The Magic of Christmas || Step-By-Step || My Creative Scrapbook December Creative Kit

Hello friends! I've got a step-by-step tutorial I created for My Creative Scrapbook I thought I would share it here as well. The Christmas trees are part of the free subscriber December cut file created by Ashley Horton from The Cut Shoppe.

This is the layout I created:

First I unpacked this month's kit, the December Creative Kit. Look how awesome it looks. Don't you jus love those designs, the colors, the die-cuts and those chipboards?! I just love it all!!

Next I installed my Silhouette Cameo and started cutting. I cut five trees in different sizes from various patterned papers and six trees also in different sizes from plain white cardstock. The "25" comes from the same cut file and I cut it in two different sizes from white cardstock as well:

With Distress Oxide stamping ink and a soft brush I colored the trees I cut from the white cardstock:

After coloring they looked pretty fun. I love the festive colors! 

Next I cut 1.5 cm off two sides of my white background cardstock and adhered it on a sheet of red cardstock. On top I arranged all the cut trees covering almost the entire page. I didn't need to use any adhesive as the trees were still a bit sticky from the Silhouette sheet:

Using my sewing machine I stitched right through the middle of the trees:

The result looked like this:

Now I had to find a place for my photo, which I decided should be in the bottom left corner of the page. I added a few die-cuts and chipboards on the right side of the photo and placed the "25" cut file on top:

On the left side of the photo I added a really small chipboard and stamped the date (twice):

Above the photo I placed a few die-cuts and a bell chipboard in top of one of the trees:

Last but not least I got out my white paint and added the white paint splatter to the etire page, even on top of my photo to give it the illusion that it snowed. I really love the result! 

Thank you so much for stopping by the blog today! I hope I've been able to inspire you a little! 

Here's a photo of the December Creative Kit I used: 

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.

Wishing you a wonderful day! 

xxx Monique

December Creative Kit from My Creative Scrapbook and a Christmas Layout

 Hello paper lovers! Pam, the owner of the kit club My Creative Scrapbook sent me the Creative Kit this month featuring the Warm Wishes collection from Vicki Boutin. I'm a huge fan of everything Christmas and I love Christmas scrapbook collections! This collection is no exception, it's awesome! Here's one of the layouts I created with it:

Last year in December I wanted to take a selfie of our family and like most of you I took about a hundred photos and dismissed them all. In the end I decided to create a collage of 16 of the photos without checking if they were any good and scrap this. I really like how this turned out. 

Here are a few close-ups: 

The word "Jolly" was cut with my Silhouette and comes from one of the free subscriber cut files. 

And here is the photo of the kit. I just love it!

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog. If you want more information about the kits, please visit the website of My Creative Scrapbook. If you want to see all the projects the Design Team created with the various kits then please visit the Design Team Gallery. 

Wishing you a wonderful day! 

Hugs,

Monique

You're My Favorite || Pretty Little Studio

Hello friends! I thought I would share this Pretty Little Studio - Frosty and Friends layout featuring my Cocker Spaniel. Here's the layout I created:

For this layout I used the patterned paper called White Out for my background. I placed the large Woodland Wreath 11" die-cut on top. This die-cut is so super cute! I think I need more of it! 

Look how cute:

Behind the wreath I placed the photo of my puppy and on the left side of the photo I placed one of the large 3" x 8" journaling cards from the Favorite Things package. Also on the left side I added a die-cut of a snowman with a dog.

On the top right side of the wreath die-cut I placed this word die-cut from the Winter Wishes package.

And below the photo a word die-cut from the Snowflake Kisses package placed on top of a large (wintery) label:

On the photo I adhered two light blue word stickers from the sticker sheet Marshmallow World Words.

This is it! Hope you like it! I love this Frosty collection so much, with its cute designs and beautiful colors. I hope I've been able to inspire you to give this collection a try. 

Here's a list of the Pretty Little Studio products I used:

Frosty and Friends collection

Paper Pack |  Frosty 12" x 12" double-sided

Die-Cuts | Snow Friends, Winter Wishes, Snowflake Kisses, Woodland Wreath 11"

Stickers | Marshmallow World Words (color)

Journaling | Favorite Things 3x8

Punch-Out | Wintery Labels

Thank you so much for stopping by! Don't forget to visit the Pretty Little Studio shop for this collection or one of the many other collections. 

Hugs!

Deck the Halls || My Creative Scrapbook Step-By-Step

Hello friends!! Today I'm sharing a step-by-step instruction on how to create this Christmas tree I used on the layout I made for My Creative Scrapbook. This month I got the Creative kit which featured the joyful Holly Days collection from Simple Stories. 

This is the layout I created:

For the steps to create the tree I made a photo collage, but first let me show you a photo of the awesome November kit. Look how much it contains!!

