Happy Arty Days: August 2019

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Hip Kit Club: Hello, Hello Sunshine Layout & Process Video

Hi Everyone!

Welcome back for more Hip Kit Club awesomeness!

Today I am sharing some inspiration with the August 2019 Scrapbook & Cardstock Kits!

MY assignment for today is to feature an exclusive HKC digital cut file, add mixed media, and use either fussy cutting or punches.

Here's what I came up....

"Hello, Hello Sunshine"

Wow!!!

Isn't this stunning!

You'll spy a ton of fussy cutting from the Pink Paislee Paige Evans Truly Grateful collection, as well as those sweet bows from the new Crate Paper Maggie Holmes Heritage line.

The cut file I chose to use is called Floral Globe and is a subscriber exclusive!

& my darling photograph is framed with that fabulous Pretty Little Studio frame from the Indian Summer collection - LOVE!!!

You can see how this layout was created in my process video below....

Thanks so much for watching!

I hope I have inspired you to get creating with these fabulous kits!

til next time,

Happy Arty Days,

Amanda xo

Hip Kit Club: You Are Loved Layout

Hi Friends!

I am so super excited to be sharing my very first "blog" project for the Hip Kit Club Design Team!

Today's inspiration is with the gorgeous August 2019 Main Scrapbook & Cardstock Kits, and features those fabulous Pretty Little Studio: Indian Summer Frames! I have also been challenged to incorporate some stitching into my project for some added interest and fun!

Here is the layout I created,

"You Are Loved"

Isn't this the sweetest?!! Loved, indeed!

A really beautiful layout for my darling girl!

I started my layout with the beautiful Bazzill Quartz Cardstock as I knew I would be inclined to use the floral adorned frames, and thus create a very feminine page! I had the perfect picture of my sweet girl to scrapbook, and a very strong idea of the message and sentiment that I wanted to document.

As she's feeling those 'difficult' teen years, I wanted her to know how beautiful, blessed & loved she is. The Pink Paislee (Paige Evans) Truly Grateful Mixed Ephemera & coordinating Phrase Thickers were perfect for this!

I selected the oval and circular frames for my feature, as not only are they adorned with florals, but are also gold foiled! Gor-jus!!! Also, the softer appearance of the round frames is just perfect for girly and delicate layouts! To bring further attention to those stunning frames, I embellished them all with my important sentiments.

As my darling girl is my greatest treasure of all, I foam mounted her framed photo and layered it onto a larger arrangement of ephemera blooms. This emphasized her photo, and importance, to the overall design. I also used the picture perfect sentiment to acknowledge her genuine beauty.

Infact, when it came to the title & sentiments, I designed the layout so it would read, You are...blessed, you are loved, picture perfect, Loved. I hope when she looks back in her albums, she sees how truly beautiful she always was despite the awkward years!

For the stitching element, I just couldn't resist adding a little whimsy and playfulness to the design with butterflies & their flight paths. I used butterflies from the Truly Grateful Mixed Ephemera, Truly Grateful Phrase Thickers, & even some fussy cut ones from the Truly Grateful pattern paper #5. For the 'flight paths', I simply perforated the holes with a paper piercing tool & then stitched it all with some yellow embroidery thread.

I love how this turned out! So pretty!

or a polished look, and to tie in all those bright & beautiful colors, I trimmed the Truly Grateful pattern paper #14 into a 1" x 12" strip to line the top of my layout, and a half inch x 12" strip for the bottom. I adorned the top left corner with Pinkfresh Studio: Just A Lil Lovely Mixed Embellishments, and then scattered a few more embellishments around the page.

The gold glitter enamel dots are really somethin'!