XOXO - Bossy Scrapper, Paper Issues Challenge

Hello everyone!

I'm on the blog today, sharing my take on the Bossy Scrapper challenge.

Here is the list of requirements that I had to incorporate on to a layout.

I must say, I was more afraid f the list than I should have been! I don't usually start with a design or even sometimes the foggiest idea of what I want to do when I start making a layout. But having this little list made it so easy! It was such a cool experience. The longest part of the layout was choosing the collection I wanted to work with! 

As you can see I worked with the beautiful and soft Simple Stories, Romance. I have been making most of my baby layouts with this collection! The soft colours, muted tones and floral accents lends itself to a more innocent than a charming subject. 

I created my own 3x4 cards out of the 4x6 cards. It wouldn't be one of my layouts without fussy cutting, so the little flowers and leaves made their way onto the layout as my embellishments as well! I made my own tag out of one of the pattern papers and doodled around the edges to make is stand out a bit better on the white background. I also added some black and white bakers twine to the tag, and used my Tiny Attacher to secure the ends to the page. 

I used a few chipboard pieces as well, the little banner piece saying 'Hello Love', two of the flower clusters and the pre-made title.

Lastly, I added a border around the layout to bring everything nicely together.  

If you are interested in seeing exactly how this layout came together you can pop over to my YouTube channel and watch the process video.

https://youtu.be/7KFleJj1ScA 

And that is that!

      Have a great day!     

Be bold, be italic, never regular

Hi everyone!

I'm so excited to share this layout with you. I made it for the first video in a series I started on my YouTube channel, called Freebie Friday. Each Friday I will taking a FREE cut file from the Paper Issues Shop and make a layout using it.

This week I chose the file called, 'Rhapsody Floral'.

I used the beautiful collections of Paige Evans, Turns the page and Take me away to back the cut files. I fussy cut the butterflies from a sheet from Take me away.

This layout is very sentimental to me. the photo is a selfie I took of me and my Granma at my cousin's kitchen tea. This Grannie is very special, she is the most unique and eccentric person I know! The inspiration for the layout design came from something I loved to admire when I was little. My Gran had these beautiful porcelain baskets with finely crafted porcelain flowers in them all around her house. I loved looking at them the colours, the precision, the perfection. I know I will never be able t recreate one of those beautiful baskets, but I can imagine myself looking longingly at one, missing my Gran.

https://youtu.be/W34YHgEwhPU

Enjoy!

Dream

Hi. 

Today I sharing this layout with you that I made for the Paper Issues Design Team. This is the second layout in a series that I am doing on my YouTube channel called, Freebie Friday. Each Friday I will be taking a FREE cut file from the Paper Issues shop and I will be making a layout.

This week I chose two cut files, ' cloudy circle' and ' sky's the limit'. 

This layout came together quite easily, the cut files took out most of the guess work of what to put where. 

For the background I grabbed some small ink pads from my stash, black, dark blue and light blue, and I applied the ink to the page in small circular motions using an ink dabber.

I blended the three colours together, until I got the hazy, softness that I wanted.

I popped the cut files up on some foam squares and added some dark blue sequins and some tiny silver gems. 

The butterflies are from a pattern paper from Maggie Holms' Chasing Dreams, the paper is called Monarca.

And that is that! Short and sweet!

I have the process video up on my YouTube channel, and while you are there, why don't you like and subscribe?

https://youtu.be/EwNnztujby8

Have a great day! 

Astronaut Andre

Hello everyone! 

Today I would like to share with you a layout I made for a Paper Issues challenge called Scraplift Sunday. For those of you who are not familiar with Paper Issues, it is an online scrapbook shop that sell all the latest and greatest scrapbook goodies. They also have a Facebook page called Paper Issues Friends and Family, so go on over and have a look. There are daily challenges and updates and all sorts of fun to be had on the Facebook page. 

So, today I sharing my take on a layout for Scraplift Sunday. I used the My Mind's Eye, Blastoff collection and I did some mixed media on my background. I did the packaging technique with some H2O's Twinklings, a colour called Majestic. And that blue is truly majestic, it is so vibrant and rich and has such a subtle shimmer to them. 

The circles are 3 inch circles that I machine stitched with plan white thread. You will see that in some areas the thread looks all pulled and tattered, but I really like that effect, it adds so much texture. On the left I added the photo I was going to use and I cut it into a circle to fit nicely on top of that one blue circle, framing the photo perfectly. I used a bunch of the Mixed bag items and some of the Chipboard elements from the collection. This collection is so fabulous for boys! The colours are bright, rich and fun! I used a second photo and fussy cut around the cake, so that the cake looks like an embellishment. I really like the effect that it creates. I used the chipboard word 'Astronaut' for a part of my title and used some really old Thickers called 'Cinnamon' for the rest of my title.

If you want to have a look at the original layout made by the very talented Rachel Tallman, please head on over to the Paper Issues blog, I have a link for you to the right of my page!

https://youtu.be/OeemOJTBOJM

Hope you enjoyed this one and found inspiration!