Imagine-ck pep rally

Clique Kits Pep Rally   -  IMAGINE  -

Hello there,

You are just arriving from Enza's blog  ( the entire line up for today's Pep rally is located at the bottom of this post).

Welcome to my blog!  It is my first time taking part on the Clique Kits Pep Rally, and i am very excited to share one of the layouts i worked with this month's beautiful Sapphire kit.   

The Sapphire kit features the beautiful Pinkfresh Studio's Indigo Hills collection, and these papers are truly beautiful, that i wanted to incorporate them all into a layout.  My choice was to use a punch to create butterflies out of each of the papers in the kit.  I  also use the same punch to create butterflies from different color vellum papers.

Once i had all the butterfly cut-outs, i lightly glued each butterfly to  a vellum one.    A few ink splatters were then sprinkled on the mat starting at the bottom corner, and moving up in a diagonal. 

Next,I glued the picture (which i layered with some of the kit's exclusive cards), and using removable tape,  glued the layered butterflies following the path of the  ink splatters.

Using a paper piercing tool, i followed the path of the butterflies, and created a stitching guide by making holes in the mat.   I used gold and white embroidery thread to back-hand-stitch and secure the butterflies to the layout.

For the title, I used one of this month's Clique Kits exclusives to create the word imagine.   I cut the word on white card stock, and used a gold paint marker to color it.   I glued the word to the mat at the end of the stitched lines.  Here is the final layout:

I hope this serves as inspiration to pick your Clique Kits' Sapphire Kit;  there are still some left in the store, and also stop by to check the upcoming November kit -Swan Lake-.  Don't forget to comment on the blogs as you go along, you or a friend could win this month's kit...

Thank you for stopping by!

... now you are off to  Caroli's Blog.

Here is the line-up for today's Pep Rally, in case you missed one of the stops:

Clique Kits https://cliquekits.wordpress.com/

Gia Lau https://giaaloha.wordpress.com/
Nicole Martel https://nicolemartel.blogspot.com
*Magali Le Luc- http://blogladybird.blogspot.ca/
*Melissa Elsner- http://theprofoundbrunette.com
*Enza Gudor- https://creativefindingsblog.wordpress.com/
*Nathalie DeSousa- http://tachita55.blogspot.ca/    <<<YOU ARE HERE

NEXT STOP  -->>*Caroli Schulz- www.carolinaschulz.com <<--  NEXT STOP

Maryam Perez http://maryamperez.blogspot.com/
Dani Brown-California https://danibscraps.wordpress.com/
Sara Mishler https://sarascrapsblog.wordpress.com/
Kim Allen http://kimsscrappyblog.blogspot.com/

Amazing Gift

Scrapbook Layout  - AMAZING GIFT  -

Hello!

It is rainy and cold here in Toronto, and since my dinning room table is being occupied by baking goods, i found a spot in front of the computer adding my projects to the blog.  

I was inspired by circles and bubbles for this project;  i started by using a circle stencil to draw all the circles, and used a paper piercing to create a stitching guide.  A few hours of Netflix, and a cup of coffee made all the stitching go really fast.

Once the stitching was finished, I pulled my Clique Kits' Sapphire kit featuring all Pinkfresh Indigo Hills collection, and cut some circles from the papers, and  die cut pieces from the ephemera pack.  I created small clusters of circles along the layout, and added small details around it.

I added a picture of my daughter and our baby on the day we brought him home for the first time.   I cut it into a circle, and matted onto some papers from the collection.  I continued my circle motive by adding die-cut pieces, and the Clique Kits exclusive flair in a small cluster around the picture.

For the title of the layout, I used one of the puffy stickers, and the alphas (both from Pinkfresh Studio Indigo Hills collection) included in the Clique Kits' Sapphire kit.   Once everything was glued, I trimmed around the edges of the page, and stitched it to one of the papers of the collection.  Here is the final layout:

Clique Kits

I love the clean and simple look of the page, but so full of texture and color at the same time.  I really loved the versatility of this month's  papers.  I hope you find inspiration on this layout, and if you want to get a kit, visit Clique Kits (you can use the code NATHALIE10 to get 10% discount at checkout).

thanks for visiting today,

See you all very soon!

