Believe in Magic

A layout inspired by my granddaughter's obsession with the movie Frozen. The photo is from about 4 years ago. She wore that dress until it was threadbare. Even now as I type, in my head I'm singing 'Let it Gooooo! Let it Go!!!'. I bet you are now too, lol! This layout will go along side other layouts of her during her 'Frozen' obsession.

Once I'd decided on the 49 and Market Vintage Artistry Sky - Admit One paper I searched through my stash of flowers and was pleasantly surprised to find the green tone of the Botanical blend - Sage  flowers looked really good with the tones in the paper. As I did so I could hear my grandmother's voice saying 'Blue and Green should never be seen,,,,' but maybe because there's a couple of shades of green it works okay I think. 

To achieve the messy thread through the flowers. I unwound a long piece of the silver thread from the reel but didn't cut it until I felt I had the look I was going for. I caught and glued bits of the thread as I glued the flowers down.

49 and Market Products Used

  Paper - Vintage Artistry Sky - Admit One

Paper - Vintage Artistry Sky - Ambrosial

Serendipitous Layered Embellishments

 

Flower - Mini Series 01-Sky Botanical Blends-Sage Stargazers-Simply White

Until Next time

Stay home and Stay safe.

Happy Creating 

Audrey x

    

                                                                                     

Love you to the Beach and Back

My turn again on the  49 and Market  blog. I love this piece of patterned paper Discovery Cove, it's from the Shipwreck Collection by 49 and Market and have been waiting for the right photo to go with it. 

I was lucky enough to get a new photo printer and the software enable me to print smaller photos on one sheet of 6x4 photo paper. So this is a fun, quick layout for me and I really enjoyed doing it. 

Don't you just love the distressed look to such a bright and fun stripe. Those little cracks on its pattern, I love the look to it. 

 The photos are of my granddaughter and her little dog Daisy. I thought it fitting to use the daisies from the Wild Things Embellishment Sheet, just for her. 

Add a little depth to your page by layering laser cuts. Try using a stylus tool to put a curve to the shapes from behind so they don't lie too flat. Use mounting tape, liquid scrap dots or even scrap chippy for height.

I like to mat most of my photos and on this page I chose to add a coloured mat behind the photo to make the blue on the patterned paper pop! 

To attach the tiny micro beads to the page I made a puddle of pva glue where I wanted the beads to sit. Pour the beads over the glue and carefully tap off the excess beads. 

49 and Market  - Products Used:

Shipwreck  Paper Collection 

Shipwreck - Discovery Cove

Laser cuts part of the Shipwreck 12x12 Mini Collection

Underwater Layered Embellishment Sheet

Wild Things Layered Embellishment Sheet

Until Next Time

Happy Creating

Audrey

Moments

Vintage!! Now not your 1970's type of vintage. Think way back vintage. Like your great great grandmother's type of vintage. When the photos, papers, lace and fabric are so old there is a tinge of yellow/brown to them, yeah that kind of vintage, which I love. Well 49 and Market has those papers for you. The new Vintage Artistry - Natural is the perfect aged looking paper or neutral colour scheme to match just about any photos. 

I chose these photos of my dog Lola Boo and my granddaughter. With the little brown spots on Lola and Cadence's blonde hair and creamy complexion it seemed a perfect match. 

I stamped the Moments stamp on a piece of clear acetate using StazOn - Timber Brown ink. It's a fast drying solvent based ink. 

It may take a little practice to stamp the image, especially because it's on a smooth, slippery surface. It's best to put the stamp on a block. Ink up the stamp and while trying keep the stamp steady stamp it onto the acetate. Depending on the wetness of the stamp the stamp may stick to the acetate, just peel them apart. Cut your acetate to size and stick or staple in place on your layout.

