More Birds of A Feather Kit Co. May Kit {Simple Stories: Vintage Bliss}

Hello! I'm back today with my 2nd reveal with the May kit at Birds of a Feather Kit Co! I am in love with the Simple Stories Vintage Bliss Collection. When I saw the butterflies, I knew I wanted to create a layout documenting the drama with my daughter's earrings...little did I know the drama would develop even more before I could finish the layout. Just 4 1/2 months ago, she pierced her ears, about a month ago we finally upgraded from the piercing studs to butterfly earrings and then now she has decided to let the holes close. This story is more than I wanted visible on the layout so I created a hidden journaling tag behind the photo. 

 I used an older PageMaps sketch for this layout.

I had lots of fun adding the stickers and chipboard pieces! 

 The next layout is also based on a PageMaps sketch - from this month. I really like the flow of the photos that I took of my girls last weekend and just squeezed an extra in to fit with the sketch.  It's the simple things that make kids happy, don't you agree?

 I mixed the Lily Bee and Simple Stories on this layout - the mix of chevrons is so fun!

The Lily Bee flair = my favorite part of this kit! 

I am going to continue scrapping with this kit for months to come because I have so many accessories and paper still left! Thanks for stopping by :)

Birds of A Feather Kit Co May Kit {American Crafts: My Girl, Simple Stories: Vintage Bliss}

After last month's boy kit at BOAF, I was THRILLED to see a girly kit for May :) I love butterflies and this month's kit is full of them. My big girl just put in her new butterfly earrings and my little girl has the cutest butterfly outfit - I will show you those pictures with my next round of layouts! 

Earlier this week, I posted a tutorial on how I edited the picture for this layout. I printed it 4x6 and then trimmed it for this layout. I used a sketch by Heather Landry. I just love her style so when I was stuck on how to use the American Craft Stitched Butterfly Paper, I went through her site on the hunt for a sketch. The first one I came to worked perfectly! 

I cut two of the stitched butterflies from the AC paper and reattached them on top of my layering. I also punched a few more butterflies to add below the picture.

I also want to point out that this AC paper is vellum and it wasn't exactly the shade I wanted it to be so I layered it on top of one of the green CS pieces. The embellishment clusters: 

For my next layout, I loved the polaroid frames and embellishment banners already layed out for me. 

I love the design but it felt a little flat to me, so I started layering stickers and chipboard pieces.

Have you noticed that I loved using the raindrop rhinestones on the butterflies for both layouts?

I removed all of the adhesive from the stickers and then used pop dots to give the elements dimension on the page. Oh, and my last step was to add my own stitching, using the stitch lines already on the paper as my guide.

Did you hear that we are having a crop next weekend for National Scrapbook Day? I hope to see you in the forums...don't want to miss out on Bingo, our challenges and other fun!!

April Kit at Birds of a Feather Kit Co. {My Mind's Eye: Collectable; Echo Park: All About A Boy}

 I'm back today with my last reveal using the April kit at Birds of a Feather Kit Co. This is definitely a boy themed kit but I didn't make a single layout using pictures of boys! Today I have one of each of my daugthers. 

The first layout is based on a Page Drafts sketch. Love the sketches over there and am so happy that Linda turned me on to them! 

 This first picture taken out in a local bluebonnet field. That's hard to tell in the photo, especially since we went the first couple of days after they started blooming. The bluebonnets only last a few weeks and I wanted to go out there before everyone else found out about them!

I originally thought of "fleeting" when I thought of how my daughter will only be young a little while younger. She's in a stage where she is willingly letting me dress her in frilly dresses (her daddy actually bought this one for her!) and twirling in wide open fields. I know these moments won't last forever!  ;)

 A few closeups - I had fun misting the Studio Calico veneers! Almost everything you see is found in the kit! I did pull alphas and cardstock from my stash, along with that super cute piece of flair.

The next picture is of my youngest daughter and taken by my husband out in one of our fields, currently overtaken by wildflowers. I used April's sketch at MME for this layout!

