Woohoo! You did it! || Tutorial for My Creative Scrapbook

Hello friends! Today I've got a step-by-step tutorial which I made for one the May layouts I created with the awesome May Creative Kit from My Creative Scrapbook. This kit is so fun and happy! It features the "Celebrate" collection from Simple Stories and is just perfect for every photo you took when celebrating! Not just birthdays! I created three graduation layouts and one birthday layout with this kit. 

Here's the layout I created the step-by-step for. My son's graduation last year: 

This kit came with a star stencil which I used to create a festive background:

I used a soft brush and the blue (tumbled glass) Distress Oxide and yellow (scattered straw) Distress Oxide to color the stars. To begin I colored the stars entirely yellow and then I went in a second time and gave all the yellow stars on one side a bit of a blue touch:

Next I punched a load of flags:

And using my sewing machine I sewed them all together:

Next I decided where I wanted my photo and one of the journaling cards I loved. I also wanted to use one of the large foam stickers that were included in the kit: 

With my tiny attacher I stapled the garland in place. First the left and right corners and next in the middle: 

I really love that because I stapled it in place it's still loose enough to move left/right/forward/backward. 

When I had added a few more embellishments and machine stitched around the page and on top of some of the cards, die-cuts and stickers and I was done! Here are a few detail photos of the finished page (the enamel dots are from my own stash):

This is it. Hope you like it! 

Here's a photo of the May 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 all a wonderful day! 

xxx Monique

Round-Up April Creative Kits My Creative Scrapbook

Hello friends! I realized that I haven't shared all the layouts I created with the April Creative Kit from My Creative Scrapbook here on my blog. You can always find all my layouts on my Insta account if you're looking for them! Link in the top right side of my blog. 

I so loved the April Creative Kit with all the Spring and Easter goodies from Echo Park! 

For more information about the kits from My Creative Scrapbook please visit their 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 all a wonderful day! 

xxx Monique

Happy Planner Spread || Pretty Little Studio

Hello friends! Today I thought I would share the planner spread I created for Pretty Little Studio using their "Grateful Heart" collection. Last October my only daughter moved out of the family home and although I knew it was coming, I still found it a difficult time. It goes without saying that I had to document this, so I decided to create a spread in my Happy Planner:

The photo on the left is taken the day my daughter and her partner received the key to their appartment and the smaller photo on the right is taken 4 weeks later, after painting and decorating. Not all furniture had arrived, but enough to create a "home".

Here's a close-up of the page on the left. I fussy cut the floral wreath beneath the photo from a 8" x 8" paper sheet. 

And a close-up of the page on the right:

I love all the coffee and books embellishments in this collection, they are exactly what a page about my daughter needs. 

The floral die-cuts are perfect too! 

The "home" die-cut is from an older collection, just as the die-cut phrase "You make me happy when skies are gray".

Except for the die-cuts I also used some vellum washi tape and cut apart words. I really love this collection with it's many different embellishments and wonderful colors.

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 Pretty Little Studio products I used:

Grateful Heart collection:

Paper Pack |  Grateful Heart 12" x 12" (single sided), Grateful Heart 8" x 8" (single sided)

Die-Cuts | Floral Centerpiece, Taste of Home, My Favorite

Stickers | Little Things

Cut-Aparts | Live With Joy Word Flags

Vellum Washi | Lucky