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Kirei's Layout with the Feb Week 5 Kit 'Fresco'

2012-03-02T08:00:00.001Z

Hi Everyone!

For this week's kit we had some yummy papers from Prima, I was drawn to one of them instantly so decided to use it as the base for my layout. My photo suited the papers perfectly... it was taken in Las Vegas in 2010 a few days before we got married there!

The base for the layout was the 'Fresco' paper, I mounted my 7" x 5" photo onto the teal and light green Bazzill. For the central section I cut a 5" x 12" strip of the teal Bazzill. Before attaching this to the 'Fresco' paper I added patterned strips cut from the striped side of the 'Motif' paper. These were in varying lengths from 8.5" to 9.5". I attached these and layered some of the cream and teal ribbon over the top. I pleated the cream ribbon and then stapled it over the paper strips. I then stuck this down onto the 'Fresco' paper and added the mounted photo to the lefthand side.

I then added some of the pretty Prima flowers to the top left and bottom right corner, and added some leaves punched with a Martha Stewart punch.

Then I just had the title and journalling to finish it all off... I used some Prima letters that I had from a previous Kit to journal down the right side of the teal Bazzill and added the date under the photo. I used some letters from my stash for the title.

This Kit is available for a limited time from the Pages of Memories Online Store.

Thanks for looking!

Niki's Page using 'Fresco' scrapbook page kit

2012-03-01T08:00:00.001Z

Like I said yesterday, I absolutely love this kit - I think the colours are so vibrant and lovely. I wouldn't say I was a turquoise fan usually but the colours in this kit really grabbed me.

Here is my page using this kit:

Even though the papers didn't really scream 'water' or 'holiday' I figured I'd try to get a holiday snap on there and I think it works quite well!

I made a panel in the middle out of cardstock and strips of patterned paper and added the trims. There were enough flowers that they could be clustered in different places around the page

There wasn't an alphabet with this kit so I used some left over from previous kits: 'Dream' and 'Aquarella' both of which went really well with this layout.

'Fresco' is available to purchase here and costs £7.

Stop by tomorrow to see what Kirei has done with this kit.

I hope you like it and thanks for stopping by xx

February 5 Kit Release: 'Fresco'

2012-02-29T08:50:00.000Z

Onto another kit release today and what a treat we have for you!

This week's kit is called 'Fresco' and features some of the really gorgeous 'Alla Prima' papers by Prima Marketing:

Kit contains:

3 x Alla Prima patterned papers

3 x coordinating Bazzill cardstock

A few 'Flower Market' flowers by Prima

Grosgrain Trims

Turquoise Sequin Trim

This kit really is gorgeous - make sure you stop by tomorrow to see what I have done with this kit.

'Fresco' can be purchased here for £7 or if you subscribe monthly you will get an even better deal!

Kirei's layout with the Feb Week 4 Kit 'Low Key'

2012-02-24T08:00:00.003Z

Hi Everyone!

When I looked at this week's Kit I knew exactly what photos I wanted to use! They have been on my 'to scrap' list for some time so was happy to finally get to use them. I wanted to get 3 x photos on to my layout so I kept my design pretty simple.

I used the navy spotted side of the 'Cider' paper for my base, then centrally layered an 11" square of the mustard floral side of the 'Low Key' paper over it. Don't forget to gut your papers beforehand! I topped both of these with a 10" square of the cream Bazzill. I cropped the photos down to a size that worked and then mounted each of them on a piece of the navy spot paper before attaching to the cream Bazzill.

All that was left to do was add some embellishments... I punched 3 strips of the patterned papers with a border punch (similar available here) and attached these along the bottom of the cream square. I then used some of the Glitz Epoxy Words to decorate over the top punched strip. I used some of fab Glitz Teeny Alphas from a previous Kit (I have loads left over!) to include the date.

Finally I added a title using letters from my own stash, and then added one of the buttons (tied with a piece of linen thread) next to the title.

This Kit is available for a limited time from the Pages of Memories Online Store. Make sure you have a look here to see what Niki did with the Kit!

Thanks for looking!

Niki's Page using February 4 kit 'Low Key'

2012-02-23T08:00:00.002Z

Hi Everyone

Here is my page using the 'Low Key' kit that was released yesterday:

I've had this fabulous picture since the summer but hadn't managed to find any papers that would do it justice until now...this kit was perfect!

Even though I wanted to keep the layout quite simple, I wanted to show off some of the lovely patterned papers so make the patchwork strip along the top finished off with a strip cut with a Martha Stewart border punch (called Cherish)

The Epoxy stickers and flowers cut with the Martha Stewart large Chrysanthemum punch finished off the page really nicely and complimented the picture. The buttons fitted nicely within the punched flowers...

The vanilla background was a little plain so I stamped the corner in yellow ink using a Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz stamp and then cut a title from the leftover patterned paper using my Cricut machine.

I love the simplicity of this page - what will you make with this kit?

Check back tomorrow to see Kirei's page

xxx

February 4 Page Kit 'Low Key' Release

2012-02-22T10:31:00.001Z

Hi All

We have another gorgeous kit for you this week, it's called 'Low Key' and features some of the lovely Glitz 'Vintage Blue' range:

Kit Contains:

2 x Glitz 'Vintage Blue' patterned papers

1 x Prima 'Alla Prima' patterned paper

2 x Coordinating Bazzill cardstock

Glitz 'Vintage Blue' Epoxy Stickers

2 x buttons

This kit costs £7 and can be purchased here.

Hope you like the look of this one and make sure you check back tomorrow to see what I have done with this kit xx

Kirei's layout using the February Week 3 Kit 'Divine'

2012-02-17T08:00:00.001Z

Hi Everyone!

Can't believe it is over halfway through February already! This week's Kit included the fab 'Summers End' papers from Fancy Pants. I had some really cute pics of my friends little boy Joe to use that were taken last month at 'Big Space' soft play near Harpenden. He loved the playhouse and as you can see decided the window was a good enough exit for him!

I used the striped side of the 'Cider' paper for my base, I gutted a section of this before adding a 9 3/4" Kraft Bazzill square (I used a corner punch to round each corner). I then layered a piece of 9 1/2" rust coloured Bazzill over this (also corner punched). Onto this I mounted 3 x strips of the patterned papers, the first strip is 3" x 9 1/4" from the tree side of the 'Divine' paper and I cut it ensuring that I kept some of the swirls from the top left corner. The second strip is 2 3/4" x 9 1/4" from the rust side of the 'Divine' paper and the final strip is 3 1/4" x 9 1/4" from the green side of the 'Oak' paper.

