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Showing posts with label August. Show all posts
Showing posts with label August. Show all posts

Monday, August 25, 2014

Road Trip Selfie: Step by Step

Hello friends!

Today I'd like to show you the steps to how I put my Road Trip Selfie layout together using the August Creative Kit from My Creative Scrapbook


I started off with a base of Kraft cardstock and then layered the diagonal rainbow stripe, the wood grain, the clouds and the pink scalloped papers. I made sure to use a piece of the woodgrain paper that had a diagonal that was the opposite of the diagonal on the rainbow stripe.


 On top of that I placed a mat of the red heart paper and tucked one of the clear frames just under the right side. I adhered the clear frame with adhesives under where the yellow frame is so that you can't see it.


 Next I stuck my photo down and attached another fun clear overlay on top of it to get the cute dots down the right side of the photo. I used small glue dots underneath some of the colored dots on the clear overlay so that it would stay stuck over the photo but you wouldn't see the glue.


 Here's a close up of that...can you see where I glued it on?


Next I layered the word 'selfie' using letter stickers from the kit on top of the peach hashtag diecut and attached it so it overlaped the photo and the yellow frame. I layered the I {heart} summer sticker next and then cut a three blue hearts from the rainbow heart border sticker and layered it over the other items.


 The 'ROAD TRIP' diecut and the awesome bus diecut went on next. I don't know how well you can read it in the photo but the bus says 'road trip' on the door. I attached the bus so that it covered up the word summer on the I {heart} summer sticker because I wanted to add another layer there...you'll see that in a minute.


 Below the bus I fussy cut the banner from a piece of patterned paper and tucked it under the wheels of the bus. I also fussy cut out the other road trip sign from a piece of patterned paper and tucked that under as well.


 As an after thought I realized that I needed a little something more at the top of my cluster of embellishments and so I cut the windmill sticker out and attached it so it was sticking out from the road trip sign. I put some baby powder on the points of windmill so that they would not stick to the page and bent them up to give it a little dimension rather than being a flat sticker.

And remember how I covered up the word 'summer' before? Well I replaced it with another word summer that I fussy cut from the chalkboard paper.


 To anchor the page and create some balance I added another little cluster of embellishments to the bottom left corner of my photo. I used the camera diecut, layered on top of a circle I punched out of the woodgrain paper. I then layered some more of the rainbow heart border sticker with the word #summertime that I fussy cut out of the chalkboard paper, and finally a little word sticker.


So there you have it...my completed layout. I added a little journaling below the pink scalloped paper and it is complete!


I hope you enjoyed watching how I put this layout together. I'd love to see what you create with your Creative Kit this month! Make sure to share your projects on our FB page.

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

MCS August Kit Reveal Blog Hop!

Welcome to the My Creative Scrapbook August Kit Reveal Blog Hop!


My Creative Scrapbook is thrilled to celebrate the reveal of the beautiful August kits with an inspiration-filled blog hop complete with beautiful PRIZES!  The design team has prepared a spectacular assortment of projects for you, so be sure to visit each blog to soak up all of the inspiration.

Several prizes are up for grabs!
*** The Grand Prize Winner will receive a complete Limited Edition kit! ***
But that’s not all… there are more prizes to be won… Prima, Prima, and more Prima!
Don’t forget to leave comments as you hop along to each blog for chances to WIN!

Presenting the My Creative Scrapbook August kits:



There’s something for every style!

Are you a My Creative Scrapbook kit club member?
If not, now is a great time to join!

Subscription information can be found here: http://www.mycreativescrapbook.com/kits.htm

Did you know that My Creative Scrapbook also offers a variety of Add-ons?
Choose from flower kits, mixed media kits, off-the-page project kits, project life style kits, and more… there are even Lindy’s Stamp Gang spray sets available!

The add-ons can be found here: http://www.mycreativescrapbook.com/addons.htm

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Today I would like to share one of the layouts that I created with the August Creative kit


As you can see I used a splatter technique on the white paper on this layout, but I did it WITHOUT using mists or sprays.


Here's how I did it:



1. I used my non stick craft mat and rubbed my desired color of ink pad directly onto it.
2. I sprayed a mist of water onto the ink to get it wet.

3. I then loaded up a paintbrush with the inky water and flicked it onto my paper.

4. I repeated these same steps with a few more colours to get the look you see above.

Easy right?!?
 This is a great tip for saving some money and not having to purchase a bunch of sprays if you already have ink pads, which I think most papercrafters already do!

Now here are a few close ups of my layout...

 I layered items cut from the patterned papers included in the kit, die cuts and letter stickers to create my title block.
The rainbow strip across the top of my layout is a fun border sticker!

There are so many fun die cuts and sentiment stickers in this kit! It makes it so easy to pull a layout together.
I used some tags to create a place for my journaling.

Make sure you come on back to my blog the rest of the week to see what else I've done with my August Creative Kit!!!

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Before you go, remember to leave a comment to be entered into the prize drawings!
We would love it if you would follow us on Facebook, too.

The blog hop ends on Friday, August 8, 2014 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time.
Winners will be announced on the My Creative Scrapbook blog on Monday, August 11th.

Your next stop on the blog hop is Elizabeth's blog.

But in case get lost along the way, here is the complete blog hop lineup:

Friday, August 1, 2014

MCS: August Kit Sneak Peeks!!

It's time for our August sneak peeks!
The girls have outdone themselves once again... just wait until you see the stunning work that they created with the new kits.
In the meantime, we have prepared a beautiful assortment of sneak peeks for you!
Have a little look at our August Main kit:

and because we know you want to see more... here are a couple of Main kit layouts:

by Nicole Doiron

by Kristine Davidson

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Next, check out our August Creative kit:


 and here are a couple of Creative kit layouts:

by Alicia Giess

by Brenda Cazes
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Next, feast your eyes on our August Limited Edition Kit:

and check out a few layouts that the girls made with the Limited Edition kit:

by Marta Lapkowska

by Maiko Kosugi
by Marta Lapkowska
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Last but not least, take a peek at our August Album kit:


and more peeks at the Album kit:
 
 by Kristin Greenwood

by Kristin Greenwood
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So... are you thoroughly excited now?!
You may want to race over to the website and reserve your kits, as they are not going to last long.
*** We hope you'll join us for our spectacular BLOG HOP and GIVEAWAY on the 5th! ***