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

Adventure is Waiting - The Cut Shoppe

Hey everyone! Longing for warmer and sunnier days here! So I thought that for my project for The Cut Shoppe I would use photos of warmer times! I used the "The Half of It" cut file to scrap these photos of our trip to New York last year.

The Half Of It cut file I used is one of the newer ones and is so fun to use! The possibilities are endless! I turned the cut file upside down and placed a large circle on top. Then I placed it on a sheet of yellow patterned paper and filled a few of the half circles with pieces of patterned paper in different colors. I machine stitched around the four sides and doodled a line around the circle. Only now was I ready to design the centre of my layout. 

I used Shimelle's "Starshine" collection. Love the colors and designs of this collection! Here are a few close-ups of my layout:

The awesome gold letter stickers aren't from Shimelle but from the Confetti collection from Maggie Holmes. 

I just love both the chipboard pieces and the transparent stickers in this collection! Love that there's so much variation! 

This is it! Don't forget to check out both The Cut Shoppe's blog and the Etsy Store; the blog for lots of awesome inspiration and the Etsy Store for all of Ashley Horton's fabulous cut files!! 

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today! Hope you'll have a wonderful rest of the week. 

Stuck?! Sketches November 1st Reveal!

It's the first of the month and that means a new sketch for Stuck?! Sketches! 

Here's my page, using the travel collection from Shimelle "Go Now Go" and photos from our vacation in Louisiana last year.

and the sketch Laura designed: 

And a few close-ups of my layout:

Sponsors for this sketch challenge are: 

The ScrapRoom, who are offering a $20.00 gift certificate to one lucky participant!

and 

The Kreative Korner, who are offering a $25.00 gift certificate to a second lucky participant!

Also: one participant will be chosen from each challenge to guest with us at a later date!

If you decide to play please link up your layouts over in the sidebar on the Stuck?! Sketches blog by November 29th at midnight EST to be in the running for one of our prizes! All prizes will be drawn randomly using Random.org to pick a number.

Thank you so much for stopping by! 

xoxo

Monique

Simply Straws

First of all, if I haven't wished you a very happy and healthy 2016 as yet, then I want to do it now! Wishing you all the best in the New Year and I hope we'll "see" a lot of each other! 

A while ago I created these 4 layouts for the "Simply Straws" feature in Scrapbook Magazine UK and never got around to post them here as well. The idea was to show readers how they can use simple paper drinking straws on their pages, by altering & cutting them to create super embellishments.

And here's what I did:

A Doodlebug layout using their pixies for straws:

Supplies used: patterned paper, velvet crushed cardstock, die-cuts, stickers, pixies (straws), flair button: Doodlebug Design; cardstock: Bazzill Basics; bows: Studio Calico; stamping ink: Ranger; stamp: Trodat; sewing machine: Aigger.

For the other three layouts I used simple paper drinking straws, like you buy them in any store. 

A layout using Imaginisce: 

Supplies used: patterned paper, buttons: Imaginisce; cardstock: Bazzill Basics; Thickers: American Crafts; paper straws: Talking Tables (yellow), Bercadeau (red, blue); wood veneer: Scraptastic Club; color mists: Studio Calico; twine: Ledent; stamping ink: Ranger; stamp: Trodat (date), Maggie Holmes (hearts); sewing machine: Aigger.

A layout using Jillibean Soup: 

Supplies used: patterned paper, die-cuts, (letter)stickers, wood veneers, paper straws (green): Jillibean Soup; cardstock: American Crafts; paper straws: Talking Tables (pink, yellow), Bercadeau (blue, red), The Masonjars Company (purple, lilac); stamping ink: Ranger; stamp: Trodat; Tiny Attacher: Tim Holtz. 

And last but not least, an American Crafts (Shimelle) layout: 

Supplies used: patterned paper, stickers, die-cuts, stamp: Shimelle American Crafts; cardstock: Bazzill Basics; Thickers: American Crafts; paper straws: Ginger Bay (gold), Talking Tables (yellow); flair: A Flair For Buttons; cork arrow: Fancy Pants; twine: The Twinery; color mists: Studio Calico (black), Prima Marketing (gold); stamping ink: Ranger; stamp: Trodat, Scraptastic Club; Tiny Attacher: Tim Holtz.

Sadly enough this is another scrapbook magazine that closed down in 2015. I've been lucky enough to be on their design team for quite some time and was really sad when I got the word it had to go. I'm one of those dinosaurs who still prefers a paper magazine over a digital one, even though I've come to love those too. 

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

Hugs,

Monique

2015 Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!!

Okay, I am a little late to the party, but I'm very happy to be playing along with the Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop once again. I hope you are enjoying the hop sofar!

The Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop started Friday, September 25 and will run through Friday, October 2nd. The theme for this hop is Fall and I thought immediately of the True Stories collection from Shimelle, with all the red and yellow Fall colors.

For more details about the hop, see the bottom of this post.

And here's what I did:

As I said before, I used Shimelle's True Stories collection for this card, except for the flair button which is from Evalicious. 

Here are the details for the Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop:

If you want to play along all you have to do is create a new fall themed coffee, tea or cocoa project and then head over over to the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog to link it up. Anyone is welcome to link up any time between Friday, September 25 and will run through Friday, October 2nd @ 11:59 pm pacific. There are no limits to the number of entries. The more the merrier! By linking up your newly created fall themed coffee, tea or cocoa project, you become eligible to win a prize from one of their amazing Super Sponsors! By the way, National Coffee Day is Tuesday, September 29th.

All the specific details can be found on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog.

Thanks so much for stopping by today and enjoy the rest of the hop!! 

Hugs,

Monique