Whimsical & Romantic February Kits ~ My Creative Scrapbook!

I have to admit I am a big fan of whimsical papers that allow for lot's of fussy cutting and the papers in the Limited Edition Kit for February from My Creative Scrapbook totally fit the bill!!  I was totally in my element with these Graphic45 papers and the embellishments in this kit are awesome too!  Loads of Prima blooms and floral vines, vintage style buttons, lace and yep! my favourite green vine ribbon too!   For the above layout of my little great niece Kiera I did a bit of machine stitching and some fussy cutting.

TIP:  When doing machine stitching, don't feel that you have to attach the paper you are stitching to the one beneath it.  For both of the papers I machine stitched above I just sewed on the one piece of paper and then adhered it to the one beneath with some 2-sided sticky tape.  This way you don't have to worry about the paper slipping while you are sewing.

Here are a couple of close-up pic's of the above page....

For the next l/o I made using this pretty kit I went with the aqua tones/papers.  I love the variety of looks you can get with this collection.  The photo is of Meagan my youngest daughter, that child is still all about whimsy, love that about her.....

There is a wonderful pearl flourish included in the kit, I mixed it up with the variety of blooms also found in the kit and did a little fussy cutting of one of the floral papers to make the floral design.  Here are a couple of close-up pic's of the page...

TIP:  After I cut out the little fairy shapes I like to adhere them with foam pop dots so that they stand off the page a little and then touch it here and there with some Stickles.  If you don't want to invest in a bunch of different Stickles colours, just pick up a bottle of the plain glitter type like 'Star Dust' or Diamond.  When you used them they take on the colors of the paper beneath them so they always seem like a new color.

A Third layout I made with this kit I went with the coral and sage greens in the kit.  I love the way Pam pairs a variety of patterned papers to make up her kits.  The green Pink Paislee paper was a nice compliment to this collection. 

Adding lot's of machine stitching and some fabric elements like lace and the pearly buttons (all found in the kit), helps give this page a more vintage appeal.  Here is a close-up detail shot of the page....

This kit was so packed I couldn't resist making a 3rd l/o with it.  This is a photo I took of Meagan when we were out on one of our 'feed the ducks' outings. 

TIP:  Don't throw away the paper backing to your chipboard adhesives.  I did double duty with the vine flourish chipboard in the kit by first using it on the layout called 'Explore' then I used it on the l/o above as a mask....here are some pic's to show how I created the mask effect on the l/o above...all you need is a little chalk ink and a white gel pen (sorry about the yellow glow on the photos, I took the pic's indoors)....

And then I still had so many fun paper designs and embellishments left that I went ahead and made 3 cards too!  I rarely ever make cards but these were so easy peasy because of the pop-out pieces in the kit.....

Another romantic and beautiful kit I got to work with this month was the Main Kit.  If you are a fan of pink/blacks/greys you'll love this one!  I loved the sweet embellishments that came with this one....the sugared roses...just love them!  I recently found some very rare photos of my mom and dads wedding day.  They were so very young when they came to Canada from Germany, my mom was only 19 when she got married.  The photos are somewhat blurry and poor quality but I still cherish them....

There's loads of bling and blooms in this kit and some fun fabric elements like the black Tulle that I used to frame the blooms in this layout.  Here is a  close-up detail of the page....

The second l/o I made with this kit was for another wedding picture from my parents. (It's their anniversary this month so I'm so thrilled to put these pages together for them)......

I created the larger bloom in the layout above by rubbon the floral rubon (in the kit) onto a piece of the black Tulle and cut it out.  I layered it over some water distressed cardstock petals and more layers of Tulle and then finally added a large gem (also in the kit) to the center. The Gem I tinted with some Tim Holtz Alcohol ink (Pink Sherbert).

A third layout I made with the Main kit is of my little niece Kiera (a little older in this photo).  There are some really fun lace rub-on accents in this kit that I used on this page.

And finally a 3rd kit I got to work with this month (Album Kit) is dear to my heart because it features the Bo Bunny Collection 'Crazy Love'!  Here is the first l/o I made with this kit....

I needed a couple of butterflies for this l/o since the picture is one of Meagan with a real live butterfly on her hand when we went to visit a butterfly conservatory.

TIP: I made the butterflies by first cutting out a butterfly shape with a pair of scissors and then tinting the center with some yellow chalk ink (Colorbox 'Wheat' color) I added a few details with a fine tip brown pen (Martha Stewart) and finished with some Platinum color Stickles (see above pic's).....
And finally I made one more l/o with the Album kit, I snagged a couple of photos of Pam's (the owner of MCS) sweet little grandbaby Maeve....

The pinkish roses in this l/o were handmade using the 6 Petal Punch Technique (you can find it in the right column of my blog under the Tutorials).  I finally found me some Diamond Dust at Michaels and did a little sugaring on the roses (just put a dab of adhesive on the petals and dunk them in the Diamond Dust).

Whew!!  All done with this post!....and believe me this post took me crazy long to do....I tried the new uploading system from blogger and it gave me all sorts of problems!  I think I'll just go back to the old way!  I'm having problems alligning all my pic's and text.    Thanks to all of you for stopping by and reading through this HUGE post again :)   I always appreciate your kind comments and hope to stop by your blogs to catch up too!

~Gabrielle xx