Walk in the Woods | Amy Kattenbelt | Lisa Fonseca Style

 Hello UK Scrap Addicts,

Amy here, sharing my Lisa Fonseca style layout. I have to admit, this pushed me outside my comfort zone and really got me thinking. In the end I went for a paper pieced fox that I created out of 4 pieces of card and a black pen.

With my fox created, I let it lead it my other choices. I picked a woodland themed photo, and a warm earthy colour palette. I used my current favourite technique using Ecoline watercolour inks to create a band of horizontal colour across a piece of white cardstock.

In between creating this layout, i dropped a large container that had some old stash in. Whilst picking it all up, I came across the beige fabric sample and thought the colours would work well, so I layered under my photo (which I double matted using the same card as the I made my fox from). In the same tin were these reddish brown metal frame and word pieces, again a great match for my colour scheme. 

I matched these old odd bits of stash with some brand new gold puffy oak leaf stickers. My title was created from a home made 'walk' die cut and some alpha stickers from a Simple Stories Colour Vibes book. 

In the end, I love how this theme made me try something new, and the discovery that using one large focal embellishment (the fox) and a pretty mixed media background is an easy and fun way to create a beautiful layout. We would love to see your layouts over on our Facebook page, or tag us on Instagram if you’ve played along this month?

Thanks for coming to take a closer look at my layout. We are excited to share with you Octobers theme, so pop back soon!

Take care, and stay safe,

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!

Rainbow Hair Don't Care | Vik Davies (Guest Designer) | Selfie

Hi it's Vik here and I've been asked to be Guest Designer this month for UKScrapAddicts. The theme for the month is "selfie". This is not something I usually do...selfies or scrap about myself....but I can now say I'm completely hooked with Snapchat filters!!!!!

To create my layout I used the Amy Tangerine "Slice of Life" and Echo Park "I am Mom" collections.




I started by using the "smooshing" technique to add some yellow distress oxide ink spray to my patterned paper background. One of the papers had a bright chevron design on it so I cut out 2 of the chevrons and placed them on opposite sides to dive up my page.

Next I used my Silhouette to cut a Polaroid strip from some black card stock and placed my photos behind the cut file.





I love to fussy cut so started fussy cutting elements from both of the collections to create extra embellishments. I added these to my layout along with some stickers and chipboard pieces from the same collections. I placed these into opposing corners to create a diagonal feature across the page. I then added a few enamel hearts, some blue distress ink splatters, stamping and some journaling to complete all the finishing touches.

Be sure to head on over and follow me on Instagram here - Vik Davies Instagram


I have recently started my YouTube channel too so would love it if you could head on over and take a look  - Vik Davies Youtube

4th July | Jackie Ashton | Sketch

Hi Scrappers, Jackie here with my take on the sketch the team is using this month.  I love working with a sketch, whether it is to follow the layout exactly or to have one as a starting point, I think a sketch is so versatile and can be easily adapted to whatever size of layout you want to scrap.

I decided to do a 9x12 layouts for this month, and used a few of the photographs from 4th July celebrations in New York.

4th July Fireworks

I wanted to keep to the sketch as best I could, so kept everything to the left hand side of the page.  

I started by stamping some firework style designs onto the background in blue and overlapped with a few red star, adding a few splatters of blue ink over it all.

Then I die-cut stars in different sizes, which I added down the page, and added some 3D foam to a few to give them added dimension.

I backed the acrylic word onto some striped paper, and added 3D form to raise it above the two photographs.

I finished the layouts with some puffy alphabets and stars.

I have really enjoyed working with this sketch and changing the design to a 9x12 and not my normal 12x12 format.

Don’t forget to share your layouts using this sketch over on our Facebook group (here), we would love to see them.

Till next time 

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!

Looking Fabulous | Jackie Ashton | Mixed Media

Hi scrappers, Jackie here with my layout for this month theme - mixed media.  

When people think of mixed-media it either scares them, as they think that they need to add all sort of colours and textures to the pages to get a result, that is just ‘not them’, or they love it and use the ‘more is more’ approach.  I’m on the fence with this - I love the look of ‘adding it all’ but find it hard to do it myself for my own pages, so I prefer to stay true to my style of scrapbooking, and add it, but in my way. 

I started by adding blue distress oxide ink to the background along with a few splatter, then I added some texture paste through a stencil and added red ink using a different stencil with stamped details over the top.

