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 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!

JustNick - back to school cards!

Good morning!




I haven't posted a project lately for my cut file store - JustNick ... but today I am up on the blog sharing a couple quick and easy Back to School cards using a couple of my cut files.

I used the Plaid Background cut file for this card, adding some simple foam adhesive to the back of it, before adding it to the card front.

I diecut a tag from the Jewelry Tags cut file and tied that to the front of the card too.

I wanted to combine a bunch of different patterns in an easy way, so I cut out the Simple Circle background cut file and added it to the front of my card.

From there, I just punched some 1/2" circles from a 6x6 paper pad and added them to some of the circles. SO Easy and I love how it turned out!

That's it for me today!! If you haven't heard of my cut file store - please check out JustNick (psst. we have another freebie coming up next weekend and it's a GOODIE!! )

Have a great day!

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!

Hip Kit Club - July kits!

Just quickly stopping in today to share a project I made with the July Hip Kits!

I really wanted to do a fairly easy page, and so I created the simple grid with the Simple Stories cut apart sheet in the kit.  From there, I simply layered more papers and paper tape by Simple Stories to my grid design.

 

 I love how there are always a great mix of alphabets in the monthly kits - and I used a couple on this page together:

That's it for today! I'll be back soon with another project :)

July Hip Kits!

Hello and good morning!  I received my July Hip Kits just the other day and cracked it right open so I could play! 

I loved the June kits, but really loved July!

 Here is the first page that I created:
 

 I really love the bright colors in this month's kit... and I am a sucker for October Afternoon and there is a good amount of it in the kit. I cut up several strips of OA papers to create the right side of my page.

 

I love all the different alphas in this month's kits too - they work great mixed together on the page layered over this awesome PL card that Kim Watson designed.

   

All the Simple Stories frames in the kit are perfect for layering too - I added a few beside my photo and I like how it turned out!
   

 That's it for me today! Enjoy your weekend!  

Life Documented - This Family

good morning! I have a random project to share with you today! I initially created this for Silhouette assignment that didn't end up happening, so here it is today!

I used the Simple Stories collection - Life Documented for this page, along with several designs from the Silhouette store, including the title and circles.

 I love the pretty patterns and colors in this collection! and I ADORE the new Simple Stories Bradz without the darn prongs - serious SMART idea!

That's it for me today! Hope you are all doing well :)

JustNick Intro

Yesterday was my intro up on my JustNick store blog - I created this page using the Word brushstrokes file and a bunch of yummy Simple Stories! I adore that floral paper and had to cut it out !

Here is a bit of a closeup of the Word Brushstrokes cut file in action :)

I hope you will stop by the blog HERE and say HI  ! I uploaded new designs yesterday too, so come by and check those out :) 

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Good day sunshine for Silhouette

Hello!!! Are you enjoying your summer?? I just got back from our first ever family vacation to Disney and had a great time!

I am popping in to share a project I made for the Silhouette America blog and some fun shapes by Simple Stories!

I really love the print and cut function and wanted to use that a lot on this page:

I printed out that "Good Day Sunshine" onto cardstock and then cut it out on my Silhouette - completely customized! I even created my own background for this page, using a grid pattern from the Silhouette store and my yellow sketch pen instead of cutting it out! I also cut out some clouds from both the Silhouette vellum and gold adhesive paper and then embossed them on my Cuttlebug for some texture.

 

I cut that sand castle out with my cameo too - using the Silhouette chipboard plain !! It does resemble sand! Thanks for stopping by my blog today - be back soon!

lightning struck. i scrapped for me :)

It is sad to say that I don't often get a chance to use up some of my stash :) A few weeks ago, I went to a Crop & Create event and just got to hang with a couple good friends and scrap!!

I brought along some goodies, and then got my Crop & Create goodie bag - and didn't need much else! Well, other than some new goodies I couldn't help get from The Scrapbook Cottage that was on site!

First up, I had snagged up some fun Sn@p from Simple Stories and created this page using the 3x4 cards since I am not a PL'er:

 

  

 

Next up, I created this page using a bit of my Elle's Studio stash I have been hoarding:

 

 

 

Ok. I have a couple more pages to share using up some of my Crop & Create goodie bag... but I will leave that for another post! Stay tuned :)

 

 

 

 

 

Summer inspo on the Scrapbook& Cards Today blog!

Hello friends... this week, I am sharing a bit of summery inspiration over on the Scrapbook and Cards Today blog.

I found these images on pinterest, and got to work to create a card and layout using these pieces I found on Pinterest as inspiration!

I created this card using mainly the stripes as the start of my inspiration:

Supplies: Patterned Paper: Simple Stories; Buttons: October Afternoon; Stamps: Kelly Purkey

I created a sun shape with my Cameo and created these flowers with it and a few buttons:

Next up, I created this layout, using the same sun shape from my Cameo, along with the same striped theme and bright summery colour scheme:

Supplies: Patterned Paper, stickers, stamps: Bella Blvd., Echo Park; Enamel Dots: My Mind’s Eye

I also created the "summer" title and these circled hearts on my Cameo too:

If you like these - you may want to stop by the Scrapbook & Cards Today blog tomorrow :)