Hip Kit Club: Cut File & Color Kit Inspiration Plus Process Video!

Hi Friends!

Welcome back for more Hip Kit Club awesomeness!

 I can't begin to tell you how awesome the January 2020 Hip Kit Club Cut Files are!

 I mean, seriously, SO good! 

If you know me, I can't go past florals, so I'm featuring the floral wreath cut file in my scrapbook layout today.  As I type this though, my January 2020 Hip Kits are still in transit, so..... 

for today's post I'm sharing how I have 'stretched' my December 2019 Hip Kits to make one more detailed, and very pretty page! 

I've even included a process video at the end of this post, so you can see exactly what I'm meaning ;) But first, here's my lovely take on the floral wreath cut file.....

"Cherished Pretty Girl"

Wa wa wow!!! 

As well as being all about the florals, I'm also huge on creating very pretty things - especially when it comes to my darling girl! Isn't she the sweetest?!

For this page, you'll spy lots of floral clusters and foliage but I had used a ton of my supplies in my recent HKC mini album (watch here if you missed it), so I had to get a little creative with my 'left over' items to form all those pretty details! 

See if you can spy the snowflakes and stars forming my florals....

Gah! It's just so gor-jus!!!!

To create this page, I started by painting up a few scrap pieces of white cardstock with the Lindy's Gang Magicals: Martina's Marigold & Andrea's Azalea (from December 2019 Color Kit).  I then used these pieces of paper to back the cut file leaves and blooms, as well as cut a few more of my own flower shapes and leaves with. 

Next, I painted the wreath 'rings' with the Lindy's Gang: Magicals in Jana's Jade - so pretty!

I embellished the wreath with a mix of floral clusters which are created from fussy cut stars and snowflakes from the Crate Paper Snowflake Joyous Specialty Foil Accented Paper (exclusive to the December 2019 Paper Kit), So Frosty Decorative Vellum Star Die Cuts, So Frosty Mixed Ephemera, So Frosty Winter Florals and Die Cut Tags,and fussy cut shapes created from the Color Kit Magicals! To complete the look, I added the Prima Adhesive Gems to the centers of these stacked flowers - perfect! 

Don't they look fantastic?! 

A really simple but effective way to use up your 'scraps' to create more embellishments.

I separated a few of the wreath, tree and branch pieces from the Crate Paper Copper Foil Phrase & Icon Thickersto create the appearance of more foliage around the wreath. I also added in a few fussy cut leaves which I snipped out from the So Frosty Decorative Vellum Star Die Cuts, as well as the previously painted Lindy's Gang Magicals papers. I combined these with my leafy So Frosty Winter Floral die cuts to build up the wreath and create lots of shape, interest and form.

I tucked my So Frosty framed photograph into the florals on the left hand side, and continued to embellish away! The tiny, floral, So Frosty Flair Button from the December 2019 Embellishment Kitwas the perfect adornment to my baby girl's framed photo - I just love this small, but oh so pretty detail!

With a shortage of letters in my Thickers supplies, I opted a mixed font title with alphas from both the December Main & Embellishment Kits. Again, a great way to combine and mix your kits to stretch them that lil bit further! For a polished and finished look, I added some soft splatters and droplets of Jana's Jade Magicals around the wreath, and a few more of the Prima Gems. Beautiful!

Wanna see more? Please watch my process video HERE

Thanks so much for watching! 

I hope you enjoyed seeing how my layout with the January 2020 Hip Kit Club Cut Files & December 2019 Color Kit came together, and that I have inspired you to get creating today! 

Til next time,

Happy Arty Days. 

Amanda xo 

Imaginarium Designs December Creations

Hi Everyone!

Today I am sharing my final projects for Imaginarium Designs. 

I have been on this amazing DT for 2 years now, and have loved every minute of it!

With an enormous 2017 ahead of me though, it's sadly time to say goodbye! 

So before I get all sentimental & misty eyed, here's my December creations.....

First up, I am sharing this pretty layout, 

"You Are Amazing"

Prettiness overload! 

I have used the stunning new Pink Paislee collection, 'Moonstruck' and combined it with our favourite chippies to achieve this delicate and girly page!

So soft and dreamy!

Here's a closer look.....

