Busting Your Stash

So I'm joining my friend Cathie today from her blog With Coffee in Hand on her weekly quest to 'bust her stash'. Sara is also joining Cathie-and so begins an impromptu blog hop! Check out her project on her blog, Sara Things, as well.

I'm on a mission this month to kill a few kits and that meant dragging out some old supplies. And that's just what I did.



I found this paper in an old kit from The Paperie and loved it's sheen. You cna't really see if very well with the lighting but trust me-it's lovely. So I dragged out the one 'silk' I own-gold of course, my current color obsession- and some mists and masked and tap tap tapped my way to a little messy first.

Sidenote: The new gold metallic Mr. Huey is beau-ti-ful.

Then I dragged out some tags and misted them with some Bonny Blue Mr. Huey. Then I stamped them with a dark blue Jenni Bowlin ink and a polka dot stamp.



I used up an old tag-origin unknown- & an old little silver clock rub on from Studio Calico, a little Fancy Pants heart pin and a few items from my DD kits. The gold doily is from the Kelly Purkey kit and the sequins, fabric brad & wood veneer doily are form the SC kit. I also used a few Stampin' Up heart rub-on's like the one on the corner of the picture.



I added the four wood veneer potty people with an inital for each of us stamped on them with some old Inkado stamps.


I used an old OA label inside that little plate that I've had lying around forever with a few of the fonts from the Studio Calico DD kit.



I stamped a sentiment on some gold striped washi tape over a piece of leftover doily and a few layers of stamps and an old heart rub-on. I added a sequin with a little gem for good measure.

Frankly, I never get 'messy'-and honestly I walked away with very little residue on my fingers- but I enjoyed playing around a little bit. It was fun. I'm planning on taking Cathie's '7 Layer' class in March and if you're interested in learning a few new 'messy' techniques you should sign up too.

xoxo
K

February Goals

Over a week late but that was because I was lazy and didn't take a pic earlier in the month. Had the goals ready to go though.

Bracing for a little Nemo here in NL today. Hunkering down to watch movies, scrapbook and eat snacks with M & E.

Have a great weekend.

xoxo
K

5 For Friday-KTOL

1. So last night I taught my first 'Keeping Track of Life' (Ktol) class of the year. I had a lot of fun and apparently other people did too-thank goodness. We made three 'pages' in three hours. Seriously I made them work pretty hard. We even got a little bit messy. Yes, you read that right.

2. We made an opening page for our album-essentially a 'where are you at in January 2012' page.



 Lots of layers here & bits and pieces.



3. Then we made a layout for January. The idea was that you create a layout for the month based on one special event. I chose Eugene's birthday.



This one is an interactive page where the photo section flips up to reveal journaling and more photos. It's a great way to include a ton of photos.



4. Then we filled in a page protector with all the random happenings during the month.



Included my goals for January and a 'right now' post from the last day of the month as well as a flip card, my one little word for the year & a bunch of fun photos.




5. I'm pumped for the next class which happens to be March 14th- the Thursday before the KP event. So excited. I'll be posting sneak peeks here when I have some things started but keep an eye out for a pink/navy/yellow theme this coming month! Also follow me on instagram for more sneak peeks. My username is: krlewe.

xoxo
K

Mojo Monday @ The Paperie

Hello & good morning!

I'm issuing the Mojo Monday challenge over on The Paperie's blog today.

I love an interactive page more than anything. I'm constantly on the hunt for innovative ways to include lots and lots of photos on my single page layouts-enter interactive elements. I've used accordions, turning circles, flip books, flaps-you name it. I love it so much that it's part of my new class starting this Thursday at The Paperie called 'Keeping Track of Life'. Each month we'll be creating an interactive layout to go along with a divided pocket page protector to chronicle our month.

Here's the layout I did for today's challenge though.



I tried something new-a waterfall effect with 13 2 by 3 photos.

Here's a peek inside.



I tied it with a little bow to keep it from flapping up and down.



And a few close ups.



In December, I joined a large group of fun scrapbooking girlfriends for a night at The Newfoundland Chocolate Company to learn how to make their delicious chocolates in a chocolate workshop. Yes, you read that right. We had a blast-even if we did have to wear hair nets- and frankly, there were too many pics to chose from and it was so difficult to even narrow down to these 14.  So, voila! There you go!

Have a wonderful Monday!

K

5 For Friday...

...is offically postponed until the technicial difficulties with my video have been worked out. Sorry for the delay. Should be up and running later tonight or tomorrow I hope.

But because I can't do a post without a picture, here's one for you-



I think Eugene figured out what a t.v is last night. He sat there mesmerized by a commercial for a weird amount of time...


xoxo
K

P.S: Happy February!