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Family Moment Captured | Heart & Home Collection | Michelle Stokes

Hey Crafty Peeps! It’s Michelle here today with a new layout share for you all and I’m so excited about this one as its using our NEW collection Heart & Home. This collection is absolutely stunning with all its pretty florals, soft colour palette and sweet sentiments.

As this was the first layout I’ve made with the collection, I felt I needed to use some extra special photos. I found a couple of sweet family snaps from a few years back that were in need of a new layout base and I think now that its complete, I may add it to a shadow box frame and display in our living area.

I kept the base of the layout very simple by using a strip of the GOLDEN FIELDS paper across the width of white cardstock background, with machine stitching for added detail. I then built the photo cluster on the right side of this.

Under the main photo I’ve used pieces of FALL BEAUTY & LEAF LITTER with pieces from the ACCESSORY STICKERs, EPHEMERA PACK and GATHER cut apart sheet tucked in for good measure.

The smaller photo has been framed using the smaller square frame in the EPHEMERA pack and popped up using foam for a little dimension

I created the title using a GOLD FOIL TITLE word and a piece from the EPHEMERA pack layered above one big beautiful floral cluster. I chose florals from both the BOUNTIFUL paper and SPECIALTY PRINTED VELLUM to fussy cut and layer together, with the addition of some puffy dots from the PUFFY STICKERS pack to complete the cluster

I do love to create a mixed title using different elements of a collection. Tell me in the comments what your favourite way to create titles?

I made a second smaller cluster in the top corner of the layout using elements from the larger group. I even gave it a “handmade” touch by creating a faux cross stitch frame using the cute hearts from the GATHER paper and a larger frame from the EPHEMERA pack. I think it turned out pretty sweet

Lastly I gave the layout a sprinkling of gold ink around the clusters for a little extra detail

Heres another look at the whole layout

Well friends, thats all from me today. Thanks so much for stopping by to check out the first layout I’ve created using the new HEART & HOME collection. It was a joy to create, and I hope its something that inspires you to get your craft on!

Until next time, Happy Scrapping!
Michelle x

Summer Love | Sunkissed | Rachel Lowe

Hey crafty friends, it maybe cold and gloomy outside but it is summer in my craft room! I love the colours of Sunkissed collection so much and so before These Days arrived (which I can’t wait for) I am happily creating away remembering summer!

The folded heart (rosette heart) is a cut file from the Silhouette Design store. I oversized mine as I wanted it to be the feature on my layout. I used the Growing Wild paper to create the hear. I used the left over paper strip (using the floral side) of the Growing Wild paper, tearing at the top and bottom of the strip. Before adhering my white cardstock I tore another paper strip from the Summer Lights paper using the pink part of the ombre paper and tucking it under my floral strip. Finally to soften I add a 7x 5 inch strip of Vellum paper tearing at the bottom only.

I next added my folded heart, I used a wet glue to ensure it wasn’t going to move or lift. I have used a 4×4 inch square photo which I matted onto a square of Feelin Fine  paper. 

I have created embellishment clusters in a triangle configuration with my photo at the centre. This is important to do when you are using ‘busy’ patterns and ‘bright’ colours. I added a small cluster of flowers (using the Floral Ephemera pack), adding some gold thread and finishing off with one of the gorgeous Wood Epoxy Buttons.

Under this embellishment cluster I added another, using the fruits from the Die Cut Ephemera pack and finishing off again using another, but smaller wood epoxy button.

I created a large and cascading cluster of the gorgeous tropical flowers from the photo flowing onto the vellum and white cardstock. Again I added gold thread under the outer flowers. To create dimension some were added over others with foam tape. I also added clear NUVO jewel drops on some of the centres and leaves. I added two phrase sentiments from the die cut ephemera pack.

I used one of the words from the Glitter Foam Titles and curved it gently around the top of the heart.

And there you have it one super fun summer layout and of course you could use a larger photo and add two smaller ones over the heart. Thank you for stopping by and happy creating!

Rachel X

 

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