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Kawaii Flower Card Making Ideas

Jennifer Gormly — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 08:56:41 +0000

Last week my Mum celebrated her birthday so I decided to make her a birthday card using some of our brand new kawaii stickers from popular Japanese brand, Mind Wave.

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Mum has always loved flowers, so I chose to use these Mignon Fleur Flowers kawaii stickers.

I chose the large flower arrangement sticker as my centrepiece and created this birthday card for my Mum:

I layered several patterned papers and cardstock to help create my backdrop. Firstly, I used a dark brown pattern paper with torn edges to anchor my card design and give it texture. I then used the patterned backing card that came with the Mind Wave stickers for the main pattern of my background. I embellished it by inking the edges with two shades of brown ink and using a pen to draw in a dashed border.

I then cut a piece of light brown cardstock and again inked the edges and drew in a dashed border to help draw attention to it. Finally, I placed my flower sticker in the centre of it.

I even added glitter accents to the flowers to make them sparkle and stand out. It gave them that extra special touch for this special occasion.

And there you have it…my Mum’s birthday card! I hope you like it.

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Showcasing Your Photos With Scrapbooking Ideas

Jennifer Gormly — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 12:49:57 +0000

Sometimes your photos are so engaging in themselves that you do not want to place anything on your page to distract the viewer from their beauty. When in this situation, you just need a splash of colour, simple patterns and simple embellishments to truly showcase your photos. Scrapbooking ideas like this one use simplicity to draw your attention to the photos and colour to compliment their beauty.

The key is to choose scrapbooking papers that are not too busy and do not feature too many colours. Also, in this layout, the floral paper is complimented with a plain paper in the same hue.

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Materials Used: Papers from the Chatterbox Sun Tangerine Blossoms paper collection, Chatterbox Den Light Tie Circles paper, orange cardstock, green alphabet rub-ons, brown pen and miscellaneous butterfly stickers.

To recreate this layout, follow these instructions:

1. Set aside your orange cardstock for your background.

2. Cut four strips of Chatterbox Sun Tangerine Blossoms paper measuring 5cm by 25.3cm. Adhere one strip vertically in the bottom left corner of your page and another vertically in the top right corner of your page.

3. Turn your remaining two strips of Chatterbox Sun Tangerine Blossoms paper over so you can no longer see the blossoms design. Adhere one horizontally in the top left corner of your page and the other horizontally in the bottom right corner of your page.

4. Arrange your photos to form a square in the middle of your page. I have used a 6×8 photo for the large photo and cropped two 4×6 photos to create my square.

5. Cut out a large blossom from your Chatterbox Sun Tangerine Blossoms scrapbooking paper and adhere on top of join between all three of your photos.

6. Cut a strip of Chatterbox Den Light Tie Circles paper measuring 1cm by 25.3cm. Turn it over so you can only see the green side (you could use green cardstock for this instead). Adhere across the top left of your page, as shown in the layout above.

7. Cut out a medium size blossom from your Chatterbox Sun Tangerine Blossoms paper and adhere in the top left corner of your page, on top of your green strip.

8. Finish off your page with a title in the bottom right corner. To create my title, I have used green alphabet rub-ons and a brown pen, but you could use any combination of alphabet stamps, stickers, rub-ons or pen work.

9. Finally, add a butterfly sticker or something similar to finish off your title.

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And there you have it – a beautiful scrapbooking layout that uses a simple design and elegant scrapbooking papers to showcase your precious photos.

I’d love to hear what you think of this scrapbooking idea. Please leave a comment in the comments box below.

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K&Company Stickers

Jennifer Gormly — Tue, 03 May 2011 01:56:29 +0000

K&Company stickers are in a class all of their own. They’re stylish, they’re sophisticated and they look fabulous on your scrapbooking pages and cards. Many of them are also three-dimensional to give your projects extra pop.

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While browsing K&Company’s website, I came across this absolutely stunning card I just had to share with you.

Artist: Melanie Cantrell

The first thing I noticed about this card was the rich colour scheme. It simply draws you in with its deep purples, greens and a touch of white.

