The August Kits should have arrived to you by now and it’s time to get busy! Need some ideas on how to use your kit? Well, here’s a look at some layouts created by our design team.
First up? A little inspiration thanks to Miss Mara:
Now, here are some goodies from Katie Turner. I love, love Katie’s quirky style.
Check out more layouts from our design team the August Kits in our Gallery.
Making your own stencils or masks
By Kelly Hansen
I’ve always been one to try different techniques on my pages to make them interesting. One of the things I like using is scrapbooking mask by Tim Holtz,and Heidi Swapp. Unfortunately, some people are afraid to try them because they can be expensive.
This month I got creative. Using my Cricut machine (picture above) I cut my very own custom stencil. I cut out the days of the week just the way I wanted them displayed on my layout.
Using the negative space of the stencil, I taped down all 4 sides so It wouldn’t slide around when using my paint. I also glued down the negative space of the letters. Using the paint (you can also use glimmer mist, inks) I painted (picture above) over the days of the week.
This is what the finished product looks like (picture above). Making your own stencil/mask allows you to be creative in so many ways. This was a great way to accent my title without having to use big letters from a alphabet set. Here’s the finished layout:
Check out what Grace did with the July 2010 Main Kit:
Layout #1 Beautiful Friend
In this layout, I used a bunch of the products in the kit. You will find rub ons, embellishments, paper and stickers in this layout. I because I ran out of the maroon “f”. I punched out a circle from a paper with the same color and layered the white/beige sticker on their. This technique still kept the word in the same color scheme. I punched out decorative borders from pattern papers and created a frame for my photo with it.
Layout#2 Cream Puff Heaven
This layout is pretty symmetrical. Everything was assembled in a “lined up” fashion. To break all the lines, I added some buttons, used a scallop edged journaling block sticker and added a cardstock strip with a border punch. I also liked the sugar/flour pattern paper. I thought it was the perfect thing to add to my cream puff layout.
Layout #3 Food trip
This is by far my favorite of all the layouts I made with this kit. I love it because I was able to play with the round scallop piece cut from the pattern paper. I was also inspired by the definitions rub on that I used it to describe our fun food “activity”. I added a strip of pattern paper to point to the title so that it’ll be connected to the rest of the layout.
Layout #4 Kindergarten Buddies
In this page I used the stars and the ruler ribbon to emphasize the “school” theme. I also used the a lot of “three” in the layout like the number of kids in my picture, the three stars in the bottom and the rub on three.
Layout #5 Swing me silly
In this page, I layered a lot of pattern papers. I added about four in this page. I also used the two sets of letter stickers and added a rubon bird. The journaling block sticker had some vintage edge that didn’t match really well with my page, so I cut out the unwanted frame before adding the block sticker to my page.
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For more photos of Grace’s work, visit our Gallery.
What’s new?
Well, for starters … I got a new camera. I have been wanting a new camera for a very long. I have done my research. I have window shopped. I have drooled. And I was just waiting for my husband’s stamp of approval. The stamp cam last Friday and I went right out and got this little guy:
It’s a EOS Rebel T1i with EF-S 18-55mm IS and I’m in heaven. This is my first Digitial SLR and I love, love, love it. I have always used a basic point and shoot camera and now that I’ve gone this route, I’ll never be able to go back. The pictures, even on auto mode, are so much better. I have been having a blast taking pictures of everything.
I’m in the second week of Shimelle‘s “Love Your Pictures, Love Your Pages” online class. I’m happy to say I’m keeping up and have created 4 new layouts as part of the class. Here’s a look at what I’ve been working on.
So what are you up to? What are you working on? Tell us and we’ll enter you in for a chance to win a free kit. If you already subscribe then we will send you a kit you don’t already receive or create a special one just for you. For newbies, we’ll send you a July Kit of your choice.
I’ll pick a winner on Sunday, July 18. Have a great day!
Your kits are being packed up and are about to ship to you. While you are waiting for your kits, here’s a peak at some wonderful layouts from Mara Campbell to spark your creativity. These pages are such a great celebration of summer and family. They make me want to pack my kids in the car, head out on a road trip and enjoy all things summer. Mara, thank you for the fabulous pages!
What are you scrapbooking these days? Are you scrapping your summer photos? Show us what you’re scrapping!
We hope you’re having a great summer. Check back tomorrow for a great July giveaway.
I have tried to make some time this last week to get some digital scrapbooking in … like every week of my life, it’s been a crazy busy week. But, each time I finish a digital page or any page for that matter, I feel like I just scaled the world’s largest mountain. Here are two of the layouts I have finished today. The first (above) features some photos I took in Rio last week. I don’t scrap about myself too much. I know, this is a bad thing. I want to be better about telling my story and not just the story of my family. So here’s a page featuring something I did ALL on my own.
The second page is about my son. He’s 14-months-old and is repeating some of the things we say. I said to him the other day, “The ducky says quack.” And he looked at me, smiled and said “quack.” It was so precious. All day I could say quack and he would repeat it. I tried to get a picture of Cooper holding his rubber duckies (his current favorite toys), but he wouldn’t sit still. So the photo for the page is of his duckies … gotta do with best with what you have, right?
Both pages use elements from house of 3 (overlays and frames); paper and embellishments from Basic Grey; and templates from 2 Peas in a Bucket. All three of these are some of my favorites when it comes to using, getting or creating scrapbooking pages.
Need some ideas on how to use your June kit? Feast your eyes on these creations by Grace …
All Grown up, by Grace Tolman
1. All Grown Up
I love this page. I love that the colors of the cardstock and papers compliment my pictures and make the purples in my girl’s dress pop out more. I didn’t think the blue in the chipboard letters compliment my page so I sprayed it with glimmer mist but didn’t stick well on the surface so I rubbed it off and left a distinct color distortion. I also sprayed the mist onto the cardstock to compliment the rustic feel of the page.
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Celebrate, by Grace Tolman
2. Celebrate
I love double sided papers because you get the most designs for your buck. Such is the case in this layout where I only used three papers but got six different but complimenting designs. I also punched 1″ circles and layed them out in the middle to break all the blockiness of the page. I used my pen to create a frame on my title to make it stand out more against the background.
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his anchors, by Grace Tolman
3. his anchors
I wanted to keep this layout simple to focus on my journaling and picture. There’s certain layouts that doesn’t need too much products to tell a story. I felt this one was in that category. My sewing machine is packed up right now in a storage place somewhere in town so I didn’t have it on hand to sew up my lace so I chose to use a stapler instead. Speaking of the lace, I used it to create my visual triangle in the page.
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The Last Time, by Grace Tolman
4. The last time
This was the first page I made with the kit. I love my first pages with the Crazy Daisy kit because it usually has a little bit of everything in the kit on the layout. I handcut flowers from a pattern paper to use as an embellishment and added the Pink Paislee brads in the centers of them. I also used a die cut tab in the top left corner.
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Thanksgiving 09, by Grace Tolman
5. Thanksgiving 09
Here’s my double page spread for this month. I used a lot of pattern papers here to create my borders. I also used the bracket die cuts to act as borders of my journaling block. I added a black fabric brad on the “g” in the title too and cut out more flowers to add as an embellishment.
I love to look at layouts. I could browse galleries for hours. When I look at layouts others have created; I read the journaling; I check out all the materials they used; I deconstruct the pages … it’s a whole process for me. I always feel recharged and inspired when I’ve allowed myself to just pour over the creative talents of others.
Here’s a little treat for you, some layouts I think are worthy of your time and made me drool! Thanks Miss Amy for sharing. You rock.
Enjoy.
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