HK Memory Chest Kit Club - January 2016

Happy New Year!! Welcome to 2016. We spent Christmas and the New Year in the UK, so we rang in the new year at a good friend's house with dinner, lots of alcohol and some back garden fireworks.

Christmas was a big family affair at the in-laws, with sixteen sitting around the dining room table - so much food and drink and it didn't stop for days. Feeling very full and fat. Definitely have to get back into Zumba mode very soon.

Let's start of the new year with a lovely kit. It's more of a fall kit, but the purples, blues and neutrals are so gorgeous, you just have to match them to some of your more colourful photos.

January Kit 2016
Pink Paislee Cedar Lane Paper – Park Place
Pink Paislee Cedar Lane Paper – Arrow Avenue
Pink Paislee Cedar Lane Paper – Acorn Avenue
Pink Paislee Cedar Lane Paper – Main Street
Pink Paislee Cedar Lane Paper – Circle Street
Pink Paislee Cedar Lane 6×6 Paper – Assorted
Pink Paislee Cedar Lane Puffy Stickers
Pink Paislee Cedar Lane Fabric Tags
Pink Paislee Cedar Lane Die-cut Shapes
Amy Tan Finders Keepers Thickers Stickers – Today Phrases/White Foam
Prima Marketing Metal Clips
Petaloo Paper Flowers – Assorted
Ribbons
Assorted Color Paper Leaves
Wood Grain Pattern Foot Shape Decorative Charms

The sketch for this month:

Cherish This

Just look at the oranges, yellows and purples. Goes perfectly with what Miss C is wearing. Her trousers are showing up very blue in this photo - must be my printer. 

Are these feet not adorable?  They are a good complement to the leaves and boots photo.

I fussy cut the berries and the acorn from one of the papers. For transparent accents, I used glue dots to stick them down. You can also use double sided tape but I didn't have any with me on holiday.

Grateful Memories

 I love the deep fuchsia backing paper and it's a perfect foil for the multi colours of the striped papers. The photo is of Miss C's and her good friend who has just left Hong Kong.

 The little foxes are just too cute and I placed one on each side to frame the photo. Just a few flowers and a chevron arrow to frame the title.

 I balanced off the top right corner of the photo with more flowers.

I love the puffy stickers in the kit and also the flower paperclips that add that extra accent.

Here We Go

 We get a stack of 6x6 patterned papers in the pack and they are great for doing patching/collage layouts.  I cut out the heart from white cardstock, cut out the triangles and paper to fit. The photos were taken just before Christmas on the trampoline in my sister in law's garden with Miss C's cousin. They get on so well and it's so fun to see them playing together.

 I left the embellishments quite simple to showcase the heart, so just left little clusters of accents.

I added some splatters around the page to balance it out.

Other layouts and projects from the design team:

Here We Go by Erika Lui

 Love You Darling by Erika Lui

 Cherish Today by Erika Lui

 Love by Erika Lui

 Everyday Is A Wonder by Belly Lau

 Love You by Belly Lau

 Love You by Belly Lau

 Cherish Smile by Belly Lau

Discovery Bay Crop 

19th January (Tue)

10:30am - 12:00noon

Hosted by Grace Wong

See you all at crop,

 

Homemade Pizza Night

Hi there. Here's my third layout for the week. This one goes back to clean and simple designs. I have to have a good balance of the two.

Homemade Pizza Night

I chose a polka dot paper to highlight the dots on the pizza. It just seemed to work with the colours and made the pizza pop. We don't usually make our own pizza but this was so much fun and I let Miss C go to town on the design, although she didn't really eat the olives - that's for me - I love olives.

 I heat embossed the journalling in gold. I also stitched on the layered papers to add more details.

 I also heat embossed the 'homemade' with a bronze embossing powder. It was a little messy as the pigment decided to stick to the paper and left a smear where I had some glue present. Hopefully it's not too noticeable.  I finished the page with splatters of gold and white paint.

I love this cluster of embellishments and accents. The mini square journaling cards are so cute.

Products Used

Background paper from Carta Bella Soak up the Sun collection
Blue patterned paper from Pink Paislee Atlas collection
Cards from Bella Blvd Candid Cards
Wooden ampersand from Shimelle
Brads from October Afternoon
Gold Thickers from American Crafts
Stamps from Technique Tuesday and Kelly Purkey
Embossing powders from LSG and Ranger
Spray Inks from Ranger

Thank you for dropping by,

Adventure Time with a Shaker Layout

Hi there. Hey, look. Two layouts in two days. LOL. Just feeling a little crafty lately. I'm sure there are other things I should be doing - planning a party for Saturday.

Hubby bought a huge Iberico ham in May but never had the chance to eat it, between his business trips and our holidays, so we planned a party and have invited around forty people around to help devour the thing. We're going to merge it with my birthday, which is on the coming Monday, so I'll be baking a cake and doing some other finger foods as well. Hopefully, I'll get some nice pics from that event.

On to the layout.

Adventure Time

When I saw the travel papers in my My Creative Scrapbook August main kit, I knew I had to use the one airplane selfie that I took on our flight home. Not the best quality photo, but perfect for the papers. I started out with white cardstock for the background so the other bright colours can pop.

 When I saw these frames and overlays in the kit, I immediately thought of doing a shaker element. I sandwiched a colourful array of sequins and micro beads in the frame and it is actually light enough on the page that you can shake the whole layout easily.

