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

May Week 4 layout for Being Scrappy...

Morning Everyone!

This week's Being Scrappy Kit had a fab selection of papers from Echo Park, My Mind's Eye and Studio Calico to play with. I had a good pic of Lee and his brother Sam after a 10k run they did in 2009 that I had been waiting to scrap.

I used the cream Bazzill as the base for the layout. Then I cut a 9" x 9.5" piece of the Studio Calico paper to go on the right side of the layout. Before sticking it down punch a fancy border in a 1" x 9.5" strip of red Bazzill and tuck this under the top edge of the Studio Calico paper and stick both down.

Cut a 3.25" x 12" piece of the red Bazzill and layer this with a 3" x 12" piece of the My Mind's Eye paper and stick down.

Next cut a 3.5" x 9.5" piece of the Echo Park paper and stick down.

Mount a photo onto red Bazzill. Mine was a 7" x 5" photo that I cropped to 6.25" x 4.5" but you could easily use a 6" x 4" or 7" x 5" photo if you wanted.

Add some journaling on strips of the Studio Calico paper and stick below the photo.

I added a title using alphas from my own stash. Finish off with a few of the butterflies that came with the Kit.

You can get this fab Kit for a limited time here.... pop on over to Niki's blog to see the layouts she came up with up!

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