Leave a Little Sparkle | Claire (ScrappyNerdUK) | Sparkle

Hey friends.


My layout turned out to be covering both last months theme of black cardstock and this months theme of sparkles - happy accident I say!!

I thought about how I could use a black cardstock background to do something different on my layout and decided to make like a chalk board effect with using a white gel pen. So I printed off a quote from the internet (which happened to contain the word Sparkle!) and traced it using a pencil, onto some velum ( please use tracing paper as velum is the expensive option and I only used this as I had no tracing paper on hand). Then I traced the reverse of these letters again to get the lead onto the back of the velum.

I then laid this down onto the black cardstock and traced it again to create a faint outline for me to be able to go over with my white pen. I loved how the finished effect turned out.

I added in a photo of me (I love scrapping selfies - I know I'm not the only one!). And decided it was
time to use up some older stash so grabbed out the Chasing Dreams collection by Maggie Holmes and added in the lady chipboard piece (which was never going to be used on any other project) and added in some fussy cut butterflies and a few other chipboard pieces from the Thickers pack.

Finally - because my title contained the work Sparkle I added in some sequins and I had these go from the top left to the bottom right of my page, creating a natural direction for your eye to follow to the photo.

I'm definitely going to try this technique again!

If you want to watch the process video then it's linked here. And be sure to head on over to our Facebook group and come and share what you have made for this months theme of Sparkle!

Brilliant Weekend | Kirei Baldwin | Black background

Hi there UK Scrap Addicts!

Kirei here sharing my layout for this month's theme which was to use a black background... not my normal style but I always like a challenge!

I decided it was a good opportunity to stash bust so went through some of the older collections I have and ended up with Pink Paislee 'Moonstruck' as it had a lovely black script paper that was perfect for a background. Think I've been hoarding this collection as it was too nice to use...

I used four small square photos from a 40th birthday celebration last year, they have these odd purple blobs on them that were from the disco lights in the bar... not ideal but I still had to scrap them!

One of the papers had lots of large roses on it that were just asking to be fussy cut, I then used them layered up on both sides of the photos.

I added a small torn rolled feature at the top and bottom of the page.

From the matching ephemera I added a journaling card and the word 'brilliant' for half the title. Finishing off with gold Thickers and some flicks of gold Heidi Swapp Color Shine.

I hope you feel inspired by this month's theme... please don't forget to share your layouts over on the UK Scrap Addicts Facebook page as we love seeing everyone's take on the theme!

Thanks for looking and happy scrapping!

Remember | Amy Kattenbelt | Black Backgrounds

I'm here this month to share my layout created on a black background. This was a big challenge for me as I usualy use white cardstock backgrounds. I decided to try and treat the black background just like i would the white! I've created a Mixed Media background using paints and stamps, then built up layers behind my photo.

Watch the whole thing being created in the process video here!