Right Now: A Me Layout

Happy Tuesday Everyone! 

Today I wanted to share a quick and fun layout that I created over the weekend, inspired by a challenge over at Scrapping From the Inside Out. 

I wanted to record a bunch of things that I love RIGHT NOW--a very 'in-the-moment' type layout. I didn't care if they were trendy things, or things that might not even be around in a few months, I'm into them right now and that was important enough for me.

I used my silhouette to cut a heart shape in the center and my 'right now' title at the bottom. I then backed the heart with some contrasting patterned paper and poked ten holes around the page for the brads. I wrapped a piece of twine around the brad before sticking it into the paper--and then pulled the twine through the center of the heart. I did this for each of the brads and then added a whole bunch of handwritten journaling around the page. 

Thanks for stopping by! If you do any 'in-the-moment'/right now scrapping, please leave me a link in the comments, I'd love to check it out!

Kristin

Layout: Smile, Its the Little Things

Layout: Smile, Its the Little Things 

Today I'm sharing a layout that I created for Basically Bare, highlighting a couple of quick tips that I wanted to share a couple for dressing up your embellishments to use on a layout (or any other project you see fit).

You can see the original post here: http://basicallybareonline.com/wordpress/?p=3849

Clouds inked with Prima Chalk Ink: 

Painted chipboard layered with vellum & a painted/embossed star:

Journaling with stickers: 

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Kristin 

NSD Blog Hopping with Trinity Paper Arts!

Welcome to the Trinity Paper Arts National Scrapbook Day Blog Hop!

We are so excited to be celebrating our frist National Scrapbook Day with you and cannot wait to show you all of the wonderful, inspiring creations our Design Team is sharing today. So sit back, relax,maybe take a little break from cropping, and enjoy the show!

Also, what's a National Scrapbook Day Hop without a National Scrapbook Day prize!!!??

We're giving away all our Surf N Swim Collection pack to one lucky winner!! This will get you all set and ready to scrap your summer!

Post the secret phrase "I love scrapbooking!" on our Facebook Page or tweet it to us and we'll draw one name from all the posters to win the Surf N Swim Collection!! We'll also choose one more winner from all the comments on all the blogs in the Hop to win the Making the Team Collection!!! That's two prizes and lots of chances to win.

Today I'm sharing with you a layout using both the Surf N Swim collection as well as the Sincerely collection.

A close up showing the papers. I'm such a sucker for geometric patterns. 

A chipboard embellishment covered with paper from the Sincerely collection pointing to my journaling box (a half sticker also from the Sincerely collection). 

I really love how the yellow and blue of Swim N Surf coordinates with the grey of Sincerely.

Up next is Jenifer Cowles! You can check out her blog here: http://stitchcutcreate.blogspot.com/

Here's a list of all the blogs in case you get lost!

Trinity Paper Arts http://trinitypaper.blogspot.com

Erika Taylor http://taylordconcepts.blogspot.com/

Kristin Tweedale http://www.rukristin.blogspot.com/ <------You're here!!

Jenifer Cowles http://stitchcutcreate.blogspot.com/

Veronica Johnson http://www.kitsnbits.blogspot.com/

Jenn Cochran http://www.jaxbeanstalks.blogspot.com/

Staci Jones http://scrapbookingischeaperthantherapy.blogspot.com/

Cristal Hobbs http://blueyecicle.blogspot.com/

Jennifer Priest http://hydrangeahippo.com

Don't forget to post the secret phrase to our Facebook Page or tweet it (tag @trinitypaper) and leave comments on all the blogs in the hop for the most chances!

Thanks for stopping by!!

--K

Project Life Inspiration Newsletter: May Edition - Coming Soon

Project Life Inspiration Newsletter: May Edition will be coming out next week! 

Lots of great inspiration from Michelle Wooderson, Nicole Harper, & More. 

You can check out April's newsletter here: http://rukristin.blogspot.com/2012/04/project-life-inspiration-april.html

and remember to drop me an email if you would like the newsletter delivered right to your inbox!

Have a great day!

Kristin

Be Awesome Today: A Fanciful Frames Layout

Hi hi Everyone!


I'm so excited to finally share this layout with you -- I've been working on it for quite some time. It was one of those projects where I would just add a couple of things here and there every couple of days. And I wound up with one of my favorite layouts of all time. 


This layout was originally see on the Basically Bare blog: http://basicallybareonline.com/wordpress/?p=3500

The bright colors of Pink Paislee's Spring Jubilee really pop on neutral backgrounds, so I grabbed the newspaper patterned sheet as my background and worked from there.  I added some Pink Paislee rub-ons (Spring Jubilee and She Art collections) to the neutral background, and matted the entire layout on bright green patterned paper.

I loved the idea of painting the Basically Bare chipboard Frames a stark black (using the amazing Zig black painty markers) and using them to frame the ultra bright pink and blue papers. The Zig painty markers really do make it super easy to paint chipboard. I keep them right on my desk at all times. I also used them to paint over the foam Thickers in my title, easily making my own coordinating alpha -- I've used this trick about seven or eight times now! 

I used three separate Basically Bare Fanciful frames: one for my photo (approx. 4×6) and then two more for the patterned papers.  After backing the frames, I played around with the arrangement a little until I was satisfied. 

As you can see I stacked the center frame with the photo, on top of the two other frames. This gave the layout a lot of dimension right at the focal point. 

One of my favorite parts of this layout is this little embellishment cluster to the bottom left of the photo.  The acrylic heart is a part of the LOVEly locket set, I trimmed off the lock piece at the top, and I was left with a clear acrylic heart. Also in the cluster are a chipboard star from the Celestial Shapes collection as well as a chipboard button from the Buttons collection; those are both covered with a coordinating patterned paper from the Spring Jubilee collection. 

I added Pink Paislee ‘She Art’ rub-ons to the top of both the acrylic heart and the chipboard star, just to give it a little bit more of a artsy, textured feel.

Thank you so much for letting me share this with you!

--Kristin

Layout Sneak: Be Awesome Today

One of my favorite layouts of all time is finally up! 

You can check out the entire layout over at the Basically Bare blog, we are hopping with Pink Paislee this week! 

Here's a sneak peek:

The whole layout can be seen here: 

http://basicallybareonline.com/wordpress/?p=3500

Thanks for stopping by!

-- Kristin

Layout Sneak: Hawaii!

Hey Everyone! 

I'm super excited for my first layout to be up over on the Trinity Paper Arts blog! I had so much fun working with amazing photos from my cousins' recent trip to Hawaii! 

Here's a quick sneak peek!

Check out the whole post here: 

http://trinitypaper.blogspot.com/2012/04/hawaii-layout-with-swim-n-surf.html

Thanks for stopping by!

-Kristin