Moonlight | ScrappyNerdUK (Claire) | Paper Folding

Happy New Year to you all. 

I am so excited about this months theme which is paper folding. We are going to bring you lots of different techniques that you can incorporate into your scrapbooking pages. 

So without further ado, I am first up. I love making 3d paper folded stars and so thought I would share this with you here.

 The technique is very simple when you know how.

So, first you need to die cut our hand cut out a star. I have used a die through my Sizzix Big Shot and for a little variety I cut a mixture of sizes.

I then used a score board (but you can use most paper trimmers to do this too - be sure to watch the Youtube video linked below for a tutorial on this) and I score from the top of each point to the bottom of each point. I do this for each of the 5 points.

 I also die cut my photo into a star to give this a little more interest too.

Next I folded each of the score lines using a mountain and valley style technique. This meant that the mountain fold was each point of the star. The valley folds will naturally happen when you follow these steps.

I then burnished each score line to help define the star shape.

To adhere these stars to your page you will need to add some dimension into the middle of the star (underneath of course). I stacked 2 small foam pads for my stars as I didn't want them to be too dimensional - us scrapbookers know that dimension is not our friends when trying to squeeze our layouts into albums!!

If you are making these for something like a box frame or off the page project them add more height if you wish.

I then added some double sided tape to each of the 5 points of the star and adhered these to my patterned paper.

My title came from a quote from Lord of the Rings and it worked so well with the style and theme of my photo. I used some small gold glitter alphas (called Happy) and added these on top of the stars. They stick very well as they are foam and bend well over the folds. I wouldn't suggest using puffy or chipboard alphas for this - stick to the foam ones!!

I then added some final flourishes with embellishments from Cocoa Vanilla Studios and some Heidi Swapp colour shine in Gold, Rose and Sweet Mint.

Be sure to head on over to watch the process video here - 

From Center Parcs | Kirei Baldwin | Hidden Journaling

Hi UK Scrap Addicts!

This month the Creative Team were challenged to incorporate hidden journaling onto a layout so as there were already lots of fab ideas for doing that I thought I would do something different and show how you can add it into a mini album....

To make the mini album I cut patterned paper from the lovely Pinkfresh Studio's 'Home for the Holidays' collection into 6" x 4" pieces and stitched round the edges with sparkly gold thread. I added my photos mounted onto vellum and then decorated each page with the matching ephemera, puffy stickers and enamel dots. 

To create my pockets I stitched two of the patterned papers together leaving a gap at the end so that my tag could slide in. I then stitched vellum to the tag and filled it with some sequins to make it a little shaker pocket.

The rest of my pages were finished in the same way...

I added my journaling to the back of each of the three tags that I included in the mini album.

I also added three of the cut apart cards from one of the patterned papers at different places through the mini album. These were also decorated on the back...

Don't forget to check out all of the inspiration from the rest of the Creative Team this month! Why don't you give 'hidden journaling' a go and share your layouts (or mini album!) over on the UK Scrap Addicts Facebook group.... 

Happy Scrapping!

Love To Play | Kirei Baldwin | Masculine layout

Hi UK Scrap Addicts!

This month's theme was to create a 'masculine' layout which for me is not a problem as I do scrap quite a lot of boy photos! For this layout I decided to scrap two cute photos of my lovely nephews and their dad on a day out...

I dug into my stash and used these fab papers by Pretty Little Studio from their 'Let's Go' collection. The stars were fussy cut from one of the papers and I added some other cork and star stickers that I have had for a while...

I layered up the photos and added a few embellishments...

To finish off I added a long title in a variety of alphas by Thickers and PinkFresh Studio...

Don't forget to check out all of the inspiration from the rest of the Creative Team this month! We'd love to see your layouts for this months 'masculine' theme so don't forget to share them over on the UK Scrap Addicts Facebook group.... I'll see you next month with another challenge!

Happy Scrapping!

Love Butterbeer | Kirei Baldwin | Scrap 3 or more photos

Hi UK Scrap Addicts!

So this month's challenge was to scrap with three or more photos! I generally scrap with one or two photos but I do like to scrap with multiple photos particularly when they tell more of the story...

For this layout I used photos from our visit to the Warner Bros 'Harry Potter' Studio Tour in Leavesden with friends. Of course we had to have butterbeer and now they do it in ice-cream which was very delicious!

I layered up papers from the One Canoe Two 'Goldenrod' and 'Saturday Afternoon' collections to create a background for my photos.

I mounted all the photos and then attached them flat at the bottom and raised at the top with foam pads. To embellish I used lots of the matching ephemera and stickers along with some extra bits from my stash.

