I love it when the coffee kicks in....| Clique Kits International

Good morning everyone! I wanted to share a fun layout that I made with the beautiful September Song kit. I wanted to play with a patterned backgound again, I keep trying to branch out lol. I had made a cut file so I could use it on the background for my title, but accidents happen. Well really, my daughters saw it and decided to color on it. So instead of making another one, I decided to use it as a stencil. I started this layout with the title, it being so big, I knew where I had space to put my photo and any embellishments that I wanted to add.

ILike I said, I used the cutfile as a stencil, just dabbed white paint over it. I figured it would show up pretty good on the background. I had to wait for that to dry, so I started to play with layers behind my photo. Just a good little pic I took on snapchat with my coffee. My my time in the mornings, before the kids get up, before school starts, before the crazy starts lol.

I chose some of the pretty bright colors from the patterned papers to add a pop behind the photo. Then I was like, hey this layout is about my coffee, so why not make a coffee cut to go with it. I sketched one out and cut if from different papers from the kit. I added a little sewing for texture and tucked it in under the side of my photo.

At this point my title was dry, I traced around it with a black pen thinking it might make it pop a little more. In person it doee. lol. Since the title was dry, I added a strip under the title for some seperation and to highlight it and then started to go through my ephemera and pull things I wanted to layer together. I added little bits here and there around the layout. A bit of yellow at the top and bottom. Really just because I liked the color and wanted to add it to my layout. And that was it, my fun little layout was done.

I hope you enjoyed me being a bit goofy with this layout. I had fun with it and I enjoy using goofy pictures as well. Mine, my kids and my pups lol. Come back and see what eles I have put together. I have a few other projects to share really soon, so I hope you come back by. Make sure to head over to Clique Kits and check out all the beautiful kits and all the amazing work the other ladies do. They are a great bunch and they all have so much talent! Clique Kits Products used: Base Kit: September Son kit: American Crafts Add on kit: September Son Solid Cardstock: American crafts

Hello Autumn | Clique Kit international | Mood Board challenge

Good morning everyone!! I wanted to share the layout I made for Clique Kits Facebook mood board challenge. I had fun with this one! The kit I used, September Song, and the add on kit from Fall Stories, it had a stencil in it and with the leaves in the mood board and the watercolor look I decided to use it and some distressed oxides from my stash.

So I started out with the stencil, some dazzlerz from shimmerz and some fossilized amber oxide ink from my stash.

Once everything was dry, I started playing with the papers to layer behind my photo. The photo isnt great quality, but I loved the pic of my little miss throwing up a peace sign and smiling lol. I added layers behind my photo, distressed the sides of them and placed them on my layout. I added some 3D adhesive behind my picture to pop it up and give a little more dimension and also to give me places to tuck some embellishments in.

The title was easy, there we those gorgouse American craft fall thickers in the kit. So the title was a no brainer and so easy lol. I pulled some of the florals and leaves from the ephemera pack and tucked those in. I had to use one of the super cute buttons from the kit too so I slid that in behind the beautiful tag I put on there.

At this point the layout was missing something, so I decided to fold down the top left corner and add a bit of color there and a cute floral thicker. Then I moved to the bottom of the layout to add a bit more color. I have issues at t imes creating with yellow, I love it but will have issues with it on a layout in large amounts. As you see with this layout, I was trying to push myself. SO I added a few strips of the yellow to the bottom, tucked a tag and some florals and called it done. I hope you enjoyed this layout and I hope that you decided to jump over to the Clique Kits facebook page and play along too!

Clique Kits items used: Base Kit | September song | American Crafts Add-on kit | Fall Stories:So cozy |Simple Stories Add-on Kit | September Song Paper Pack | American Crafts