July Week 1 layout for Pages of Memories

Hi Everyone!

This week's Kit from Pages of Memories had some very pretty papers from the Prima 'Songbird' collection. One of the sheets was a page of elements that you could cut out (tickets/circles/border strips/frames etc..) and some of these were all about friends so I knew straight away the photo I was going to scrap! It was one of me with my friend Sharon and her daughter Rachel whom we caught up with when back in Australia recently.

I used the grid side of 'Sunrise' as the base for my layout (gut a section approx. 6" x 6.5" from under where the 'Title-it' paper will go). I then cut a 7.5" x 7.5" piece of the 'Title-it' paper which I distressed on three edges, and tore off the bottom edge. This was used as a mount for my photo which was 7" x 5" but I cut it down to 6.25" x 4.5". Attach this to the right side of the layout.

Hint: as I wanted to use particular elements from the 'Title-it' paper I did have to play around with where I was going to cut the piece from, so you may want to have a look and decide the best place to cut it from before you start chopping it up!

I then cut some of the elements from the 'Title-it' paper that I wanted to use and layered these up on the top right and bottom left of the photo. Some of these were mounted on foam pads to give added dimension. At the same time I added some of the pretty ribbon that came in the Kit and a border punched piece of the peach Bazzill.

From the gutted piece of  'Sunrise' paper I punched two leafy vine strips using a Martha Stewart punch and stuck these down on the left side of the layout.

To finish off I added a title with the Prima alphas that came with the Kit.

Pop on over to the Being Scrappy blog to see what else Niki has come up with using this Kit!

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x

June Week 4 layout for Pages of Memories

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It was a green theme for this week's Kit from Pages of Memories with some fab papers from the Kaisercraft 'Chapter One' collection. I had the perfect photos to scrap with this Kit that were taken a little earlier this year.

I used the bright green Bazzill as my base, now I did gut it first but didn't actually end up using any of it for the layout. It does give me some scraps though to use with the other leftovers from the Kit!

I cut a piece of the 'Flourish' paper 10" x 7" and rounded the bottom corners and stuck this to the bottom half of my base. Then I cut a 10" x 4" piece of the 'Encourage' paper (make sure the stripes are going in the right direction!). This was attached directly above the 'Flourish' paper to the top section of the layout.

The photos were stuck down next... first was the larger photo, this was a 7" x 5" but it was cut down slightly to 6 1/2" x 5" and the bottom corners were rounded before attaching to the bottom right of the layout. I then used two 6" x 4" photos but they were cut down to 3 1/4" x 4" and 3 1/4" x 6" (you could use more photos as long as they can fit into the space). I cut a 10" x 1/2" strip of the light green Bazzill and stuck this down onto the striped 'Entourage' paper so that it would provide a small border to the top edge of the photos.

I then cut a 1 1/2" x 12" strip of the striped 'Entourage' paper (make sure the stripes are running the right way) and then drew a curved edge on the strip before cutting out and attaching to the layout in between the top and bottom photos. Over this I attached a narrow strip of the light green Bazzill and then finished off with a strip of the bobble ribbon that came with the Kit.

I used a couple of the flowers and brads that came with the Kit, and layered them with some white punched out flowers. Attach these with some glue dots to the left of both the bottom and top photos. To finish off I added a title and journalling with some large and small alphas from my stash.

Want some more inspiration? Then take a look at Niki's layout using this same Kit over at
her Being Scrappy blog.

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x

June Week 3 layout for Pages of Memories

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The Pages of Memories Kit for this week included some very pretty papers from the My Mind's Eye 'Miss Caroline' range which went perfectly with some wedding photos of my sister Tina and her husband Craig.

I used the pale yellow Bazzill as my base, I did gut it but only ended up using a few strips of it later for my journalling. I then cut an 11" x 11" piece from the orange spot 'Lovely' Mums paper and attached it to my base. From the 'Beautiful' paper I cut a 2" x 12" strip that I atached down on the left side of the layout. A piece of the yellow diamond 'Lovely' Wallpaper paper was cut into 7" x 9" and layered over the other papers. Finally I cut a 3" x 7" piece of the floral diamonds 'Lovely' Wallpaper paper and stuck that down to the right side of the layout, this forms the base for my journalling.

The photos I used were 6" x 4" but were cut down slightly to 4" x 5", one of them was mounted onto some of the orange Bazzill. These were both attached to the layout.

The pretty flowers that came with the Kit were used as a focal point between the two photos. I cut some strips of the pale yellow Bazzill for my journalling and stuck them down onto the floral diamond patterened paper. 

I attached some of the brads in a type of photo corner in the bottom right and upper
left of the layout. To finish off I used some alphas from my stash for the title!

This Kit is available for a short time from the Pages of Memories Online Store. To see more fab layouts with this Kit pop on over to the Being Scrappy blog.

