Kelly

Hey there crafty friends! I have a new layout to share today for Hip Kit Club using the 2016 October Kits! My theme for this week was “no white” and given that the last 2 of the 4 layouts I’ve created for Hip Kit Club haven’t had white you would think this would be easy! BUT this ended up being quite the challenge! I ALWAYS enjoy a papercrafting challenge and was determined to make this work! I think challenges really help push the creativity and I’m so happy with the end result!

Hip Kit Club | October 2016 Kits | Kelly Janes

The initial struggle was trying to figure out what papers and what photo I wanted to use, but once I had that narrowed down I was good to go! I chose multiple pattern papers from the Main Kit as my background. I really love how the pattern papers from Simple Stories-Posh, Maggie Holmes-Gather, and Pink Paislee Take Me Away complement each other so well. Kimberly always does an amazing job pairing multiple products from different manufacturers in the kits month after month!!

Hip Kit Club | October 2016 Kits | Kelly Janes

Once I had the background complete I started working on my photo mat. I used the We R Memory Keepers-Honey I’m Home cut apart sheet which is included in the Main Kit, a Project Life Card from the Project Life Kit, vellum from my stash, and the light pink American Crafts Flamingo Cardstock from the Cardstock Kit.

Hip Kit Club | October 2016 Kits | Kelly Janes

Once the photo mat was complete I started embellishing. I added multiple pieces from the We R Memory Keepers-Honey I’m Home ephemera pack from the Embellishment Kit, a camera from the Dear Lizzy-Saturday ephemera pack from Main Kit, and a few stickers from the WRMK-Honey I’m Home Sticker Sheet from the Project Life Kit.

Hip Kit Club | October 2016 Kits | Kelly Janes

Titles can be tricky and I think a lot of scrapbookers would agree with this! I decided on the word ‘Celebrate’ because Andy & I were celebrating our 11 year wedding anniversary on the day I snapped this photo. I love the shiny gold Thickers from the Embellishment Kit and they fit perfectly along one of the layers on my background! Putting the title at an angle adds a lot of visual interest to the layout!

For final touches I added a few hearts from the Simple Stories-Posh chipboard sheet from the Embellishment Kit and a sprinkling of enamel dots from the Project Life Kit. I did add journaling to this layout using my WRMK Typecast Typewriter documenting the occasion!!

Here is my process video showing how this layout came together!!

Thanks for joining me today!

Hi crafty friends! I have a new layout to share for The Cut Shoppe.

The Cut Shoppe | Wicked Fun & Ghost Town | Kelly Janes

Halloween is right around the corner and I love Halloween scrapbooking products. I think a large part of my love for the product is I forget year to year what is in my stash so it’s always like looking at fresh new product! Ha!

The Cut Shoppe

I mix a lot of old with new for this layout. My photo is of Aidan and was taken a few years ago at a Halloween themed NICU reunion. He was all about Batman at that age so his costume was an easy choice. To help highlight the photo I chose the bat image from the Wicked Fun Cut File. I used the Pattern Fill feature on my Cricut Explore to add the text print to the cut file. To help add a something extra to the bat I added orange watercolor and black hand stitching.

The Cut Shoppe | Wicked Fun & Ghost Town | Kelly Janes

I used one of the patterns included in the Ghost Town Digital Collection for my background and also a couple of the pumpkin ephemera pieces. Have I mentioned how much I love the option of printing my own paper and embellishments?! The Print Then Cut feature on the Cricut Explore just makes it so so easy! I added multiple Halloween pieces from my stash including products from Crate Paper, Simple Stories, Recollections and the new CTMH Jeepers Creepers Collection. There are other products on this page but my Halloween stash is quite large and quite old so a lot of the products are no longer in the original packaging making it difficult to know the manufacturer’s name.

The Cut Shoppe | Wicked Fun & Ghost Town | Kelly Janes

This layout was SO fun to put together! I’ve put together a process video that also has a Cricut Design Space tutorial showing the Pattern Fill feature!