49 and Market Products Used:

Vintage Artistry

Natural 

 

Snapshots of Yesterday  Stamp Set   Vintage Remnants - Labels Stamp Set   

  

Enchanted Petals - Parchment              Cottage Blooms - Linen                  

                                                                              

Vintage Remnants Collections

Laser Cut Shapes - Frame Set 2

Until Next time

Happy Creating

Audrey x

Sunset Swing

While going through old photos I discovered these photos that my son took of my granddaughter Cadence. I thought, why haven't I scrapped these photos, I love them!

 I love the tone in the photos, taken at sunset at one of our local parks. I love the pure joy on her face on the swing. 

The only reason I can think of is that at the time I didn't have a paper or embellishments to compliment them and along came Irrevocable Beauty - Petrarch and the laser cut shapes to match Irrevocable Beauty - Laser Cut Shapes 

I know I raved about the laser cut shapes in my last blog post,,,, but for an aging scrapbooker, who's eyes aren't what they use to be, either that or I need new glasses. These laser cut pieces are a god send.

I'm in love with the new stamps that go with the Irrevocable Beauty range  Irrevocable Beauty - Wander - Stamp Set  and mixed Snapshots of Yesterday - Stamp Set I felt they were perfect!

I'm terrible at getting the sewing machine out when I'm in the throws of creating. The Crazy Stitch - Stamp Set is the cheats way of putting stitches on your layout and I'm all for cheating in this way!

I stamped the Camera and the word 'snapshots' on patterned paper and cut them out. Once glued down I decided that corner of the page needed a little more, so I masked the images of the camera and the word and stamped the daisies over the top. 

Masking is a technique used when stamping. Place a piece of scrap paper over what you don't want stamped and the stamped image looks like it's behind the original image. 

Omgosh,,, the teeny, tiny ladybugs are adorable on the Irrevocable Beauty - Laser Cut Shapes I just added a little curve to the shapes and popped them on the page.

49 and Market - Products Used

Paper - Irrevocable Beauty - Petrarch

                                                      Vintage Artistry - Sky Collection Pack

Vintage Artistry - Natural Stitch Frame

Irrevocable Beauty - Laser Cut Shapes 

 Snapshots of Yesterday      Crazy Stitching           Irrevocable Beauty       Vintage Artistry - Natural

        Stamp Set                        Stamp Set              Wander - Stamp Set              Washi Tape Vintage 
  

Till next time

Happy Creating

      

                                  

Love

My turn up on the 49 and Market blog again with a layout using another of the new release paper from 49 and Market - Vintage Artistry - Sky, released at Creativation 2020. 

I used a thin mat around the photo in white card, leaving more card showing along the bottom edge, which I ripped rather than trimmed. 

The photo is of my daughter Erin on her wedding day. I was lucky enough to get to play with the new release and to have my layout as part of the display at Creativation. I have scrapped this photo before, it's one of my favourites of her. I thought it perfect for this paper and the display.

The subtle green tones in the paper were brought out by using green flowers from 49 and Market

I tend to keep working on embellishment corners until I feel they're done. A little bit here and a little bit there. Until I feel the layout is balanced. I'll cut up bits of chippy and glue it in place. Cut a flower in half, if I need to and let it poke out from somewhere. 

I don't like things too flat, I like to give things life. So dragonflies and butterflies wings need to look like they are in flight. So I add a curve to the wings. 

Part of the embellishments used on my page is from the Serendipitous Collection  

I've fallen in love with these and all of the beautiful die cuts. Genius!!,,, I love myself a little fussy cutting now and again, but the fact that 49 and Market have got such fine detail already cut, to pop out and use instantly is insane!!! And not only that they have given you elements on the page so that you can layer. Even little arrows to tell you just which ones were designed to layer..... Love, love, love :0)

Serendipitous Collection

 Other 49 and Market  products used:

 

Paper - Vintage Artistry - Sky                                         Blossom Blends - Aloe

  

           6×6 Archival Board                         6×6 Archival Board                        Seaside Blooms

              Love - White                                    Treasure - White                                 Cotton

Until Next Time

Happy Creating