"So Cute" Layout with Lisa

Hi there

Today I am sharing a 12x12 layout I have created with the "Jade" kits with a real difference.

It's a more masculine layout! So many pretty soft pastels & florals in the kit - which I love to create with! Sometimes you just need to look outside the square (or at the reverse of your patterned papers - lol)

One of the Kaisercraft papers in the kit was orange with lighter orange polka dots - what a great background piece!

I knew that I wanted to feature this under the white American Crafts die cut sheet.

When using a bright colour like orange boldly like this - I like to keep the embellishing to two other colours. In this case black & white.

Here are some close ups...

I used washi tape from the kit, I cut sentiments & word strips from the Cocoa Vanilla papers.

A few black pearls & sequins to complete the look.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you've enjoyed my share.

Make sure you check out our kits & what else we have in store here.

Lisa XO

Decorated Light Box Display - with Lisa

Hi there.

Lisa here today sharing an "off the page project" using one of the December Days kits.

I wanted to make this gorgeous acetate sheet from Pink Fresh Studios really stand out & not lose its momentum by cutting it up. 

I thought hmmm I wonder if it would fit in my light box...it did, so excited that it fit! I got the light box from Kmart (it comes with some quotes - that slide in & out)

Here are some close ups...I used lots of the goodies from the December Days Funky Kit.

The red, teal & elements in the kit are so beautiful.

Here is a shot of the light box on in the evening...sorry the photo isn't great, it's quite hard to photograph. Hopefully you get the idea.

I hope you've enjoyed my share.

Have a Merry Christmas everyone. I hope you enjoy your time with family & friends.

Lisa xo

"Joy" - Lydia

Well it is the week of Christmas.

Hello, Lydia back to share a Christmas layout using the Traditional Christmas kit, which is packed full of Elle's Studio 'Tis The Season' collection.

 

I have to say this is my first every Christmas themed 12x12 layout. I know that sounds crazy but it is. I love how this layout turned out as well as a second layout which I will share on the weekend.

 

I did do some clusters which I think attracts your eye around the page.

 

I used a lot of the Elle's Studio cardstock embellishment pieces to make those clusters. I also used a few red enamel dots from my dash as a finishing touch.

 



 

And yes the main feature of a deer which I love how it turned out. I simply just printed off a silhouette of a deer a traced it onto the patterned paper. I defiantly what t use this technique a lot more on many layouts.

 



 

I hope like this layout and I will be back to share another Christmas layout with you all at the end of the week.

Lydia xxx

December Projects - Starting December Daily (eeeek!)

Hi everyone!

I am so excited to share the start of my December Daily 2014 adventure with you. I am a little nervous as I have never done a DD album before! But after watching hours (yes hours) of DD process videos on YouTube I decided to take the plunge…

First of all, I knew that I would need to organise a mini kit of sorts for myself during November, so that when December rolled into town I would be prepared. Kind of.

I began by deciding on a rough colour scheme for the album. Personally, I am not a green gal. Red? Definitely! But not so much the green. I decided on red, turquoise, gold, kraft and light pink as my key colours, with touches of wood grain and black dispersed throughout. Of course, I’m not ruling out green altogether, nor any of the other colours of the rainbow. But I knew I needed a few focus colours to get me started. 

I found this Studio Calico 6”x8” Handbook in script font and feel in love at first sight!

Next, I started looking through my stash for bits and pieces I could use, including elements from the much loved Maggie Holmes Open Book collection which features in last month’s kits, as well as some older Notes and Things collection from the Audrey TSK a few months ago.

Finally…and I was half dreading/half bouncing in excitement, for the next part of my organisation plan…SHOPPING TIME!! I bought a few pieces from 2014 Christmas collections to bulk up my mini kit, including the Kaiser Craft Captured Moments PL cards in the Peppermint Swirl collection – perfect colours! I placed all my goodies in my glass dishes to make sure I could see and access everything…and also, well, it makes it all look so pretty! Hehe :P

I created this title page using a wide range of supplies, including some of the papers from the Audrey TSK as well as a December Daily wood veneer I picked up somewhere along the way. As you know, I love embellishing and my title page is no exception!

I took quite a few photos on December 1^st as my hubby and I put up our Christmas tree, yippee! I added a shaker pocket using a collection of star sequins and wood veneer as well as w Tim Holtz flash card.

I taped closed this pocket due to the bulkiness of the other side – it was driving me a bit crazy sliding out!

On the reverse side, I added a basic filler card with some vintage ephemera as well as a before photo of our empty tree space.

Using a 4 pocket protector, I added some 3x4” cards from the Noah PLK to support my festive tree pictures. I also added a few random Christmas phrase stickers from various collections and some Heidi Swapp vellum ephemera. I raided my Willow and Camille PLK to get some Maggie Holmes Open Book vellum pieces and ephemera to add some depth to the page.

And that’s Day 1 done! Stay tuned while I keep you updated on the rest of the album. I would love to hear some tips and tricks from those who have created DD albums before! Please leave me a comment if you have any ideas for special things to document or products to use.

Thanks for having a peek at my album everyone, and remember…only 23 sleeps til Christmas!!

Adele xxx