KCS Designs - Ethereal Fairies Dream

Hey guys I'm up on the Blogger  as a Design Team member with KCS Designs by Kim.  You can find all of her amazing designs over on Etsy.  Her downloads are so easy to print and fussy cut and add as a focal point to any art journal, card, tag or whatever you are making.  Here is a direct link to her shop and one to the fairies.

Today I'm using one of her Fairies from her Ethereal Fairy collection and isn't she beautiful!  These colors just called out to me, they are so soft and gorgeous I just had to use something from this collection.

I started off with a page out of my art journal.  This paper is super thick at 140lb and can take any medium I've thrown at it.  I got it off of Amazon, here is a link (no affiliation) but it's awesome to work with!

I pulled some CTMH inks in Journey and Shortbread and softly inked up the background.  I didn't want to do a heavy cover for this because the image is so soft.

After inking the background I printed the image and cut it twice with my Joy2 Cricut...oh that thing cuts so precise!  I then cut the wings off the second image so I could give the image a bit of dimension with some foam tape on the second pair of wings.  

I decided that I wanted to use some fine gold embossing powder on parts of her wing and while I was at it I wanted to cover the holes with a circle of gold embossing powder just to pull that gold over and balance the page.  I set the image aside so I could finish up the background.

I went into my stencils and grabbed my Tim Holtz HOCUS POCUS stencil, that is my favorite star stencil I have and works beautifully!  I used some CTMH ink in ALMOND to stencil the background.  I then reached for my DECOART word stencil and used the words INSPIRE and DREAM and stenciled them with glitter paste in TOPAZ from DIAMOND PRESS.  

I let that dry and then reached into my 49 and Market rub ons from the SUMMER PORCH ESSENTIALS, I loved that saying from and the colors were spot on.   I used a couple of more rub ons from that collection and then pulled some bits and pieces from the MOONLIT GARDEN cluster kit.  I love when 2 collections work so well together!

I placed her at the top right corner and adhered her down and added those second pair of wings for that added dimension.  I added all the bits and pieces from the MOONLIT GARDEN kit making sure to balance the page and then added some word strips from a very old sticker book called SIMPLE VINTAGE COTTAGE FIELDS from Simple Stories.

I am not mad at it, I absolutely love the colors Kim chose to use for her and the other fairies...so soft and gorgeous!

I hope I inspired you to get into your crafty space and do some art journaling or card making or what ever your crafty outlet is.  Don't forget to head over to her shop and take a peak at all the amazing images she has created!  

Stay crafty!

Kimberly

Coffee Loving Papercrafters Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #42

 Hey guys, I'm up on the blog doing Challenge #42 for the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge.  If you want to join in here is the link!

I started out with 110lb white paper (oh how I will miss those awesome SALES at Joann's), stamped this cute Sloth stamp, from Brass and Bliss,  (ALL YOU NEED IS COFFEE) I would link it but it was so cute it sold out...and used my Spectrum Noir alcohol markers to color it and then die cut it out. 

I then took the same 110# white paper and inked it in some Vicki Boutin (color wheel, red) and some Tim Holtz Distressed Oxide (in Pine Needles).  I then stamped this awesome coffee to go cup stamp from AlteNew called Friends Forever, one of my fav coffee stamps!  I made sure to stamp it so that the colors were where I wanted them.  I used my Spectrum Noir to color in the lid.

I grabbed my new Whimsy BURST stamp (I LOVE THIS STAMP) to stamp on another 110# white paper (no wonder I go through so much white paper)!  I used the same 2 colors, the red from the color wheel, and the Pine Needles from Tim Holtz, to stamp on the different sides of that burst stamp to give it some added dimension and color and I do love how it turned out.

I reached into my stash and pulled out the sticker that says HAPPY HOLIDAYS and the 2 Christmas foliage stickers to put on either side of the cup.  I also found that cute Christmas hat to add to the Sloth.  I adhered the "Burst" panel on some Christmas red metallic card stock, added the coffee cup and then popped up that Sloth on some foam adhesive and called it done.  Super easy card and I was able to use up some older stash!

I am not mad at it!  Thanks so much for stopping by and hanging out and don't forget to hop over to the Challenge and join in!

Have a crafty day!

Kimberly

Scraplifting CTMH - Happy Halloween Treat & Scraptober!

