April Week 3 layout for Being Scrappy...

Morning Everyone!

I had some fab papers from Amy Tangerine's Ready Set Go collection to play with in this week's Being Scrappy Kit and decided to scrap some older photos of my friend's two oldest girls, Lexie and Becky with their dog Bonkers (I just love his name!). They really are quite old photos as the girls are now teenagers but better late than never...

I used the spotty 'Good Morning' paper as the base for my layout.

Take the 'Dress Code' paper and firstly cut out the flower motif (including the yellow and blue stripes) and put to one side. Then cut a 4" x 10.5" strip of the blue stripe 'Dress Code' paper and stick down to the right side of the layout.

Next cut a 3.5" x 6.5" piece of the red patterned 'Dress Code' paper and layer up onto the layout with the two manufacturer's strips.

Mount two 4" x 4" photos onto a piece of the blue Bazzill and stick to the layout.

Attach the flower motif with foam pads to the bottom right corner of the photos. 

I then finished off with a title using a Mini Alpha and Thickers from my own stash.

Now you did get some cute little decorated pegs to match and I totally forgot to use them! But if you pop on over to Niki's blog you will see how she used them on her layouts! This Kit is available for a limited time here and do check out the great value Kit subscription offer!

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x

Feb Week 1 Layout for Being Scrappy...

Hi Everyone!

Back with another layout from this week's Being Scrappy Kit. We had the yummy 'Dear Lizzy - 5th & Frolic' papers and a Thickers glittery Alpha by American Crafts to create with! I dug deep for my photos this week, they go back quite a few years to when my friend Kerrie's kids were still little (they turn 16 this year!).

I used the spotty 'Simplicity Circle' as the base for my layout, then cut a 6.5" x 9.25" piece of the raspberry Bazzill and tore the bottom off in a diagonal. Attach this to the left side of the layout and then stick down a 5.25" x 6" piece of the 'Memory Lane' paper just over the raspberry Bazzill. Cut an 11" x 1,25" strip of the triangle 'Cartwheel Court' paper and stick down towards the bottom of the 'Memory Lane' paper. Add one of the manufacturer's strips cut to 10.25" just under the larger strip. Punch a border in a 11" strip of the green Bazzill and stick this down over the top edge of the large strip.

Cut a 4.75" circle from the pink 'Memory Lane' paper, distress the edges and attach. Mount three photos onto the green Bazzill leaving just a thin border. My photo sizes are: 3.5" x 2.5" and 4" x 3.5". Sticl down onto the layout.

Add your embellishments... I punched different size circles from the patterned papers and Bazzill and layered these up above and below the photos, so they look like bubbles! Add some large gems and dots from the glittery Thickers Alpha.

Make a flower from layered strips of the pretty ribbon that comes with the Kit. Attach to the layout and add a layered paper centre and large gem.

Make a banner for the top right corner, using the green Bazzill, small pieces of ribbon, punched circles, large gems and twine.

Finish off with a title using my favourite Thickers (this comes with the Kit!).

To see other layout ideas from this Kit pop on over to Niki's blog and if you want to get creative yourself with this Kit have a look at the great value Kit subscription offer that Niki has here!

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x

Dec Week 4 layout for Being Scrappy...

Hi Everyone!

Merry Christmas.... I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas day yesterday. We certainly did, spending the day (and night) with Lee's family who are only 20 mins away from us. We opened presents, ate lots of good food, drank quite a bit and played board games until late - my favourite sort of Christmas! Then yesterday Lee, myself, his brothers and partners did our traditional Boxing Day walk up to a lovely pub in the countryside for a festive lunchtime drink... it definitely had to be mulled wine for me!

Anyway this week's Kit is perfect for scrapping those Christmas photos, I had a cute photo of my friends four kids from 2002 that was perfect!

I used the green Bazzill as the base for my layout. Then cut a 6" x 12" strip of the red Bazzill and border punch both of the long sides (I used a star border punch for mine). Attach this towards the bottom of the green Bazzill.

Cut a 5" x 8" piece of the pale green Bauble paper and a 4.75" x 10.25" of the Christmas Tree paper. Ink the edges with green ink and stick to the layout.

Cut a 9.5" x 1.5" piece of the green Stripe paper, ink the edges and stick down. Mount a 6" x 4" photo onto some of the red Bazzill and attach to the layout.

I used some of the buttons and fibres to embellish around the photo.

Add a title (I raided my stash for mine!), and finish off with some journalling.

This fab Kit is available for a limited time from here, don't forget to pop on over to Nicki's blog to see what she did with the Kit.

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x

More Scrapbook Layouts...

Hi Everyone,

I have some more layouts to share with you that were made at a one of Niki's classes. I attended it last month and have only just got round to photographing them all.... better late than never!

These pics are of my friend Kerrie's two oldest daughters when they were amost 2 years (they are now almost 14!)

This layout is actually Niki's very cute daughter Sophie...

For this layout I used a photo of my husband Lee when we were on our first trip to New York...

And finally this double page layout shows Lee and I with my mum and dad when they were over here visiting from Australia after our wedding in 2010...

These layouts were all made with Kits that are available for a limited time at Pages of Memories Online Store.

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x