Three My Mind's Eye layouts made with the April Main Kit from My Creative Scrapbook

Hello friends! As I am still waiting for my May kit from My Creative Scrapbook to turn up (they are stuck in the mail somewhere between the USA and the Netherlands) I thought I would share the other three projects I created with the April Main kit. I love the My Mind's Eye "Gingham Garden" collection that was mainly featured in this kit.

Here's the first layout: "No Matter How Long The Winter, The Spring Is Sure To Follow". I used a photo of my with my two sons enjoying a stroll into the city centre after dinner where we bought an ice cream.

Here's the second layout I created: my men and I sitting on the sidewalk in Covent Garden, London.

And the third layout: these photos are from 2007, my youngest in his sleeping bag with his sleepy face. I really miss this time, when the kids were so small! Why do they have to grow up so fast!

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 the projects created by the design team with the various kits, please visit the Design Team Gallery.

Thanks for stopping by and wishing you a wonderful week!!

Hugs,
Monique

What a wonderful world | Step-by-step My Creative Scrapbook April Kit

Hello friends! Today I'm sharing the step-by-step I made for My Creative Scrapbook using one of the layouts I made with the April Main Kit. I love all the My Mind's Eye "Gingham Garden" products in this kit! The garden photos I had just printed were perfect for this kit! Here's the layout I made:

And here's a quick walk through how I created this layout. 

As I always do, I started with displaying the contents of the entire kit on my table, so I could easily choose what I wanted to use:

I chose the photos I wanted to scrap and selected the papers to go with them. I had a hard time choosing the papers, as they are double-sided and I loved all of the sides!! In the end I went with these: 

For the background I chose a sheet of white cardstock from my stash. I cut 5 strips from the patterned papers I had chosen, varying in width from 5.5 cm to 7 cm. At the bottom of each strip of paper I cut a large "V". Only then did I decide on the length of the strips, which varied from 22 to 24 cm. 

Next I placed my photos on the strips, about 2.5 - 4 cm from the top. 

Next I chose embellishments to adhere above the photos: 

I placed a large banner die-cut below the photo in the middle, placed a die-cut with leaves over the bottom and a wood veneer word on top. 

A little cluster of 3 die-cuts were adhered in the bottom right corner of my layout:

Of course I did some machine stitching on my layout, because that's what I do.

Last but not least I drew a few lines on the wood veneer word, using a white Sharpy and my page was done!

Here are a few more close-ups:

Don't you just love the soft colors of this kit? I always tend to reach for brightly colored papers and love it that kits sometimes force you to step out of your comfort zone. 

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 the photo of the kit: 

Thank you so much for stopping by today! Wishing you happy crafting!

xxx 

My Creative Scrapbook January Creative Kit | Live Life Colorfully - My Mind's Eye

Happy Friday everyone!! Here's one of the layouts created with the January Creative Kit from My Creative Scrapbook filled with My Mind's Eye "One Fine Day" collection:

Last month my hubby and I spent a lovely long weekend in London and apart from admiring the Christmas lights we also did some walking and encountered this fun colorful bridge (= below the bridge). When I saw this journaling card in this month's kit I knew just what photo to scrap!

Here are a few more close-ups:

Isn't this collection from My Mind's Eye super happy?! LOVE it so much!

Thank you so much for stopping by, I really appreciate it!!

Wishing you a wonderful weekend!
xoxo

Oh What Fun! - My Mind's Eye "Holly Jolly" | My Creative Scrapbook

Hello friends, I hope you've had a wonderful Christmas! We had a great time, with lots of family time and even some "me" time as well (to scrap, read and watch Christmas movies on Netflix). Love this time of year! So for today I've got another Christmas layout as well as a few Christmas cards to share. I used the December Creative Kit from My Creative Scrapbook for these projects, featuring the "Holly Jolly" collection from My Mind's Eye. 

The photos were taken during a December Daily workshop at "Scrapwereld" last year. We had so much fun! (sadly I haven't finished the album just yet)

Here are a few close-ups:

 

I used one of the free MCS exclusive digital cut files "Starry Skies".  

And next up are the Xmas cards I made:

and separately: 

And this is the December Creative Kit from My Creative Scrapbook:

Thank you so much for stopping by! Wishing you a wonderful New Year Eve tomorrow!!

xoxo

Merry & Bright - My Creative Scrapbook step-by-step

Hi everyone! I've got a layout to share which I created for My Creative Scrapbook using the December Main Kit featuring the Country Christmas collection from Simple Stories. The first thing I always look for in a kit are the die-cuts! Die-cuts are my favorite items in a collection and so I was very happy when I found lots of them in this month's kit!! To make the best use of the them I decided to create a large Christmas tree solely with die-cuts. I did however need a background for my tree and because the kit also contained a super cute text stamp from Prima I used that for my background!

Let me quickly show you what I made and how I did this. Here's my layout with the die-cut tree:

And here's how I created this:

I started with assembling everything I thought I would need:

Just look at all the die-cuts and some chipboards as well:

Using the text stamp from the kit I stamped the shape of a tree on the white carstock background,:

On top I painted with colored Gelato and also added a few drops of Color Shine from my stash:

Now I was ready to start adding the die-cuts: 

Starting at the bottom with the larger pieces I worked my way up:

The chipboards in the kit were so beautiful as well, so I needed a few of those in the tree as well, like the angel and the "Merry & Bright" piece:

Next came the photo on the left side of the tree:

With two rows of machine stitching my layout was done! Hope you like it! Here are a few more close-ups:

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 the photo of the December Main Kit I used:

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

Oh What Fun | My Creative Scrapbook December Creative Kit Reveal

It's time for the December kits at My Creative Scrapbook! Using the December Creative Kit, featuring the My Mind's Eye "Holly Jolly" collection I created amongst others this page about Ginny, my 4 months old English Cocker Spaniel wearing her Rudolf suit:

She is so sweet I can't stop taking photos of her (and scrapping them). I have to remind myself to take some photos of the rest of the family as well, lol! Here are some close-ups:

Ever since I discovered the Nuvo paste I'm kind of addicted to it. I tend to add it to all layouts with white cardstock backgrounds.

I love this month's MCS free digital cut files, like this banner (designed by Ashley Horton).

Here's a photo of the December Creative Kit:

And a photo of the free cut file:

For more information about the December kits 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 and taking the time to look at my page!
Wishing you a wonderful weekend!
xoxo