Hillside Cottage Scrapbook Layouts

Hillside Cottage Gather Layout

For this layout I did a technique to make my own background texture paper using foil and Distressed Oxide Ink in Tattered Rose, see the 11 1/2 x 1 1/2 piece and  6 x 2 piece on the first page; also the     3 1/2 x 6 on the second page. To do this you take a piece of foil and gently crumble it then open back up. Then spread it flat and dab the Tattered Rose Distressed Oxide Ink over the foil. Next I sprayed in gently with water, now lay your cardstock piece on top and gently press down. If you do not get it all covered the way you want, you can reposition the paper and press it down again. 

 

Repeat as needed until you have the look your desire and repeat with each piece. Lastly using the Mini Ink Blending Tool I distressed the edges of those papers.

Supplies used for this two page layout were Hillside Cottage Paper Packet + Sticker Sheet,  Hillside Cottage Coordinating Cardstock, Hillside Cottage Scrapbooking Stamp + Thin Cuts. This stamp set is also available without Thin Cuts. The inks I used were: Mink, Sage, Flamingo, Blue Belle, Canary, and Black. 

 

Hillside Cottage Hiking Layout

For this layout I continued with the Hillside Cottage Papers and also the May-June Mix-In Paper Packet, and May-June Mix-In Coordinating Cardstock. I made some flowers using a 1" circle punch. For this you will need 6 circles, one for the bases and 5 for the petals. I used the Black with white polka dots from the May-June Mix-In Paper Packet. Cover most of the base circle with Liquid Glass as this allows for repositioning as needed. Then place the other 5 circles on it in a circle each one meeting in the center of the base. When you have them all on reposition as needed. let this dry a bit, the embellish the center as desired. 

I used a piece of first aid gauze and one of the Black dots from our Black & White Adhesive backed Dots. I then hand cut a few leaves from the scraps of Hillside Cottage Sage Woodgrain Paper. 

I also used sand paper the remove some of the gloss on a couple photos so I could then use stamps and StazOn Ink to stamp a saying. See the top left photo in first page and top right photo in the second page. I also used the sandpaper to distressed the edges of my photos. I have always loved this technique especially on nature layouts.

Hope you enjoy these layouts. If you have any questions please let me know.

Lovely Layouts

 Here are 2 two-page layouts that I made using the Lovely paper packet and sticker sheet, coordinating cardstock, and the Lovely Borders Stamp and Thin Cuts set. These are all from the core September 2020 through August 2021 catalog.

 Hi everyone hope your day is going well. Sorry I have not been on here in quite some time. Life got hectic and then I couldn't get into my blog. Time went on and I just forgot all about it. We have been busy redo my craft room and putting it back together. I finally  after much researching got access to my blog today. 

Now that my craft room is almost back together I am getting back into crafting and starting some virtual classes. With all that is going on in our country I feel we need and outlet for creativity more than ever. Please watch for future posts about what I am creating, and info on future classes. 

Hugs and blessings,

Barbi

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