Christmas 2011 (MCS GDT)

Good evening once again fellow scrappers!  Am back to share my final layout made with the My Creative Scrapbook (MCS) December Main Kit.  I greatly enjoyed guest designing for them this month & enjoyed this kit even more!

For this page, I scrapped a couple of candid Christmas photos from last year that were taken during our annual Christmas card photo shoot.  When you try to take photos with a pet--believe me--you end up with several 'candid' shots!

This is the MCS Main Kit that I worked with.  Everything you see on my page except for the dark brown jute came with the kit.

MCS offers it's customers 4 different kits each month!  Talk about versatility.  They have the Main Kit, Limited Edition Kit, Creative Kit & Album Kit.  So there's something for everyone.

I once again broke out my Xmas Red, Lime Green & Star Dust Stickles and added visual interest to my page by accentuating most of my sticker embellishments & background with dots of Stickles.

The 'Christmas' is a sticker that I first adhered to a transparency & then cut out.  This way I was able to place it on top of my large cream Prima flower.  TIP:  Try adhering sticker embellishments to transparencies/acrylic & then cut them out.  This way you have the flexibility of placing them anywhere on your page.

The buttons were chipboard stickers that came with the kit.  All I did was tie a bit of red & white twine through the button holes & then adhered them to my page.

Thanks for stopping by!  Do take the time to visit the MCS blog & check out the other talented DT's take on this month's kits.

Enjoy the rest of the week!

Christmas 2009 (MCS GDT)

Good evening once again!  Am back to present my second guest design layout made with the My Creative Scrapbook (MCS) December Main Kit featuring papers by Authentique, Echo Park & Carta Bella.

For this page I went with a simple background & followed a sketch made by Kim Keane.

As mentioned in my previous post--this kit gave me the opportunity to scrap Christmas past--so here's a photo taken in Christmas of 2009.

This is the sketch used as the base for my page.  I followed this sketch pretty closely.

Here's the MCS December Main Kit. MCS offers it's customers 4 different kits each month!  So talk about variety!  They have the Main Kit, Limited Edition Kit, Creative Kit & Album Kit.  Make sure to check out their site to see all the other talented designers take on this month's kits.

This pretty red flower is by Prima & came with the kit.

I added more interest to my page by adding many dots of Stickles in Xmas Red, Lime Green & Star Dust.

The dots & stars seen inside my three circles were hand drawn by me.  Just take a fine tip marker in the color of your choice & randomly draw little stars & dots.  The red snowflakes is a small stamp from my stash.  I believe I found it in the dollar bin of my local craft store Michaels!

I used a mask along with Walnut Stain distress ink to create this flourish.

This mask & the Stickles are the only things that did not come with the kit.  Everything else seen here was part of the kit.

I have one more project to share--I'll be back soon.  In the meantime--thanks for stopping by & enjoy the rest of the weekend!

Christmas 2008 (MCS GDT)

Good evening fellow scrappers!  Today I bring you the first of three pages I've made with the December My Creative Scrapbook (MCS) Main Kit.  Yes, I was honored to be asked by Pam, the owner of MCS, to guest design for the month of December.  I happily agreed.

My Creative Scrapbook offers it's customers 4 different kits each month!  Talk about variety--there's something for everybody in this kit club.  You have your Main Kit, Limited Edition Kit, Creative Kit & the Album Kit.  Make sure to check out their site to see all the other talented designers take on this month's kits.

This kit gave me the opportunity to scrap pages of holidays long gone.  I started off with 2008 which was also the first year we had our pup Toby.  He's been religiously posing with us in every Christmas photo thereafter.

For the design of this first page, I went with a similar approach to my 'You Should Know' page.  I really like that design & the festive scallop circle that came with the kit lent itself to do a similar design.

Here's the MCS December main kit filled with papers by Authentic, Echo Park & Carta Bella &  lots of other embellishments, ribbons & flowers by Petaloo & Prima.

Everything used on this page came with the kit including this sheer green ribbon that I made into a bow.  I adhered a red brad to the center of the bow.

The kit came with many sticker sheets with tons of tags, borders, images & sayings.  Just about every single sticker I used on this page I first adhered to a transparency & then cut out.  TIP: If you want to have the flexibility of placing your stickers anywhere on your page--consider adhering them to transparencies/acrylic first & cutting them out.  This way you can position & re-postion them anywhere you want & only adhere them once you're ready.

With all the little Christmas themed embellies...this kit lent itself to do lots & lots of layering.  So that's what I did!

This is a close up of the folded corner.

I highlighted the border of the scallop circle with dots of Bisque Liquid Pearls.  I also used this same technique to add a bit more visual interest to the frame around my photo.

Another close up of some more layering.  I dressed up many of my embellishments & the page itself with dots of Stickles in Xmas Red, Lime Green & Star Dust.

Thanks to all of you who stop by for a visit.  I'll be back again soon to present the 2nd page I made with this fabulous kit!