The design also really plays with dimension by layering one element on top of another. The white heart is tucked behind the green floral paper and then the beautiful K&Company floral sticker is placed on top to give the card depth. The sticker is also three dimensional and embellished with a rhinestone to really make it stand out.

This card has been made for someone’s graduation, but it could easily be adapted to suit any theme or event. You’d simply have to change the words and the date.

What a great way to make someone feel special. I wonder who the lucky recipient of this beautiful card was!

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I’d love to hear what you think of this K&Company stickers ideas. Please leave a comment in the comments box below.

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Heart Scrapbooking Ideas

Jennifer Gormly — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:59:13 +0000

Often when we go looking for fresh scrapbooking ideas, what we find is often difficult and time consuming to re-create. But sometimes, the real beauty in a layout lies in its simplicity!

For example, the scrapbooking layout below involves little more than matting your photo and scattering some small squares of patterned paper around your page. But in using these squares to create a heart-shaped frame around your photo, you can create a gorgeous page to preserve a special photo.

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Materials Used: Pixie Press Rose Splash paper, Creative Imaginations Lavender Wash paper, Me & My Big Ideas Green Stripe paper, purple cardstock, green ink, All My Memories Alphabet stickers and Queen & Company Purple Heart Brads.

To recreate this heart scrapbooking idea, follow these steps:

1. Use the Rose Splash paper as your background. Lightly ink around the edges with green ink. The effect is subtle, but it does help to bring out the green in the paper’s design. Set aside to dry.

2. Mat a 4×6 horizontal photo with purple cardstock. The border around your photo should be quite small (around 2mm).

3. Mat your photo again with Rose Splash paper. This border should be much wider (around 10mm). Ink the edges with green ink.

4. When dry, once again mat your photo with purple cardstock. This border should also be narrow (around 2mm).

5. Place your matted photo on your background paper to decide its position, but do not adhere yet. If you wish, you can lightly mark where it will go with a pencil.

6. Cut out (or punch) a collection of 2cm squares from both your Creative Imaginations Lavender Wash paper and your Me & My Big Ideas Green Stripe paper. You will need 35-40 squares in total.

7. Ink the edges of your green squares with green ink and set aside to dry.

8. And now comes the creation of your heart scrapbooking idea! Arrange your squares in a heart shape around where your photo will go, as shown in the layout above. Make sure you use and variety of angles and keep in mind that you do not have to alternate your squares evenly all the way around your heart. In other words, it does not have to go purple, green, purple, green, purple, green etc. Doubling up on one or the other colours every now and then helps to add interest to your page.

9. Once you have completed you heart, adhere your photo in place.

10. Use your alphabet stickers to write your title towards the bottom right corner of your scrapbooking layout. Remember, keeping it small and understated draws the viewer’s attention to your photo and the heart frame you have created around it.

11. Finally, finish off your page with a simple heart accent like a Purple Queen & Company Heart Brad in the bottom right corner of your page, next to your title.

The beauty of this heart background scrapbooking idea is that it really doesn’t matter what scrapbooking supplies you have. You can adapt it to suit any papers you like!

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I’d love to hear what you think about using heart scrapbooking ideas like this and whether or not you give this one a go. Please leave a comment in the comments box below.

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3D Flower Stickers

Jennifer Gormly — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:13:23 +0000

I love using flower stickers to dress up my scrapbooking layouts. They always look fabulous and they come in so many designs, colours and patterns that there is always something to suit any project.

But there is one thing that is even better – 3D flower stickers! They not only look fabulous but they also give your scrapbook that extra special touch by adding dimension and texture to your design.

In this layout, I have used 3D flower stickers from Stickopotamus to embellish my page.

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This stickers are not only three-dimensional, but they feature a touch of glitter for that little bit of sparkle.

Materials Used: Imagination Project In The Corner paper, It Takes Two Pink Fibre paper, Scrapbooking Memories Pink and Brown Striped paper, Imagination Project Spaghetti Arms paper, brown cardstock, light brown cardstock, brown and white striped ribbon, brown ink, alphabet stamps and Stickopotamus 3D Cherry Blossoms stickers.

