September Clique Kit Blog Hop

Sorry for the late post I thought I'd be home to post it but the truck wanted me to get more done than just an oil change. 

Welcome to Clique Kits blog hop. I didn't get done as much as I wanted, but hey 3 layouts is better than 0 right. 

The first layout is pretty basic, I don't know why I didn't have any drive this month I LOVE LOVE LOVE this kit and the papers were yummy, I think it's because I scrapped out of order and it kind of threw me. Anyways here are the kids at Disneyland/California Adventure. The big candy corn is from 1 of the A's in CALIFORNIA. Again the layout doesn't even capture that it's Halloween or Disney but I wanted it to capture more of the love between the kids. The 2 photos on the right weren't posed, I'm so glad I got their love on film. 

I loved doing this next page for a couple of reasons. A) the homemade hearts for the kit LOVE LOVE LOVE them B) I used part of the packaging as one of the layers and C) I had taken these pictures from my office window. My son realized it in the last pic as you can see.

My last layout was a little tricky for me until a friend gave me a heart doily, I inked it and then it all seemed to fall into place.

I didn't get a chance to do another phone case ;'( but I'll make sure to try and make one next month =)

make sure to check out the other ladies in the blog hop

Clique Kits

Gia
Jody
Erica
Lacey
Stephanie
Rosann
Tyra
Danielle
Charity
Cassandra
Sarah
Alisha~~ you are here~~
Mariah

Show & Tell Your Favorite Thing(s)

 

 Have you tried scrapbooking with one of those "Scrapbooking Kits" ,you know the ones that get mailed to you with paper and embellishments from different companies, all rolled into one kit?  This is my first month to ever play/work with such a kit. I made my own before and used that but this is the first time I ever ordered one. 
   The kit I picked to use is from Clique Kits. Each month they have a different kit all ready for you. For June the theme is Show & Tell Your Favorite Thing(s). When I first saw the kit I was a little scared, I don't normally use black & white and bold bright colors but that's why I got the kit in the first place right, to try something new and expand my creativity. Luckily I already had in mind what I was going to scrapbook. I scrap in order as much as possible or else I get too unorganized and right now I'm doing our Disney Cruise from 2005. Yeah I'm a little behind. 

   My first layout is Donald Duck and my kids. My kids love Donald, mostly my daughter. I had so much fun making this page. Adding the black and white to the bold colors was a little uneasy at first but I love how it turned out.  Can you find the hidden Mickey??

See the video here

 

     Join me to see others use the same kit, in doing so you can win a $10 gift card from Clique Kit, all you have to do is go to each of the blogs below and comment on their Show & Tell posts. Good luck :)

 Clique Kits

                                                                                Gia
                                                                                Jody
                                                                               Erica
                                                                               Lacey
                                                                            Stephanie
                                                                               Madge
                                                                               Charity
                                                                               Rosann
                                                                               Shayne
                                                                                Alisha  *You are here*
                                                                               Danielle
                                                                                 Tyra
                                                                                 Tess
                                                                             Cassandra

         Mariah   

Blog Hop

 

Welcome to the SG Blog Hop for June, if this is your first stop, you might like to start at the Scrapbook Generation blog and then hop through each link. Here is the list in case you get lost

Scrapbook Generation blog - http://scrapbookgeneration.blogspot.com/

Ruth - http://scrapmachine.com/

Alisha - http://layoutaday.blogspot.com/ You Are Here

Michelle - http://ownerofchanel.blogspot.com/

Manda - http://mandalikadesigns.blogspot.com/

Sheree - http://www.sheree412.blogspot.com/

Nicole - http://nicolesscrapbook.blogspot.com/

Tammy - http://www.tammygrant.blogspot.com/

Steffanie - http://steffanies.blogspot.com/

Cécil - http://isbahashome.blogspot.fr/

Stephanie - http://craftyholidaygirl.blogspot.com/

Nicole - http://lovemesomepaper.blogspot.com/

Brenda - http://roseblossomlegacies.com/

Kelley - http://www.kelleykreates.blogspot.com/

Lindsey - http://www.scrapping-by-the-sea.com/

Wanda - http://sketch-lovers.blogspot.com/

Mandi - http://mjskraze.blogspot.com/
Laureen - http://mybusyscrapbookinghands.blogspot.ca/
Corrina - http://anotherthingoffthelist.blogspot.ca/
Cicily - http://www.pinkdalmationscrapper.blogspot.com/
Michele - http://michelesscrapycreations.blogspot.com/
Tessa - http://www.scrapwithtessa.blogspot.com/

Sherri - http://www.sherripriest.blogspot.com/
Devra - http://mycreativeview.blogspot.com/

Tina - http://tiggersscrapplace.blogspot.com/

Deborah - http://scrappingmycrazylife.blogspot.com/

Each blog will share a project using one of the SG sketches as a starting point. You can find the sketches in their books and downloads in the SG store, and there is a free one every month in case you wanted to try it out.

For my Layout I used a page kit from Scrapbook Generations by Allison Davis. I scrap in order so when this challenge came about I was a little scared. I didn't want to jump to far ahead. Luckily I only had to jump ahead a few pages in my album. The kit called for 8 photos. 2-4x6 1 3x4 and
5- 2.5x2.5. I made my 3x4 into a 3x4.5, plus I added a 2.5x2.5. I was having a hard time with the colors of the layout but I did it anyway determined for it to "work".  I first followed the instructions, changed the title and came up with this:
 

But I it wasn't speaking to me, I was thrown from the purple in the photos. Plus it was celebrating Disney's 50th Birthday so I wanted more Gold. I shopped from my stash, redid the layout and came up with this:

What layout do you like more? I'm still on the fence. I think maybe the background paper is too Gold.

 

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Next on the hop is Michelle - http://ownerofchanel.blogspot.com/  leave a comment on each blog and one lucky commenter will receive a free sketch bundle of their choice from the store. The winner will be draw on June 10th, so you have one week to leave a comment.