Quirky Kits Ideas Blog: March 2019

Do It Yourself - Natalie

Hi everyone,

I'm back with a third layout using the current kit, before the new kits arrive soon - yay!!

Supplies used:

Main Kit:

- Paige Evans Whimsical Paper 21 - (Butterflies A side, Hearts B side).

- Paige Evans Whimsical Sticker Book

- White cardstock

Lite Kit:

- Paige Evans Whimsical Paper 20 - (Green pattern A side, polka dots B side).

Extra Shop:

- Paige Evans Whimsical Mini Foam Thickers

- Paige Evans Whimsical Puffy Stickers

Own Supplies:

- Wood grain Paper

- 1 branding strip (rainbow paper).

For this layout I started with the strip of polka dot paper that I had left over after backing the "beautiful" cut file on my last layout. I decided this paper would be perfect to use with photos of painting, so I found some photos of my mum building and painting our new summer house.

I used a wood grain paper from my stash as my background piece, which linked with the photos of the wooden summer house. I used a branding strip (rainbow striped) from my stash to help blend the line between the polka dots and the wood grain.

I wanted to use a lot of photos but none of them were particularly good quality so I used 4 small photos in a square, and used white cardstock from the main kit to mat them.

I used a thin strip of the green patterned paper (reverse of the polka dots) to layer on the left hand side of the photos.

To the left hand side I also added a rainbow stripe sticker from the sticker book, and a ruler sticker.

I also added a fussy cut butterfly (again left over from my last layout), and a puffy paint tube, which helped to add dimension to the flat stickers.

For my title I used the multi coloured foam thickers from the extras shop. Normally I'm not a fan of using letters of different colours, but on this layout I embraced the rainbow!

I added a paintbrush flat sticker and a puffy phrase sticker. And again I added another fussy cut butterfly.

I typed my journalling on my laptop using a typewriter style font and trimmed it into thin stripes.

To the bottom right I added a 3rd cluster, to create a visual triangle, containing more stripe stickers from the Paige Evans Sticker book, a puffy paint tube and a final butterfly.

For the last few months I've been creating a lot of more artsy style layouts with little journalling so I really enjoyed making this layout which I think is my typical style - multiple photos, lots of patterns, 3 embellishment clusters and journalling strips!

Natalie x

Beautiful Smiles - Natalie

Hello everybody,

I'm on the blog today with my 2nd layout using the Jan/Feb Quirky Kits!

Supplies used:

Main Kit:

Paige Evans Beautiful Cut File

Paige Evans Whimsical Paper 21 (Butterflies A side, Hearts B side)

White cardstock

Lite Kit:

Paige Evans Whimsical Paper 9 (Blue floral A side, Yellow stripe B side)

Paige Evans Whimsical Paper 20 (Green pattern A side, Polka dots B side).

Extras Shop:

Paige Evans Whimsical Puffy Stickers

Own Supplies:

Blue Thickers

For this layout I started off with the cut file. I don't have an electronic cutting machine so I was very excited to use it. I backed it with paper 20 from the Lite Kit. I decided to make it 3D by adding foam tape around the letters on the back, before sticking down the polka dot patterned paper. So the white cut file is raised off the polka dot paper. It's a little difficult to see in the photos but you can see the shadow of the cut file at the top of the B and A particularly, showing the cut file is raised up. I then stuck the backed cut file to the yellow and white striped background (paper 9).

I wanted to use multiple photos but because there wasn't much room left I decided to make a film stripe with 3 photos, which fitted nicely tucked into the side of the cut file.

This photo above helps to show the dimension created on the cutfile.

I then fussy cut every single butterfly from paper 21 in the Main Kit. This took me over an hour but I had a new series on Netflix to help me stay sane! I have to admit when I first saw the butterfly paper I wasn't keen on it due to the dark blue background. However once I fussy cut out the individual butterflies, they looked so much better, and now I love them! I also did the same thing with paper 14 in the main kit (light blue background with flowers) - the flowers look completely different once fussy cut off the blue background. And fussy cutting all the icons means I have an endless supply of embellishments - I didn't even use a 1/4 of the butterflies on this layout!

