Sunday 7 May 2017

NSD FTLOPP blog hop




This post is part of the National Scrapbook Day Blog Hop hosted by
 the Facebook Group For The Love Of Pretty Paper” 

 If you are following the hop you should have arrived here from Niki
To be in with a chance of winning the Blog Hop prize you will need to comment on this post (and on all the blogs in the hop) and when you have completed the hop, return to the Blog Hop thread on For The Love Of Pretty Paper and leave a comment to let us know you have been all the way around the hop. Visitors who leave the same (or seen to be the same by the Organisers) comment on all the blogs will not be eligible for the prize. The Closing date for Blog Hop entries is Monday 8th May at 10 pm. Only UK addresses are eligible for the prize due to postage costs. Good Luck!

After your visit here please hop on to Sue and if you lose your way or you want to start at the beginning of the hop you can find the complete list on the Facebook page here or on Fiona’s Blog. 

The theme for the Blog Hop is “Favourite Technique” which is a great starting point for creating a scrapbook page.  I am not sure how to pick one, so have gone for my fave go to techniques when I need something to kickstart the creative mojo.

I love to join in with challenges or sketches and will often use my silhouette cameo. I recently completed this page for an online challenge, (main technique backing a cut file)...


and the cutfile left me with a pile of heart shapes, so I decided to use these negative shapes for a page. Firstly I went to another fave technique to create the background...


I painted the background with watercolours, used embossing paste with a stencil and added micro beads for extra texture (seen above) and some mica powder for extra sparkle (seen below)


The paper pieces are popped up on foam pads and positioned to reform the original heart shape. 
I went fairly monotone with this page and after mounting the 2 photographs on vellum and striped patterned paper, I pulled out colour co-ordinated embellishments.
I have just started to store all my embellishments in colours so it made it easy to find little bits and pieces to work with the page. Some are handmade, some are from cut apart sheets, chipboard, paperclips, material and vellum all add to the textured effect of this page, another favourite technique.





Thanks for stopping off to visit my blog, remember to leave a comment and continue to enjoy the blog hop xxx



46 comments:

  1. 2 beautiful pages and gorgeous colours - you're a whizz with that silhouette now!

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  2. Gorgeous! A very different technique with micro beads!

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  3. A great way to get the most of your cut files. Putting the hearts on pop dots was really effective.

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  4. What a lovely way to use the positive and negative images! Love sketches too xx

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  5. Funnily enough I've just tried this with a chipboard shape for the 'big title' challenge! :)

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  6. I have a silhouette but have not tried cutting a whole page before. I think i will be doing this at some point soon, i will remember to use the left over bits for a different page

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  7. Great idea to use the negative too. Love the background.

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  8. The negative effect is really striking! I would never have thought of doing this. The colours work beautifully with your photo as well. Such great ideas...my mind is in crafty overdrive!! ;)

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  9. A great way to use the negative shapes in a positive way

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  10. This certainly shows how effective using "left over" shapes can be to create an interesting background!

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  11. What a great use of "leftovers". I love using the negatives of punches, so this is similar on a larger scale. Beautiful.

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  12. What a lovely way to use the extras! Did you use a silhouette?

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  13. Love this idea of putting the small hearts into the big one. This is one idea I might pinch lol. Thankyou for being on the blogging hop. X.

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  14. Great layout, I love all the blue.

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  15. Just stunning! I especially love the hearts :)
    Susan x

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  16. Love it, really effective:)

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  17. Such a pretty page - think I might try this with my Cricut.

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  18. Love the colours on this page and the creative use of the Silhouette, beginning to think I should get one!

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  19. Thanks for all your lovely comments and yes I have used a silhouette cameo xxx

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  20. Great layout. Good idea re storing embellishments by colour.

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  21. Wow how clever unfortunately I dont have a machine. great layouts 😊

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  22. What a lovely idea - and a great memory. Well done.
    Take care. God bless.
    Margaret

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  23. Brilliant use of the leftovers. Love the hearts.

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  24. I am liking the idea of using the negative parts of the cut file

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  25. A fab layout. I love all the hearts and your use of paste and beads for texture!

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  26. Super cutting technique. BJ

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  27. lovely LO. Really so nice, the whole 'cut file' thing has passed me by, but I have a friend with a silhouette......very tempting!

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  28. love your background and using the negatives from a Silhouette cut out is one of my favourite techniques too - so effective. Gorgeous layout xx

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  29. So many beautiful Silhouette techniques at the moment. (I will not buy one, I will not buy one...!!!) Will have to be inventive and use your favourite technique without one & use up some of my stash as well. Thank you!

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  30. Ooh, definitely going to give this a try with my cricut! Great layouts - thanks for the inspiration.

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  31. I'm jealous of anyone with a Silhouette they make lovely layouts! X

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  32. Great way to get texture, & good idea to store embellishments by colour

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  33. I just love my Silhouette, so many ideas and so much inspiration out there. TFS. X

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  34. Good way to get a second page from a cut file.

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  35. That is SO pretty - love how you have used the microbeads to get additional texture in the background.

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  36. Such a clever idea to use the negative and the microbeads

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  37. Lovely LO. Love your idea of using the cut out hearts with texture paste and beads.

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  38. I don't think I'll ever be able to look at those negative shapes the same way again! I love this technique! I also love all that texture underneath the 'surface'!

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  39. Love your background, and what a great way to use the negative pieces from your cut.

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  40. Love this layout! Would you mind if I scraplift it?

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  41. Absolutely stunning ... love it

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  42. What a great idea... I use cutfiles and for some reason I've never thought to use the negative. 2 layouts from one cut! Fab!

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  43. You've made tremendous use of all the bits and pieces - the little headers within the big one is a lovely idea. Inspiring!

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  44. Hearts not headers. Blooming spell checker.

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