it's that time again, WIP kits October kit...YUM! there is so much variety in this months kit. i had the add-on with some extras of the main kit. love love & i made 5 layouts...first for me...LOL. kinda went to town & i still have lots of goodies to play with & put my Slice machine to work :)
i did a blog post about no photo layouts today over at the blog, you can check it out here.
thanks for stopping by!
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the WIP's October main & add-on kits are AWESOME! i created five layouts & a project, more than my usual four. but i am saving the fifth layout & project for a blog post coming up later this month. for now, here is a little peek of some layouts now.
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i spent a LOT of time with my family, enjoying the last days of what is now no more lazy summer days of sleeping in or not having a routine schedule. plus, a huge deadline on top of several other deadlines that needed my undivided attention. though i must say, the break from the ole blog was MUCH needed & so nice.
this also means, i have a LOT of catching up to do in terms of my ramblings of what we've been up to, sharing pictures & projects, etc. but first off, i have some WIP Kits layouts to share w/ you on this beautiful Monday morning...yes i KNOW this is way past due, but i'm sure most of you have been by the gallery by now or even seen the layouts posted on the facebook page earlier this month. as i post these projects here today, i'm sure this week you'll have a sneak of whats to come for October...can't WAIT!!!
so, the Septembers kit, made me happy. i've not played with any Basic Grey papers in a long while! it was so nice! the mix of patterns Trish added into this kit were wonderful. i just loved it!!
this is my favorite layout i created b/c i normally wouldn't use that background paper, but i adored how it all turned out. especially the smiles on my littles faces :)
a simple page that seemed to take longer to create than the other two, lol. loved the newsprint w/ drak & vibrant colors...those flowers were screaming to be hand-cut...LOL & Corinne's hair is a mess in that photo ;)
i FINALLY scrapped photos from last years trip to one of DC's Smithsonian museums, something i wish we did more of this past summer. but will definitely make it a priority next summer for sure. lately, i am enjoying adding shape to photos on my layouts. i loved gathering all the photos in a collage like form & cutting into a circle.
well, that's all i have for now. stay tuned this week for WIP Kits October sneaks!!
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more layout shares this week...
Work In Progress August kit is a super fun kit that has already sold out :), YAY!! i adored the embellishments a LOT & was in a white-on-white mood this month :)
this layout i created using the Cookie Cutter tool in PSE 9...i love the look of the raindrops on this pool side page. i just might be a little addicted to cutting my photos into different shapes other than circles & squares ;) i LOVE the Fiskars punch i used, too. i bought it several months ago w/ the intention of using it a lot, but i completely forgot i had it...LOL.
my niece & Ty having a good time playing together on the trampoline the day before we were suppose to head back to VA. it was fun watching them do all sorts of tricks. used a die-cut to create the photo frames by Lifestyle crafts. of course, i had to add a banner to the page & this time i stitched paper along the banner for added texture. i liked doing this other than adding string.
we didn't put up our volleyball net this year, not sure why. thinking we may have to this weekend, since it doesn't get cold around here til October or November...but the kids love it. they would play for hours together. i basically created this page w/out photos. i had an idea of what photos i was going to use, but i wasn't for sure of the size. after participating in a webinar last week, i was more inspired to break out my Silhouette. cut out these corner word phrases & randomly placed them on the page. once the words were glued to the page, i think measured out where the photos will go.
loved the white polka dot on gray pattern paper so much that i couldn't use it all up...LOL. i layered tags & stickers onto the envelope, machine stitched around it all & added the photo using pop dots. i even did a little hidden journaling...haven't done that in years!
check out what the rest of the team has created w/ the August kit here. hope you are having a great week
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a little behind sharing my July WIP layouts. i had both the add-on & basics kits this month, which i loved. my FAVORITES!!!! i loved that the basics kit had plenty of tags, cardstock & envelopes to play with & the add-on kits neutral colors were perfect. i also did get a few items from the main kit, which is filled w/ Lily Bee goodness ;), that i just had to have. some of you may have already seen the layouts on the blog or Facebook, but here i've add closeups for each layout...
my word these tags...love love! i knew instantly what i had in mind when i saw them & went to town. i love when a layout like this comes together in no time.
the Lily Bee alpha stickers are PERFECT for these tags! love them!!!