As the papers are all from the Whimsical collection the colours match perfectly. So I layered butterflies over their corresponding coloured polka dot - which I personally love!

As the cut file is so busy I didn't need to add much more to the layout. I added a title with Thickers from my stash. Although I love the multicoloured Thickers in the extras shop, I have so many colours on this layout already, so I wanted to use a single colour instead.

I added 3 more butterflies to the cluster. Every butterfly is glued just under the body, and I folded the wings up to add dimension.

And finally I added a rainbow scallop sticker from the puffy sticker set in the extras shop.

And that is the finished layout! It was so much fun to try using a cut file for the first time and to use such bright spring colours.

Natalie x

On A Page - layout challenge #4

Here's you fourth and final 'On A Page' challenge! If you've not read about the new challenges you can catch up with the first one here and the second one here, and the third one here.

How it works:

Each new challenge will be posted here on the blog and also in the Facebook Group for you to follow along with.

Complete all the On A Page weekly challenges to be eligible for an extra goody in your next kit box! The closing date to complete all four of your On A Page challenge projects will be Monday 18th March 2019. All projects must be new projects made specifically for this challenge. You can use any stash you choose but it's a great opportunity to dig into your kit box and not leave it unused!

Ready for the forth challenge?

The final 'On a page challenge' is - Piece of Pie. I want you to include a 'pie' or pie chart inspired element made from paper on your page for this next challenge. Basically imagine a pie or maybe a pizza and how you'd cut it up into slices. Create that in paper and put it together as an embellishment. Easy as pie! It's a fun way to use up off cuts of patterned paper and also helping you to mix up more than one patterned paper on a page. If you don't have a compass to make the circles to cut out use mugs, plates bowls etc to draw around. Go completely freehand or plan more first by creating a 'pie' with plain paper first, then cut it up into pieces to get your 'slices' and use those as templates to draw around the 'slices' onto your patterned paper.

Ready to get creative?

If you need further starting points here are some images dug up from Pinterest with layouts that focus on a large or long title to kick start your own ideas:

Smaller project size to show you can make these kinds of embellishments on a smaller scale too. Something like this could make a fun journaling page or maybe even add smaller ones inside pockets in a pocket scrapbook/letter page filling some of the negative space around the circle with sequins?

Once you've finished your creation upload it to your platform of choice.

For Instagram tag @craftytemplates and mention it's for the On A Page Quirky Kit challenge.

For Facebook add it to the Quirky Kits Group - they'll be a post for each new challenge there to share it to or else mention it's for the On A Page challenge when you share it so I can find it.

For blog add a link to your project from your blog in the comments below any of the On a Page challenge posts, (like this one).

Or if you'd prefer to keep your project private you can email them directly to Leonora@craftytemplates.com

For this challenge I'm going to leave open ended what your finished project is so you can create a scrapbook page or a mini book or a pocket page or a card or a travellers notebook page etc etc. I'll leave it up to you what you choose to do. I've also left out any prompts relating to the photo/s so if you have specific photos you want to get scrapped these prompts aren't going to stop you using the photos you want, just push you with a helping hand on the things to pick out, make and do.

Have fun!

xx Leo

On A Page - layout challenge #3

Are you ready for your next 'On A Page' challenge? If you've not read about the new challenges you can catch up with the first one here and the second one here.

How it works:

I'll post a new challenge up every week, (four in total). Each new challenge will be posted here on the blog and also in the Facebook Group for you to follow along with.

Ready for the third challenge?

The third 'On a page challenge' is - BIG TITLES. I want you to make your page all about the title in this next challenge. Your title should be the stand out feature on your page, (apart from your photo/s). Make it bold or make it long or make it your only embellishment on your page. It could be a good opportunity to use up lots of your stashed alphabet stickers or think more creatively and make a title with cut out paper, stitching, little embellishments clustered together etc. If you have a stash of alphabet stamps this could be the perfect opportunity to get them out and used in a different way using them exclusively or mixing them with word/alphabet stickers.

Ready to get creative?

If you need further starting points here are some images dug up from Pinterest with layouts that focus on a large or long title to kick start your own ideas:

Melinda Spinks for Jillibean Soup

Melissa Mann

Alice- scrapbookwonderland.com