February Week 4 layout for Being Scrappy...

Morning Everyone!

So, this week I am using the final lot of papers from the Feb Being Scrappy Kit... 'Cupid's Arrow' by My Mind's Eye and as the name would suggest they have a Valentine's slant to them. I chose a pic of my brother-in-law Sam and sister-in-law Cheryl on their wedding day, perfect to go with the fab foiled hearts paper.

I used the foil heart 'Confetti Hearts' paper for the base of my layout.

Next cut a 6" x 10.5" piece of the red 'Love Journal Cards' paper and stick down to the left side.

Then cut a 1.25" x 10.5" strip of the hearts 'Chevron' paper (making sure you get both the blue and red hearts when you cut).

Cut a 1" x 10.5" strip of the aqua Bazzill and punch a decorative edge, stick this just under the left side of the hearts strip and stick down to the far left overlapping the red already stuck down.

Pick one of the journaling cards from the 'Love Journal Cards' paper and stick down to bottom left.

I added a heart doily from my stash.

Mount a 4.5" x 6" photo (cropped down from 5" x 7") onto the aqua Bazzill and stick down.

Punch 6 x hearts from the different papers and stick down in the top right corner, add some striped twine to create a string of bunting.

Finish off with a title using the Thickers alpha that comes with the Feb Kit.

To see the layouts that Niki has come up with this week pop on over to her blog.

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x

December Week 1 layout for Being Scrappy...

Morning Everyone!

The new Being Scrappy Kit for December is now out! For this week's layout I used the graphic 'Wild and Free' papers by Glitz to scrap some funny photos of Lee and his sister-in-law Cheryl. They were taken in the photo booth at Sam and Cheryl's wedding and they were a bit silly with some of the props that you could use!

I used the 'Wild & Free Drips' paper as the background for the layout. I really liked the pattern so didn't want to cover it up too much, so kept the embellishments to a minimum.

Cut a 0.75" x 10.75" strip of the 'Wild & Free Arrows' (orange/yellow side) and stick down approx. 5" up from the bottom edge of the layout.

 

Next cut a 3" x 4.5" piece of the 'Wild & Free Arrows' paper (arrows side) and stick down just above the strip. 


Mount your photos onto a 7.25" x 3" strip of the 'Wild & Free Arrows' paper and stick down to the right side of the layout. My photos were 1.75" x 2.75" as they were from the photo booth, but you could use a 6" x 4" portrait photo instead.  

Add the small white Polaroid die cut that comes with the Kit. Finish it off with a button tied with twine (these both come with the Kit).

I then punched an orange/green/yellow 6.5" x 1.25" strip of the 'Wild & Free Arrows' paper with a chevron punch and layered it with more of the same paper (but a more yellow strip). Stick down just over the other strip and photos. 

You get a fab 12" x 12" sticker sheet to match the Glitz papers and I used two of the alphas to add my title.

Then I used plenty of the word stickers in a circle around the photos and title. Done! 

Have a look here to see what Niki came up with this week. The fab Being Scrappy Kit is available here during December.

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x

Wedding Day...

Hi Everyone!

Wow...three posts in one day! Just trying to catch up and get some photos on here that I have been wanting to do since last weekend. It was Lee's younger brother Chris's wedding on Fri 20th to Louise over in Henley-on-Thames...

Just married...

The hand embroidered ring cushion...

Lee with his mum and dad...

Lee's uncle and aunt, Stephen and Bridget...

Lee's brother Sam and his fiance Cheryl...

Lee and I...

A proud dad and his sons...

In the garden by the Thames...

 
The table centre...

The flowers and lucky horseshoe...

Cutting the cake...

The stunning cake...

A fabulous day and a fun evening with good music and dancing!

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x

June Week 1 Layout for Pages of Memories...

Hi Everyone!

In this week's Pages of Memories Scrapbooking Kit we had the lovely 'Tigerlilly' papers and Alpha Stickers from Kaisercraft to work with. I am not really a pink person but it was combined with orange which I love, so decided to try and focus more on the orange elements. I had a nice pic of Lee and myself with his brother Sam and fiance Cheryl at their engagement party that worked well with the papers.

Word of advice to start with.... cut off the manufacturers strips on each of the papers, we will use some of them later! For my base I used the words side of  the 'Coral' paper cut to 11.5" x 11.5", this was mounted onto the black Bazzill (I gutted the centre first). Then I cut a piece of the striped 'Blush' paper 5 3/4" x 5 1/2" and rounded the top corners. I also cut a piece of the spot 'Blossom' paper 5 3/4" x 5" and mounted both pieces to the right side of my paper. My photo was 7" x 5" but I did cut it down to 6 1/4" x 4 1/2" and mounted onto a piece of the 'Blush' paper (orange side).

I cut out a selection of the flowers from the 'Blossom' papers (9 in total) and then attached some of these to the top left corner of my photo (4 x flowers) with some of them raised on foam pads.

Another 4 of the flowers were attached to the bottom right of the layout, again I raised some on foam pads. I then attached a couple of the manufacturers strips (9" and 10" strips) along with a border punched strip of the black Bazzill (8.5" strip) to the bottom of the photo. I added some journalling using some of the Glitz Teeny Alphas that I had leftover from a class that I did.

I added a title with the Kaisercraft Alpha Stickers that came with the Kit, however as they were bright pink (and you will remember that I said I am not a massive fan of pink!) I decided to alter them slightly... using some black Staz On ink and a sponge dauber. They turned out just right...a dark shade of plum that worked perfectly with the layout! And a few more of those Teeny Alphas...

To finish off I added just a little bit of detail to the top left of the layout as it felt a little bare... using the last flower that I had, a small leftover piece from the manufacturers strip and a short piece of the border punched black Bazzill...

This Kit is available for a limited time here, do have a look at the great value monthly subscription offer that is also available! And do pop on over to the Being Scrappy blog here to see more fab projects made with this Kit!

Thanks for looking!
Kirei