Bella Blvd Studio Blog: Use the Let's Scrapbook collection and a selfie photo l Kirei Baldwin

Hi Everyone! It's Kirei here with a layout featuring the Let's Scrapbook collection with a particular focus on the Ciao-Chip Chipboard Stickers! I'm using a selfie photo taken during a fun weekend in Luxembourg for Lisa Fonseca and Shara Crane's crafty workshop... I went over with two of my scrapping besties and we had the best time! This really is the perfect collection to scrap those fun memories!

I stuck an 11" square of white card to the stripey Scrappy Talk patterned paper (gutted the centre first!) to create a frame for my layout and then I added some machine stitching around the border.

I'm loving the Kaleidoscope patterned paper and decided to make a central circular feature using the triangles. So I cut out two of each in all eight colours, then distressed the edges. I placed them down in rainbow order to create a circle, slightly overlapping each one. Once I was happy with the placement I stuck them down.

Then I took my photo and used a die to cut it into a circle, and then mounted it onto a slightly larger circle cut from the Scrappy Talk paper (text side). This was stuck to the centre of the triangles using foam pads to add dimension.

I decided to add my title next as I wanted to use the Ciao-Chip Chipboard Stickers and as they are quite large I thought it would be easier to add my embellishments once the title was stuck down! I went with 'Scrappy Friends' and as they are quite colourful I mounted them on the grid side of the Kaleidoscope paper and fussy cut around the two words. This allowed them to stand out more against the coloured triangles when they were stuck down.

Now onto the embellishment clusters... I pulled out a selection of fun, crafty elements from the Ciao-Chip Stickers, Ephemera Icons and Epoxy Stickers. I didn't use too many as I wanted the rainbow circle of triangles to still be seen!

I finished off by adding some hand-stitching to each of the triangles, rather than leaving them plain. I think it was just what they needed!

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by! I hope you like my latest layout and feel inspired to use the Let's Scrapbook collection and even have fun creating a central circular design!