Cupcake Mini Album (The Scrappery)

Hello again!  Today I'm back to share with you a project I made with my Belle kit from The Scrappery Kit Club.  This kit features the Wild at Heart collection by Cocoa Vanilla Studio, and if you purchase all of the kits you get the entire collection!!

My friend's daughter turned 5 in March, and we had a party for her with cupcakes at our local park.  I took some photos and decided this kit was perfect for a mini album to record her birthday.  I made my own cupcake cut file to make the album, and in my first video you can see this process and the making of my cover.

Here is the first video:

My second video focussed on making the album pages and embellishing them.   Here are some photos.

The page on the right is made on the speciality vellum in the kit.

And here is a photo of the finished mini album.

Here is my second video.

My friend and her daughter loved the album, and I really enjoyed making it!!

Thanks for looking!

Jade Kit Projects (The Scrappery)

Hi Friends, I know, its been a while again.  I'm not going to lie, life with 4 kids and a business is hard,  and sometimes creating has to take a back seat for a while.  In an attempt to get my blog back to being up to date, I need to post several times with lots of layouts, starting with my projects for The Scrappery Kit Club that I made with the Jade Kit.

The Jade kit was a mix of products from Kaisercraft, Cocoa Vanilla Studio and Simple Stories.  My first project was a layout with a background of acrylic paint by Brielle.  I used a free cut file from Paper Issues.  

A second layout featured a cut file by The Cut Shoppe and a older photo of Shaun and Brielle that I've struggled to scrap for years!

Next up was a mini album of my favourite summer SnapChat photos.  

For this next layout I used the exclusive stencil and used texture paste mixed with the pink acrylic paint from the colour kit.

The kit came with a speciality die cut paper, and I layered it over a Simple Stories colour blocked paper for a quick and easy page.

I even made some cards.

And finally I made my first ever Traveler's Notebook, and I love working in this smaller canvas.  This notebook will document all my photos of Brielle that I take of her sleeping.

If you read this far then I thank you from the bottom of my heart, as this was a large photo heavy post!  You can find process videos for all of these on my YouTube Channel here.

Recent Projects - The Scrappery

Hello!! Yes I'm so behind on posting here, but I have been creating still.  These are two process videos I shared for The Scrappery Kit Club.

The first project is a mini album made from one piece of 12x12 paper, and it was from a cut file designed by Bea Valint, who designs and shares free cute files over on her blog.  You can find the cut file here.  I used it to scrap some gorgeous photos of Brielle as a baby taken by my scrappy BFF Lara Moss.  This is the album when its closed.

A look inside.  It has a shaker pocket and other interactive elements.

Folded out, the bottom left is a pocket where I've tucked two extra photos.

And here is my video:

My second project is a layout featuring rub ons.  Our Nigella kit includes an entire pack of the Moonstruck rub ons.  I decided to make an 8x8 layout for my 2016 Grateful Album.  I hand cut my heart to show that you don't always need to use a digital die cutting machine.

I doodled around the heart to define the edge.  I was so happy to finally use the Pretty Little Studio paper.

I used the cork "dream" for my title.

And here is my video:

Thanks for looking!

Clique Kits August Blog Share

Hello!  I'm so excited to be participating in the Clique Kits Pep Rally for August!  You probably made your way here from Caroli's amazing blog!

I just adore the August kit Rio, it features the gorgeous "Milly & June" collection by Fancy Pants, and the "Colour me Happy" collection by Cocoa Vanilla Studio.  The colours are amazing, and the embellishments so perfect for scrapping the girls in your life (or yourself!).  Here is  a look at the kit.

I was reluctant to cut into the paper to start with, because I wanted to use everything and really didn't know where to start.  I got the Milly & June 6x6 paper pad which was perfect with the scaled down patterns.

The first layout I made was this one of Brielle, which I've already shared in a process video.  You can watch the video on my YouTube channel here.  I focussed on my favourite papers for this one, and I just love that Cocoa Vanilla cut apart.

For my next layouts I wanted to make an effort to scrap multiple photos, because I'm aware that lots of discussions in Facebook Groups have centred around the fact that people like to see these layouts.  My layouts are almost always created around the story I want to tell, and if I have more than one photo its a bonus!

The first layout is about Azaria playing in our family Nerf wars last summer!  I also wanted to make an effort not to use my Silhouette Cameo for this page, and I even went old school with a corner punched heart in my top right triangle!

