MCS Augut Main Kit Reveal

Happy Saturday to you all! I have for you today the layouts I created with My Creative Scrapbook's August Main Kit. This kit was full of beautiful, bright papers and fun embellishments just perfect to document summer memories.

My first layout includes lots of images I hand cut out of the patten paper as well as some chipboard stickers. I really like that some of the papers in this kit are bright and fun while others offer a more vintage and softer look. Here I have a couple of photos of Dylan I took while he played in front of an old building across the street from Crayola Factory last month. He was so excited so I titled the page Ready 2 Play.

I used white paint to ink the edges of the blue pattern paper, corrugated cardboard to mat the photo and some machine stitching.

Next, I scrapped a photo of Emily and a friend at a recent playdate. They were enjoying the pool and sunshine. I just love their toothless grins! As usual, I did lots of machine stitching and distressing to create texture.

A tutorial on altering corrugated cardboard for the circle in the background will follow shortly. I also used puffy paint on the flower for an added touch.

For my next layout I used the die cut paper included in the kit along with Glimmer Mist in Sun Sisters. I seem to be reaching for that color very often lately, so sunny and bright! I love polka dots and this red pattern paper was just perfect for these photos of Emily munching on juicy watermelon.

I used a large EK Success border punch for the scallop borders, hand stitching and lots of paper distressing.

My last layout uses muted colors in the kit. I love this photo of my kids feeding the ducks, so serene! I really loved the Simple Stories papers and embellishments included in this kit, the perfect combination of vintage and soft.

My did some really light masking using a punched paper border and a bit of layering.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Have fun scrapping!

Coordinates Collections January Blog Hop Challenge

It's time for another blog hop challenge over at the Coordinates Collections blog. Now that the holidays are behind us and life is (hopefully) slowing down, I encourage you to take some time to play along. This month's challenge is...Circles!

Circles add visual interest to your pages and with are sooo many possibilities to incorporate them into your layouts, I'm sure you will enjoy designing with this challenge in mind. Weather you choose to cut your background, your photos, or add a circle as a decorative element (think doilies... hint, hint!), just have fun with it!

Here's a page I created using January's Amish Quilt kit which includes gorgeous papers and embellies from Cosmo Cricket's Circa 1934. This whole collection is very vintage and beautiful, I just loved working with it!

In the photo is my DD. A few years ago while on vacation, a photographer set up an Old West scene at the hotel we were staying at and we all took vintage portraits on site. For this layout, I decided to cut out the saloon scene behind her. It was actually very funny to have a toddler parading around on top of the bar of a saloon! Here are a few close-ups:

Quick tip: alter your chippies! The banner was part of the chipboard sticker sheet included in the kit but they were all in different colors and I didn't want that. My solution, I adhered them to pattern paper on the reverse side and cut them out!

Hope you have time to join us. The challenge is open till January 20th! Click over to the CC blog for more info on how to play for a chance to win some scrappy goodness!