Scrap Rat October Kit

The October Scrap Rat Kit is now on sale! i found this kit so inspiring, i ran out of time to get any more layouts done in time for the gallery reveal but plan to work on a few more as i still have a ton of product left over. My favourite pieces in the kit were the vintage crepe paper, the Jenni Bowlin Doily flowers and the Crate Paper Random Denim paper. i looooooved that paper! There were also a few things in the kit that i would never normally purchase like the Crate Paper Chipboard Accents, the Prima Resist Canvas pieces and the MME Beautiful Girl Labels paper. But that's the beauty of working with a kit, you sometimes end up challenging yourself to use stuff out of your comfort zone. And i ended up using these pieces as the main inspiration for a few of my pages.

Additional materials: Twine & Punch by Martha Stewart. 

i got a  little happy with my craft knife this month, which is something i almost never do! See what i mean about kit's pushing you to try different things? These papers were begging to be cut up! 

I'll be back with my other layouts later in the month but in the meantime you can check out the DT gallery here.

Scrap Rat Kit October Sneaks

The October kit is a beauty and there are sooo many embellishments included! My head was full of ideas but i was really short on time this month. Hoping to get a few more layouts done over the weekend. Here's a few sneaks. The kit goes for sale on Saturday.

i also have a tutorial up on the Scrap Rat Blog, please do go and check it out. 

Scrap Rat September Kit

Scrap Rat September Kits are now on sale and it's a pretty one! i can't get over how packed this kit is. My favourites are the mistable trims & alphas from Pink Paislee, they are a lot of fun! 

August Scrap Rat JBS Mini

So i already mentioned how much i loved the JBS Haven papers in this months Scrap Rat kit. What spoke most to me about them was the theme of home. i've been meaning to document our apartment since we moved in over a year ago so this seemed like the opportunity to pull that together.

The mini is a real mish mash of the JBS papers and some of the vintage papers that came in the kit as well as some 7gypsies paper and even the packaging that came with the 7gypsies labels! i printed my photos really small so i could fit a couple on each page if i wanted to. Not many words here, mostly pictures & that's ok.

August Scrap Rat Kit Layouts

It's the first of the month which means kit reveal over at Scrap Rat! When i first received this month's kit i tweeted about how in love i was with it. i do feel like this kit was made just for me! There's lots of navy in there and some JBS plus the vintage items this month were lovely and there's also some lovely crochet flowers from The Craft Garden! i love the Mini Pattern & Accessory papers from the JBS Haven line, and had lots of ideas for them. i think i'm going to need more sheets of those and i never buy more then one sheet of any paper!

Kit's are available now can be bought here.

i adore this picture of my mum in her twenties. i loved the pattern on the back of this playing card but wanted to use the 'B' too (my mum's name is Beverly) , so i just decided to cut the card in half so i could use both sides! i decided to use the 7gypsies stickers as a border here so cut them in half and lined them up the edge and added some hand stitching.

This dot paper from Echo Park was a bit intimidating to me, i'd usually just use strips of a bold pattern like this but i wanted to challenge myself with it. i decided to use it as a backing paper and added 3 of the 7gypsies stickers to create a visual triangle and then cut out the silhouette ladies from the JBS Accessories paper. i also added a few red dots by stamping the end of a pencil with distress ink.

i'll be back with some of my other projects during the month but you can check out my gallery here and also see what the other ladies did. i've also got a tutorial coming up on the Scrap Rat Blog later in the month so keep an eye out for that!

Sneaker Peekers

i've got some peeks of my August projects using the Scrap Rat Kit, i've had lots of fun with this one! 

You can see now why i like it so much, yes? Love me some JBS,  and navy is my go to colour. There's lots of other awesome goodies in there too, but you'll just have to wait for the full reveal on the 1st to see! 

i've been off adventuring for the past week but i'll be back to share some picture once i'm done editing. 

July Scrap Rat Kit Layouts

i was first drawn to the baby blues & pinks colour scheme of this kit, but when you dig into it there's lots of green's, oranges, red's and browns so there's a whole mix & lots of possibilities. My favourite embellies in the kit are the Studio Calico tags & those cute little Prima flowers. i just love the Cosmo Cricket Odds & ends papers too, they are sooo pretty! So far i made 3 layouts with the kit but i've got another 2 in mind before i go and split up the kit into my stash.

Photo Credit: Miss

 i really wanted to make use of the tag elements in the Cosmo 'Scraps' paper so i cut them all up and created  a border. This page is about a gig i went to in December with the girls. We went to see our favourite local band, The Dawn Chorus. they put a lot of effort in to make it look christmassy and even had homemade cakes (so sweet). 

The seam binding is really easy to work in to a ruffle with a bit of double sided tape. i really like to use gems or brads to anchor ribbon, to give it a little something extra. 

For this one i cut the bazzill pleated cardstock down to fit my page better. These were a nice way to add some stitched elements  & texture to my page as i am not a sewing machine user!

See what i mean about those cute prima flowers? i loved the phrases on the Cosmo 'Junk Drawer' paper and cut it up to use as journalling.  i cut this paper into 8 1/2" x 11" first so i could use the other side, and i still managed to get all these phrases out of the leftovers! So happy they've decided to include word stickers in this CHA release!

This is all i have to share for now, but as i said, i've got another couple of layouts in the works.  i've also been playing with the August Kit this weekend and it is definitely one you don't want to miss out on! (Sneaks next week). Subscribers get exclusive vintage items each month, so if you like your kits with a side of awesome sauce then you really should subscribe! Some previous kits are also marked down by 20% at the moment, so if you had your eye on one of those then don't hang around. The May kit is one of my all time favourites!

So any Scrap Ratter's got any layouts to share with me using the kits? Please link me up if you do!

Scrap Rat July Kit!

Just stopping in to let you know that the Scrap Rat July Kit is now available & it is SO pretty! i'm not a designer for this month, we take it in turns so you get double the inspiration! However, i heard the words Studio Calico & Cosmo Cricket and knew i'd need this kit in my hot little hands! So i purchased one. Which means i'll be back later in the month to share what i did with it. But you can check out the DT Gallery to see the other Designer's beautiful work.

The new Scrap Rat Blog also launched today & there's lots of fun stuff planned for it, so make sure you become a follower. If you hop over there now and leave a comment you'll be in with a chance to win an Odds & Ends Collage Kit from Cosmo Cricket (kit subscribers are already automatically entered)!

Happy weekend everyone!

I'm a Scrap Rat Girl!

Just stopping in to share the exciting news that i'm part of the new Scrap Rat Kit's Design Team! This makes me very happy because i love working with kits, + Amanda's happen to be very fabulous!! She puts together some of the latest lovely stuff with some gorgeous vintage bits. Here's the yummy June kit:

The rest of the team are wonderfully talented and i can't wait to see what they create each month. And i know Amanda has a few things up her sleeve for the future of Scrap Rat so keep your eyes peeled!

And whilst i'm on the subject of DT's, my blog/twitter pal Julie Kirk is currently doing a series on that very thing. She's sharing some of her inside knowledge of working on DT's so if it's something you've been thinking about applying for, or you're already on a DT it's worth checking out, lots of good advice over there!