Hip Kit Club: Rainbows, Rollerskates & a Process Video!

Hi Friends!

Welcome back for more Hip Kit Club inspiration! 

 I am SO super excited to be sharing my latest scrapbook layout (& process video) with the gorgeous 

HKC January Hip Kits! 

Today I am being inspired by the February Mood Board, and in particular, the rainbows, florals, hearts & those rollerskates! You'll also spy the fabulous February HKC Subscriber Exclusive rollerskate cut file - but rather than rave, here's a quick look at my happy-go-lucky vibes page!

"Let's Roll"

Oh how fun, and whimsical! Such a bright and playful page for my two darlings! I just couldn't resist fussy cutting that rainbow paper from Pinkfresh Studio: My Favorite Story collection (courtesy of the HKC January 2020 Main Kit) and combining it with our amazing rollerskate HKC Exclusive Subscriber Cut File! I mean, rainbows and rollerskates go hand in hand, right?!

If you missed seeing the February mood board, it looks like this....

Wow! All kinds of pretty, huh?! You can interpret this board so many ways, and best part, it coordinates with both our January and February Hip Kits - Yay!!! I hope you'll see something that sparks some creativity and inspires you! But back to today's project, here's a better look at my layout.....

Sunny + Bright, indeed! So.much.fun!!!

I started my scrapbook page with the beautiful  Bazzill Starmist Cardstockfrom the January Cardstock Kit - such a pretty color for my background and base. Next I backed the fabulous rollerskate HKC Subscriber Cut File with two of the Pinkfresh Studio: My Favorite Story papers from the January 2020 Main Kit, as well as that stunning, sparkly Bazzill Prince Charming Bling Cardstockfor added wow factor! I can't even begin to tell you how ahh-MAY-zing that cardstock is!!!

I fussy cut that divine rainbow, Joyful Heart paper, also from theMain Kit, and layered it onto that fabulous Starmist base. For added interest, I foam mounted every second stripe in the rainbow and then adorned every stripe with tone on tone embellishments from both the January Main & Embellishment Kits. Such a pretty effect!

I framed my main photograph with one of the Pinkfresh Studio Chipboard Frames from the Embellishment Kit, and then positioned it onto that cute skate! To complete the rollerskate, I added lots of the Floral Die Cuts and a Fabric Bow (also from our Embellishment Kit) as well as a couple of the Puffy Phrase Stickers. I layered it all onto the end of the fussy cut rainbow and tucked in my second photo into this cluster. Love it!

I used the White Puffy Alphas (with gold accents, no less!) from the Embellishment Kit to form my title, and then added a subtitle - Sunny + Bright - with thePuffy Phrase Stickers courtesy of the Main Kit. I cut out and adhered a few fluffy white clouds from the Bazzill White Cardstock, and then finished off with a good sprinkling of the Pink Paislee Lucky Us Puffy Shape Stickers. 

Such a magical design! 

Please watch my process video for a much more detailed look at how my page came together:

Alternatively, you can watch it in Full HD on my channel by clicking the link HERE. 

Thanks so much for watching! 

I hope I have inspired you to get creating with the beautiful January & February 2020 Hip Kits- they really are divine!!!

til next time,

Happy Arty Days,  

Amanda xo

Technique Tuesday: Memory Keepers & Fresh Cut Studio: January - Sweet As Candy!

Hi Friends! 

Welcome back for more Technique Tuesday inspiration! 

Today I am sharing a scrapbook layout created with the fabulous January edition of the 

Memory Keepers & Fresh Cut Studio products! 

This month's release is Sweet As Candy & looks like this....

Oh how super sweet, indeed! 

Such a super cute stamp & coordinating die set!

Get this amazing bundle in the Technique Tuesday shop HERE

OR

Find out about becoming a Technique Tuesday Member HERE and save even more!

Here's what Technique Tuesday has to say about these delicious new products, 

"If you're like a kid in a candy store and want it all, this Sweet as Candy stamp set with matching craft dies is a dream come true! These coordinating stamps and dies with a candy jar can be filled with your favorite pile of sweet treat stamps. Children will love getting a Valentine you made featuring their favorite jar of sweets. Or make a colorful tag to go on a box of candies you're giving a friend. Use the small individual candy clear stamps and dies to scatter treats on cards or party decor, or create a whimsical candy border. These matching stamps and dies with a jar and candy will tempt every sweet tooth!"

***Shop the Sweet As Candy Stamps & Die Set HERE***

Here's my super sweet 8.5" x 11' scrapbook layout created with these products....

"Love You"

Sigh! Could it get any sweeter?!

Technique Tuesday Supplies: Sweet As Candy Stamp & Die Set, Candy Jar Crafting Dies, Say It 2 - Love You Crafting Dies, Oval & Rectangle Stitched Labels Crafting Dies. 

Other Supplies: Crate Paper Main Squeeze & La La Love You scrapbook collections, American Crafts - White & Gold Glitter Cardstocks, SpiegelMom Scraps Malibu Sunset sequins, Scrapbook.com ink pads.

Here's a closer look at my layout.....

February really does make everything sweeter!

How divine are those teeny stamped sweets?!! 

I just adore them! & the best part?

 Technique Tuesday clear stamps are always super crisp and a pure delight to work with! Love! 

Here's a closer look at those stamped wrapped sweets....

SO cuuuuute!

