 album.
Happy Scrapping Niki xx @nikiclairecreates





Frosty Days | GoGo Getaway Colour Challenge

Wednesday, 24 January 2024

 



Here is my layout I made for our recent GoGo Getaway Cybercrop Colour Challenge. I’ve used the Winter Wonder collection by Simple Stories as well as lots of Perspextives by Bramble Fox.

I wanted to replicate the ‘wings’ of the snow angel in the photo so choose to go for this diagonal/triangle design with the photo in the middle – I love how this worked out! I added layered tags and Floral Ephemera around the photo and added the Bramble Fox ‘Frosty Days’ title under the photo I also added a few more Bramble Fox Perspextives, from the Right Now set.

I finished off with stickers, Word Strips, sequins and splatters of silver paint. I love it!

Happy scrapping

Niki xx

@nikiclairecreates

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Unique Moments | Cocoa Vanilla Studio | Happy Days

Tuesday, 23 January 2024


Here is a new layout for Cocoa Vanilla Studio using Happy Days! I focused on the colourful striped paper from the A5 Paper Stack and wanted to make a feature out of it on four sides of my layout.

I started off with wide strips of the stripes, and then I cut them into ‘steps’. The offcuts made for interesting step shapes too! I arranged these onto my layout but they didn’t quite look right on the far edges. So I drew a frame using a black pen, leaving a wide boarder, then I arranged the ‘step’ shapes around this frame. That worked really well.

I mounted my photo onto a rainbow sheet from the A5 Paper Stack so that it had a really colourful boarder to match the rest of the layout and slotted the photo into the step shapes on the left side of the layout.

I then began adding small areas of embellishments. I used Floral Ephemera in various places, some of the Die Cut Ephemera too. I also fussy cut some words from the Definitive Paper and added one to each of the four main ‘steps’. I also extended each of the words by adding a second word from the Mini Alphabet Stickers. So ‘Unique’ became ‘unique moments’, and ‘perfect’ became ‘perfect day’ etc.

I finished off with sequins by Spiegelmom Scraps, my handwritten journaling, and splatters of black paint which was a great contrast to all the bright colours in the layout! I love how this one turned out and it was super fun to make!

Happy scrapping

Niki xx

@nikiclairecreates

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Fun Times | Simple Stories | Noteworthy Collection

 

Here is a new layout for Simple Stories using the fabulous Noteworthy collection! I love this collection, it is so perfect for everyday photos as it isn’t particularly themed! I have documented a fun day out with the girls…we went for a walk hunting for clues, it was so much fun!

I adore scrapbooking with yellow, so choose the yellow paperclip paper for my background. I decided to add a large white vertical strip and added some pink paper strips either side of the white. I distressed the edges of course and raised them on foam pads to ensure my layout had lots of dimension.

I had two photos, both quite large for me! I mounted them both and added them to the left side of the layout together with lots of gorgeous Noteworthy Embellishments: Stickers, Bits & Pieces, Floral Bits, Decorative Brads and Enamel Dots. I made clusters in two places around my photos.

Over on the right side of the layout I made another cluster, using the ‘fun times’ title from the Foam Stickers. I also added more embellishments in this cluster which helped to balance the two large clusters on the left.

I added a few sequins, splatters of white paint and handwrote my journaling.

Happy scrapping everyone!
Niki xx

@nikiclairecreates

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