Hey guys, thanks for stopping by today!  Today I'm here doing a layout I lifted from the CTMH catalog (October - December 2021).  I'm just in LOVE with some of their layouts so I wanted to give them a try with my own stash...I mean we all want to bash our stash right?

Here is the layout in their catalog that I wanted to scrap lift.  It's the cutest ever Halloween layout.  I started out with stickers from Carta Bella, some Tim Holtz Ink, Echo Park Paper,  my 2" circle dies and I used some cart-a-parts.

If you guys want to see how this came together and everything else I used I'm including my YouTube process video below.

Don't forget SCRAPTOBER over at PIECE CRAFT LOVE.  She is having a HUGE SALE on so many collections of scrapbook paper, new bundles of Cocoa Vanilla and not one but TWO giveaways!   Click here to read her blog  to be entered to win a FABULOUS PRIZE!  All you have to do is answer a question she asks in the comments section on her Blog to be entered in one of 2 prizes she is giving away this month to celebrate SCRAPTOBER!  

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Here is the completed layout:

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Here is the video

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Thanks again for stoping by and leave a comment below to let me knowWhat your favorite Halloween paper is.

Make it a scrapy day!

xoxo

Kimberly

Give Away Time at Piece Craft Love

Hey guys it's GIVEAWAY time over at Piece Craft Love!  They are doing 2 MYSTERY boxes full of scrapy goodness! 

All you have to do is head over to their BLOG, leave a comment on the question she asks and you get your name put in for one of the 2 drawings...it's that simple!

Don't miss out on all of their SCRAPTEMBER fun this month and if you feel like doing some shopping while you're at it (because she carries a WIDE RANGE of scrapbooking and mixed media items in her shop), head over to her website and don't forget to use KIMSCRAFTYCREW10 for your discount code when checking out.  It will SAVE you 10% on your ENTIRE order!  Plus, anything over $30 ships for FREE!

I hope you come join me on my YT Channel or over on MEWE🤗

Thanks so much for stopping by and make it a scrapy day!

Kimberly

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World Card Making Day

 Hi guys thanks so much for stopping by my blog post today.  It's World Card Making day and it was so much fun to make these 2 cards! 

So today I'm here as a Creative Ambassador for PIECE CRAFT LOVE and working on a couple of cards for World Card Making Day .  I'm going to tell you upfront that my card making skills are not that spectacular but I do love making them!  I am in awe of the card makers that I do follow and watching their ink blending techniques just blow my mind.  These are not that😬

However, I did put 2 cards together, one being a coffee card because who doesn't like coffee?  The other is a sweet fall friendship card (funny enough, the sentiment came from the  coffee stamp set I used for the first card...I mean another great reason to love coffee, am I right)?

We will start with the coffee card (I don't think I can say this enough) because WHO DOESN'T LOVE COFFEE, or at least the smell of it!  I used a brown, heavy weight card stock, cut to an A2 size for one layer of the top of the card and stressed the edges.  I then adhered it to an A2 blank card (because that's how I roll, yes, I bought the pre-pack of A-2 cards that are already scored and everything😬)

I then cut to size the paper from ECHO PARK, from their COFFEE collection, it was actually the B side of the 3x4 journaling cards (item # C0164002).  I loved the pink hues in it and ALL THE COFFEE CUPS!  I then distressed the edges and adhered it to the brown card stock, leaving just a peak of the brown card stock showing.

I grabbed another ECHO PARK paper called I LIKE BIG CUPS (now that that song is stuck in your head and the main reason I bought this sheet of paper) I swear I heard the other version of that song for hours after making this card!  Anyway, I fussy cut the one that says, well, I LIKE BIG CUPS AND I CAN NOT LIE! and backed it to the same brown card stock and inked the edges with some Tim Holtz Distressed Inks in Walnut Stain. I popped it up on foam tape and adhered it to the card.  

I then went into my new FAVORITE Coffee, Best Friends, sentiments from AlteNew called Friends Forever.  It has this huge to go cup stamp with a sleeve that I absolutely love and think it's the PERFECT size!  I stamped that using my Tim Holtz stamping platform onto a piece of GORGEOUS 6x6 paper from PRIMA MARKETING from their PUMPKIN AND SPICE collection with my Stayz On Black ink.  I then took the double hearts from the same stamp set and stamped the sleeve part of the cup.  I fussy cut it and then tucked it under the I LIKE BIG CUPS AND I CAN NOT LIE! cut apart.

