Kiwi Lane Designs and My Mind's Eye Layout

How in the world is it already April 29th?  I volunteered to do a second posting for Kiwi Lane this month because I was having sooooo much fun playing with My Mind's Eye and this months new templates!  Having three boys the new "Now and Then" line is just perfect for me!  

Today I thought I would incorporate both my Silhouette Cameo and some doodling with my Kiwi Lane templates!

  

Before I go any further I have to give a shout out to the uber talented Stephanie Buice - she inspired my background!  It doesn't have anything to do with the Kiwi Lane Templates so I didn't talk about it there - but I wanted to give it a moment here :).  She has done several layouts recently that have this painted background with stripes, etc...she has used a variety of mediums to create hers.  I went with what I had - which was mists.  I just used my mists and dry brushed a line across diagonally.  I started with the darkest and then went from there.

Now on to the Kiwi Lane stuff :)

First off I used two different patterned papers and cut out the word HAPPY on my Silhouette.  I made sure to leave space between each of them so that I could use my balloon template to cut them out.

You can do this with any die cutting machine!

I then traced a balloon around each letter and cut them out.  

The other way I used my templates was to create another layer to my background.   Once the mist painting was dry I used my Cloud Template and traced clouds throughout. I made sure to overlap them and added some loops for a whimsical touch.

Now you may be wondering, why go to all that work for a background?  I didn't have a paper on hand that coordinated without being too busy.  So when that happens...I take to making my own.  One thing is for sure - it is one of a kind.

Have you ever used your templates to create one of a kind layouts?  That's one of the best things about Kiwi Lane - you can make things personal!

Kiwi Lane Templates Used:

Wacky 2

Celebrate 2

Doodling and Stitching My heart Out

One of my goals with my layout creating right now is to just play...experiment...go a little out of my comfort zone!  This one definitely does that.  It started with the rainbow stitching and then I decided to add in the doodling.  I didn't allow any ruler, measuring, etc....I just went....and here's how it turned out!

I felt like it needed some silly pictures to go along with the free spiritedness of it all :)  These are actually a couple years old.  I added some Amy Tan rub-ons, My Minds Eye Enamel Dots, American Crafts letters,.and a little washi tape for the border....other than that it is all one of a kind and was crazy fun to do!

Pebbles Family Ties Layout: So Cute!

You always can tell when I am working on magazine submissions...there is a total lull on my blog!  The good news (I guess) is that they don't all get picked up so then my blog picks up again!  Today I am going to share another one of my design team projects with you that I created for The Scrapbooking Studio.  I won't gush again about how much I love this line from Pebbles :)

    Maybe I will gush a little about how much I love this little guy :).  My sweet little Bo is probably the most challenging baby I've had but man he is a mama's boy and those adoring eyes make up for the exhaustion :).  I don't work with a lot of 8 X 10 photos...but this one was too good not to blow up.  I continue to be on a bit of a doodling kick and did a lot of it on this one.  The hardest thing for me about doodling is that sometimes you make a little mistake and there's no turning back.  But as my hubby says "that's what makes it crafty!"  

Supplies Used:

All Patterned Paper is from Pebbles

Stickers from Pebbles & SRM Stickers

Wood Hexagons from Studio Calico

Black Pen from American Crafts

Die Cutting from Silhouette Cameo

Twine from The Twinery

Rock the first day!

I surprised Timmy with this card this morning.  He loved it and said he was going to keep it forever or at least as long as it would last :)  On the inside I wrote "Be your best, Do your best, and Show Jesus' love."

I used the One Fine Day collection from Momenta as well as that cute little sunshine sticker.  I have used this line for several things and I really wanted to give it a different look so I did some doodling/outlining throughout.  I've been seeing a lot of people doing more doodling...I think it's a rising trend...I was especially inspired by the talented Erin and decided to use it too.  I love that a card lets me try something new without committing it to a whole layout :)

Supplies used: One Fine Day by Momenta,  The Girls Paperie word sticker, Black Sharpie