To finish off I added a title using some of the matching alphas, and journaling of course!

So, if you don't normally scrap multiple photos on a layout why not check out all of the inspiration from the rest of the Creative Team and give it a go! Don't forget to share your layouts over on the UK Scrap Addicts Facebook group.... I'll see you next month with another challenge!

Happy Scrapping!

April Flowers | Kirei Baldwin | Sewing

Hi UK Scrap Addicts!

Kirei here with my layout for this month's theme which was sewing (hand or machine). Now I do like stitching on a layout as I love the texture it adds so this was right up my street!

I know for some people it's a love or hate technique... but even just a little bit can add some great detail and focus to a layout. I often do my hand-stitching in front of the TV so it doesn't feel too time consuming and having your sewing machine on hand and ready to go can also help encourage use!

I wanted to do something a little different so when I was looking for a paper collection to use from my stash I found the lovely all over floral paper from the Crate Paper 'All Heart' collection that had some great hand drawn type details that were calling out to be hand-stitched. I firstly fussy cut the large floral design around the edges as I wanted to mount it onto coloured cardstock for dimension.

Then all I needed to do was prick some holes along some of the stems and other small details and I was ready to go. As I knew I was going to use a photo in the centre of my layout I focused all of my stitching to the outer sections of the paper. Once I was finished the stitching I added foam pads to the back of the patterned paper and stuck it to a sheet of coral cardstock. I then used some of the lovely matching transparent floral stickers and stuck them down just under each of the edges of the floral paper. 

I matted my photo onto five of the coordinating patterned papers and distressed the edges before sticking down. I added a few more of the floral stickers to the top left and bottom right of my photo. I actually stuck the stickers to some white card first and cut out so that you could see the detail more. I tucked in a couple of the metal star charms to the floral clusters.

I added some journaling to one of the transparent stickers that I mounted onto white card and then finished off with a title using the lovely glitter and rose gold matching Thickers.

Hopefully all of the Creative Team's layouts this month have inspired you to try some stitching if you haven't done so before.... or even try it in a different way if you do already like to stitch on a layout! Don't forget to share your layouts over on the UK Scrap Addicts Facebook page as we love to see what you create!

Thanks for looking and happy scrapping!

Just Be You | Kirei Baldwin | Mixed Media

Hi UK Scrap Addicts!

Kirei here with another layout featuring this months 'mixed media' theme... I had these super cute photos of my friend's daughter playing around on Snap Chat that was perfect for this layout!

Like some of the other DT I don't use mixed media all the time on my layouts but do like to get messy every now and then! So for my layout I was inspired to use a black painted stripe background as I have seen quite a few examples out there and really like the look of it so this is my take on it.

I used Bazzill Marshmallow cardstock for my layout as it's ideal when using mixed media as it is slightly thicker and doesn't need priming with gesso before you start. I used regular black acrylic paint to paint the wide stripes, then once it was dry I added some texture paste (that I had coloured pink) through an Echo Park star stencil to add dimension.

After that had dried I added some white paint splatters all over the layout. And then for some more texture I did a bit of machine stitching using metallic pink and teal thread.

I mounted the photos with papers from the Simple Stories 'Dream Big' collection and then added lots of the matching embellishments along with some pretty sequins from Spiegel Mom Scraps.

And finished off with a title...

So, if you have never used mixed media before hopefully this has inspired you to give it a go! Have a look at the rest of the Creative Team's layouts this month for more inspiration and don't forget to share your mixed media layouts over on the UK Scrap Addicts Facebook page...

Thanks for looking and happy scrapping!

Goldies | Amy Kattenbelt | Sparkle

Today I'm sharing with you my take on a layout that has lots of Sparkle! I've used a mix of different sequins, glitter paper and glitter thickers to make my page stand out. I've also tried a new to me technique that involved sewing directly onto my page protector to create a sort of pocket border that encases a double sided 8x8 layout.

To see how this layout, or should i say layouts (as its actually double sided), was created pop over to our UKSA You Tube channel and watch the process video.

The photos don't really do the layout justice as the pocket border is obviously transparent with the sequins that move around freely when the page is turned. I love how different this looks in my album. Here is the front side...

And here is the reverse...

 Close up of the shiny glitter paper (From Shimelle's Box Of Crayons Pad...it doesn't shed glitter so isn't at all messy!!)

 And a close up of the sequins in the border shaker pocket...

Thanks for taking the time to come and look at my layout. I encourage you to give this technique a go...it really isn't as scary as you might think and creates a very special sparkly look!