Believe In You | Laura Rumble | Twilight Moon Kit

Hello, Laura here.  I’m so excited to be guest designing with the September/October kit.  It’s been a while since I received a kit and felt the buzz of opening a pizza box.  I certainly wasn’t disappointed!

For my first layout I’m using several of the Pink Fresh Studio patterned papers and Vicki Boutin Field Notes 'Collect and Document' patterned paper.  I had already cut into the papers as I had started a layout... the pile of papers that I wasn’t intending to use caught my eye.  Triangles sort of patched together.  I couldn’t ignore it so I put what I was working on to one side (you’ll see that in my next post) and played with the angular off cuts.

 

I pieced together some of the patterned papers.  I wanted an area of plain cardstock amongst all the pattern but the white from the kit wasn’t hitting the spot.  I added in a sheet of purple cardstock from my stash.  I didn’t have the exact shade of purple but with a sheet of vellum laid over the top it was a good enough match.  I trimmed down the purple/vellum so that the points of my triangle off cuts reached the edge.  To make the layout back up to a standard 12x12 size I added a border using another of the Pink Fresh papers.  Now I had the foundation of my page I moved over to my sewing machine and adding stitching to most of the joins; some in straight stitch, some zigzag, all in threads picked out to match the Pink Fresh Mesa patterned paper.  It struck me that the vellum would make a great shaker pocket so I mix some sequins from my stash to match and added them behind the vellum before sewing the last edge up.

I was torn between using a puffy sticker for my title or fussy cutting a foil title from Kaisercraft Misty Mountains rose gold foiled cardstock – the foil won because rose gold foil always wins in my book!  I added a few heart and leaf puffy stickers and decided it was done.

I will add my journalling in the peach triangle after photographing and sharing.

Thanks for looking!

Red | Guest Designer Laura Rumble | Twilight Moon Kit

Hi guys, Laura back with another guest designer layout.

I was struck by the gorgeous autumnal colours featured in the patterned papers.  What better way to show them off than with leaves and acorns?  It also meant I got to play with my new toy, a Gemini Junior.  It turns out I quite like die cutting!  I also fussy cut a few of the leaf sprigs from the Pink Fresh Mesa paper.

I based my layout on a sketch I had drawn up earlier this year.

I fixed the leaves in place with a little glue and then ran the layout through my sewing machine using a couple of different coloured threads.  My favourite part of my guest designer package was the Custom Cards - so much so that I have signed up.  I pulled a few of my favourite cards to layer behind my photo and to cut into a heart shape embellishment.

In the Pink Fresh Mesa paper there are a few pops of acid yellow that really zing amongst the other colours.  I added in some tangled thread and a few sequins from my stash in the same colour.  To finish I added a title with the bold black alphas included in the kit.

Here's the video so you can see my process

Thanks for stopping by

New Kits

It's new kit time!
The new kits for September/October 2018 are 'Twilight Moon', (main kit) As the Dusk Settles, (Lite kit) Collecting Moments, (embellishment kit) and Folklore, (Custom Card kit).

 

Folklore

 

Collecting Moments

 

As the Dusk Settles

 

Twilight Moon

 

 Layout created using the main kit:

Layout created using the lite kit:

 

Look out for more inspiration from the design team popping up here over the next seven weeks. This new kit time we have guest designer Laura Rumble joining us to share some layout inspiration.

Plus the new sketch challenge starts this coming Sunday and continues for the following four Sundays. If you complete all the sketch challenges you'll get an extra goody in your next kit box! Don't forget you can choose to have a Christmas themed kit as your next subscription kit too. The link for the form to indicate your preference is here: https://www.craftytemplates.com/november-december-kit-choice

Happy new kit time! xx Leonora

 

 

Two Ways To Create Texture

Hi, Leo here.

I've been creating with my new July/August Quirky Kit goodies this week. Both layouts use texture but in two different ways. I'm just starting a homemade mini book project too so look out for that project popping up over the weekend.
Back to these layouts, here's the first one:

 

I created it based on a challenge to use something that doesn't get much love in my stash any more. I dug out my embossing folders:

 

I've not used these in literally years, and years so they were due a dust down! If you've not used these before, the idea is you add your paper or card to the inside of the folder then roll it through a die cutting machine and it embosses the pattern into the card.

 

I cut out the circles of plain white cardstock first and then rolled them through the embossing folder to get the pattern/texture on the pieces. While I was using my circle dies I decided to cut out my photos in circles too and it meant I could add all of the photos I had onto my page along with lots of embellishments, which I like! More is more ;) The outside edge I cut out from one of the Pinkfresh Studio papers from the main kit, using my paper trimmer to cut out the frame then stitched it down with machine stitching. The tag is from the Custom Card kit labels pack, the frames from the embellishment kit and the die cuts from the main kit.

