Eclectica

I'm so excited! June kicks off the Summer of Favorites series on Scrapbook Takeout and the kit I designed for June is now live! I had a wonderful time selecting some of my favourite items for the Works and Preserves kits, as well as for the Paper Add-on and exclusive rubber stamps. Some of the items are brand new and others are oldies but goodies. The kit is called Eclectica to mirror my totally randiom scrapbooking style!

Eclectica Works

Eclectica Preserves

Eclectica Paper Add-on

The unmounted rubber stamps are also available as a separate purchase

Visit the website for more details as all the contents of the kit aren't pictured here.


I am hoping we will make this a regular thing because my original list of items was very long, and I have enough fodder for another kit or two!

Spend May in Paris!!

Well virtually anyway with the May Scrapbook Takeout Kit, Parisian Vintage Chic. Lots of vintage inspired products and some shimmer and shine!! I can't wait to get my hands on this kit!


And there's a subscription special for National Scrapbook Day too!! Some of the items in the kit are maya Road Chipboard, Imaginisce charms, velvet brads, crochet blossoms and flash cards. This will be a joy to work with!!

Multiples

I tend to mainly make one photo layouts. Let's face it those come together much more quickly. But lately I've been on a lots-of-small-photos kick. Probably because I haven't printed new photos lately and I am going back through all the random photos that never made it on a project, and trying to pull them together to tell some kind of story. Those coupled with my square punches are making me very happy lately!



Both layouts made with items from the February Studio Calico kit

Layout Share

Just a quick post with some of what I've been up to lately. These two were made with the December Studio Calico kit. I have to say this is one of the few times I am happy with my Christmas layouts!

This one uses the January Studio Calico kit. I got a subscription as a gift from my sister Vernell and boy do I love these kits!


For this one I mixed items from the December and January kits and threw in some stuff from my stash.

And finally this one is what I call a messy desk layout. My desk was piled high with stuff, but I wanted to scrap so bad I didn't want to take the time to clear everything off. So I managed to clear a space to work in and then pulled this together using only what was already out. Sometimes you just have to scratch that itch!

I love Kit Clubs

Not only because I get a fully coordinated package of goodies delivered right to my door (well except for when the mailman doesn't actually deliver and I have to go to the PO to get it), but because on Tuesday it finally occurred to me that they are perfect to take to crops. You see, I belong to a group of scrappers here in Lyon, we meet every two weeks, for scrapbooking and laughter. I usually have a hard time deciding what to pack, I'm so used to having all my stuff right there. Invariably I pack too much into my crop bag, which I have to lug all the way across the city on the metro. Sometimes I even ended up taking extra items in a separate tote bag, but regardless I was guaranteed to never have what I wanted and always had to complete projects at home (some of them are still sitting there waiting). Maybe it's the new year, or the new moon, but on Tuesday I stuffed three kits into my bag, added my basic tool kit of adhesive, ruler, craft knife and trimmer some basic stamps and ink and voila, I completed a page that I loved. I'm not sure why this never occurred to me before, it might be because I usually just fondle my kits and "save" them for something special, but this was a real break through for me! The downside of course is that now I want to subscribe to more kits!