Reveal Day with My Creative Scrapbook Kits!

Is everyone excited for the BIG REVEAL! I know I am! I really, really, really LOVED this kit! I have never worked with Chickaniddy Crafts before... but can I say LOVE... thats right LOVE! The paper is amazing! Here are the four layout I created with this kit:

 

My second layout I think is my favorite! I loved using the flowers with the brads in the kit to create the layout:

 

 My third layout below, will come with a tutorial on how you can create a die cut from the stamp in the kit! So excited to share how to do this:

 FUN FUN FUN way to use a stamp!!!

So head on over to the My Creative Scrapbook Blog to SEE the kit! It is AWESOME!!! And get one today before its too late! Don't forget to check out the other kits that were revealed, and of course all the awesome design team work in the gallery!

My Creative Scrapbook and Creative Scrappers 269

My Creative Scrapbook kit club has teamed up with Creative Scrappers this month.

You know what that means... lots of inspiration... and a wonderful prize!

The MCS designers played along with Creative Scrappers Sketch #269 which was revealed today.

Here's my take on it:

 

The layout features LOT of fun Echo Park and wood veneer by American Crafts

 

This is My Creative Scrapbook MAIN Kit for the month of June! What a BIG sneak for the upcoming month, right?! (and over 10 days before the actual reveal!)

 

(Now that you've gotten a sneak peek of the upcoming MAIN kit and undoubtedly want to receive one for yourself, you might want to hurry over to MyCreativeScrapbook.com to reserve one.)

 

 

 

I followed the sketch pretty much, replacing some embellishments and punched out hearts instead of the shapes in the squares:

 

 

LOTS of awesomely goodness in this kit!!! (and so much more to come!)

Don't forget to play along with Creative Scrappers Sketch 267 and/or Sketch 268 by May 31st at Midnight ADT... My Creative Scrapbook is providing the prize!

(See the Creative Scrappers blog for contest details.)

 

Here is the sketch:

March Inspiration Elevator

You may recall that the purpose of this challenge group is to take our scrapbooking to the next level, to stretch our creative process and to grow as artists by embracing challenges that make us think, work and extend ourselves. You can view all of the challenges at our Inspiration Elevator Blog, here. Our challenge this month was posed by the very talented Ann Jobes. Here's how she expressed this month's challenge: First, for those of you who are getting tired of journaling-based challenges, I apologize. This idea has been cooking since the fall (just not articulated). 

My daughter subscribes to the Dance Spirit magazine and I sometimes browse through it, too. One of my favourite monthly features is an article that features a different dancer each month, some photos of that dancer, and a description of their current work, and (the best part!) a letter. The theme is a Letter to My Teenage Self. The content ranges, depending on the dancer and his/her experience, morals, ideals, etc. So this month's assignment is to write a letter to your teenage self. You can take any approach you'd like to this - scrapbook page, art journal page, canvas. However the prompt inspires you. And your content is of course up to you, as well. Some topics might be: what would you try to teach yourself? Or, what would you counsel yourself to do or not do? This does not have to be a page about regrets. It could be about congratulating yourself on something you did right that has contributed to who you've become today.

For this challenge I didn't really have much of an idea.... and then I actually forgot I had this challenge to do (yep I haven't done before!)... SO then I went into full panic mode! Usually for these challenges I hum and ha about them for a good 2 weeks before diving into the acutal layout, now I had limited time. I have to say I started by finding the one old photobook I had of photos of myself as a teenager (and there were not that many!) I opted for a picture of my best friends and I when we were about 16 or 17.  We were best friends since we were six years old, and we are STILL best friends today. Its funny too, because in many ways, we are opposites of each other, but yet we always seem to understand each other. Anyways back to the challenge! So I started with this photo that conjured a lot of old feelings about growing up. I came up with this layout:

I knew the collection I wanted to use as soon as I picked out the photo. I created my own stencil to add the misted hearts and layered on with Amy Tan's ONE (I have to say LOVE this collection!) I love the little type written words too: Love the life you live, live the life you love!

