Having Fun with Along The Way

Hi there!

Nathalie with you today with a new layout that showcases the new “Along The Way” collection from Pebbles.   I  am a confirmed paper lover, but nothing makes me happier than finding collections that can be used in everyday documenting.   This collection has rich colors, and many designs that can be used at any season or time of the year.

 

 

What better way to showcase a collection while documenting a picture than to detail backing a cut file.  For this layout, i chose a cut file from Handipaper, Floral Photo Camera to create one of the focus points of  this page.

 

 

This cut out is rather simple in design with intricate details, so i was careful backing each of the small areas of the cut to make sure that the small details come forward.  All the patterned paper in the collection made it so easy to bring the camera to live for this page.  The following video will show you a more in-depth look on how the page was put together:

 

The placement of the picture in the page, along with the detailed camera are the focus of this page.   However all the fussy cut floral motif from the patterned paper, ephemera and stickers bring softness to this page.

 

 

To avoid taking the focus away from the picture and cut out, a simple title was created using alphas from the Whimsical collection from Pink Paislee, and accenting it with a sticker from the Along The Way collection.

 

I hope this has inspired you to stop by the Scrapbook Nerd store to check all the materials used in this page.   Remember there are always new goodies arriving at the store!

As always, if you have questions on how this came together, please just leave me a comment here.

XO

 

Pebbles – Along The Way collectionn -12×12 paper pad, 6×8 paper pad, ephemera, stickers, word stickers, enamel dots

Pink Paislee – Whimsical collection – foam alphas

Heidi Swapp –  Gold Lame colorshine

WRMK – Mini Guillotine

 

Tuesday Tutorial: Creating Embellishments for your layouts

Hi there!

It is December!  Cue the confetti!!!  it is the jolliest and happiest of times (for some of us that is!) so, what better way than to celebrate it with color.  Today, I want to show you a simple way to make the most out of your Holiday collections while customizing some embellishments for your layout.

 

When I think Christmas, I always think of festive times with lots of color.   Unfortunately, the Merry Days collection from Crate Paper has color, but it is not as vibrant or festive as i have in mind for this layout.   Then, my choice was to create my own embellishments that will bring that much needed color to the page.   The following video will show you how it all came together:

 

As you can appreciate from the video, the colorful Christmas trees are customized to bring vibrancy to the existing colors of the collection.  The color is saturated in the trees so that they can show the small drops of white paint that are trying to create  snow capped branches.

 

The colorful trees are the basis for this page, as they bring the color and focus of the page to the picture of my two kids on their last day of school before the Christmas break.

 

 

By adding accents of gold in the embellishments used in the page, I am able to marry the new created colors to the pre manufactured stickers and embellishments.

 

 

All the colorful embellishments and background of thie page are the perfect background for this happy memory of my kids a few years ago.

 

 

I really hope you are inspired to customized embellishments and backgrounds for your next layout,  Remember you can always contact me if you have questions on how this came together.  Also, you can find all the materials used in this layout in the Scrapbook Nerd shelves so, stop by to check them and all the new arrivals.

Have a blessed day!

 

 

Merry Days collection: 12×12 papers, 6×8 Paper pad, chipboard stickers, puffy stickers, cardstock stickers, word stickers

Jane Davenport Mermaid Markers

Heidi Swapp Color shine in Gold Lame

Vicki Boutin Foundation paper

 

 

 

 

 

 

Creating with a Fall Color Palette | Nathalie DeSousa

Hi there!

Nathalie with you today to bring you a new project inspired by the colors of Fall.  This week we will be creating projects inspired by color, and i wanted to show you how to build a color family background using acrylic paints.

 

The colors used here are the ones in a Fall sunset (i found the colors by doing a Pinterest search, “Fall color palette”), and were replicated using Acrylic pop paints    The key to having a cohesive look to the background -not harsh transitions between the color stripes- is to build the colors using a same color base.  This means you start with the lightest color, in this case yellow, and create the colors using this as a base.  The background color will be the one that softnes the transitions and help create a cohesive color family.   The following video will show you how this page was put together:

 

How simple and colorful is that background?!  The color stripes are the perfect base to bring the rest of the layout to live.   The simple stenciled details are just subtle enough to add interest to the stripes

 

 

The leaf cut outs and stamped flowers are a great way to create clusters in this page without losing a large part of the background.

