Paperie July Kit: "True Story"

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Hey, hey!

I just wanted to quickly share another LO I made with the Paperie's July kit.




Ben has not had much fun with teething and he's cutting his molars right now. He's as pleasant as pie during the day but he's not sleeping through the night.  He wrinkles his nose when he's really chewing on something which is too cute not to scrap. So I did!

To make the Polaroids, I used the Lawn Fawn stamp set, Say Cheese. I stamped the Polaroid on the back of the patterned paper and cut it out using my sharp scissors. Then I cut out the center using my X-acto knife and Tim Holtz ruler.  Then I laid the Polaroid frame over the picture and fidgeted until I was happy.   Once my frame was stuck to the picture, I cut off the excess.

For the title,  "true story",  I arranged the letter stickers that came in the kit and misted with Studio Calico Mister Huey Calico White.  The Studio Calico badge (which I love) came in the kit, too. Finally, I doodled a white line all the way around the page.  I think I did that on all my pages from this kit. It's one of my favorite things to do these days.

This is the closest I can come to a clean and simple aesthetic.  Although, I guess the spray ink means it's not really clean, right? Whatever it is, I love it. I had planned to add journaling under the title but once it was done I felt the pictures told my story and didn't need any help.

Well, that's it for today.

Thanks for stopping by!

zove

Cathie

Paperie July Kit Club: Sneak Peek 2

Hey, hey!

I'm back today to share another page I made using The Paperie's July kit.



This layout uses the same Studio Calico papers from the Heyday collection that I used in the layout I shared yesterday. I feel like I could have a stack of those papers and never get tired of them.

Anyway, this page is all about Ben playing peek-a-boo. It's something he's been doing for ages and he still thinks it's hilarious. It's so sweet.  Whenever he pops out, he says "Hi Ya". So, the title for my page was obvious.



To make the speech bubble, I laid my title out on white scrap paper and then drew out my speech bubble with a black pen. Then I cut as close as I could using my sharp detail scissors. I was inspired by all the Silhouette die cuts I've been seeing lately but it has a more handmade feel that I like just as much. I'll definitely use something like this again.



There's another one of Studio Calico's badges and a wood veneer camera. I put the badge on pink button. In part to try something different with the badge and also to tie in the pink from this element from October Afternoon...



This is not a color combination I would ever think of but trying new things is one of the best things about kit clubs. And I do love trying new things.

That's all I have for today.

Thanks for stopping by!

zove

Cathie

Paperie July Kit Club: Sneak Peek

As promised, here's a look at one of my projects using The Paperie's July kit. This month, the kit has lots of Studio Calico's Heyday Collection (including badges, wood veneer cameras/people - yays!). There's also a Dear Lizzy stamp set and pack of the cutest little chipboard elements, a chipboard alpha, some My Mind's Eye trim, buttons and some DooDads from October Afternoon. 

So, here's my first page.



All the paper is from Studio Calico's Heyday collection.  I love these papers so much I cut them up when I could to stretch them out a bit.  I also love love love the wood veneer cameras. You'll see them on almost every layout I made this month. And finally, the cassette tape diecut is from October Afternoon's Cakewalk Doodad package. I hope some one is working on wood veneer cassette tapes. That would make my 80's heart so happy.



There are a couple of things on this page that aren't in the kit. Like the paint dots. I used some Jenni Bowlin for Ranger paint dabbers in Speckled Egg and Lemon Drops and some Claudine Hellmuth Studio Classic Teal paint and the end of a paint brush to make the dots. I also used my new Starburst stamp from Studio Calico/Hero Arts and some clear embossing powder.



I cannot believe that that little boy has grown up to be a not so little boy who is starting school in September. Ack. 

So far, I've made 5 pages with this kit and there's a lot leftover. Stop back tomorrow and see some other pages I've made with The Paperie's July kit. I have lots to share.

Thanks for stopping by!

zove

Cathie