Scrapbook and Cards Today Magazine winter issue

The winter issue of Scrapbook and Cards Today Magazine was released on December 9 - have you had a chance to check it out yet?

Each issue this year, a different designer created mini books for a special article in the magazine. This issue, it was my turn.

I used the Pink Paislee collection Take Me Away for this valentine themed album. I cut all the pages on my Silhouette Cameo and added some thinner chipboard between the paper layers to create the book. I like making my own albums from scratch, and sewing them together on my sewing machine. A lot less adhesive and the stitching adds a fun texture.

Throughout the album, I added in some tags and ephemera from the collection and attached onto the jump ring that I used to hold the album together.

I diecut some vellum leaves from JustNick studio and tucked those in amongst the photos and ephemera.

Since there was not a lot of room for journaling in the album, I ran some vellum hearts in my typewriter and added my journaling on them. It gets the job done without adding bulk.

For the cover, I added a little red glitter to the bottom edge of the Thickers that come with the Take Me Away collection. Adds a nice little sparkle and pop of color to the cover of the book

To watch me flip though the album, I created little video! Check it out:

That's it for me today! Thanks for stopping by!

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 :)

One last Hip Kit page for October!

Hello hello! I am here to share one last page using the October Hip Kit Club kits!

I used some leftovers from another layout for this one here:

As you can see, I have a lot of little happy all over this page! I used the leftover "happy"s from a page I posted a few weeks ago, flipping over the patterns on the B-side of the Pink Paislee paper!

I added in some small punched circles, diecuts and even wood veneers to my stitched lines.

I really love how this page came out - and so quick too! I hope you will give this idea a try! I have another idea in my head swirling around with this concept... hope to give it a try soon!

Thanks for stopping by today :) I appreciate your visits !

October Hip Kits - Cards!

HELLO HELLO! Today is my posting day over on the Hip Kit Club blog and I am sharing a few really easy peasy cards using the October kits.

The October kits have these really pretty frame/diecuts in the Pebbles Inc. pack. A great mixture of different types of frames with smaller diecut images. I chose a few different frames and went to town to make these cards.

The scallop frames look so nice all layered and stitched over the larger 4" frames. I love this sentiment that I clipped down from a sheet of Pebbles Inc. paper that was in the kit.

Super simple, but turned out cute

I used a scrap of a frame that I used on a layout last week for this card, turning the card sideways and adding a little twine from my stash.

I added the thanks sentiments from some diecut words in the Pebbles Inc. package, along with some Pink Paislee puffy flower stickers.

Lastly, I used the gold frame for this card, along with a smaller cream/white frame all stitched together with another cut apart from that Pebbles Inc. paper, layered with a Thinking Of You diecut pennant sentiment. Super easy!

Thanks for stopping by today, hope you soon on the blog :)

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!

October Hip Kit Club kits!

Good morning! It's a crisp fall day here in Canada, the temperatures are just starting to drop and we have been really quite lucky. Weather like this hasn't happened in a long time!

I am popping in today to share a page I made using the October Hip Kit Club kits! They are full of Pink Paislee, Amy Tangerine and Pebbles Inc. I adore the coral and reds mixed with black and mint/teal in the kit this month!

I used some of the free cut files (available when you register on the Hip Kit Club site)  for this page. I started with this title "fall" and then used part of a background cut file for the bottom of my page. I added in lots of little bits of embellishments from the kit - wood veneer, puffy stickers and paper clips.

Voila - (or WALA as my daughter says) my layout is complete!

To watch my process video for this project - please stop by my You Tube channel and subscribe!

Hip Kit Club cards!

Good morning!! Ah, it's the weekend and my official countdown to vacation :) One more week of work left and I can enjoy some relaxation time!

I am stopping in today to share some cards I made using the June Hip Kits that hit their blog this morning.  The kids always seem to have one birthday or another to head to each month, so I am trying to load up my birthday card stash.

Here are a couple quick cards I made. All three cards together took me about 1.5 hours to make. I am not a quick card maker !  

I had some scraps from a pie chart on my desk and used it to trace a pie chart from some scraps I had in my kit. I am always trying to have some more masculine cards in my stash that my boys can use, and now that they are getting older, that is a little more difficult. I thought this was one that they could use for their friends if they need. I like the Crate Paper chipboard sentiment, mixed with the Elle's Studio mini alphas in the kits!

The chipboard stars by Freckled Fawn add the right touch too. I needed a card for my middle child's 10th birthday last weekend so I created this card for him using some Pink Paislee Atlas paper and those same chipboard stars, but in blue this time.

I really love the foam Thickers and this font in the Crate Paper Poolside line is perfect for cards - it is small enough to use as a sentiment!

I wanted to use this PL card from the Pl Add-on kit as a sentiment as I thought this card could be used for a girly birthday or another happy occasion. I fussy cut out some flowers from the Fancy Pants paper in the kits that matched perfectly!

From there, all I needed to do was add a little twine and some enamel dots from my stash!  I love a simple card.

That's it for me! My July Hip Kits are on their way ... and I can't wait to get started creating with them !



Hip Kit Club June kits!

Good morning!!! Did you have a good weekend?? Our was pretty busy, but back to the routine today. The kids are out of school now here too, but that is a whole other story!




I am just stopping in to share a page I created using the June Hip Kit Club kits.

The kits for June are full of Crate Paper Poolside. I love the soft and pretty colors and thought they paired well with these summery ice cream photos of our first trip for ice cream a few weeks ago. How cute are these Crate Paper diecuts mixed with the wood enamel buttons and Freckled Fawn chipboard stars.

I really love piecing together different sizes and shapes of paper and mixed up lots of bits on this page, mostly using up my scraps from the kit ... although I did not use up much as my kits were PACKED this month! So many good things.

To find out more about the Hip Kit Club kits - just stop by their website and get the details ! Of all the kit clubs I have been involved with, I can honestly say this one is the best!

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!

"I do what I Doos"

Hello blog readers - anyone out there on this *still* chilly February morning? I have a post/challenge up on the Scraptastic Blog that is all about the TITLE.

I know that my biggest problem in scrapbooking is seriously coming up with a clever title. I am getting tired of the one word titles for pages, and so when I received this month's Tongue Tied kit from Scraptastic I had a decent (and not original) thought of using a cute saying my daughter tells us all the time for the title of my page.

I started off by using a sheet of the Pink Paislee Color Wash paper that was in the kit and then used a lot of the vellum word bubbles by Studio Calico (printshop line) onto my page.

I then added some chipboard alphas and embellished the vellum and paper with rub ons and chipboard stars from the kit. I used the Scraptastic exclusive stamps from the Tongue Tied kit that were perfect for this kind of page!

Here is my completed project:

Thanks for stopping by my blog! Hope you find some time today to do something creative.