Celebrate Life

Focus On Heirloom!

Happy Friday!  The weather is finally cooling off and it's starting to feel a bit like fall.  The perfect time to get out the new Heirloom set and play a bit!  Heirloom is full of rich colors and textures, gorgeous patterns and meaningful sentiments.  Here is a peek at the Heirloom Paper Pad....

 

and look at these fantastic Chipboard Accents...

Heirloom can be used for everyday pictures like Jennifer Johner chose.  

Love the slice of life her layouts have....

 

 

Or Heirloom can be used for family photos....

 

Even though you might thing 'fall' when you see Heirloom, the bright colors work well for any season. 

Here's a summer layout with visiting family.....

 

Be sure to check last week's post for the winner announcement!!  This week how about.......another Grateful Creative Kit!!  Just leave us a comment and then check back here next Friday for the winner announcement!!

Wildcard Wednesday: Little One Page Kit

Happy Hump Day!  This Wednesday we're going to look at another Page Kit, the cutest one of all...Little One.

The Kit includes 4 Glitter Cardstocks, 8 Patterned Cardstocks, Alpha Stickers, Glitter Stickers and Rub-Ons.  There is enough product inside the Page Kit to make a number of pages or even a small themed album.  

 

On my layout, "thank you mr stork", I decided to use a large number of photos.  One thing about having a new baby....the number of photos you take goes up about 300%!  And I seem to have to get almost all of them printed.  I decided that instead of scrapbooking just one event or day I would mix together several photos over a period of time.  They were all 4" x 6" photos that I trimmed down to 4" x 4".  I adhered them in a grid pattern on a background paper.  One photo on each row is adhered with pop dots to add some dimension to the layout.  I left one square empty and filled it with a Patterned Cardstock.  I embellished with the Alpha Stickers, Glitter Stickers and Rub-Ons.  I added a skinny strip of Patterned Cardstock to several of the photo squares to dress it up a bit.  I added the Rub-Ons directly on the photos.  I didn't put much journaling on this page because I've already scrapbooked the majority of these photos on their own individual pages.  But, if you have more journaling to add you could always create a companion page, journal on the back, or use one of the photo squares for journaling. 

 

The Page Kits are also great for cardmaking!  By creating the main embellishment out of Patterned Cardstock you could repeat the same card over again several times with just small changes in the Sticker or Rub-On embellishments.  This would be perfect for a shower invitation or for thank you notes!

 

Products Used:

Little One Page Kit

Allotted Time: 30 minutes(layout)   15 minutes (card)

Thank you so much for all your suggestions on what to share each Wednesday.  I've filled in the calendar and have some fun things in store for you!  Next week I'll be sharing a sketch & project...can't wait!

Shop KI: Deal of the Week!

Deal of the Week

Bloom Collection

 

Today's "Deal of the Week" includes the Bloom Collection

Two 12"x12" Lace Cardstock

Four 12"x12" Shimmer Papers & Twelve 12"x12" Double-Sided Patterned Papers

40 Chipboard Alphabet Stickers

37 Chipboard Icon Stickers

26 Epoxy Stickers

45 Glitter Rub-ons


   

And here are several samples using the Bloom Collection!

 

    

Challenge: Create 2 Layouts

When you make a layout and the design just works...and you love it...why not create another one?!!  This week I challenge you to create a layout, then scraplift that layout.  You'll end up with two layouts you love!  You can see the layouts I made are similar, but not just alike.  I used the same basic design, but changed it up just a bit.  Both of these layouts feature the Bloom Collection. 

 

 

There is a Bloom Collection Special Value Kit at Shop KI right now!  Look at all you get....

 

This amazing kit includes a full collection of Bloom products that are versatile and perfect for your scrapbooking, card making and paper crafting projects! Included are 166 total pieces. You'll receive 2 sheets of lace cardstock, 4 shimmer papers, 12 double sided patterned papers, 45 glitter rub-ons, 26 epoxy stickers, 40 chipboard alphabet pieces and 37 chipboard icon pieces. That is over $30 in product value for a limited time special price.

Focus On Baby....

Happy Friday!  Today is all about the Little One!  We are expecting a very important arrival into the KI family in the next few weeks.  The KI DT got together and decided to make some pages for Kim and Ira so all that's needed is a photo and some journaling.  Today we are going to share some of their creations.  They were made with a mixture of KI products, primarily Baby Cakes, Little One and Toy Box.  All great sets for layouts about your Little Ones!

  

by Celeste Smith

 

  

by Lisa Dickinson

 

 

  

by Amy Licht

 

  

by Staci Etheridge

 

  

by Gretchen McElveen

 

and here are two adorable cards by Gretchen

  

by Dustin Nakamura

 

 

  

by Shannon Tidwell

 

 
 

How's that for a little baby lovin'?!  This week we are giving away an assortment of Lace Cardstock!  Leave us a comment and be entered to win!  Winner will be randomly chosen and announced next Friday.

Have a splendid weekend!  

 

Email me, Barb!