 

 

The smalls pop of gold complement all those ephemera pieces and stickers from Vicki Boutin Field Notes and All The Good Things collection.

 

 

The title brings the warm tones of Fall into this page, and complete the golden look of a modern Fall layout.

 

Remember to stop by Scrapbook Nerd to check all the materials used in this page, and all the new goodies that are always arriving at the store.   As always please do not hesitate to contact me if you have questions on how this came together.

XO,

 

Marshmallow Cardstock, vellum  – Bazzill

Gesso; Acrylic pop paint in White, Crushed Pineapple, Sugar Strawberry, Coral Macaroon, Plum Pudding, Orange Slice, Cherry Tart, Cotton Candy and Black; Art Crayons – warm , neutral sets;  Stencil Brushes  – Vicki Boutin

Shine – Stamp and Die Set – Vicki Boutin

Stamp and Die set #2 – VIcki Boutin v

Field Notes collection – Collect and Document paper, Chipboard stickers, Watercolor Stickers, Ephemera Pieces – VIcki Boutin – American Crafts

All The Good Things collection – Cardstock Stickers – Vicki Boutin – American Crafts

Gold Puffy Thickers – Sweet & SImple collection – Pinkfresh Studio

Gold Puffy Thickers – Flourish collection – Maggie Holmes- Crate Paper

 

 

Creative Team Weekly Digest

Hi there!

Summer is rapidly coming to an end, and with it also go those long lazy hot days we all treasure so much.   While many of you take time off work to visit your cottages or travel, our design team has been busy bringing you some inspiration.

This week, we have asked the DT to create projects using Pink Paislee’s Auburn Lane collection, and  the projects are just beautiful, so let’s get started.  First up is Mari:

Mari cari created this layout using the color palette and collection pieces from Pink Paislee “Auburn Lane”. This collection has such a romantic/vintage feel…perfect for this wedding photo!

 

The Distress Oxide Inks used on the white background complement the colors from the collection. The JustNick Leaf Background cut file has texture paste added to it for some extra dimension on the layout. The florals and hearts are the perfect embellishments for this soft, pretty layout.

Love the soft tones and details in this romantic layout!  Beautiful page, Mari!  now it is Gisele’s turn to inspire us:

Gisele create this page with a picture of herself with her mother. Pictures those days were rare, and this is one of the very few she has of both of them. Circa 1953.

Her title is made of AC Thickers “Happy Life” and goes great with the gold in the page. She added a doily as a feminine touch and added sprinkles of Heidi Swapp Colour Shine in gold. In the upper left of the photo, she cut the ephemera frame in half and added both as corner embellishments. A few tags were added with a punch from her stash as well as the gold floss and the added heart charm

The play of patterns and that sweet picture make this a stunning layout!  Now let’s be inspired by Nathalie:

 

She created this page using fussy cut elements from papers from the collection.   This page was the focus of this week’s tutorial (previous post) that focused on adding fussy cut embellishments to your projects.

 

All those florals bring the page together by framing the picture of her family.   Beautiful page, Nathalie!

 

Well that is all for us this week!  i hope the DT projects have inspired you to take a closer look at Pink Paislee’s Auburn Lane collection.  This collection is available at Scrapbook Nerd, along with many of the newer liner releases.  So stop by to check what is new at the Store.

Have a great weekend!!

 

Fussy Cutting elements

Hi there!

This week, we have asked the DT to showcase the beautiful Pink Paislee’s “Auburn Lane” collection in their projects.   This collection has a fall color palette, modern designs, and some beautiful floral illustrations that are perfect to embellish a page.   The secret is to fussy cut each of the floral images so that they can be used as decorations in your page.

 

The floral images on  paper #3 and #6 of the collection were carefully cut (fussy cut) so that they can be used as layered embellishments that form a large cluster of flowers in the  page.

