Good Friends |Jackie Ashton | Recycled Elements

Hello Crafters, Jackie here with my layout using a product that not necessary a scrapbooking product.

My original plan was to use a recycled envelope, but then I found this greeting cards, so not fully recyclable but something that wasn't intended for a scrapbooking page.  

The layouts is basic, using patterned paper as my base and a 5 inch strip of patterned paper across the middle my page.

The photographs where take on my last girlie holiday in 2017 with my lifelong friends, so I used a summer theme papers, which are nice and bright and represented our holiday in Spain.  But my journalling is about how I have valued our friendship and how lockdown as brought us closer again.

We have not been together for over 18 months, so we are eager awaiting the lockdown restrictions to lifted so that we can get together for a good catch up in person.  But till then we will have to make do with our daily WhatsApp chats and FaceTime sessions.

I used the envelope as well, so I decided to decorate it and add some mini photographs inside.  

I decorated the front of the envelope with some patterned paper, stickers and stamps.

Inside the envelope, I die cut some tags using white cardstock, and added a selection of the photographs taken on our holiday, to both sides.  And also added a little word sticker to each photograph.

Then I decided that I needed a base for my photographs, so I mounted it onto a die cut tag, and adhered to the flap of the envelope.  To keep the envelope closed I added a velour dot that are normally used in sewing.

I added my journalling to the card with a few stickers, and also added one of these velour dots to the card, so that stayed flat on the page as well.

Thank you for stopping by, don’t forget to share your layout over on our Facebook page we would love to see them.

Till Next Time

Happy scrapping

 

Hey Santa | Jackie Ashton | Embossing Folders

 Hi crafter, Jackie here with my layout for this months challenge, using embossing folders.

When I rooted my embossing folders out and dusted them off, I wondered why I hadn’t been using them on my layouts recently, and they are lovely.   I used to love using them, but as trends come and go, this is one that as been put on the back burner, which is such a pity as I love the effect they give to patterned paper.  So having this challenge got me back to thinking about adding them to my layouts more often.

Hey, Santa

To start this layout I went through my embossing folders and selected a few different designs to use.

I used a selection of 6x8 papers and embossed each patterned paper with a different design.

After I had embossed all the papers, including a piece of vellum, I cut them into different lengths and widths, which I laid across the middle of my cardstock overlapping some, and adding some machine stitching over a few to add some extra texture.

I backed my photograph with some patterned papers from the same collection, adding 3D foam to given it some dimension.

Finishing my layout with some wood veneer, word phase stickers and puffy hearts from my stash.  

I love how the embossing folders have given the papers some additional texture without it making the page look overwhelming.  Its definitely a technique that I will be going back to using.

If you have time over the festive season to do some crafting, then please share your layouts over in our Facebook Group, we would love to see them.

I would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Till next time, 

Keep scrapping,

Stay Safe and enjoy the season the best you can.

 

Loves These Moments | Jackie Ashton | Monochrome

 Hi Crafter, Jackie here with my layout for this months theme ‘monochrome’ 

This layout is for my Lockdown album, so its 9 x 12 format.

The collection I used is Pink Fresh Studio - Let’s Stay Home to document that we can still enjoy a walk around the Botanical Gardens after the restrictions were lifted over the Summer.

I choose a grid format so it help my layout come together quickly.

Layering some patterned papers underneath each photographs and distress the edges of the pattern paper to add some texture.

This was a project life card which I added a stamped phase at the top, and added some puffy alphabet stickers to form the title.

I love how this layout came together, and hope that you join us over on our Facebook page with your monochrome layouts, we would love to see them.

Pure Happiness | Jackie Ashton | Moodboard

 Hi crafters, Jackie here with my layout for this month using the moodboard, which was created by my fellow DT Amy.

 I decided that I would use a patterned paper for my background and choose this one as it was the same tones as the colours at the bottom of the moodboard.

As there was also a rainbow, and had this piece of patterned paper in my stash which worked perfectly with the moodboard colour tones. 

I added a few layers of patterned paper behind my photograph, and added my photograph

to the centre of my page.

I added a few butterflies around my clusters and some word strips that I’d cut from a piece of patterned paper.

Following a moodboard is a great way to incorporate colours and designs that you might not have thought to add to your page.  You don’t necessary have to add every detail, but it gives you several options that all work together.

Don’t forget to share your layouts over on our Facebook page, or tag us on Instagram if you’ve played along this month, the design team would love to see them.

Thanks for stopping by

Happy Scrapping

Till next time

Not Going Out Out | Jackie Ashton | Hand Made Embellishments

Hi Crafters, Jackie here, with my take on this month theme - handmade products.

So for this month I did a selection of tags that I plan to use on my layouts.  

I started by die cutting several sizes of  tags, circles, labels etc from patterned paper, and stamped some sentiments onto some of these shapes.    I mainly used a 6x6 pad and scraps I had from this collection.