Oh wow, what wonderful pages for a gift album! I love seeing how different everyone's styles are. :) Congrats to Kim and Ira!! :)

Posted by: Barb | November 08, 2009 at 10:13 PM

Wildcard Wednesday: Party Time Twirls

Birthday parties, oh the fun!  They are so much work but the end result....a happy child and cute photos...are what it's all about.  My youngest daughter turned one a couple months ago.  I took enough pictures to fill two scrapbooks.  I will scrap some of them to tell the story and others I will use to make cute party pages.  Scrapbooking doesn't have to be all one or the other.  Sometimes we feel like telling the story and other times we feel like making a pretty page just because.  And you know what...we can even mix to the two if we want!  Isn't scrapbooking great?!  

 

 

On this page I used an enlarged photo 12" x 8" and adhered it to a white cardstock background.  Next I cut 12" strips of several papers from the Party line as well as Flourish.  The Party Multi Stripe  is a great paper to use.  I rolled each strip around a skinny round tool I had at my desk.  I then stapled the end of each strip across the top of the page.  Once I had all the strips attached I used a border punch to make a scalloped strip of paper across the top.  I adhered it with pop dots so there was room for the staples underneath.  To help fill in some of the white space between the twirls I punched 1" circles of patterned paper and adhered them with pop dots.  

The twirls add to the fun party theme of this layout.  Yes, they are full and once in your albums they will smoosh a little, but that's okay.  You can help them smoosh down by gently pressing down on them and forming them into flatter twirls.  

Products Used:

Party 12" x 12" Paper Pad
Flourish 12" x 12" Paper Pad
Toy Box Alpha Glitter Sticker
Cute Domino Chipboard Alpha
Party Chipboard Accents
Party Epoxy Icon Stickers

Alloted Time: 45 minutes  to 1 hour

Challenge: The Everlasting Christmas To Do List

 
Does that title freak you out a bit? We only have 53 shopping days until Christmas. I don’t know about you, but I have a lot to do in those 53 days. So I thought I’d make myself a simple, pretty Christmas to do list to keep myself organized.

 

I created a PDF of lists. I’ve also created one for Hanukkah. My design is totally inspired by Erin Vale, an amazing graphic designer who offers free printables on her blog regularly.

Download Christmas To Do list

 

Download Hanukkah To Do List

 

Supplies you’ll need:

Printer

Computer Paper

Printed Copies of the PDF

Sewing Machine

Binder Clips

Patterned Paper

Adhesive

 

First, I printed 5 copies of the PDF. Then I cut the pages into 15 evenly sized pages for my list pad.

 

Next, I lined up my pages and put a binder clip towards the middle on the side of the stack of papers to hold them together.

 

 

Then I ran the top edge of the paper through my sewing machine. I did this twice just to be sure the pad would stay together. The sewn line will act as perforation so you can rip the sheets off – you’ll want to get as close to the side edge of the paper as you can when you sew.

 

 

Next I cut a piece of patterned paper to 3 inches by the width of the pad. I barely covered up the sewn line on the front so the perforation would work and folded the paper over the back to make a bound edge on the top. I used my ATG gun to adhere the paper.

 

Hope you enjoy these lists and try out the paper pad.

Challenge yourself to get prepared for Christmas!

Wicked Winner!

 

Sandy said:

love the layouts!! thanks for all the "treats" =)

Congratulations and thanks to everyone for stopping by this week!

Happy Halloween!

Thank you for stopping by the KI Blog this week for all the Wicked fun!  We enjoyed having you here, be sure to stop by again next week for awesome new posts!  

Today we have one more fun craft by KI DT Member Dusti Nakamura....

I made these hair clips as little Halloween Party Favors for my daughters and their friends. The small clips came painted and are made by "Goody". These can be found at most drug stores.

These are super quick and easy to make!

 

 

1. First, remove the adhesive backing from your Wicked Softies. Your Softie will come off your clip if you don't remove the adhesive backing before gluing.  Adhere Softie to your clip with KI Gloo. You can  use a binder clip to hold the Softie to your clip while it dries.

2. Decorate the Softie packaging with Wicked Patterned Cardstock Papers, Wicked Rub-Ons, and Wicked Sashes.

3. Make two slits in the cardboard packaging with an Exacto knife. Open each completed hair clip, and slip the bottom of clip into the two slits. You can then place these into the Softie clear cellophane envelopes. Add Sashes to the top.

Don't forget!!!!  Comment on any of the Wicked posts this week and be entered to win a Grateful Page Kit!  The more you comment the better your chances are!  We'll announce the winner Halloween night!

Shop KI: Deal of the Week!

Deal of the Week

Birthday Collection in a Gift Tin

 

Today's "Deal of the Week" includes a Birthday Collection Gift Tin Kit With Album. 

Below we have the tin kit displayed.

 

Includes 12x12 Post Bound Album with 10 page protectors.

 

40 12x12 Designer Papers, 4 of each style

 

60 Chipboard Stickers

 

26 Epoxy Stickers

 

40 Glitter Rub-ons

 

694 Stylish Stickers including Borders, Tags, and so much more

 

Even includes 3 Rubber Magnets

 

You can find this and other great KI Memories products at Shop KI!