Joining together with a Little Toot

Hi there

Welcome to Friday!!

It is Toni, Michelle, Pearl and Vicki here to give you a “Little Toot” of inspiration for the weekend.

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Vicki says “The Little Toot collection is so colourful and playful that I couldn’t resist scrapping this shot of my little boy in the park.”“LETS PLAY CATCH” BY VICKI MORRIS

Materials List: Kaisercraft – Little Toot – Directory (Specialty Die Cut), Kaisercraft – Little Toot – Screech, Kaisercraft – Little Toot – Putt, Kaisercraft – Little Toot – Cruise, Kaisercraft – Little Toot – Bumper, Kaisercraft – Little Toot – Paper Pad, Kaisercraft – Little Toot – Sticker Sheet, Kaisercraft – Alpha Chipboard, Misc Buttons, Glimmermist, White Pen.

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Pearl says “The Little Toot collection is also perfect for vacations and road trips! I used a combination of Honk and Bang pattern papers to create this layout featuring a recent road trip, where we took the scenic route around the Hudson Valley area in upstate New York. The different winds and scenes on the road reminded me of the pattern on Honk which perfectly compliment the layout. I used a craft knife to carefully cut the road and pond out, layering it on top of a dome-trimmed Bang pattern paper, and further layering a rounded-corner photo of the Hudson Valley. To embellish, I layered a smaller photo (shaped by the road) with foam squares to add dimension, punched a border from Bang pattern paper to mimic washi tape, added a hot air balloon Layered Printed Chipboard, wrote on a snip of journaling tag, and added sparkle with glitter glue to various graphics on the layout.”

“Road Trip” Layout by Pearl Lui

Materials Used: Little Toot Honk (P686), Bang (P687), Layered Printed Chipboard (CB130); Chipboard Letters (CB107); Acrylic Paint in Deep Yellow (KC006); Others: craft knife, punches, glitter glue

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Michelle found that the Little Toot collection of papers was absolutely perfect for layouts of little boys playing with both lego and trains.

 

 

“Lego Genius” by Michelle Frisby

Materials used : from the Little Toot collection – PP846 paper pad punch outs, P688 Putt, P689 Screech, PS155 Road Trip, SS105 Little Toot Sticker Sheet, RB923 Rub ons

Extras : Colorwash, bakers twine, cardstock, peg, buttons, corrugated cardboard, embroidery thread

Tip : a little torn corrugated cardboard adds depth and texture [and another layer] … and I’ve added some hand sewing to frame my photo

and this layout has a gorgeous wee man, Finn [waving at you Finn - thank you for letting me make a layout using photos of you when you were a wee boy] …

 

“Trains and boats and planes” by Michelle Frisby

Materials used : from the Little Toot collection – CB130 printed chipboard, PP846 paper pad – die cuts and strips and background paper, RB923 rub ons, EM925 tags – raw, SS105 sticker Sheet and JT622 journal tags

Extras: Colorwash, corrugated cardboard, button, ink, hessian, flags, cardstock, peg

Tip : I’ve pulled a little piece of thread from my hessian and popped in three stitches down the side of my patterned paper.  Just to add a little navy colour on that side of my layout.

The orange peg and raw tag on the right hand side isn’t adhered to the layout – I’m leaving that free so that the recipient of this layout [the Mum of my wee model Finn], can do a little bit of journaling before she tucks this layout away in her album.

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Toni says “These papers were perfect to go with photos I had just received of my nephew and his new baby boy.

I loved the bright colours and images on the papers, matching with the bright colours in the photos.

The product strips on the bottom of the pattern papers are great when you don’t want to cut a full sheet for strips to add detail to a layout. The sticker sheets have lots of little elements that you can create great clusters of detail with, by either using the road signs or trees, and also hand cutting the vehicles out of the papers can add different looks as well as dimension, especially when paired with mounting foam.

I ink the edges of my pattern papers to soften the edges and to get them to pop from the background.”

“DADDY’S BOY” by Toni Crane

Products used: Little Toot Bang (P687), Bumper (P692), Traffic Jam (PS154), Little Toot Sticker Sheet (SS105), Kaisercraft Alpha Stamp Grunge (CS784), Kaisercraft Mounting Dots (T302).

Other: Ink

“FAMILY” by Toni Crane

Products used: Little Toot Putt (P688), Screech (P689), Little Toot Paper Pad (PP846), Little toot Sticker Sheet (SS105), Little Toot Rubons (RB923), Kaisercraft Chipboard Alpha (CB107), Kaisercraft Foam Dots (T302).

Other products: Red paint, Black Ink, Border Punch, Dimensional Magic.