I thought I would post my favourite 9 layouts of 2023. Its been several years since I did and 'End of Year Favourite Layouts' posts, so here it is.
Happy New Year.
I thought I would post my favourite 9 layouts of 2023. Its been several years since I did and 'End of Year Favourite Layouts' posts, so here it is.
Happy New Year.
This is my final layout using Vicki Boutin's Peppermint Kisses collection which is also my final layout for 2023.
I've been working with the 12x12 paper pad this month and started my layout by layering the red candy cane striped paper and text paper onto a sheet of white 12x12 cardstock with another layer of white cardstock between.
With white thread I machine stitched a straight stitch round the edges of the papers. This is quite a flat layout, so the stitching added some texture. Before adding any elements, I also splattered some gold ink onto the background
Using some of the green papers from the collection I cut four simple triangular Christmas Tree shapes and punched some holes in a couple of them. After machine stitching round the edges of the trees, the trees were glued to the centre of the layout in a row.
I die cut some stars from gold card and added one to the top of each tree.
A piece of gold ribbon (from a recent gift) was stuck horizontally across the bottom of the layout. Three small photos, from Christmases past, were matted with more of the red striped paper and placed at the bottom of the trees.
The other words in the title were made by die cutting letters from gold card which I backed with some self-adhesive foam.
At the top of the layout I placed a phrase from the pack of Journaling Ephemera and also added some phrase strips from my stash.
The layout was finished with a scattering of gold sequins to add some Christmassy sparkle.
I thought of backing the cut file or even creating a shaker pocket from it, but in the end decided instead to simply embellish it with sequins. I took some white, blue and pink sequins, which matched the colours in the paper, and glued a few inside each letter of the title. I like the sparkle the sequins add to the layout.
I then took four small photos and matted these with the remaining Sweet Holiday Wishes paper. Two of the matted photos were placed at the top of the layout either side of the title with 3D foam underneath, and two photos were attached to the front of a couple of tags cut from the sheet of tags. The tags were placed at the bottom of the layout with more 3D foam beneath.
Through the holes in the tags I threaded a piece of white twine.
Underneath the tags I placed a couple of die cut phrase strips from the pack of Journaling Ephemera.
At the top of the page I added another die cut phrase strip to one of the photos and some Puffy Phrase Stickers.
.... and chain stitch on the other. More sequins were used to embellish the trees as well as some enamel dots.
Finally I printed some journalling strips on the computer and placed these in the bottom right corner of the layout and dotted some more white sequins around the layout.
This is my final autumn themed layout using Carta Bella's Fall Fun collection. As this is the last layout created from my design team kit, I didn't have any full sheet of patterned paper left so the layout is made from the paper scraps leftover as well as brown and white cardstock and some gold cardstock from my stash.
I started by gutting a 11" square from a 12x12 sheet of brown Bazzill cardstock and set it aside. On top of the remaining brown cardstock I layered a sheet of smooth white cardstock which I trimmed down slightly to leave a narrow border of brown round the edges.
I them added some yellow ink in the middle of the white cardstock using a blending tool. I have to admit it wasn't very evenly blended but as most of it ended up covered it didn't need to be too neat.
With the Loose Leaf free cut file from The Cut Shoppe cut from the remaining brown cardstock, I used scraps of the collection and some textured gold cardstock to back the leaves.
I made one of the leaves on the cut file into a shaker pocket using sequins from Picket Fence Studios.
Today I have another Autumnal layout using Fall Fun from Carta Bella. I'm really enjoying using this collection which perfectly matched the colours in some photos I had taken during a woodland walk last year.
This layout started out as a scraplift of this layout which I created for the blog in 2019 and whilst the finished layout bears some similarities, it is also quite different. I find that if I am stuck for inspiration, scraplifting a layout (my own or by another scrapbooker) can get the creative juices flowing.
I started my layout by trimming down a sheet of the Freshly Fallen paper by roughly 5mm on each edge, layered this onto a sheet of mustard coloured Bazzill cardstock and then machine stitched with white thread around all the edges.
Pieces of the Flannel Warmth and B side of the 3x4 Journalling Cards cut apart sheet were then attached to the layout with one piece made into a pocket so that a journaling tag made from more of the mustard coloured card could be slipped into it.
It is certainly feeling very autumnal here and as I like to scrap with the seasons, I was really pleased when Vanessa at Papermaze sent me some of the new Fall Fun collection from Carta Bella to play with.
Here is my final layout to share using the Coffee Break collection from P13. My layout today uses always popular hexagons, including three hexagonal shaped photos.
Today I have another layout using P13's Coffee Break collection.
For today's layout, I used eight images taken from WhatsApp messages which I printed onto photo paper.
Finally I splattered some brown watercolour paint onto the layout and scattered some gold sequins and brown enamel dots here and there.