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Hi all! Nicole here. I have a fun mixed media layout to share with you today. I'm going to share how easy it is to create a mixed media layout using a few acrylic paints and pretty paper from A.B. Studios/May Day! I love A.B. Studio's papers because you can get the look of a mixed media layout without having to do too much work!  To begin, I cut two of the patterned papers to measure 8 1/2x11 and 7 1/2x10 then matted the smaller cut to the center of the layout. Then I matted my photo with a scrap piece of patterned paper.  I used the Drop Dead Gorgeous acrylic paint from the Add-on Kit/Bliss/Bad Girls Couture to paint across the layout. I wanted to break up the reds and pinks a bit. And I love blue...so.... I thought it would be perfect for the layout.  Next, I used a marker to color the chipboard piece. I ended up not using the turquoise. I colored another piece of chipboard using a purple marker.  I had several swaps of patterned fabric that I thought would look pretty cool on this layout. Once I was satisfied with the placement of the fabric, I used fabric glue to mount them across the layout.  I used the Chipboard pieces from Studio Forty as photo corners for the layout and then tucked one beneath the photo. The die cut and flowers were from my stash. And the butterfly veneer was painted using the X-rated acrylic paint!  I created a tag using a scrap piece of patterned paper and added the polka dot ribbon. Love the chick feel of this layout. It's totally fun and I had so much fun creating this piece.   To complete the layout, I added a little bit of journaling within the circle at the bottom. What do you think? Click here to buy some beautiful papers and paint to get started on your next mixed media project. I can't wait to see what you share in the Clique Group on Facebook!  
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Hello there! Giorgia here today on the Clique Blog with a project that gave me so much happiness while making it because it features two of my favorite techniques: machine stitching and fussy cutting. I love patterned papers with flowers, butterflies or other elements that you can cut to use as embellishments or to create something different... For me it is so relaxing to cut them while listening to music! This project was inspired by my confetti bookmarks, do you remember them? i wanted to create something similar, but this time I made a card, a slimline card to be precise (I especially love this format lately, it is cute and really up to date!)  I created the base with white cardstock and then I machine sewed a piece of vellum on top of it, leaving one side open. I filled with sequins and I finished sewing the last side to keep everything in place. Now I grab a flower patterned paper and started to fussy cut flowers, leaves and branches. I arranged them on the two sides of the card and I added a butterfly (you can find something similar here).   In the centre I placed a big puffy stickers as sentiment and I added a little stamped phrase (the stamp I used is from my stash but in the shop you can find something similar, for example this one and this one). I fussy cut also the stamp, I am quite a fussy cutting maniac LOL.  This is the paper I used: PAPER 2 | PAIGE EVANS BLOOM STREET | PINK PAISLEE, but In the shop you can find a looooot of flower papers that scream "fussy cut me!!" - I link some of my favorites:
This card will be the complement to a box full of sweets that I made: I always love to give my friends some little gifts to remember them how much I love them! For this box I combined two kits that features the new Paige Evans collection:  The little birds in one of the kits are my favorites! They are the cutest! I also added two little flowers from the package in the kit: they are perfect to create shakers too (I could try to make another card filled with them!)  Ciao, alla prossima,  Good morning everyone! Sarah here this morning, sharing my first layout for the Clique Kits design team! I am using the Fall Stories kit and add-on kit. This kit has so much in it! But I decided to challenge myself and use mostly one paper. I pulled the Simple Stories Boo Crew 3x4 elements, it has all these cute little Halloween things on it. So I started with that paper and of course bits and pieces pulled from the rest of the kit. I started with a white background, but as you can see, I changed that eventually. Color backgrounds aren't something I normally do, but I'm really starting to like it. I cut the Boo Crew paper apart, did some fussy cutting of those pieces and started layering behind my photos. I pulled bits and pieces from the kit and embellishment add on and started to tuck things in here and there. When I put my photo cluster on my background, it looked to plain, so I went through the kit and grabbed the yellow/orange cardstock and tried my cluster on top of it and I liked it. I wanted something else too, so I grabbed a cut file I made and played with it behind my photo. I found where I liked it, but it needed something else. So, I decided to dry brush some black paint where I was going to put the cut file.  I put my cut file back and really liked how it looked, but of course I wanted a little more texture, so I ran it through my sewing machine with black thread. I added a little bit of messy stitching to the left of where my photo cluster was going to go as well. I watered down some of my black paint and added some splatters across my layout, popped up my photo cluster on some 3D adhesive and placed it down where I wanted it. I tucked in some of the pumpkins I fussy cut, with little messy thread bundles behind them. I pulled some alphas from my stash and added my title and was done.
