This one ended up being a kit of the week, too…so go check it out at the store if you love it as much as I do!
Once again, mini letters and using my circle punches…love them!
I used a scallop circle punch, different sized circle punches and trimmed this little guy from the jillibean papers to layer up this fun custom embellishment. I LOVED how this guy turned out!
Kristen
Several months ago, I taught a birthday catch up class at GT with my girl Raimi. The participants got 4 double page birthday layouts done in 3 hours…so fun!
Here is the first layout I designed for the class…
Love catching up on my own birthday scrapping too!
These mini letters from Jillibean Soup are some of my favorites!
Journaling strips on Basic Grey woodgrain…love.
Pennants made with a scallop punch and scissors. Details on how to do the pennant here.
Stay tuned tomorrow for the other birthday layout…it’s all Jillibean…yum.
Kristen
{See what the rest of the team came up with in June here}
More messy stitching and vintage accents. A simple layout with just blocking the 4x6s together with some patterned paper and the fun woodgrain vinyl.
I’ll share my cards from this kit starting tomorrow…
Kristen
{See what the rest of the team came up with in June here}
My sewing machine got a workout…the messier the better in this case!
I didn’t worry about perfection or even near perfection…I just went with the flow. And I loved it!
I’ll share my last June kit layout tomorrow…
Kristen
{See what the rest of the team came up with in June here}
You may have seen this layout as park of sneak peek week on the blog.
Lots of fun vintage-y embellishments in June’s kit! Loved the fun tickets.
I snuck in some computer journaling in there…haven’t done that in a while!
Layout #2 tomorrow!
Kristen
{check out the rest of the team’s double pagers here}
Here’s the last layout I did with my May kit.
A little monochromatic green title with some complementary color accents. I like it.
Tomorrow I’ll start sharing my layouts and some cards from my June kit!
Kristen
{check out the rest of the team’s double pagers here}
In my lack of scrapping time over the last several months, I have opted for a lot of simplicity. I printed a whole bunch of pictures in 4x6 just to have them printed and sitting on my desk. Then I crop and go from there. Are you sick of seeing the 4x6’s in lines across the layout or groupings in the center? I am, a little, but here’s the thing. The layouts are getting done. The pictures are in albums to enjoy instead of sitting on my computer. I’m documenting life and that is a good thing. I’m learning to let go the perfect detail and newest thing. And I like it.
Layout #4 for tomorrow…
Kristen
{check out the rest of the team’s double pagers here}
I shared my first May layout here.
My circle punches are getting used a LOT these days. And a little bit of ink around the edges just adds that pop.
Combining several sticker sheets to document the date in a different way.
Looking back at this layout reminds me how much I loved the muted colors of this kit!
Stay tuned tomorrow for layout #3 from the May kit!
Kristen
{check out what the rest of the PBD team came up with here}
The last layout for this month’s kit…and probably my favorite…
We are very blessed to have a family home about a block and a half off the beaches just below Santa Barbara, CA. My husband grew up on these beaches and I have been going there for 20 years (he brought me there when we first started dating…half a lifetime ago!!!). I really LOVE that my boys are now spending their summer playing on the same beach. Beach time is good for the soul…we are a beach family for sure.
Even the dog LOVES the beach! The sunshine circle was punched from the reverse of the striped paper.
I tried my hand at misting again…the flower is plain chipboard included in the kit that I misted with both colors…I like how it turned out! The ‘5’ is punched from the number strips in the Little Yellow Bicycle embellishment.
What a fun, bright kit…did you get yours yet?
Stay tuned tomorrow for a little catch up…my may layouts that I never posted!
Kristen
{check out what the rest of the PBD team came up with here}
Do you scrap bad pictures? I did here. These pictures were totally out of focus, everyone had their eyes closed and one even got a wonky line down the middle (probably happened when my external hard drive died and I had to have all my photos recovered…whew).
Here’s the thing though…I still wanted to document the fun family afternoon. So who cared about the imperfect photos!
I used a lot of chipboard stickers…made it super easy to make groupings of coordinating accents!
Last layout for August coming at you tomorrow…
Kristen
{check out what the rest of the PBD team came up with here}
Simple and easy…and I really like how it turned out!
T-man became obsessed with our crossing guard at school. She was also our across the street neighbor so that made it especially fun. He started carrying around a sign we had since J-boy was little on every walk. It certainly put a smile on passing motorists’ faces to see this little 4 year old with the stop sign at corners.
The layout was super simple and as I was playing with it on my desk I noticed the misted arrow masks from my previous layout. So I added them and loved how it looked and added movement to the layout. Fun!
Layout #3 tomorrow!
Kristen
{You can check out what the rest of the PBD team came up with here.}
If you follow the kit club blog, you saw this layout during the sneak peek week. The whole team uses the same sketch to come up with layouts…super fun to see how different all the layouts are using the same kit and sketch!
I used a “4” strip from the Little Yellow Bicycle embellishment as part of my title. I also combined stickers and punched the star from other embellishments included in the kit to create my own fun accents.
Loved this journaling strip on the stickers sheet. You can also see that I misted using Tattered Angels mist. I have not spent enough time with mist to really be a pro at it. Not sure if it’s “me” yet. In the first detail picture, you can see that I used arrow masks included in the kit to create a sense of movement on the layout. Meh. You know, I’m not a fan of every.single.layout I create.
(Hi Amy and Luke peeking out in this pic :)
Stay tuned tomorrow for layout #2…
Kristen
{check out the rest of the PBD team’s take on the may kit here}
Wow…where does the time go? I know you are all busy with end of school year/summer preparations like me. This time of year always sneaks up on me!
So I thought I’d share what I came up with for GT’s May kit. They still have them in stock if you are interested…
Stay tuned to see what I did with layout #2
Kristen
{Check out what the rest of the PBD team did here.}
I’ll be back with my final two cards of the kit…
Kristen
{Check out what the rest of the PBD team did here.}
Sorry for the blue cast…obviously didn’t have the right settings going on…
My iPhone…sigh. Two years later I still love it. Is that wrong?
Fun sueded ribbon came in the kit along with banana leaf paper…
Jillibean corrugated butterflies with a touch of paint for fun…
Layering the fun embellies…
Tomorrow I’ll bring you the last layout I made this month…
Kristen
{Check out what the rest of the PBD team did here.}
We have a lot of wide open preserves around here and the cities hire sheep farmers to have the grasses ‘mowed’. My parents live right next to one so we get up close and personal with it! So fun!
Couldn’t help myself…my sewing machine came out a lot this month.
Loved the Jillibean corrugated shapes this month….these banners were oh so cute!
Check back tomorrow for layout #2.
Kristen
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