Sparkle & Joy with Krystal

 

Hi all! Krystal here with a fun embellishment tutorial using the Sparkle & Joy kit. Today I'll be showing you how to make rosettes to add to your album. Let's get started!

I started by choosing 7 papers, mostly leftover scraps, from the kit. I trimmed each of them down to thin strips, measuring between 1/2 and 1 1/2 inches wide. I cut two strips of the same width from each paper so that I could adhere them together to make one long strip to make the rosette from.

Once I had all of the strips cut, I used my score board to score the strips every 1/4 inch along the length. Then I folded them accordion style, making sure to alternate the beginning fold of each strip so that they could fit together nicely. I used a glue gun to adhere both sides of each strip together to create folded circles. Then I glued them to a circle of cardstock to create the rosettes.

Once I had all of the rosettes glued together, I embellished the front of each using paper circles, along with some of the chipboard circles and puffy stickers from the kit. 

If you had trouble following along with the written tutorial, you can find more detailed instructions in the video below.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you were able to find some inspiration for using your Sparkle & Joy kit this December. Until next time!

Inspiration Seeking with Kira

Hey friends!  It's Kira and I am back with two new layouts using the Perfectly Posh kits.  Here's a look at my first layout:

If you received the pocket life kit this month, you would've seen this pocket life card:

This card inspired the entirety of my layout.  I loved the circular element, the sunset-like colors, and I loved how easily this could be translated into a scrapbook layout!

I started by cutting a large 7" circle from a piece of 8.5" x 11" white cardstock.  Then I cut strips (about 1/4" wide) from a variety of papers from the Willow Lane 6x8 paper pad (included in the PL kit).  I adhered these strips with just a tiny bit of wet glue onto the circle from the cardstock.  I stuck closely to the color placement of the PL card.  Then I stitched each strip down with my sewing machine.  I added some foam behind the background paper, and adhered the circle underneath.

I decided to scrapbook this adorable photo of my youngest son when he was monkeying around in my bed.  I can't stand how cute he is in this photo.  I backed the photo with some packaging from some Willow Lane embellishments.

Then it was just a matter of embellishing, I loosely color-blocked my embellishments, and added some gold glitter stars for a pop of sparkle.  I thought the perfect finishing touch to this layout was the crown I added to my son's photo.

Now, here's a look at my second layout:

I recently discovered artist Sarah Milne on Instagram.  She does the most amazing collage art and I fell in love with the florals she creates.  I knew they could be perfect on a scrapbook page if I could figure out a way to translate them well.

I started by punching five circles: two 1.5" and three 2".  I wanted to figure out placement before starting because I didn't want to make too many or too few.  Once I had placement down, it was time to build my flowers.

I chose some of the blue and lavender colored papers from the 6x8 Willow Lane paper pad.  I cut the papers into strips about 1"-2" wide.  Then I cut very messy crescent shapes out of the paper.  I started layering up the flowers on the circles I had punched earlier, starting from outside, working my way in.  I didn't have an order as to how to layer the paper pieces, I wanted it to look as random as possible.

Once I reached the center, I added the buttons from the main kit to three of the flowers.  The two other flowers got a paper cut circle and enamel dot.

I used my manual die cut machine to cut some leaves out of two shades of green paper included in the paper pad.  Then I mixed shapes and colors of leaves for each of the flowers.  I used the Wonderful thickers to add my title "Love You".

I finished off the page with some embellishments from the sticker sheet and thickers.

I hope you enjoyed these two pages I created, and got some ideas on how to find your own inspiration!  Thank you so much for stopping by!

xo, Kira