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,

Country Walk

Hi there. As I said before, I didn't get many layout done last month and have multiple kits waiting to be scrapped. Really have to get a move on but in the meantime, here is the second one I did.

Country Walk

I just love the muted colours in the paper line. So pretty and all the papers meld together beautifully. The photo was taken on a wet and muddy walk in the UK during Christmas time.

 I added a cluster of flowers and also fussy cut some flowers to frame the photo.

I added molding paste through a stencil in random sections of the background paper.

I finished it off with some script stamping to round of the page.

Products Used

Patterned paper, gold alpha stickers from Prima Marketing Royal Menagerie collection

Fabric flowers and paper flowers from Prima Marketing

Fussy cut flowers, tags and word stickers from We R Memory Keepers Wildflower collection

Stencil from Prima Marketing

Script stamp from Hero Arts

Thanks for dropping by,

HK Memory Chest Kit Club - February 2015

Wah, wah, wah. I have seriously been lacking on the scrapbook front. Apart from the layouts for January's kit, I've not done any scrapbooking in January. Partly because we were away from the 7th to the 20th; first in Singapore and then in Japan (I know, we travel a lot) and also to sheer laziness.

Yup, I admit it - I've been having a great all time spending my free time watching You Tube card tutorials rather than creating. Funnily enough, I'm not a card maker, but I love to watch the process. These ladies are super talented and their video deliveries are concise and watchable. My favourites - Jennifer McGuire, Nichol Maqouirk, Kristina Werner, Vicky Papioannou and Shari Carroll. Do you have your favourites?

Anyway, back to the creating that I did do - the February layouts. This month's jam packed kit brings in the diamond/gem trend which has been seen around CHA 2015 this year. It's also perfect for Valentine's day cards or layouts - diamonds = engagements - that's what I think anyway.

February Kit 2015
We R Memory Keepers Shine - Sparkle
We R Memory Keepers Shine - Blessings
We R Memory Keepers Shine - Glisten
We R Memory Keepers Shine - Inspired
We R Memory Keepers Shine - Well Worn
We R Memory Keepers Shine Acrylic Shapes
We R Memory Keepers Shine Journaling Cards
Gossamer Blue On My Desk Puffy Stickers
Teresa Collins Designs Life Emporium Die Cut Cork Shapes
Petaloo Textured Elements Burlap Poinsettia
Dear Lizzy Phrase and Letter Stickers
Amy Tangerine Oxford Embroidery Stencil Set
Amy Tangerine Shaped Paper Clips

Optional Add-ons
Gossamer Blue Double Sided Cardstock – You’re a Gem
Gossamer Blue On My Desk Gold Foil Vellum
My Mind’s Eye Julibee Mint Juleb Double Sided Cardstock – Wild Ampersand Foil
Freckled Fawn Enamel Stars
My Minds Eye Market Street Chipboard Stickers
Sizzix Bigz Dies Mug & Spoon

Here's the sketch I designed for this month:

Yokai Fun

I love the starry paper; it's so fun and can be used in so many ways and not too overpowering. The photos were taken in Sakaiminato, Japan, the home town of famous Yokai cartoonist Mizuki Shigeru. Yokai are Japanese folklore monsters and ghouls.

I cut out the gold blooms from the velum add on and they really pop around the page. I added gold alphas to tie the gold elements together.

The puffy stickers are too adorable and they feel so soft, I couldn't stop touching them. The diamonds, I cut from one of the add on papers and gave them a brushing of clear Wink of Stella to make them shimmer.

The cork board pieces add a natural texture to the page and I cut the staggered quote from one of the provided cards. More puffy stickers to round out the layout.

Love & Be Happy

 This month comes with a fun embroidery and template kit from Amy Tangerine. This inspired me to do a stitched patchwork layout, using complimentary colours. I kept the layout pretty simple otherwise, with few embellishments.

I love the contrast of the cork board and acrylic. I used the #be happy card as part of the title. The little glitter stars are so cute and match the papers perfectly.

 The sweet clouds were part of the embroidery kit and even though I'm not much of a sewer, I thought these were well worth the effort. I then inked the edges with distress ink to give them more definition.

I die cut the "captured" on kraft paper and layered it three times to give it a chipboard feel. I cut a slit in the grid paper so I could slip the paper clip end of the camera in.

 Enjoy Today

 I love the background paper for this layout. It already has a ready made layered look, so I wanted to keep more of that showing through on the left side, so I layered my photos and elements mainly on the right.

I kept this side simple with see through acrylic elements and the title stickers. I did splatter gold and white paint over the page as I felt the open areas were a little stark.

 I love the red flowers and although they are poinsettias, I felt they could be other than for Christmas layouts. I just love the burlap look of them.

I drew and stitched a giant diamond to go behind my main focus area and I think it turned out really well. I used this month's die set for the mug and spoon and cut the horse from one of the cards in the kit.

Gift Card Holder/Card

I had lots of paper left, but didn't want to do another layout, so I decided to do a quick card. I used the coffee mug die again to make a tri-fold card. I stuck the bottom half of the mug on the lower flap and the top flap tucks in behind it. As the reverse side of the red gem paper was a dark green wood grain, I layered the diamond paper on the inside to brighten it up. I die cut a pocket from the gold blossom vellum and placed a gift card inside (it's just a dud; plan to change it out to a proper gift card when the time comes to give it away). I added a birthday banner on the pocket and drew a gold stitched border around it.

Here are some of the projects from the rest of the team:

Things That Make Me Smile by Belly Lau

You and Me by Belly Lau

Mini Album Pen Holder Set by Belly Lau

Be True To Yourself by Erika Lui

It's My Jam by Erika Lui

Chai Wan Crop

10th February (Tuesday)

10:30am - 12:30pm

Hosted by Grace Wong

12th February (Thursday)

10:30am - 12:30pm

Hosted by Belly Lau

Hope to see you at the crop and happy scrapping.