Hip Kit Club | Cookies for Santa

It's officially Christmas at our house!  All of the decorations are up, and we are ready for all of the fun Christmas activities and traditions.  And of course, I'm in the mood to scrapbook some Christmas photos, which the November Hip Kit & Add-On Kits from Hip Kit Club is perfect for!  I have a new layout and card to share with you today, using all of the Christmas goodies from the November Hip Kit!

We all snap photos of our family and friends during the holidays, but don't forget to photograph your traditions and favorite holiday foods too! I used the November 2014 Hip Kit & Add-On Kits, to document our tradition of leaving cookies out for Santa on Christmas Eve. I also wanted to use a dominate color, so I pulled some Reds from the kit and created a visual Triangle. The Thickers in the November Kits are perfect for mixing and matching, and how fun are the Candy Cane Thickers!! I also added some touches of Gold and Silver, with the Evalicious embellishments and Studio Calico star rub-ons.

As you may have figured out by now, I am a patterned paper junkie! And one of my favorites in the November 2014 Hip Kit & Add-On Kits, is the Santa's Workshop paper from Pebbles. I love the fun postal stamped look of the paper and wanted to use it on a card. It made a perfect base for the cover of my card and then I added the Merry and Bright tag from the American Crafts tag pack as my sentiment. And I couldn't resist using the awesome Candy Cane Thickers again, so I placed them next to one of the Evalicious Flair Buttons. I finished my card by adding one of the wood veneer stars from the Elle's Studio Good Cheer pack and Silver sticker labels from Pink Paislee!

These Kits are going fast, so make sure you stop by the Hip Kit Club Shop to pick up yours!  You can also purchase the awesome December Documented Kit while you are there!

November 2014 Main Kit

 
 

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It's in the Bag

Today, I am stopping in to share two layouts using the October Scrapbook Kit, Pumpkin Latte from The Paper Bakery.  We also have our new Sketch for Challenge #15 that was posted on Sunday!  Let's check it out!

I based my first layout on Sketch #15, and both of my layouts are using one of my favorite items in this month's Kit...the decorative bags!

I rotated the Sketch, to accommodate my portrait photos, but kept everything else pretty much the same.  I added in some of the awesome Wood Veneers that are available in the Shop.  The Documented frame is too cute and I love those stars that are included in the Hipster Wood Veneers.  And I used one of the decorative bags behind my photo, to place my journaling.  Sometimes your journaling just doesn't fit into the design of your page, or maybe you would like for it to stay private, or maybe you have more to say than there is room for on your page.  These decorative bags are the perfect solution to all of these situations.  They are fun, functional and fabulous!!

You can play along with the Sketch, by creating a layout and linking it up on the sidebar of The Paper Bakery Blog for Sketch Challenge #15.  We love to see how you use the sketches!  You have two weeks to play along and then a random winner will be announced, to win some Paper Bakery goodies!

My second layout, uses the other decorative bag included in this month's Kit and I added in a tag with my  journaling.

I thought the wood grain on this bag and the quote, worked perfectly with the cowgirl theme of my photo.  I also mixed in one of the Printables for this month.  I used the Polaroid frame, but cut out the little phrase and placed it above my photo, instead of using the whole frame.

If you are thinking about subscribing to one or more of our Kits, make sure you stop by The Paper Bakery shop to check out all of the different kits that are available!!

Silhouette DT Announcement & Mums the Word!

Before I share my layout today for The Paper Bakery, using the new October Scrapbook Kit, Pumpkin Latte, I have a BIG announcement!  I am one of the newest members of the Silhouette Design Team!  I was very shocked to receive the notification email last Friday, but very excited to be invited to the Team.  You can check out the official announcement here on the Silhouette Blog.  And here is a look at all of the talented Ladies, I will be designing with:

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Now, on to my layout!!  I have to say, that I really LOVE the October Scrapbook Kit from The Paper Bakery!  I created this layout, within two hours of the Kit arriving on my doorstep and getting it open.  The photo, papers and title all just came together so easily!

This Kit is filled with YUMMINESS!!  There is a mix of Amy Tangerine's new Cut & Paste collection, Pebbles, Webster's Pages and Elle's Studio.  One of my favorite items in this Kit, might just be the awesome Gold and Silver rub ons from Pink Paislee!!  I love the way the Gold arrows, circles and chevron look against the dark wood grain paper from the Cut & Paste collection. I also added in a couple of extras not included with the Kit, such as the A-MAZ-ING Wood Veneer journal card and the Gold sequin stars.  Both of these items are available in The Paper Bakery shop.

I am also sharing a tutorial on creating your own Sketch in the Silhouette Studio software, as a part of my post on The Paper Bakery Blog today.  Make sure you visit here to check it out!!

And don't forget, that you can get a monthly subscription to any of our Kits:  Scrapbook Kit, Project Kit, Mixed Media Kit, Card Kit and Capture 365 Kit!  There is a lot to choose from and new items are always being added to the Shop!

Supplies:  Patterned Paper:   American Crafts, Webster's Pages, & Pebbles; Rub Ons:  Pink Paislee; Chipboard:  American Crafts; Flair Button, Wood Veneer journal card & Sequins:  The Paper Bakery; Other:  Acrylic Paint

AND, if you have some downtime this weekend and you're looking for some amazing creative inspiration, make sure you check out the newest issue of Life.Paper.Scrapbook Magazine.  There are tons of beautiful pages in this issue, and you can take a look here!