Last Layout for Like For Ever Kit Club

I was so sad to learn that Nicola had to make the decision to close the Like For Ever kit club. I really loved her kits and looked forward to it every month. The April kit was the last one we received, but as the kit club closed at the beginning of April this layout is the first and so far the only one I created with it. I used a photo of me in NY last year and really like how it turned out: 

The kit was filled with lots of Crate Paper's Oasis collection and some Chasing Dreams products. So awesome!! For this page I started with a bit of paper weaving and used it as a mat behind my photo: 

And two more close-ups ... love that gold heart!! 

The awesome acetate word is from Heidi Swapp. 

I'm so grateful for Nicola having me on her team for the last 4 months and I'll miss her and the rest of the Like For Ever "family". It was (and still is) an amazing supportive group of scrappers. 

Thanks for stopping by my blog! Wishing you wonderful weekend! 

xx

Monique

Like For Ever March Keepsake Kit Inspiration | Hello Greece

Hello everyone, it's time to share my 3rd layout created with the beautiful like for ever March Keepsake Kit! For this layout I decided to do some fussy cutting. This is not something I do very often, but I felt so inspired by many of the kit subscribers who often post beautiful layouts in our Facebook group with fussy cut elements on them. I really love those layouts and thought it was high time I give it a try too. Here’s what I did:

I fussy cut a few large and a few smaller flowers from one of Crate Paper’s Chasing Dreams papers ‘Garden Club’. From some of the flowers I cut the leaves off, but I also wanted a little bit of green so some of the leaves had to stay:

I really like the result but I did not find this an easy technique! I couldn’t do this without my reading glasses and even then I was squinting a lot at what I was doing, lol!

I took this photo of my daughter in Greece last year. I just love using those old Greek houses and doors as a backdrop for my photos. As I wanted the blue of the door to feature in my layout I matted the photo onto a piece of blue paper cut from the Chasing Dreams ‘Memories’ paper (not easy as I adore the cameras on the other side of this paper as well!). I also found a tag with some blue on it (from the Chasing Dreams ‘Adventure’ paper) and the text was perfect too, so that had to be included as well:

For the title I used the fun Thickers and one of the die-cuts from the kit:

After some machine sewing and a few drops of paint my layout was done! Hope you like it!

Thank you so much for stopping by to take a peek at my project! For more "like for ever" projects from the design team please hop over to their blog! Wishing you a sunny day!
xx
Monique

Class of 2016 - like for ever kit club

Last weekend we had a "virtual retreat" weekend at like for ever and I created this layout for one of Laura Rumble's awesome sketches using the March "Keepsake" kit and little bits of the April kit (details coming soon!):

The papers are from the Chasing Dreams collection from Maggie Holmes and were just perfect for my daughter's graduation photo. 

This is Laura Rumble's sketch:

And here are a few close-ups: 

I placed the acetate sheet with the gold dots over my background paper and the hearts (which made it hard to take a good picture of my page!). The rest of my page was adhered on top of the acetate sheet (also from the Chasing Dreams collection). 

I just adore this fabric heart, which is also from the Chasing Dreams collection, but part of the April kit:

For more information about this fabulous kit club hop over to the like for ever website! 

Thanks for stopping by!

xx Monique

Like For Ever March Kit - 1st Layout!

Hi friends! Today I'm sharing my first project using the like for ever March Keepsake Kit on "like for ever's" blog! I’m a huge fan of all of Maggie Holmes collections and was over the moon when I heard that Crate's Chasing Dreams papers were part of this kit. I used the kit to scrap this photo of my daughter posing for one of the theatres on Broadway, New York last year. The theatre was right next to our hotel and of course we just had to attend one of the shows, which turned out to be School Of Rock. We had an amazing time and because I wanted to scrap this memory (I wanted to scrap every single moment of this holiday!) we went back to the theatre the next day to take this photo.

I started my layout by choosing a background paper and find that “ledger” papers always work well, so I chose the paper called “Royale”. Next I cut out all the cards and tags from sheet called “Adventure” and selected five of them to work with:

I arranged these five cards and tags along the bottom of my page and placed my square (matted) photo in the middle of the row. Next I cut a 3″ x 12″ strip from the “Memories” paper (the one with the cameras) and adhered this at the top of my page. I always make sure to apply only a minimal amount of glue, so that later-on I can easily slide extra bits and pieces under my papers and that’s what I did here as well; from the same Memories paper I cut another strip, much smaller this time, turned it around and slid it under the camera paper.

The bottom of my layout needed an extra strip of paper as well, which I cut from the “Hello Beautiful” paper. As I still thought that my page wasn’t “busy” enough I decided to create an extra border under the row with my photo and punched ten 1″ scalloped circles from the paper called “Maggie” and slid these partly under the cards/tags/photo:

Now that I had the base for my page the only thing left to do was the embellishing. The Project Life die-cuts from Becky Higgins were just perfect, like this gold flag with “currently”:

I also adore (!) the chipboard Thickers and used them for my title. I also had to try the pens from Vicki Boutin and used the gold one for part of my title:

The stamps from Heidi Swapp had to be tried as well and I really love the result!

Last but not least I added two enamel dots from and older kit (December), some washi tape, staples and machine stitching (of course) and I was done!