I then decorated my tag by firstly attaching a piece of rust 'Divine' paper, onto which I embellished it with some of the ribbons from the Kit and a strip of rust Bazzill that I had punched out with a border punch. With the kraft coloured ribbon I made ruffles and stapled them down to hold them in place. This was then attached to the bottom left of the central square. I repeated the ruffled ribbon and punched border at the top right and bottom right of the central square. I then attached my photos. I used 3 x photos but you could adapt this to include only 2 or even just one larger photo. I used a photo corner punch to punch out some corners from the rust Bazzill and attached one of these to each photo.

Finally I used the cute Prima letters that came with the Kit to create my title.

This Kit is available from the Pages of Memories Online Store for a limited time. Here you also will find the details of the monthly Kit subscription that offers great value for money!

Thanks for looking!

Niki's Page using February 3 kit 'Divine'

2012-02-16T08:00:00.000Z

Hi All

So I'm a big fan of the 'Divine' kit released yesterday, it just has such a gorgeous colour combo and allowed me to something really fun with it:

Sophie had some absolutely gorgeous Ugg style boots for Christmas and you have never seen something so cute as baby Ugg boots! I knew I had to take a picture of them next to my boots for size comparison and once printed they begged a scrapbook page!

The colours in this kit were perfect with the exception of the blue but even so I think it works well even though there was no blue in my pictures.

I stamped a map image on my manilla tag and tucked this down behind my photos. The tag would be ideal for some hidden journalling if you wanted to include some.

I made a couple of circle embellishments using various sized circle punches and I tied knots in my trims and used them to finish off those embellishments.

Finally I added lots of strips at the bottom of the page (the aim was them to look a bit like steps...?) using trims and small strips of the left over patterned papers.

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by. If you would like to buy this kit it costs £7 and can be purchased here.

Check back tomorrow to see what Kirei has done with this kit xx

Kit Release: February 3 kit, 'Divine'

2012-02-15T09:38:00.000Z

And what a 'Divine' kit it is! There are some great papers in this kit plus with a tiny Prima alphabet and a manilla tag plus loads of trims, there is a lot you can do with it!

So without further ado - here it is:

I'm sure you'll agree that this is a fabulous colour combo and a very versatile kit.

Kit contains:

3 x Fancy Pants 'Summers' End' Patterned papers

3 x Coordinating Bazzill cardstock

Prima Mini Alphabet

Manilla Tag

4 x Trims (cream stitched, brown, blue & orange)

This kit is available to purchase here for £7 but why not consider subscribing, it's much better value!

Check back tomorrow to see what I have done with this kit xx

Kirei's Layout using the February Week 2 Kit 'Window View'

2012-02-10T08:00:00.032Z

Hi Everyone!

This week's kit included the lovely Pixie Glen papers by Prima, Bazzill cardstock, Prima chipboard and some pretty ribbons.

After playing around with the pics that I wanted to use I decided to use the pastel checked side of the 'Rose Arbour' paper as my base. I punched two 12" strips of the pink Bazzill with a border punch, I used a Martha Stewart one but you could use any that you have. I then cut a 7.5" x 12" piece of the floral side of the 'Window View' paper. Before I attached this I gutted a piece of the 'Rose Arbour' paper from behind where the central panel would go. I attached the pink Bazzill border punch strips to the long side of the 'Window View' paper and then attached this to the base paper. From the piece of 'Rose Arbour' that I gutted I cut two 7.5" x1.5" strips that I tucked under the top and bottom of the central panel. I mounted my main 6" x 4" photo on to a piece of the pink Bazzill and then attached this and two 3" x 4" photos to the central panel.

Then I attached the embellishments to the bottom left of the main photo... I cut the roses/umbrella corner piece from the 'Window View' paper, punched some butterflies with a Martha Stewart punch out of the pretty Prima papers and then layered them up. I finished it off with a few Prima flowers, a button and some twine from my own stash.

I did the same to the top right corner of the photo...

And then finished off the embellishments by sticking a few butterflies to the bottom right of the layout.

Finally I finished off with a title made with a Prima alphabet from one of the earlier Kits (they really do go a long way!).

This Kit will be available for a limited time from Pages of Memories here...

Thanks for looking!

Niki's layout using February 2 Kit 'Window View'

2012-02-09T08:00:00.000Z

Hi All

Here is my layout using the gorgeous 'Window View' kit released yesterday:

Yep, another picture of my little one! (She'll hate me for this when she's older!)

Because I decided to use one of the framed papers as my background, space was a bit limited on the page but I wanted to use as many of the patterns as possible so put together those small squares on the right which did the job perfectly.

I also wanted to keep the clock on the top right so carefully cut round it with a craft knife and tucked my layout underneath it.

I added some faux stitching around each of the squares to give the effect they had been sewn together (you could get the same effect with a pen) and added one of the chipboard stickers and some lace (to the bottom right square - you can hardly see it in the picture but it is there!)

I then created a cluster of embellishments in the bottom right corner using the remaining trims and some more of the chipboard stickers. The trims are held in place with my Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher stapler which always seems to come in very handy!

Lastly I added a title using leftover alphabet stickers from a previous kit (Garden Gate).

Overall I was quite pleased with it. I chose to focus on the pinks in the kit but you could just as easily focus on the blues for a different effect altogether!

Thanks for looking xx

February Week 2 Kit Release: 'Window View'

2012-02-08T09:04:00.000Z

Hi All

We have another gorgeous kit for you this week, it's called 'Window View' and contains some of the really pretty 'Pixie Glen' range by Prima:

Kit Contains:

2 x Prima 'Pixie Glen' patterned papers

1 x Echo Park 'Victorian Gardens' patterned paper

3 x coordinating Bazzill cardstock

Prima 'Pixie Glen' chipboard stickers

Pink & cream trims

The trims in this kit are really lovely, the pink one is a wide lace which is gorgeous and the cream one is called 'Dazzle', in other words it sparkles!

The kit is available to purchase here for £7 but checkout the subscription deal - it's well worth it!

Kirei's Layout using the Feb Week 1 Kit 'Dream'

2012-02-03T08:00:00.021Z

Hi Everyone,

This first kit for February is yummy! Lovely glittered papers in chocolate browns, teal and soft greens from the fab My Minds Eye 'Lost & Found 2' range. They were perfect for scrapping some of my sister's wedding pics and so nice that I got 2 x layouts done! I kept them pretty simple because the papers were so detailed I didn't want to lose any of that.

For my first layout I used the 'Dream' paper for my base. I then decided where I was going to place my 6" x 4" photo which was mounted onto the chocolate and teal Bazzill. I wanted to use a piece of the 'Dream' paper on my other layout so gutted a piece from behind where the photo would be going (being careful to leave enough for the photo to attach to!).

Once I had the photo attached I added my embellishments... at the bottom of the photo I layered some strips of Martha Stewart border punched chocolate Bazzill with some cream lace and pretty teal rose ribbon (both of these were from my stash).

