So Many Ideas Layout for Sketches In Thyme

Hello! Here is my interpretation of this week's sketch over at Sketches In Thyme. I used the Kaisercraft "Crafternoon" Collection available at Scrap Shotz. The wood accents and curios are my favourite pieces to work with.

Here is the sketch:

The prize this month is an awesome My Mind's Eye paper collection. Make your layout today and link it up for your chance to win! Have a great day!

Scrap Shotz Crafternoon Layout

Carolyn back again with the super cute Crafternoon Collection by Kaisercraft. It has so many die cuts and phrases to highlight your creative endeavors such as knitting, needlepoint, painting and of course scrapbooking. I chose to highlight some pictures of the kids painting. I love the flowers on the papers so I decided to focus more on flower embellishments but could've added more painting related ones if I had wanted to.

I started with 2 pieces of the background paper. It actually only has the flowers on one piece so I fussy cut the flowers off the second piece and taped it to the first. Then I fussy cut more flowers from another paper to decorate my pictures. The background flowers are made with a Vicki Boutin stencil that came in a previous kit. I used the Gina K White Glitter Glitz Gel. I'm in love with this product! It is full of glitter but spreads so smoothly and doesn't make a huge mess like glitter and glue.

To finish it off, I splattered white gesso around the photos. Easy peasy!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!

Kaisercraft Crafternoon Layouts for Scrap Shotz

It's a good day to scrap about crafting! I'm here with two layouts featuring the Kaisercraft Crafternoon Collection. If you sew, paint or scrapbook - this collection has you covered.

The first layout was inspired by the January sketch at the Creative Scrapbooker Magazine Facebook Sketchy Group. Here is the sketch:

I used all sorts of papers from the paper kit and embellished with the die cuts. I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut out the title. The number stickers are in the paper kit. But my favourite parts of this collection are the curios and wooden flourishes. Here is a close-up of a curio and wooden flourish. I used Gina K Designs white glitz glitter gel to add some sparkle to the wood.

My second layout is for a picture of some wedding shower invitations I made a long time ago but never got to scrap.

I laid everything on the paper and marked where I wanted the circle. I sewed the circle with white thread in my sewing machine. I went around 4 or 5 times. It was great because it didn't have to be perfect - sewing in a circle can be tricky! I used one of every wood flourish and covered them with the Glitz Glitter Gel. The matting of the picture was a little tricky because I wanted to line up the stitching on the paper. I cut two triangles using the corner of the paper and lined them up so it would be hard to tell it wasn't just one piece of paper. This layout is a little bit less busy than I normally go for but I like the simple look of it.

 There you have it! Here's the link again if you want to stop by the shop to pick-up some Crafternoon goodness.