Family Love Together | Celeb8

my 2nd Great Niece born in 2020 is Miss Maci and here she is getting all the love from her parents and grandparents, all of my great nieces and nephews bar one come from my brother and his wife.

I have used the gorgeous Celebr8 Heartfelt Collection for this layout

Happy Creating 

Kerrie

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Family Love Together | Celeb8

Capture the Moment | Mintay Papers

My beautiful niece and her gorgeous family 

I have used Mintay Papers Harmony Collection for this layout 

and Celebr8 Chipboard

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Kerrie

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Capture the Moment | Mintay Papers

Celebrate Life Mini Pocket Album | Little Birdie Crafts

Hi Everyone Kerrie back with another project for Little Birdie Crafts

this time I have created a little mini album using their Celebrate Life 6x6 pad 

This mini is so quick to create and you can use it to send gift cards or add some favourite photos from a special event or use it as a little brag book 

to create the base you just need 3  and a half sheets of 6x6 patterned cardstock single sided or 3 sheets if you have double sided paper.

Step 1 | score the first one at 3" and fold in half, cut another sheet in half and adhere to the top outer

Step 2 | Cut a strip from the 6x6 patterned cardstock and adhere to inside right side and slot the first page insert to see where you need to score to create a wrap around 

Step 3 | repeat as per 2nd insert to create your third and outer page 

I have created mine to match up with the amount of pattern I want showing out the side to create the pocket layers

Step 4 adhere the pages together making sure to only add adhesive to the top and bottom edges as you want to create pockets 

Using Sculpture Paste and a silicone mold I created some leaves, just leave in the mold to dry and then paint using White Gesso

using French Rose Chalk Pain I painted my Primed Chipboard Round Flourish 

While the chipboard is still wet sprinkle on some Strawberry Lips Shimmer Hodge Podge and set aside to dry

next I fussy cut some pieces from the fussy cut sheets in the pad and then layered all my pieces on the front adding some handmade flowers as one can never create without some gorgeous LBC flowers 

I then added some more Strawberry Lips Shimmer Hodge Podge this time using Gel Medium to adhere the bling where I wanted

finish off with punched out pieces and some journal cards tucked into the pockets (you can add photos or gift cards or a combination of all into the pockets if you prefer 

Add some string wrapped around to hold the album closed 

a look inside 

a closer look at all the layers and details 

Thanks for stopping by I hope you have enjoyed my tutorial,

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Celebrate Life Mini Pocket Album | Little Birdie Crafts

Formal Cruising | Little Birdie Crafts

Hi Everyone Kerrie here welcome to July and my first post for Little Birdie Crafts for July. 

Can you believe we are in the 2nd half of this unprecedented year?

I hope this post finds you all well and living your life wherever you are in the world as best you can. 

As documenters of our families we must document the good, the bad and they WOW where did that come from moments and sometimes we get so caught up in making things so perfect that we lose our mojo to just create and have these special albums filled with all our treasured memories.

That is what this layout is about, these photos are from a cruise I taught on back in early 2016 which I am ashamed to say I still have so many photos from this cruise to scrap because of wanting to create the perfect layouts for all my photos, when the reality is I just need to get in and scrap and get my cruise album finished. 

This layout has no special techniques it is just about creating layers to showcase my photos of my friends and I which is all you need to do to create beautiful layouts, especially if you want to get your albums finished. We don't always have 4-5 hours to create one layout.

I started this layout by cutting a scroll from my patterned paper making use of the floral border on the paper, I then fussy cut some clusters and another floral border piece for the top left hand side of my layout. I also cut some layers to mount under my photos. I distressed all the edges of my paper pieces to give texture and dimension. I layered all the pieces on using foam tape to give dimension and I always pop my tape away from the edges so I can easily tuck in my fussy cut pieces and them other embellishments later on 

Now if you are liking the look of this nice flat layout you could stop here but if you want to embellish a bit more keep reading and scrolling