I used a Martha Stewart heart punch to punch hearts from the chocolate Bazzill and a piece of the gutted 'Dream' paper and added those to the bottom left corner and top right corner of the photo. To these I added a few Prima flowers (similar available here), finished off with some buttons tied with cream thread (all from my stash).

Then it was just a title that was needed and for this I used the lovely Prima Alphabet Stickers that come with the Kit.

For my second layout I used the 'Everywhere' paper for my base (the glittered side of course!).

I wanted to feature the butterflies so decided to cut around the large brown one (on the left side of the paper) and the medium green one in the top right of the paper. You will need a sharp knife for this, make sure you only cut around the wings as you want them to stay attached to the paper! I took 2 x small pieces of the 'Dream' paper that I gutted from the first layout. With the houndstooth side up I stuck these on the otherside of the paper underneath each of the cut butterflies (make sure you don't get any glue on the open areas as the wings will not sit up).

Again the 6" x 4" photo was mounted onto the chocolate and teal Bazzill. I layered some strips of Martha Stewart border punched chocolate Bazzill at the bottom of the photo, and added a few Prima flowers from my stash (similar available here) to the bottom left corner and top right corner of the photo. Don't forget to finish them off with a button tied with cream thread (both from my stash).

I punched 3 x butterflies using the Martha Stewart punch from the piece of gutted 'Dream' paper and attached them to my layout.

Finally I used the Prima alphabet to create my title and I was finished!

This fab Kit is available at the Pages of Memories Online Store.

Thanks for looking!

Niki's Layout using February 1 Kit 'Dream'

2012-02-02T08:00:00.001Z

Hi Everyone

Here is my layout using the gorgeous 'Dream' kit released yesterday:

Now these papers were a bit of a challenge to use as they had so may gorgeous patterns on them I didn't want to cover them up! I had to do some very careful cutting!

I cut the brown flourishes from the other paper and stuck those on.

I also cut out the butterfly and the glittered motif from the other paper and made a feature of them:

and I carefully cut round the 'Correspondence' flag and circle so I could slip my background paper underneath it, whilst keeping it as an embellishment:

This kit (with full instructions on how to create this layout) is available to purchase here and costs £7.

We're exhibiting at the Hobby Crafts show at Bluewater today so pop by and say hello if you are there!

February 1 Kit Release 'Dream'

2012-02-01T08:00:00.001Z

Hi All

The kit we have for you this week is absolutley stunning and features some of the My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Two range:

This kit really is beautiful, it contains:

2 x My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Two patterned glitter papers

2 x Coordinating Bazzill

Prima Textured Alphabet in Teal

The Kit costs £7 and can be purchased here.

Check back tomorrow to see what I have made with this kit xx

Kirei's layout using the January 4 Kit 'Crisp'

2012-01-27T08:00:00.009Z

Hi Everyone!

In this week's Kit we had the fab 'Summers Day' papers by Fancy Pants. Pretty doilies in oranges, lime greens, soft aquas and choc browns. It was hard to decide which ones to use... so decided to use all of them! I used the multi-coloured doilies side of the 'Windy Day' paper as my base. I then cut a 7" x 11" piece from the tree side of the 'Crisp' paper (making sure I didn't cut into the trees) and inked the edges with brown ink. This was attached to the right side of the doilies paper. I cut an 11.5" x 2.5" strip of the dotty paper called 'Strips' and mounted this onto a piece of the blue 'Changing' paper and this was stuck to the bottom of he page. I then mounted a 7" x 5" photo onto orange Bazzill and attached this to the bottom left.

The trees from the 'Crisp' papers were cut out and attached to the right of the photo and I then just used some strips of the papers and the spotted orange ribbon to embellish the page.

Finally I used the 'Summers End' alpha stickers to make my title.

This fab kit is available in the Pages of Memories online store.

Thanks for looking!

Niki's Layout using January 4 Kit 'Crisp'

2012-01-26T08:00:00.000Z

Hi Everyone

I had the perfect photo for this kit, here is my layout:

The blue and brown doily patterned paper was a little bright for my layout (background behind photo) so I distressed it a bit with my Tim Holtz Distress Inks, same with the panel under the title at the top and the large doily circle.

I clustered my embellishments around the bottom right corner of the photo, the centre of the flower is cut from the 'Strips' paper. I also cut some circles from the different coloured card that was in the kit.

The border punch I've used here is called 'Garden Rail' by Martha Stewart and it is available to buy in our online shop here.

I've added the title using leftover letters from the previous two kits!

Thaks for stopping by and check back tomorrow to see what Kirei has done with this kit!

January 4 2012 Kit Release 'Crisp'

2012-01-25T08:00:00.000Z

Hi Everyone

We have another fabulous kit for you this week and it's called 'Crisp'

Some lovely earthy tones there for you this week, perfect for scrapping those outdoorsy photos!

Kit contains:

4 x Fancy Pants 'Summers End' patterned papers

3 x Coordinating Bazzill

Orange and green trims

Prima Sweet Taffy Flowers

The kit costs £7 and can be purchased here but make sure you consider subscribing as it works out better value!

Stop by tomorrow to see what I have done with this kit.

Kirei's layout using the January 3 Kit 'Vintage Blue'

2012-01-20T08:00:00.002Z

Hi everyone!

This week's Kit had the yummy 'Vintage Blue' papers from Glitz and the blues and yellows made me think of a beach walk we did last year. I used the navy patterned side of the 'Vintage Blue Motif' papers as my base and then cut a 10" square from the yellow side of the 'Vintage Blue Toile' paper and mounted this centrally onto the navy. Then I cut a couple of stripes from the navy stripe side of the 'Vintage Blue Stripe' paper and attached these to the top and bottom of the yellow square. I then attached my photos, mounting one of them onto navy Bazzill.

I then went about adding the embellishments to the layout. I used the lovely Prima flowers and added some buttons from my stash.

Finally I added the title and journalling, I used some American Thickers from my stash for the main title and then used the fabby Glitz Teeny Alphas mounted onto small strips of navy Bazzill for the journalling. These were finished off with a small pearl.

This Kit and many more goodies are available from the Pages of Memories online store.

Thanks for looking!

Niki's page using 'Vintage Blue Motif'

2012-01-19T08:00:00.001Z

Hi Everyone

Here is my page using the gorgeous 'Vintage Blue Motif' kit:

I really enjoyed making this layout, I particularly wanted to create a filmstrip effect along the top as these photos came from a photo booth that our friends had at their wedding.

I made a little embellishment out of a semi circle cut with a circle punch and the pearls in the kit.

I carried this on by adding a scalloped strip under the small photos and added pearls to every other scallop:

I've added brads from my stash to the centre of the flowers but the same effect could easily be achieved by cutting mini circle using a hole punch out of the coloured card or by adding pearls instead.

I added a title and sub title using the Teeny Alpha that came in the kit. I love how much you can get out of those Alphabets - there are millions of letters!

