Everyday Life | Karen Moss | Recycled Elements

 Hi - Karen here with my page for this month's challenge, which is to use recycled elements on your project.  I think I have taken this to the extreme!

On this page I have used a piece of a white pizza box cut to 12 x 12 for my background, tearing some areas to reveal the brown corrugated card beneath.  I have also used tissue that Christmas presents and craft orders were wrapped in to make tissue paper flowers (details on my process video).  White card from the packaging of a new pair of shoes, cut into leaves with my BigShot and dies.  I made a shaker out of a tag, some clear packaging from a packet of enamal stars.  I filled my shaker with the 'circle waste' from a hole punch and some beads and finally my journaling card is the packaging from some flair.

I did make sure that my photo was mounted onto a piece of patterned paper so that the recycled elements didn't touch it as I knew they weren't photo friendly and used some stickers, made for scrapbooking, on the areas that my corner cluster overlapped my photo.

I stand by my claim that this is the ultimate recycled project as the only stash I have used is a 6.5 x 4.5 scrap of patterned paper and a few stickers!

If you would like to see exactly how I made the flowers, and shaker element pop over to our YouTube channel and have a look at my process video. 

Please show us your take on using a large photo on a page on our Instagram feed or our Pinterest board.

There are more pages that our talented DT have made on there too. 

Take care and stay safe

Karen

She Has Fire In Her Soul | Karen Moss | Large Photo

 Hello - Karen here with my November page using a large photo.  

I originally had the photo printed out 8ins x 12 ins but decided to chop the right side of the photo off as it had other people, who I didn't know, on that side.

I used Steampunk Safari from Uniquely Creative for my papers and embellishments, distressing and inking the edges of the cardstock and paper. 

I tore two sections from either side of my main piece of paper and rolled the edges back, inking these too. The top right corner of the paper was turned back so that I could add some embellishments underneath. 

From one of the papers I fussy cut lots of flowers, loving the orange tones of this range, and added these underneath the two torn sections, extending them across the top left of my page.

The tags were cut from a 'cut-a-part' sheet from the collection and I added a few cogs, tags and a hot air balloon from the diecut pack.

I used glittery letters on the space at the top left of my photo for a long title.

I had several photos printed 8 x 12 so am looking forward to using those soon.

Please show us your take on using a large photo on a page on our Instagram feed or our Pinterest board.

There are more pages that our talented DT have made on there too. 

You can see how I made this page here on our YouTube Channel. 

Stay safe 

Karen

I Was Made For Sunny Days | Karen Moss | Moodboard

Hello, Karen here with my take on this month's prompt, which is to use this gorgeous mood board designed by Amy.  

I decided to use a cut file for my title which also incorporated a beach umbrella, which features on the mood board.

I have also incorporated the colours, from the mood board (including the black and white stripes), butterflies and my photos feature ice-creams and the journaling tells the story of the beautiful rose shaped ice-creams we had in Barcelona. 

I have mainly used Vicki Boutin Field Notes papers as they were the perfect colours for the page and as a final flourish have fussy cut some moths (instead of butterflies) to add to my clusters of flowers. 

Don’t forget to share your layouts over on our Facebook page, or tag us on Instagram if you’ve played along this month? It’s a great way to use up old stash whilst enjoying new collections too!

On our YouTube channel I have a process video showing the making of this page.

Stay safe and you can find lots of inspiration from the other UKSA design team on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube. 

One Year Until ... | Karen Moss | Inspired By Another Craft

Hello Karen here with my layout for this month's theme - to be inspired by another craft. The craft I have chosen is crochet.  My Nana taught me to crochet when I was very young but I have only taken it up again in the last few years.

For my page I crocheted three flowers and some leaves from this pattern.  I did make up my trim pattern as I went along and made it too long so would advise measuring more carefully than I did.  Here are some trim patterns similar to the one I did.

The papers I used were from Kaisercraft's Amathyst collection, which co-ordinated beautifully with the flowers.  I also added a die cut, vellum, group of butterflies and some Silhouette print and cut butterflies.

I finished my crochet flower cluster with some fussy cut flowers and some paper blooms.

You can see exactly how I constructed this page on our YouTube channel here.

If you would like to see what other crafts our talented ladies on the DT have been inspired by you can see on our Facebook page or follow our Instagram feed 

I hope I have inspired you to try mixing your hobbies and look forward to showing you my next project.

Stay safe

Karen

karenmoss100

Be Strong, Be Brave, Be Fearless, Be Yourself | Karen Moss | Vertical Design

Hello, Karen here with my March page for UKSA and this month we are focussing on vertical designs.  Now, I usually make pages with horizontal or diagonal designs so this was a little different for me but I have to say I really like the end result.

When I saw the Bouquet paper (with its vertical flower and owl design) from the Uniquely Creative Wise and Free range the design of my page was decided - how easy to just cut that out and add it to my layout. 

To emphasise the vertical design elements I punched a piece of pink card to back my fussy cut flourish of flowers.

I then cut the gray flowers from two pieces of paper to add either side, along with some additional flowers to add to my central flourish.

All that was left to do was to add my photos and use some of the words from the 'fussy cutting' sheet for my title.

You can see my process video here - but I will apologise in advance as the storage on my phone was full and it kept cutting out and missing bits 🙄🙄

Karen x

Happiness Looks Good On You | Karen Moss | Selfies

Hello, hello and its time for my version of this month's challenge - scrap a selfie.  This month I decided to make a double layout.

I have a process video here that shows my method of making a double page which involves running my paper and embellishments across two pieces of card and then cutting them apart down the middle when the layout is completed!

I have added dimension to my page by layering up die cuts with lots of foam pads and finished it off with Curios (decorated resin domes) pearls and gems. 

I hope you find time to grab a cuppa and have a look at my process video.  You can also get more Selfie inspiration over on our FaceBook Page or on Instagram.

Don't forget to check back to see what the other lovely UKSA DT have made.

Karen x

Live Life in Full Bloom | Karen Moss | Sketch

Hello, hello, Karen here with my August page using the lovely sketch designed by Laura Rumble.

I decided to give the sketch a quarter turn and use a piece of patterned paper to replace the two photos, I then added a 5 x 7 photo and flowers in a swag at the bottom of my page and horizontally either side of my photo.  

My page turned out differently to how I had envisioned as I had made a water colour painted title but then decided not to use it!

This was the result - more details, including the abandoned water colour title,  can be found in my process video here. 

Karen x

Instagram - karenmoss100