12" x 12" scrapbook paper books with pockets

These are so much fun to make, you take a 12x12" sheet of paper and fold it in half then in half again. I used white paper and then bind them together with two 6x6" chipboard covers that you have decorated as desired.

To create the stunning red butterfly book, I used the fabulous Mariposa DCWV cardstock for embellishing the covers and adding accents to the pages. I used Stampin Up ink in ruby red,rose red and pumpkin pie to add colour and stamp the hero arts butterflies. I also used versamark clear and clear embossing powder to create the gloss finish on the cover.

The blue and green creation was a class I attended. This used the Stampin Up range of papers and colours. The predominant colours were Night of Navy and Kiwi Kiss. The Urban Series of paper was used for the embellishments.

Both books were bound using a Zutter Bind-It-All.

Hope you enjoy!

Scrapbooking - Santa Maria Sofra and Minerva

I loved Rome and found the churches and buildings to be amazing. I loved how there were these ancient structures and someone had put modern touches to them. I loved how there were stunning sculptures throughout the city and how accessible the beauty and art was.

I loved the colour of the bricks and wanted to echo this in my layout. This is using white cardstock and sponging it. I used a mix of Stampin Up colours including Really Rust, Bravo Burgundy and Pumpkin Pie. I then used the So Swirly Roller and created the lovely swirl effect, and added script stamps over some of the cardstock to have a contrasting paper. I used plain cardstock and cut the letters from Cuttlebug "Curls n Swirls" alphabet. I added journalling and some hand dyed crocheted flowers dyed using the co-ordinating inks from the layout.

I used circular cutouts to highlight the fluid architectural forms in my photos.

Scrapbooking - Olney

I encorporated real lace into my layout. I had a beautiful Walter Knabe design paper and thought this would work beautifully with lace and ribbon. I cut the photos and frames with my Spellbinder rectangles and used Kindy Glitz to emphasize the lace effect of the scallops. I added some stamping and glimmer mist as well as a few flourished die cuts, lace paper, paper flowers and diamante's to finish of the look.

Scrapbooking - Bedford

Hope you are well, it has been hectic of late and I have not spent much time uploading my photos. I have finished the engagement scrapbook album and a few other projects which I will show you as I have time to upload them, as well as keeping up with my studies, working and finding time to craft...

During my European Trip, my main point of reference was Bedford, as I had family friends who I stayed with there. It is an interesting area of the country and is close to Milton Keynes, Olney and Cambridge and the train to London left frequently, making it an ideal base.


I had to encorporate lace into my layouts as Bedford and Olney were the lace making centres of England, and therefore I wanted to be sympathetic to this heritage. I loved the brickwork and symmetry in the design of a number of the buildings and wanted to encorporate a number of photos at once into my layout.

I used Creative Memories for the hexagonal shapes, Bosskut dies for the flourish, the title was cut in Cuttlebug "Hippie Chick" and Bosskut "Apricot" fonts. I will upload the hexagonal designed page layout soon.

Hope you enjoy!