LIL' PRIMROSE

Kaisercraft Lil' Primrose range, plus "Baby" sticker by making Memories, "shower" by American Crafts, buttons by Beutron, journalling typed on my old typewriter.

The flowers at the top right hand corner were spritzed with water and spent a week or so in my Flower Press, just to make them a bit more Album friendly (eg. flatter)

Oh BTW, Sherrette had a beautiful little baby GIRL, Amelia Rose, hence the choice of papers!!!!

FUN with a BLING!!!

Yep it's about time I got back on the bike and had a try at getting onto a DT- this time I have Flourish with a Bling in my sights! I'd never heard of them (to be honest) until I got the email from a fellow scrapper- so then I ordered some goodies from the mainland, had a bit of a wait then my cute parcel arrived- toadstools, pink pearls, a blue boyish swirl, beach houses and a sun and cloud set. Wait till you see how much fun I had!

Flourish With a Bling Taylah's Toadstools; Kaiser papers and rubons; Coredination cardstock; October Afternoon label stickers and mini alphas; Lettering by Making Memories; Spellbinder die.

Flourish With a Bling Rose Pink Pearls, Grace Flourish and Jack, Black; Swiss dot bazill; Bazill Two Scoops Raspberry Parfait cardstock; Papers by Kaiser and Making Memories; Prima Velvet flowers; Beutron Buttons; Black velvet and Pink lace from my stash; Lettering by American Crafts. Mini stickers- Chatterbox, October Afternoon, Glitz, EK and Making Memories.

Flourish with a Bling Nicky's Beach Huts; Papers by Echo Park, Lettering by American Crafts, mini alphas by EK. Journalling on my typewriter.

Swiss Dot Bazill purple cardstock; Teresa Collins diecut paper; Purple frame by Making Memories; Bling by Kaiser; Ribbon from my stash; small black square, hung as diamond by 7 Gypsies; Font- English Rose, cut with Cuttlebug.

Flourish with a Bling Up in the Sky; Dress it up Smiley Buttons; Lettering by American Crafts; Cosmo Cricket Paper and sticker; Bo bunny brad, Ribbon from my stash, PSX mini-alpha stamps.

Flourish with a Bling Teal Luke Flourish; Paper by Basic Grey, the Obscure range; Bazill Bling Cardstock; Ribbon Making Memories; Smiley button Dress it up; Lettering American Crafts; Mini alphas by making Memories; "surf" and "swim" by Kaiser; Bling by My Minds Eye; Gutterman metalic thread.

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STEP BY STEP LAYOUT

Instructions follow to make this sweet little page :-)

Papers: MM, and Sass Lass, Heavy paper for journalling:Canson, Golden Book page, AC alphas, Brad by BG, DYMO label maker, Frame by scenic route, Ink by Versa Ink, Ribbon and teapot button- my stash.

Step 1- Select photos, select feature product (page of Golden Book) and then select supporting products.

Step 2- Ink the frame with “Baby Blue” ink- Versa Mark and then put it out of the way to dry. After a couple of minutes, ink over the Baby Blue with “Cyan”, but let some of the Baby Blue show through.

Step 3- Position papers, but don’t adhere just yet.

Step 4- Hmmm, that's gonna be a bit much... needs dilution

Phew... that's better!

Step 5- Machine sew around edge of two blue papers  and then distress edges with scissors. Just scrape the blade along the edge of the paper.

Step 6- Tie ribbon to frame, then adhere papers, top photo and frame with tape and adhere bottom photo with foam tape.

Step 7- Adhere pink gingham over sentence from Golden Book  that doesn’t quite work, then blue ric rac over the top. Position title. Adhere ribbon and brad in bottom Right corner. Flip layout and flatten split pin with hammer.

Step 8- Type up journaling. Note: adhering the individual words is time consuming, so if speed is preferred, why not adhere strips or even a journaling block.

Step 9- Adhere sizzix adhesive to the back, cut journaling into strips, ink edges, then snip each individual word and ink the little ends.

  Step 10- Space out words on the layout and remove a few key words and replace with Dymo words. Try to space the Dymo words apart in a pleasing fashion.

So there you have it, one cute little layout using the most divine products and the sweetest photos!! The journalling was a fiddle, but isn't it so worth it in the end? Maybe a shorter sentence next time LOL

SOME RECENT LAYOUTS

It's been a bit quiet on Planet Nicole-blog! But not quiet in my scrapping room. I photographed a huge pile today :-) I hope you love them!

Papers- MM and Fancy Pants; Embellishments- K&Co, Brads- Bo Bunny; Mini alphas- October Afternoon and Glitz

Paper- Little Yellow Bicycle, Alphas- American Crafts, Teapot, buttons- my stash (layout above and below on same sheet of paper!)

Above more Little Yellow Bicycle- Elizabeth Park, and Cuttlebug font. The big blue stencil is an old Heidi Swapp product.

Alphas- MM, Orange spot Paper- BG, Robot Paper-, Stickers- Sass Lass, Buttons- Jenni Bowlin, Fabric, Calendar, Ribbon- my stash, Blue Label-, Happy- MME

Paper- MM, MME, Cuttlebug Font- English Rose, Button Embellishment- MM, charm- my stash, mini alphas- October Afternoon.

Papers- MME and MM, Embellis- K& Co, Brads- Bo Bunny

All wonderful supplies by MM - ooooooh I Love this!!! The haunted house on the bottom Right corner lights up!!

FUN LAYOUTS

Sometimes in life the simple things ARE the best. This is not a fantastic layout. It's a piece of GORGEOUS yummy yummy Bo Bunny Die Cut paper, with some cute AC alphas, a piece of fabric I found on the floor, an MM tag, a Bo Bunny brad and a bit of ribbon. My 14 yo saw it and said "cool Mum". He meant it, it does what scrapping needs to do - it tells the story, it tells it in a way that at the time of the photo the person in the photo would like! So this is one of my fav layouts at the mo :-)  Oh and Clicked Look Back Air would be the name of a BMX trick :-)

I purposely distressed the apples by sticky tape on them then pulling it off! Lots of Kaiser, and MM alphas.

I love LOVE LOVE Echo Park. And AC alphas. 2 Fav products meet! Notice lots of machine stitching.

Feeling the Bo Bunny love that's for sure :-) Hand sewing, staples....

When you have 4 sons, you have to be creative if you want anything at all to be girly!  I love this Elizabeth Park range from Yellow Bicycle. Crochet flower by Kaiser. Mini alphas- Best Creation, White embellishment- Franchville, Pink Flower- Blue Bazaar, Mini- BMX brad- Bev's.

This is the other side of the layout above :-) I love doing that. Background page by LYB, other papers- Best Creation, transparencies- LYB, mini-alphas- Kaiser, Glitz', "SK8PARK" title- odd letters from my stash, lots of staples!, "bmx" title- Basic Grey.

Papers by MME, Alphas by AC, Flowers by Kaiser and AC

3 Kaiser layouts above!

 Swiss dot bazill, Papers- My Minds Eye, Car clip- Target, Tickets- Studio Calico, Brads- Bo Bunny, Alphas- Basic Grey

Papers- My Mind's Eye (a cute little 6x6 pad!), Alphas- October Afternoon, Buttons- Bo Bunny

Paper-Oh I forget- was Oct Arvo or Echo Park? Mini alphas- Oct Afternoon, Gorgeous banners- Little Yellow Bicycle