Then I just randomly assembled the tags in various sizes and adding a few additional embellishments to each.

Some of the tags are specific to a photograph I know I have, but the majority of them are just random ones I will use on my layouts.

Not Going Out ... Out

This is 9x12 size layout, so I printed my photographs slightly smaller than the normal 3 x 4 size as I wanted a small gap between each photo across the page.

The story behind the photographs is how we went out on Thursday nights to ‘Clap for the NHS’ and also to socialise with my neighbours, but at the same time adhere to the Social Distance guidelines of being 2m apart.  So even though we was outside, we wasn’t actually going out out.  To be honest, during lockdown it was a lifesaver for me, knowing that each week I had something to look forward to for an hour or so and with the adding benefit of being able to socialise with others.

So to put my page together, I choose 3 tag from my hand made embellishments.

Cutting the background paper down to 9x12, I added two layers of patterned paper across the middle, leaving a small border showing of each patterned paper, and added a punched border to the bottom edge.

I added the largest tag to the lower section of the page and used the other two as at the top potion of the page.

After sticking all the tags into place, I added a few more embellishments around these clusters to bring the whole pages together, using stickers, prespextives, chipboard shapes, enamal dots.  

I backed the prespextives with patterned paper and used two alphas for my title.

Having the tags pre-assembled helped this layout come together quickly.  The tags I'd made  were simple in design and allowed me to add more embellishments to them, once they were on my layout.

Why don’t you give making a few tags a go and add them to your next couple of layouts, I must admit I got carried away and now have several collections with hand-made tags ready to go on my next layouts.

Don’t forget to share your layouts over in our Facebook group, we would love to see them especially if you have had a go at making some of your own hand-made embellishments to use of your layouts.

Till next time

Happy scrapping

Let's Eat | Jackie Ashton | Hobbies

Hello scrappers, hope you are all keeping well.

Jackie here, with my layout using this months theme - document hobbies on your page.  

During lockdown I’ve return to my love of cooking, especially trying out new dishes and using different ingredients.  But along with me enjoying cooking, my son as been having a go, so I decided to document him making one of our recent meals.

Let’s Eat

I did this layout in 9x12 format so that I can add it to my Lockdown album.

I recently found out how to print 6 photographs on a 6x4 sheet via my computer without using an app on my phone, which saves me a lot of time, when choosing my photographs. 

I found the perfect wood veneers in my stash, and added a rainbow as it now the symbol of the Lockdown.

I added some stamp details around the page and a few embellishment words and puffy stars.

So one of the good thing for me during the Lockdown is my returning love of cooking.

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you can join us on our Facebook page and join is with us this months and document one of your other hobbies other than from scrapbooking.

Till next time

Happy scrapping

When Will I See You Again? | Jackie Ashton | Stamping

Hi crafters, Jackie here with my take on the using stamps on your layouts. 

Stamps are my weakness, not my only one, but one that I can't see going away anytime soon.

While the World is upside down at the moment, who is  missing something, something that is trivial in the grand scale of things, but something that you would love to have right now, that thing that we have taken for granted and now don’t know when we will ever see it again.

Mine is an oat milk latte from Starbucks, I’m not a 100% coffee drinker as a do like a nice cup of tea, but the thought of not knowing when will I be able to just nip and grab my favourite coffee, inspired me to ask ‘When Will I See You Again?’

 I’m sure I will be doing more layouts over the coming weeks to show the change to my life and the world as it becomes the norm.

So onto my layout, 

When Will I See You Again ?

I recently purchased a label stamp set, and wanted to use them in a different way, other than just stamping them and using them as a basic label on my layout.

After choosing a few of the labels images, I stamped them down one side of the cardstock, using oxide inks as I didn’t want the ink impression to be so vivid, and the oxide inks gave a more distressed look.

When stamping, I over lapped the labels using 5 colours, taking the colours from the paper collection I choose.

Then I added my main design to the right hand side of the layout.  The paper collection I used, are from Pebbles/Jen Hadfield - Hey, Hello collection - Using a 4 inch strip, and  2 x 1 inch strips down each of the edges, along with some ruffled crepe paper down one edge to add some texture.

In the vellum envelope I added a tag ...

I also wanted to bring the patterned paper over to the left hand side of my layout, so I punched some labels and added over the tops of stamped images and also stamped onto the labels, with some coffee stamps I have.

For my title I used several alphabets from my stash, and the puffy sticker rainbow is from Pink Fresh Studio.

I choose some embellishments from Pink Fresh Studio ranges, Bramble Fox coffee cup perspextives and Elle's Studio cork tabs.

This layout was fun to create, even thought its a serious topic regarding the lockdown in the UK, I wanted the layout to be a fun one, one that documented my life right now and one of the things I'm missing.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you can take some inspiration from my layout to use your stamps in a different way, other than what they are originally intended for.

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

Till next time

Happy Scrapping