"Road Trip-Vermont" mini album//My Creative Scrapbook Kit Club March main kit

Hello again, crafty peeps! As promised, I have a bonus post featuring the mini album documenting my mini road trip to Vermont with family using the March main kit from My Creative Scrapbook Kit Club. It is filled with the new Pebbles Chasing Adventures collection.

I loved creating this mini album and it was so easy to do!  mini albums don't always have to be about big adventures or have fancy albums or binding. 

Mine has beautiful patterned papers with a binder ring and cute handmade paper bead charm and I am super happy with the way it turned out!

 

I started with this months exclusive cut files available for free on the website under the "Add on kits" tab. Scroll to the bottom of the page and you will have access to all of the current and past cut files.  These cut files are available to everyone whether you are a subscriber or not, but you will find that these cut files are designed with the kit in mind and will be gorgeous if paired with the kit.

I used the flower tags and frames as some of my pages and filled in the album with other fun patterned papers and cards from the cut apart paper.

The cover cut file is actually backed with a post card I got while in Vermont and finished it with some beautiful florals and that was it. Picking up memorabilia from your adventures make for fabulous additions to your mini album!

 

 

I traced the shape of the cut file tag on patterned papers to create other mini album pages.  Added my photo and embellishments...and voila!  with a collection like this, it makes it soo easy!

The 3x4 card below was part of one of the patterned papers and I hand stitched the sentiment and rounded the corners.  I thought it was appropriate sentiment and icon for this trip!



The next page I cut  by hand and added a couple of photos with a brad.

 



 

This is another page I created using a cut file and one of my fave pics! My daughter loves unpacking her things in a hotel...I have seen her move her things around to several drawers to determine the best fit...so cute to watch and definitely something to document!  The little bags and luggage is so perfect!

 

Another page I cut by hand and once I added my photo and beautiful embellishments plus a couple of small flower cut files, it fits right in with the cut file pages.

 



I also cut a cut file frame in patterned paper to layer over a cute photo of my mom and daughter.  To finish, I added a sentiment from the foam thickers in the kit and floral stickers.

 



 



 

My last page/back cover is another post card I picked up and with the lovely landscape in the background , it was the perfect spot for the foam sentiment and the last couple of cut file flowers. 

 

Lastly, I have been so inspired by Lisa Fonseca and her paper beads, I thought it was time to try for myself.  They are so simple to make and you can watch how in one of her many YouTube videos. 

I added some beads and fringe charm and added to my binder ring. 

 



 

This was so much fun to make and the inspiration hit me as soon as I received my March main kit!  You never know what kind of inspiration might spark your creativity so make sure you head over to My Creative Scrapbook and sign up for your kits delivered right to your door!!

Thanks so much for reading on and if you'd like to watch a full flip through, click on the link below...

https://youtu.be/2YkkiPf6ydQ

Thanks again and have a great week!!



My Creative Scrapbook Kit Club// March Main Kit scrapbook layouts

 

 

Hi, crafty friends....I have new layouts to share using the My Creative Scrapbook Kit Club March Main kit. 

This kit is packed with the new Pebbles "Chasing Adventures" collection and has a lot of travel them icons and patterned papers which makes it a fun collection to use for any adventures you or your family have documented.

 

 

My first layout is based on the monthly sketch created by Laura Whitaker..pictured below....

My design came together fairly quickly when using inspiration such as this.  I used die cuts and foam stickers from the kit to embellish and I am happy with the way it turned out.

Sometimes, you just want to create and not spend too much time debating the design and using a sketch is such a great creative starter!

 

My second layout was actually the fourth layout I created using the kit and I had an idea of the overall design of the layout because at this point, I had lots of the fun little embellishments left.  I was struggling though with how to balance the layout because my photo was portrait orientation and it left the right amount of space for those embellishments, but I couldn't decide how to add my journaling!  I am not a huge story teller when it comes to my layouts, but there are some pictures that I feel definitely require more than a sentence or two to explain the event.  Since my background already had text, I couldn't place it there and I thought about adding around the border, but I thought that would be too busy and hard to see.  So, for the first time ever, yes, ever, I added my journaling on little cardstock strips and laid over top my photo.  This photo was perfect for it because all of the dark space at the bottom...I can't believe I haven't ever done this before.  I have seen it on other layouts, but never felt like it worked for me, until NOW! :) and I am super happy with the result.

My third layout, or should I say layouts :)did take the longest to finish and for good reason!  Its a double page layout!  and the first double layout I've created in years...I don't know why and think I should try to do this more often.  I had several pictures from my parents travels (that I stole from their Facebook account, hehe ) and knew I wanted to document them, but hadn't come up with an idea until I saw the cute cut files created by Ashley Horton from The Cut Shoppe.  She created a couple of cut files just for My Creative Scrapbook Kit Club based on this months kit.  You can find this cut file and others on the website and they are free for all of you to use!

Below are a couple of close ups, but I did record my whole process for my YouTube channel...you can watch how I incorporated modeling paste, this months stencil and a little mixed media in this double page layout at the link below...

https://youtu.be/wqAa6eODvn4

 



 

 

 

Thanks so much for reading on and I hope you found some inspiration for your next travel layouts!

I created one more very special project using this kit, but thought it was worthy of a separate post to come shortly....head over to My Creative Scrapbook Kit Club to sign up for kits delivered to your door!

Please feel free to leave any comments or questions below!

Have a great day!!