Hip Kit Club: Halloween Party

It’s cut file week on the Hip Kit Club blog. Today I’m using the October 2023 Hip Kits, along with the Spiderweb Cut File, to create a layout of my daughter dressing up with her college roommates for a Costume Party. It’s the perfect way to illustrate that you don’t always need to reach for orange and black to document the Halloween holiday. Come and see!

HALLOWEEN PARTY

The ‘Slice of Heaven’ patterned paper with its star pattern made the perfect backdrop for my photos. The blue picked up the blue of my daughter’s ‘Dorothy’ costume, and the stars add a Halloween vibe. Combined with the Spiderweb Cut File (cut using the Clementine cardstock), I was ready to get this page design rocking!

I fussy-cut several pumpkins from the ‘Harvest Vibes’ paper then accented them with vellum leaves, cardstock stickers, and cardstock die-cuts from the Main Kit. The Pearls from the Embellishment kit look like bubbles from a witch’s cauldron.

I am in LOVE with the white puffy alphas in the Main Kit this month. They are a fantastic size and are a great way to add a large, custom title to your page.

I’m waiting on some journaling from my daughter. Once I have it I will place it on the layered tags (Cardstock Stickers) in the upper-right corner of this page. I used a phrase sticker, cardstock sticker, stamped label, and more pearls to embellish the tags.

I added in additional texture to the fussy-cut pumpkins at the bottom of the page by tucking in a couple of the felt acorn stickers from the Embellishment Kit.

I cut apart a few of the chipboard frames and tucked the pieces around the photos to balance the colors, add texture, and provide a landing spot for my embellishment clusters.

I really love the soft and pretty vibe of this Halloween page. It just goes to show you that you don’t always have to use orange and black to document Halloween.

This week is Thanksgiving in the U.S.A. and this October kit from Hip Kit Club will be perfect to document photos of your friends and family enjoying a delicious dinner together. Be sure to take lots of photos!

Thanks for coming by!

OCTOBER 2023 HIP KITS USED IN THIS PROJECT:

• October Main Kit (Patterned Paper, Cardstock Die-Cuts, Vellum Leaves, Cardstock Stickers, Puffy Alphas)
• October Cardstock Kit (Clementine, Orange Fizz)
• October Embellishment Kit (Chipboard Frames, Pearl Stickers, Felt Stickers)
• October Pocket Life Kit (Labels & Phrases, Stamps)

Scrapbook & Cards Today Magazine: Hello Fall

Hello, friends! The fall season is winding down as we head into Thanksgiving, but I have a few more fall-themed layouts to share with you this week. Today I am up on the SCT blog with a layout using one of the FREE cut files from the Fall 2023 Issue of Scrapbook & Cards Today magazine and the beautiful Autumn Vibes collection by PhotoPlay. Check it out!

Creating with cut files always gets my creative juices flowing. For this layout, I decided to create an aperture with the wreath cut file. I adhered it to the brown patterned paper (Crisp Air paper), then used my fine-tipped scissors to cut out the center. Next, I adhered the entire piece over the teal Fall Frolic patterned paper with foam tape.

I cut the wreath file from dark brown cardstock. Then, after removing the inside details of the cut file in my Silhouette program, cut it again from kraft cardstock to layer behind. Before adhering them together I used colored pencils to fill in the images. It turned out so bright and happy … just like the colors of autumn!

I used an alphabet die set from We R Makers to create a coordinating title. I cut it out from both dark brown and kraft cardstock, offsetting them from one another to create a shadow effect. Next, I used embroidery floss in fall colors to add hand-stitching to the center of each letter.

In the bottom-left corner of my photo, I created a large embellishment cluster using several stickers from the 12×12 Sticker Sheet along with a fussy-cut apple basket from the cut apart sheet.

Finally, I added machine stitching in tan around the perimeter of the page to tie in with the color of the kraft cardstock that I used to back the cut file and to cut the title.

The beautiful colors of the PhotoPlay Autumn Vibes collection along with this beautiful wreath cut file from the Fall 2023 issue of Scrapbook & Cards Today magazine were the perfect combination to scrapbook this photo of my family. I love the warm, cozy feel I was able to achieve!

Thanks for coming by!

SUPPLIES USED IN THIS PROJECT:

Hip Kit Club: Leaves

Hello, my friends! I’m back with another Hip Kit Club layout using the GORGEOUS ‘Fall Vibes’ October kits. I’m working with a variety of items today, but wanted to be sure to highlight the NEW ‘Frame, Tag, Clipboard, & Leaves’ die set. This die set is JAM-PACKED with images and will definitely be one that I reach for again and again.