To recreate this scrapbook page idea, follow these steps:

1. Use the Imagination Project In The Corner paper as your background.

2. Cut a piece of It Takes Two Pink Fibre paper measuring approximately 24cm by 26. Tear down the left edge, as shown above. The top of your paper should now be about 14cm wide at the top and 23.5cm wide at the bottom. Ink around the edges with brown ink. When dry, glue down the right side of your page approximately 2cm from the right edge.

3. Cut a strip of Scrapbooking Memories Pink and Brown Striped paper approximately 4.5cm wide. Mat with brown cardstock and glue down your page approximately 4cm from the right edge.

4. Cut a piece of brown and white striped ribbon and glue across your page approximately 4.5cm from the bottom edge.

5. Select your main photo and mat it with light brown cardstock. Mat it again with Imagination Project Spaghetti Arms paper and glue in the top left corner of your page approximately 1.5cm from the left edge and 3.5cm from the top edge.

6. Select your second photo and mat it with light brown cardstock. Glue in the bottom right corner of your page approximately 3cm from the right edge and 3.5cm from the bottom edge.

7. Place the first of your 3D flower stickers across the top left corner of your page, as shown above.

8. Using alphabet stickers or stamps (I have used alphabet stamps stamped on light brown cardstock) to create your title underneath your 3D flower stickers from the previous step. If you have space left, add another 3D flower sticker to embellish your title.

9. Place another 3D flower sticker in the bottom right corner of your page to mirror the sticker you have already placed at the top of the page.

10. Finally, add a final 3D flower sticker in the bottom left corner of your main photo.

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3D flower stickers are a quick and simple way to add dimension and texture to your page. You don’t have to worry about trying to layer small and intricate pieces yourself…it’s all done for you.

And, of course 3D stickers are just limited to flowers. There are plenty of other themes and designs to choose from too.

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I’d love to hear your thoughts and ideas for using 3D Flower Stickers on your layouts. Please leave a comment in the comments box below.

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Karen Foster

Jennifer Gormly — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:08:44 +0000

Karen Foster Designs offers one of the most varied and theme-specific range of stickers available to scrapbookers. Their attention to detail and their focus on important events and activities in our lives means there really is a Karen Foster sticker for every occasion – from birthdays, weddings and babies to horse riding, mini golf and dancing.

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This week I wanted to scrap a photo from my 26th birthday, but instead of choosing a traditional birthday design, I thought I might create something more whimsical and feminine. The Springs Birds & Flower stickers from Karen Foster are so pretty and were just perfect. Here are the results:

Materials Used: Dark purple cardstock (for the background), Metallic blue Bazzill cardstock, American Traditional Glitter paper, Fiskars Purple Stars paper, It Takes Two Leaves paper, purple border stickers from Hunter Leisure, Making Memories Alphabet stickers, a purple pen and Karen Foster Springs Birds & Flower stickers.

There are a few stages involved when re-creating this layout but it is quite simple. Once again, I have used a sketch from 500 Scrapbooking Sketches to guide my design (although I turned it upside down).

Here are some tips to note when re-creating a layout like this.

1. Printing photos in black and white or sepia are a great way to give character to your photos. They also allow you to scrap with whatever colours, patterns and embellishments you want, without having to worry if they will clash with the clothes the subjects of your photos are wearing. In this case, it allowed me to scrap a photo that was heavily dominated by greens and blues with purples and pinks (and of course, my pretty Karen Foster stickers).

2. I cut around the patterns on my American Traditional Glitter paper to create unique corners for my layout. It not only made my page unique, but turning the paper into embellishments gave me the opportunity to highlight the beautiful swirls and flowers on my paper instead of covering them up with photos.

3. I used a purple pen to draw a dashed border around both my purple stars paper and my leaf paper. This gave the designs some distinction so they didn’t get lost in the design. It’s a wonderful, but subtle way to make things stand out without making them the centre of attention.