I dug deep into my stash and found not one but 2 COFFEE washi-tape rolls that were perfect.  I added them to a piece of the brown card stock paper, adhered them down and then used some foam tape to pop it up off the card.  I left just enough room for the edges of the card to peak out along with some of the bottom of the card.  

Here is how it turned out

Here are the link to some of the items I used from Piececraftlove.com The washi-tape was from a purchase from Michael's a while ago.

ECHO PARK -  I LIKE BIG CUPS & I CAN NOT LIE!

ECHO PARK - CUPS/CUT APART PAPER

ALTENEW - CLEAR STAMPS, FRIENDS FOREVER

ADHISIVE -    ART GLITTER GLUE

Now, on to my 2nd card!  For this one I used my new FAVORITE paper and embellishment collection ever!  It's the PRIMA MARKETING, PUMPKIN & SPICE Collection.  Oh you guys this collection is gorgeous.  It's a non-traditional fall color collection that I am IN LOVE WITH! I've used it on layouts and cards and it is so versatile!

I cut the A2 size card-face from a paper out of their 6x6 paper pad.  Each paper has 4 of each of the patterns which is awesome!  It is super heavy paper and so easy to work with. 

I pulled out my Tim Holtz stamp platform and I took out the SENTIMENT from the ALTENEW Friends Forever stamp set.  I actually bought the set because of this sentiment!  I used my Stayz On Black Ink and stamped the sentiment onto the pattern paper.

This peachy, washed out paper that I chose was just so pretty that I had to use it.  It matched so well with the coordinating ephemera paper...which I used to make this cute little "sign".  I backed it with the same paper I used for the coffee cup above (we waist no paper here, lol).  I popped it up on foam tape to give it some dimension. 

I then found another piece of ephemera from the collection that was a sign that I didn't think I would use but loved the part that looks like it's hanging the picture so I tucked it underneath the KEEP CALM AND ENJOY FALL piece and then used some of that black and which checkered pattern paper from the same pad to cut 2 small flag-banners and tucked them under that cute saying.  I then grabbed the puffy stickers from this collection and just fell in love with the black and white checkered heart that matched the flag-banners under the "hanging picture" so I sued it along with the SO THANKFUL puffy sticker that I placed below the stamped sentiment!

Here is how it turned out

Here is all the fun goodness that I used from the Prima Marketing Collection.

Well guys, that's it.  These are my cards I made for World Card Making Day!  They aren't the fancy, color/shading/popping out cards that amaze me, but I think they are super cute!

If you haven't had a chance to check out PIECECRAFTLOVE.COM you are in for a treat!  Right now there is a special PROMO CODE you can use to get 10% OFF your ENTIRE order, PLUS anything over $30 ships for FREE!  Use KIMSCRAFTYCREW10 and you will be all set!   

Thanks again for stoping by and leave a comment below to let me know if you have ever made a card using collage.

Come join us on our MEWE group for more challenges and fun!

Make it a scrapy day!

xoxo

Kimberly

Collage Cards

 Hi guys thanks so much for stopping by my blog post today.  We are going to be doing collage card making...something new I tried and it was so much fun! 

So today I'm here working on a collage birthday card.  I saw this technique on Piece Craft Love's Youtube Channel and loved how hers turned out so I thought I would give it a try!

Here is the finished card!

Head over to her YouTube channel to see how she put these gorgeous cards together and maybe it will inspire you to make one!

If you haven't had a chance to check out PIECECRAFTLOVE.COM you are in for a treat!  Right now there is a special PROMO CODE you can use to get 10% OFF your ENTIRE order, PLUS anything over $30 ships for FREE!  Use KIMSCRAFTYCREW10 and you will be all set!   

Thanks again for stoping by and leave a comment below to let me know if you have ever made a card using collage.

Come join us on our MEWE group for more challenges and fun!

Make it a scrapy day!

xoxo

Kimberly

Tag You're It Challenge - Day 6

 Hi guys thanks so much for stopping by and following along on this Tag You're It hop sponsored by....

 Piece Craft Love!  

To learn more about this hop, go here.