This next layout has 4 photos of Sam playing with Brielle, and features the Cocoa Vanilla Studio products only.  The flair is a CK exclusive.

My final project is an accordion style mini album about the photos I have to take before I can capture a good photo of Brielle.  I just love the outtakes!!  

I kept my cover very simple with an exclusive acrylic strawberry (an add-on to the kit), one of the CK cut aparts, Fancy Pants letter stickers and navy ribbon from my stash.

The pages that follow include patterned paper from the 6x6 paper pad, and and embellishments from the kit.  This page has a small amount of journalling to tell the story of the album.

For the back page I kept it free of photos and used the bolder heart print paper.

These next pages are the first pages of the other side of the accordion.

My final two pages are progressing towards the photo that I wanted, a happy smiley girl!

A shot of the back side of the accordion. 

I had so much fun making all of these projects, and I still have so much of my kit left over to keep creating!

Your next stop on the blog share is Leeann, she always has amazing projects so make sure you need over there now!  Here is the full line up in case you get lost:

Clique Kits https://cliquekits.wordpress.com/

Gia Lau https://giaaloha.wordpress.com/
Erica Thompson https://ericarosecreates.wordpress.com/
*Kat Benjamin  http://kraftykat9.blogspot.com
*Marcia Dehn-Nix http://onescrapatatime-bymumsie.blogspot.com/
Kim Allen http://kimsscrappyblog.blogspot.com/
*Maryam Perez http://maryamperez.blogspot.com/
*Caroli Schulz http://www.carolinaschulz.com/
*Melissa Vining http://yesterday2day4ever.blogspot.co.nz//
*Leeann Pearce  http://thepaintbrushgoesspottie.blogspot.com.au/
Sara Mishler https://sarascrapsblog.wordpress.com/
Donna Espiritu http://scrappydonna.blogspot.com/
Leigh Ann Odynski http://www.artfulleighcreative.com

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Dance Forever Mini Album (Clique Kits DT)

Hello again!  Today I'm up on the Clique Kits Blog with a mini album I made with the April Kit "Origins".  I used an exclusive digital cut file for my base, and enlarged it to work with my largest photo.  The album is all about Brielle and a dance she did in kitchen one morning when I had worship music on.  So super cute!!

Here is the cut file.  I used the entire cut file for my cover, then I only used the tag shape for my album.

I kept the front cover very simple.  I backed the cut file with a silver cupcake wrapper, and added yellow ribbon from my stash.

The first page had a plain piece of white cardstock to cover the cupcake wrapper.  My journaling tells the entire story of Brielle's dance.

My first photo is the start of the dance in our kitchen.  I embellished with a silver sticker (it looks blue in this photo), an exclusive printable circle, and an enamel heart.

I had embellishment on the backs of each tag.  This one has a sentiment I fussy cut from one of the cut apart sheets.  Simple Stories always have awesome cards.  I added a chipboard butterfly and more enamel.

This is the part of the dance that progressed thorough the kitchen.   This tag is cut on the Bella Blvd acetate from the kit.  I added a label for a small amount of journalling, and a doily from my stash. 

The back of the acetate was problematic with all the layers on the front, but I just kept it simple by framing one of the printable squares.

My final page features my favourite photo of Brielle on my favourite paper from the kit.  I love how she finishes her dance with her little foot over the vacuum cleaner cord.

Make sure you head over to the blog to see more photos of how I made the album.

Thanks for looking!  Hope your Easter was blessed!

Remember Today (Clique Kits)

Hello again!  I was up on the Clique Kits blog again today, this time sharing a heart shaped mini album I made to document several photos of our snow motor biking last year.

I designed the entire album around the exclusive heart cut file designed by Just Nick for Clique Kits for the February "Hot Mess" kit.  I enlarged the cut file to fit my photos, and cut the cover.  Then I cut the heart without the inside windows for my pages, leaving solid hearts.    Here is my cover.

This is the first page, I cut a plain white cardstock heart to cover up all the paper, then decided it needed some patterned paper.  The black and white stripe was perfect!

I even cut the speciality acetate, and paired it with another of the exclusive cut files "XOXO".  I love that I can see the next page underneath.

And if you want to see more you need to head over to the CK Blog, or watch my process video (a walkthrough of the album is included at the end).

Thanks so much for looking!  I really appreciate it xxx