Weekend Inspiration - Seaside kit layouts and more!

Hi!

Tatiana is here with you today and this time I'd like to share my  layout with June Scraps of Darkness kit 'Seaside'.

My layout is about treasures found in the river. We spent a lot of time this year in our summer cottage. There is a small river near it and there are so many interesting things can be found especially if you have a scoop-net. For my layout I chose photo with my daughter and her findings. As a base I used dark Kaisercraft paper from the main kit and adhered on it triangle cut from other Kaisercraft paper. On one side of a triangle I adhered sticker from the Kaisercraft High Tide Collection and on other side I wrote journaling.

We found shells, snails, dragonflies, butterflies, small fishes, water plants and many other stuffs. And I decided to use similar things in my project and June kit and Elements add on are perfect for my goal. Happily we didn't find bottle in our river (it's rather clear), but I decided to add it to my project as findings symbol. I'm not sure if it's visible on the photo, but epoxy stickers from 49 and Market are so gorgeous, they are layered and have so beautiful color palette, I adore them.

I also added beads, sequins, pearls and rhinestones to my project. For the final touches I added splashes of white Kaisercraft and Tsukineko texture mists.

I used for my project, from the Main kit:

papers from Kaisercraft's High Tide Collection

Kaisercraft High Tide Collection Cardstock Stickers (12x12")

49 and Market Shimmer & Shine Flowers: Amber Jardin Secret

metal dragonfly charm

Pastel Glass Gems

from the Elements add on:

49 and Market Sand and Sea Layered Embellishments

Prima Traveler's Journal Flowers: Over The Sea Butterflies

Blue Fern Studios laser cut chipboard: Anchors Away

I have last project with June Scraps of Darkness kit 'Seaside'.

For my layout I chose photo of me and my husband in Spain. I used 49 and Market paper and created cluster with embellishments near the photo. I used die-cuts, 3d stickers from the Elements add on, Kaisercraft stickers, sisal, flowers and seashells.

Blue Fern Studios chipboard from the Main kit was covered with Ingvild Bolme ink from the May Scraps of Darkness kit, then I added randomly Kaisercraft ink and glitter from the Main kit.

I also added a little bit of background stamping with Ingvild Bolme ink. Anchor was covered with two Martha Stewart acrylic paint, then I disressed borders with Ingvild Bolme ink.

I used, from the main kit and Elements Add On:

paper from 49 and Market's Sand and Sea Collection

Kaisercraft High Tide Collection Cardstock Stickers (12x12")

49 and Market Shimmer & Shine Flowers: Amber Jardin Secret

WOW! Whirlpool Embossing Powder

49 and Market Sand and Sea Layered Embellishments

Prima Traveler's Journal Flowers: Over The Sea Butterflies

Blue Fern Studios laser cut chipboard

As a bonus I came back with a layout for Scraps of Darkness kit club 'Attic Finds'.

For my project I used background paper from 7 Gypsies collection. I added colors using Gelatos, Lindy's mists, Jacquard paint and Ranger Distress Crayon. Then I added background stamping and texture using Kaisercraft stencil included in the Main kit.

On the next step I decided to add more texture and used glitters from the previous kits, beads and flakes.

Fore adding more bling to my project I used sequins, rhinestones and liquid drops.

For the final touches I added splashes.

I used from the Main kit

Tim Holtz Idea-Ology Emporium Ephemera Pack

7 Gypsies Architextures Findings Adhesive Embellishments: Tin Ceiling Tiles

Prima Wild & Free Flowers: Lost Sienna

Kaisercraft Mini Designer Template: Splatter

Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Crayon

Scrapberry's Vintage Circus Metal Charms

From the Elements Add On

Blue Fern Studios laser cut chipboard: Veranda Cage Set

Have a wonderful day!

Puppy Love... a mixed media pet layout

Good morning everyone!

I love dogs....they really seem to make a house a home.....

Kasia feels the same way..... she created this layout with the May Twisted & Tangled kit.

I just {heart} the background work.............

and all those yummy layers...............

Thanks for stopping by!

DT Reveal for our Destinations kit!

Happy Thursday, my fellow scrappers, the weekend is almost here, and we have some fabulous inspiration to get your weekend scrapping kick started!  Today is our Design Team Reveal for our Destinations kit...

In case you haven't seen our May kit yet, I'll share a pic of that, so you can see what the ladies on our DT were working with - and with a little note that we still have a few kits left in our store, but they are going fast...

I thought I'd share one project from each designer, and if you click on the designer's name, you'll be taken to her blog, where you can see more of her work with the kit, so here we go!

Mandy Harrell

Karen Zueger

Renea Harrison

Drycha

Marianne Johansson

Kim Arledge

And as usual, Customs wants to play with our kits, too!  So they aren't letting Solange Marques play with her kit yet, but as soon as they do, we'll share her gorgeous projects with you, too.

I hope you've enjoyed seeing a few of the things our Design Team ladies have made with the kit, and will add a little note that if you'd like to join in on any of our ongoing challenges, just stop by our forum - we love having new people join in, and you don't need one of our kits to participate, you can scrap with the goodies you already have, if you like!

~Melinda

May Kit Reveal and Round Robin Final Round

Today I'm doing two, yes two, posts in one!  Our May kit is here, and yesterday was the final reveal for our April Round Robin Challenge.

"Yesterdays" Kit

Our May kit will bring you back to those beautiful childhood summer days.  We've assembled the perfect collection of papers and embellishments to create your Mother's Day projects, scrap those treasured vintage and childhood photos, or just create something beautiful...  The kit includes items from Pink Paislee's gorgeous Hope Chest collection, Prima's sweet Fairy Rhymes collection, incredibly intricate and beautiful laser cut cardstock doilies from Gina's designs, and so much more!  Stop by our store or website to see the full list of what's included.

I usually don't include the kit add ons to our blog posts, since they are on the website, but the papers in this month's kit are just so gorgeous, I couldn't resist... so here are the papers you will find in both our Main kit above, and our Patterned Paper Add On:

 

The ladies on our design team are currently working their magic with the kit, and will begin sharing their work on May 5th, so stay tuned!

And on to the Round Robin... Yesterday was the reveal of the final round of our April Round Robin, so I thought rather than just posting the final round, I'd post them in succession for each team, so that you can see how each artist was inspired by the earlier rounds.

Team One

This was my entry:

And I was inspired by Monica's layout:

And Monica was inspired by Renea's layout:

Team Two

This is Lisa's layout:

And Lisa was inspired by  Lee's layout:

And Lee was inspired by Pat's layout:

Team Three

This is Maja's layout:

And Maja was inspired by Cathi's layout:

And Cathi was inspired by Kim's layout:

Our May Round Robin sign up is happening now, please consider joining us - it's a lot of fun, and we do not require that you use any of our products in the challenge - it's open to everyone!

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you've enjoyed seeing the new kit and our Round Robin entries, and I hope we've inspired you to Create Something Beautiful Today!

~Melinda