You'll also spy that I stamped one of the Sweet As Candy sentiments (You make everything sweeter) onto some white cardstock, and then used the Technique Tuesday Oval & Rectangle Stitched Labels Crafting Dies to cut it out and look all fancy! Such a fabulous lil label! 

But it's the sequin shaker, sweets jar that I am especially smitten with....

Oh how good is this?!! 

I can't get enough of that darling Candy Jar Crafting Die!!!

I cut mine out in golden glitter cardstock, (as well as the tiny hearts included in this set) and really made a feature of them! Gor-jus!

You'll see that I arranged the candy jar lid to be 'open' and have stamped an array of sweets sprinkling out of it.....

Gosh, it's just so darn cute!!! 

The perfect Memory Keepers & Fresh Cut Studio set for documenting my sweethearts!

Sweet As Candy Stamps & coordinating Crafting Dies are ideal for Valentine's gifts and cards!

But, I hope my project has inspired you to use this month's Memory Keepers & Fresh Cut Studio release for documenting your loved ones too! 

Visit Technique Tuesday for more Memory Keepers & Fresh Cut Studio inspiration!

Thanks so much for stopping by today, 

til next time, 

Happy Arty Days, 

Amanda xo 

Shimmerz Paints: January 2020 Color Kitz Inspiration & Video!

Hi Everyone! 

Welcome back for more bright, colorful & shimmery inspiration with

my latest scrapbook layout (& process video) with the stunning new 

Shimmerz Paints: January edition Color Kitz!

I know, amazing right?! 

The Shimmerz Paints Color Kitz are bigger & better than ever before! 

The new 2020 Kitz include exclusive colors and products to tie your whole page together. The January 2020 Collection includes the following colors and products:

Into The Woods Vibez

 A new exclusive color to this kit. 

This color is a vibrant hunter green hue with silver shimmer.

Before Dawn Vibez

 A black pigment spray with shimmer.

Sage Advice Shimmerz

 A new exclusive color to this kit.

This color is a soft and neutral sage green hue with shimmer mixed within.

For Shore Creameez

 A cool neutral hue watercolor.

Silver Fox Shimmerz

 A new exclusive color to this kit. 

Silver fox is a silver hue paint with shimmer mixed within.

Sheer Bliss Inklingz

 A skin tone neutral hue watercolor.

PLUS

4 journaling cards

1 exclusive Forest cut file created by Paige Taylor Evans

1 teaspoon package of Country Buttonz

1 set of "Happy Day" Dotz

Wow! That's one super impressive kit! 

The creative possibilities with this Color Kit are endless, but I wanted to create a page that featured all.the.things!!! Here's what I created, 

"Explorer"

Whoa! How awesome is this?!

The January edition Color Kitz was perfect for documenting my lil explorer! 

Think great outdoors, adventuring and lake life! So cool!

You'll spy that I even added one extra color to the mix - Ultra Marine Shimmerz! This stunning hue of deep blue coordinated beautifully with the greens and grays of the January Kit! Love it! 

Here's a closer look at my layout......

Yep, this is one super cool page for my little guy! 

As soon as I saw the Forest cut file created by Paige Taylor Evans, I knew I would create a masculine layout! If you look closely at my darling boy's photo, you'll notice that his top has a very similar design on it! Awesome!

To create this layout, I began by filling sheets of paper with all the kit colors. While they were drying, I prepared the cut file. I cut it in plain white cardstock, and removed some of the cut pieces, while keeping others intact. The mix of inset and paper backed sections really added interest to the cut file. 

The inset sun rays are left untouched, but I used the neutral For Shore Creameez to paint the mountain peaks and clouds....

Simple, but so effective! 

The remaining sections of the sun are backed with the paper which I painted with Sheer Bliss Inklingz, and the mountains are backed with the new Silver Fox Shimmerz. SO good! La la love this new Shimmerz!

The trees are mostly backed with varying depths (paint coats) of Into The Woods Vibez, except for one which I backed with Sage Advice Shimmerz for a point of difference and interest. Here's a closer look at them....

Trees 1,2 & 4 are Into The Woods Vibez and tree 3 is Sage Advice Shimmerz. Such gorgeous colors!

 I added in the Ultra Marine Shimmerz for the water element of the cut file, and I'm so glad I did! This bright pop of color adds just enough playfulness to the design without distracting from the beautiful January Color Kitz colors. 

Before I adhered the Forest cut file to the Cocoa Vanilla Studio: Boys Rule pattern paper, I added lots of inky droplets, splatter and brush strokes to the pattern paper with the Before Dawn Vibez. Once dry, I foam mounted the cut file, and glued it to the inky base. 

I have used the Cocoa Vanilla Studio: Boys Rule collection to embellish my page too, but it's those Happy Day Dotz that won me over! Aren't they fabulous?! I couldn't help myself, & used all of them to adorn my photo with! Yes, that good!

 You'll also spy that I layered my photo cluster onto one of the journaling tags, and sprinkled a few of the teeny tiny buttons around the page. Told you I used all.the.things!

Such a cool kid page! 

You can see how it all came together in my process video below....

Thanks so much for watching!

I hope I have inspired you to get creating today! 

Remember! The Color Kitz are limited edition, so be sure to get yours HERE, before they're sold out! Type AMANDA in the comments section of your order & you'll receive a freebie paint too! 

Yay! 

Thanks again for stopping by, 

til next time, 

Happy Arty Days, 

Amanda xo