When I asked my girls what the title should be, this is what they came up with....something that their Daddy says to them all the time when riding on the four wheeler out in our fields! I framed the 3 with the veneer - one of her last days as being a 3 year old.

 Loving arrows right now!

 A closeup of the journaling:

I had lots of fun creating girl layouts with this boy kit! :) Can't wait to get my hands on next month's kit...I will be back soon!

Birds of A Feather April Kit {My Mind's Eye: Collectable, Echo Park: All About A Boy}

Today I have for you my first set of creations using the Birds of A Feather Kit, Co April Kit. This first layout is a perfect example of how well this kit blends the two different manufacturers. I created this for the MME sketch challenge that you can see here. You have until April 16th to enter!

 The base and a few accents are from Echo Park, All About A Boy but then the main accent strip and snap shot card are from My Mind's Eye, Collectable. The embellishments are a mix of MME, EP, Studio Calico and Cosmo Cricket! Some closeups:

This next layout is a record for me! The pictures were taken on Saturday and I scrapped them on Sunday! This time I started with a MME base and then embellished with both lines. The EP element stickers brought the lazout together quickly!

I used a Page Maps sketch for this layout, from November of 2012.

And lastly, but probably most important for my house right now:

Chore jars for my girls! I started with the EP washi tape, added some EP element stickers, Studio Calico veneers, MME enamel dots and then the finishing touch with the jute. LOVE how these turned out!

Covering the craft sticks was the most time consuming part...but love them. I color coded the sticks based on types of chores to make MY life easier. This is a project that I originally pinned here but then made it my own.

Whew, what a long post! Don't forget to go enter the sketch challenge at MME with this great kit! And if you haven't picked up the kit yet, hurry! Only 1 kit left and it can be found here.

March Kit at Birds Of A Feather Kit, Co {Little Yellow Bicycle: Just Because; Teresa Collins: Stationary Noted}

When Amy revealed the March kit to the designers at BOAF, I immediately knew which photos I wanted to use with the "Just Because" line from Little Yellow Bicycle. Temper tantrum pictures from my three year old!.

The blue floral paper looks so good with her dress.

I stole the title from one of the Teresa Collins Stationary Noted papers.

I layered the washi tape and used my date stamp. 

I went a little crazy with the paint splatters but it fit the feel of the photos :) 

I love the bicycle and clouds on this sheet. 

I was originally planning on using kid pictures here but thought these two photos were perfect!

Love all the tags that come in this kit :)

These layouts came together so quickly, I had time to make one more! I pinned a layout that I'd seen on LYB's site and really wanted to lift it. You can see the original here.

I have to be honest, I was shocked to see that one of my kids must have gotten their hands on the chipboard embellishment with a marker.... but it kind of added to the layout that although it's not a perfect life (or layout), I love it!  

I never shared my first two projects with the March kit at Birds of A Feather, oops! This is my current favorite layout :) And also lifted from Maggie Holmes. You can see the original here. 

And I loved the picture so much, I also made a card with it! 

The card is based on a sketch by Heather Landry that you can see here.

So far, I have created 4 layouts and a card - with much more kit to go! You can get your hands on a kit here. :) 

Birds of A Feather Kit Co Love Birds Crop!

 I made this layout for Drea's sketch challenge:

 and this layout for Kristen's challenge to use at least 12 hearts and the word love in the title:

I just realized I need to go back and add the dates from our pictures on the layouts...I've scrapped so many of the pictures that I know that info is already documented but the pages still feel naked without it! ;) You have until Wednesday night to finish the challenges and there are a couple of games going on too, come check it out!

I also wanted to share a layout my 7 year old created. My heart stopped for half a second when I realized how much washi tape she used! :) I really like how she anchored the photo in the bottom corner!

And she made all of her own embellishments! Santa, candy canes, her title:

 Tree with presents and bows (also labeled with her and her sister's initial)

She knows how to use Siri on the ipad and she searchd for valentine project ideas. This is pretty close to the original that she copied from! 

I've created a crafty monster!! :)