I'm here on Day 6 and guess what?  I loved using my Simple Stories Birthday Collection so much that I chose to use the PARTY PROMPT again and make a Birthday Card!

I started out like this

I started with an A4 card stock in White that I got from Color Play...some times I'm just too lazy to cut my own🤷🏻‍♀️

From the Simple Stories Birthday Blast Collection I used a Cut-A-Part that said "Happy Birthday", the 6x8 paper pad (I chose a solid blue and a confetti pattern) for the front of the card, along with a scrap of red card stock that I adhered lengthwise and added some of my Nuvo Crystal Drops in Dandelion Yellow.

For the inside of the card also used some of the ephemera pack and found 2 really cute TAGS for the inside with a banner to match!  I also decided to add a bit of mixed media with some TIM HOLTS DISTRESSED INKS in SQUEEZED LEMONADE and CRACKED PISTACHIO along with a star stencil and I loved how it turned out!

Here is the finished product:

Pop over to my YouTube Channel to see how this came together!

Thanks again for stopping by my blogger and hopping along with us on this #TAGYOUREIT Challenge sponsored by PIECE CRAFT LOVE.  If you haven't checked out their store, you really should!  She has the best crafting stuff!  Plus use code KIMSCRAFTYCREW10 to get 10% off your ENTIRE order!

Thanks again for stopping by and come join us on MEWE for more fun challenges!

Have a Scrapy Day!

Kimberly

Tag You're It - Day 4

  Hi guys thanks so much for stopping by and following along on this Tag You're It hop sponsored by....

 Piece Craft Love!

For more info on how to play go here!

I'm here on Day 4 of the #TAGYOUREIT Challenge and having a great time coming up with these tag layouts!  So come join me and see what I collection I use for this layout...

This is what I started out with...

Here is a list of what I used:

The paper was from Carta Bella - Homemade with Love

Jen Hadfield - Icon Ephemera from This is Family Collection

BoBunny - Noteworthy Collection

Petaloo - Botanica Collection

The Paper Studio - Floral Embellishments

KC & Co - Embossed Stickers, Tuscany Journal tags

Crate Paper - Fresh Bouquet Collection

Crate Paper -Wood Dimensional Stickers "BLESSED", I added some distressed oxide in Walnut Stain from Tim Holtz

Head over to my YT Channel to see how it all came together!

Thanks again for stopping by my blogger and hopping along with us on this #TAGYOUREIT Challenge sponsored by PIECE CRAFT LOVE.  If you haven't checked out their store, you really should!  She has the best crafting stuff!  Plus use code KIMSCRAFTYCREW10 to get 10% off your ENTIRE order!

I would love it if you left a comment below to let me know what you think about the vintage look of this layout.

Come join us on YT and MEWE...Now, #TAGYOUREIT!

Have a scrapy day!

Kimberly

Water color background and New Mermaid Flairs!

Hey guys, I wanted to share a layout I did using Scrappin Happy Studio's new Mermaid Flairs!  These are so cute and the colors are amazing!  Jenny (the owner of the shop) makes all of her flairs by hand and does special orders so if you are working on a layout or a card and want that extra pop or personalization for that special someone...just ask and she would be happy to do it!

Be sure to check out her site on Black Friday 2019 for amazing 50% OFF her ENTIRE store including her newest collections!

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Now, on to the layout!  I started with some Oxide inks, using some water and the paint brush technique to bring this water color background to life.  I'm not going to lie, I've tried this several times and most of them turned out to be disasters! I really had to take my time and really work with the water and colors to get the look I was going for.

After using clear Gesso on my white card stock paper and let completely dry, I dabbed the inks on to wax paper, - a cheap trick of mine that I use for mixed media stuff and just regular glueing down stuff.  Dollar store score! The clean up is easy and you can use one piece several times depending on how messy you are!  I applied the ink to the wax paper (one color at a time) I spritz with water and started dipping my paint brush and adding small amounts of both water and paint to the paper.  Once I got one color the way I wanted it I moved on to the other colors.  Using this technique you have to be careful not to move the paper around too much or you will get a drip effect which isn't what I was going for.

