Thursday 2 April 2015

HK Memory Chest Kit Club - April 2015

Hello from sunny Bali. We're here for a week of fun in the sun. A little too much sun, really. It's been pretty hot and humid here, but we're lucky to be five steps away from a pool. We're staying at a villa with some of our friends and Miss C finally got to try out her mermaid tail. She is a natural and mastered it immediately. We have until the end of the week for her to grow gills.


Right now, most of our friends have gone out to enjoy a few drinks and we decided to stay back at the villa, just chilling and relaxing. Perfect time to prop my feet up, put on a DVD and write this blog post.

This month's kit is again, jam-packed with goodies. Such a cute kit, with cartoon images themed around food and breakfast in particular and so much fun to play with.  Get out those breakfast/food pics and play with us.

April Kit 2015
October Afternoon “Saturday Mornings” – Bacon
October Afternoon “Saturday Mornings” – Omelette
October Afternoon “Saturday Mornings” – Cereal
October Afternoon “Saturday Mornings” – Hashbrowns
October Afternoon “Saturday Mornings” – Orange Juice
October Afternoon “Saturday Mornings” – Designer Brads
October Afternoon “Saturday Mornings” – Cardstock Stickers Word
October Afternoon “Saturday Mornings” – Cardstock Die-Cuts Tidbits
October Afternoon Daily Flash Washi Tape – Days Of Week
Crate Paper Thickers Alpha Stickers – Marquee/Chipboard
American Crafts Whittles Clothes Pins – Words
Crate Paper Maggie Holmes Open Book – Glitter Ribbon Bows
American Crafts Dear Lizzy 5th & Frolic Roller Stamp – Phrases & Icons
Bella Blvd Enamel Stickers – Guacamole Doodads
Multicraft Imports Button Embellishment – Reds
Lara’s Crafts Alphabet Tags – Natural

Optional Add-ons
October Afternoon Saturday Mornings Cloud Background Stamp
October Afternoon Saturday Mornings Tin Pins
October Afternoon Saturday Mornings 12×12 Cardstock Journaling Cards
Idea-ology Spiral Bound Sticker Book 4.5″X8.5″ Small Talk
Idea-ology Spiral Bound Sticker Book 4.5″X8.5″ Big Chat


Here's my sketch for the month:




Ridiculously Big Fabulous Brekkie
 The perfect photo for this themed collection. I kept the colours quite neutral for this layout with more browns and yellows. I just noticed that both photos are exactly the same; I had slightly different ones but I didn't notice I printed the same one twice until now. Oh well.
The photos were from our trip last Easter to Orlando, Florida. Big portions are of course a must but I think we ordered more than we bargained for, hence the title. I die cut the 'fabulous' from one of the patterned papers and made it into a chipboard title by adding more layers.
 Just a little accent corner on the top left of the layout.
 I love these little word stickers which you can just stick on randomly. Perfect for the photo. For the background, I used a tan cardstock, added random alphabet stamping and then splattered on a bit of brown ink. I finished the page with some enamel stars for an added accent.

Extra Elements: Fabulous die from Kaisercraft, tan cardstock

Cute Buddies
 For this layout, I wanted a white background to bring out the colours of the papers. My Jake cat looks well impressed with getting his picture taken and with the little girl using him as a pillow.
I love the wooden word tiles; just string them up with some twin or jute to make an instant banner. I die cut the hearts out of the add-on patterned paper in a rainbow of colours and added similar coloured paints underneath to look like they are dripping down the page.
The kit comes with a pack of ready die cuts; perfect for date stamping and adding accents.
I splattered some pink paint on the white background before adding my other elements. I love the wooden pegs which add an extra fun accent to your page.

Extra Elements: Distress paints by Tim Holtz for Ranger Inks, jute twine, white cardstock

Hello Cuties
I love the yellow cloud paper and how it contrasts with the blue good morning paper. I kept this layout pretty simple to concentrate on the cute photos instead. I had to dig deep into the archives for these photos of the two cousins at four and five. I must have had my mind on our holiday as these pics were taken on our first trip to Bali in 2010.
I diecut the 'hello' and again made it thicker by diecutting and sticking layers of cardstock behind it. The kit comes with a generous bag of buttons and I stuck them around the page as well as some brads.
There are some really cute images on the the cereal patterned paper and I cut out some of the critters to add around the page. I die cut the rainbow from some of the left over patterned papers from the add-ons. I just love this owl family.
Another cute critter cut out from the cereal paper. Adorable.

Extra Elements: Hello and rainbow die from Sizzix


Here are some of the layouts and projects from the rest of the DT:
Pineapple Icecream by Belly Lau
Sofa Bed by Belly Lau
 Cool Man by Belly Lau
 Sweet Candy by Belly Lau
My First Radish by Erika Lui
What's For Breakfast by Erika Lui
Eat Eat by Erika Lui


Chai Wan Crop
14th April (Tuesday)
10:30am - 12:30pm
Hosted by Grace Wong

16th April (Thursday)
10:30am - 12:30pm
Hosted by Belly Lau
Hope you enjoyed all the layouts and looking forward to seeing you at crop time.




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