Our February Kit, Remember This, is now live on our site.

This kit is filled with the brand new Follow Your Heart line designed by Rhonna Farrer for My Mind’s Eye. Isn’t it beautiful?

Not only do we have a packed kit for you this month, but we also have a coordinating add-on filled with more My Mind’s Eye Follow Your Heart product. Remember that add-ons ship for free with your monthly kit. (International orders may need to pay a little extra shipping to cover extra shipping costs.) You can checkout anytime before the 1st and extras will ship with your kit.

Kits begin shipping next week.

Hexagons and hexagonal lattices (also known as honeycombs) are a huge trend in the scrapbooking industry right now. This month’s kit, You + Me, features hexagons on both the My Mind’s Eye embellishment sheet and paper from the Love Me line.

I love the look of hexagons chained together to make a border. They’re so orderly and organized, but the outline isn’t totally straight and adds a bit of interest. In my Love Is Pink & Fluffy layout I used bits of the hexagon border from the embellishment sheet to offset both the lacy outline of the doily border and the straight lines of my photo mats.

In my The Couch at Anthro layout, I used the larger pattern of the hexagon paper, cutting out chunks of the pattern along its outlines to bring a splash of color to the kraft chevron background.

Have you made anything special with the hexagon papers and embellishments in this month’s kit? Please post it on our Facebook page so we can see your beautiful work!

Included in the You + Me kit are some sweet little embellishments by Pebbles – a twist tie and some heart-shaped paper clips. Let’s take a look at how Penny used these elements to embellish a page.

Penny cleverly used the twist tie to create a scrolling banner. The wire inside the twist tie makes it really easy to bend the ends into shape, and the result is a dimensional banner. Love it! And I love how Penny added an epoxy sentiment to the twist tie. So cute!

Penny tucked the paper clips behind strips of patterned paper, anchoring that corner of her page and bringing attention to the above photo. Simple and sweet!

What have you done with your Pebbles embellies? We would love to see! Just upload your layouts to our Facebook page and we will come leave you some love. Enjoy your day!

Hello! Today we are looking at DT member Diana W.’s lift of this page that Yoshimi Itou shared on Facebook.

Isn’t her page lovely? Cute photos, and I love how everything is off center. The lower corner is perfect with the flowers like that.

Here is layout that Diana W. made.

Another great page! Diana W. was inspired by Yoshimi Itou’s border work and mist, as well as the strip of paper behind the photos. Love the photos, and I like the 3 stars to the right of the picture.

Great layouts, ladies! If you are interested in being lifted by the Design Team, share your creations on the Facebook page.

These is a lot of internet talk about stretching your kits, and why not? Many of us on a tighter budget than ever, so if you are going to spend money on something, you want it to be worth it right? Those of you who have visited my blog know that I am constantly talking about how many projects I can create from a single Scrapbook Circle kit. Each month it astounds me, but it is true that I easily create 5+ projects every month. Often I run out of time, but I usually have more kit left to continue creating. Not only that, but I add very LITTLE from my own stash. I am a cardstock user, so I occasionally add a few sheets of cardstock. I am also an alpha addict so I generally like to make layouts with more than the kit included alpha. But that is pretty much it. No need to add embellishments, definitely no need to add more patterned paper (you get tons!) and no need to add in little fun bits because those items are included as well. Let me just show you what I mean. For this month’s You + Me kit I added some alphas and cardstock and was able to create 6 layouts and one card:

So next month, when making your scrappy budget, pat yourself on the back for getting the Scrapbook Circle kit and know you are getting a kit worth every penny!

Rebecca

Let’s face it… we are working with 12×12 (or 8 1/2 x 11) paper. What hasn’t been done. But what I like to try to remember to do is to go outside (or inside in this case) the box as much as possible. Simple tip, which can have big impact. Put your title-or even another picture itself, within the frame/edge of your layouts picture.

This picture of the sky has been staring at me for some time. I guess it was waiting for the right application.

I love when people journal right onto the picture. So why not the title… And some other wordy embellishment!

And do these just work wonderfully with the bits and pieces of this months kit? I think so!

The red travels down the page leading you to each level/section.

Thanks for stopping!

Hello! Today we are getting to know Scrapbook Circle subscriber, Alison.

Here are some questions that Alison answered for us, as well as a few of her favorite layouts using the Scrapbook Circle kits.

WHERE ARE YOU FROM?  I was born in upstate NY and lived there until my husband and I moved to South Florida in 2001.  After 11 years, I still wish I had made the move sooner, I am definitely a warm weather type of girl!

HOW DID YOU GET INTO SCRAPBOOKING AND WHEN?  I started scrapbooking in 2005.  In late 2004, my first son was born with various special needs, requiring lots of doctor appointments, surgeries, therapies, etc.  My planned maternity leave went from 3 months to more than 7 months. A friend had shown me a scrapbook that was given to her as a gift, and I was intrigued by the pattern papers and embellishments. I decided to make a baby book for my son as a way to fill the days at home with him. My obsession with scrapbooking supplies has grown from a few items and tools that fit into a small plastic tub to a shared office/scraproom that is busting at the seams with all kinds of scrap goodies. And that includes a special basket that I put all my Scrapbook Circle kits in, right next to my desk! I work as a CPA in a national accounting firm, not a job that’s know for its creativity, so I love that I have a hobby that has also become a creative outlet for me.  I have grown so fond of scrapbooking over the years, that if I could find a way to do it full time, I think I would!!!