I ended up stamping the background with a "fishing net" using Pearl White powder and Versacolor White Pigment ink, it's very faint but in the right light you can see it and it looks amazing.  I pulled all of the ephemera items I wanted to use, added some wood veneer sea life, some mermaid stickers (dollar store score) and some cut aparts from one of my pages in a paper pad and stamped and fussy cut some little mermaids.  Added my picture (backing it with velum paper that I inked in a sea foam blue and added some Nuvo drops and making sure I left room at the bottom for journaling and BAM! The finished layout!

I hope you like the layout and the cute Mermaid Collection from Scrappin Happy Studios!  Don't forget to click HERE for the chance to win $50 (Open on Wednesday 11/27/2019 ONLY so hurry) 

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Thanks for taking the time to read about this layout and the products I used.  Please come follow me on IG (ScrapbookingForNewbies) or on FB (ScrapbookingForNewbies)

Happy Scrapping!

Kimberly

Senior Picture 8 x 8 layout Book, #48 - 56 of the 365 scrapbook challenge and what lessons I learned with this layout

Hi Newbies, 

I'm here working on an 8 x 8 album for my Nephew who is graduating from High School.  This album is so near and dear to my heart because he is Autistic and the struggles my sister had and still has with him are real!  So I wanted to make her a special album to remember his special day.

This album holds 20 pages so I thought I would do 10 pages for one blog and the remaining 10 for another blog just so it's not too overwhelming for anyone to read.  

This album will be layouts #48 - 56  of my 365 page layout challenge for 2019!- and yes I do include cards and 8x8 albums as well as my usual 12 x 12 layouts as part of my layout challenge, and FILLER pages (something new I'm doing for this album since I only have 11 pictures) - -just saying😬 

I will try to link all of the items used (and possibly where I bought them) just in case you decide you like any of it.  Since this entire album is an 8x8 album there aren't a lot of embellishments that I used.

After the first 8x8 album I did a couple of weeks ago, I lost my fear of doing them and kinda liked it.  I would NOT say they were easier, I mean you are trying to create an awesome layout with embellishments and stickers and stamps and sequence and heat embossing and...well you get it.  On the 8x8's you are very limited on space to create such an amazing layout, especially if the pictures are bigger than 4x6.

For this album I had to try something a little different.  Since the album itself holds 20 layouts, I only had 11 pictures that my sister had sent to me for his photo shoot.  So I had to come up with some filler pages.  Basically, a scrapbook layout without a photo.  I've never done one before so it was fun to do.

SO HERE THEY ARE:

(48) - TITLE: DON'T TRADE YOUR AUTHENTICITY FOR APPROVAL

TITLE: DON'T TRADE YOUR AUTHENTICITY FOR APPROVAL
TITLE: PinkFresh Studio - Be You Collection (I also used some Shimmerz Mists on it to blend the color to match the layout).
PHOTO: Backed with card stock with a grey card stock under photo using the tear technique
PAPER: Woodgrain paper is from a friend
PUZZLE PIECE: Stampin Up set - heat embossed in gold on the edges
WORDS: "OUT OF LIMITATIONS COMES CREATIVITY... from Tim Holtz Small Talk Sticker book 
GOLD KEY: 1conoe2 Hazelwood Collection from ACherryOnTop.com
GRADUATION STICKERS: Jolees Dimensional stickers - Hobby Lobby

(49) - TITLE: ACHIEVEMENTS

TITLE: - Graduation puffy stickers from Michael's and/or Hobby Lobby
PHOTO: Backed with grey card stock using the tear technique at the bottom.
PAPER: from HOT BUY at Michael's
GLITTER PUFFY STICKERS: Graduation pack from Michael's and/or Hobby Lobby
BANNER: "BRAVE" is from a paper pad I cut out and used my banner bunch on.  I also used water color in black with some Shimmeringz in BRONZED BOMBSHELL to match the layout.
TASSEL STICKER: Paper Crafts sticker from Hobby Lobby

(50) - TITLE: "YOU ARE"

FILLER PAGE: "YOU ARE"
PAPER: a page out of one of the HOT BUYS from Michael's
STAMPS: "you are", Unique, Special, Authentic (with arrow)
HEART PUZZLE: the paper I used was from the same pad,  die was from Stampin Up
STAMP: One Of A Kind is from HIEDI SWAPP, I heat embossed in gold
WORDS: are all cut from the same paper pad - the one with the word BRAVE on it I used some Ranger distressed Oxide ink in WALNUT STAIN and some PERFECT PEARLS MIST in PERFECT COPPER. I added some PEARL WHITE #654 embossing powder (non-heat)
GOLD DOTS: old stash


