Hello + some Shimelle!

Hello hello! It has been a while since I posted on my blog. It seems summer has started and I just haven't made my blog a priority lately. Sorry for those that are regular readers, I hope to rectify that!


I am popping in to share a page that hit the Shimelle blog yesterday. This week's challenge is all about using hand cut elements. I love the hand cut title look, so here is my take on this challenge:

I have used hand cut letters before, but this time I decided to use the empty space for my title instead of the positive letters one would normally create! I love the large impact it makes on the page.. and quite simply too. A great way to add in lots of color.

I used some foam adhesive to pop the letters off the page slightly for a more dimensional look, and before I did that, I added a tiny bit of stitching to each letter.

Stop by the Shimelle blog and check out this week's challenge and play along!

Make sure you link up so we can see how you took on this challenge.

Crop and Create Moncton sneaks!

Good morning! Tonight is open registration for Crop and Create Moncton - an event put on by Scrapbook and Cards Today Magazine! I am happily teaching 2 classes at this fun event!

My first class is all about COLOUR!

Colour Matters

Life is colourful, and so should our preserved memories! In this workshop we will learn that colour matters!  We will use a kit full of colour and pattern to combine different colour combinations into a double page layout and a single page layout using beautiful products from Fancy Pants Designs, Crate Paper and Dear Lizzy!

If you read my blog, you know that I love patterned paper and in this next class we will be creating some fun items with paper! You can do SO much with paper!

Playful Paper 

(SOLD OUT SORRY!)

If patterned paper is your first love, you will love Playful Paper! In this workshop, we will combine patterned paper with some trendy embellishments to create a double page spread and a single page layout. You will love learning modern and fun ways to use patterned paper - Get your trimmers ready to trim, fold and layer paper and embellishments using the Pink Paislee Memorandum collection!

I love the class kits for these 2 classes - the color class is my favorite :)

If you are attending, I would love to see you in my classes! These should be good ones :)

Rudolph Ready - November Hip Kits!

Good morning!! I am off to take my kids to swimming bright and early, but thought I would share a page I created with the November Hip Kit Club kits!

This kit is more of a seasonal kit, with TONS of exclusives - wood veneers, patterned papers, alphabet stickers, enamel shapes, PL cards... so many good things!

I created this page with the mood board for this month in mind, using the color scheme, and the reindeer in my mind. I used some of the November cut files on this page as they went with the mood board.

For once I added in some journaling! I know, I rarely do, but I think with these types of layouts, some things require explanation :)... and really, it is a good practice.

That's it for me today ! I am off to swimming and then start some holiday baking for the school bake sale this week! That is my plan for this weekend :) Enjoy yours!

October Hip Kit Club Kits + Process Video

GOOD MORNING! Can you believe it is the first weekend in November already? Yikes, this year went by quickly

I am stopping in to share a page I created with the October Hip Kits and the October Mood Board over at HKC!

I was drawn to a few different elements in the mood board - gold dipped acorns, the color scheme and the frames in the mood board, so went with that on my page!

I diecut the feathers from my cut file freebie for October at HKC and embossed the tips with gold embossing powder. I LOVE how these turned out! 

Next, I added a whole wack of frames and cards across my page, adding lots of embellishments from the kit too along the way.

And this is how it turned out! I love this colour palette - so soft and feminine, yet fallish too right!?

To check out my process video for this page- please visit my YouTube channel:

More October Hip Kit Club kits!



Hello and happy weekend! I am sharing a project over on the Hip Kit Club blog today using the October Hip Kits!

I went pretty simple (for me) on this page, adding some punched circles and trimmed squares and then really added them in a grid to my page.

I love that this kit has pretty girly colours, but lots of black, navy and teal for the boys too!

You can see that once my grid was lined up, I filled the empty spaces quite simply, with some diecuts, and stickers, and a wood veneer frame from the Simple Stories We Are Family package in the kit.

A pretty simple page for me, but I like how it turned out. I really like the negative spaces of the circles in the squares on the page so I will have to do that again really soon :)

Have a great weekend and happy Halloween!

Hip Kit Club cards!

I mentioned the other day that I was trying to make more cards with my scraps. With that being said, I am going to try to make at least 3-4 cards a month with said scraps! I always have a ton of stuff left over from my Hip Kits, so I created these cards for my stash.

I used the July Hip Kits for each of these cards. There was tons of great products in this month's kits and I almost couldn't help myself using all of it!! This paper from October Afternoon is so pretty and I thought it would make a fun happy card, with some vellum overtop to settle it down just a little bit

I used some of my Studio G mini stamps from Michael's to finish off my sentiment on the vellum. Those little suckers come quite in handy lately!

Lastly, I created this SUPER easy birthday card using the decorative paper tape in the kits by Simple Stories - I just trimmed off a few strips and added some epoxy star "flames" to the top! BAM!

 Okay, I did add some mini stamps again with some stitching, but really, this was a quick card!

I am really loving making cards lately, it's somehow therapeutic to sit down and make a good batch with my leftover supplies!

Happy Crafting!

July Hip Kit Club projects!