My FAVORITE image is the clipboard! I used it as a journal block on this page, but with it’s 3″ x 4″ size, it would be SO GOOD in pocket pages, too! Take a look!

LEAVES

This fall I took several photos of my youngest daughter in a canyon near our home. One of my FAVORITE photos we took was this one of her laying down in the leaves. The minute I took this photo, I KNEW I would be using the October Hip Kits to scrapbook it. 🙂

If you’re doing a layout about Fall leaves, you’ve GOTTA include a LOT of them on the page, right? I had so much fun combining fussy-cut leaves, vellum leaves, and die-cuts on this page.

I used the Magicals from the October Color Kit to paint and sprinkle drops of color on a sheet of white cardstock. I even sprinkled gold acrylic paint (June 2023 Color Kit) over the top of the colored paints for a bit of shine. Once the mixed media was dry, I used the leaf from the ‘Frame, Tag, Clipboard & Leaves’ die-set to cut several leaves. They turned out SO PRETTY! I used them all around the page, but you can see them the BEST in the cluster at the top of the page.

The fussy-cut leaves are from the ‘Woodn’t You Believe It?’ paper. I used the tag from the ‘Frame, Tag, Clipboard & Leaves’ die set to anchor a grouping of them in the top-right corner of my page along with a few Puffy Stickers (Embellishment Kit) and Cardstock Stickers (Main Kit).

How CUTE is this clipboard die from the ‘Frame, Tag, Clipboard & Leaves’ die set?! I die cut it from the ‘Woodn’t You Believe It?’ patterned paper, then, created the clasp using gold foil cardstock from my stash.

Next, I used the gold acrylic paint (June 2023 Color Kit) to paint my Oversized Chipboard Title (Embellishment Kit). I love the warm tone of the gold on this Autumn layout!

To the right of the title, I used a Chipboard Frame (Embellishment Kit) to anchor a grouping of Cardstock Die-Cuts and more leaves. Isn’t that sleeping fox ADORABLE?!

I added three white phrase stickers (Cardstock Stickers) below the title, then sprinkled a few Pearl Stickers around the page for added detail.

This page is flowing with beautiful leaves! I used vellum leaves, fussy-cut leaves, and even die-cut mixed media leaves. All of these leaves together create a burst of color and texture on this layout about Fall … my favorite season!

Thanks for coming by! See you next time!

OCTOBER 2023 HIP KITS USED IN THIS PROJECT:

• October Main Kit (Patterned Paper, Cardstock Die-Cuts, Vellum Leaves, Cardstock Stickers)
• October Cardstock Kit (Shadow Blue)
• October Embellishment Kit (Oversized Chipboard Titles & Accents, Puffy Stickers, Chipboard Frames, Pearl Stickers)
• October Color Kit (Cape Cod Coral Magicals, Summer Lovin’ Sun Magicals)
• June 2023 Color Kit (Gold Acrylic Paint)
• October 2023 Frame, Tag, Clipboard & Leaves Die Set

Hip Kit Club: Creating with the LittleVillage Die Set

Hi Friends! Today I’m back with another layout using the BEAUTIFUL October 2023 Hip Kits. I wanted to create a village on this layout about my daughter’s church group playing a door-to-door game in our neighborhood. The NEW ‘Little Village’ die set from Hip Kit Club was perfect for this! Check it out in the video below!

BIGGER & BETTER

I began this layout with a base of two layered cardstocks from the Cardstock Kit (Buff and Clementine). I sprinkled the Cape Cod Coral Magicals (Color Kit) on the background, then stitched three rows of lines in tan thread for my die-cut houses to sit on.

Next, I used the ‘Little Village’ die set to cut out several houses from the 6×8 papers from the Pocket Life Kit. I used thin foam tape to adhere them to the page along the stitched lines.

I fussy-cut the acorns and leaves from an additional 6×8 paper from the Pocket Life kit to sprinkle around the houses.

Then added the puffy stickers and Pearls from the Embellishment Kit as accents.

I loved using the large white puffy alphabet stickers from the Main Kit for my title. The letters filled the space nicely and the white color was subtle enough against the Buff cardstock to not take too much attention away from all of the die-cut houses.

The Little Village die set made this page so much FUN to create! I think it would be cute to use to welcome new neighbors, document a layout about trick-or-treating, or creating a Christmas village as well. What project would you use the Little Village die for?

Thanks for coming by!