My Creative Scrapbook January Sketch

Hi everyone!! Feel like scrapping today and in need of a fun sketch? Why not use the January sketch from My Creative Scrapbook (created by Laura Whitaker). Here's what I created with it using the January Main Kit from MCS.

If you look at the sketch you can see I strayed a bit from the original sketch but I think you can still see I used it as inspiration. 

Here're a few close-ups:

The colors in this kit were just perfect for this photo of our family! 

For more DT pages created with this sketch in mind hop over to the MCS blog. 

And remember to share your page using this sketch at the fb page "My Creative Scrapbook Inspiration Central"! You never know when Pam is watching and you can be a lucky winner to some fabulous goodies!

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

xoxo

Monique

Read Many Books - Step-By-Step - My Creative Scrapbook January Main Kit

Today I thought I'd share my January tutorial for My Creative Scrapbook. When I received the MCS January Main Kit I was so excited!! This kit with the "Welcome Home" collection from Carta Bella is just perfect for all those photos I take around the house daily! I just couldn't wait to dig in! So here's what I created!

For today's layout I used this photo of my daughter sitting outside in our garden in the September sun reading yet another book. As I'm a huge book lover myself I love it when I see my kids reading and often can't resist to take a photo.

I thought I would show you step-by-step how this page came together. 

I started by choosing one of the MCS January cut files and decided not to cut it out, but to replace the blade with a (gold colored) sketch pen and draw the file:

I wanted to color the image in the same shade as the "Gather" paper, while also matching my photo:

In the top left corner you see the "Gather" paper I used for reference:

Some of the colors turned out too bright so I used a bit of kitchen paper to absorb the water and with it some of the color. 

Next I chose one of the 4x6 journaling cards and placed my photo on it. I matted the photo & the 4x6 card and placed this on yet another piece of paper (both from the "Gather" paper: the front and the back). 

I adhered this on the right side of my layout, right in the middle. I glue my papers and photos with only a minimum of glue so that afterwards I'm always able to still slip photos or papers under it. And that's what I did here: the card with the basket with books and the tag (both from the Carta Bella ephemera package) were both added to the right side of my photo. 

Now I started embellishing my page a bit more: the "Home Sweet Home" sticker was adhered above my photo, the sticker with the vase and the flowers was added to the bottom left corner of my photo, the die-cut with the "home" text was adhered on top of the tag and the die-cut banner pieces were adhered under my photo with some 3D adhesive foam dots. 

As I love many embellishments on my layouts I added the "happiness" sticker on top of the card with the basket with books and the "home" sticker below, a chipboard piece with books on the bottom of my photo and a chipboard pot with herbs on the right side of my photo.

The layout is almost done, but I still need a title. I used the Thickers from the kit for the word "read" and the smaller letter stickers from the Carta Bella Cardstock Stickers for the words "many" and "books" and because I saw another books sticker on this same sheet of stickers I just had to add that too! 

Last but not least, I stamped the date below the chipboard pot with herbs, used my tiny attacher to staple a piece of ribbon on to the 4x6 journaling card and added a few drops of paint.... and I was done!

I really love this page of my daughter. It really fits her! 

Here's a photo of the fabulous January Main Kit I used. If you haven't seen the other kits for this month yet then please hop over to the My Creative Scrapbook website HERE. 

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog. I hope I've been able to inspire you a little. 

xoxo

Monique

First layout created with the January Main Kit from My Creative Scrapbook

Today I'm sharing the first layout I created with the amazing January Main Kit from My Creative Scrapbook. The kit mainly features the Welcome Home collection from Carta Bella. I used the kit to scrap this family photo taken last Christmas during our Christmas brunch at my house.

All the "home" stickers were just perfect for this photo! 

And here's a photo of the January Main Kit:

If you want to see the photos of the other three aweseom January kits just visit the MCS blog and if you want to see all the projects the Design Team created this month then please hop over to the MCS gallery! For more details about how to secure a kit for yourself then have a look at the MCS website. 

This is it for now. In a few days I'll post another of my projects created with this kit. 

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today!

xx Monique

Sneak Peeks January Main Kit from My Creative Scrapbook!!

Hi friends!! Wishing you all a very happy 2018!! I'm so grateful for each and everyone of you for your support, cheers and kind words! I hope this will be an awesome year, with lots of happiness and of course lots of crafting! You're the best! xxxx 

Now on to the sneak peeks of the January Main Kit from My Creative Scrapbook. The kit is awesome as always! 

I counted ten sneaks of my projects ... see if you can find which ones they are! No, just kidding! 

If you want to see the sneaks of the other three kits then please hop over to the blog of My Creative Scrapbook! 

Thank you so much for stopping by!

xxx

Monique