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For this Coptic book I have used all the papers from the 6x8 pack that you can find in the Kit. The size of this Coptic book is 3x4. I like making them small, because all the details and decorations are together and I like being them in such a small size!
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Normally when I do a Coptic book I do not include anything on the inside, but this time, as in the die cuts set from the Kit I had some small envelopes and pockets I decided to include them inside my book to add more decorations and when I fill it with pictures I have extra pockets to put more details on it.
For the cover I used some cloth I had at home that I use for cross stitching (I do not know the technical name as I am not a very professional sewer LOL) and I like to use different materials when I make the covers of my Coptic books.
For the spine I have combined some beads, puffy stickers included in the Junior Kit and some die cuts that were also in the kit. I loveeeeee seeing the spines so full of details!! I hope you like it too!
I hope to be back very soon with new projects to show!! Take care and stay healthy! Lots of love,
Isa
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Hello Everyone, it's Piroska here today with my latest post for Clique International. The start of the new school year was pretty unusual in Hungary too, with all that mask-wear and hand sanitizers, parents not allowed to enter school buildings... so I was inspired to make one more layout about it, this time featuring my daughter. She's just started Grade 2 and was very excited to meet her classmates again, after spending the last 3 months of the previous year at home, in distance learning.
For my layout I used (mainly) the Zoom Festival Base Kit. First I cut the Grade School cut file of CUT to YOU from white cardstock. I only wanted to back the word Grade and the number 2, as it was an expansion of my title. I chose the Girls Girls Girls paper from the One of a Kind collection of My Mind's Eye, which you can find in the Zoom Festival Base Kit. I framed a 11.5x11.5 white cardstock with it, and backed the words. I also machine stitched the frame.
I glued down the backed cut file and started to decorate my page. First I matted my 2 photos with some patterned papers from the same collection: Girls, Girls, Girls and Her Story. Also added a piece of vellum under the paper scraps. I also added some fussy cut scallopped border strips from the Sprinkles paper of the Sweet Story collection by Crate Paper and some tags from the Zoom Festival Base Kit under the photos.
I fussy cut some blush and white flowers from the beautiful UR Beautiful paper of the Kate & Ash collection by Simple Stories, which you can find in the Zoom Festival Base Kit. I had stamped leaves left from my previous post, which I made with the Glorious Foliage Kit from the Explore & Learn Series. These Newton's Nook stamps are great and the Catherine Pooler stamping pad in Eucalyptus is so beautiful, it can be used for many projects ;-) I also added some leaves which I dye cut with my Sizzix using some Tim Holtz and Lora Bailora dies from my stash.
Finally I added my title using the Kate & Ash Foam Stickers of Simple Stories, which is also in the Zoom Festival Base Kit. I also added a clip and some icon ephemeras from the Home+Made collection of Jen Hadfield, which was in the Sweet Story Base Kit.
I hope you've liked my inspiration and you also try to mix the different kits, it is so fun! :-D
Good morning. Nicole here! So far, Edward has been doing well with the virtual learning. It's tough, but he's handling it like a champ. It's even harder for us moms... but we are living in not so normal times, taking it one day at a time.
I finally played with this gorgeous May Day paper from A.B. Studios! And it's still available in the shop. Seriously, this layout looks like it took awhile, but it really was simple... the paper pretty much makes it look like more than what it actually is! I love it, too!
While looking through my stash, I found a variety of journaling cards and chipboard pieces from Studio Forty that went well with this layout! I like the touch of pink, too.
I stamped the image of the books onto white cardstock and colored them in with markers. Then I fussy cut the image and mounted it to the layout using foam squares to add dimension. These stamps are new from Studio Forty!
What do you think? I love how hip this layout looks. So fun!
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