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Belinda Jane

Memorykeeper. Mother. Maker

March 19, 2018

One photo, two layouts

I had this beautiful photo that I’d taken of Jack and Violet when he was just a couple of weeks old. My initial plan was to create just one layout to go into our family album. But I ended up printing out two copies of the photo in different sizes, not sure which one I wanted to use. So rather than let the second go to waste I decided to make a second layout to go into Jack’s album.

Brother & Sister

This is the layout I first created. The papers and vellum all came from a Studio Calico kit, the embellishments from digging through my stash. I’ve had this giant acrylic ampersand sitting in a container on my desk for a very long time. I’m happy to have finally used it.

My embellishment clusters are pretty basic and boring so that’s something I want to work on improving through practice. And I didn’t really think through the placement of my title before sticking everything down. I centred the title by the ampersand which meant that the ‘brother’ and ‘sister’ alphas aren’t even across the page. It’s a little annoying but I’m just leaving it because really, who is going to care?

Some close-up images:

She Loves You

And here we are with the layout to go into Jack’s album. This layout came together after making my way through a couple of big chunks of Victoria Marie’s “Layering Like a Boss” classes (available here) using one of the sketches provided. I think there is a pretty noticeable difference in the overall design from the first layout above, even though they were only created a week or so apart. The other great thing about this one was that I was able to finish the entire thing while both Jack and Violet were having a nap. Winning!

Supplies for this one mostly came from a Gossamer Blue kit with some extra embellishments from my stash.

More detailed images:

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March 18, 2018

Hybrid layout – Believe in Myself

This layout is taken directly from this blog post back in 2016 which was sparked by the Ali Edwards “Believe” story kit. It’s just taken me this long to make it into a layout.

I struggled a little bit to get it to look the way I wanted it to. I dug through my stash of Studio Calico kits and found some papers that I wanted to use with nice, soft colours. I really loved the grid paper and knew I wanted to use it for my journalling. But when I tried printing straight onto it, the journalling just got lost on it. So I tried printing on vellum instead and laying it over the top. It’s ok, but not really what I wanted. I would have preferred the vellum to be a little more translucent. And then there was the problem of how to adhere the vellume to the paper without being able to see the adhesive. If anyone has any awesome tips for that I’d love to hear them.

I thought I’d pull embellishments straight from the physical products that came in the Ali Edwards story kit but the colours just didn’t work and I couldn’t pull enough out of the kit to make it work. So instead I grabbed the digital kit and decided to make my own. I picked a couple of different colours that I liked and recoloured the elements to suit before printing and fussy cutting them out to add to my layout. I really loved doing it this way and expect I’ll start dabbling in more hybrid work from now on.

More detailed photos of the layout are below.

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March 17, 2018

Layout Share – Best Girl

 

In between caring for a newborn and taming a toddler over my summer break from uni, I was able to work on quite a few scrapbook layouts which made me so happy. When it’s been a while I forget how much fun it is to play with product and make pretty things.

I’ve been watching LOADS of YouTube videos from various papercrafters and memory keepers around the world and have felt really inspired to do more with my layouts and put my mountains of product to good use. I also signed up to a couple of Victoria Marie’s online classes to pick up some inspiration and tricks for layering. A link to her blog (and classes) is available here .

I put this layout together after getting through a few of the lessons in the Layering Like A Boss classes. And honestly, it took a really long time to come together. Like any new skill, I guess it’s something that will get easier with practice. But I am really happy with the finished product and I can’t wait to try using more layering techniques and clustering of embellishments on future layouts.

The papers for this layout came from a Studio Calico kit. I believe it was the Birds and the Bees scrapbook kit. And most of  the embellishments have come from digging through my stash. There are also a few leaf-y die cuts which I cut out with my silhouette cameo.

Some close-up photos are below.  

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My latest project for the CUT to YOU Design Team had me challenged to use TITLE themed cut files, so I went all in and created this super bright and fun 2-page Easter scrapbook layout.

I realised that I have about 3 years of Easter documenting to catch up on, and the March release from CUT to YOU, which was full of gorgeous Easter themed files, was just the push I needed to get started on getting some stories documented.⁣⁠
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**Supplies for this layout**
Paper + embellishments: Photoplay
Cut Files: 
"Some Bunny Special" - https://createdbygwen.com.au/product/some-bunny-special-title-cut-file/
"Bunny Kisses Easter Wishes" - https://createdbygwen.com.au/product/bunny-kisses-easter-wishes-title-cut-file/

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Scrapbooking Process | Bunnies | CUT to YOU Design Team
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Hello beautiful friends!
I am back with another tutorial as part of my new series to share some of my techniques with you.

Today I am showing you how I use my Silhouette software and Cameo to cut backing pieces for intricate cut files. I am not a person who enjoys fussy cutting back pieces so for me this technique makes the whole process so much easier.

Since this is very new to me I welcome any feedback you have to offer.  And of course if there is anything in particular you would like to see in this series please let me know!

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Scrapbooking Tips, Tricks & Tutorials | Backing intricate cut files with your Silhouette
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My latest project for the CUT to YOU Design Team featuring Paper Rose Studio products is here!
I realised that I have about 3 years of Easter documenting to catch up on, and the March release from CUT to YOU, which was full of gorgeous Easter themed files, was just the push I needed to get started on getting some stories documented.⁣⁠
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I used the Easter Egg with Bow file to create this layout documenting my son's first Easter all the way back in 2018!

**Supplies for this layout**
Paper + embellishments: Paper Rose, Tim Holtz
Cut File: "Easter Egg with Bow" - https://createdbygwen.com.au/product/easter-egg-with-bow-cut-file//

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Scrapbooking Process | Easter Sunday | CUT to YOU Design Team
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My cute little bunnies 🐰. I am loving documenti My cute little bunnies 🐰. I am loving documenting some Easter photos this month for the @cut_to_you Design Team.⁣⁠
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For my latest project for the @cut_to_you Design T For my latest project for the @cut_to_you Design Team I was challenged to create a layout featuring Titles. So I went all in and created this super fun two-page layout featuring big bold cut file titles.⁣⁠
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Are you someone like me who doesn't have an abunda Are you someone like me who doesn't have an abundance of patience when it comes to backing intricate cut files? If the answer is yes, you might want to head over to my YouTube channel to check out the latest video in my Tips, Tricks and Tutorials series.⁣⁠
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Here is a closer look at those fringed paper layer Here is a closer look at those fringed paper layer details from my latest project for the @cut_to_you Design Team. I am so in love with the pretty pastels that feature in the @paperrosestudio Spring Blessings collection.⁣⁠
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My latest project for the @cut_to_you Design Team My latest project for the @cut_to_you Design Team featuring @paperrosestudio products is now up on my YouTube channel.⁣⁠
I realised that I have about 3 years of Easter documenting to catch up on, and the March release from CUT to YOU, which was full of gorgeous Easter themed files, was just the push I needed to get started on getting some stories documented.⁣⁠
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I used the Easter Egg with Bow file to create this layout documenting my son's first Easter all the way back in 2018.⁣⁠
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