Bella Blvd - One Fall Day - Fun Fall

Hi everyone,

Claire back here today sharing my second layout with the One Fall Day collection from Bella Blvd. 

You can find it in the shop here.

For this page, I'm focusing on concentric circles and pulling together all the beautiful colours this collection has to offer.

I cut 3 circles of different sizes from the Leaf Pile, Hello Fall and Falling for You papers. I distressed the edges and layered each piece one on top of the other, but stacked them all towards the left of the circle, rather than layering them centrally one on top of the other. I hope that makes sense! Please shout if it doesn't.

I mounted my photo with the Grateful and Borders papers, again distressing the edges before adding this on top of the circles. I also layered a piece of the borders paper along the top of the photo, using a notebook punch to add extra texture.

To anchor the design, I created three ephemera clusters - the largest of which was to the right had side of the photos using those statement trees and some other pieces from the  Ephemera Icons pack.

Then, on the left side of the design, I wanted to create two smaller clusters, following the circular edge and tucking and layering leaves from the Ephemera Icons Pack and Ciao Chip Chipboard Stickers in between the edges of each circle.

Then, my favourite - a mixed font title! It's been a while since I've done this and I always love the effect. Both of these titles were from the Ciao Chip Chipboard Stickers and I love how it pulls all the colours together. For placement, I followed the circular edge again to keep the design cohesive. 

As a final touch I added some phrase stickers from the Doohickey Cardstock Stickers and sprinkled some Pinkfresh Studio Jewel Essentials into each cluster. 

I hope you've enjoyed this layout. It was so much fun to make and I'd highly recommend this fun collection for your autumn scrapbook pages. 

Until next month, happy scrapping! 

Claire x

@scrappysoulmate 

Echo Park ~ I Love Fall #2 🍂

Hi all, 

It’s Anna back with you today. I have a second layout to share using Echo Park’s I Love Fall collection. 

You can find it in the shop here. 

To create this layout I began by cutting a circle out of Autumn Woods. I kept the inner circle and then selected various patterned papers from the collection as well as coordinating cardstock and cut 1.5inch strips. 

I used the paper strips to do some paper weaving and then stuck it all down on the inner circle. Keeping the lengths of paper, I adhered these strips to the back of Autumn Woods. 

I mounted my photo onto the b side of 4x4 journaling cards and adhered to the lower left side of the circle. 

I fussy cut some flowers from Fall Flowers and created two clusters. Adding to my clusters, I selected some ephemera icons and some element stickers to place alongside. 

To finish, I added some Nuvo Vintage Drops around the edge of the circle. 

Thanks so much for looking! See you next time with something Christmassy!

Anna 

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@acraftylifewithanna

American Crafts - Shimelle Main Character Energy #3 ☀️

Hey everyone, it’s Anna back today. I’m sharing my third layout using Main Character Energy by Shimelle and American Crafts. You can find the collection in the shop here. 

I used the b side of ‘prop table’ as my base and then trimmed a strip of the b side of ‘after hours’ and adhered it to the left side of the layout. 

I cut my photos into circles and also created some circles out of cardstock from the matchmaker pack. I used a yellow circle to create a sunshine, which I then added some stitched sunbeams to using matching yellow thread. 

I fussy cut lots of florals from ‘prettiest pick’ and adhered them down the meeting point of my two papers. 

I then arranged my circles overlapping them slightly. I added some cardstock stickers on the cardstock circles and layered around them too. 

I added my title using the cardstock stickers and a few of the gold hearts dotted around. 

Finally, I finished my layout by adding some enamel dots to the fussy cut florals. 

Thanks so much for looking. 

I have one more layout to share using this collection, so I’ll see you soon with that! 

Anna 

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@acraftylifewithanna

Simple Stories - Trail Mix - Outdoors Adventure

Hi there,

I hope you've had a fabulous Summer Holiday, despite summer being somewhat lacking here!