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x

June Week 2 Layout for Pages of Memories

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This week's Kit from Pages of Memories included the very pretty 'Pixie Glen' papers from Prima and some Glitz Teeny Alphas. I had a sweet photo of Lee's godson Oscar that I have been waiting to scrap for quite some time (he is almost 3 now)... 

I cut a 7" x 12" piece of the cream Bazzill for the centre of my layout.

Then I cut 2 x pieces of the 'Cornwall' paper (floral vines side) 4 1/2" x 12" and 3 3/4" x 12" to use for the top and bottom of the layout. These were heavily distressed along the long inner edges with scissors, and then ripped a little and curled.

I cut a strip of the 'Cornwall' paper (green side) 1 1/2" x 12", and from the 'Devon' paper I cut the striped piece (from the side with lots of small elements) and distressed the long edges of both strips. These 2 x strips were attached to just under the distressed edges fof the large pieces of 'Cornwall' paper (look at the photo to see exactly what I mean). Then these were attached to the piece of cream Bazzil that you cut earlier. Make sure when you do this that the page still measures 12" x 12"!

My photo was mounted onto the brown Bazzill and attached to the right side of the layout, just tuck it under the curled edges.

I embellished the top right and bottom left of the photo with various elements cut from the 'Devon' paper, pieces of the flower ribbon that was in the kit, layered flowers (cut with a Tim Holtz Tattered Floral die) and leaves (cut with a Sizzix die). Some of them were raised up on foam pads.

I finished off with a title using the Glitz Teeny Alphas....

Pop on over and have a look at the blog for more layout ideas using this Kit.

Thanks for looking!
Kirei

June Week 1 Layout for Pages of Memories...

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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

More layouts from Pages of Memories...

Hi Everyone!

Hope you are all enjoying the amazing weather at the moment, let's hope it is as good for the Jubilee weekend coming up!

Anyway here are my last 3 x layouts that I did for Pages of Memories...

This one is using the May Week 2 Kit 'Sweet Pea' and I had a lovely photo of a family get together in 2010 with Lee and I, both of our parents and his nan. We took his nan to Sopwell House in St. Albans for dinner as she couldn't make it out to Las Vegas for our wedding. Unfortunately she passed away last year so this holds some very special memories for us.

The next layout was using the May Week 3 Kit 'Rosy Love' and I had a beautiful photo of my sister on her wedding day that I knew I wanted to use. I loved her bright bouquet of gerberas and the colours matched perfectly with the papers...

My final layout was using the May Week 4 Kit 'Con Brio' and I had a cute photo of our friend's daughter Lucy to use...

You can buy all of these Page Kits from the Pages of Memories Online Store for a limited time!

Thanks for looking!

Kirei x

More Pages of Memories layouts...

Hi Everyone!

Here are the last three weeks of layouts for Pages of Memories, the online store that I design for...

The first one was the April Week 3 Kit 'Decorate' and had the lovely My Minds Eye 'Miss Caroline' papers to work with, I had a cute picture of my friends daughter Phoebe on a rocking horse that I think went really well with the rustic, country style papers.

My second layout used the April Week 4 Kit 'Train' and I had some sweet photos of little Joe, my friend Andrea's son that worked perfectly! See.... even the My Minds Eye 'Lost & Found 2' glitter papers can be used for a boy!

And my final layout was for the May Week 1 Kit 'Province' using Prima 'En Francais' papers. I had a lovely photo of Lee's mum and dad, Sue and Garry taken on a night out celebrating Garry's retirement.

All of these Kits are available for a limited time at the Pages of Memories Online Store. Pop on over to the Pages of Memories blog to see more layouts made with these Kits.

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x

Pages of Memories layouts

Hi Everyone!

I haven't posted my DT layouts for Pages of Memories for a little while so here are the last 3 that I did....

The first one was using the lovely and bright 'Lime Twist' papers from My Minds Eye. I had a cute photo of my friend Nicki and her daughter Phoebe that went perfectly...

My next layout was made using the fab Echo Park 'This and That' range and I had a great photo of my brother-in-law and his fiance on the TV while at Wimbledon. I was watching it and the cameras did such a close up shot that I spotted them, so as I was recording it I went back afterwards and took a photo!

My final layout was from the lovely Prima 'Cornwall' papers and I had a lovely photo of my friend Andrea and her son Joe that I thought went perfectly.... it just goes to show that pink can work for a boy!

All these Kits are available for a short time over at the Pages of Memories Online Store, and to see more layouts made with these Kits pop on over to the Pages of Memories blog.

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x

Pages of Memories March Week 4 Layout

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This week's Kit contained some fab My Minds Eye 'Kraft Funday' papers (I use kraft paper a lot so loved that there were three patterned sheets of it!). I came up with this layout as I thought the bunting paper was perfect with a playtime photo of me and our godson Freddie at a soft play!

Some close up shots of the detail...

The alpha stickers were from my own stash...

I actually used this Kit previously in a class of Niki's that I went to, my layout from that is in the post below...

This Kit is called 'Kraft Funday' and is available for a limited time from the Pages of Memories Online Store.

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x