4. Just because border stickers tend to be 12 inches long, that doesn’t mean you have to use all 12 inches of them. In this layout, I have only used sections of my border stickers to create nice accents at the top and bottom of my page.

5. One of my favourite things to do with stickers is to stick them on white cardstock and cut them out. I don’t always do it, but I find that it’s nice to help some stickers stand out from the page.

Most Karen Foster stickers are made from cardstock so they already have some depth, but their clear range is made to resemble rub-ons and so have very little depth. I love the new line. They really do look like they could be rub-ons – no ridges when crossing layers, no outlines…just beautiful. But on this page, I wanted the pink bird in the middle of the page to stand out, so I stuck it on white cardstock and then cut it out before gluing it in place.

There is a Karen Foster sticker to suit almost every scrapbooking project. They come in lots of different themes and styles. Find the ones that make you smile!

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I’d love to hear your thoughts and ideas for using Karen Foster products on your layouts. Please leave a comment in the comments box below.

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Butterfly Stickers

Jennifer Gormly — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:17:01 +0000

Butterfly stickers are probably my all time favourite type of stickers. My albums are literally full of them. I just can’t help it! They are so pretty! And there are so many designs and styles to choose from!

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Stickopotamus (Sticko for short) stickers from EK Success are amongst the best. They offer a wide variety of flat, glitter, vellum, shiny and metallic butterfly stickers to choose from. They come in pretty pinks, pastel purples, bright oranges and all sorts of other fun colour combinations so there is something for everyone.

Butterfly stickers can be used on a wide variety of scrapbooking projects including feminine layouts, layouts of flowers and the beauty of the great outdoors, off-the-page items like photo frames or tins and so much more.

In this layout, I have used glittery pink butterfly stickers from Sticko to compliment my pink flower photo:

Materials Used: Pink cardstock, Scrapbooking Australia Strawberry Candy paper, Provo Craft Pink Stripes paper, burgundy cardstock, white cardstock, pink ink, a brown pen, pink ribbon, Around the Block Black Alphabet stickers and Stickopotamus stickers.

This layout was surprisingly easy to create. I used a sketch from 500 Scrapbooking Sketches to guide my design.

Here are some tips to note when re-creating a layout like this.

1. The background paper was not a true 12×12 paper (don’t you hate that!) so I matted it on pink cardstock. It gave the layout a nice pink border as well as made my page 12×12.

2. To create the border around the pink stripes paper, I first used a brown pen to lightly draw a handful of horizontal and vertical lines in the top right and left corners. I then used a pink ink pad to brush ink all around the top and side edges. I used a criss-cross pattern for added interest.

3. Two of the butterfly stickers were matted with white cardstock to help them stand out from the background.

4. The alphabet stickers were not placed in a straight line. This was to make them more interesting, but also to help them fit.

5. There are several torn edges on this page. When tearing paper, always tear slowly and towards you for more control.

Butterfly stickers add a beautiful touch to your scrapbooking layouts. Give them a go. You might be surprised at just how gorgeous your pages turn out!

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Flower Stickers

Jennifer Gormly — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:55:02 +0000

Flower stickers are one of the most versatile types of embellishments you have to choose from. They can be used on almost any scrapbooking project (even those featuring men!) and there are so many varieties to choose from (at the moment we have over 70 different designs here at Stickers N Fun!).

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I like to think of flowers as a scrapbooking staple. They come in many different formats including paper blossoms, chipboard, rub-ons, felt, metal, fabric and of course, stickers. I love all types, but flower stickers are a personal favourite of mine because you can use them almost anywhere and they are so easy to attach. Plus, you don’t have to worry about them being too heavy or bulky for your layouts.

Flower stickers are typically used on feminine layouts, like the layout below:

Materials Used: Gin-X She Wears Pink Candy Machine paper (for the background), Rhonna Farrer paper, Sandylion Light Blue Floral paper, American Traditional Light Pink Wash paper, pink cardstock, white cardstock, brown ink and Bo Bunny Alissa Alphabet & Flowers stickers.