SO many elegant and pretty chippies here! 

My sweet butterflies have been treated with Faber-Castell Gelatos in white and cotton candy pink, I blended them together a little to get colour variations in each one. 

Those intricate flourishes have been coated in white Gelatos too! I have layered them over a couple leaf stencils adding more texture, depth and interest.  

I adore the precision cut words and phrases, and this title is just exquisite! 

I've coated mine in a classic, matte Gold ink - here's another view.....

It really is divine, huh?! 

The gold also adds warmth to the right hand side of the page, and completes the rule of three triangle with the orange watercolour in the base paper. 

Here's another view of the butterflies.....

So very pretty, indeed!

A gorgeously girly page for my darling daughter!

Imaginarium Designs Products:

9 Butterflies in a board

Kerri Flourish Small

You Are Amazing

My next project is quite different from my usual style, and serves as a bit of a thankyou to the team at Imaginarium Designs for helping me to grow.....

"Grow" Sentiment Tag 

Wow! Told you it wasn't my 'usual' style ;)

Very shabby, and quite a bit edgy for me! 

Lots of awesome chipboard and techniques to share too! 

First up, I coated my large size chipboard backing tag in Lindy's Stamp Gang: Starburst Spray in Golden Oats, then while it was still wet, I rubbed some Lindy's Screamin' Black Banshee Magicals all over.

It looked just like my intricate butterfly......

I left the butterfly with the Gold & Black treatment - it really looks amazing, don't you think?!

I then coated my backing tag in a rough coat of gesso, and once dry I ran it through a bricks pattern embossing file.

 My tag was then roughly sanded back to reveal some of the Lindy's treatment, as well as a few raw sections too! 

The final treatment for my large tag was a good splattering of black ink!

Next up, I added the window frame - which is just treated with black Archival Ink, as are my sentiment words.  

Then embellished with the butterfly, leaves, and blooms.......

Such a gorgeous little off the page number!

Imaginarium Designs Products:

Backing Tag - Set of 2

Window Frame - with Lattice Shutters

Intricate Butterfly

Love Grow Hello words

And there you have it! 

My final DT projects for Imaginarium Designs!

Thankyou to Jane, Natalie, the team & to you my loyal supporters, 

Much love,

 Have a wonderful Christmas & Best wishes for 2017, 

Happy Arty Days, 

Amanda xo 

Lindy's Stamp Gang & Imaginarium Designs Blog Hop!

It’s time for a Blog Hop!
Come and join the fun with the amazing Design Teams from Lindy's and Imaginarium Designs … combining their creative forces for a massive blog hop and it's starting 

RIGHT HERE and RIGHT NOW!

Winners will be drawn randomly from among blog comments.
Local and international entries are welcome - this hop is worldwide - a bit like our Design Teams!

There are prizes galore and so many stunning projects to inspire you!  It's so easy to play along and be entered into the draw.    All you need to do is leave a comment on the Lindy's Blog and then hop on over and check out each of the designer blog posts (please leave them all a little love as they each work incredibly hard to bring you all amazing projects!) and finish over at the Imaginarium Designs Blog by leaving a comment there.

Prize Winners will be announced everywhere on October 30th - check back in to see if you are a WINNER.

Hop on over and check out these stunning projects using Lindy's and Imaginarium Designs products from our super talented Designers.

Lindy's Stamp Gang - https://blog.lindystampgang.com/

·         Marta Turska-Grochocka 

·         Amanda-Jayne Baldwin

·         Natalie May 

·         Tanya Palamarchuk

·         Cindy Brown 

·         Leonie Neal-Dawson

·         Djamila Khiter 

·         Sonia Thomason

·         Miriam Haggar

·         Ekaterina Zenevich 

·         Karyn Schultz

·         Solange Marques 

·         Sue Smyth

·         Carol Theng

·         Caroline Elliam 

·         Louise Nelson

·         Belinda Spencer

·         Kareen Brochu Harvey 

·         Leeann Pearce

·         Yulianna Efremova 

·         Chitose Nakamae

·         Tracey Fowler

·         Kate Palmer 

·         Sandi Spink

Ends: Sunday 29th, October 2016 - at the last stroke of midnight!