(51)-TITLE: DID YOU KNOW

TITLE: - American Craft, Escape from the Ordinary chipboard Collection
PHOTO: Backed with card stock using the tear technique on the side and I cut a thin strip to add to the back side as well.
PAPER: from Michael's
WORDING: Tim Holtz, Small Talk sticker book
FLAIR: Heart Circle from Scrappin Happy Studio
CHIPBOARD: BANNER "Celebrate", American Craft, 1canoe2 collection
GOLD WREATH: Crate Paper


(52) - TITLE: REACH FOR THE STARS

TITLE: REACH FOR THE STARS
TITLE: - EPHEMERA PACK from FANCY PANTS, TAKE NOTE Collection
PHOTO: 2 cards from the same Fancy Pants Ephemera Pack, as well as the books, "Remember", Dreaming with eyes wide open and the circle that says "Why Hello There".
PAPER: pad from Michael's
CHIP BOARD STICKER: Crate Paper, HERE AND THERE collection from AcherryOnTop.com

(53) -TITLE: LET'S DO THIS

TITLE: CHIPBOARD sticker from American Crafts' Escape the Ordinary Collection (behind that I cut a strip of the gold foil paper and covered it with vellum paper)
PHOTO: Backed with gold foil 8 1/2 x 11 gold foil paper from Michael's
PAPER: from a friend's stash
GOLD ADHESIVE WREATH: Snow and Cocoa
PUZZLE PIECE: Stampin Up, stamped with stamp set that came with thin-lets
GOLD ARROWS: Puffy stickers from Paper House
GOLD HEARTS - PinkFresh Studio gold acrylic mirror stickers
BLACK DOT DECALS: Ms. Sparkle & Co, decals from Joann's
CHIPBOARD STICKER: American Crafts, Escape the Ordinary Collection

(54) TITLE: "MAKE TODAY AN ADVENTURE"

FILLER PAGE: "MAKE TODAY AN ADVENTURE"
PAPER: a page out of one of the HOT BUYS from Michael's - THIS PAD IS AMAZING!
PUZZLE PIECE SQUARE: Stampin Up (came in a set with a heart, square and words), used foam backing for some dimension.
BALLOONS: I used my (dinosaur of a cricut) to cut out the balloons from gold foil paper and for the string I used fancy scissors using the same gold foil paper.
OWL: I used my owl bunch and then heat embossed it in gold, adding a grad hat sticker from Paper Crafts - Hobby Lobby.  I used some foam dots to give him some depth.
WORDS: are all cut from the same HOT BUY paper pad - it came with 2 pages of borders
GOLD DOTS: BoBunny Brads
BLACK DOTS: Ms. Sparkle & Co, Joann's
GOLD DOTS: smaller gold dots I used Shimelle from American Crafts
TOP BORDER: Gold Foil paper from Michael's that I cut using a pair of my fancy scissors

(55) - TITLE: GRADUATE

TITLE: GRADUATE sticker from Paper Crafts (Hobby Lobby)
PHOTO: Backed with 3 different stock paper from my stash, using the tear technique on the grey
PAPER: stash from various pads
GOLD EPHEMERA FLOWERS: Hip Kit Club pack
PUZZLE PIECE: Stampin Up, stamped with stamp set that came with thin-lets
GOLD ASTERISKS : Puffy stickers from Paper House
GOLD & BLUE GRADUATION RIBBON - Paper House (hobby lobby)
FLOWER STICKERS: 1canoe2, HAZELWOOD Collection
CHIPBOARD STICKER: American Crafts, Escape the Ordinary Collection

(56) - TITLE: CON-GRATS

FILLER PAGE: "CON GRATS"
PAPER: card stock from paper pad purchased at Michael's
TITLE ALPHA PUFFY GOLD STICKERS & HEARTS: Paper Crafts - Hobby Lobby
OWL: I used my owl punch to punch out the owl from gold foil paper and then punched out the same out several times with some cheap stock paper I have, glued them all together so it gives it a dimensional look to it.
CHIPBOARD STICKERS: They all came from the same collection, American Crafts - Escape The Ordinary
STICKERS:THE "WOOHOO!" and the Grad hat came from Paper Crafts (Hobby Lobby)
BLACK DOTS: Ms. Sparkle & Co, Joann's
BANNERS: Used my banner punch to punch them both out on card stock


So, I know I said I would do 10 each but this is a perfect stopping point, since I want to keep the pages that "match" the filler pages together.

