HK Memory Chest Kit Club - March 2016

Hi there. Seems like we just rang in the new year yesterday but in a blink of an eye, it's already March and time for the third kit of the year.  This month's kit is chock full of wonderful colours and patterns celebrating family and life. I love the balance of dark blues and greens with feminine florals and the packs of embellishments really help pull your pages together.

March Kit 2016
WRMK “Honey I’m Home” Papers – Homemade
WRMK “Honey I’m Home” Papers – Moments
WRMK “Honey I’m Home” Papers – Here & Now
WRMK “Honey I’m Home” Papers – Family Photo
WRMK “Honey I’m Home” Papers – Family Time
WRMK “Honey I’m Home” 6×6 papers
WRMK “Honey I’m Home” Cardstock Stickers
WRMK “Honey I’m Home” Die-cuts
WRMK “Honey I’m Home” Wood Veneer
Doodlebug color doilies
Maya Road Cup Metal Clips
Maya Road Twine
American Crafts Thickers – Celebrate Gold
Assorted Ribbons

The sketch for this month:

Foodies Enjoying Life

I like the busy backgroung paper and all the cute elements to add to the page. The photos were taken in Japan - the land of food, or rather food heaven for Miss C and myself. We are both Japanese foodies.

 I gessoed some of the background before layering on my photos and elements. I added a banner of ribbons, trims and the cute light bulbs. The teapot and cups and just adorable.

I added a contrasting bar of green patterned paper for the top and bottom of the page.  The gold foam letters are so much fun to use.

Hey There Cuz

I wanted a grungy inky look contrasted against the soft pink background. The photo is of Miss C with her two second cousins on my side.

I love the mix of wooden and paper embellishments in the pack. Too cute. 

Cute cactus and a metal mug paperclip create a small accent corner.

I used pinks and light red inks on the background before stamping with black ink.

We Are Better Together

 Staying on the grungy background, I inked this one in blues and greens. The photo was taken in Japan Disneyland last summer.

 Loving the wood accents.

 I punched out the circles from strips of patterned paper and used the negative as an accent. The circles, I scattered around the page.

We Are Family

 I really love the background paper in this layout, love the navy blue with the dotted stripes. Such a good foil to the lighter embellishments.

 I cut the pink paper into diamonds and added the adorable houses all in a row.

A top accent corner to balance off the page.

Layouts from the rest of the team:

Let's Play Today by Belly Lau

 So Very Happy Face by Belly Lau

 Oh No by Belly Lau

 Enjoy Life by Belly Lau

 Smile by Erika Lui

 Happy by Erika Lui

 Enjoy Life by Erika Lui

Discovery Bay Crop 

15th March (Tue)

10:30am - 12:00noon

Hosted by Grace Wong

See you all at crop,

It's International Scrapbooking Day

Hi there. Happy international scrapbooking day. Not to be confused with national scrapbooking day in the US (that one is in May), this one is world wide and for once, I am actually on time for it. I actually managed to honour the day and complete a couple of layouts. Yay.

Hello Pretty

I decided to use the Valentine's MCS kit for these two layouts. I just love the colours and patterns. I used a bold turquoise for the background as a foil for the pinks and reds. The sweet photo was taken on the coldest day of the year, hence all the clothes and the yummy hot chocolate.

I love the the little elements in the pack and the cute gold accents.

I splattered red and pink ink on the background before layering on the strips of patterned papers. 

I love the gold glitter words which I used as the title.

Products Used

Papers, die cuts from We R Memory Keepers Crush collection

Gold script words from Heidi Swapp

Ink sprays from Prima Marketing and Lindy's Stamp Gang 

My Two Crushes

 I did this layout from a sketch I found on pinterest. I love all the hearts in the paper collection. The photo was taken in December when we went to an outdoor skating rink in Hyde park.

 I drew circles on the white background before layering on the papers and embellishments. Gold is still a big trend this year and I'm loving it. Love the gold flat alphabet stickers.

A small accent on the bottom edge completes the layout.

Products Used

Papers, diecuts, felt flower and stickers from We R Memory Keepers Crush collection

So go ahead and celebrate the day in style by creating a page or two.

Thanks for dropping by,

Little Miss E

Hello there. Finally, a bit of nomalcy. With the New Year and Chinese New Year so close together and lots of things happening in between, we haven't really had many Thursday crop sessions at my place, so it was lovely to have the ladies over today to crop, chat and eat. I really missed the camaraderie, bouncing ideas of each other and of course completing a layout or project.

Today, I decided was a flower day, so out came the flower stash to do this layout of my cousin in-law's baby girl. She is the cutest baby and I must admit, I go to their place as often as I can to get in my cuddles and new baby smell.

This layout is based on the sketch from My Creative Sketches February sketch challenge.

Evie

 The papers are actually Valentine's themed but they are pastel enough for a baby layout. I always love a wood grain paper for that rustic look and the printed flower swag on the top is so pretty. Isn't little Miss E the cutest baby. She looks so sweet with her hat and those big eyes - just melted.

 Lots of fussy cutting and layering of flowers and paper accents. I added a key for an extra accent.

 For the background, I stenciled in a damask pattern and also used my favourite script stamp randomly around the page for added interest. I added a pink ribbon bow and also hung a metal love heart from the bow. The metal heart was more shiny silver in colour and I broke out my long neglected alcohol inks to give it an aged look. Lots of flowers to set off the top right accent.

 A small accent corner on the top left of the photo, mainly to cover some glue spots.

A couple of small word stickers to balance off the bottom of the page.

Products Used

Patterned papers from Blue Fern Studios Blush collection
Word stickers from We R Memory Keepers Crush collection
Flowers from Prima Marketing
Damask stencil from Kaisercraft
Metal accents from stash
White glitter Thickers from American Crafts

Thanks for looking,

Featured Layout

Hi there. Just a quick note to say how pleased I am to have a featured layout with the January My Creative Sketches again.

Proudly displaying my banner in this post.

Join in the fun every month and you could even win a prize pack. The February challenge is now up.

Looking forward to seeing your layouts.