 

 

 

The secret to creating this embellishments is to detail cut the images from the paper.   In this case, paper #3  has a dark background, so each image was cut around its edge, so that none of the dark background shows in the image.  At the same time, paper #6 has a white background, so a very small white border was left around the image – this just helps to separate the images when layering them on the layout.  The following process video will showcase how this page came together:

 

 

All those fussy cut florals are the focal point of this page, and bring plenty of interest to the layout that minimizes the use of other embellishments.

 

 

Really love how this page turned out using the large fussy cut floral elements.   All the florals create the perfect background for this cherished memory of my family.

I hope this inspires you to create your own embellishments by fussy cutting embellishments off your patterned papers.

As always, please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions on how this came together,  Remember to check all the materials used in this page at Scrapbook Nerd.

Take care,

 

Auburn Lane collection – Papers #3, 6, 9, 10, labels, Alphas, 6×8 paper pad, puffy stickers, sequin mix

Distress Oxides – Spun sugar, Tattered Rose, Tea Dyed, Fossilized Amber, Crushed  Olive, Peeled Paint

Heidi Swapp – Gold Lame color shine

Nuvo  drops –  crystal drops – Pink Bubble gum

Vicki Boutin – Gesso

 

Creative Team Weekly Digest

 

Hi there!

Another week is just finishing. Time to relax, and recharge before Monday comes by.   It is amazing how fast time is running, we are headed to the middle of Summer (here in Canada) and finally the weather has cooled off a  bit, and we are enjoying beautiful Summer days.  How about a bit of inspiration for the weekend, maybe this will be your starting point for a new project!

This week, we asked the Nerd Girls to showcase out free cut files in their projects, and we are floored by what each of them shared on social media.  First up is Mari.

 

Mari chose the Stellar Shapes cut file to create this gorgeous page about her daughter and soon -to-be Son-in-law.

 

Mari used a bit of Distress Oxides to create the soft mixed media behind each of the shapes.  The colors in the background bring the detail of the cut outs, and match all the embellishments from Pebbles’ Patio Party collection.

 

 

The soft background contrasts and complements the picture beautifully.   The well placed cut outs just frame the picture nicely.  SUch a beautiful layout, Mari!

Next is Gisele and a gorgeous double page layout

Gisele chose the Together Hearts cut filel to create the two pages of her layout.   She backed each of the hearts with papers from Simple Stories’ “Hello Summer” collection, and framed each of ther grand-nieces pictures with the cut out.

 

Gisele used papers from the Hello Summer collection to form the background of the layout, as well as to layer the pictures of her grand-nieces.  She added lots of details using the stickers that come included in the collection, as well as some puffy hearts from Pinkfresh Studio.

 

 

She also combined some fussy cut florals from the Hello Summer collection withe chipboard stickers from Crate Paper’s Wild Heart collection, and stickers from Photoplay’s Stuck on You collection.   Such a beautiful and very colorful double page, Gisele.

Last is Nathalie with a light take on this week’s focus.

Nathalie used the Let The Sunshine In cut file to create a large focused title/background for her page.     She used Vicki Boutin’s Art Crayons to create a soft mixed media look for this page, using the colors of Simple Stories’s  “Hello Summer” collection as inspiration.

 

She backed the cut out with papers from the Hello Summer collection.  A bit of foam adhesive creates that soft shadow in the page and behind the cut-out.

 

 

So many fun elements and beautiful florals  in the Hello Summer collection!  Nathalie combined both to create clusters around the picture and layout.  Beautiful work, Nathalie

Well that is all for us this week.  We hope that you are inspired to visit the Scrapbook Nerd online store and download a few of our free cut files, and also check all the new collections arriving at the store.

Til next time.

 

Free Cut File | TIME TO SHINE

Hi there!

We hope you had a fabulous Canada Day! ( July 1st is Canada Day, and since we are a proudly Canadian store, we hope you got to celebrate our country), and to celebrate (and because it is the beginning of the month)  we are releasing a new cut file,  Time To Shine. Our friends at The Cut Shoppe have designed this fun and summer filled cut file for us, and now it is available to download for free in the store.

Isn’t the cut file so much fun and filled with possibilities.   Well, then let’s see how some of our Creative Team has used the cut file in their projects.  First up is Nathalie.

Hi there!

