Lisa-Jane Johnson | Stamping Technique | Be the Rainbow

Good morning scrappers, it's Lisa-Jane from Pretty My Page here with you today.

Things are a bit crazy for everyone right now and some people have lots of extra time and some people are fighting to get any time at all, but we still wanted to bring you lots of inspiration on this month's stamping challenge.  With that in mind, here is a layout I created a few months ago and never got around to sharing.

I was at a retreat and there was a challenge to create a layout using art crayons of some description.  I had left mine at home so I borrowed some Distress Crayons from the lovely Essie.  I ended up winning a little raffle prize too which was lovely.

I couldn't think what to do with the crayons at all and we'd all been given a teeny weeny stamp set as part of the kit so Essie suggested I try and stamp with them.  I really loved the effect!

This collection from Pink Paislee is quite old now but it was perfect for this layout about trying to find fun in the summer holidays when there has been nothing but rain.  With all the rainbows it's perfect for right now too!

I love how the little overlapping stamps in different colours just add little pops of interest and detail.  Stamping can be quite subtle but still have a great impact on your layouts.  I hope you give stamping a try and head over to the facebook group to show off your layouts!

Together| Zoe Hailey Zola28 | Vertical Design

I was really looking forward to creating a layout on the theme of vertical design, I even sketched out some ideas (which I hardly ever do!) and then I started creating and made something totally different..... Anyone else do that or is it just me?

I wanted to use up some of my stash before working with new goodies, so this layout was made using the Pink Paislee Paige Evans collection "Truly Grateful".

My design focussed on a central vertical column with different paper layers. I distressed the edges of these and did some random stitching in black. This helped to bring in the black from the glasses that me and my daughter are wearing in this snapchat filter.

I included two ephemera clusters one slightly to the top right and the other to the bottom left to balance it out. Flowers were the obvious choice due to the photo and I ensured I had many dimensions adding things on foam, tucking bits in and including wooden buttons and sequins for even more texture.

I really love the colour in this collection and it was so quick to create this layout. Share your vertical design layouts over on the UKSA Facebook Group for everyone to see.

Happy Scrapping

Zoe Zola28

Little Stories | Kirei Baldwin | Use More Than One Collection

Hi UK Scrap Addicts!

It's Kirei here with a layout for this month's challenge which was to use more than one collection. I like many of you probably do tend to just stick to the same collection as it is easy to match up papers and embellishments so I liked this challenge!

I pulled out Pink Paislee's 'Again and Again' collection which went well with the photo of me with an owl... and then looked through my stash to see what else worked with this collection. I still had some bits left from the Crate Paper Maggie Holmes 'Heritage' collection and it was perfect as it had similar muted colours.

First I stuck three strips of papers from the two collections down the left side of the layout, distressing the edges as I went. I also used a mix of patterned papers to back my photo and then attached that to the layout using foam pads on the top edge.

Then I built up embellishment clusters to each side of my photo and above it using lots of ephemera and stickers from both collections.

To finish off I included some journaling on a couple of labels, and then added a title from the coordinating sticker set. As you can see I had the perfect ephemera to go with my photo!

Why don't you check out what the rest of the Creative team have come up with this month, there's lots of fab inspiration for using more than one collection and it's a great way to use up that stash! Also join us over on the UK Scrap Addicts Facebook page where you can share your layouts. Thanks for looking and I'll see you next month!

Happy Scrapping!

Joyful Together | Karen Moss | Paper Folding

Hi and Happy New Year to you all.  This month the DT are focusing on including a folded paper element on their scrapbook layouts.

I have chosen to make some little origami Christmas Trees and Santas,  I used origami paper but I am sure than most thinner scrapbook paper would work also. The instructions for the trees are here and the instructions for the Santa are here. The paper range I have used is Pink Paislee 'Together for Christmas.'

Once I had made my trees and Santas I added them to an oversized tag and added my photo and some ephemera from the same paper range.

 I cut the navy tag from one of the papers and to finish added some stickers from the corresponding sticker sheet for my title and a little bit more embellishment.

I have a process video here and you can join us on our Facebook group to see what the DT and other group members have made for this month's challenge or perhaps tag us on Instagram. 

Living a colourful life | Stephanie Squires | Mixed Media

Hello all and welcome to this months blog post!

So this months challenge is "Mixed Media" I've gone easy with the mixed media as this is a real challenge for some so I was cautious and I've (hopefully) shown that a little texture paste can add depth to your page and to use mixed media you do not need to add a colour explosion!

I started by trimming my white card stock down to an 11 inch square and then with a stencil that has chevrons, dots and stripes on it I laid it on my page and with a plastic palette knife scraped white Ranger opaque paste all over the stencil.  I done this twice leaving about 3/4 of my page covered in paste.  I set it aside and washed my stencil and palette knife immediately as it can be quite tricky to get off if you leave it on for too long.

I gutted a piece of circle card leaving a one inch boarder and sticking my now textured card on to it.  I cut a large banner out of some grey chevron paper and places that off centre towards the left of the page.

I mounted my photos into some cardboard photo mounts that I had bought an age ago from Typo and where there wasn't photos I used grey and pick card to infill the gaps.  Once this was completed I staggered them across the banner on foam risers.  I found a lovely perspective from Bramble Fox which I backed in the border paper and popped that in the bottom right hand corner.

I used some thickers to create part of the title and a chipboard accent from Pink Paislee for the other part.  I used some more chipboard accents from the fancy free collection from Pink Paislee to complete my page.

Thank you so much for reading....until next month :o) happy scrapping...

Steph xoxo