Hope you like it, the kit can be purchased here, and thanks for stopping by xx

PS check back tomorrow to see what Kirei has done with this kit!

January 3 Kit Release: Vintage Blue Motif

2012-01-18T09:46:00.000Z

Hi All

Here is this week's fabulous kit, it's called 'Vintage Blue Motif':

It's a really gorgeous kit, the combination of royal blue and gold is stunning.

It contains:

3 x Glitz Vintage Blue patterned papers

3 x Coordinating Bazzill Cardstock

Glitz Teeny Alpha either in Pearl or Navy

Prima Steet Taffy Flowers

Sticky backed pearls

There is a lot you can do with this kit so check back tomorrow to see what I've made with it!

The Kit is £7.50 and can be purchased here.

Thanks for stopping by xx

Kirei's layout using the January 2 Kit 'Aquarella'

2012-01-13T08:00:00.002Z

Hi Everyone!

I really enjoyed scrapping with this week's Kit as I loved the Prima papers and thought they would work well with a photo I had from a visit to Shaw's Corner with Lee and his mum and dad last year.

I used the kraft cardstock as the base and then cut a 10" square of the 'Chiaro' paper and stuck that slightly off centre on to the kraft. I really liked the leafy strip on the 'Aquarella' paper so cut that out and used that at the top of my layout. I used a 7" x 5" photo and double mounted that onto a piece of the cream 'Aquarella' paper and the kraft cardstock. Before sticking this down I cut a strip of the green 'Chiaro' and a wavy edged strip of cream 'Aquarella' and used this under the bottom edge of my photo.

I punched some flowers and leaves from the papers and layered them up on the border strip and in the bottom left corner of the photo. I did have to dig into my own stash for some buttons and twine to finish them off!

The final piece was to add a title using the fab Prima letter stickers.

You can get this Kit and lots of other lovely goodies at the Pages of Memories Online Store.

Thanks for looking!

Niki's page using January 2 Kit 'Aquarella'

2012-01-12T08:00:00.000Z

Hi Everyone

I absolutely loved this week's kit, it made a change from Christmas.

When I first saw it I thought I would have to have some outdoorsy photos but I had a distinct lack of those so choose a super cute photo of my little girl:

I made the tag out of a piece of the beige Bazzill cardstock and added a bit of ribbon from my stash. I mixed up the different alphabet stickers to form my title:

I made the embellishments on the corner by again using the beige cardstock and I cut out a flourish which is a Tim Holtz die and three tickets which again are from a Tim Holtz die. I distressed them all a bit using brown inks and added a subtitle:

And I added a couple of ribbon flags (not included in the kit) held in place by some mini staples to finish it off

Even though it's not heavily embellished I was quite pleased with the way it turned out!

This can be purchased here and includes full instructions for how to make this layout.

Check back tomorrow to see what Kirei has done with this kit xx

January 2 Kit 'Aquarella'

2012-01-11T08:00:00.000Z

Hi Everyone

We have another gorgeous kit for you this week, it's called Aquarella and features some of the gorgeous 'Alla Prima' range by Prima Marketing (yummy!)

This kit contains:

2 x Alla Prima patterned papers

2 x coordinating Bazzill cardstock

Alla Prima Tiny Alphabet stickers

The Alphabet stickers in this kit coordinate with the papers and there are actually 4 different sets of letters! There are some hiding on the back - the sheet actually opens out into a full 12x12 sheet full of letters so great value!

The kit costs £7 and can be purchased here.

Check back tomorrow to see what I have done with this kit and Friday to see what Kirei has done with it xx

Niki's page using January 1 'Noel' Kit

2012-01-05T08:00:00.000Z

Hi Everyone

Here is my page using the gorgeous 'Noel' kit released yesterday:

I had this absolutely adorable photo of my little girl taken on Christmas day and it was perfect for this kit.

I really loved the Santa so cut him out and made a feature of him and used the 'Merry Christmas' which was on the same page as my title.

The Noel motif also had to stay but it meant I would really have to cut back on the space I could use for my photo so to get around that problem I cut it out to halfway and managed to tuck some of the patterned paper underneath it.

The baubles are cut out with a punch but they could also be hand cut and the strings they are hanging up on are the glittery bits from the 'Tinsel' paper.

I hope you like it and thanks for stopping by xx

January 1 Kit Release 'Noel'

2012-01-04T08:00:00.000Z

Hi Everyone

Now presumably you all had a nice Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone!

Hopefully you will have taken some photos over Christmas worthy of scrapping and we have the ideal kit for you:

This kit is really gorgeous, it contains:

3 x My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Christmas patterned glitter papers

3 x co-ordinating Bazzill card

Gold Brads (25 of them!)

Lost & Found Christmas Rhinestones

Check back tomorrow to see what I did with this kit...

'Noel' kit costs £7 and can be purchased here.

Kirei's layout using the December 4 Kit 'Borderline'

2011-12-30T21:45:00.001Z

Hi Everyone!

I loved the colours of the My Mind's Eye Lost & Found 2 'Breeze' papers in this week's Kit. I really wanted to use the 'Dream' paper with the glittered frames but couldn't quite decide how to use them... in the end I matched them up with my own framed photo. The photos are of our Godson Freddie and I love how Lee and Freddie are looking so intently at each other.... very cute!

I mounted the photo onto the blue Bazzill and the brown 'Fun Day' paper. The photo corner embellishment was cut from the 'Fun Day' papers and to finish it off I used some linen thread from my stash and a brad to make it look like it was hanging on the wall (just like the printed frames). I then added a cropped photo to the glittered frame on the left side. To finish off I made the title by mounting some of the lined 'Fun Day' paper on to the brown 'Fun Day' paper. The bird and photo corner were cut from the 'Fun Day' paper, and I used most of the brads in the Kit to embellish the corners of the title. The letter stickers were leftover from the December 2 Kit 'Abundance'.

You can find the kit to make this layout in the Pages of Memories Online Store.

Thanks for looking!

Niki's page using December 4 kit 'Borderline'

2011-12-29T08:00:00.000Z

Hi Everyone

Here is what I did with the fabulous 'Borderline' kit:

I figured I could get a double layout out of this kit and I had a lot of photos. Here is a close up of the left page:

and the right page:

I wanted to make use of the glittered motifs on one of the pages so cut them out and used them as embellishments on my layout:

and I even managed to use this one as a title:

The brads were great in this kit as they were the perfect embellishments to really add something to the page.

This kit can be purchased here and costs £7.

Thanks for stopping by xx

December 4 Kit Release 'Borderline'

2011-12-28T08:00:00.000Z

Hi Everyone

We have a gorgeous sparkly kit for you this week which includes some of the lovely My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Two papers:

Kit Contains:

3 x My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Two patterned glitter papers

3 x Co-ordinating Bazzill cardstock (1 Bling)

My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Two Designer Brads

There are lots of yummy things you can do with this kit...watch this space!

