Family Is Everything | Step-By-Step My Creative Scrapbook November Creative Kit

Hello friends! Are you already in the mood for Christmas & Christmas layouts? I am! I was so happy when Pam from My Creative Scrapbook sent me the amazing November Creative kit filled with Crate Paper's Hey, Santa collection! 

Here's the layout for which I've made a little step-by-step:

Except for November Creative kit I've also used one of this month's free subscriber cut files:

The first thing I did was cutting 12 strips of paper, measuring 2" x 12". As I couldn't choose which paper I liked best, I cut off strips of six different papers. As they are double sided I now had 12 different designs. 

Next I cut these in smaller parts, varying in length:

I arranged them on my background cardstock, leaving a spot where my photos was going to be: 

Using my Singer sewing machine I stitched all of these in place:

I already love this, even without the photo!

Next I placed the matted photo and the cut file on my page to see how it looked and trying to decide where my embellishments should go. One thing was sure, Santa had to be included!

Here are a few detail photos of the finished layout:

This is it! Easy peasy! I'm so happy I received this kit, I'm totally in love with it! ! For more information about this kit (and the other 3 kits of this month) please visit the My Creative Scrapbook website and if you want to see the photos of all projects created by the design team with the various kits, please visit the Design Team Gallery.

Here's a photo of the November Creative Kit:

Thank you so much for stopping by! Wishing you a wonderful day!

xxx Monique

We Need A Little Christmas | My Creative Scrapbook November Creative Kit

This month I received the Creative kit from Pam, from the kit club My Creative Scrapbook. It's because she knows how much I love Christmas collections and especially when they are cute! The November Creative kit features the Crate Paper Hey, Santa collection, which so super cute! Here's my first page:

And here are a few detail photos:

I just love that the kit contains both cardstock & vellum die-cuts, but also chipboards. I love the chipboard car above and the cardstock santa and vellum bow below.

In the top left square I created a little pocket for some journaling cards: 

For more information about this month's kits hop over to the My Creative Scrapbook website and to the gallery if you want to see what everyone on the team created. 

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Hugs,

Monique

Back to School | Step-by-step tutorial for My Creative Scrapbook

Hello friends! Today I'm sharing the step-by-step I created for My Creative Scrapbook of my "Back to school" layout which I made with the wonderful October Main Kit featuring the Fresh Bouquet collection from Crate Paper and one of the free subscriber cut files. I also used this month's sketch for this layout.

This is the layout I created, with a (not so recent) photo of my oldest son on his first day of school after the summer holidays. 

And this is the October sketch I also used:

When I got started on my page I displayed everything I had left of the kit: 

And I selected a whole bunch of my border punches:

I punched about 15 borders of approx. 0.5 and 0.75 inch wide:

I also cut the "Back to school" cut file using my Silhouette Cameo:

Next I also cut three mats for my 4" x 6" photo and chose a blue sheet of cardstock from my stash for the background: 

While deciding how I wanted to build my page I came to the conclusion I wanted to separate the "Back to school" cut file. So, using a pair of scissors I just cut them apart:

The punched strips of paper I used for the top left corner. I adhered them in the order I wanted them, turned the page around and cut off the excess parts: 

The photo was matted on three different pieces of paper and was placed in the bottom right corner of the layout:

I selected the die-cuts that had something to do with school, like the row of books, and placed these around the photo. I also added the two parts of the "Back to school" cut file; one on the photo and one behind it.

Next I got my sewing machine and stitched around my page:

I also stitched on other places of my layout, like here over the cut file:

And I stitched above the photo:

And here over one of the die-cuts:

I added a few lines of handwritten journaling and a few drops of silver colour mist and I was done! 

I really loved working with this kit! I had so much fun creating this page! For more information about this kit (and the other 3 kits of this month) please visit the My Creative Scrapbook website and if you want to see the photos of all projects created by the design team with the various kits, please visit the Design Team Gallery.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Wishing you a happy day!

xxx Monique