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Hello everyone!
Guess what? My October Kit arrived today! I am still working on my September kit but will work faster so I can share the new one.
October 2013 Cocoa Daisy Kit arrived!!
A little pressure here!!! I will crank up the speed and wrap up using my September kit so come back soon.
Organizing to work on first LO.
Hello Everyone!
Welcome to my new blog series, “Confessions of a Scrapbook Kit Hoarder“. If you haven’t already, please read The Intervention so you can understand the inspiration for this craft project.
This challenge is proven to be so much fun. I don’t know why I didn’t do this a long time ago. Then I might not have such a large collection of kits and goodies invading my craft room.
Well my friend April is keeping me on my toes by requesting that I use my supplies now to make a layout. As I told you all before, I haven’t created a traditional scrapbook layout in a few years so I admit I was quite intimidated when I started to work on it.
Made accent with letter stickers and part of a 3×4 card.
I am an avid football fan and set up my little portable table infront of the television yesterday and brought all my supplies and photos. I grabbed the latest, “Scrapbook & Cards today” magazine to get a feel for the current trends. I had my old problem of too many photos and I had to narrow it down. I cut out the conversation box from one of the 3×4 cards in the kit and used letter stickers to create the title.
I created this accent by cutting a piece out of a photo.
I incorporated the Goosebumps from the kit in the title. I realized journaling would be a problem since I didn’t narrow the photo selections down far enough so I grabbed an old library card pocket and tucked it behind the photos before I adhered them and used another 3×4 card from the kit to write my journaling.
We all sampled an apple while filing up our bags!!
Oh one cool thing I want to share is that the circular accent above the title that says Russell Orchards is actually cut from a picture I took of Apollo standing on a truck at the Orchard. That was the logo on the side. So I cut it out and then put a piece of it on the top an the bottom of it is below the bottom right photo. So I used a photo and made an accent.
My first LO using supplies from the kit.
Layout ingredients:
Well I will be back again this week with another project using the September kit.
Thanks for keeping me moving forward on this craft adventure. Let me know what you think.
Hello everyone, happy Friday!
Welcome to my new blog series, “Confessions of a Scrapbook Kit Hoarder“. If you haven’t already, please read The Intervention so you can understand the inspiration for this craft project.
My first project I created with my September kit is a Thank You card:
Thank you card.
Card ingredients:
I love how vibrant the colors are on this card. They make me feel happy. It feels good to use somethings from my kit so far. I have the other half of that Parfait cardstock and will make another 6×6 card. I have only begun but I can’t wait to make another card.
I will post my next card very soon.
Happy crafting!
Hello Everyone!
I am so excited to share the first of my new series, “Confessions of a Scrapbook Kit Hoarder”. If you haven’t already, please read The Intervention so you can understand the inspiration for this craft project.
September 2013 Cocoa Daisy Kit
I subscribe to Cocoa Daisy’s monthly scrapbook kit club and have for several years now. I really like the papers, embellies and stamps they offer in the monthly kits. I often receive products that I can’t find locally and just love them.
My goal for this series is to inspire you to use all of your goodies whether it’s from kits or just from your “collection” of craft supplies. I will show you what I received in the monthly kit and then I will post a series of posts that show you what I made using all of the products. I will share my process which I think is helpful to guide you in the direction of action for yourself. Because after all it, it is my inaction or inability to free myself to use my supplies that put me in this mess. So let’s climb out together. I will supplement my kits with other kit remains or my general stash but will be sure to let you know when I do.
I am using these posts to keep me honest and loyal to both the commitment and process since I will be accountable for creating posts of my work. So keep on me if you think I am falling back into my old ways.
Kit: Cocoa Daisy’s September 2013 monthly kit
Challenge: To create various paper crafts using up most if not all of the products in the kit before the next kit arrives.
Process: I took everything out to see what colors and embellishments are included (see picture above).
Extras: I then pulled out a coordinating 6×6 paper pad to supplement when making cards. For this kit I chose American Crafts ‘Everyday’ 6×6 paper pad that I purchased from Target. I also pulled out coordinating inks for stamping and inking paper edges. The inks I have chosen:
Ink pads that will coordinate with the papers.
From my stash:
So the first thing I did was something easy to keep me motivated which was cut up all the Project Life type cards that were included in the kit. I placed them in an empty wooden bin at arms reach ready for action.
I divided up the products into possible projects.
I then pulled out some colored up digi images that I have been meaning to use on cards and paired them with coordinating color from the Kit’s cardstock and then found complimentary pattern paper from my AC paper pack. I then cut up two 6×6 cards per sheet of cardstock for a total of six cards. Then I pulled out a print out of cards I like from the internet for inspiration.
Looked for photos of stories I want to tell and that would go with the papers.
Then I looked at the remaining cardstock and looked on my computer to find photos and stories that would I wanted to tell that works well with the paper colors. I think I will be able to create at least two Layouts (LO) with this paper pack and still have enough to use in Project Life.
I will post my first project tomorrow so be sure to pop by to see.
Happy crafting and have a blessed day!
