Hello fellow crafters. I have decided, albeit possibly a little too late in the month, to participate in the Counterfeit Kit Challenge (CKC) for August. Well, to tell the truth, I'm not sure if I will actually participate in the challenge but more I have used the CKC inspired kit, Studio Calico's Penny Arcade, as the inspiration to build my kit. The colours are not what I usually work with, but I did want to challenge myself and use up some of those pattern papers that perhaps I would not usually gravitate towards. Below is a photo of the Studio Calico kit that created the inspiration, a link to my YouTube video and some photos showing my kit contents.
Here is a photo of the Studio Calico Penny Arcade kits - Scrapbooking, Cardmaking, Pocket page and the three add-ons.
Here is a link to my YouTube video, showing the kit in more detail.
Here are some photos of what I pulled together for my kit.
Cardstock
Pattern Paper
Photo shows both side A and B
Element & Alphabet Stickers
Thickers
Embellishments
What I have not shown is the other embellishments such as sequins, enamel dots, doilies, stamps, die cuts and other items that I would normally put into a kit. I will use this additional items, I just didn't take a photo of them. I do consider them stock standard for a kit I would put together.
I plan to do process videos and layout shares from this kit. I hope you will check them out.
Hello fellow crafters. I have decided, albeit possibly a little too late in the month, to participate in the CSI August 2014 challenge, case file #136. Well, to tell the truth, I'm not sure if I will actually participate in the challenge but more I have used case file #136 to inspire me in building my kit. I just love the colours.
I used the case file #136 'evidence' to guide me on the pattern paper and embellishments, but I did pull in other items that don't match the evidence description. What I do not have to show is the mixed media products that I will pull in, but I suspect that I will use my stencils/masks, gesso, modeling paste and paints.
Below is a link to the CSI Ning website, a link to my YouTube video where I show the kit in detail and photos of my cardstock, pattern paper and embellishments.
Here is CSI Case File #136.
You can see my YouTube video here.
Here are photos of my cardstock, pattern paper and embellishments.
Hello fellow crafters. I'm back with another layout involving me and my pony Smokey. I did struggle a bit with this layout, but as you can see from the photo below, I layered a few pieces of pattern paper and then added minimal embellishment clusters. I'm really happy with how it has turned out, especially considering I don't usually work with the colour yellow. However, true to form, I found a way to incorporate some pink into the layout LOL. If you would like to know more about how the layout came together, please consider watching my process video. The link is below.
Here is a photo of the layout.
Here is my YouTube process video.
Products used:
Cardstock: Stampin' Up!
Pattern Paper: Basic Grey "Carte Postale" / American Craft "Best of" / Grace Taylor "Millie's Garden"
Hi fellow crafters. Today I have a double page layout to share with you. I don't usually do a double page layout, but the photos I wanted to show case worked really well together and I felt the best way to do that was through the double page layout. I have used cream cardstock, that I splattered with a few different spray mists. I made my own filmstrips to put my photos into. I fussy cut the horses and the different quotes around the page. I did struggle to do this double layout and I believe it is because I'm not use to doing them. I'm pretty happy with the layouts, but there are somethings I'd do differently, for example ensuring there is no gap/wasted space near the title on the right page layout. Anyway, I have done a process video if you want to see how the pages came together.
Here is a photo of the layout.
Here is the YouTube process video.
Products used:
Cardstock: Bazzill "Walnut Cream" / Brown - possibly American Craft or Paper Accent
Pattern Paper: Close To My Heart Vellumn "feathers" / Grace Taylor "Millie's Garden" / Bo Bunny "Modern Miss" / Teresa Collins "Summer Stories" / Upikit #270083 and #270084
Edited 26 October 2014 - updated title to correct spelling of Bungendore. Photo also updated in Picasa, which is linked to the photo below. YouTube video has not been edited. Hi fellow crafters. I'm back with another scrapbook layout. This layout again has a lot of pink, but I have managed to tone it down a bit with some cloud paper.
The base is a pink cardstock, which has a piece of chevron layered on top, followed by the cloud paper and a strip of vellum with gold dots in the centre. Both photos have been matted on to pattern paper with two embellishment clusters, bottom left and top right. For more details on the layout, please watch my process video.
Here is a photo of the layout.
Here is my YouTube process video.
Products Used:
Cardstock: Stampin' Up!
Pattern Paper: American Craft Amy Tangerine "Sketchbook" / Crate Paper "Best of" DCWV "Lady Couture" stack / Close To My Heart vellum
Stamps: CTMH Flight of the Arrows Flair
Project Life card
Tim Holtz Picked Raspberry distress Ink
Heidi Swapp Color Shine Pink and Teal
Embellishments
Stickers: MME Miss Caroline "label" / Prima Anna Marie "Journalling Spot" / Simple Stories "Fabulous"
Hello fellow crafters. I hope you have been having fun crafting. The layout that I'm sharing with you today is quite simple and I have used an old photo of myself. Since pink seems to be my colour of choice these days, I have gone to town on this layout.
The base is plain cardstock that I have splattered with pink and mustard color shine mists and then layered a number of pattern paper pieces on top of the cardstock and under the photo. The majority of the embellishments I believe are from the Maggie Holme Flea Market ephemera collection pack.
I have added a Project Life card at the bottom of the photo and the embellishments have been clustered around the left side of the photo. The title "smile" is American Craft thickers in an aqua colour.
The layout took me approximately 40 minutes and I have a process video to go with it.
Here is a photo of the layout.
