Scrapbook stickers

This week at Aussie Scrap Source I was given a brief to do something a bit unusual with stickers.

Recently, Jamie and I made a series of black cardstock "motorways" for his little matchbox cars to drive along. And I had been toying with the idea of making some little houses to sit along the roadside.

As I was thinking through how we might make a cardboard box village along his cardstock motorway, it occurred to me that some of the Echo Park stickers would look really great as trees and other road-side elements. If only I could somehow get them to stand up on their own!

It took a bit of experimentation, but I did it. And the end product is so fun!

The little playground is made with the cardstock stickers from Echo Park's Playground range.

I've used the tree too. And the hearts and flowers make the little garden bed here:

And here. And the little critters are from the chipboard stickers in Cosmo Cricket's Togetherness collection. Chipboard stickers, I found, are really suited for this as they're super sturdy and stand up really well once they're supported.

To create the images, I've adhered the stickers onto a base (a green scalloped border sticker or a hillock of green cardstock) and then onto a background of sturdy white cardstock. I cut around the entire image, then attached a little triangular piece of cardstock to the back that supports it upright. You can see the back of one on the right in the picture below:

The little boy and girl (and dog with his kennel) up above come from the patterned paper "Bubble Gum" that's included in October Afternoon's Five and Dime collection. I have several pieces of this, as I totally fell in love with it.


Jamie loved his village. Hey, I'll admit - I loved it too. We both had great fun driving our cars around visiting our neighbours in their painted houses and playing in the playground!

Jamie now wants to create more buildings (with doors that open!), so we are collecting yet more boxes for another crafting adventure :).

Kathie xx