CrazyDaisy

Here’s a little look at what JJ Sobey did with the October Main Kit. I loved the flocked paper in this kit, and I especially love what JJ did with them. I love reading the stories behind each layout and how JJ captured her story. It’s amazing how well you can get to know someone though their layouts!

“The October kit from Crazy Daisy Kits included 2 beautiful flocked papers this month. One of them was the red paper you see on this layout. I just love how flocked paper picks up ink!

I just had to make some of my own flowers with the fabric in this kit. It was calling my name… (You can see a great tutorial on fabric yo-yo’s on Heather Bailey’s site). I used some of the jute twine from the 7 gypsies tag (from the mini album in the kit) through my buttons. I couldn’t resist – I love jute twine.

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“Papa’s Pretty Little Owl”

“The title of this layout translates roughly to “Papa’s pretty little Owl”. I know, it sounds funny in English, but trust me, it’s a sweet term of endearment in French. It’s what my husband always calls our baby girl. (He’s really quite smitten).

Now, something you need to understand about the French language, is that there are two words for ‘Owl’ – Chouette and Hibou. They are for two different types of owls. There are tons of great scrappy products with Hibou, but Chouette are truly rare to find in scrappy things, so I was tickled pink to get this Chouette stamp in this month’s kit – I think I squealed out loud!

The kit included a lovely chipboard frame, but I just couldn’t find a good spot for it on my layouts this time around (ha- you watch, next month I’ll be wishing I still had a frame, LOL!) I cut part of the frame to add to the top corner on my layout.

I found that I was having a hard time seeing the letters in the title against this busy background, so before they were stuck down for good, I removed them and painted a little bit of white acrylic, and then replaced the letters. So much easier to read.

The large flower was made a little differently. I cut a long strip using pinking shears, and then did a gathering stitch up one long edge and pulled it into a circle. One of the buttons from the kit, plus a couple of Fancy Pants stick pins made a fun center for the flower. I also made a stem and ‘leaf’ using the black trim and a swirl rub-on from the kit.”

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“Trouble”

Here’s a simple (layout) this time – I kept trying to add to it, and DH stopped me and said “sometimes too much is not enough” LOL.  Sometimes he’s right, I guess)

When I saw that funky damask was in the add-on kit, I immediately grabbed it from my own stash and had to scrap with it. I suddenly knew exactly which picture I wanted to us it with. I knew I wanted a really long title for this, so I did part of it in the computer – right on the photo.”

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“My boy – doing his best Corey Hart impersonation – wearing his sunglasses at night.

For my journaling spot, I used one of the Pink Paisley rub-ons. I cut out the quote from the middle of the box, and adhered the border to one of the 7 gypsies papers from the kit. I had fun with my ‘drippy goop’ border punch, to echo all of that ice cream dripping down Liam’s hands (and all over this clothes, ha!).

I felt the title wasn’t popping quite enough, so I added some white acrylic paint around the chipboard letters. I was rather sloppy with it – I felt it added to the drippy, messy ice cream theme.

I combined a couple of the quote rub-ons to make my own phrase. Don’t be afraid to cannibalize your rub-ons – you can really make them your own!”