Crazy About Kits!- Week 4 (Altered Star)

Very cute little star! This is a small ornament size star, but you could also purchase a larger one to cover and hang on the wall. I'm keeping mine as a decoration on my shelf in the computer room. I purchased another one to alter, but I think I'm going to wait and possibly cover it with Christmas paper for the holidays.

Crazy About Kits!- Week 4 (Altered Clipboard)

Today I altered my first clipboard. I've seen this done a bunch of times online, but I've never done it myself. It was fun! All the paper is adhered on the clipboard using Mod Podge. After everything was in place I put a light layer of Mod Podge over the top to give it a nice sheen and seal it on. To brighten it up a little I added a few Prima Flowers with brads and a ribbon to tie a pen to. To my amazement the crop-a-dile went through the clipboard!!! That thing is amazing!

Crazy About Kits!- Week 4 (1 photo layout)

I just love this photo! I wanted to capture the 'face behind the mask' and journal about how special the moment was. Layering all the paper added a really easy, different way to mat the photo.

Crazy About Kits!- Week 4 (3 photo layout)

I was a little unsure about putting everything a little askew, but I really like it. Very fun page to create!

Crazy About Kits!- Week 4

This weeks first assignment was to "create your own kit". Go shopping!!!! Fun, fun, fun... While the boys went to a football game I headed over to the local scrapbooking store and picked out my supplies for this week.

With all the leaves changing and autumn colors all around, I used that as my inspiration point--oranges, browns, greens. I tried to stay away from using a whole line and really tried to mix and match with different companies. Here's what I came up with:

1 sheet Fancy Pants- Fancy True Paper: Natural
1 sheet Fancy Pants- Fancy True Paper: True-Blue
1 sheet The Robins Nest- Fall Plaid/Stripe
1 sheet Basic Grey- Stella Ruby: Ladies Book Club
1 sheet Basic Grey- Stella Ruby: Coffee with Dessert
1 sheet Imaginisce- Out on a Whim: Sweet Pea
1 sheet Brown Pinked Cardstock (brand??)
Rusty Pickle- Cap'n Jack Alphabet Stickers
Creative Impressions- Matte Heritage Mini-Round Fasteners (100)

Many of the colors match well with the Basic Grey- Mellow line I just used, so I will also draw some of the ribbons and buttons I have leftover from that.

Total cost= $12.31

I wish that I had taken a picture of everything before getting started, but I didn't. I could wait!

Crazy About Kits!- Week 3 (DONE!)

For week 3 I purchased the Basic Grey- Mellow Collection from the brand new MemoryWorks Product Supplement Catalog. Here's a picture of the paper and a list of everything I started with:

• Theme Set: 8 sheets of cardstock patterned paper, 1 sheet of 2" die-cut monograms, and 1 sheet of coordinating die-cut shapes
• Mini-Monogram letters *not pictured
  
• Ribbon- 5 yards *not pictured
  
• Buttons- 1/4 cup assorted sizes *not pictured

Total MemoryWorks cost= $24.00

Here's what I created out of the kit:

• 3 12x12 layouts (1 2-page layout)
• 3 cards
• Brothers mini album
• Altered box
  

Here's a picture of what I have left:

I loved playing with this kit! I would highly recommend it to everyone!

Crazy About Kits!- Week 3 (Altered Box)

The last project of week 3 is altering a gift box. Because I used up so much of my paper this week the hardest part was finding a small box! I finally found a small card box with a hint of sage green--a perfect match to my paper! I decided to go pretty simple and basic with this. The paper is so pretty that I didn't think I needed to add any stickers or anything--just a few buttons. I haven't decided if I want to give this away or keep it for myself!!

Crazy About Kits!- Week 3 (mini book)

My second mini book! I think I'm hooked! I love making them. They are quick to assemble and super fun to flip through. I'm thinking about getting a small basket to put all my mini albums in to place in the living room. Fun stuff for guests and family members to look through.

Anyway....for this mini album I decided to do something fun! I have so many pictures of the boys together. Although I'm trying to do a layout for each event or photo, I thought it would be fun to put a bunch of them together. A book to show the "brotherly love" they have for one another.

First I cut raw chipboard, rounded corners, and painted black. I then decorated the pages using the Basic Grey- Mellow line. For continunity, I etched a frame on each photo. After the pages were done I punched a hole in the left corner with my Crop-a-dile and tied together with ribbon.

Crazy About Kits!- Week 3 (Cards)

I love the simplicity of these cards. I decided to duplicate the design and just change up the paper and embellishments. They literally took me about 20 minutes (or less) to make, but yet they are so classy! It's hard to see in the picture, but the front of the card is cut about 1/2 to 1" short on the right. This gives a gimpse at the inside patterned paper on the front.

Crazy About Kits!- Week 2 (Done!)

I've finished all the assignments for week 2 of the class--AND I still have a lot of supplies left!!! These MemoryWorks Express Kits can go a loooong way.

For $35 I created:

3 layouts (1 2-page layout)
5 cards
decrative photo cube

But that's not all!!! This is what I have left:3 full sheets of patterned paper
2 pieces of orange cardstock
various sizes of patterned scraps
misc. stickers
misc. letter stickers
clear overlay
journaling card

3 small pieces of ribbon

I have plenty to do 2-3 more pages after Halloween this year, maybe some tags, and cards.