Echo Park Snowed In - Snow Much Fun

Hello, Karen here again with another layout to share using the Snowed In collection from Echo Park. Have you had any snow this winter? Did you take any photos? Do you have snowy photos from previous years? This collection is perfect for scrapbooking those snowy memories.

For today's layout, I started with a sheet of white 12x12 cardstock and in the centre I painted some Arctic Blue Cosmic Shimmer Mist. I don't think this is still available in the shop but there are plenty of other similar coloured inks in stock which you could use instead.

Once the ink had dried, I trimmed the cardstock down by about 5mm on each edge and machine stitched this to a sheet of the Sweater Weather (B Side) paper leaving a narrow border. Using a blue ink pad I then stamped some snowflakes randomly on the background. The mixed media did make the cardstock warp quite a bit, but I'm hoping that once the layout is in an album it will flatten out.

Using my Silhouette Cameo I cut, from black cardstock, a 'Snow Much Fun' cutfile by CUTtoYOU and backed this with papers from the collection.

The backed cutfile was attached to the background with 3D foam underneath to create some dimension. The added dimension and the black cardstock really makes the cutfile pop against the background.

My 5x3.5 photo was matted with more of the Sweater Weather paper and was tucked underneath the bottom right edge of the cutfile.

Using some of the Chipboard Accents I embelished the cut file. 

I chose chipboard words and images that suited the theme of my photo and strategically placed these so the words beneath could still be read.

I die cut some snowflakes from white glitter cardstock and used these to embelish the layout further.

More Chipboard Accents were added to the centres of the glittery snowflakes.

Finally, I added a scattering of sequins to the layout and the names of the boys were printed onto white cardstock and added to the photo.

I hope this layout has inspired you to scrapbook those snow filled memories and I'll be back soon with another project to share.

Take Care,

Karen x x

Echo Park Snowed In - Snowy Sunday Snapshots

Hello, Karen here again with another layout to share using the Snowed In collection from Echo Park. This collection was perfect for scrapbooking some photos taken during a crafty weekend getaway when we unexpectedly woke to snow on our last morning.

I started with a sheet of white 12x12 cardstock and onto this I placed some vertical strip of paper from the collection. On the right side I placed a 1 cm strip of Polar Plaid (B Side) and on the left side I placed a 1 cm strip of Frosted Flurries, 2 cm strip of the Multi Journalling Cards (B Side) and a 4 cm strip of Polar Plaid (B Side). The whole page was then trimmed down to 11.75" and matted onto a  sheet of 12x12 black cardstock. With white thread I machine stitched along the edges of the papers to add some texture.

Using more paper I them created three large tags and added hole reinforcers punched from black cardstock.

3"x4" photos were matted onto white cardstock and then stuck onto each tag. 

Each tag was threaded with black bakers twine and the thee tags were attached to the right side of the layout.

Using my Silhouette Cameo I die cut the title words from black cardstock, attached the words to three labels cut from the sheet of multi journalling cards and attached one to each tag.

Journalling was printed onto a strip of white cardstock and after machine stitching round the edges I placed this on the left side of the layout.

Finally, a few sequins from the Picket Fence 'Metropolis' Sequin Mix were scattered around the layout for a bit of sparkle.

I hope you like this layout and I#ll be back again soon with another project.

Take Care,

Karen x x

Echo Park Snowed In - Let it Snow

Hello, Karen here sharing my first layout using the new Snowed In collection from Echo Park. I LOVE the colours in this collection - lots of different shades of blue with a little bit of brown and green mixed in. It includes images of snowflakes, snowmen, sweaters, skis and ski chalets. It is perfect for winter scrapbooking. Where I live we've not had much snow yet this winter to photograph but I have lots of snowy photos from the past and this collection was perfect for scrapbooking those photos.

I started my layout by trimming 1 cm off of each edge of a sheet of white 12x12 cardstock and after distressing the edges I mounted this onto a sheet of black 12x12 cardstock and machine stitched round the edges with white thread.

Using a 2" square paper punch I punched squares from several sheets of paper - Polar Plaid, Blizzarding Blue and Frosted Flurries. I then cut each square in half to form triangles, distressed all the edges and drew a line round the inside edges of each triangle using a black gel pen. The triangles were then arranged in the centre of the layout making sure that the different papers were evenly distributed. Once I was happy with the layout of the triangles I glued them to the layout and then machine stitched horizontal lines across them with white thread. This added some texture and also made sure the triangles didn't move. Finally, before going further with the layout, I splattered some watered down white acrylic paint across the layout to mimic the snow in my photo.

I matted my 5x7 photo with the Blizzarding Blue paper and placed this on top of the triangles with 3D foam underneath to add dimension. One of the Phrases from the Chipboard Accents was attached to the bottom right corner of the photo.

To create a title I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut the word 'Snow' from some black cardstock and also some white cardstock. Layering the black and white word created a shadow and made the word more prominent and the title was finished with some small die cut black letters nestled above the word 'Snow'.

Snowflakes were die cut from some white glitter card and used to embellish the layout.

Snowflake Circles from the Chipboard Accent sheet were dotted around the layout and sequins from the Metropolis Sequin Mix from Picket Fence were sprinkled here and there. The Metropolis Sequin Mix isn't a winter themed mix put the white iridescent sequins int he mix were perfect for this layout.

Finally I added the date using black die cut numbers to the bottom of the layout.

I hope you love the Snowed In collection as much as I do and it can be found here in the shop.

Take Care,

Karen   x x