Well, there you have it...number(s) 48-56 of my 365 layout challenge for 2019.  Thanks for following along on my journey of 365 scrapbook page challenge that I am doing, and reading about the lessons I'm learning along the way!

Please leave a comment below and let me know what you think about 8x8 layouts.  Have you used them before?

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Happy Scrapping🤗

Kimberly

Merry Christmas (House) - Layout #19 of the 365 scrapbook challenge and what lessons I learned with this layout

Hey Newbies,

I'm here working on number 19 of my 365 Page Layout Challenge 2019 (and the lessons I learned).  I will try to list everything I used below and try to link up to where you can purchase them if you happen to like any of them.

Today I'm working on a Christmas layout.  This one was pretty simple and quick to layout!  I was so excited about getting this MERRY CHRISTMAS HOUSE stencil at Joann's for 90%OFF!  It actually wasn't a stencil, it was backed to a 10x10 board.  I took it off the board and used it as a stencil and it worked PERFECTLY!  Here is a video of my haul from Joann's.

I started out with a red 12 x 12 card stock and then added a white card stock on top.   I cut an inch off each side so that the red cold show.  I then took the stencil and a Sharpie permanent marker in GOLD METALLIC,  followed all of the lines of the house and then colored in the MERRY CHRISTMAS.  It looked fabulous...if I do say so myself😋

I then sprits the snow flakes in Perfect Pearls Mist from Ranger in PERFECT COPPER to pull some of the gold out in the house and glued them down.  After that I backed the photo with some paper from my stash that had some gold(ish) color in it and then with some of the red stock paper I used earlier and adhered it down.

I had the JOY and the Christmas tree from a real old stash of mine, which worked great because the tree had the gold in it and the JOY had the red. 

The Santa sticker I made using my X-yron sticker maker and the Santa I fussy cut from a Christmas note pad I had laying around my house. (Hey I always say, use what you can, and if it's free it's for me)!

I added some Christmas brads (one was a sticky brad but the other 2 were not, and I'm not a huge fan of the "not sticky" brads so I take off the metal parts some times - this being one of those times- and use a foam dot to adhere them).   I had some smaller red colored brads that I put down the side just to add color, used a border from one of my Christmas HOT BUY pads and Boom!  Done!  Super simple, super quick and super cute!

So LESSON 1 for this layout would be...use what you have that may not be meant for scrapbooking (think, the stencil house I pulled off the board, the Santa sticker I made from a note pad...what ever you think will work, try it, use it...just because it doesn't say "scrapbooking embellishment" doesn't mean you can't use it.😬

Well, there you have it...number 19 of my 365 layout challenge for 2019.  Thanks for following along on my journey of 365 scrapbook page challenge that I am doing, and reading about the lessons I'm learning along the way!  Please subscribe if you like this post and to see if I make it to number 3-6-5 by the end of this year!

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Kimberly

Moments Worth Remembering - Layout #22 of the 365 scrapbook challenge and what lessons I learned with this layout

Hey Newbies,

I'm here working on number 22 of my 365 Page Layout Challenge 2019 (and the lessons I learned).  I will try to list everything I used below and try to link up to where you can purchase them if you happen to like any of them.

Today I'm doing one of my challenges that I found on a FB group from the UK (yeap, still counting it as part of my challenges.)😬  This one was very specific about what was required.  It required mixed media, BIG stencil work and stitching, which I've never done😱...which was pretty cool because learning new stuff is awesome!

I started off with a heavy red card stock for the background.  I took some white 12x12 card stock, cut it down by an inch on each side and used white gesso on it to do some mixed media work.  After it dried, I did the tear technique at the top before starting the mixed media work.


I used one of my favorite heart stencils and used glass bead gel, it's messy and takes a bit to get the technique down but I do love it.  I used my heat gun to try and dry it but had to let it set to fully dry...so this layout took a while to do.

