"Hooray" ~ Dec Hip Kit

I have a fun colorful layout to share with you today! I love this one! You know me, I love color. For this layout, I'm using the December Hip Kit. The leaf background is a cut file from The Cut Shoppe.

I started with a black cardstock background. Then using acrylic paints, made brushstrokes down the paper in various colors. I love using color on a black background because it just makes it pop! I then layered the cut file over the paint and then built my photo layers and added embellishments.

I just love the look of that colorful paint coming through the leaf background!

And of course, a cute photo never hurts! 

I have a process video on this layout if you'd like to watch!

Thanks for stopping by!

Insta Love Layout

This was for a challenge to create a layout using a grid design. I chose do use a few of my favorite Instagram pics for 2014. Now I have many more favs of course but these were just a few representative of my life and loves.

The grid is a cut file from The Cut Shoppe. I absolutely love the cut files from this Etsy shop! I have many and use them on many layouts.  This file was cut from white cardstock and then I just colored in the white cardstock using watercolors. I backed it with black so the colors would pop and I think they did!

I used the December Hip Kit Club kit. It was full of beautiful papers and embellishments! I am so enjoying my subscription to the Hip Kit Club. Every month is full of amazing products!

Here is the process video for the layout! I hope you enjoy.  I'd love to hear feedback from you! Please feel free to leave a comment.

Have a great day!

"Cookies for Santa" Layout ~ November Hip Kit

Happy January! Hopefully you are like me and getting settled back into a routine somewhat. Things have calmed down a bit after the holidays and the aftermath is underway. Taking the decorations down, packing everything away for another year and if you're like me, a major cleanout as I welcome the clean open spaces in my home again!

I'm back today to share a layout with you that I completed using the November Hip Kit Club kit. I am loving this kit but trying to work my way through it before my January kit arrives. I still have December I haven't started yet. I fell behind during the month of November and do not want to have my kits piling up! I'm trying to get November completed so I can at least be on December before my next kit arrives. I am loving these kits though. They are so packed full of product and are so well put together.

I completed this layout pretty quickly. I have a process video for you but I'll share some photos first.

This is, of course, a layout of my grandson on Christmas Eve. The kids like to spend the night at our house on Christmas Eve so we can enjoy Christmas morning as a family. Needless to say, that makes me so happy because I love spending the morning with them and watching Audio enjoy his Santa gifts and stockings. (Secretly, I think its because when my daughter and son-in-law spend the night here, they know Santa fills their stocking and brings them Santa gifts. I think they're afraid if they don't stay here, Santa won't leave anything for them! Heehee)

On Christmas Eve, Travis and Ashley were helping Audio put out cookies and milk for Santa. Well Audio was so fascinated by the cookies that he kept trying to grab them and eat them. He also wanted to drink Santa's milk! I don't think he quite understood why we were just leaving them sitting there but I'm glad I captured the photo of him reaching for the cookies!

The "Santa" cut out was from the Silhouette store. I downloaded it and cut it out on my Silhouette using the red cardstock. I thought it added a fun addition to the title with the Santa hat.

Are those gold puffy stickers from Evalicious just so yummy! I love them!

As I said, I do have a process video that I'll leave you with. I hope you enjoy it!