Clique Kits | IG Share | Fascination

I am guesting at Clique Kits this month and would love it if you would check out all the fabulous work created using the December Clique Kits.  Head on over to Instagram and search the following hashtags:

• #Cliquekits
• #Clique_Connect_Create
• #CKDecemberkit
• #CKWONDERLAND
• #CKPepRally

I used an older cut file frame and a December cut file from Clique Kits for the title, drawing the word "fascination" with my Silhouette, hand-stitching and using water colors to make that pink stand out from the black and white.

For a bit of fun I used several Shimmerz sprays and some Heidi Swapp gold, splattering on the top left and bottom right corners.

The butterflies are also from Clique Kits, love them cut out of vellum with gold.  I adhered the butterfly bodies and then stitched through them with gold thread.

The photo is backed with tissue paper from my stash; I added the frame with my tiny attacher, also tucking in a few exclusive paper tabs and die cuts.  To finish I added some Jillibean Soup wood veneer shapes.

You fascinate me ;)

xoxo

Clique Kits | Guest DT Spot

Hey guys, I'm on the Clique Kits blog today with a layout created with Pink Paislee and lots of Clique Kits exclusives!

Hey girl, hey ;)

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Hip Kit Club | Guest Design Team

I have another layout on the Hip Kit Club blog as a guest designer.  I hope you will head on over to the HKC blog and read the how-to!

Fri-YAY!
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Hip Kit Club | Laugh Out Loud

I'm doing guest spots at Hip Kit Club this month, making several layouts and writing posts for their blog.  I created a few pages to use up all the goodies in the kits (and still have tons left) and just for fun :)

I started by cutting the title using a HKC exclusive cut file, then hand-stitched around it.  I added some zigzag stitches around the perimeter of the page.  I wanted to add more color to the white background, so I used Great Fruit and Anchor's Away Shimmerz from the Color Kit.

My paper got a bit warped from gesso and paints so it wasn't too easy to get good photos!

The photo has a few layers of project life cards behind it and I also used Maggie Holmes ephemera along with a Crate Paper tassel and twine from my stash.

I'm still machine-stitching just about everything I can get my hands on ;)

Laugh out loud!
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Hip Kit Club | Guest Designer

I used this adorable cut file designed by Kim Watson as the inspiration for my page today.  Check out the Hip Kit Club blog to read the how-to and see the card I created as well.

Learning to fly....
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Laurel Lane Guest DT

This is my final post in my guest spot for the Laurel Lane Design Team.  I am bananas for Laura's printables!!!  I strongly suggest you check out her Etsy shop HERE, and grab a few of the amazing kits she has for sale.

This pocket letter (PL) features Dear Lizzy papers from my stash (from an older Gossamer Blue kit), mixed in with washi, punched butterflies, Maggie Holmes and Heidi Swapp elements.  The beauty of PL's is using up your stash in a way that spreads some happy to a new friend!

This is a chipboard butterfly from Maya Road that I heat embossed.  I embossed two more of these butterflies and included them in the PL as goodies.  The sequins are adhered with micro glue dots and the butterfly is on the outside of the pocket, backed by a Laurel Lane Card that I inked.

Another Laurel Lane Designs card with Distress Markers smooshed on top.  My favorite way to use Distress Inks and Markers is as watercolors. 

This PL uses Maggies Holmes Project Life cards that I trimmed to fit in the pockets.  Again, this is a mix of items from my stash including the typewriter stamp from Mama Elephant, Dear Lizzy stickers and embellies and a Gossamer Blue exclusive embossed stamp image (Happy Camper).

I think this Laurel Lane card is one of my favorites, I love the sentiment!

Huge thanks to Laura Rahel for letting me guest DT this month!  I had so much fun working with your fabulous/lovely/just-plain-awesome products!  You're a doll :)

Laurel Lane Guest DT Spot

I have had a BLAST making  pocket letters with the Laurel Lane Designs cards!  I love the sentiments, black font on white, it's a total clean slate and the possibilities are endless.  I opted to use Distress Inks on the cards for a watercolor effect.

The Laurel Lane cards say Hello Love and Love (repeated).  I printed them on (cheap) card stock purchased from a big box store and smooshed the inks right on top and zapped with my heat gun. Very little warping or piling.  The rest of the pocket letter came from a Simon Says Stamp card kit featuring Doodlebug papers and epoxy stickers.  The letters spelling FUN are a Gossamer Blue exclusive cut file from the July kits.

 

Sequins finished off this happy summer PL and it was off to the recipient!

Laurel Lane Guest DT Spot

I made a bright and cheery Pocket Letter using the Laurel Lane Designs Bright Kit (purchase HERE), created by the stunning Laura Rahel.  Other supplies used:

• Mama Elephant Type It Stamp Set
• Neat and Tangled Pretty Mail Stamp Set
• Gossamer Blue July Kits
• Distress Markers
• Sequins (some from Pretty Pink Posh) and paper clips from my stash

I used Distress Markers to smoosh inks onto the printed Bright Kit cards, which I trimmed down to 2.5 x 3.5 inches to fit the PL pockets.  Lots of embellishing in the form of the Shimelle, Evalicious and Pink Paislee stickers and die cuts from the July Gossamer Blue kits.

Laurel Lane DT Guest Spot

If you haven't read Laura's blog I suggest you stop everything and go HERE right now.  Laura writes from her soul, makes super adorable fun stuff and is just the cutest lil' thing you'll ever lay eyes on. She is on the Gossamer Blue Design Team with me and also has an Etsy shop HERE with some awesome downloads for Life Pages.

I am doing a guest DT spot for Laurel Lane this month and wanted to share how I'm using the Bright Kit for pocket pages.  I started by printing the downloads on card stock (this is just the super light stuff I purchased at my local big box discount store) on my Canon Pixma 7120.  The downloads come with cut lines (takes out the guess work!) so I trimmed them up, easy-peasy.  I wanted to add some color to the cards so I used my Distress Markers, a clear acetate piece and water bottle to do some smooshing.

Surprisingly, the paper didn't fall apart!  I think using the smooshing technique limits the amount of water that comes into contact with the paper, and I used a heat gun between layers so the water wasn't sitting for too long on each card.

I am a huge fan of pocket letters (read about them HERE) and thought the Bright kit would work great for PL's.  This is the first PL I created using Laura's kit.

Don't the cards work perfectly?

Happy 4th of July to my US friends!