One reason this collection was perfect was because as a teenager I was a free spirit. I didn't think about consquences too much, and I LOVED life. I was always up for an adventure, and my motto was-you only live once! I was fortunate to have a great group of friends (that are still my friends today!); One thing I did wish that I would have changed was to take the time to be with my sisters more, especially Tammy. I didn't make ANY time for them. I was too cool for them (at least in my teenage mind I was!) So I didn't go shopping with them, or watch a movie with them, I was too busy with my friends.  Sports were a big part of my life, and I played them as much as I could, I had a great job, and I was busy with life and I loved it! I was the one in the group that wasn't afraid to do anything. Sometimes I look back and wish I still had that carefree attitude!  Anyways here's the journaling

Some other detailed shots:

Please visit the other Inspiration Elevator designers' blogs and see how they worked with Michelle's challenge: 

Ann Jobes 

Laura Whitaker  

Lisa Moen  

Cathy Harper  

Joanne Burton  

Jodi Wilton 

Michelle Hernandez 

We would LOVE to see you take up Ann's challenge this month, so if you do, please share it at our linkup on the Inspiration Elevator blog.

Spring Love

So with all this yucky, cold, snowy, icy weather, I couldn't wait to bring a little sunshine into my home with Imagnisce's new collection:  Welcome Spring! (and yes I am welcoming it to come as soon as possible!)....

I simple LOVED all the fun characters and colors in this collection, and decided to play along with Stuck Sketches too! I am a big fan of Laura's Sketches, and its fun to have some time to play along with them too!

Here is the layout I created:

Supplies Used: Imaginisce: Welcome Spring: Patterned Paper, Die Cuts; American Crafts: Twine, Thickers, Adhesvie Runner, Foam Dots, Double Sided Tape; Other: Enamel Dots and Flair

Such FUN and HAPPY colours, don't ya think! I particularily LOVE that little bunny:

(I fussy cut him out of one of the patterned sheets of paper).  I also hell in love with the patterned paper that was filled with butterflies, and I knew I needed to use them on my layout as embellishments:

Here, I added some twine for the butterfly trail and then some enamel dots to finish it off.

Finally, I layered the title and used some AC thickers!  Love the Spring Feel of the layout!

Here is the sketch I used (as you can see I flipped the sketch to make it work for my vertical photos!)

Be sure to visit Stuck Sketches! You will LOVE what the Design Team has created!

wee little one ***IMAGNISCE***

Happy Weekend everyone?    Finally got a cell phone that is not from the dark ages and am SUPER happy with it! I also went to a friends house to scrap last night, which I never do very often, so it was a good release!  I couldn't help by play along with My Scraps and More Sketch challenge this week! I thought it was perfect for showing off the new Imaginisce Collection- My Baby! (YOU are going to LOVE this colection!).  So here is the layout I completed at my friends house:

SUPER sweet, right!! I LOVE the little banners in this collection! Here is the sketch I used:

I know I will be digging away at this collection! Here are some of my detailed shots:

 The collection comes with these cute little elephant die cuts! (LOVE!) Some bling too, that I put on some of the larger hearts!

 LOVE the dimensional stickers too! I added the banner one to the bottom of my photo.

 The banners at the top of the page and just below the elephants are actually fussy cut out of paper!  I was able to manipulate them to create a fun hanging banner!

Hard to believe Taylor was this young at one point! lol! Here is the full collection in view (did I mention there is a COMPLETE boy side to this collection in blues too!)

You can see all the embellishments for this collection on the Imaginsce Blog.

Supply List:  Imaginisce; Patterned Paper, Stickers, Die cuts & Gems; American Crafts: Twine, Cardstock, Double Sided Tape, Foam Dots, Adhesive Runner  Studio Calico: Wood Veeners