I have used Little Birdie Crafts Boho Dreams 12x12 Paper Pad for this layout

A great way to add dimension to your handmade flowers and leaves is to dry brush them  using Gesso, it also help to soften down the colours if the flowers or embellishment are a bit too bright or slightly wrong colour 

another tip to get more from your handmade flowers is to break them down, this is also great when you don't want a really lumpy bumpy layout. It also changes the look of your flowers to give you more variety

another way to change up your flowers and make them less bumpy is to remove the centre and add some bling again you just gently pull the bead from the centre

another tip for finishing off your layouts is to add splatters, splatters really change the look of your layout in a subtle way.  For this layout I mixed some Gesso with a spritz of Hot pink Color Splash. Always remember to cover your photos before spattering as you can see I just used some packaging.

when creating clusters work in the rule of threes and also make sure your clusters draw your eye to your photos, while we love all our gorgeous Little Birdie Crafts products we want our photos to shine, so our creating is to make that happen 

another tip, give your flowers, fussy cut pieces, leaves and diecuts a little smoosh to give them a little life 

Little Birdie Crafts Products Used

Boho Dreams 12x12 Paper Pad

Handmade Flowers - Boho Dreams Collections 

Gesso, White

Color Splash, Hot Pink

Thanks for stopping by I hope you have enjoyed my tutorial,

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 for fabulous tutorials from all the Design Team

You can purchase all Little Birdie Crafts products from your local crafting store or online HERE

 Happy Creating 

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Formal Cruising | Little Birdie Crafts

Family Fun Double Layout | Little Birdie Crafts

Hi Everyone Kerrie back with another tutorial for Little Birdie Crafts Blog using their gorgeous Watercolor Floral Ballet Paper Collection which is a gorgeous fresh floral collection on a linen type paper. I have also used a sheet of pink paper from their Pretty in Pink Collection which is also a linen paper. This layout is a great design for when you want to scrap an occasion and get more photos in your album. You can change up the first page and instead of one larger photo pop 2 or 3 smaller ones on to tell more of your story. These photos are from way back in 2004 and are ones that weren't great or in focus so i kept putting off scrapping them but I decided to just scrap them as I love these memories of our family holiday and cameras weren't what they are now and neither were my photgraphy skills which again is all part of  our story and that is what scrapbooking is all about documenting our family memories even if out of focus.

after cutting up my patterned papers and working out their placement I added some texture using mixed media paste and bricks stencil.
*Tip make sure if you are creating a double layout make sure you use base cardstock from the same pack, as you see my shades of white are different, which thankfully doesn't matter as I have covered most of it, same often gores for patterned paper packs as they can be from a different run. I actually didn't notice until I took the photo by then I thought too late  :)

You can see I have applied the mixed media paste nice and thick and random giving that natural brick look.
I sprinkled Cyrstal Glitter over the paste while still wet to add subtle sparkle

 Snip out Primed Chipboard title and paint with Pink Ballet Chalk Paint, while wet sprinkle on Crystal glitter again to give a subtle sparkle to your title

I then layered everything onto my base pages starting with the base patterned papers and then embellishing with a mix of  fussy cut flower clusters from the Watercolour Floral Ballet fussy cut sheet, handmade flowers, die cut leaves

I finished off with some splatters using watered down chalk paint

and dry brushing Gesso onto the Handmade Flowers

You can see the sparkle on the Chipbaord title

LIttle Birdie Crafts Products Used

Watercolor Floral Ballet 12x12 Paper Collection Pack
Pretty in Pink 12x12 Paper Collection Pack
12 x12 Gold Glitter Card
Bricks Stencil
Chipboard Titles
Mixed Media Paste
 Pink Ballet Chalk Paint
Gesso
Crystal Glitter
Serenade Blush Handmade Flowers

Thanks for stopping by I hope you have enjoyed my tutorial,

please if you don't already follow Little Birdie Crafts on Facebook, Instagram and of course their Blog 

along with the Little Birdie Crafts Cafe Facebook Group 

 for fabulous tutorials from all the Design Team

You can purchase all Little Birdie Crafts products from your local crafting store or online HERE

 Happy Creating 

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Family Fun Double Layout | Little Birdie Crafts