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

Adventures | Crate Paper Magical Forest | JustNick Studio

Hi friends! Today I'm sharing my very last layout created for JustNick. I've had a great time on Nicole's team working with her amazing cut file and am sad to say goodbye, but after two years it felt like the right thing to do. For today I used the beautiful "Floral Ring 3" cut file to create this fun spring layout of my daughter and our puppy:

This is the cut file I used: Floral Ring 3

Isn't this cut file beautiful?! I wanted to scrap these spring photos and thought this cut file was just perfect! I also use Crate Paper's Magical Forest collection with it's soft colors and fun designs:

I love how delicate the flowers and stems of the cut file are and I love that there are multiple circles:

Using the sewing machine I sewed over the circles three times for some extra texture. I just love the effect!

In the middle of the circle I placed two clusters with a small photo each and some die-cuts & stickers and connected these two clusters with another cluster right in the middle of the circle:

The cluster at the top:

The cluster in the middle of the circle:

The cluster at the bottom of the circle:

For the finishing touch I decided to add a few Nuvo drops instead of paint drops (what I normally do). I really love these Nuvo drops and don't understand I didn't use them before!

This was it. Hope you like it! Thank you so much for all your love I got for my JustNick projects over the last two years! I've such a great time and hope to see you all again on Instagram or Facebook. Don't forget to visit the JustNick store to grab this cut file or one of the many others.

My Creative Scrapbook January Main Kit | Together - Crate Paper

Hello friends! For My Creative Scrapbook I made this step-by-step for one of the layouts I made with the awesome January Main Kit. I can't stop telling you how much I love the kits from My Creative Scrapbook. This one is no exception, it's filled with Crate Paper's Snowflake collection and it's so perfect for all those winter photos!

This is the layout I made the step-by-step for:

The photos are from quite a while back (2007!) but that's the fun of digital photos, you always have all your photos at you disposal even those from 12 years ago! I never got around to scrap these and thought this was the perfect kit to do so.

Here's how I made this page: I got out my kit, a sheet of light blue colored cardstock, gold Nuvo embellishment mousse and a template for the mousse:

With the spatula I applied the gold mousse to my background cardstock:

And then decided I needed some extra color like some pink distress oxide spray. At first I sprayed some of this on my background and then also added lots of drops:

As I don't want my cardstock to warp so much I glued it on to another sheet, in this case one of the patterned papers from the kit. First I cut off a 1 cm strip of paper from all sides.

When I was satisfied with how the background looked, I got started on building the rest of the page. The photos and a journaling card were first:

Next up were some fun die-cuts and chipboards:

How cute is that snowman?!

I added a few more die-cuts and chipboards and one of the acetate words:

Last but not least I added the machine stitching, some handwritten journaling and some twine through the hole of the tag:

Of course I also needed a little cluster at the bottom of my layout:

Don't you just love this kit?! I really think it's one of the best so far (but that's what I always say, lol).

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.

Thanks again for stopping by! Wishing you happy crafting!
xoxo