the add-on kit also had a pre-cut flower die-cut sheet, in kraft (it was all about kraft this month ;)) i had a million ideas for this one, but was having a hard time picking just one...lol. so of course, i kept it simple & LOVE how it turned out!
i have not hand-stitched on my layouts in a LONG time. i'd say at least 1.5 years. i think i got lazy & just didn't want to do it anymore. but, the main kit had those beautiful colors of hemp that were to die for, literally.
the splash of color against the white pops & now i think i am a little addicted to hand-stitching again ;) i blame this on my friend Linda. i am always giving her a hard time about hand-stitching...hehe.
lastly, mixed up some Lily Bee from main kit & My Minds Eye from the project kit...lots of patterns i had fun mixing together.
it looks like the add-on kit is all sold out & that doesn't surprise me one bit! but there are a few more basics kit, which i think is a MUST HAVE. b/c you can do so much w/ that kit...add it to your art journals, mini albums, mix w/ past & future WIP kits & more. the main kit is still available, too...grab it all...you are gonna want all that hemp & tags & of course, Lily Bee yummies ;)
happy Thursday folks!
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you can barely see the pattern paper the photos & paper are pop dotted on, but it's a soft white film strip. the paper is by Pink Paisley (House of 3), that i just loved. the film strip has numbers on it. you can see it in the June add-on kit photo here.
at first i was going to use the sticks to create big banner flags but then as i was putting this page together & realized i was short on space, that they would be perfect for the title.
i didn't make a ton of pictures during Corinne's 4th birthday, but love what i do have & are very memorable!
my addiction with banners still continue...can't help myself ;) super simple page. i just love these pictures of Corinne. she is just too cute.
if you haven't picked up your kit yet, there are still a few more left of the Main kit & Add-on kit.
later...
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happy Monday :)
going to share a few Work In Progress layouts with you today. This month i had a mix of the main kit & add-on kit, which was really cool. i loved working w/ everything. it all just seemed to flow so well & i love when that happens. wish it happened more often ;)
i've not done a photo block in a long while so this was a nice change. i ended up adding pop dots to every other photo for fun. this trip to the beach was a most memoriable one. especially since i had to save my daughter at the same time i was saving her 68 cent sand bucket all the while my $289 prescription glasses fell into the ocean. just LOVELY! i still miss those glasses, too. yup, i'm not over that...LOL.
the ice cream truck rolls by our house almost daily, but for some reason, the dude drives by way too fast. not giving the kids enough time to stop him. crazy. oh well, the kids adore the ice cream truck. even though we have ice cream in our freezer already, it's always fun letting the kids endure a fun classic tradition as we did as kids.
the chipboard film strips are supa dupa CUTE! loved those. i ended up saving the other one in the package...hehehe. yes i'll be hoarding it for a while ;) will share the rest later.
hope you had a lovely weekend. i'm so excited this is the last week of school. it will be nice having that extra hour of sleep on the days i don't go to bootcamp.
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it's National Scrapbook Day tomorrow...WOOT! do any of you have plans? i do, LOTS & LOTS of scrappin in the comforts of my own little studio. we have reservations at Melting Pot for Mother's Day dinner & i am STOKED! it's been a few years since i went last. i think the kids, especially Corinne is gonna LOVE it!!
i meant to share my latest May WIP kit earlier this week, but got caught up in other things :) this months kit was CUTE as ever!!! so colorful & bright, i adored it!
love these pics of Corinne, playing around in her brothers super hero cape. sometimes they fight over it, but when he's not home, it's all hers...hehehe. lots & lots & lots of tags in this kit. love tags!!!
i'm addicted to half circle banners now. i just love the look of it. this time i didn't have them going every which way. but i loved using it as a filler on this simple page...i like the flow. as you can see i have a crush on mixing reds & yellows w/ almost every monthly kit i get...can't help it!
some of my favorite photos are of the kids together when Corinne was just a baby. i love LOVED how Tyler showed his love with her & would play with her. that little twinkle in his eye every time he would look at her or talk with her. just love it!
another favorite photo of my littles...so so cute! poor Corinne was afraid of the subtle current at the creek, but was so happy when Ty helped her out. & yes, this is the only 12x12 layout i made this month. it was quite refreshing to scrap 8.5x11. may do this more often ;)
have a great weekend & i hope it's filled w/ lots of creating & Mother's Day LOVE!!!
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