There is a whole sheet of tickets which you can cut out and they add a little fun to the top right corner. I also used some of the green circular patterned paper from another kit to fill up the background a little.

I added a little glossy accents to the details of the suitcases (a little messy as my nozzle was too big - should have used the precision tip). I also added a glass bevel to the little map and stuck that on top.

Products Used

Papers, die cuts, frames and chipboard from Pink Paislee Atlas collection

Lime green circular paper from Jillibean Soup Red Raspberry Soup collection

Gold title stickers from Crate Paper Maggie Holmes

Wooden "today" from Heidi Swapp

Glossy Accents from Ranger

Gold spray ink from Heidi Swapp

Sequins and micro beads sourced locally

School will start back on Monday as well so things will be back to the normal routine. I can't believe Miss C will be going into Year 5! Where has the time gone?? 

On the up side, hopefully I'll have more time for layouts. I'll also be starting a scrapbook class every Monday afternoon for kids aged 7-11, including Miss C, teaching them all sorts of techniques and fun stuff. That will be fun to do and plan out every week.

Anyway, back to planning the party. See you soon.

HK Memory Chest Kit Club - June 2015

Hi there. Here it is. The last kit of the 2014/2015 year, but no tears. We have even better news about the next HKMC scrapbook kit year.

The next kit year starts in September and will run for 12 months instead of the normal 10. Yay! That's a kit every month! Subscription is for one year and you can start your subscription any time.

Apart from the scrapbook kit, HKMC will also have a project kit each month; a separate kit for a project created by Belly Lau every month: a mini album, home decor or 3D paper craft.

Subscribe and pay before 15th June, you can benefit from the early bird discount of HK$2,980.00 for a twelve month subscription. After 15th June, the price goes back to the normal price of HK$3,160.00 for a twelve month subscription, so it pays to join early. Another option is to pay in two instalments of HK$1,670.00 (pay every half year). Subscription price is the same for both kits.

So, don't fret - the coming kit year will be even more exciting and jam-packed with goodies. Get more information here.

On to this month's kit, full of warm summery colours:

June Kit 2015
Pink Paislee “Citrus Bliss” – Seeds
Pink Paislee “Citrus Bliss” – Sour
Pink Paislee “Citrus Bliss” – Citrus
Pink Paislee “Citrus Bliss” – Fancy
Pink Paislee “Citrus Bliss” – Brunch
Pink Paislee “Citrus Bliss” – Gold Foiled Vellum Welcome
Pink Paislee “Citrus Bliss” – Puffy Stickers Shapes
Pink Paislee “Citrus Bliss” – Chipboard Stickers
BoBunny Double Dot Glitter Paste – Wasabi
Prima Pinwheel Stencil – Petal
Maggie Holmes Confetti Sticker Book – Gold Foil Alpha & Number
Vellum – Assorted Colors
Grass Beads – Dark Green
Maya Road Chipboard – Say What Bubbles
Maya Road Manila Shipping Tags
Mini Painted Metal Spiral Clips

Optional Add-ons
Sizzix Frameworks Border Die By Tim Holtz – Wave
Amy Tangerine Yes Please Calendar Stamp Set
FABER-CASTELL Mix & Match Gelatos Sticks 2/Pkg – Essential-Black & White
FABER-CASTELL Mix & Match Gelatos Sticks 2/Pkg – Metallic-Gold & Silver

Here's the sketch this month:

Happy Besties

I love the bright summery colours in this kit and the fruit theme is just too cute. For the matt, I cut strips of paper into double ended banners. 

 I die cut the flowers and leaves out from the coloured vellum in the kit and coloured in with matching copic markers to give them more definition. I then layered them and dabbed on the glitter paste provided.

For the orange speech bubble, I gessoed and then painted on orange paint before adding gold glitter.

For this corner, I cut off a section and layered with vellum and washi tape.

Padi Trek

I kept this layout quite simple to let the photo pop better. 

I matted the photo with two layers of colour vellum. I splatter Mustard Yellow distress paint on the background paper.

 I stamped the yellow tag with a alphabet stamp for some pattern. I covered the 'love' in yellow distress paint before adding gold glitter glue.

So Pretty

 I love the pink background paper and the contrast with the green accents. I absolutely love the photo which was taken last summer.

 I die cut the circles from one of the papers and placed them across the page.

 The crocheted fruit comes in the kit and are such a cute addition to the page.

 I added a little yellow bow to the corner give a cute pop of colour.

Cuddles & Hugs

 For my final layout, I kept to a neutral background again to let the other summery colours pop.

 I clustered the elements on and around the tags.

I stenciled the petal mask on the background paper to look like water drops instead.

I love the gold sticker alphas and they come in large and small sizes.

Here are the other DT layouts:

 So Pretty by Belly Lau

 Jumping Around by Belly Lau

 Lovely Bear by Belly Lau

 XOXO by Belly Lau

Racing by Belly Lau

So Pretty by Erika Lui

 Beat the Banana by Erika Lui

 Life Is Good by Erika Lui

Discovery Bay Crop 

15th June (Mon)

10:30-12:30

Hosted by Grace Wong

Chai Wan Crop
17th June (Wed)
10:30-12:30

Hosted by Belly Lau

Tuen Mun Crop
2:00-4:00
20th June (Sat)
Hosted by Belly Lau

Thanks for dropping by and after a nice couple of months rest from the kits (not scrapbooking though), we'll be back in September with all new kits.

Carry on scrapping,