Hello Studio Forty friends! How are you? It's Nuria here today sharing with you a new inspiration using the amazing Essentials Summer collection. I can't get enough of using this collection! Today we are going to create a layout using squares of paper. Let's get started!

How funny a photocall can be in a party! Few years ago my kids decided themselves to organise a photocall for my B-day party. Since then, the photocall has become the golden star of the day. I love their creative initiative!    

The LO is 12'x12', it is inspired by a street advertising poster in Barcelona. Inspiration is everywhere! ;)

It contains 11 squares of patterned paper (2'x2') with the singular effect that a tip folded creates. The facing of folded squares makes singular forms and spaces. The space formed in the middle is a square in which the cropped photo pops up. 

It's time to embellish the paper squares with different elements: a tiny vellum star with a white heart stamped, and a stamped wooden charm are the perfect combination to hang from white thread wrapped arround the paper square. 

You can also use die cuts, enamels and transparent stickers from the collection. This time I adhere the stickers directly on patterned paper (and not on a white cardstock). You can also use little sequins to give some movement to the composition. I love interactive elements! 

As to let the layout breath, it is important to leave some spaces with no squares of paper. These spaces were embellished in different ways: a pastel wax seal and some white thread underneath,

or you can cut out geometric forms from the PL cards, add a 'good times' transparent sticker and finalise it with some enamel dots. Take a look at spaces on the margin of the layout: I used a couple of flowers white stamped on vellum and hand cut.  

But probably my fav part of this layout is the hidden envelope, containing the journaling of this memory. I keep it closed with a puffy sticker. The fake envelope is handmade (no tools used) and adapted with a piecce of white cardstock for the text.

One final pic in which you can see that all elements are placed on a "sandwich": white cardstock first, a beautiful patterned paper underneath to create a frame and a 12'x12' white cardstock as final layer.

That's all for today! Hope you enjoyed today's post and don't forget to visit Studio Forty shop website, you will get 10% off with the code nuria10! Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely week! 

Nuria

Hello crafty friends, it's Nuria and today I want to share with you a mini album made with Essentials collection. Sometimes you have a little story to document with few pictures and you feel like a very structured album is too much for the occasion. Today's mini album is the type which can perfectly fit with little stories. Take a close look because it is done with project life cards, no cardboard needed, and a spiral as binding. Can you see this stamped heart on a wood charm?

During the weekend I did some gardening tasks and repaired an exterior table. It was the first time I repaired the table, so I wanted to document it. I took few pictures of the table (the process), of the nature sorrounding me (a bee flying on the rosemary and the first flower on my strawberries plant) and... of me (another flower ;P). Then, I chose the PL cards I liked most taking into account the colours of the pictures or the picture itself. 

For example in these pages I chose the PL card with orange-pinky flowers as pattern because I wanted to emphasize the bee. In addition, I edited the image in B/W but keeping the bee's colours (orange, black and white). I decorated with phrases of transparent stickers, I stamped a heart, added an enamel and some white yarn underneath the sticker. 

My sander played an important role in repairing the table. It's orange, I chose the PL card with the orange camera illustration. I decorated with labels cut in half and, underneath, with stamped flowers and pink tabs.

I enjoyed a lot making these two pages about my strawberries plant: I edited the picture in B/W but keeping the natural colour of the flower. The black and white PL card was perfect for the picture. I decided to higlight the yellow colour of the flower spreading some yellow watercolor on the PL card, I stamped "plant vibes" on black and glued "in full bloom" on a white cardboard and then on the PL card. From the photo I cut out the part of the flower with a circular die cut and I glued the flower on the photo again, upper than former place. I glued a piece of white cardboard underneath the picture and stamped "love this" on black. I added some enamels and a puffy in yellow as final touch.

I kept these pages very simple, a full size picture on one side. And in the other side, I cut out two elements of the PL cards ("just smile" bubble and a tea bag), I glued the bubble with volume on a white PL card and I hung the tea bag from the bubble. I added an enamel dot to finalise the decoration.

In these pages I also decorated with cut out elements of other PL cards and stamped a bit.

Hope this project inspired you a lot! Have a lovely week! 

Don't forget to visit Studio Forty shop website, you will get 10% off with the code nuria10!

Nuria