HKMC | November Kit Club

          So excited to bring you a new kit for our November Kit Club at HKMC!  Check out this fantastic kit (Figure 1) from October Afternoon - Travel Girl.  We love to travel - so I couldn't wait to start crafting with this one!!! 

Figure 1

 

          The first layout I created was a single page layout (shocker - I know!).  At the HKMC Fall Retreat, we created some tags using the people outline stencils - and I wanted to use one of these tags (Figure 2) on my travel layout. I LOVE the Luminarte Silk Paint - fabulous!!!  

 

Figure 2

 

          One of my new purchases, is the awesome new world map from the digital section of Two Peas in a Bucket.  I used my Sissex eclips to cut it out of blue cardstock.  One of my friends had picked up a beautiful immigration embossing die for me - I embossed white cardstock and ran some orange ink over it...  added a few pieces of paper and stickers.  Normally, I don't use gray much - but I have to say I am loving it - especially with the blue and orange here.  I also included one of my favorite family travel photos and I intentionally let it fade in with the paper since I wanted the girl and the world map to be the focus (Figure 3).  Something else that I enjoyed using were the cling stamps "This Way" and Ali Edwards stamps "fabulous" and "TRAVEL"

Figure 3

 

          Up close shot of the Immigration embossed paper (Figure 4).  

Figure 4

 

 

          My second layout was a double page using the negative of the world map I created for the single page above over the gray street paper from the Travel Girl.  I wanted this layout to show how much fun we've had across the world together as a couple and now as a family.  Love my title that I created on the Sissex eclips machine -  "Oh, the Places You'll GO!" - (Figure 5) especially since I can create it at any size that I would like. 

 

Figure 5

           Using Luminarte Silk paints in Yellow Rose and paste, I painted it over a gorgeous stencil.  Next, I added 13 photos taken from all over the world.  I added the title and the string (Figure 6).  Last touch, I added the wood plane.



 Figure 6

     
           My final layout was a double page about travel, but it specifically focused on the summer fun the kiddos had in our front yard in the USA.  I captured some great photos while the kids played in the sprinkler (Figure 7).

Figure 7

 

          I used some of the red enamel dots and blue arrows to draw attention to the title: travel {home}.  These photos show how carefree the kiddos feel when they are splashing around in the water sprinkler. 

Figure 8

 

 I especially love the one of them dancing (Figure 8)!  Awww - to be young again...   

HKMC | Fall Retreat Reveal

          So excited to share some new scrapbook products revealed at our HKMC Fall Retreat!  First let me give you an overview of the different tags that the four of us on the design team came up with using the new Luminarte silk paint.  It's AMAZING to see the different looks and designs from each of us - so fun!

Figure 1

 

          This was my favorite tag creation.  First, I mixed the Matte Medium with the Yellow Rose silk paint.  I used this mixture to freehand paint a sunshine in the upper right-hand corner.  After drying this sunshine, I painted the canvas on the right side with Key Lime green and on the left side with Yellow Rose.  The matte medium 'resists' the colors and leaves the design!  Using a Sissix die I cut out this set of beautiful butterfly wings.  Take the wings and dry emboss them with a swirl plate and a number plate...  then paint them with two different colors of blue...  Stamp the phrase on the bottom right side with archival black ink.  Use a 3D diecut to create the flowers from tissue paper.

Figure 2

 

          The next tag that I created was the house tag in Figure 2.  First, I stamped my stamp in some of the Key Lime green paint.  Next, I used this chevron stamp to stamp the image a few times on my card.  After it dried, I painted the entire tage with Teal Zircon.  I allowed this 2nd color to dry - and the lime green 'resisted' the blue and shows through.  Take a stencil (I used a number stencil) and paint on top of the blue and lime green paints with the Sapphire On Ice blue paint.  Then, I used a canvas tag that I hand-cut into the shape of a house.  Using some of my favorite background stamps, I stamped a door, some text to distress it, and the sentiment. 

          The third tag was so fun to create!  I used a beautiful Quatrefoil stencil and painted three different blue Luminarte paints to create a color wash fade - GORGEOUS!!!!  Next, I used my favorite Distress Ink - Vintage Photo to distress the tag.  Then, I added a hot air balloon - I cut three identical circles.  I painted each of them using the beautiful Luminarte silk Pink Azalea paint.  After it dried, I mixed blue glitter with gel medium and used my distressed bubble wrap stamp to create a variegated design on the balloon - the texture is fabulous!   Once it was dry, I folded each in half and glued them back-to-back.  Add two short pieces of baker's twine and a square basket to finish the hot air balloon look.  Finally, add the sentiment to finish off the tag.

         

Figure 3

 

          My fourth and final tag, is shown in Figure 3 above.  First, I painted two different blue paints around the edges of the card and lime green in the middle to highlight the center of the tag.  Second, using gel medium, I added some wonderful music and butterfly tissue paper over some random areas on the tag - I love the way you can see the colors beneath it!  Then, I used our new chalkboard tags - I embossed swirls on the circle tag and left the backing on this self-adhesive tag (otherwise it doesn't hold the embossed design as well).  I again used those gorgeous Luminarte paints to color the swirls and give the tag some texture.  I like the moon-like look of this tag!  I added some tissue flowers in the lower right corner to finish off my tag.  The other tags created by the DT are shown below:

Figure 4

 

          I hope you get the chance to play with these amazing new paints - they are beautiful and create some wonderful artistic designs!

HKMC | October Kit Club

  It's a new month and another outstanding kit club opportunity from HKMC - check out the My Mind's Eye Find Your Wings and Fly: Up and Away

October 2013 Kit
2 pieces Quatrefoil
2 pieces Be Awesome
1 piece Rainbow Halequin
1 piece Always
1 large pink flower

Add-ons used
MME Up & Away Stamps
MME Up & Away Enamel Dots
MME Up & Away Layered Stickers
MME Up & Away Sticker Sheet

Here's a sneak peak of three layouts using this delicious kit!!

Check back for the full reveal soon!

HKMC | September Kit Club

          It's hard to believe that summer is over and it's back to school / schedules / & scrapbooking!  So to kick-off our scrapbooking kit club year, HKMC is starting with a gorgeous Bo Bunny Key Lime collection - the colors are fantastic for all of those summer pictures that we took over the holiday.

September 2013 Kit
2 pieces Key Lime Deep Blue Sea
2 pieces Key Lime Sun-Dew
1 piece Key Lime Makin' Waves
1 piece Key Lime Stripe
1 Heidi Swapp Color Shine mustard
9 Heidi Swapp Color Magic Notes
4 bottle caps
2 gold flowers
1 mustard twine
1 lime twine
1 blue twine

Sneak Peak from other DT members

 

          I created two double-page layouts and one single-page layout.  Check out the sneak peeks for these...

 

 

 Full reveal - coming soon...