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How to create simple and interesting background for a scrapbook page

Feb

Hello Pebbles Fans!
It’s Terhi here. I’m very excited to share you my first scrapbook page featuring Pebbles new line called Lovely Moments. This line is amazingly beautiful and perfect to document your Valentine’s Day memories!
I created a simple and quick background for this page and I want to share how it was done. It would work so well on cards or other paper craft projects, so prepare yourself to be inspired!

Seeing all the patterned papers from Lovely Moments made me want to use them right away, but obviously adding several prints on one layout might steal attention from the photograph and the story behind it. But with this simple trick you actually can add them all on your project and still receive calm and harmony result.
So what I did was that I cut the bottom strips away from each 12″ x 12″ paper and attached them on a white cardstock with a sewing machine to create a pretty background for my layout.
The simplest and most clever idea I’ve had for ages!

To make more interest to the background design, I didn’t use anything to align the strips. No adhesives, nothing. This way they all are a bit differently set up and some even on top of each other.
Once I was finished with the sewing, I torn and ripped the strips from here and there to add dimension.

Before attaching the photograph I fussy cut some beautiful blooms and flowers from patterned papers. There are so many to choose from!
To repeat the thread from the background and also to highlight the bond between my daughter and the wonderful and kind pony she loves, I wrapped some golden thread around the photograph. This makes such fun and important detail to the layout.

Lovely Moments Ephemera Phrase pack is full of fantastic die cuts to use as titles or sentiments! I chose ‘Lucky in Love’ for this layout mostly because the horseshoe which matches the story perfectly. The pony really is her Valentine!

There are some very delicate golden drops of mist here and there around the design. I love adding a bit of something extra to each of my scrapbook pages and shimmering gold mist works so well together with the colors and products of Lovely Moments.

Have you ever used the bottom strips from patterned papers or do you throw them away? Do you document your Valentine’s Day? I hope you are inspired!
Have fun creating!

Terhi xx
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Happy Canada Day, Oh Canada and more with Guest Designer Michelle Gallant!

Jun

Floral Layout:

My first LO was inspired by the pretty flowers on the Patriotic Blossoms paper. I knew as soon as I saw it that I needed to fussy cut those flowers. So a few hours later (lol), I had the whole 12×12 paper fussy cut! I didn’t want to waste any of those flowers so they all went on my layout.

Michelle Gallant is up on the Pebbles blog today; don't miss her darling Canada Day layouts!

Here’s a closer look at all the dimension those flowers added to my layout. I added some foam squares on some of them to make them pop more.

After all those flowers, I really didn’t need to do much more to my LO. A title, journaling, some stitching, a few other embellishments and I was done.

Stitching layout:

My next layout took a bit more time to make. Well, a lot more time. I love the look of stitching on layouts but I don’t have a sewing machine so I have to hand stitch. It probably took me about 5 hours to stitch these circles but I’m so happy I did it! I used a cut file from Paige Taylor Evans and backed the stars with pattern paper. I love how this layout feels so happy and festive! I modified the title from the thickers so it would say First of July instead of Fourth.

Here’s a close up of the stitching. I was up until 2:00am stitching this. Once I started I didn’t want to stop! lol

These 3D stars were my absolute favorite thing in this collection. I knew I had to add a few of them on my layout!

So now I’ve showed you how to use this collection on everyday layouts and even Canada Day layouts. I hope I’ve inspired you to go out and get this collection!

Thanks for stopping by!