 

 

Here's the second layout:

 

 

This one was based on a sketch by Laura Rumble. I started with the blue tartan paper from the main kit, cut into a 20 cm square then cut in half diagonally to make a triangle. I glued that down then added some of the gold texture paste, (from the embellishment kit) spreading/scraping it on to the white card with a scrap piece of cardstock, so it popped out from the triangle edge. I also used a pencil eraser to add some dots of it too. This is the scrap sheet of card I tested it on first:

 

 

Once that dried I punched out some star shapes from it to use as extra embellishments.

 

I then added some more tucked under the edge of the triangle. Paper strips, (the Pinkfresh Studio Happy Life sheet with all the different pattern stripes on it cut apart) and some of the Pinkfresh die cuts, (both from the main kit). One of the pieces is a piece of the Pebbles paper with the cut out squares on, cut out with a scallop circle die. I popped one of the pocket watch brads to the side of it.

 

Along with the die cuts I added some punched out stars and paper pieces, (made with a hole punch). I just wanted to add some more of that navy colour to the layout so I punched it out of the paper.

As a final touch I added one of the gold glitter phrase Thickers, (main kit) and some of the little glitter stickers to add to the title.

As I mentioned earlier I'll be back this weekend to share a mini book project. It's a journal I've made from sheets of scrapbook papers so it's a great project if you have a kit unused as you can just grab your kit and create a whole project with it.

xx Leo

Love Out Loud - Natalie

Hello everyone!! 

I'm back with my first layout using the Nov/ Dec kit! 

My first layout is a New Year's Eve themed layout, which is actually from 2014/5 not this year, when I went to New York City for New Year's! 

Products used:

Main Kit:

- Simple Stories 2018 Cheers Paper 

- Crate Paper Good Vibes 6x12 stickers

- American Crafts Sweater Weather Cozy Paper

Lite Kit:

- Photo Play Vintage Girl Razzle Dazzle Paper

Extras Shop:

- Crate Paper Good Vibes Puffy Phrases

Own Stash:

- Gold Heidi Swapp Colour Shine

- Gold sequins 

- Black enamel dots

When starting this layout I knew I wanted to use the NYE wordy paper from Simple Stories, but it was just too busy to use as a background. Then I found this sketch by Laura Rumble for Speigelmom Scraps, which was just perfect for a NYE layout!

I don't have a cutting machine, so in order to cut out the star I just printed a star from Microsoft Word and used that as a template to cut out my star. Making sure that I included certain words on the paper that I wanted to be included on my star. 

I swapped the sketch around so my star was in the right hand corner. 

Before sticking my star down I used gold Heidi Swapp colour shine spray to create gold splatters across my page. As some of the splatters were rather large I had to let this dry overnight. 

I stuck my star down using foam pads, and added my photo. My photo is just 2x3 inches in size, and was printed using my HP Sprocket portable printer that I got for Christmas! 

I then decided that the background was too plain, I don't often like using white cardstock as my background, so I cut 1 inch strips of the black striped paper from the Lite Kit (Photo Play, Vintage Girl, Razzle Dazzle), and used these at the top and bottom to help contain the layout. I used my distressing tool to roughen the edges to add further interest. 

I added small labels for journalling in the top left and bottom right, and these were fussy cut from Sweater Weather Cozy paper from the Main Kit. 

I added some more gold splatters at the top left to draw your eye upwards.

Finally I added my title "Love Out Loud" and added puffy star stickers which came from the same puffy phrases sticker set (Crate Paper, Good Vibes, Puffy Phrases). I also added gold star stickers (Crate Paper, Good Vibes 6x12 sticker set) and finally some gold sequins and black enamel dots from my stash.

I really like this layout and hope it inspires you to scrap your NYE photos!!

Natalie x

Forever and Then Some | Guest Designer Laura Rumble | Twilight Moon

I was determined to use Misty Mountains (that hexagon sheet from Kaisercraft) on this layout, my last share as a guest designer.  I failed.  It is still sitting on my desk taunting me!  I did, however, get most of the Heidi Swapp ‘Hawthorne’ patterned paper used up and I do love the result.

This layout is mainly mixed media and fussy cutting - the perfect combination if you ask me!  Here's the process video:

I made a good dent in the sticker pack using a circle for my title...

along with all of the hearts and all of the hexagons...

I didn't have enough hexagons so I used a craft knife to cut the backing paper away making a stencil.  I used a few different coloured pens to add extra hexagons to my mixed media background.  I stretched the hearts and hexagons further by cutting around the bleed on the backing sheet to make extra shaped stickers.

I grabbed some gold glitter alphas from my stash (Heidi Swapp again, I think) to add a subtitle and a little bit more gold.

Thanks for having me as a guest designer for this kit.  I've loved it - so much so that I'm now subbing to the custom cards kit. I hope you've enjoyed this kit too, more than that though, I hope that bloomin' hexagon paper isn't still taunting you!!