The kit is £7 and can be purchased here but check out the information about our monthly subscription, it works out cheaper that way.

Kirei's layout for the December Week 3 kit - 'Merry'

2011-12-23T08:00:00.004Z

Hi everyone!

The December 'Merry' weekly scrapbook kit is fab, with lovely glittery 'Lost and Found' Christmas papers from My Minds Eye, matching cardstock stickers (with more glitter!), along with some buttons and lengths of ribbon. I had some photos from Christmas time last year that were waiting to be scrapped and were just right to go with this kit! I chose the 'Christmas Trees' paper as the background, then used a piece of the 'Merry' paper to mount my photos on. The middle photo was mounted onto olive green Bazzil. I attached a piece of the olive green ribbon to the left side of the photos, then layered up the lovely stickers around the layout.

I used a snowflake punch to make some additional embellishments and tied some linen thread through the buttons to finish them off.

I added some red letter stickers from my own stash (similar are available at 'Pages of Memories') and used the Prima letters that came with the first December kit.

And there was still plenty left in the kit to get a couple of Christmas cards made as well!

Thanks for looking!

Kirei x

Niki's Page using December 3 Kit 'Merry'

2011-12-22T08:00:00.001Z

I absolutely loved these papers, Lost & Found range, glitter, Christmas theme, what could be better! Plus I had some very cute pictures of my little girl all dressed up for Christmas with her Christmas bear who tells the story of The Night Before Christmas...

I managed a double layout with this kit and still had quite a lot left over.

The Glittered Die Cut Titles are ready made embellishments so really this layout was very straightforward!

The foam letters are from my stash of Thickers, a variety of which you can find here.

I made the trims into little flags which feature on both pages and tied my white cord through all the buttons.

I'm trying to do a daily Christmas album this December and methinks I'll be using a lot more of these papers in that!

Have a wonderful Christmas everyone xx

December 3 Kit 'Merry'

2011-12-21T13:32:00.000Z

Hi Everyone

We have a very festive kit for you this week, it's called 'Merry' and it features some of the gorgeous My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Christmas range:

The Kit Contains:

3 x My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Christmas

3 x Co-ordinating Bazzill

Lost & Found Christmas Glittered Die-Cut Titles

Red & Green Trims

Green Buttons

White Cord

The kit costs £7 and can be purchased here but our monthly subscription is a much better deal!

Check back tomorrow to see what I have done with this kit...

Niki's Page using December 2 kit 'Abundance'

2011-12-15T08:00:00.000Z

Hi Everyone

Here is my page using the December 2 kit 'Abundance'

I cut the tags out from one of the patterned papers and used them as embellishments and I think I got both sides of all the papers showing except the leafy one (as it didn't really go with my photo)

The strip across the bottom is just layers of card but I also cut out several of the dots from the dotty paper with a small circle punch.

I added the little aeroplane embellishment at the top right from my stash as it went perfectly with my photo!

The title was from the alphabet set that came in the kit.

You can buy this kit here and it costs £7 although you'll get it cheaper if you subscribe!

Thanks for stopping by

Niki xx

December 2 Kit Release: 'Abundance'

2011-12-14T08:00:00.007Z

Hi Everyone

December 2 Kit 'Abundance' is being released today:

It contains:

3 x Fancy Pants 'Summer's End' papers

3 x Co-ordinating Bazzill

Summer's End Alphabet stickers

3 x Brads (not pictured)

It can be purchased for £7 here but subscribe to get it for a better price!!

It is very yummy - check back tomorrow to see what I have done with this kit xx

Kirei's layout for the December Week 1 kit - 'Garden Gate'

2011-12-09T08:00:00.000Z

Hi everyone!

You are going to be seeing 2 x layouts from me each month using the fab weekly kits from the Pages of Memories Kit Club. This is my first layout for December and is made using the Week 1 Kit. I loved the 'Pixie Glen' papers from Prima, really soft and pretty and immediately made me think of a cute photo I had of a friends youngest little girl...this is what I came up with:

I used the side on the 'Dartmoor' paper with the jounalling cards and cut them all out as I like to layer lots of elements so could see them coming in useful! I layered up some of these and the other papers onto the pale pink Bazzill card and then added some Prima flowers (you can get these in the Pages of Memories Online Shop) and to go with these I had a stab at making some flowers with the leftover papers and I think they turned out ok.

I also added some trims from my stash and used a Martha Stewart border punch, similar ones are available in the Online Shop.

Now I really liked the 'Garden Gate' paper with the pixies on it but I knew Niki had used this paper as her main background so decided to use the other papers as my feature...but I still wanted to get the pixies on my page so decided to cut them out!

Now there were plenty of bits leftover so decided to make a card as well...

Thanks for looking!

Niki's Page using December 1 Kit 'Garden Gate'

2011-12-08T08:00:00.001Z

Hi Everyone

So here is my page using the fabulous 'Garden Gate' kit that was released yesterday:

I just LOVE these papers, they are so cute! Perfect for a picture of my little girl looking her very cutest. There were no embellishments with this kit as the Prima Alphabet is quite pricey but there are lots of patterns and embellishments that can be cut out from one of the patterned papers. I made the most of these and added loads!

I inked around the edges of pretty much everything as the colours were so subtle, this made everything pop of the page much better.

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by xx

December 1 Kit Release 'Garden Gate'

2011-12-07T08:00:00.001Z

Hi Everyone

It's Wednesday again which means another kit release so here is December 1 Kit: 'Garden Gate'

It contains:

2 x Prima Pixie Glen papers

2 x Coordinating Bazzill

Prima Textured Alphabet set (pink or brown)

It can be purchased from the 'Kits' section of our website but unfortunately the link won't be there until Friday as I'm on holiday until then! Sorry for the short delay.

Hope you like it - check back tomorrow to see what I have done with this kit

Niki's Page using November 5 kit: 'Remember'

2011-12-01T08:00:00.001Z

Hi Everyone

Here is my page using the November 5 kit, 'Remember'

I like the pinks in this kit and it was ideal to scrap a fab picture I had of some cupcakes and the huge mess I made of my kitchen making them!

The 'Remember' title didn't work for this layout so I covered up the wording with my own title (which I cut out using my Cricut Machine) but still managed to keep the effect of the shape.

I added circle embellishments cut using circle punches and the buttons too.

I wanted to explain the story behind these cupcakes so I added a large journalling panel on the right hand side:

The kit can be purchased here and costs £7.00 but make sure you check out the information about our monthly subscription as it's much better value.

I hope you like it and thanks for stopping by xx

November 5 Kit Release 'Remember'

2011-11-30T14:22:00.000Z

Hi Everyone

Well I've had the most manic week which is why I'm really very behind on my blog posts - it's not going to bget much better either as I'm going on holiday tomorrow!