I hope I’ve been able to inspire you a bit and can’t wait to see what you all create with this kit!

Thank you so much for stopping by and wishing you a wonderful day!

Monique xoxo

Here Comes Trouble - like for ever kit club

Hi everyone, Monique here sharing another layout I created with the fabulous February Beep Beep Kit. For this layout I selected Dear Lizzy's beautiful Up & Away paper and a photo of my youngest son who’s showing me his new football shoes. I saved the paper I loved most till last but now I definitely wanted to use it and although the colours aren’t really colours for a boy I decided I was going to use it anyway. Here’s what I did:

I started my layout by piercing a heart shape in my white cardstock and (hand)punching lots of hearts from the Up & Away paper. I filled the pierced heart with the punched hearts, except for the space I had reserved for my photo:

When I had finished adhering all the hearts and put the (matted) photo with the journaling cards and tags in place, I hand stitched the pierced heart with yellow embroidery thread.

Next I studied the sheet of Thickers looking for a word that I could use for my title and discovered the word “trouble” on it… I knew straight away what my title would be! After finding the right spot for the title I adhered the fox die-cut (soooo cute!), the green word sticker and wrote a bit of journaling.

I also stapled a word flag to the photo and gave the cute bear a puffy camera:

he drops of silver color mist (Mister Huey’s) came last.

This is it! Hope you like it! Wishing you all a wonderful day!

xx Monique

Happy Life - Like For Ever Kit Club

Hi, it's me again! I wanted to share the first layout I created with the February Beep Beep kit from "like for ever". I had so much fun playing with this kit! All the papers (Shimelle & Dear Lizzy) are so gorgeous, I really had trouble choosing the papers I was going to use for this first layout! My eyes kept going back to the Lil’ Bit Lovely paper (the one with the chevrons), so I decided to go with that one. What helped was that this paper matched the colours in my photo perfectly. I also used one of this month’s sketches (I’m a huge fan of sketches, so I want to use at least one of Laura Rumble’s awesome sketches every month!). Here’s what I created:

And this is the sketch I used:

I did make a few adjustments, like for example at the bottom of the layout … I really tried to keep the space “open”, but I just couldn’t do it, I had to fill it. I started by adding one of those tear strips that are added to all the sheets in this collection, but that wasn’t enough. In the end I used the part of the paper that I had cut off the top; I turned it around and adhered it right above the dark blue strip of paper. I tucked a bit of yellow patterned paper behind it as well, so it matched with what I had done at the top.

The photo I used was taken only last month. The kids were all wearing clothes in the same colour and didn’t even do this on purpose. I made them sit down and pose, which didn’t work of course. I took 20 photos and this was the best, lol. But I’m happy with it, especially because it matches this kit so well! I matted the photo on two pieces of patterned paper and added lots of die-cuts and stickers.

Here are a few close-ups:

ust adore those puffy icon stickers and would love to hoard them! But I realize that that would be a shame so I forced myself to use them. What I also love is that the Thickers come in two colours: in black and in white and you can choose which colour fits your page best.

The Dear Lizzy die-cuts in this kit are so cute, like that camera and the tag with the bike. Just adorable!

After a bit of machine stitching and a few drops of ink (not quite sure about those to be honest) I was done! Hope you like it.

Here's a photo of the wonderful February Beep Beep kit:

BEEP BEEP | FEBRUARY 2017 KIT

£29.45 (Sold out)

Featuring Shimelle's Little By Little and Dear Lizzy's Oh Lovely Day collection, each kit includes:

Nine 12x12" double sided patterned papers | Three 12x12" Textured Cardstock (Limeade, Fireberry and Surf) | One pack Little by Little Magic Thickers | One pack Oh Lovely Day Ephemera  | One pack Little by Little Enamel Dots | One pack Little by Little Puffy Stickers | One pack Oh Lovely Day Sticker Roll Tags

Thanks for stopping by to take a peek and wishing you a fab week!
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

Hello - like for ever January Woodland kit

Hi everyone! Sharing another layout created with "like for ever" January’s Woodland Kit. I also used one of the exclusive lfe subscriber’s cut files: th globe cut file. The photo is of one of my best friends and me. Yvonne has been my friend for over 30 years now and I hope she continues to be my friend for at least 30 more! When I saw this photo lying on my desk (yes we are wearing the same blouse) I thought the colors were just perfect for this kit! Here’s the layout I created:

Instead of using this entire globe cut file, I only used the globe part and deleted the stand:

I resized the globe so it would fill my entire page:

Next I just cut little pieces of paper from almost all of the sheets in the kit and adhered these behind holes in the globe. The colors in this kit make me so so happy! I proceeded by matting my photo on a piece of the Flock patterned paper and placing one of the Amy Tangerine overlays over the photo (don’t forget to remove the protection before you do this!). I used my stapler to attach the overlay and adhered everything on the right side of my page:

I used the 1Canoe2 Hazelwood die-cuts, stickers and washi tape to embellish around the photo:

Of course I added a bit of hand journaling and stamped the date twice (don’t ask me why, lol):

In the top left corner of my layout I added a few stickers and die-cuts as well:

The pink embroidered circle around the globe and the machine stitching came last as well as the drops of silver color mist.

For more Woodland kit inspiration please hop over to like for ever's blog!

This is it for me! Hope you like it! 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