~*Lazy Sunny Days *~

Hi all, Gems here. This month I got to to work with the gorgeous Sassafras – Sunshine Broadcast range. The colours and patterns are so pretty I couldn’t wait to cut into them and get creating. 

One thing I always admire on other people's scrapbook pages is the look of handcut patterns from patterned papers, however, I rarely have the time (and patience if I am honest!) to sit and intricately cut out complex  flowers etc. from sheets of paper. So Sassafras ‘Foldies’ provide the perfect product to imitate the look of handcut without the work. 

The ‘Foldies’ come as a 12x12 sheet, and have numerous designs of different shapes and sizes. 

The flowers are die-cut and you simply pop them out from their 12x12 sheet, fold them where specified and voila, you have perfect flower embellishments in seconds! 

I created the following layouts all using Sassafras - Sunshine Broadcast patterned papers, sweet treats stickers and journaling stickers along with the ‘Foldies’ to embellish my layouts. 

[Beautiful Innocence]

For this layout I wanted the focus to remain on the photo of my daughter, so I kept the design pretty simple. I simply mounted my photo on a piece of the 'Kindle' paper which I then stuck onto my background paper, 'Static'. I then used the Foldies along the left hand side of my photo which I finished with some pretty self-adhesive pearls in lemonade.  

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[Sweet and Lovely]

This layout of my girly playing with some bubbles in the sunshine seemed to suit these papers perfectly. Instead of using an alphabet to create my title, I simply used one of the Sweet Treats stickers.

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[First and Last Day of Reception]

For this layout I used the gorgeous 'Golden Hour' patterned paper as my background. I then mounted my photographs onto a strip of 'Beaming' and one of the co-ordinating journaling tags.
I then added one of the strips from the shaped bottoms of the patterned papers, and also added the alphabet strip from the 'Golden Hour' paper. I used Adornit Tiny Alphas for the first half of my title and Sassafras alpha for the rest. I embellished the layout using the Sweet Treats stickers and Foldies. 

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 So go and check out the gorgeous Sunshine Broadcast range by Sassafras and the extremely useable 'Foldies' which have just been restocked! Thanks for stopping by :) Love Gems xoxo

Ways with Sassafras

Sadly, this is Rachael's last project and class for us as she moves on to papstures new. We will miss you, Rachael and thank you for everything you have done over your past couple of years time with us

Without further ado, here is the class Rachael prepared for us before leaving:

Products used:
Sassafras Sweetly Smitten and Starters
Zva Creative pearl swirl

1. Using a sheet of starters paper for your background add a small square
of patterned paper that has been stitched around the top half. Don't
adhere the square right to the edges so you can tuck other elements
underneath. Add one of the great strips that come on the bottom of all
of the Sassafras papers.

 2. Cut out some flowers from the Vintage Lovely paper and add a couple to
the bottom right hand corner of your square. To get extra depth onto
my pages I use a lot of pin flair glue gel which is a silicone free
gel that can be used to raise elements off the page. On these flowers
I have used the usual adhesive along the straight edge that is going
to be covered by more paper and added some gel to the area that will
be on show so it is slightly raised from the page. Add a length of the
die cut strip across the bottom of the square and your photo.

3. Cut out a selection of flower and leaves from the Vintage Lovely and
Floral Fields patterned paper and arrange them at the left hand side
of your page. Add them in the same way as you did the other, using
your usual adhesive on the bottom and pin flair on the top.

4. When ever I use stickers on a page I always matt them onto scraps of
paper first and then cut them out, I can safely move them around my
page without worrying that I won't be able to unstick them. Add your
cloud and journaling block to the top of your square.

5. Add a pearl swirl across the bottom of your square.

6. Build up the right hand corner using cut out flowers and stickers.
Ensure that the end of the pearl swirl is covered.

7. Add some flowers to the top of the square along with your title. I
have added extra detail by using green stickles on the centre of each
of the flowers

Rachael created a second page using Sassafras papers:



All of the Sassafras patterned papers have a gorgeous die cut strip at
the bottom of each sheet, we all spend a lot of money on border
punches but Sassafras have created a product where we don't need to
use them! I wanted to create a page where the border strips formed a
major part of the design.

I created this page in very simalar way to the first in that I cut out
elements from the patterned paper that I liked and thought I could use
and then built the page around that.