January Main Kit Reveal

This month's Main Kit from My Creative Scrapbook is just perfect for the cold season and snowy days. I love all the different colors and embellishments in this kit featuring Fancy Pants Winterland.

Rosy Cheeks. My first LO with this kit uses lots of distressed layers in unusual colors for winter.  

I just recently purchased this snowflake punch by Martha Stewart and I love it, it's a must have!

The kit includes a few wooden doilies my Maya Road and those are fun to alter. Here I chose to paint one and ink the edges.

Winterland. This next page has a totally different color palette. I just adore the blue and white color combo with a hint of tan.

Delight. I know not everyone lives in a place where they get snow so I decided to create an everyday page to show how this kit can be used to fit any theme. I fussy cut all of the flowes and tucked them around the ripped paper to create this design.

This awesome chipboard frame included in the kit is by Leaky Shed. To create this look, I painted and inked it, then applied a coat of Rock Candy Crackle paint.

Chill Out. I have never created a clear layout so when I saw the Hambly Screen Prints transparency included in the kit, I decided to use it as the base of my page. I really like the result. If you decide to try this, I recommend adding a piece of pattern paper to provide some stability to your layout.

Here's another one of those wooden doilies. Though it's hard to tell from the picture, I covered the entire thing with glitter after painting it white.

I just know you'll love this kit, the DT did an amazing job with! Pop over to the MSC gallery for additional inspiration.

Thanks so much for joining me today, my LE kit creations will be up soon! Have a wonderful weekend!

Top 5 Altered Projects

As much as I enjoy making 12x12 layouts, there's something especially rewarding about creating mini albums and altered art. With altered projects, I feel like I can let my imagination go wild as I will not be restricted to an album or page protector.  Here's a  look back at my top 5 altered projects and mini albums.

1. Christmas Wish Mini Album

I hold this album very dear to my heart as it houses photos of Dylan's first Christmas. It was fun to create tons of pockets and tags to make it very interactive.

2. Toybox Printer's Tray

I used some of my favorite photos of Dylan to make this fun tray and I love how it turned out.

3. Bliss Mini Album

When creating this over-sized tag mini album, I experiments with many mixed media elements, so much fun!

4. Altered Purse and Brag Book

Another quick one but very girlie!

5. Altered Santa Sleigh

This one is very shimmery in real life because I painted it with pearl paint, misted all the papers and added Diamond Dust on the bottom.

Top 15 of 2011

The beginning of the new year is the perfect time to look back at all different facets of our lives. 2011 was my most creative year yet and I enjoyed every minute of it. It was hard picking my favorite layouts  but I narrowed it down to 15 (I just couldn't do 10!, LOL!)

1. Once Upon A Springtime

My favorite LO of the year is this is this one using Once Upon A Springtime by Graphic 45. I love how this photo and this collection complemented each other.

2. Little But Tough

Another fave was this one using Prima for a boy page. My self-imposed challenge here was not to use flowers.

3. Beautiful

I was lucky enough to be invited to join the DT for Glitz Design and was excited to create with their latest collections but this one, Beautiful Dreamer, was definitely my favorite.

4. Grateful 4 You

I can't seem to get enough of Prima, this page is Prima all around!

5.Beautiful Time

Of course, I had to include Webster's Pages in this list. The All About Me collection's soft colors and sweet designs were perfect for all kinds of pages.

6. Expand Your Horizons

With this next page, I had tons of fun misting and masking on the canvas sheet.

7. The World Is Your Playground

This is one of my favorite photos of Dylan and I enjoyed fussy cutting to complete this design.

8. Enjoy the Journey

This next page was kind of different for me. Though I did lots of layering, masking and fussy cutting like I normally do, I went for a more 'adult' look with this photo of my sister.

9. Love This Happy Boy

My Mind's Eye came out with some great collections this past year and I played around to create this fun layout of Dylan.

10. Write Your Own Story

I have a soft spot for vintage and when Cosmo Cricket released their Circa 1934 collection, I knew it was time to scrap this old photo of Emily. This one is was soooo much fun to create!

11. Celebrate Freedom

Once again getting grungy with it! LOL!

12. Wishful

I try to make shaped layouts whenever possible to brake the routine a little bit. This one uses Melissa Frances.

13. Mother & Daughter

The Gabrielle collection by Bo Bunny was another one of my favorites this year.

14. Sweetness

I love the pink and floral patterns in the Sweetness range by Pink Paislee and this photo of Emily just makes me smile. I tried hand stitching on my pages for the first time while creating this layout.

15. Lovely Smile

I do love to see my sweet girl smile and this page created with Crate Paper Portrait collection took me forever to create because of all the fussy cut flowers but I love how it turned out.

Thanks for coming along for this look back. I'll have my top 5 altered projects for you tomorrow. Have a wonderful day!