WHAT/WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE PERSON/THING TO SCRAPBOOK?  My two sons, of course! They are 4 and 7 and I have been taking pictures of them to scrapbook their entire lives. They think that having several photo albums and scrapbooks just about them is normal! My boys love to create with my left over or unwanted supplies, glue sticks and duplicate photos, right on the floor of my scraproom. I can often get them to stand still for a picture and give me a nice smile by bribing them with the promise that “you can scrapbook this!”

HOW DID YOU FIND SCRAPBOOK CIRCLE?  I love to shop and the concept of someone sending me scrapbooking stuff on a monthly basis sounded pretty cool to me! I found scrapbook circle just surfing different sites, but have remained a customer for over 2 years now because of the products and value of their kits. Scrapbook circle kits fit my scrapping “style” and I always have enough to complete at least 6 layouts plus several cards using the scraps. I love how the kits are never to masculine or too feminine and that they are not heavily “themed.”

WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE KIT FROM SCRAPBOOK CIRCLE?  This is a hard question! Sorry, but I can’t keep it to one, although I will contain my choices to 2011 kits. Let’s see, my favorite kit in the last 6 months was FRESH PICKED (October 2011). I loved the combination of papers in that kit, and the little red banners from Elle’s Studio. My fave in the past year was GARDEN PARTY (June 2011). I think the combination of papers in that kit was exquisite.  I used  someone of them in home décor projects. Plus I love the die cut kraft doilies!

TELL US ONE THING ABOUT YOURSELF THAT YOU THINK WE’D FIND INTERESTING: This is the hardest question, as you see from my other responses, I am pretty normal and live a pretty normal life. I watch A LOT of TLC, HGTV, and other home improvement channels.  They are usually playing in the background while I scrap. Both of my son’s names were picked from carpenters that were on the show “Trading Spaces” (anyone remember that show?), Ty Pennington and Carter Oosterhouse. Does that qualify as interesting?  (SC: Most definitely, Alison!)

Thanks so much for being such a fantastic subscriber, Alison! It was great getting to know you better!

Our next challenge is a journaling technique with a theme inspired by the You + Me kit: create a layout with a list of the people or things that you love. List your loved ones or list what you love about a specific person. List your food loves, your website loves, or your book loves. Make a list about what you love about your day, your home, your phone. The options are endless.

Our guest designer, Guiseppa, has created this fabulous layout in response to the challenge:

Guiseppa said, “This was the first time I have ever created a layout about the things I love.  I decided to create a layout about the things I love the most right now.  It was fun to see what I came up with, but in another month or two…this list might change a little.  I am happy I documented the things I love right now so I can look back and see the thing that made me happy.”

I happen to love 1) the layered hearts on Guiseppa’s page, 2) the journaling strips that comprise her list, and 3) the page design. Let’s take a closer look:

More detail photos of Guiseppa’s page are in the You + Me album on our Facebook page, if you’d like to take a look.

Here’s how to play along:

1. Create a layout inspired by the challenge. We would love to see a Scrapbook Circle kit in action, but any materials will do.

2. Post your layout to your blog, a gallery, or our Facebook page. Come back to this post and leave a comment with the direct link to your posted project.

3. Deadline to enter is Wednesday, February 1st, 9:00 pm Pacific.

A $15.00 credit to the Scrapbook Circle store is up for grabs, so let’s see what you love! Happy scrapping.

I just loved everyone’s take on the card sketch! Good thing the winner is chosen randomly . And that winner is…

VAL

…with this happy card:

I love the stitching and the chevron patterned paper (from the You + Me kit) as the background. Val even rotated the sketch a bit to make a horizontal card. Fabulous! Val, please email me at precociouspaper (at) yahoo (dot) com with your contact information and we will get you set up with a $15.00 credit to the shop.

Stay tuned for Challenge #24, brought to you by our lovely guest designer, Guiseppa!

Hello dear friends!

Sophie here to share with you my love for starbusts or rosettes !

I am in love with the dimension and the happiness these elements bring to layouts!

I had these photos of my boy laughing as I was tickling him! I thought  starbusts would be the perfect way to illustrate his joy on my layout.

 Some manufacturers offer their own starbusts dies, but I don’t own one of these.

So, let me explain to  you how to create your own starbusts without a die:

1.  Cut a long stip of paper
2. You can punch the border with a decorative border punch
3. If you have a scoring board use it to create the creases along the strip (they are about half a centimeter apart )
but I use my trimmer to mark the creases
4. Then adhere both ends together
5. Now this is the hard part: adhere the rosette onto a circle of paper using lots of glue! then use a weigth to hold the rosette down while the glue dries out.
6. You can add a button, a die-cut embellishment or a photo in the center of your rosette.

and here is what I came up with using the fabulous january “YOU+ME” kit.

Well , that is all from me today!

Hope to see lots of happy rosettes on your layouts!

Have fun!