Scrapbooking with Circles – with Lorraine

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Hello there everyone!

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Lorraine here today sharing a 12×12 scrapbook layout using the February kit Rise and Shine here.

How fun are the patterned papers this month, I adore anything with clouds on so the blue clouds with yellow heart raindrops won me over straight away. I wanted to get most of the papers on my layout so decided use lots of different circles, a photo of my granddaughter surrounded by bubble was ideal to feature on this creation.

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I created the circles by selecting three different sized objects to draw round, a gesso tub, Nuvo Drops bottle and a paint pot, drawing around each one lightly with a pencil and cutting out by hand. Each circle was then distressed with a edge distressed tool to create extra texture but is also a great way to hide any wonky cutting! Along with the patterned papers I used the yellow paper bag and blue tissue paper, this gave a lovely effect of slightly opaque circles. I added black pen work to the circles, some with dash, some with solid lines and some with doodling.

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The cute die cuts were raised on 3D foam pads and added to key focal points, they were perfect for documenting bath time with a cup of tea. The images don’t quite pick up the areas that I lightly coloured with the pencils, there are all four colours around the circumference of the circles and the text paper has the days of the weeks coloured in too. I have splattered the background lightly using Heidi Swapp Tinsel Colour Shine and some pink Nuvo Drops.

I created a banner using the stencil from this months kit draw onto the pink paper and fussy cut. Adding some of the yellow sequins and tiny sequin stars adds a fun finish.

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Thank you for joining me today and I hope I have inspired you with my Rise and Shine bubbles,

Lorraine xxx