Oh, the glorious days of summer are well spent at the pool!  well, at least my littles love to come over and spent their days at our pool, so the new Time to Shine cut file is perfect to document these precious memories.

I chose to use the large title in the cut file to express the sentiment of the page.  I made sure to enlarge the title so that it covers a large portion of this page, thus become the focal point of this page.

A few Distress Oxides and a stencil, the watery background was created on Marshmallow Cardstock from Bazzil.  While this dried, the title was backed with papers from the Poolside collection from Fancy Pants Designs.

To add dimension on the page, the title was attached with some foam adhesive, then it was all about embellishing the page!    The Poolside collection is filled with lots of die cuts and ephemera pieces that are perfect to document those pool memories, so it was a breeze to create clusters on the page.

This page was so much fun to create, but now I will pass it onto Joy so she can show you how she was inspired to use the cut file in one of her projects.

This card was fun & easy to create. Joy loves using Distress Oxide Inks to make blended backgrounds for cards. Inks used; Peacock Feathers, Fossilized Amber, and Worn Lipstick.

Joy then simply cut the Flamingo and the Sun tab from the Time To Shine cut file with black cardstock for some high contrast with her ink choices. The bold black on those colours looks awesome.  Joy typed out the sentiment on some white cardstock using her vintage typewriter and then glued all the pieces to the background.

This card is so fun and just screams summer. 🙂

Now Nathalie is back with you with a bit more inspiration using the Time to Shine cut file.  This time, I chose to show you how the designs can be used in a different format such as a Traveler’s Notebook.

 

For this spread, the ice cream cone of the design was cut so that it fits within the limits of a page of the TN.   The shape was then backed with papers from Doodlebug designs Cream & Sugar and So Punny collections.

 

 

To make the details of the cut-out pop, a piece of paper from Fancy Pants Joy Parade collection.  I chose to add the title of the page right onto the cut out using a combination of stickers and die cuts from both Doodlebug collections, and Pinkfresh Studio’s The Mix 2

 

 

In order to balance the spread, I chose to layer pieces from the Chit Chat ephemera pack from the So PUnny collection from Doodlebug, and use some of the papers to back the picture.   To ground the picture, I added a strip of the Fancy Pants design and a few more details from Paige Evans Stickers tablet.

 

I love how this turned out, and now it is your turn to put the cut file to work in a project of your choice.  Remember to tag @scrapbooknerdca whenever you are sharing projects created with the digital cut files on social media,  We would love to see what you do with the cut files.

Until next time,

Nathalie

Reworking Backgrounds

Hello everyone!

Hope you are all enjoying this new week!  It is time for a new tutorial, and this time i wanted to show a way to rework those layouts we some-and/or-many times we end up not loving after they are completely finished.

This is the original layout i had created for this tutorial, i wanted to show you a quick and easy mixed media background, but i think i got carried away, and ended up not loving the finished product.  So i set it aside for a while, and played with a few ideas, but i knew that it was not up to my liking, so i decided to rework it.  So please enjoy the following video that will show you how this layout yielded two new layouts:

 

 

 

 

How about those layouts!!  Let me just give you  a bit more information on what i created with that salvage layout.

 

This new layout is similar to the original one created.   The major difference is all that extra gold stenciling that run diagonally across the opposite side of the picture.

 

 

This layout has a more refined background, and all the elements of the previous page (i kept them all as they were featured in the first page).  With this simpler design, the picture is the focus of the page, and all the embellishments (all from Pebbles’ Patio Party Collection) shine without being overtaken by the background.  Now onto the next page:

 

 

This layout features the background of the original page.  The choice to cut circles out of the original lbackground takes away the busy pattern that all that extra stenciling created on the page.

 

 

A bit of a watercolor brings a new clean canvas for all those background circles.  Due to the bold pattern of the circles, just a few of them are enough to complete the page, and add dimension to the layout at the same time.

 

 

To balance the bold pattern in the circle, the rest of the layout’s embellishments were kept simple, so that the picture becomes the focus of the page.

I am sure some of you might think that reworking a background into other pages might be a bit of a stretch, and i completely understand.  But  this might serve as inspiration to create your own patterned paper (so you could create shapes out of it), or to try a simple mixed media background.    It is completely up to you!