In this layout, the flower stickers are used to create a beautiful girly page that’s still sophisticated and stylish. And it was surprisingly easy to make!

Weddings, bridesmaids and flower girls are the perfect subject for layouts using flower stickers. Other themes you might like to consider include:

Daughters
Sisters
Mothers/Grandmothers
Nieces, Aunts and any other female family members
Friends
Girls Night In
Girls Night Out
Shopping
A Day at the Spa

Of course, your flower stickers don’t have to be strictly reserved for feminine layouts.

You could use them in travel layouts like this one:

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Or with photos of beautiful things in nature, like this one:

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The possibilities are endless. Choose the flower stickers you love the most and get scrapping!

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I’d love to hear your thoughts and ideas for using flower stickers on your layouts. Please leave a comment in the comments box below.

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First Scrapbooking Layout

Jennifer Gormly — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:54:03 +0000

This week has been very special for me. My Mum decided to take up scrapbooking and made her first ever scrapbooking layout. I am so proud of her page and couldn’t wait to share it with you.

She used our new line of Basic Grey Wisteria papers.

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She created this scrapbooking layout using Basic Grey Wist Garden Paper Pack, white cardstock, a flower punch, purple ribbon and Making Memories Purple Alphabet stickers.

The photo is of me standing on our balcony (and yes, my Mum does call me Jenny – not Jen! Lol!).

Now you might be thinking that I helped Mum a lot with this page, but I really didn’t. The design is all hers. The only things I did were to suggest she include some ribbon somewhere and I helped her cut out a couple of flowers (after she had decided what she wanted to use).

My favourite element of the page is the frame she has made around the photo. I love how she has used a very busy and colourful paper to draw your attention to the photo without overwhelming you.

I also love how she has cut out a wide variety of shapes from her Basic Grey papers to create unique embellishments for her layout. This is a technique I often use, but I would not have thought to cut out the crest shape in the upper left corner or the butterfly shapes she has used in the bottom left corner of her photo.

I am so excited that my Mum has taken up scrapbooking and I am extremely proud of her first efforts. Please help me encourage her to continue scrapping by leaving a comment below. It really would make her day!

Thank you so much!

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Flower Stickers

Jennifer Gormly — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 04:58:06 +0000

Flower stickers are fabulous for creating spectacular scrapbooking layouts with ease. Often the most effective layouts are the most simple but it takes that extra little something to add an edge of sophistication. And that’s where your flower stickers come in. They are easy to arrange and apply and give your scrapbook layout a sense of style.

In this layout, I have used flower stickers from Magenta, but any floral stickers can be used to create the came effect.

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This layout was created using green patterned paper (brand unknown), Creative Imaginations Hydrangea Wash paper, Creative Imaginations Yellow Squiggle paper, tan cardstock and Magenta Joyful Flowers stickers.

The key to this layout is the colour combinations. The bright green background was a bit much in itself, but was softened by the two squares of purple paper in opposite corners.

To recreate this scrapbook page idea, follow these steps:

1. Use the green patterned paper as your background.

2. Cut out two squares of Creative Imaginations Hydrangea Wash paper measuring a little less than 6” by 6”. Glue one in the top right corner of your scrapbooking page and the other in the bottom left corner. Make sure you leave a small green border around the edges of each.

3. Mat a vertical 4×6 photo with tan cardstock. Mat again with Creative Imaginations Yellow Squiggle paper, making sure the squiggle paper is significantly longer than the cardstock, as shown above. This adds interest and helps balance the symmetry of the page.

4. Finally, place your flower stickers all around the page. If any of your flower stickers have stems, try to place them towards the bottom of the page to make them look more grounded.

While this is a quick, simple way to dress up a page it is quite effective. Flower stickers add joy to your pages and can be a lot of fun. Don’t be afraid to play with unusual colour combinations either. They add interest to your albums as well as providing an endless stream of possibilities to play with.

What do you think? Do you like this flower stickers scrapbooking ideas? Do you have any questions? Would you have done anything different? We’d love to hear from you! Please leave a comment below.

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