Here is my YouTube process video.
Products Used:
Stampin' Up! cardstock
American Crafts Pattern paper "Best of" collection
Hello fellow crafters. This layout is of my Italian granmother, Mery (RIP). It is a favourite photo of mine even though Nonna didn't like it. I think she looked beautiful and she felt she looked old. Nonna was 75 years old when this photo was taken.
The base of the layout was using BoBunny C'est La Vie pattern paper. I gutted the centre then mounted some American Craft tan cardstock on to the BoBunny base. The gutted BoBunny paper was then used as a background mat. I have a piece of American Craft acetate on top of the BoBunny striped paper. The photo is mounted on to brown pattern paper and several embellishments have been layered around the photo. The word 'beautiful' is a Silhouette die cut. I have used washi tap in the top right and bottom left and sprinkled brown and blue sequins around the page.
Hello fellow crafters. I really enjoyed putting my first kit together, see "Scrapbooking - Kit #01 - Putting the kit together", that after taking a months break from scrapbooking I'm back with this second kit. I followed the principles outlined in my blog post "How to create your own scrapbooking kit". However, with this kit I decided to limit my quantities and created many small kits to make up the overall Kit #02. To help me with this, I looked at, and took into consideration, the Scraptastic Kit Club and Hip Kit Club kits. In addition, I also included the Citrus Twist Kit Club, specifically their Pocket Page kit.
I plan to work on this kit for the month of August, and even possibly September. I will post layouts as I complete them and I will be trying to do a process video with the majority of the layouts.
I broke my kit up into seven categories, that being:
Main Kit
Cardstock Add-on
Pattern Paper Add-on
Embellishment Add-on
Stamp Add-on
Colour Add-on
Pocket Page Add-on
Here is a link to my YouTube video:
Main Kit
I included three different coloured cardstock, two of each colour. I can't recall the companies, but I believe that it is a combination of Bazzill and Stampin' Up!.
The pattern paper consists of the following companies and paper collections:
BoBunny: Modern Miss, C'est La Vie and Smoochable
American Crafts: Best of, Amy Tangerine Cut and Paste and Sketchbook, Dear Lizzy Lucky Charm
Basic Grey: Serenade
Since I pre-cut all the cut sheets that I have in my collection, I could not include one complete 12" sheet. Therefore, I went through my stash and pulled out several 4" x 6" cut outs. These cut outs were from three different companies.
American Crafts - single sided
Ruby Rocket
BoBunny
The ephemera pack is Heidi Swapp's "Dreamy" collection. This collection includes acetate & cardstock pieces.
Acetate pieces
Cardstock pieces
I included the following embellishments:
Flair Buttons - Heidi Swapp
Wood Veneer by Studio Calico
Homemade Enamel dots
Washi Tape
American Crafts Glitter Foam "Aqua"
Creative Memories alphabet/number stickers
Silhouette die cuts
Doilies
Pattern Paper Add-on
The pattern paper add-on, consists of the following companies and collections:
BoBunny: Modern Miss
Basic Grey: Cart Postale
Crate Paper: DIY Shop - single sided
American Crafts: Amy Tangerine Cut and Paste / Best of - single sided
Ruby and Hazel: Gone Typo
Cardstock Add-on The cardstock consists of six colours, two of each colour, one 12" x 12" vellum and two A4 vellum. The companies are Bazzill, Stampin' Up!, Close to my Heart, Paper Accents, POW, Gemstone and American Crafts.
Embellishment Add-on The embellishment add-on consists of cardstock, pattern paper, alphabet stickers, element stickers, washi tape, thickers, enamel dots, chipboard, stickers, pocket page cards, brads, buttons, wood veneers and cut-outs. Here are the photos of my selection:
Cardstock - Stampin' Up! and American Crafts
Pattern paper
Echo Park: Yours Truely and Beautiful Life
Grace Taylor: Millie's Garden - single sided
Glitz Design: Cashmere Dame
4" x 6" Project Life Cards - Sunshine collection
3" x 4" Project Life Cards - Sunshine collection
Webster's Pages
Prima
American Crafts
Heidi Swapp and Delish
Wood Veneer - Studio Calico
Washi Tape
Buttons
Chipboard
Homemade enamel dots
Brads
Cut-outs from a 12" sheet
Stamp Add-on
Two stamp sets were included with this add-on as well as two ink pads, specifically American Crafts Amy Tangerine Accompany, Close to my Heart D1578 Flight of the Arrows Flair, Tim Holtz Walnut Stain and Peacock Feathers distress inks.
Colour Add-on
This add-on included Heidi Swapp's mini pattern stencils and two of her color shine mists, specifically Mustard and Pink.
Pocket Page Add-on
The pocket page add-on includes 4" x 6" cardstock and pattern paper cards, 3" x 4" pattern cards, 6" x 6" patter paper pad, Silhouette die cuts, wood veneers, flair buttons, alphabet/number stickers, element stickers, label stickers, label cut-outs, enamel dots, doilies, tags, stamp set, washi tape, 4" x 6" overlays, ephemera pack, cork pieces and paper clips. The majority of this add-on has photos, but I did forget to photograph a few items. These can be viewed on the video.
4" x 6" cardstock pocket page cards
Becky Higgins 4" x 6" Project Life Cards - Horizontal View
Becky Higgins 4" x 6" Project Life Cards - Vertical View
Becky Higgins 3" x 4" Project Life Cards - Vertical View
Becky Higgins 3" x 4" Project Life Cards - Horizontal View
