Wonderful (step-by-step) - My Creative Scrapbook February Kit

Hello friends! Today I thought I would share the second layout I created with the awesome February kit from My Creative Scrapbook. This time I chose this awesome patterned paper from 1Canoe2 for my background paper as the colors are soooo beautiful!

The photos were taken when three of my friends and I went (scrap)shopping and so we were in a very very good mood!

Here are a few close-ups:

I colored the Studio Calico wood veneers before using them on my page. And I just love the Heidi Swapp acetate words in this kit!

And just because, I thought I would do a quick step-by-step of this layout as it turned out as one of my favorites so far.

I started by cutting up the 1Canoe2 paper (Hazelwood collection, Forest Berry) and placing the four parts pointing outward:

Next I cut the journaling card "Wonderful" from the Simple Stories sheet (Posh collection) and matted it and placed it in the middle of my page with two small photos on the right:

I added two strips of patterned paper on the top and bottom of the wonderful card:

I added die-cuts, chipboard pieces, stickers and the acetate word:

Last but not least came the journaling, the paint drops and the machine stitching (which I hadn't done here just yet):

That's it! Easy right? Thank you so much for stopping by and if you want to take a look at this awesome and very versatile kit and the three other February kits, then hop over to the web site of My Creative Scrapbook!

One more look at the February Main Kit:

Have a great day and hope to see you back soon! 

xoxo
Monique

We Are Family - like for ever January kit

Hello everyone! I noticed I forgot to share this layout I created with the January Woodland kit from "like for ever" kit club. I used one of the four sketches that are always included in the monthly kits. I really love this as I'm a huge fan of sketches! 

This is the layout I created: 

and this is the sketch I created:

I really loved using this sketch! The choice for this sketch was an easy one as I love triangles! The photo is from Easter last year, when we had my sister and her kids over for a brunch, which was a perfect opportunity to take a pic of all the kids together!

I used only a little bit of patterned paper for this layout. The triangles are all from one sheet of 1Canoe2 paper called ‘Flock‘ and then there’s the piece of paper on which I matted the photo and that’s all the paper I used! The title was created with the awesome gold foam Hazelwood Hazel Thickers from the kit.

For the triangles I used a 3″ square punch and cut all the squares in half. After adhering them to my page I either added a bit of machine stitching or I embellished them with die-cuts and stickers:

One of the last things I added were the triangle enamel dots aren’t they beautiful?!

Last but not least I wrote a bit of journaling and added a few drops of gold foil spray mist. This is it, hope you like it!

For more Woodland kit inspiration please hop over to like for ever's blog! For information about purchasing the kits, click HERE. This link will take you to the "frequently asked questions". It's an English kit club (not American!). 

The February "Beep Beep" kit has arrived today and it's sooooo beautiful! Featuring Shimelle's Little By Little collection and Dear Lizzy's Oh Lovely Day collection! LOVE!!! It's already available so hop over to the lfe store if you want to take a look! 

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog! 

xoxo

Monique

Lovely - like for ever January Woodland Kit

Hi everyone! Today I'm sharing the first layout I created with January like for ever ‘Woodland‘ kit! What an awesome kit! Just perfect to cheer me up after a very busy (and tiring) Christmas. I don’t know why, but I always feel a tiny bit sad when Christmas is over….

Here’s what I created: a layout with a photo of my sweet niece (taken a few years ago):

I used one of the January cut files: the butterfly page mat. However, instead of cutting it, I used a silver coloured sketch pen to draw it, after resizing it to 8″x 8″.

With my Mister Huey’s watercolour paints I coloured the butterflies pink and light green:

I matted the photo, placed one of the Amy Tangerine foil frames over it, added two die-cuts and adhered all of it on the right side of the butterflies. Next I stapled three flags underneath the photo using a “long arm” stapler:

On the left side of the photo I adhered a card with the image of a butterfly and two sentiments, all of which I cut from the ‘Notes From Hazel‘ sheet. The word ‘lovely’ and the golden heart are die-cuts from the Hazelwood ephemera package:

Last but not least, I cut the extra strips of paper from the bottom of two sheets of paper and added these on the bottom and top of my layout. With a little cluster at the top left corner of my page and some machine stitching my page was done! Hope you like it!

This is it for now. For more kit inspiration please visit the like for ever blog and for details about the kit(club) just hop over to the like for ever website.

A quick image of the January Woodland kit:

Featuring 1canoe2's brand new Hazelwood collection, each kit includes:

• Nine 12x12" double sided patterned papers | Three 12x12" Textured Cardstock (Mint, Blue Jay and Peach) | One pack Hazelwood Hazel Thickers | One pack Hazelwood Ephemera  | One pack Hazelwood Enamel Dots | One pack Hazelwood Puffy Stickers | One pack Amy Tan Better Together Foil Frames

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