Create Your Own Kit - May 2011

Here is my fifth Kit for this year - I see red :)

...and by the way: do you know just HOW difficult it is to get yourself some red papers together which are NOT based on Christmas...?!!?

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3 sheets of 12 x 12 cardstock from Bazzill

2 sheets of 12 x 12 double sided paper from Cosmo Cricket

1 sheet of 12 x 12 double sided paper from Scribble Scrabble

1 sheet of 12 x 12 double sided paper from Scenic Route

1 sheet of 12 x 12 double sided paper from My Minds Eye

Attempted Goal:

4 Layouts

2 Cards

Create Your Own Kit - April 2011

Another month and another one of my Kits - and you know what? I am just now starting to make a visible dent into my scrapping stuff...that is scary to think that I still have papers (not counting my DT schtuff, of course) to see me through 16 more months!!! 

I know.

It's kinda sick....

But hey, at least that also meant in the last seven months I saved myself around $200.00 and surely that is not a bad thing at all.

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3 sheets of 12 x 12 cardstock from Bazzill

2 sheets of 12 x 12 paper from KI Memories

1 sheet of 12 x 12 paper from Bella Blvd

1 sheet of 12 x 12 double sided paper from Cosmo Cricket

1 sheet of 12 x 12 double sided papers from Scenic Route

1 sheet of 12 x 12 double sided paper from Fontwerks

Attempted goal:

4 layouts
{{Crooked Inn}} * {{Happy Campers}} *

2 cards

Create Your Own Kit - March 2011

I am doing really well with my Kits so far - having started in September 2010 I am now on my seventh Kit and I have to say that this was the best idea I have had to get myself working on the stash I had at my fingertips.

Whilst it is of course great to have all the latest papers and embellishments, it should be more important to actually use what we already have.

I was a bit disappointed that I did not fare so well with my {{February Kit}} - I totally failed it and I guess it is due to the colours...I got totally bored and depressed looking at those earth tones, which is why I only managed the grand amount of ONE (= pathetic attempt) Layouts...ugh.

For the March Kit I wanted to go with some colour again and which better one to use than the one that still scares the living daylights out of me: YELLOW...uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh. It is the most underrated colour in crafting, I think and the reason is probably that I am not the only one being intimidated by this colour. That is also why I have set my attempted goal higher than usual, as you will see at the end of the post.

You may, correctly, say that not all the papers you see below are in fact yellow, but that is just because I decided to take a picture of the flip side of the paper. The picture looked totally boring when I showed all the yellow sides....so there!

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3 sheets of 12 x 12 cardstock from Bazzill

2 sheets of 12 x 12 double sided papers from Cosmo Cricket

1 sheet of 12 x 12 double sided paper from Prima Marketing

1 sheet of 12 x 12 double sided paper from Sassafras Lass

1 sheet of 12 x 12 double sided paper from My Minds Eye

1 sheet of 12 x 12 double sided paper from Scribble Scrabble

Attempted goal:

5 layouts
{{Clickety Click}} ** {{Lemme Go}} ** {{We Rock}} **

2 cards - Achieved
{{ For You }} ** {{Hmm}}

Re-cycle

Some of you may know that I tend to re-cycle previously scrapped photographs if I really don't like the look of the old layout anymore.

Last weekend I took two old layouts apart and had another go at them - watcha think?

Bacharach Babes

created in 2006

Cardstock: Bazzill ** Papers: Chatterbox ** Chipboard: Magistical Memories ** Rub Ons: Making Memories

Bacharach Babes

 now

Cardstock: Bazzill *Papers: GCD Studios ** Stamp: Hero Arts ** Stickers: Rusty Pickle ** Other: Cosmic Shimmer, Anita's acrylic paint, Pearls, Rhinestones, Embroidery Floss 

Family

created in 2006

Cardstock: Bazzill ** Papers, Rub Ons, Paperflowers: Fancy Pants

Photo Shoot

now

Papers: GCD Studios ** Tag, Stickers: Rusty Pickle ** Other: Cosmic Shimmer, Anita's acrylic paint, Pearls, Rhinestones, Emboridery floss

On another note, I have finished another one of my{{Art Tags}} 

D = Distress

I love distressing my craft projects - whenever there is something missing or hasn't quite the "ooomph" factor, I end up tearing/sanding/colouring some elements to add a further point of interest. 

Tag: WHSmith ** Papers, Stickers: Sassafras Lass ** Other: Cosmic Shimmer, Embroidery Floss, Pearls, Staples, Uniball Signo Pen

And to round this post up, let me share another tag with you which I created for the recent {{Kenny K's Krafty Girlz}} challenge. This week the requirements is "all about R's"...so I figured the Roller {{Skate Chick}} and my papers and embellies based on the colour Red would qualify :)

Cardstock: Poundshop, Stampin' Up ** Tag: handcut ** Papers: GCD Studios ** Other:  Cosmic Shimmer, ProMarkers, Embroidery Floss

Valentine's Crop

Phew, the last couple of days went by in such a flash - I can't believe it's the weekend again :)

Over the last couple of days I enjoyed playing along over at {{Noel Mignon's Valentines Crop}}. Even though I didn't manage to get everything done in the time frame, the DT came up with some awesome challenges and I for one am planning to create a few more projects over this weekend based on their inspiration.

On {{Tuesday}} I already shared one of the crop projects with you and here are now two more.

For Noel's sketch challenge I created this layout

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Papers, Stickers: Sassafras Lass ** Alpha Stickers: Rusty Pickle ** Other: Embroidery Floss, Paint, Cosmic Shimmer, Bakers Twine

And the wonderful {{Kim Moreno}} came up with a quick and fabulous way to adorn gift bags with toppers. Here is mine

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Cardstock: Bazzill ** Papers: Upsy Daisy Designs, Imaginisce ** Brad: Upsy Daisy Designs ** Stickers: Jenni Bowlin

Create Your Own Kit - February 2011

For my second Kit this year I have chosen to go with some more earth tones, as I have really overlooked them over the past six months. I used to be a muted colour scrapper, but somehow I really got into using more bolder colours during 2010. It feels like it is time to get back to my trusted "staple"

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3 sheets of 12 x 12 cardstock from Bazzill

2 sheets of 12 x 12 double sided paper from My Minds Eye

1 sheet of double sided paper from Pink Paislee

1 sheet of double sided paper from Rusty Pickle
1 sheet of double sided paper from Sassafras Lass

Attempted Goal:

4 Layouts
Queen Of The Castle

2 Cards
Failed

Thankful

Well, here it is - the layout to go with my word for the year. You can tell I am already much more focussed on living by my word seeing that it only took me two days into the year to actually create this layout :)

I guess right now I am thankful for being creative and inspired.

Of course I used the papers and cardstock from my {{January Kit}} and I surprised myself at how well I am dealing with the "pinkness"....you see, even though I love the colour pink, I have a hard time scrapping it - not this time though.

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Ingredients:

Cardstock: Bazzill ** Papers: My Minds Eye, American Crafts, Cosmo Cricket ** Tag: Collage Press ** Stickers: American Crafts ** Chipboard: My Minds Eye ** Artisan Tape: Pink Paislee ** Buttons: My Little Bit Of Whimsey, unknown ** Borderpunch: Fiskars ** Other: Cosmic Shimmer, Pearls, Rhinestones, Alcohol Inks, Uniball Signo