Let's Get Lost | Jackie Ashton | Old & New Collections

Lets Get Lost ...

I used patterned paper from Carta Bella - Pack Your Bag (2018) as my base paper.  

I then added patterned paper from Simple Stories - Travel Notes (2018) and Simple Stories - Going Places (2020).

I cut each square to measure 5.5 inches and glued them to my background paper, then I decided I wanted to add some additional texture so I added some machine stitching.

Adding a small patterned papers underneath each photograph.

I finished the layout with some wood veneer and a acrylic word in the middle of the page as my title.

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to share your layouts over on our Facebook group.

Till next time,

Happy scrapping

Karen Moss | Love You | Old and New

Hello, Karen here with my second post for this month and this time it's a layout.

I have to confess I 'went off piste' for this one as the challenge was to use old and new collections but I have used old and new stash!

I have combined some papers from a French company called Florileges with some very old brads, eyelets and buttons.

There is a process video showing how this layout came together here and you can see what the other members of the UKSA design team have been making this month on our Facebook page and Instagram feed.

As always, we are really keen to see what you make so please upload your layouts to our Facebook page.

Until next time, I hope you find the time to create something that makes your heart sing.

Karen x

Kindness is always in style | Sam Ball | Combining Old and New Collections

What makes a collection new and not old? Some will class an old collection as anything other than the latest releases, whereas others might decide that an old collection is anything pre dating 2019. This is what I settled on being the bench mark, and soon discovered I have way too many ‘old’ collections!

Some of these ‘old’ collections were bought but I couldn’t bear to use them, whilst others have been so well used there are only scraps left to play with.

When deciding on which collections to combine, I used my photo as the starting point. I noticed that Snapchat had a couple of new filters, one of which was B&W but with a pink illuminated heart, in a cool portrait orientation.

I pulled out some collections that appeared to have similar pinks to the heart on the photo including ‘Girl Squad’ by Pebbles in 2017, ‘Dream Big’ by Pretty Little Studio and also made in 2017, ‘Happiness’ by Cocoa Vanilla Studio, launched in 2019 and ‘Bohemian Dreams’ also by Pretty Little Studio in 2019.

I was especially drawn to a cut-apart paper that had a beautiful black lady on it along with the sentiment of ‘kindness is always in style’ and particularly apt in light of the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement. As this 3 x 4” journaling card also had pale teal in it, the layout became a mixture of both pink and soft aqua.

I introduced a zip detail as a nod to the fact that we need to ‘undo’ the wrong doings of the past, along with a heart cut file to represent that I care and butterflies to illustrate new beginnings and a better future ahead.

Have you played along this month? It’s a great way to use up old stash whilst enjoying new collections too!

And don’t forget to share your layouts over on our Facebook page, or tag us on Instagram if you’ve played along this month...

Not Going Out | Guest Designer - Denise Holmes | Combining Old and New Collections

Hi everyone, Denise here, I was delighted to be asked to be a guest designer this month.

The theme this month is to use old and new collections on your layout. At the beginning of lockdown I had a really big tidy up of my crafty stash so I remembered I had found some old Webster's Pages papers and embellishments, with perfect wording about staying home and rainbows, so I decided to use these on my layout.

One of the background papers was an older one too.

The colours of the Webster's Pages were very pink, peachy and summery so I went with those colourways using some new papers, together with a recent perspective for my title -  'Not Going Out'.

Considering the phrases were from an older collection, they were perfect for a layout for during this weird lockdown phase we are going through!

Denise x

Lets Go ! | Sheena Rowlands | Combine old & new collections

Hi there UK Scrap Addicts, Sheena here again.

Our June challenge is to use both old and new collections on the same layout. Some of you may find this harder than others as a challenge. I've learnt over the past few years that I'm really drawn to the colours of scrapbook products rather than collections so was really looking forward to having a dig about in my stash to complete this challenge.

Lets Go!

The more I thought about mixing collections I decided it might be easier with a theme so I pulled out my travel ranges and began there.
As my older collections I found Crate Paper - Sunny Days & All Heart and for my new collection - Simple Stories - Going Places.

I found tags and project life cards and arranged them as my base for this page. When I was happy with the coverage I adhered them down & printed my 4 small photos to tell my story.

Next I looked for embellishments for my tags in the ephemera and chipboard pieces. I kept adding till I was happy with the look then added a little journaling to complete the page.

We would love to see your challenge layouts over on our Facebook group.

Till next time x

Fun Times With All Of You | Zola28 Zoe Hailey | Old and New Collections

So it's my turn to share my creation on the blog today. 

I don't mind admitting, I normally scrap from one collection per layout so themes like these always challenge me. Even more so because I started with one piece of 12x12 paper and tried to produce something with it! 

I had  a pink piece of paper from the Cocoa Vanilla Studio Midnight collection along with a large die cut and some ephemera which I was planning to 'stash bust!' It's one of my favourite collections and it was all I had left. I wanted to combine this with embellishments I had left from a recent kit so I combined this with Maggie Holmes Sweet Story Chipboard stickers. 

On the large die cut I  coloured it using the Vicki Boutin watercolour markers and then added some extra gloss with the Vicki Boutin Silver Glaze. I machine stitched the die cut with white cotton to add some further dimension. 

I created my left and right clusters of photos , layering pieces of ephemera and chipboard. Adding lots of foam for dimension and shadows. I needed to add some black to the page to balance the title so I distressed the top and bottom and mounted it on card. I added some splatters of black Indian ink around the page to balance the colour. 

I really like how this turned out and I'm so pleased to have used up the last of a collection; making way for more new supplies!

Please share what you create this month in UK Scrap Addicts Facebook Group, happy creating !

Magical Memories | ScrappyNerdUK (Claire) | Combine old & new collections

Hey everyone!!

So it's the 1st of the month and I am here to share with you the topic for the month and my layout. The new theme we are focusing on is combining new and old stash to create a layout.

My tip for being able to combine old and new stash is to find common colours within the products. If you're working with pastels then be sure to find pastels that co-ordinate or if you're working with bright summery colours then match it up with the colours and theme.


I always find it much easier to work in a collection but sometimes use collections from the same designer together and these works well more often than not.

I find that the "Disney" collections are another way to combine old and new stash so here is my take on the theme using some new stash from Simple Stories "Say Cheese 4" collection and some older stash from Echo Park "Magic and Wonder" collection.

Both collections feature a lot of the same colours, blue, red, yellow and black so it made it super easy to combine the two to make this layout. I actually used embellishments from multiple different ephemera packs and chipboard sheets to create this layout I think I used maybe 4 different collections on this on total and although our theme is to incorporate older stash (which I did) it was also a great exercise to show that I could also use multiple collections together too.

And here is the finished layout!! I really am pleased with how this turned out and it's always great to get another Disney layout completed!