MCS Main Kit Reveal!

It time for another fabulous reveal over at My Creative Scrapbook and this month's kits are as gorgeous as ever with brand new goodies fresh out of CHA. Today I'm sharing my projects created with the Main Kit which features This And That Graceful collection by Echo Park.

I love that this kit includes so many beautiful colors and patterns. There are greys and neutral tones, bright, floral designs and sweet, aqua hues, truly something for everyone!

With so many embellishments, this card came together very quickly!

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I'll be back tomorrow to share my projects with the GORGEOUS LE kit!

MCS Main Kit For December

Hello again, as promised, today I'm sharing my projects with this month's beautiful Main kit over at My Creative Scrapbook. I have a feeling this kit will be very popular since it has a great mix of some of the best holiday collections out there. You'll find papers from the Authentique Wonder collection as well as Echo Park Seasons Greetings and Bo Bunny Blitzen collections, so beautiful!

Here are my creations with this kit,

Merry Christmas To All

You Better Not Pout

Favorite Present

and my second holiday card ever! These papers were so easy to work with!!!

And lastly, an altered Santa's sleigh using an unfinished wooden sleigh I picked up from Michael's last month.

Finally, take a look at the kit, simple beautiful!

I really enjoyed working with this kit and the other DT girls did too, check out what they created here.

September Reveal at My Creative Scrapbook

Hello friends! I hope you all had a great holiday weekend. It's time to share with you my designs with My Creative Scrapbook's gorgeous kits. I was lucky to work with the Limited Edition and Main kits. Both kits are gorgeous and packed with the most beautiful papers and embellishments.

First up, I'd like to share my Limited Edition work. This month's wonderful LE Kit included a gorgeous Prima canvas sheet. I wanted to make a 'fabric' layout so I thought I'd create depth with color and limit the use of paper. Here's my LO...

To color my canvas, I layed down a couple of Prima masks and sprayed the entire surface with two different colors of Glimmer Mist. I used GM in Hoola Hoop and Chalkboard in Apricot Nectar. I found these two colors complemented the papers I chose to add to my layout as well as the beautiful flower spray included in the kit.

I also frayed the edges by pulling some fibers. Next, I sprayed the threads/fibers I had left over from fraying with spray adhesive to make them sticky and add them to my project for more texture.

For my next layout, I wanted to create more of an adult look to scrap this photo of my beautiful sister. She decorated her new bedroom red and black and I promised to make a few layouts for her to place in shadow boxes and create a collage. I thought these pretty Creative Imaginations papers were just perfect for the job!

If you follow me on Pinterest, you probably noticed that I love quotes. I ran the paper through my printer using removable adhesive to include some inspiring words for her. The quote reads "Always remember: you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think."

For my next page I worked with monochromatic colors and a few splashes of burgundy. The colors and textures in this kit are beautiful and work wonderfully together.

For this next page, I tried to keep things soft by adding splatters of paint, ribbon and a whimsical banner.

To create this banner, I simply cut a few rectangles in two different sizes and used a square punch at an agle to make the fish-tail ends. I also dressed up my banner with black ink and liquid pearls in soft pink.

This month, I also worked with the beautiful Main kit which features the Victoria Gardens collection by Echo Park. This kit is so pretty an easy to work with!

In this page, you will notice two picket fence embellishments I created to enhance the leaf vine trim included in the kit. A tutorial on how to create this shabby picket fence will follow shortly!

I love all the soft pastel colors in this kit! This funny photo of my husband and Dylan (while he was going through his yucky-face phase) worked really well with the yellow and black elements in the kit to create a simple and efforless LO.

Finally, I used my printer and the Echo Park journaling cards paper to create lunch box notes for Emily who started first grade today. I got the idea from Pinterest. This idea can be adapted to suit any theme your little one likes.

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit today! Head over to MSC's DT gallery to see what the other talented DT girls created and also check out the Tips and Tricks thread in our message board for awesome tutorials.

Have a wonderful week!!!!!!!!!!

Coordinates Collections' Sleigh Ride Projects

Happy New Year!!! I hope 2011 is treating you well so far! I'm excited to share with you my first projects of the year.

You are going to love this month's Sleigh Ride kit from Coordinates Collections! It's full of yummy products from Echo Park and Fancy Pants. I really loved the blue, brown and white tones and thought it was perfect to scrap photos of my little man playing in the snow.

To complement this fun kit, I ordered additional sheets of paper, stickers and Bo Bunny trims. My first project is this card with the cute little snowman on the sticker sheet. I loaded him with Diamond Dust and made him look chunky and sparkly!

I layered some more of the blue and brown pattern papers and dry-brushed the edges with white paint to create this next page. To make my clear bling more 'boy friendly', I colored it brown using Ranger alcohol ink in Ginger. I also added Glitter Snow to a Pima velvet poinsettia and more Diamond Dust on the snowflakes. This is really sparkly in person!

My last project was pretty simple since I really wanted to focus on the beautiful photo. This was my son's first time touching the snow and he was just in awe! Again, I created snowy edges with white paint, I also added Stardust Stickles to the stickers.  

I just loved the sparkly lace from Bo Bunny so I just used hot glue to create this snowflake/bloom and the giant bling as a center.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! To see what the other talented DT ladies created with this kit, head over to Coordinates Collections. Have a great week!!!