So without further ado, here is November 5 kit 'Remember'

It is ever so yummy and contains:

1 x Echo Park Victorian Gardens paper

2 x Glitz Beautiful Dreamer Papers

3 x Coordinating Bazzill

My Mind's Eye 'Remember' Title

My Mind's Eye Buttons

Check back tomorrow to see what I have done with this kit

(and there will be a blog post here I promise, I've scheduled it!)

Wednesday Kit Release...a day late!!

2011-11-24T17:27:00.000Z

Yesterday was my birthday and I did nothing all day but scrap - I was so engrossed that I forgot to post the kit release!! So sorry about that, it won't happen again I promise.

(I did also go out for dinner in the evening, don't worry I do have a life other than scrapping!)

So anyway, without further ado, here is this week's kit:

It's called 'Composition' and contains:

2 x Prima Marketing 'Alla Prima' papers

1 x Glitz 'Vintage Blue' paper

3 x Bazzill cardstock

'Alla Prima' Chipboard stickers

Trim

You can buy the kit here and there are also details there about our excellent value monthly kit subscription.

Very yummy - check back tomorrow to see what I did with this kit!

Pages for Wednesday 23rd November

2011-11-22T20:45:00.000Z

I love Autmun and I can't wait to get my photos scrapped onto these pages.

The colours in these papers are so pretty and by using one of the fiskars border punches, it just makes the pages pop!

November week 3 kit 'Mother Earth' - Niki's Page

2011-11-17T10:05:00.000Z

Hi Everyone

I am absolutely in love with these papers by Fancy Pants! They are in the 'Summers End' range and as you might have guessed from the name they have an autumnal feel about them.

My photo that I wanted to use for this kit was taken on a summers day rather than an autumn one so I selected the brightest sides from the papers to steer away from an autumn theme. This is the page I came up with:

I used the reverse of the journalling cards sheet to get the big spotty panel in the middle but made sure I cut the sheet carefully to preserve some of the cards on the back. One of those had that lovely leaf on it which I cut out and made into an embellishment. One of the other journalling cards is the doily patterned panel just poking out from the right side of the photo.

Here's the leaf embellishment up close...I added faux stitching on the leaf itself and around it using a brown pen. I then got a bit carried away and added more stitching to the date strip, and a shape under the photo and also around the title lettering!

That fabulous edger punch is by Martha Stewart and is called 'Garden Rail' and we have it in stock here.

There was no alphabet with this kit so I added a short title using an alphabet from my stash but this is the only thing I have added to this kit.

You can buy this kit for £7.00 here but see the same webpage for details of our monthly subscription if you want to save yourself some money!

Thanks for stopping by

Pages of Memories November Week 3 Kit Release 'Mother Earth'

2011-11-16T10:02:00.000Z

Hi Everyone

Another gorgeous kit for you this week called 'Mother Earth':

This week's kit contains:

4 x Fancy Pants Summers End patterned papers

(1 is a journalling cards sheet)

3 x co-ordinating Bazzill cardstock

3 x Maya Road Brown & Cream trims

a variety of buttons

The cost of the kit is £7.00 and can be purchased here.

Check out the information in the same place about kit subscriptions as this will save you money!

Niki xx

My Minds Eye pages for 16/11/11

2011-11-15T20:58:00.000Z

Working with My Minds Eye papers is great fun, because they are so yummy !
I did add a bit of glitter for extra sparkle, not that it needed it, but you can never have enough bling on a page. The Bazzill colours I chose really complimented these pages and using the EK Success border punches, which we have in stock, just adds that finishing touch.

November Week2 Kit - Card using My Guy Ian by The Greeting Farm

2011-11-14T13:09:00.000Z

Hi Everyone

I had a few leftovers from my November Week 2 kit so I put together this card:

I used a stamp from the 'My Guy Ian' set by the Greeting Farm which we have in stock here.

I coloured him with my water based inks and an aqua painter, cut the border on the right with the Martha Stewart Arch Lattice punch (which we have in stock here) and added a chipboard bracket from my stash. I think that even though the papers are glittered this still became quite a male card.

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by

Niki xx

SALE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2011-11-11T11:36:00.000Z

Today is the 11th day of the 11th month 2011 so today only between the hours of 11am and 11pm we have 11% off EVERYTHING!! (excluding kits and special offers)

So get yourselves over to Pages of Memories for some fantastic deals!

Offers end at 11pm tonight

Niki & Sandra xx

Niki's Page using November2 Page Kit 'You & Me'

2011-11-10T09:54:00.000Z

Hi Everyone

Here is my page using yesterday's kit, 'You & Me'

I made the title by cutting out the motif on the spotty paper, adding the crepe trim round the outside of it and adding a title from some alphabets I had in my stash.

Here's a close up...

The wording on the Glittered Titles that came with the kit didn't go with my photos but I still managed to use them anyway by hiding the wording but still showing off the lovely shapes:

Making the bakers twine curl like that was a challenge but with a bit of patience and some PVA glue I managed to succeed!

All I added to this kit was the alphabets, everything else came with.

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by

Niki xx

Pages of Memories November Week 2 Page Kit release 'You & Me'

2011-11-09T14:42:00.000Z

We have another really lovely page kit for you this week, it's called 'You & Me' and contains some really gorgeous glittered papers from the My Mind's Eye Lost & Found range:

Kit Contains:

2 x Lost & Found Glittered papers

3 x co-ordinating Bazzill cardstock

2 x Lost & Found Glittered Titles (may vary from those pictured)

3 x Lost & Found trims (Bakers twine, glittered ribbon & crepe trim)

Just £7 or have a look here at details of how to subscribe monthly

Check in again tomorrow for my page using this kit

Niki xx

Pages for Nov 9th

2011-11-08T21:15:00.000Z

This weeks pages were created using Echo Park papers and stickers. Although the trims weren't from the same range, they worked well on the pages. I chose three colours from the Bazzill Basics range, to co-ordinate with the Echo Park papers.

Niki's page using November Week 1 kit 'Cheerful Words'

2011-11-03T10:11:00.000Z

Hi Everyone!

Here is Niki's page using the Pages of Memories November Week 1 page kit 'Cheerful Words'.

The kit contains:
2 x Echo Park patterned papers from the beautiful Victorian Gardens range

3 x coordinating Bazzill cardstock

and a sheet of the Echo Park Victorian Gardens Alphabet and embellishments stickers

Here is what I did with the kit:

I wanted it to have an autumnal feel as the photos I had were taken on a glorious October day a couple of weeks ago. Initially I didn't think I could make this kit an autumn layout but by adding an A4 sheet of dark brown and not using much of the bright yellow, I think I successfully managed it!

