Believe

I decided to play along with this week's inspiration for the Lifted class at Studio Calico, loved the inspiration piece and thought it was a fun a way to make me think outside the box. 

I just recently received (from an awesome secret santa!) the latest collection designed by Shanna Noel for Studio Calico and I just love it. The bright funky patterns are so much fun to work with. Seriously, that ampersand paper, I just can't get enough of it. 

You might not be able to see it, but my title is under the picture, love using white on white, next time I'll be more careful when editing my picture of my layout. This is really a just for fun a layout, it's me trying new things, putting myself out there (because I feel that the journaling says a lot about me, which I don't usually care to share). So this is me, just being me. LOL! Happy Friday! 

3285 days with Hip Kit

Good morning fellow scrappers. I'm back today with a layout that I created for Hip Kit club using the awesome September kit. You might wonder what the title is about, well it's a birthday layout but I didn't want to use the typical birthday title, so since D is 9 it adds up to 3285 days, its different.

 The Hip Kit features a sunburst mask and mist, I decided to pair the mask with this lovely CP paper. I added a bit of stitching along the edges of the sunburst to add a bit more fun and dimension to my layout. 

I love chipboard and what I love even more is Crate Paper chipboard, LOL! Love to use them as layers and clusters that frame the picture. Yes it does make for a bulky layout but I don't really mind it, I just love the dimension it brings to a layout.

December Hip Kit

Hello everyone!! Kimberly from Hip Kit club has just released the December kit / add ons and it's fantastic!!!! Here's a preview of the main, the rest can be seen on the new Hip Kit Club website --->here.

To celebrate the launch of the new website, Kimberly is offering a 10% discount on kit membership, check out the website for more details!!! 

Fall Cards with Hip Kit

Happy Monday! Here are some cards that I created with the October Hip Kit. Loved using the Basic Grey transparencies, stickers and die cuts to create those cards. 

#loveyou with Hip Kit Club

TGIF!!!! I want to share a layout created for Hip Kit club using the September kit. After a recent discussion on a message board, I decided to try out 8.5x11 and this was my first layout in this new (to me) format. I have to be honest, I love the process of creating with a smaller format and another advantage to using this format, I am able to use my typewriter to journal directly on my cardstock. 

Love this colour combo of gold, navy and green. Funny how a couple of years ago I would have never used gold on a project but now I can't get enough!! Loved working with the September kit, the colour palette varies from soft pastels to warm hues like navy. It is such a fun and versatile kit. 

Christmas Cheer with Chic Tags

Hello friends! I have a layout up on the Chic Tags blog today. It features the awesome gold star rub-ons and the Good Tiding collection, which I love!!!

I love layers, that's no secret, for this layout I created my layers using the accents from the Good Tidings collection, the possibilities and options are endless. I had to stop myself because I could have easily kept on going and well, it would have been too much. LOL!

Here is a preview of the details with the rub-ons, more details and information is posted on the Chic Tags blog ----> right here. 

Did you know that Christmas is only 37days away?! 

Highlights with Chic Tags

Happy Sunday friends! I have a layout up on the Chic Tag blog today for the Sunday sketch challenge. I really enjoyed the design of the sketch but made some slight adjustments so it would fit a 81/2 x 11 format. Yep, I'm trying to scrap this smaller size. Love that I can journal with my typewriter directly on the cardstock and for some reason, my layouts come together much more quickly. 

To create this layout I used the Happy Place collection, how i love this latest release by CT. The colours, the greeting on the die cuts and the overall theme of the paper just makes me happy!!! The title was cut with my Cameo and is super easy to do. Just pick the font you like, type out the word and using the "weld" option connect all the letters together. Just love the larger size of this title. 

Hope you will play along with us, all the details are on the CT blog. 

Cards with SC Kits

Hello friends, I'm back today to share a couple of cards inspired by the Lifted class going on at Studio Calico. 

This first card was created with the Roundabout card kit. I used my EK success label punch to create layers on the card. Love the resin greeting including in this kit, perfect accent for a card!

This card was created using the Double Scoop kit and the printables from the Lifted class. Ive been asked before what I used to print the printables from SC, I don't have a fancy printer, just basic Canon colour printer with Canon paper and it prints perfectly. There's no need for a fancy printer to print these awesome printables.

Everyday with Hip Kit Club

This layout was created for Hip Kit club using the fabulous October kit. Of course now that I've went to NYC with my oldest I will have lots of pics of our trip to scrap. I thought this was the perfect one to use first, it was taken in Central Park, it just makes me happy!

 I can never get enough of the CP chipboard frames, I love using them as mini canvas to create clusters of embellishments. Lots and lots of layers going on here. 

I really admire scrappers that can beautifully mix various alphas to create a lo, I just can't seem to make it work, so I do the next best thing, I use a focus word in my title and cut it using my Cameo. The "everyday" word was cut with white cardstock and I used the Tim Holtz gold stain to colour it, love how it turned out. 

Last but not least I created a simple card using the leftovers from this layout. Don't you just love the mix of teal pp and kraft cradstock?!

Family with Hip Kit

Happy Friday friends, it's been a busy week on my blog and I'm back today to share another layout created with the fabulous October Hip Kit. This layout is a busy one! The large gold splatter was created with the Tim Holtz stain, to create this effect simply remove the sponge tip applicator and splatter the stain with the underside of the applicator. It gets messy but that's the fun of it!

I wanted to create a fun accent to my layout so I cut various leaves shapes using my Cameo and backed them with pattern paper. I also added some stitching around each leaf, just a little extra something to make it more fun. 

You can see the splatter effect I created with the Tim Holtz stain, I just love this stuff. Seriously awesome to work with, so happy that Kimberly added it to the kit.

Hello Today with Jillibean Soup

Today I want to share a layout I created for Jillibean Soup using the Chilled Cucumber Soup. I love working with triangles but I don't like cutting them freehand, so I was happy to come across this template in the Silhouette store. I decided to use scraps of paper to put on the backside of the triangles, the white triangles were stitched on the white cardstock, love the contrast this creates.

I matted my pictures on layers of pattern paper and velum. I also used the tags and coordinating label stickers. When I struggle to fill in a section on my layouts I will often create this little tabs using a mini punch and scrap paper. This creates a fun accent that adds another layer to the layout.

I've mentioned before that I keep cut files on hand this way I always have random cuts to use on my layouts. For this particular layout the cut files were my source of inspiration to create the title work. 

31 with Hip Kit Club

Well this is the only Halloween layout I created this year :( The weather wasn't great and I had to redo our pictures days after Halloween, by that time the girls weren't into it anymore so only my oldest participated in my photo shoot. I do like these pics of Danika she was such a trooper and played the part of the zombie prom queen (minus the make up) very well. 

To create this layout I used the awesome October kit by Hip Kit club. This kit is full of the latest Basic Grey collection. Loved using the leaves along with the die cuts and stickers.

I really didn't know what to call this layout, I didn't want to use the traditional halloween titles so I kept it simple and used "31" as my title. This kit is fabulous for not only Halloween layouts but also Fall themed layouts, I'll have some more to share in the days ahead.

You Light up my Life with Jillibean Soup

My card today features one of my favourite colour combo, teal and yellow. I just love how these colours contrast each other, to create this card I used the Chilled Cucumber collection along with some leftovers pieces from the white chevron placemat by Jillibean Soup. This placemat is one of my favourite item Jillibean Soup has released, I've used it as its original purpose, a placemat but I've also used it in pieces as in the card below, its a fun and easy element to add to any project. 

(all products by Jillibean Soup)