As always please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns.  I would love to help you, it at all possible.  Remember to stop by Scrapbook Nerd  to check all the materials used in this page.

XO

 

Patio Party collection and embellishments – Pebbles

Vicki Boutin Art Crayons,  gesso,  ephemera, rub on, glitter word, gold and iridiscente glaze,

Pebbles_ NIght Night word foam thickers.

Creative Team Weekly Round Up

Hi There!

Hope you all are ready for the weekend.

This week the Scrapbook Nerd Creative Team has been rather busy sharing some inspiration with you all.   So how about we see what they have been up to:

Firts up is Gisele with this beautiful and colorful layout.  She used Jillibean’s Shades of Colour Soup to create the layers of this page.

She is a master a layering pieces, and in this page she also has combined the super trendy pom pom trim to create a super fun page.   Beautiful work, Gisele

 

Next up is Milena with her take on this week’s sketch.   She has created a very geometrical and colorful background using Dear Lizzy’s Star Gazer collection to document a picture of her daughter’s milestone.  Her large title across the top of the page is balanced with the small alpha stickers.   Such a lovely layout!

 

 

Here is the sketch Milena ( she is our Sketch Maker) has used in her page.   This is Milena’s last sketch as part of the Creative team.  But do not worry, she is not going far, she will be back every other week with a new sketch inspiration.  We are so lucky to have Milena in our team!

 

 

Finally is Nathalie with her new entry to the Silhouette Savvy Series.   She shared with us how to create the background cut out of her page by welding simple images together.

 

 

You can check her technique and process video in the previous post.   She shows you from start to finish how she incorporated mixed  media and Dear Lizzy’s collection in this  page.   Plus the cut file is available for free at Scrapbook Nerd.

 

That is all for us for this week!   Remember to stop by the Scrapbook Nerd Store to check all the new goodies arriving at their shelves.

See you next week!!!

 

Silhouette Savvy Series – Creating your cut files by welding simple images

 

Hello Nerds!

 

Nathalie with you today bringing you a new entry to the Silhouette Savvy Series.   Though most of us like to collect pre made cut files, and alter them so that they fit the project you are working on.   I wanted to show you an easy way to increase your cut file library, and at the same time create one of a kind cut files.

Cut files are created in many different ways, some come from drawings, others are alterations of an original images, but there are also others that are created by welding simple images together.  The following video will showcase how the Happy Mini Frames cut file (available for free at Scrapbook Nerd) was created:

 

As you can see, creating a cut file by welding simple images together takes no time, and can be easily be achieved.  The key is to make sure that each image that is welded has been converted to a “Compound Path’ so that when the images intersect/touch each other they can be welded together.

 

 

But now that you see how the cut out can be created, let’s put it to work in a new layout that uses Dear Lizzy’s newest collections, and Jane Davenport’s mixed media (all available at the Scrapbook Nerd Store)

 

 

All the fun colors of the watercolor background help bring our the details of the cut out (which has been backed with papers from both Dear Lizzy’s collections)

 

 

All the embellishments from the collections are perfect to tell the story of the picture.   The different die cuts and stickers are clustered in each of the picture frames, thus ensuring that the viewer’s eye travels throughout the entire layout.

 

 

The title of this page was kept simple (though the word die cut is covered in glitter) but propped with some foam adhesive so that it won’t get lost in the page.

 

Now it is your turn to create your own cut files or use the new freebie one – just click here to be taken to the store for a free download –  to create a new page of your own.   Remember to tag us #scrapbooknerdca whenever you share your projects using this cut file on social media.

I am always a comment away if you have questions on how this came together or to help you with the Silhouette tutorial.

See you all around!!!

 

 

Materials used:

Dear Lizzy – Star Gazer collection – Ephemera, 6×6 paper pad, flair

Dear Lizzy – Stay Colorful collection – Ephemera, 12×12 paper pad, puffy stickers, cardstock stickers, glittered die cut words.

Pinfresh Studio – The Mix 2 collection – Epoxy stickers

Crate Paper – Carousel collection – Chipboard stickers

Jane Davenport – Memaid Markers