Home Again by Carta Bella - October Scrapshotz Kit - Part 2

Family and home. There is nothing more important in our scrapbooks. This line is perfect for all those photos that aren't about a special event. Just real life happening. I used a lot of chipboard elements on this layout, playing with the placement of the bits and pieces until I was happy with it. The journaling strips are cut from the Taylored Expressions Simple Strips Die. This die is going to get a lot of use in my scrapbook room!

These cards use ephemera pieces, scraps from my layouts, some chipboard and the enamel dots included in the October Scrapshotz kit. Easy and fun to create!

More cards using the elements of the line. The sentiment strips are from the Taylored Expressions Simple Strips stamps and dies. I just stamped and cut out a bunch! Instant sentiments!

More cards using the sentiment strips and elements from the kit. All my bows are tied using the Bow Easy. If you don't have one, you need to get one. Easy peasy, pretty bows every time! If you need one, ask Sandy to source it for you! She's always ready to fill our wish lists!

Thanks for looking!

Carta Bella Christmas Market Cards

Carolyn here today with some Christmas cards. The new Carta Bella Christmas Market Collection is perfect for card making. The puffy stickers are small enough for cards and there are cut apart cards in the paper kit. I also received some Kaisercraft stamps called "Let It Snow" and a Kaisercraft stencil called "Festive Foliage" which added those special touches to the cards.

The top card uses foam to pop the sentiment off the card. I cut the sentiment out of one of the papers. A die cut from the ephemera pack and some puffy stickers finish it off. The bottom cards layered papers from the collection kit and used some pop dots. All the cards are A2 size. 

The top card uses the Kaisercraft stamps for the sentiment and the trees. I used two different colours of ink and two different sized trees. To make the trees smaller, I held a scrap paper over the card so only the top part of the stamp touched the card. I like how it made the trees appear to be in the distance. I added a couple puffy stickers and the barn and sled stickers.

The bottom card is several layers of paper and a few stickers from the kit. The sentiment is from the Kaisercraft stamp set.

My last set of cards used the stencil and Kaisercraft stamps. The bottom two cards used modeling paste mixed with paint. I taped the stencil down so it didn't move. The top card uses paint. It was a little trickier to not have the paint run under the stencil.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!

Home Again by Carta Bella - October Scrapshotz Kit

The colours of this kit are amazing. I loved the blue and the minty greens with all the white florals. Comfortable, cozy and homey. On this first layout, I showcased a black and white photo that co-ordinates really well with the patterns. A chipboard banner from the collection and a floral sticker along with a strip of washi balances the page.

This panoramic photo showcases our home and our family at play, I love that we can entertain ourselves at home! The pattern on the background paper is fun and playful and the large van sticker is  popped up and the mini florals are fussy cut and embellished with glossy accents.

To enhance the wooden embellishments, I used a white gel pen to highlight the blooms and a bit of gold Nuvo Midas touch. They took the gel really well and really stand out on my project.

This is the wall hanging that I created with a photo of my granddaughter for my entrance hall. I covered an ecterera tag with patterned paper and double matted the photo on it. The gold thickers and the wooden flowers from the kit are the perfect accent.

This layout was inspired by the Creative Scrapbooker Sketchy Challenge for October 2019. I loved the circular frames on the patterned paper, but some of the sayings weren't what I needed for this page, so I fussy cut some of the blank frames and used them for my journaling. The beautiful solid coloured paper included with the kit was the perfect backdrop. Once again, the gold thickers were great for the title.

Thanks for having a look at my kit projects.

Simple Stories Country Christmas Binder Kit with Video

Hello! Karla back today with a look at the gorgeous Simple Stories Country Christmas Binder Kit that is now available at Scrap Shotz!! You're going to love this binder whether you are doing a December Daily type album, documenting your holidays or giving it as a gift. You'll receive all the supplies needed to create it and simply use your own adhesives, trimmer and ink for edging if desired.

You can see the video here where you'll get a look at each page!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to head over to the Scrap Shotz Store to find this beautiful binder kit while supplies last. Have a wonderful weekend friends!

Simple Stories Holly Jolly Card Kit and Video

Hello friends! Karla back today with a look at the adorable Simple Stories Holly Jolly Card Kit available at the Scrap Shotz Store. This is a wonderful kit to pull out if you're on the road, at a crop, or simply snuggled up at home with some Christmas music on and a favourite drink! The kit makes 8 beautiful cards with all the product supplied to create them - and you'll have some left overs to use on more cards, scrapbook layouts or to decorate your gifts and envelopes - yay!!

You'll get full instructions, papers, stickers and chipboard to create all these!

Here's a look at the video where you can get a closeup look at each of these wonderful cards-

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to head over to the Scrap Shotz store to pick up your kit full of fun - as these will only be available while supplies last. Have an amazing week friends!

Four Carta Bella Christmas Market Scrapbook Layouts

Carolyn back again with some Christmas memories to share. We had a huge snow storm in Winnipeg recently so it really wasn't a stretch to be scrapping Christmas layouts. I was so excited to receive the Carta Bella Christmas Market Collection. It is great for cards and layouts and coordinates with collections from previous years. I decided to start by making some long overdue layouts.

Layout #1 - Christmas Memories

I love how this layout turned out. All the tags are cut out from one of the 12 x 12 papers. At first I wanted the tags to all face outward but then the pictures along the bottom would've been upside down. I decided it was more important that they faced upward. The flowers are fussy cut from another paper in the collection. The final touches are pieces of chipboard and a ribbon from my stash.

Layout #2 - Official Christmas Cookie Taste Tester

I found this cut file in the Silhouette Store. I love big titles that have the font style and sizes already selected. I cut the title out of several different papers and glued it to a plain white paper. The edges I scuffed up and tore to add some more interest. The gingerbread man is cardstock from the June kit. I added some stickers from the Carta Bella kit and enamel dots around the page to finish it off.

Layout #3 - Tree Time

This layout came together one piece at a time. I had no vision beforehand. I chose two pictures that I liked and built the page around them. I liked the paper with the trees on it so I used it on the outside and put a less distracting paper in the middle to build the layout. I found another cut file in the Silhouette Store with the trees that had some snow on them. Decorating the trees was the best part. I used puffy stickers and enamel dots. I cut out some "snow" to match the trees and placed it under my title which I cut from a font I liked. Then I filled in the rest of the page with a variety of pieces from the ephemera pack.

Layout #4 - Snow Much Fun

Here is the sketch:

This layout came about because I used the October Creative Scrapbooker Magazine sketch as inspiration. The layout of the circles made me think of the cut file from Just Nick that looks like a frosted windowpane. I used a piece of white Bazzill cardstock from the June kit to cut out the shape. I added some chipboard snowflakes to the centers of the patterns. A variety of cardstock, puffy and chipboard stickers finished it off.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great weekend!

Kaisercraft "Let It Snow" Christmas Cards

  

I picked up a few sheets of this beautiful paper and made an abundance of Christmas cards, with NO STAMPING!  Just a bunch of layers of the beautiful foiled papers with some silver foil cardstock and the sentiments from the All is Calm sheet and from the Cardstock Die Cuts. The only other supplies I added were some ribbon, twine, a few stickles and a lot of foam dots. Here are my cards.

 

   

     

    

The entire collection is amazing. It sparkles and shines and makes a very elegant Christmas card collection. Get yours at Scrapshotz today! Here's a link for you! Kaisercraft Let It Snow

Thanks for looking. Maybe you'll be getting one of these in the mail!!! 🎄 🤶🎅