# Be your Selfie | Sheena Rowlands | Selfie

Hi there UK Scrap Addicts x Sheena here again.

Our challenge this month is to "Scrap a Selfie".

This challenge will be harder for some scrappers & easier for others. But I do think as scrapbookers and memory keepers we should all be in front of the camera sometimes to help document the full story.

I haven't always liked having my photo taken to be honest but over the past 10 years I've embraced the selfie so had a good few to choose from.

I finally chose a selfie with a snapchat filter as who doesn't love a snapchat filter!!

# Be your Selfie.

I used the photo as my starting point for my paper choices. I found and used the last of a range I really loved - My Minds Eye - My Story- plus lots of bits and pieces from my stash.

I started by adding ink oxides to my background in 2 shades of pink/red. When it was dry I started to gather together 6 clusters starting with either a Project Life 3x4 card or a frame as the base.

To finish I added a Perspective as my title to one of the clusters then added a few splatters of black paint to finish it off after machine sewing the cardstock on to a black background.

I hope you feel inspired to take on our challenge & we would love to see your Selfie layouts over on our Facebook group.

Till next time x

Create Happy Times | Zoe Hailey (Zola28) | Selfie

What a great theme for September; Selfies!

Personally,  I am not a massive selfie taker so this month I have forced myself to take more photographs of me and I have actually ended up scrapping three pages of myself! ( I have even made my layout for our December theme, which is really fun!)

With so many gorgeous new collections coming out, I'm challenging myself to use up some of my older stuff, mainly to make room for the new! So I have worked with Cocoa Vanilla Studio's gorgeous collection; Happiness. I just love this flower reef paper and I had four sheets of it, so on this page, I used two up in my layering.

If fussy cutting isn't your thing (and it isn't usually mine) then this may not be a page for you. I fussy cut two pages of the reef paper and then mounted them on black card and cut them both out again. Adding the outer reef up on foam pads, for even more dimension. I really wanted to bring in the black from my sunglasses and I am pleased with how it turned out.

Of course once I had done that on the reefs, I decided I needed to do the same on the butterflies and it really helps them stand out on a very busy colourful page. I love the shadows they create too.

I really enjoyed making this layout, I love the florals and the beautiful colour palette in the Happiness collection. I hope you enjoy scrapping a selfie or two this month and look forward to seeing your creations in our Facebook Group UK Scrap Addicts.

Zoe ( Follow me on Instagram Zola28)

Keepin It Real | ScrappyNerdUK (Claire) | Selfie

Hello everyone!!

I'm here launching our new challenge for the month and sharing with you what I have created.

So this months theme is.....selfies!!

We want to encourage you to be in front of the camera and not always behind it. A selfie is exactly what it says - a photo of yourself. It has to be just yourself in the photo. So if you're not the sort of person to take photos of yourself then this is the challenge for you. Grab your camera and get snapping. We cannot wait to see what you create!!

And here is my take on the theme....

I'm not shy when it comes to taking selfies and never take myself seriously when I do. I don't pose for the perfect Instagram photo or any of my social media accounts - instead I'll take tongue in cheek photos or silly selfies.

For this layout I used my favourite collection, Sparkle City by Shimelle and just loved all the bright fun colours to help with the playfulness of the photos I had taken.

I did use some Thickers I had in my stash for the title and it was great to get these used as I've had them years!! And this was the perfect title for me - Keepin' it Real!.

I took a series of photos on my phone with different poses and chose 4 of the best ones and printed these as 3x4 inch photos. I matted them with a single layer of patterned paper (which was predominantly white) to help the photos pop from the back ground. I did add some messy ink splatters with a white Posca paint pen.

I had the speciality velum from the collection that I was terrified to cut into but I managed to use some on this layout. Behind my photos I used a 5 inch strip horizontally to give my photos a base and I love how the pops of holographic come through.

Next I started embellishing so I added all sorts of stickers, washi, chipboard, enamel dots and puffy stickers (I really went for all of the things!) and used things that worked well with my photos.

Finally I added some Tim Holtz Small Talk stickers to help really show my personality on a page.

Thanks for taking the time to read my blog post and I realllllllly encourage you to join in this month. Be sure to head on over to our Facebook Group and join us there where we share all of the creative teams designs every month.

See you next month

Claire!

Chillin | Essie Jane | Sketch

Hi - I'm here bringing our month of layouts inspired by Laura's fabulous sketch to a close.

I've flipped the sketch and added some torn paper down the edge before adding loads of yummy ephemera, stickers and chipboard shapes from the Pink Paislee Summer Lights collection. 

I've raised some of the pieces on foam pads to add dimension and also added sprinklings of Nuvo drops too. 

 I hope you have found inspiration this month and Claire will be with you in a couple of days with a new theme. 

If I Could | Kirei Baldwin | Sketch

Hi UK Scrap Addicts!

Kirei here again with my take on the challenge this month which was to use a sketch designed by the lovely Laura Rumble!

I love a sketch as they are a great way to kick start a layout particularly if you have lost your mojo! I often flip a sketch but this time I stuck with the original design.

I had a fab cut file called 'Spring Floral' from Cut to You that followed the curve of stars in the sketch so decided to use that as the main element of my layout.

Firstly I backed the cut file with a mix of patterned papers from the Dear Lizzy 'It's All Good' collection and then attached it with foam pads to the left side of the spotty coordinating paper. Then I layered up a square photo with more of the patterned papers.

I added a cluster of the matching embellishments to the bottom left and right of the photo and finished off by adding a title using a mix of different alphas.

Do go and check out all the fab layouts on the blog from the rest of the Creative Team this month to see their take on the sketch.. hopefully you've been inspired to use it! And don't forget to share your layout using the sketch over on the UK Scrap Addicts Facebook page. See you next month for another challenge...

Happy scrapping!

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

Penny | Keighley Brennan | Sketch

Hey UKSA, Keighley here today sharing my layout for our Sketch this month. 

I decided to change it up a little instead of using stars I have layered up some butterflies in different pattered papers. The papers I used for the butterflies are from the 6x8 paper pad that we received in the August Bujo Kit from Mind The Scrap. 

I fussy cut some butterflies from another paper in the 6x8 paper pad to add extra embellishments to my layout and tucked them in amongst the layered butterflies. 

You can watch my layout process here on the UKSA YouTube Channel.

Please take a look at the UKSA Facebook group where there’s lots inspiration from the team aswell as the group members, as always the album is full of stunning scrappy loveliness.

Thank you for stopping by 

Keighley