Merry Xmas - With Alexandra Renke

Good morning how are you? I can honestly say I am feeling the mojo flowing and I am starting to get my creative self back with is great - have been a bit of kilter wanted to scrap, try and sit to scrap, then not have any energy to scrap..... hopefully this is the end of this cycle and it will flow a little better from now on....

Today I am sharing with you another Christmas layout using the stunning Alexandra Renke papers... these papers really make for an effortless scrapping experience..... and of course a lot of fussy cutting.

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Till next time have a creative day

Rikki G xxx

ACC Tropical Sunrise Blind Crop - Results

Good morning how are you all? I am here to share with you Annas Craft Cupboard Tropical Sunrise Cyber Crops Blind Crop layout, and for those who played along Thank you so much!!! You really do make the Blind Crops a lot of fun and once again it was a great laugh!!! 

For those who played along this is what your layout should have looked like when you followed the instructions.....

Step 1: Cut 1 inch (2.5 cm) off the side of your pattern paper.

Step 2: Cut 1 inch (2.5 cm) off the bottom of your pattern paper.

Step 3: Distress all your edges.

Step 4: Stick your pattern paper to your cardstock so you have a boarder.

Step 5: You will need 9 strips of coordinating pattern paper or sticker strips, you decide your widths and lengths they will be making a cluster in the centre of your page so this will give you some idea….

Step 6: Now you have your strips prepped you can also distress them if you like, even use a boarder punch to give you a different edge.

Step 7: Now you layer your strips in the centre of your page in a vertically direction….. Going the width of approx. 6 1/2 inches (16.5cm).

Step 8: Add a cluster of cotton thread on top of your strips making sure you can see some on your background.

Step 9: Cut Pattern Paper #1  - 4 ½ inches x 5 inches (11.5cm x 13cm), distress edges if you like and attach to the centre of your cluster with foam mount.

Step 10: Cut Pattern Paper #2 -  4.5 inches x 4 inches (6.5 cm x 10cm), distress edges if you like, attach to pp #1 with foam tape in the centre (vertically).

Step 11: Cut Pattern Paper #3 – 2.1/2 inches x 4 inches (6.5cm x 10 cm), distress edges if you like, attach to pp #2 to the right hand side with foam mount. When sticking this make sure the layer is hanging over pp #1 ( so it shows all your layers).

Step 12: Add your photo over the layers with foam mount.

Step 13: Add Ephemera around the left hand side of the photo.

Step 14: Add Ephemera in and around your layers on the right hand side of the photo.

Step 15: Add a Title to the bottom left hand side of your photo.

Step 16: Finish off your layout with any bling eg – sequins, enamel dots, rhinestones, glitter whatever you need to make it your own.

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So till next time have a creative day 

Rikki 

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