Beauty Spot | Bramble Fox
Tuesday, 13 February 2024
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
A Little Bit Dramatic | For the Love of Pretty Paper Sketch
Monday, 5 February 2024
Beautiful | Bramble Fox | Remember Collection by Simple Stories
Tuesday, 30 January 2024
December Album 2023 Completed Album
Friday, 26 January 2024
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.
@nikiclairecreates
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