Look how cute those die-cuts are:

And this is the tree for which I made the step-by-step instructions:

So, let me show you the 9 steps:

Start at the top left photo and then work your way from left to right. 

I cut 5 squares measuring 3.75" x 3.75", 4.5" x 4.5", 5" x 5", 5.75" x 5.75" and 6.5" x 6.5". 

1. The first photo shows the fold lines with which you start. 
2. Fold the square of paper horizontally (top/bottom and left/right).
3. Fold also diagonally (left bottom corner to right top corner and right bottom corner to left top corner).
4. Fold sides inward so you have a triangle shaped "pile" (two triangles on top of each other with the sides folded inward).
5. Flatten the triangle shape.
6. Fold the left and right side of the upper layer of the triangle inward.
7. This is what it should look like.
8. You are done! 

Create 5 of these tree parts in differtent sizes and with different patterned papers (so perfect that the papers in this collection are double sided!). 

Before adhering the parts on my page I colored a tree shaped triangle on my white background cardstock using a soft brush, two colors of Distress Oxide stamping ink and a stencil:

I added double sided tape at the bottom of the tree parts, so I could still slide the parts a little in each other:

In the end I decided to add a tiny staple at the top so the folded parts didn't fold open too much:

The last step was to adhere the individual parts on my page. I slid the top of each part in the bottom of the part above:

Here are a few more close-ups of my finished layout:

I love stitching on my pages!!

Loving this chipboard Santa! 

This is it! Hope you like it! 

Thank you so much for stopping by the blog today! I hope I've been able to inspire you a little! 

Here's a photo of the November Creative Kit I used: 

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.

Wishing you a wonderful day! 

xxx Monique

I Heart Autumn | Pretty Little Studio

Hello friends! Today I'm sharing a layout I created for Pretty Little Studio using the "Grateful Heart" collection and featuring a strip of three small Autumn photos. Here's the layout I made:

For the background I stenciled on a sheet of white cardstock with a stencil from Vicki Boutin and Distress Oxide (Dried Marigold). On the left side I stitched a strip of torn paper from the sheet called "Gratitude" (mustard). 

I adhered the photo strip on two 3" x 4" journaling cards (called "Grateful Heart") and I placed another journaling card on the right side of the photos, stitching throught this one with some orange colored thread. 

Next I added a little stripy tag and wound a length of twine through the hole at the top. After placing some fun die-cuts here and there on my page I was almost done.

 

On the right side of my page I wrote a few lines of journaling and machine stitched beneath:

Last but not least I added a few drops of silver colored ink. 

I really really love this collection! 

Thank you so much for stopping by! Don't forget to visit the Pretty Little Studio shop for this collection or one of the many other collections. 

Here's a list of the PLS products I used:

Grateful Heart collection:

Paper Pack |  Grateful Heart 12" x 12" (single sided)

Die-Cuts | Floral Centerpiece, Taste of Home, Sweet and Spice Labels, All the Feels 

Stickers | Little Things, Reflections Words (color)

Journaling | Grateful 3 x 4

Cut-Aparts | Live With Joy Word Flags

You can find more of my work here: Instagram / Blog / Pinterest

PUMPKIN SPICE || STEP-BY-STEP MY CREATIVE SCRAPBOOK OCTOBER CREATIVE KIT

Hello friends! I thought I would share the layout and step-by-step I created for My Creative Scrapbook using their October Creative Kit featuring the "Welcome Autumn" collection from Carta Bella. I so love the Fall colors in this kit! They are a bit like the colors in my living room, lol. Can you tell Fall is my favorite season? 

Here's the layout I created:

I started with unpacking the kit.

and cutting one of the free subscriber cut files from a sheet tangerine colored cardstock using my Silhouette Cameo:

Next I decided on a background paper (Pumpkin Patch Picks) for the white cardstock and I chose and matted two photos:

Using the inside pieces from the cut file I cut around the letters using various patterned papers from the kit:

Using a glue pen with a fine tip I adhered the patterned papers behind the letters of the cut file:

Which then looked like this:

I decided to use a different patterned paper for each of the words and for the pumpkin as well:

I really love the result! The Fall colors and patterns in this kit are just so awesome!

The rest of the page came together so easily. I adhered the with background cardstock (11.5" x 11.5") on top of the (12" x 12") orange chequered paper. The cut file was adhered on top of the white cardstock with the two matted photos above it. Placing some die-cuts and stickers around the photos and a bit of journaling at the bottom, my page was almost finished. What was missing was the machine stitching and the few drops of paint of course! After adding that as well, my page was done! 

Here are a few close-up photos:

Thank you so much for stopping by the blog today! I hope I've been able to inspire you to use the October Creative Kit! 

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.

Wishing you a wonderful day! 

xxx Monique