There's No One Like You | Masculine | Jackie Ashton

Hi Crafters,

So this month our theme is ‘masculine’ layout, so I choose these photographs from 2009 of my son climbing a large climbing frame on a day out at the zoo.

There’s No one Like You

I used Pink Fresh Studio - Escape The Ordinary, and started by cutting patterns from one of sheets of papers and using them as backing to each photograph.

I added 3D foam to the back of each photograph to add dimension.

I added some embellishments from the same collection, which worked well with my photographs.

For my title I cut the phase from one of the patterned papers.

And finished the layout with some Bramble Fox perspectives in my stash.

Hope you can join us this month with your masculine layouts and share them on our Facebook page 

Till next time

Happy scrapping

Boys will be awesome boys - Masculine - Stephanie Squires

Hello all and welcome to this moths blog post!

So as you might be aware - I am a girl!  I have two girls and I love pink girly stuff so this months challenge - Masculine was a challenge for me too!!

Well lucky for me my sister gave me two adorable nephews a year ago so I had plenty of lovely photos to choose from but my scrap stash is a bit girly....so I dug deep and came out with Shimelle's box of crayons collection from last year and I thought it would be perfect!

I found this cutfile on the Silhouette store and I cut it out on some coconut swirl bazzill basics cardstock (I always ensure I set my silhouette to pass through twice to have that nice clean cut) I then trimmed the cutfile down to 11.5 inch square.

I used the centre part of the cutfile first and backed some of the letters with some bright and funky paper from the collection and the "O's" with photos of my nephew Oscar!

Once that was done I started making up the layout....I chose my 12 x 12 page and stuck the outside of the cutfile down flat but I used foam risers on the back of the boys will be boys part of the cutfile to give my layout some more dimension.

I put a small embellishment cluster in the bottom left hand corner and raised the word "Awesome" on some foam risers before sticking it onto the layout.  I added some additional stickers and paperclip lightbulbs to complete the layout!

Thank you so much for reading - happy scrapping

Steph xoxo

Sunny Days | Sam Ball | Masculine Layout

With three step-daughters and a husband who is a photographer and rarely appears in photos as he’s the one that’s always behind the camera, my layouts always tend to be more feminine, so this months’ theme of making a masculine layout did throw me somewhat!

I wasn’t entirely sure where to start, but having made a mixed media background a few weeks ago, I found a photo of Harvey that I took when we visited Thailand. It seemed to co-ordinate perfectly, and so I settled upon using the background as the basis for my layout.

Often I’m sure that I overthink my layouts, staring at a blank sheet of white cardstock, afraid to commit to making the first mark! No matter how many times I try and convince myself that it’s ‘only a piece of paper’, nothing changes!

However, having a pre-prepared background this time has made the creating process so much more enjoyable and speedier, so I shall definitely be employing this tactic again!

The layout itself uses the fabulous ‘Indigo & Ivy’ collection from Pink Paislee. I loved it from the moment I saw a preview of it, but had yet to ‘cut’ into it.

After backing a heart cut file, I layered it with embellishments, ephemera and phrases. Often I find that the sentiments in the word packs are a bit ‘soppy’ and repetitive, but I really like the mix in ‘Indigo & Ivy’.

Having been away on a crafty weekend, a friend let me play with her Nuvo mousses. Similar to a texture paste in consistency, they can be mixed with water and applied using the packaging technique, but also dragged through a stencil to create a texture relief. They even have a few mousses that are classed as ‘expanding’ which are supposed to do just that when heated.

The expanding results were subtle, but nevertheless, I have succumbed and no doubt these mousses will appear on many more of my layouts!

Remember to share your layouts with us over on our Facebook page, or tag us on Instagram?

Its a Boy Thing | Essie Jane | Masculine

Hi Essie Jane here with my layout for this month.

For my layouts I used the lovely collection from Cocoa Vanilla - Boys Rule, adding in a few die cuts pieces from Shimelle's new collection - Field Trip to bring some red accents to the page and compliment the photos.

I added some Elle's Studio puffy stars around the page.

I was unable to do a process video for this layout, due to my laptop being away getting fixed.  But fingers cross I will be back next month with my layout and process video.

Don't forget to join us on our Facebook group with your layouts using our theme for the month.

Happy crafting

Ready, Set ,Go | Sheena Rowlands | Masculine Layout

Hi there UK Scrap Addicts, Sheena here again.

Our challenge for you this month is to create a masculine layout. For some reason I initially found this challenge hard, trying to figure out what makes a masculine page but I decided to stop overthinking it & make a page featuring my eldest Son completing a 10K for charity.

Ready, Set, Go.

I chose to use the left overs from my Crate Paper Cool Kid range as the colours were perfect for these photos of my Son.

Using a template made from scrap paper I cut half chevron shapes from the patterned papers, this was great for using up all the small pieces.

I added Oxide inks through a stencil to the cardstock using colours to co ordinate with the papers then added the half chevrons running up the page to echo the movement in the photos.
I machine sewed down between the lines.

After mounting both photos I attached them to the background then added my title using 3 different alphas down one side trying not to cover the chevrons too much. I finished the page with journalling strips and lots of starts from the Cool Kid range.

I look forward to seeing how you tackle this challenge. Please share your creations with us over on our FB group.

Till next time x

Pair Of Jokers| Zoe Hailey| Masculine Layout

Hi Everyone

Zoe back again with another masculine layout, this time I've had some fun with Shimelle's Field Trip collection.

My definition of masculine for this page includes black cardstock, blues, greens, leaves and Astronauts!

I had this photo of my husband and our youngest son,  both of them were giggling and laughing hysterically;  I just Love It! So much in fact, I printed it twice (once in colour and once in black and white) and I couldn't decide which photograph to use. So I included both by adding a flip up on my photo.

I took inspiration from the tress in the background of the image which was taken at the O2 so the leaves seemed a good starting point. I pulled in the pink from my husbands T shirt and included that in some of my clusters (who says pink isn't masculine!?)

I love how this page came together, especially the flip up photo of my pair of jokers!

Thanks for reading and I look forward to seeing what you create this month.

Zoe (find me on Instagram zola28)