After the gel dried I made a heart stencil (out of a cardboard) and stenciled the big heart using my ink blending tool by Tim Holtz and blended the ink around the stencil using Stamp Craft Ink in "RED" I bought at Michaels.  I also used smaller heart stencils in the middle of the larger heart using red acrylic paint and the same blending tool. 

I didn't want to leave the paper white, I'm not a huge fan of a lot of white space in my layouts.  I do them every so often when I "lift" an amazing layout  I see on IG.  So I took my blending tool and blended some more of the acrylic paint all around, making sure I don't mess with the glass beads, those are super delicate so I used Distressed spray stain in ABANDONED CORAL on them.

I used my heart punched to punch out some hearts in the same red card stock I used for the background and one out of gold foil paper (I purchased from Michaels, it goes on sale a lot so wait for it).   I backed the one red heart at the top with the gold heart and did my journaling.  I did the stitching on the single heart at the bottom.  Not bad for my first time and no sewing machine!

The photos I backed with black card stock and some of the gold foil paper.  I wanted to pull some of the black out of his shirt and add some other color other than the reds because it was starting to look a bit...red🤷🏻‍♀️.  I used foam backing for the pictures to give some dimension to them and also it's hard for anything to stick to the glass beading so I had to use the foam.

I added the "LOVE" sticker in between the photos to pull more of the black out.  That was from a very old stash and I have no idea where I got those words because I love them!  It's got kind of a rough texture to it...If you guys find them anywhere please leave a comment, I would love to buy some more of those!

I then used the words NEW, ARRIVAL, HELLO, CUTE, on top of the red hearts to pull more of the gold color out and seriously, how cute is this new arrival anyways!  These are so awesome and I WILL be purchasing more of them!  They are Gold Foam Letters from Thickers Goldie (151) collection!  

I sprayed the entire page with Perfect Pearls Mist from Ranger in PERFECT COPPER.  It is one of my favorite colors!!!!

Finally, I used the EACH CHILD IS UNIQUE... and MOMENTS WORTH REMEMBERING from The paper Studio - Children Phrases I purchased from Michaels.

Well, there you have it...number 21 of my 365 layout challenge for 2019.  I tried to link up what I used in case you wanted to try any of them.  Thanks for following along on my journey of 365 scrapbook page challenge that I am doing, and reading about the lessons I'm learning along the way!  Please leave a comment below on what you liked about the layout and if you want to follow me on my 365 challenge please subscribe!

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Kimberly

We are a Latte Like - Layout #21 of the 365 scrapbook challenge and what lessons I learned with this layout

Hey Newbies,

I'm here working on number 21 of my 365 Page Layout Challenge 2019 (and the lessons I learned).  I will try to list everything I used below and try to link up to where you can purchase them if you happen to like any of them.

I decided to do a coffee card today!  Those gals over at Coffee Loving Papercrafters FB group are so inspiring and it's all about coffee and I LOVE coffee!

This layout was pretty simple and quick!  I started off with a digi download.  If you don't know what a digi download is click here to read my blog about them.  I found these cutie pies at Crafting Desert Divas website. 

I downloaded them and then re-sized them, each a little different.  The Christmas coffee cups on each side is ribbon that I got from an amazing haul from Joann's!  I glued them down and had to lay them flat for a while because this ribbon is made of a burlap material so it was hard to keep it glued down.  

After the ribbon stayed put, I cut a pice of brown card stock for the face of the card.   I used some brown ink and went around the edges with my ink blending tool.  

I had these awesome alphas that are actually black and gold(ish) in a weave pattern that matched well.  I added 2 sticky brads, adhered the ginger girl and boy with foam dots to give it some dimension, then added the YOU WARM MY HEART stamp at the bottom (next to the...shall I say it...gingerbread cake😱).  

Lastly, and here comes LESSON 1 for this layout, I didn't measure correctly!  I had to improvise so I cut a strip from a border I had and placed it at the top.  It had gold(ish) brown diamonds and it worked!  So...DON'T FORGET TO MEASURE PROPERLY🤦🏻‍♀️ 

Well, there you have it...number 21 of my 365 layout challenge for 2019.  Thanks for following along on my journey of 365 scrapbook page challenge that I am doing, and reading about the lessons I'm learning along the way!  

Please join our FB page for more challenges and to share your layouts with the group or come follow me on IG!  

Happy Scrapping🤗

Kimberly