First of all, wow- get a load of my brand new blog design, care of the fabulous, creative, and patient (with all my requests) Kristine Davidson! Check her out at kristinedavidson.blogspot.ca to see her beautiful scrappy work, sketches and blog designs. After 4 years of using the basic Blogger template, I finally decided to get a personalised look and I am loving it! Thanks so much, Kristine!
Next, I have a fun and easy layout to share with you:
Created with the Scraptastic Carry On kit and Add-on
This layout was a breeze to make, using the Scraptastic Carry On kit and add-on. The fabulous pic of my oldest daughter's excited reaction to counting her money was the starting point. The idea of counting money led me to spread the cut out numbers from the Simple Stories paper all around the left side of the layout.
Silhouette cut title for a tone-on-tone look
Because this layout was going to be pretty simple and unlayered, I wanted a title that was a little different from my standard letter sticker schtick. The yellow Bazzill cardstock in the kit was a perfect match to the yellow honeycomb paper, so I decided to cut a tone-one-tone title using my Silhouette Cameo. I sewed the letters with gold thread and pulled them up for shadowed dimension.
perfectly random
I added a few stickers from the kit and Thicker numbers from my stash here and there for added interest.
You don't see a lot of the ink splatter in the final result, but I do like the added effect. With simple layouts, the beauty is in the details.
Here's the video showing how it all came together:
On Saturday I finally got to play with my June Scraptastic kit (Carry On and the add-on), and let me just say, it was worth the wait!
This weekend I scrapped my poor youngest daughter's week of sickness :( It wasn't a fun week, but it brought us together as a family, taking time off work, and putting other things aside to be there for her and for each other. She was sick with a high fever for an entire week (the week before last) and we were pretty worried about her. She was treated for a kidney infection, but different doctors ran different tests, and there is some question now about whether that was what it was... but she's better now, and that's all that matters. Here's my layout:
Using the Scraptastic Carry On kit and add on (June 2013)
I have a feeling I'm going to get a lot of use from that "InstaLove" stamp...
I layered some of my favourite papers together, keeping away from the reds in the kit, due to the pink in the photo. I was planning to use the grey back side of the large yellow chevron paper (from My Mind's Eye) but I'm so glad I noticed the yellow side looked better. I think it really makes the layers pop.
I misted the background cardstock with Mister Huey's Seafoam and splattered in the same colour and white
I am loving these kits, especially the amount of embellishments you get! If you want to check out the kits for yourself, head on over to Scraptasticclub.com.
Here is the process video of how it all came together:
I am still waiting on my June Scraptastic kit club kit so I pulled out my May kit to see if there was anything I really wanted to get onto a layout before the new kit comes. I disassemble my kits as soon as the new one arrives, putting all the leftovers into my regular stash to draw upon in the future, as needed.
I noticed I hadn't used the yellow Basic Grey alpha stickers at all (there were lots of letters in these kits!), and I still had a fairly large piece of the Lily Bee Design Marshmellow paper, which I definitely wanted to use. I also had some Origrami prints (check them out here, and my review of them here) of my daughter's first lost tooth, so I set about using all these items on a layout.
Making sure I use my favourite left-overs!
Sometimes less is more
I added the gold star clip from my stash and used Heidi Swapp Gold Color Shine splatters. Then of course I added gold thread sewn over the letter stickers. The October Afternoon Mini Market letter stickers are also from my own stash. I really got a lot of use from the pink Goodness Thickers that came in the kit and there are plenty left of all the letters- I love Thickers!
I painted the chipboard feathers in the kit with white paint and pink Smooch ink then attached a bow from the twine in the kit.
I was happy I got one more layout in before my June kit arrives. I ordered the Carry On kit and Add-On and can't wait to get my hot little hands on it!!
I had a chance to play in my scraproom last Thursday, using the Scraptastic Destination Unknown kit. I'm getting so much mileage from this kit and the add-on!
Now I'll just say, if I could do this layout again, I would not have that green arrow lining up with the blue striped washi tape. But I am not a take-apart-and-redo-it kind of scrapper. I am more of a file-it-away-as-a-lesson-for-next-time kind of scrapper. Also known as lazy.
I really love this "picture this" stamp from Scraptastic
I love adding stars to masculine layouts
I love how this little cluster looks. I could have pop-dotted the camera so it sat flat and raised, but I think it looks kind of interesting overhanging the layers on the left. Also the lazy thing I referred to above.
