Paper Niche April Monthly Kit

The Paper Niche April Design Team kit was totally awesome this month.  I usually do not scrap with "pink" but I really loved my Pretty in Pink Glitz Paper collection.  Add some ink and bling and "poof" I have a pretty layout :)

Since all my papers and goodies were already out on my craft table and I lots of "torn" pieces that were extra ... I decided to make a card.

I embossed (with Lindy's Stamp Gang) a butterfly on my canvas tag

 

Other product I received and I used to make this layout and card were the Prima Marketing flowers, and some May Arts ribbon, and Zva Creative bling.  Oh and I cant forget my favorite embelly that came in my kit.  The prima wood clocks!

Happy Scrappin

Paper Niche MORE SNEAKS

Thought I would show you some more sneakie peakie of my Paper Niche Monthly kit for April.  I can't say enough about this month's kit ....  IT IS SOOOO GREAT!!!

Also I thought I would throw in a pic of our celebrity teacher Marah Johnson who is teaching at the Paper Niche for the weekend!  I had to get a picture of us (LOL)

Now for the sneaks ..

Make sure you stroll on over to the Paper Niche Blog and see what the other ladies have up for their sneaks !! 

Have a great weekend and come back tomorrow for the start of EASTER BLOG HOP!  Yes, you get BLOG CANDY!

Paper Niche Monthly Kit Sneak Peak

It's that time again where I show you some teasers.  I just have a couple small sneak peaks for you today.  But you are going to LOVE this month's Design Team Kit from the Paper Niche.  I wish I could give you some of the manufacturers we are getting in this kit because that ALONE would sell it.  

I will tell you this though, I worked alot with pink this month and I usually dont do that.  But hey, with my design kit from Paper Niche this month it was Easy Peasy!

Cute butterfly right?  Well I can tell you that I embossed it using the Lindy's stamp gang embossing powders which we have a ton of @ the Paper Niche.  The embossing powder didnt come with the kit ... but that doesnt mean you can't run on over and get some!

Hmmm, I wonder if you can guess what I am showing you here?  I can, but then maybe its cuz I made it LOL.

Be sure to go to the Paper Niche blog to see the REVEAL for our April Monthly Kit.

Happy Scrappin!

Paper Niche Monthly Kit

Love is in the air ... I have two loves that my heart belongs to.  My husband and my daughter.  I made these layouts with Valentine's Day in mind.  I decided to use the Basic Grey collection "Kissing Booth" and also My Mind's Eye "Love Me".  I liked the soft pink, red and vanilla color pallette.   I also used the "Little Black Dress" collection for the card below.

See what the other team designers have made with their Feb. monthly kit at the Paper Niche.

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7 Gypsies Photo Tray and Monthly Kit

Altered items make great gifts. I made this photo tray for my niece, who is all grown up now. I thought it would be nice for her to have a picture of her and her mom (my sister) when she was only 9 months old.

I used the Paper Niche Monthly design team kit for January. It is full of paper and embellishments. The 7 Gypsies 4x6 Photo Tray was not included in the kit, but I’ve wanted to make a photo tray for a long time and thought it would make a great birthday gift for my niece.

I used mostly the Glitz Girls “Vintage Blue” collection which was included in my kit as my back ground 4x6 matts. Then I added the peek-a-boos transparencies to give my background an easy and pretty extra layer and pattern. I then used the October Afternoon Farmhouse “clothesline”paper and cut out the flags, and added pretty ribbon to string along the front of the tray.

 

The journaling card is from Prima and the background from Glitz Designs. The flowers are prima also. The key was given to me at CHA but can't remember what booth.

 

The poem on the upper right is from the Glitz Design peek-a-boo vintage blue collection.

You should try making a photo tray; it was fast and I think makes a great gift. One tip I can give you on the photo tray is to "pop" up your matted photos. Happy Scrapping.

Layout with Prima

Hi, here is another layout that I designed for the Paper Niche using their monthly kit.  This pic was also taken at the farm for the Johnson reunion.

Most of the paper I used on this layout is from Prima Marketing.  I also used my zutter distresser (yes noisy but efficient).  Notice how I "framed" my layout and mitred the corners then added eyelets.  Its an old trick I use to use from the old days ...

On the corner I used some Jenni Bowlin paper and diecut about 7 flowers, then glimmer misted them, stacked them and added a small brad in the middle.  Then I crunched them and heat set them dry.  I love the crunching part. 

I received a pack of pretty Prima buttons, tiles and flowers from my kit; so I stacked them in the corner.  I also added a strip of Jenni Bowlin towards the bottom of my layout to ground my page with the black.  This grouping also extends your field of vision, otherwise your eye would go to what is inside the "frame" especially since most of the colors are muted. 

