I like doing challenges with the Hip Kit Club because they don't require you to use any of their products (which I'm finding out a lot of others do). I just so happen to have some of their products...Christmas Sales make me so happy🤗
Here is what the layout challenge looked like.
For this challenge I used this adorable photo of my grand daughter and myself when she was just a couple of months old. She totally has my heart💜
When I do challenges, (especially LAYOUT challenges) I like to stick to pretty much the EXACT layout. You might think that is odd for me to say but I see scrapers do layout challenges that doesn't look anything like the layout that was presented.
I started off with some card stock paper from my stash. It's a very pretty, light lilac color and matched perfectly with her little stockings and bow. I backed the picture with another very light green color that matched her, oh so cute outfit! I also glued a foam backing onto the photo to give a little dimension to the layout. I used some of the scrap left over from backing my photo to cut these adorable flowers and made some tags to add a bit of color. Yes, I am a big believer in keeping 99.9% of my scraps. You can use them for other things and we all know... this isn't a cheap hobby.
This Washi tape was also in my fairly new stash I just purchased a few weeks ago and I L-O-V-E it! The "HELLO" on it went beautifully with my title, "hello sunshine"! 
I happen to have bought some stuff from the Hip Kit Club over the Holidays (can you say SALE!) and used some of the ephemera packs from PinkFresh Studios and the Vicki Boutin collection. The "So Lovely" and "Sunshine" have gold foil accents on them and you know me and bling/shinny things. You just can't have enough bling!
I also added 2 foam dots to the "Hello Sunshine" to give it the same height dimension as the photo.
On the green flowers, that I cut myself with my cricut, I added black brads from BoBunny. To finish it off I added the 'SMILE' epoxy flair from ScrappinHappyStudio!
Thanks for joining me on this January Challenge from the Hip Kit Club! I hope you liked it. Come join us on our Facebook page ScrapbookingForNewbies. It's all about sharing your creations, learning new techniques and doing some challenges (and you don't have to be a Newbie to join us...we love to have experts on our page to guide us through all that this scrapbooking world has to offer!) We love giving shout outs to you guys!
Happy Scraping!
Kimberly
