Lauren ~~ St Paddy's Kit ~~ Pot of Gold Friendship.... Non St Paddy's day memory.

Hey there everyone.......

I knew that this kit would go so nicely with some mixed media and even a non St Paddys day photo.

My son and his best friend have a strong and wild friendship - so its like they have found the pot of gold in terms of friendship and that is the idea behind the layout.

I chose paints and scraped them onto the page with a spatula.

Once it was dried I started an embellishment cluster to the left. Starting with lace trims and the straw to have a vertical design.

The photo was then nestled in to that vertical cluster, after it was framed by the orange and green spotted paper  -- adding in fabric flowers and the metal flowers and the resin pot of gold.

I added the tag, cut out the rainbow and journaled to the bottom of the photo. Completing the layout with sequin coins and leprechauns.

Lauren ~~ St Patrick's Embellishment Kit ~~ TN childhood memories layout

Hey there everyone!

When I seen the "what's in the kit?" video I knew I had to get the kit and make make make!

I haven't got any St Paddy's day relevant photos but I knew that I enjoyed the magic of the day when I was a kid so I journaled about that in my TN.

I loved the green lace trim so I started with that - gluing it to the bottom of the page and then the layout came together so quickly after that.

I tucked in the end of a tag and used the pot of gold cut a part at right side of the lace. 

I added the postcard to top left of the layout to draw your eye that way. I then sprinkled sequins around the page before journaling.

The seqiuns had some awesome clovers, leprechauns and gold coins so was very very fitting. 

I used green sharpie and my calligraphy pen to decorate the page with the story.

Raelene - St Paddy's Kit - Lucky Banner

I wanted to create a banner for St Paddy's day from a cardboard box so I grabbed a empty wine box from a friend who has a wine with dinner to tear/cut up to make a cute banner and I was just going to cut the lettering from cardstock when I found this cute free printable Lucky Banner I felt it was just what I needed for my lettering on the upcycled wine box banner I wanted to create.  I just tore the top flaps of the box and cut the long sides in half, trimming the shorter side to match the length of those.

Originally I wanted to stencil on the cardboard but due to time constraints I decided to go with simple layers using the papers and cut apart in the St Paddy's Kit from Scrapping Fun Kits.
I cut the dot paper into 4 and the shamrock paper into 3 so that I had one piece twice the size of the other 2.  Then I cut 2 of the tags and the pot of gold from the cut apart to use for layering.

I started just by grabbing one letter at a time and creating layers behind the free printable flag.

This cute tag from the cut apart was a great way to add a layer to the L, it has a slight overhang at the top which I love.

U and Y were a very simple lot of layering with just a piece of each paper, I also cut a scrap out from behind the Y to use on the shamrock.

C I just used the dot paper and the fussy cut pot of gold from the cut apart.  How cute is that pot of gold?

K and the Shamrock have the rainbow label from the cut apart, I simply trimmed it slightly to the right of the rainbow so I would have the left over for another layer elsewhere.

I loved how they all looked together while I was waiting on the glue to dry before I add the ribbon.
I simply used my standard hole punch to pun 2 holes in each banner and then thread multiple strands of orange bakers twine through the holes.

Getting a photo of the  Banner in action on St Paddy's Day was difficult due to some strong wind we were having but one of the other Mum's got this great shot of it.

I love how this banner turned out, it certainly was a hit.

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Raelene - St Paddy's Kit - Card and Cute Paperclip

When I saw the cute pot of gold resin I just had to make it into a quick but very cute paperclip to highlight when St Paddy's is in my diary since I am organising a event for my local home schooling community. 

I simply adhered it to a large paperclip with Glossy Accents and punched a circle from the shamrock paper to cover the back.  One of the Chiffon flowers would have been great on the back for a double  sided clip but I wanted to be able to use it in a scrapbooking layout recording our St Paddy's memories this year so I needed the back to be flat.

I used it to hold the vintage postcard over hubby's roster in my planner spread for a cute planner spread photo and then took the card out to make a card.

I decided to create a simple card using one of the vintage postcards in the St Paddy's kit.

I punched some white cardstock with a border punch.
Then I trimmed some of the green lace in half length ways so I could adhere some to each side of the vintage postcard.
I added one of those gorgeous filigree to the front and called this card done.

I love how quickly it came together.  I hope the friend I send it to enjoys it.

If you would love one of these St Paddy's Kits there are still a few left so head to the Subscription Tap and fill in the form, enter St Paddy's in the promo code box.

Raelene - St Paddy's Kit - Cake

As I was creating my layout for the March White with 1 Challenge with the St Paddy's Kit and other kits I was inspired to scrap this photo of my son at my birthday a couple of years ago using the emerald green chiffon flower from the St Paddy's Kit and other goodies.

I love how that little scrap of the green felt trim added a little bit of texture to this cluster.

Cutting up the shamrock doily allowed me to use it on this layout to give a little more texture.









I love how this layout turned out.  The St Paddy's kit was perfect for recording this memory.  If you would like one of these fun kits there are still a couple left so head to the Subscription Tab and fill in the form.

Raelene - White with 1 March Challenge

Raelene here with my Guest Designer layout for the White with 1 March Challenge.

As soon as I saw the colour prompt and moodboard I was excited, I knew my upcoming St Paddy's kit was perfect for this challenge.  

I wanted a few more green bits so I added 2 items from the upcoming Autumn TN kit, the white flower from the School Kit and some tiny resin flowers from the October 2017 kit and a item from a upcoming Embellishment kit.

You can see how this layout came together in my Process Video.

I started by mixing some blue and yellow distress inks to get a shade of green that would suit this month's colour and used packaging technique to add colour to my white cardstock.

Next I added a strip of washi to break up the page and get things started.  Then I started building my layers.  

How gorgeous is that green lace and felt trim, just perfect for this challenge.

The green paper from the upcoming Autumn TN kit was a perfect addition to my layers.

The white flower from the School kit was perfect to combine with the tiny resin flower from the October 2017 kit, the Frame from the upcoming Autumn TN kit and this cute chiffon flower from a upcoming embellishment kit.
Edited on May 31st 2018 - The Chiffon Flower is from the June 2018 Kit.

I love how this  layout turned out.  I enjoyed it so much that I kept out my St Paddy's kit and created another Green and white layout which I will share with you later in the month.

The prize from Scrapping Fun Kits this month is one of our sold our St Paddy's kits, if  the winner has already bought the kit I will exchange the kit for a shop credit.

I look forward to seeing what you create so please let me know if you enter.

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