Happy Scrappin and dont forget to go to the Paper Niche blog to see what the other ladies have designed for you.

@ the Farmhouse

This picture was taken (a while ago) @ our grandparents farmhouse in Minnesota.  We went there for their 60th wedding anniversary and family reunion. 

I created this layout for the Paper Niche Design Team

added beautiful prima flower then used some Jenni Bowlin paper and diecut flowers, then glimmer misted the petals, and layered to make a ruffle flower.

Cut out the banner image then added more flags to layer on top for a 3D effect.  Added rock candy to flags then some tassle trim ribbon.

I used the design team kit and this layout has a mixture of prima, glitz girls, october afternoon and Jenni Bowlin.

JAN 2012 PAPER NICHE MONTHLY KIT

Hi there, it's that time again.  Today I am showing you a banner I made with the Paper Niche Monthly kit (on sale now).

January's kit features

Paper - Ocotber Afternoon, Jenni Bowlin, Prima, and Glitz

Embellishments - Prima flowers (2), Glitz tini alpha, Glitz stickers (Peekaboo and Paper Layers), Webster Pages sparklers, crepe paper, Maya Road chip board letters, Prima bling tiles and buttons, and yummy candy from the candy bar.

Ribbon - 5 yards ribbon from Maya Road, American Craft, and Prima

*The kit is packaged in a beautiful printed paper bag that can be incorporated into any of your layouts.*

I made this banner using the quick quotes tags I had from a while back and the mostly the Jenni Bowlin collection along with prima flowers, crepe paper, prima bling, tiles, buttons and of course some ribbon.  For technique I used distressing, inking lots of glossy accents, glitter and some rock candy.

Please check out the Paper Niche blog to see what the other designers have created for you.  Be back later to show you some layouts and altered item I made with my kit.

Happy Scrappin

Paper Niche December Monthly Kit

OK, folks my turn for scrappy sneaks!! This month's Paper Niche kit was perfect!! I loved getting a head start on my Christmas pages and especially with such awesome papers. I was able to make an album, two layouts and one card, and yes, you guessed it still have lots of goodies left.

Can't wait for the full reveal because I am so excited about showing my
mini album, so stay tuned for December 1st!!

Be sure to check out the rest of the Paper Niche design team girlies and what they have in store for you. This month's kit is a definate "MUST HAVE."

MONTHLY KIT REVEAL

Yay!! its time for my reveal.  The Paper Niche will also be posting all the designers reveal on their blog so be sure to head on over.  This month's kit had a wonderful assortment of brights and darks so here is my take.  Enjoy

Though this paper was not meant for halloween, I thought the combo of colors and my daughters greenish viking costume inspired a halloween theme.

I decided to make this layout more monochromatic and added little bits of color.

One thing about the Paper Niche monthly kits, you always get bling!

Mini album is a fold over out of cardstock.  This is a quickie way to make a mini album as a gift for a friend.  I got the idea from my girlfriend who made me one for my birthday.

Since I had to "fold over" the pages in order for the mini to close - I had to really watch and minimize my embellishments.  That was SO HARD FOR ME TO DO.  But I managed to use semi-flat embellies by stamping images and cutting them out then of course popping them a little.  I also used the transparency in our kit to cut out more embellies.

Happy Scrapping everyone!



MONTHLY KIT @ PAPER NICHE

Well its that time again and my turn to give you some sneak peeks of the Paper Niche November Monthly Kit.  What can I say?  Gine has done it again, that girl really has the midas touch for selecting just the right papers and embellishments to get your mind and creativity stirred.

This month's kit has such a nice combo of bright colors and muted along with graphic and vintage designs.  Sounds weird right?  But hey its not - the combos work fabulously together.  Dont forget to check out the Paper Niche blog for the sneak peaks from our talented team :)

Here are some peeks of what I did with this luscious kit.

Happy Scrapping!!

Layouts for October

The Paper Niche reveal was late in coming this month due to the store moving into a bigger location.  So then it kind of messed up my routine and I forgot to post my design kit.  This month I created four layouts and didnt make an album.  I know shocker, but the end of the year is always so busy for me and then added to that was the move of the store.  I just got back from a family trip to Minn (it was cold) and now getting ready to go to Epcot.  I hope to get lots of really good pictures at Epcot.

The monthly designer kit was again fabulous and loaded with cool goodies -

I used a stencil for the base page with glimmer mist then I added paint

For added texture I used water and glimmer mist on patterned paper then crunched it and added ink

I used my zutter distress machine on these papers then sprayed glimmer mist

I used a paint brush and flicked the paint on the base page

More Sneak Peaks

The final reveal of the October Paper Niche Kit will be posted soon, in the meantime thought I would give you some more sneak peaks!