Materials Used:

Clique Kits Sapphire Kit

Everyday Has A Story

Scrapbook Layout     -  EVERYDAY HAS A STORY  -

Hi there!,

I have been busy working on some new projects, that i had forgot to enter them into my blog, so here is a quick overview of one of the layouts created with Clique Kits's October kit, Sapphire.  To say that i love this kit will be an understatement, I have pretty much used up all the Pinkfresh Studio's Indigo Hills papers, and I am down to scraps.   

For this layout, i am using Paige Evans's Chevron cut file (Studio Calico),  it was easy to back the cut-out with the papers from the kit ( i mainly used scraps).  I used foam adhesive to add dimension to the page.

I had this picture of my son and nephew watching tv their pajamas.  It depicts our daily life, but also how close they are -even though there is a 13 year gap in their ages-.   So I simply layered the picture with some vellum, papers and some of the exclusive printables (included in this month's Sapphire kit).  The title is one of the die-cuts from the Pinkfresh studio ephemera pack.

I chose simplicity for this page, and love the ending result.    In case you are interested in obtaining this kit from Clique Kits, please follow this link, and use NATHALIE10 at checkout, so you can get a discount.

As always let me know if you have any questions about how the layout came together.

Til next time,

Keep crafting!

Materials used:

cut file - Chevron - Paige Evans - Studio Calico

Sapphire kit - Clique Kits.

Papers, ephemera, chipboard stickers - Indigo Hills collection - Pinkfresh Studio (included in the kit)

Black color shine ink -Heidi Swapp collection.

Shine

Scrapbook Layout  -  SHINE -

Hello everyone!

I hope you enjoyed a well rested weekend.    

Today, I will like to share with you all a new project i have created using Clique Kits' Sapphire Kit.   If you haven't seen the kit yet (you can click on the link above),  it features Pinkfresh Studio's Indigo Hills collection (one of my favorite collections ever).   Once I seen the colors of the papers, I knew that the picture of my babies would be perfect on this layout.   Here is a quick video on how this layout came together:

I started this layout by using  Clique Kits  Hearts cut file. created for World Card Making day -here is the link to the cut file- .   I backed the cut out with papers from the Indigo Hills collection, and white vellum.  I also added some acrylic paint to the background (white heavy body paint mixed with Acrylic ink), so that the cut-out will be highlighted.

I added my picture surrounded by simple clusters  made up of Clique Kits exclusive printables and flair, as well as die cut pieces, and wood paper clip from the Indigo Hills collection.

The title of this project was created with the Clique Kits's February 2015 cut file.   Since, i wanted to keep the project in the same paper scheme, I made sure to cut the word shine in navy card stock;  using the Silhouette Studio, I created an offset to the word, and cut the shape on white card stock.   Once the images were glued together, I attached them to the project with some foam adhesive.

This project came together rather easily.  The papers included in Clique Kits' Sapphire kit are so easy to combine that takes no time to create a new layout.  Here is a look at the final layout:

 If you want more details on what is included on the kit, just follow this link, and don't forget to use the code NATHALIE10 at checkout to get a 10% discount at checkout.

I hope this gives a little inspiration to start the week.... As always let me know if you have any questions about how this layout came together,

Thanks for visiting today.

Take care!

Materials used:

cut files - Hearts for WCMD 2016 , and February 2015 kit -  Clique Kits

Sapphire Kit - Clique Kits

Patterned papers - Indigo Hills collection - Pinkfresh Studio

Ephemera, wood paper clip, chipboard hearts - Indigo Hills collection - Pinkfresh studio

Heavy body acrylic paint -white-

Acrylic Ink - teal - Liquitex

Navy color shine ink - Heidi Swapp collection