Autumn has definitely arrived and I'm loving it! It's my favourite time of year, and this month i'll be documenting it using the Trail Mix collection from Simple Stories which you can find in the shop here.

I was surprised how versatile this collection is. It combines earthy tones like I've used here, with brighter more vibrant colours which I'll use in my next post. That gives it great range for scrapping brighter Spring/Summer adventures with those more woodland walks through Autumn to Winter. I do love a collection that has multiple uses!

As usual, I reached for a base of White Premium Cardstock, and some Distress Oxide Inks in shades that reflect this warmer tone palette. I used:

• Scattered Straw
• Ripe Persimmon
• Unchartered Mariner
• Peeled Paint

I applied them using a gel printing plate, creating circular prints going vertically down the page.

Once I had these in place, I knew I wanted to create a circular design, pulling all the different circular elements from the collection to build clusters around my photograph.

I first cut a range of circles in different sizes using dies, but you could use punches or an electronic cutting machine like Cricut or Silhouette to achieve the same result. I used the blue and green sheets from the Matchmaker Pack, along with the 3x4 Elements and 2x2/4x4 Elements papers.

I stuck some of these flat, but raised most on foam, gathering them in 3 main spots to create anchors for each cluster.

To each cluster I added some ephemera from the Bits & Pieces pack, alongside some stickers from the Sticker Book.

The Ephemera pack includes these cute little bugs which make a great addition to the page and really help to give it that outdoorsy feel.

Just above my photo, I wanted to create a larger cluster, so fussy cut this big compass from the 2x2/4x4 Elements Paper which really helps to balance the page as it's offset against a larger photo. This also acts a a subtitle for the layout.

Again, you'll see I couldn't help but add another one of those cute bugs to bring the page to life!

My title is made from a large statement piece from the Page Pieces pack. I love these packs. They contain 15 staple die cuts including ephemera and journaling pieces, that give you everything you need to create a beautiful layout, and they're great value for money!

I added the 'adventure' from the Bits & Pieces Ephemera Pack to help bring a bit of the darker brown to the bottom of the page.

I also added a small cluster of trees using the Bits & Pieces and Sticker Book to help incorporate the title a bit more, and bring the it into the design.

With a few extra splatters of Distress Oxide, the page was complete!

This was a very quick and easy page to put together, and I can't wait to come back later this month with another layout from this beautiful collection.

There's still plenty of this collection in stock, so check it out here.

Claire xx

@scrappysoulmate

Pinkfresh Studio ~ Spring Vibes #1 🌸

 Hi, it’s Anna back on the blog today, hope you’re all having a lovely weekend? 

For my next few blog posts I am going to be working with Pinkfresh Studio Spring Vibes. You can find the collection in the shop here. 

For my first layout with this collection I have created this circle based design. 

I began by cutting this ‘Happy Days’ cutfile by Peartree Cutfiles on white bazzill cardstock. 

I then trimmed down the cardstock, taking about 1cm off each side.

Before using the ‘Moments of Joy’ paper to back my white Bazzil, I cut out a circle from the centre of the paper, and kept it aside to use on my layout. This ensured I was making the most of the paper and not wasting the middle. 

I cut a slightly bigger second circle out of the Cherish This paper, and layered it in the centre of my layout along with the circle I’d cut from Moments of Joy. 

I mounted my photo onto coordinating cardstock from the matchmaker pack and adhered it to the left side of the circles. 

I then fussy cut several florals and leaves from the Daisies paper and tucked them in clusters around my photo. I added a few enamel dots to the centres of some of the flowers too. 

I used some of the cardstock stickers  to embellish my layout building up clusters around my photo. 

I journaled on one of the cardstock stickers and added some ribbon through the tag. Finally, I chose a few wooden embellishments from my stash to add a few finishing touches. 

Thanks so much for looking! 

See you next month with another layout using this collection. 

Anna

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