You would think having a few weeks off work would allow me extra time to do thing like planning and blogging etc... but it did not! I am back at work now and thought I should catch up on the old blog :)

I created this project for Hip Kit Club using the July kits - main and color kit to be specific! I love this color add on for July and decided to test out my not so artsy side ! lol

I stamped my cardstock base with the Heidi Swapp stamp in the color add on and then added some distress ink (also from the add on) to my ink block. I dropped a few drop of water and then "splatted" it over the stamped images. I did change up the colors with some other distress inks in my stash.

There are a lot of great alphas in each monthly kits, but this month, I love the foam thickers the best... I combined a couple together for the title on this page.

Here is how it all came together! I kind of like it :)

To check out more about Hip Kits, please stop by their site! September kits were just revealed on the 15th so shop now!

JustNick - Rosette background

Good morning!

Today is the last day of our highlight on Floral week on the JustNick blog and I am finishing off with a project made with this floral background cut file:



I cut the design from simple white cardstock and then backed each "flower" with various patterns of paper.



The whole page came together quite quickly - once I chose the patterned paper, it was just a matter of adhering the papers to create my page!



I hope you have enjoyed all the floral creations on the blog this week - stop by the JustNick blog tomorrow for the new designs being loaded to the store this weekend!

More May kits - Hip Kit Club

Good morning! Last weekend, when I *thought* this page published... we were actually taking part in our community garage sale.




We are definitely in a purging state of mind around here lately, we have been bogged down with so many kids toys and clothes and "stuff" that we just need to rid ourselves with! Luckily, we got rid of a few things and the rest is packed up to go off to charity now!





I am popping in to share another page I made with the May Hip Kits from Hip Kit Club.

I used the Funky Piecharts cut file from my cut file store - JustNick - for this page. It's a great way to get a bunch of papers on your page without it getting too crazy!

If you want to check out my process video for this page,

just click the video below to see my YouTube video:

I will be back tomorrow with another page and process video with another page using the May kits! June kits are on their way to me and I can't wait to get them!


If you want to check out the Funky Piechart shape in my store - just click on the buy button below:

So pretty & happy - May Hip Kit Club kits!

Good morning! I am a little late in posting, this last week has been a literal whirlwind. The kids have some sort of sports 7 days a week, and between being a taxi driver to their activities, cheering from the sidelines, I also work full-time. Anyways, that's my sob story :) Blogging hasn't fit into my schedule these days and I hate that!

Anyway, I had a new page hit the Hip Kit Club blog last weekend, using the May kits. This month's kits are so pretty - American Crafts and Chickaniddy Crafts too! I love the Chickaniddy papers and used a lot of them on this page to back the FREE cut file I designed for May on the Facebook forum.

I will spare you a bunch of details on this page... but if you want to see how it all came together, check out my process video here:

PageMaps U Class 3!!

February is right around the corner and for me that means a few exciting things!

One of those things is that I am an educator over at PageMaps U again for Class 3 that goes up in February! I was part of Class One and Two and am super happy to be back for Class 3 :)

Here are a couple sneaks of the two pages I created for this class:

 

This class uses the Pink Paislee Bella Rouge collection and is so sweet and lovely!
I like how this one turned out :)

Love the free cut files I designed for both classes this round too. Check out the background for this project that is part of the class content:

 

Lots of American Crafts Dear Lizzy Daydreamer for that one! You can find out more on the PageMaps U site.. Class one and two are still available too!

Silhouette tutorial - borders

I had a quick tutorial pop up on the Silhouette blog last week and wanted to share my page with you today. I actually created this page back in July when the moment struck me... and saved it for a tutorial for the blog.

I created the background with a border cut file that I picked up from the Silhouette store!

You can check out the tutorial on the Silhouette blog, but you can see that I after I created the background, I layered lots of patterned paper circles behind the adhesive cardstock.

I cut a rose filigree shape and used it to layer behind my photo along with some buttons, flair and sequins.

If you are interested in seeing the tutorial - check out the Silhouette page HERE !!

Happy Scrapping

Silhouette | Free shape of the week!!

It's my turn to use the free shape of the week over on the Silhouette America blog.

 Here is what this week's free shape looks like:

I am normally not a big flowery person so I thought I would embrace the flower child within and create a floral background on half of my page with the daisy like flower in the cut file to create this page:

I added some small cut circles using different patterns of paper and stitched the whole thing together. I also cut parts of the banner from the free shape and used them as side anchor points to my photos.

 To download the free shape - a new shape is free every Tuesday! - just head over to the Silhouette blog HERE

Enjoy!

SCT May freebie

Good morning!! How was your weekend? Did you get in scrapbooking done on National Scrapbook Day? I was out of town at a charity crop about 3 hours away and managed to get a lot accomplished!

Today, I am sharing the May cut file freebie for Scrapbook and Cards Today Magazine! It's all about the boys in your life... I asked what people wanted to see in the freebies and "boy" was what I heard!

Here is the freebie for this month:

This was approved by my 11 yr old very trendy son.... so we know it is okay to use on pages for all ages :)

Here is the page I created with this cut file:

there are lots of fun words in this freebie, along with interesting boy elements. I used a lot of the words to create part of the title area for my page and lots of Amy Tangerine Plus One too!

To download the file - just click HERE! I would appreciate it, if you could pop on over to the Scrapbook and Cards Today blog HERE and say hi and let me know what you think!

I hope you enjoy this one!