Most of this as ended up being covered over, but I’m ok with that as you can still see the details around the outside of the photographs.

For my title, I used a large puffy word as part of the title, which I was able to fit around my journalling label, without it taking over the whole page.

So adding mixed media to your layouts doesn’t have to be a masterpiece with colours in all directions, it can be something as simple as adding texture paste using a stencil, stamping designs on the background, or even adding some machine stitching to add interest  to your layout.  So why not, give it a try, if the ‘more is more’ approach is for you - then do it, if not try adding different textures to your background that is more your style and something that you are comfortable doing, I’m sure you will be pleasantly surprised at the results.

Don’t forget to share your layouts over on our Facebook page, we would love to see them.

Till next time

Bloom and Grow | Kirei Baldwin | Fussy Cutting

Hi UK Scrap Addicts!

Kirei here with my layout for this month's 'fussy cutting' theme....

Now I love fussy cutting so this was perfect for me! I used more of the lovely Cocoa Vanilla Studio 'Midnight' collection that I have been hoarding... I used the 12" x 12" paper called 'Sophisticated' which was perfect for some fussy cutting as it was covered in sketchy flowers in black and white.

I sat in front of the TV and fussy cut most of the flowers from it, and then I painted most of them with some of the pretty Shimmerz paints picking colours that matched the 'Midnight' collection. A little tip when fussy cutting, leave a little white border around your image, it's easier to cut and looks finished.

I cut the centre from the striped 'Bloom & Grow' paper then trimmed it to 11 1/2" and mounted it onto a frame cut from the 'Shine Bright' paper. Then I backed it all with a piece of white cardstock.

I added the fussy cut flowers in a wreath around the cut out circle, only sticking them in the centre so that I could curl up the edges to add dimension.

My photo was mounted onto a mix of the patterned papers and tucked in under the right side of the wreath. I added some matching embellishments and a title and finished off with some splatters of white paint.

I hope you have been inspired by this month's 'fussy cutting' theme... whether cutting just a few images to add to your layout or cutting lots to make it a feature like I have done. Please don't forget to share your layouts over on the UK Scrap Addicts Facebook page as we love to see them!

Thanks for looking and happy scrapping!

Happy Parrot | Amy Kattenbelt | Fussy Cutting

This month we focus on fussy cutting. I selected a paper from the Vicki Boutin Field Notes collection with lots of beautiful feathers. I fussy cut them and rearranged them into a heart shape. I hope this simple layout inspires beginners to give fussy cutting a go. You can sit and cut the patterned paper whilst watching TV and then create an easy layout.

Check out my quick process video to see my layout being created.

All that glitters is not gold…

Hi Everyone

Sam here, with my first layout as a DT member of the UKSA team…

If you hadn’t already noticed, the theme for April is ‘Sparkle’.

Now, I can’t deny that I have a real phobia of glitter – I think it’s because it reminds me of sand. Like sand, it gets everywhere, so it’s a scrapbooking product that I tend to avoid like the plague! I simply couldn’t face using any, so my ‘Sparkle’ was going to have to be introduce via some other means…

I found I’d got some Starlights paint, including White Gold, which I knew gave a true shimmery effect, so I decided that my layout would incorporate gold elements along with some co-ordinating sequins from my stash.

My eldest step-daughter is in New Zealand currently where this photo was taken. I thought the quirky seat on the wall that had become a painted swing was fabulous, along with the cupid and combinations of greens, teals and hot yellow. It’s not a colour combination that I’d usually scrap with, but was so inspired by it, I decided to dig deep into my scrapbooking stash and see what I could find.

To my delight, I realize that the Maggie Holmes ‘Carousel’ collection featured some of these tones. And, I’m sure that you can relate to just ‘saving a piece of paper’ because it’s too nice to use syndrome? I’d been suffering with that over the big top paper, but as it was just black and white, it meant that I could paint it to complement the photo and add sparkly details too!

I tend to mix white gesso with paint when I’m creating a background on a printed design, as it works in much the say way as preparing a background that’s going to be subjected to techniques such as the packaging one.

After fussy cutting the kites and the scallop detail for the big tops, I used sequins to add detail, with little French knots to each centre.

I found I’d got an unopened set of enamel charms, both of which were set into a gold metal, so this added to the sparkle along with my title.

Until next month…

Love and sparkles

Sam X