Can you see that line of dots? Well they are taken from the middles of the brown scallop border strip that you will find on the Alphabet stickers sheet.

Here is my title - I took both the big and little letters from the Echo Park Alphabet stickers that are in the kit as well as the fancy 'A' (there are a lot of letters and other lovely things on there!)

And finally, here is a close up of an embellishment I made of one of my photos, careful cutting of some of the words from the Cheerful Words paper and a flourish from the Alphabet stickers sheet.

In total I added the A4 sheet of brown and a few trims from my stash to this layout but the rest is included in the kit which can be purchased here. You will also find details of how to subscribe to our monthly Scrapbooking Kit Club in the same place.

I had a few leftovers so I have also made a card - check back tomorrow to see it!

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by

Niki xxx

NEW MONTHLY KIT CLUB: November1 2011 Kit Release 'Cheerful Words'

2011-11-02T15:58:00.000Z

Hi Everyone

I am pleased to announce our new Scrapbooking Kit Club!! Here are the details from our online shop Pages of Memories:

Here at Pages of Memories have a monthly scrapbooking kit club but with a difference: every Wednesday we will release a new page kit for that week which you can either make one page with or several depending on your scrapbooking style, there are certainly enough materials to get at least two pages from each kit. Each kit contains approximately: 2 x patterned papers, 3 x coordinating Bazzill card, 1 x alphabet or element stickers and some embellishments (kit contents will vary but this is an approximate guide). Each kit will be available for FOUR WEEKS ONLY so make sure you get in quick! You will also receive colour instructions for a one page layout.

You can either buy the kits individually at £7 each (subject to postage at £2.50 for orders under £40) or you can subscribe on a monthly basis for £25 per month which represents a saving of over £5 per month plus we offer free postage on kit subscriptions. The monthly kits will be dispatched a few days in advance of the first Wednesday of the month so that your whole monthly kit should be with you in time for the first kit release of the month.

To subscribe please add the 'Monthly Kit Subscription' to your basket and checkout as usual. You will automatically be charged £2.50 postage if your total order is under £40. Don't worry, this will be refunded if the only item in your basket is the Monthly Kit Subscription. Monthly payments going forward must be made by Standing Order and details will be sent to you upon subscription. Subscriptions can be cancelled at any time but if you have been a subscriber for under 6 months, cancellations will be subject to a £30 administration fee

We have been offering weekly page kits to our Wednesday Crop customers for several years now but this is the first time we have been able to offer them online which we are very excited about! We are now taking orders for subscriptions beginning in December 2011. November 2011 kits are only available to buy individually.'

So without further ado, here is our November Week 1 kit release 'Cheerful Words'

The kit contains:

Echo Park 'Rose Garden'

Echo Park 'Cheerful Words'

Echo Park Alphabet and Embellishment sheet

3 x coordinating Bazzill cardstock

Check back tomorrow for Niki's page using this kit

Thanks for stopping by

Niki xx

PS Wednesday Crop members are welcome to subscribe to take advantage of the offer above but may also continue with the current system if desired!

Niki's Halloween Pages for Wednesday 2nd November

2011-11-02T14:47:00.000Z

Hi Everyone

Firstly a big WELL DONE to Sandra for actually blogging this week!

(he he he! sorry Sandra!)

Here are my pages for this week - can you believe it, I did two rather than my usual one!

Here is the first one:

I used the Glitz Teeny Alpha in Mint Grunge to add my titles and also used the Martha Stuart Garden Rail edger punch on the right hand side of my journalling panel.

I also made my own embellishments using circle punches and some funky Halloween rubber stamps that I got from the States - I will bring all these tonight for people to use. Here's a close up:

And here is my other page:

again I've used the Martha Stewart Garden Rail punch across the top - in black I think it is quite a good Halloween punch!

Thanks for stopping by, hope you like it and see you later tonight!

Niki xx

Halloween pages for Wednesday 2nd November

2011-11-01T22:25:00.000Z

These Halloween pages were easy to create, as Best Creations have done most of the hard work for you !
I used Sizzix dies to make the bats, ghosts and pumpkins and Glamour Dust to add some sparkle.

I'm really looking forward to getting my Halloween photos developed, so I can add them to these pages, hope you will too.

Niki's page using last night's kit

2011-10-27T16:14:00.000+01:00

Hi Everyone

Here is my page using last night's kit:

The papers are the Victorian Gardens range by Echo Park. I was supposed to use the Victorian Gardens Element Stickers on this page too but somehow they had slipped under the mountain of stuff on my desk and I forgot all about them! So instead I added a few things to it myself:

The Prima Flowers were part of the kit but I added the swirls and the other bits and pieces including the huge yellow paperclip that I've had in my scrapbooking stash forever!

The alphabet is a chipboard set by American Crafts Thickers.

I love the little journalling tags - I just had those in my stash too but they were perfect for this layout.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you like my scrapbook page.

Don't forget to stop by the shop: Pages of Memories for all your crafting needs!

Niki xx

Niki's page for Wednesday 19th October 2011

2011-10-18T12:04:00.000+01:00

Hi Everyone

Here is my page using tomorrow evening's kit:

The only things I've added are the Prima flowers and the Alphabet which was actually left over from a previous week's kit

I wanted to make full use of the gorgeous flower cluster in the bottom left corner of the Glitz paper and didn't want to cover any of it with my photo so I carefully cut round it with a craft knife and slipped my photo underneath. I then added some Prima flowers together with some of the trims that came in the kit

This is what I did with the rest of the trims - no sewing involved, I simply stuck down the strips with double sided tape then stapled in place with my Tim Holtz tiny attatcher (I shall bring this tomorrow evening)

I punched some hearts from some of the left over paper and also cut out some shapes using nestabilities to put the title on. You can see in some of the pictures above that I have added some journalling to this page - I just cut a few different sized strips of one of the papers and arranged them over my photograph, then I handwrote my journalling.

I hope you like it - see you tomorrow

Niki xx

PS Don't forget to check out the shop: we now have Nikki & Friends stamps in stock!

Niki's page for next week's kit (12th Oct)

2011-10-06T16:21:00.000+01:00

Hi Everyone

Here is my page using next week's kit:

I love this kit - such bright colours and perfect to scrap my recent holiday!

I've added a few things to this kit - all the ric rak/trims are from my stash and so are the big buttons and the large alphabet font but that's it. The flip flops are just a rubber stamp that I stamped in different inks and cut out, as is the 'Life's a Breeze' sentiment in the bottom left corner and the sun.

I created a bit of texture on the page by adding some trims in the top left corner - sometimes embellishing over the photo creates a different effect and I quite like it!

I clustered all my bits here and added a large title. On one of the journalling cards that's in the kit, I added a longer title with the mini letters that come in the kit. Because the letters are little I managed to add quite a lot of detail in here. These letters go on forever, I used them on my page last week too and still have loads left!