Winners Announced: Monday 30th, October 2016

There are 5 x $25 Gift Vouchers available from Lindy's Stamp Gang and 5 x $25 Prize Packs from Imaginarium Designs to win!

To celebrate this awesome event, I have created this stunning layout...

"Delightful" 

So stunning, huh?!  A beautiful layout for my beautiful girl! 

The combination of Lindys products & Imaginarium chipboards is truly a match made in heaven!

 I used Lindys Stamp Gang Starburst Sprays in 

Canna Lily Burnt Orange & 

Opal Sea Oats

And...

 I also used Lindys Stamp Gang Magicals in

Ramblin' Rose Pink &

Screamin' Banshee Black

  And

Imaginarium Chipboards:

Nat's Hand Drawn Leaves

Twigs

Backing Tag Set 

Delightful (Words)

That incredible background has a few layers to it! 

I started with mixing a lil Ramblin Rose Pink into my gesso and rubbed it into my woodgrain pattern paper. Next up, I squirted Canna Lily Burnt Orange into my texture paste, and applied that gorgeous Peonies stencil. The remaining layers are a combination of painted & splattered Screamin' Banshee Black, and Ramblin' Rose Pink Magical. LOVE the result! I may need a life time supply of Screamin' Black Banshee - it's just the most striking colour!!!

Here's a few close ups of my chippies, and how I treated them too!

These chipboard tags had quite a lot of love! 

The larger one was sprayed in Opal Sea Oats, & while it was still wet, I scraped a tiny amount of powdered Screamin' Banshee Black Magical across it with a palette knife. Once dry, it was run through a bricks pattern embossing folder. The smaller tag was sprayed in Canna Lily Burnt Orange and embossed in a flourish pattern.

Here's another look at those gorgeous tags....

That sweet tiny title has also been sprayed in Opal Sea Oats. Love it! 

Both the leaves and twigs have been inked in Archival Ink in black.

 The Twigs have also had a quick spray in Opal Sea Oats to add a little golden sparkle to them. 

Soooooooo very pretty!

Love it!

Hope you feel inspired by my layout! 

Thanks so much for hopping by! 

Don't forget to leave a comment to go in the draw to win a prize, & good luck!

Next in the hop line up is the incredibly talented Natalie May - click here to see her aahmazing project! 

til next time, 

Happy Arty Days, 

Amanda xo 

Happy Place & Happy News!!!

Hi Lovelies!

Thanks for stopping by today :)

I am super-dee-duper excited to share that I was invited to be a Guest Designer this month for 

for their 'deluxe' Cropaholic Kit.

This Kit is Aaaahhhmazing and features the Fancy Pants Designs: Happy Place collection. You'll also spy a lil of my favourite Cocoa Vanilla Studio & Lindy's Stamp Gang Magicals ;)

Truly so fun, contemporary & bright - perfect for my style of memory keeping!

My task was to create 3 layouts from the kit 

& include step-by-step photos & instructions for kitclub members to recreate them.

 I know, what a great opportunity?!! How could I resist?

Needless to say, I had a ton of fun! 

Here's a quick peak at my three layouts - but for more info, and or the step by steps, you'll need to order the Cropahloic Kit here.

"Hello LIFE"

How cool is this page?!! I mean those colours are just so summery sweet!!! Perfect for a lil beach pic or two!

"this happy BOY"

I just love the text paper - it is Cool with a capital C!!! Seriously cool embellies here too....

& last, but certainly not least, this gorgeously girly number...

"BLISS + FULL"

Isn't this just the prettiest?!!  Loving those Cocoa Vanilla Studio Blooms!!!

And there you have it! 

My Guest Designer projects for Shop & Crop Scrapbooking!

I will add, there was so much included in this kit that I am STILL using it up! Enough for an entire album easy! (& yes, lucky, lucky me!)

Speaking of lucky.....

I had such a magnificent time creating with Shop & Crop Scrapbooking that I have decided to make it a lil more permament!

I am delighted to announce that I am now on their 2016 Design Team!
Yay!!! 

Over the moon with excitement and cant wait to get my hands on more of their fabulous supplies!

I hope you liked what I created & please follow me on their instagram here too!

Thanks for visiting today, 

til next time,

Happy Arty Days, 

Amanda xo