Hope you like it and see you next week

Niki x

Niki's page from Wednesday 5th October

2011-10-06T16:10:00.000+01:00

Hi Everyone

Here is the page I did using last night's kit:

I have added to it a bit, although not too much. All I added were a couple of those lovely pink brads from a kit a fair few weeks ago now, and a button and a brad from my stash, everything else was in the kit.

I wasn't too sure what to do with the crepe garland so I added some double sided tape to a circle punched out of some card and gathered the crepe round in a circle to create my own embellishment. I added a couple of punched circles, a brad and a bow from one of the other trims we had and part of a shape cut with a nestability.

I created another embellishment up here by using part of one of the banners that were on one of the papers, some of the papers/card, two brads and a small piece of the brown trim.

I added the date of the photos to the other banner and stuck that down the bottom, and also a flat double bow with a button in the middle. If anyone would like to know how to make these then just ask me next week - they're really easy and there's no sewing involved Lisa!

I hope you like it - I'm really pleased with the way the page turned out.

See you next week

Niki x

Niki's Page from Wednesday 28 September

2011-09-30T14:55:00.000+01:00

Hi Everyone

Here is the page I did using the kit from 28th September:

In true Niki style I used pretty much the whole kit on one page. I've also added a few bits to it such as the Prima Flowers, Glitz Teeny Alpha, pearls, ribbons and some brads. Most of these you can get in our online shop.

First of all I stamped the background paper using a large heart stamp I have in my vast collection of rubber stamps, then I cut the large circles, cut my papers to size and arrnaged everything on the page. The border punch used at the top is by Martha Stewart and is called 'Beaded Arcs'. We did have this is stock but are now out, plus the supplier is out of stock too - it is obviously a popular one! We'll no doubt get hold of some soon though.

Once all my papers were arranged, I stuck everything down and added my epoxy stickers from the kit, the Prima Flowers, the titles and the brads. The brads were from a kit we did a few weeks back and we still have a few left - have a look in the shop.

Here are a few more pictures:

Hope you like it!

Niki x

Baby Card

2011-09-27T16:47:00.000+01:00

Hi Everyone

I didn't use the kit last week, instead I used the kit from the week before to make a baby boy card:

My husband asked me on my way out of the door to put a baby boy card together as someone at his office had just had one and he hadn't had a chance to get a card...bang went my evening's scrappin!

The papers were gorgeous so I didn't mind too much!

I cut the bunting out of the paper and made it into a feature on the corner of the card - the triangles were a bit too big so I trimmed them on the top to make the perfect size:

I finished off with a couple of different ribbons and stamped the sentiment. When I got home I coloured the face of the baby in skin tones as I'd forgotten to bring that ink with me!

Apologies for the bad quality photos - I took then on my phone - not quite up to my usual standard!

Apparently the mummy of that little baby boy was thrilled with her card - she is a crafter too so obviously appreciated my efforts!!

We have these papers on sale in our NEW ONLINE SHOP that is now all up and running so please stop by for a visit

See you tomorrow

Niki xx

PAGES FOR WEDNESDAY 21ST SEPT

2011-09-21T09:42:00.000+01:00

We chose beautiful crotched flowers, to co-ordinate with this weeks kit and they work very well.

With the use of buttons and twine, also added to these pages, the end result is very pleasing to the eye, as the embellishments complement the papers beautifully.

Pages for Wednesday 14th Sept

2011-09-13T22:09:00.000+01:00

These pages were great fun to create because they are so yummy !
They are from the Lost and Found range and are really good quality papers.
I feel the cardstock I chose, co-ordinates particularly well with the colours, making them easy to work with.

If you would like a kit, there are still a few available, just text me.

Niki's 'Self-Portrait' page

2011-09-08T16:53:00.000+01:00

Hi Everyone

I hope everyone enjoyed themselves last night I know I enjoyed creating with the fab kit we had to play with!

Here is what I came up with:

I am a bit more wasteful than Sandra and have therefore used my whole kit on just 1 page!

I used the lighter shade as my background and stuck on a large piece of the blue/brown paper. Before I actually stuck though I gutted the background paper so I could use parts of that on the layout as well. From that spare piece I mounted my photo, mounted the strip at the top and cut out one of the flowers and the swirl you can see in the bottom right corner.

I added my fibres and clustered the buttons over to the right:

I also added a few buttons from my own button collection, a little twill flower that I just sewed together using twill tape, and a charm. I kept some of my fibres back to tie through the middle of all the buttons as many of you who know me know that I can't stand naked buttons!!

I added my title using Prima alphabet stickers - some of which we will have in stock in the shop very soon (hopefully by next week)

The strip at the top was made by using some of the blue/brown paper and the EK Success Deco Scallop border punch which we currently do have in stock at the great price of £13.99.

I didn't want to cover up too many of the gorgeous flowers that were on the paper so I carefuly cut round one with a craft knife (I covered the back of the paper with a brown square so there were no gaps, and curled up the petals and re-attached over the top of my strip. I also cut round half of the middle flower so I could slip my photo under the petals:

I hope you like it and don't foget that we have a few kits left over if anyone would like to replicate my page as well as Sandra's. Just email us to reserve one.

I'm in Portugal next week so won't be at crop - see you the week after!

Niki x

pages for wednesday 7th september

2011-09-06T17:00:00.000+01:00

This week's pages were created using fibers and chipboard buttons. The papers used were by Best Creations. There are a few kits left if anyone would like to order one; if so please text me.

THIS WEEKS PAGES

2011-08-29T17:18:00.003+01:00

This weeks pages demonstrate the use of distressing inks and stamping. They also include the use of embossing folders and how to create a page pocket.

Mini Album Tutorial

2011-08-25T12:29:00.000+01:00

Hi Everyone

I hope you all enjoyed the crop last night - those papers in the kit were absolutely gorgeous. Here are Sandra's pages:

And here is my finished Mini Album:

I used the same papers as last night's pages plus 1 x sheet of 12x12 light pink card. I also added A4 sheets of brown and another pink which matched the papers well. Sandra has Bazzil to match if you need the solid colours. I also used the Trims and Brads that came in the kit.

To make the mini album:

1. Take your sheet of 12x12 cardstock and cut it into two strips measuring 5" x 12"

2. Score the first strip 3 1/2" in from each edge

3. Score the second strip 3 1/2" in from one side and 3 5/8" in from the other side. You should now have two strips one of which fits inside the other. Stick the middle two squares together. You will now have your mini album!

4. Decorate as desired and to finish off add ribbon around the outside and tie at the front. I used double sided sticky tape to attach the ribbon at the back and have just left the ends loose so that I can tie them at the front.

Good luck - any questions just ask: pagesofmemories@hotmail.co.uk and I will also bring the mini-album next week for people to look at.

Have a fab day

Niki & Sandra x