Saying Goodbye to Paper Camellia

Sometimes it's time to say goodbye.

Sometimes it's not what you really want to do but sometimes you just know its the right time. 

Right now is the right time for me to say goodbye to Paper Camellia. 

I've been working with their kits for several months now and I've been designing for them from the very beginning of the kit club. I've loved working with their kits!! It's hard to say goodbye to working with their kits and working with the other wonderful designers on the team. My last project using their kits is on the blog today. It's a project I created with a few bits and pieces from their August kits and the August Add-on. It's a very simple layout but one that is a favorite of mine.

I tried a new way of journaling. I wrote my journaling on a vertical lines instead of horizontally. I think it's a fun way to change things up.

 And that's a wrap...... Thank you Paper Camellia for taking a chance on me and for having me design for you. You'll forever have a special place in my heart.

Here are a few of my favorite projects using Paper Camellia kits:
April Kit
May Kit
January Kit
December Kit

Let's Talk Tuesday: 3 Tools You Should Dust Off

Recently, I've been looking at my ever growing stash of scrapbooking supplies and realized that I have more than just useable supplies (i.e. paper, embellishments, and adhesive). I also found a few tools that I don't want to get rid of but that I haven't used recently either. 
I decided that I would use all three of these tools with the July Paper Camellia kit and add-on. 

• Decorative Scissors
•  Paper Crimper
• Circle Cutter (Coluzzle)

 

The first tool I dusted off was my decorative scissors. Most of my decorative scissors have been slowly weeded from my stash but I can't part with these big old scallop scissors from Provo Craft. They make the most perfect scallops (not to big and not too small). I haven't found a border punch that will make scallops like these scissors will.

I used these scissors to create the scalloped border along the bottom of the layout. These borders ground the layout.

 (This layout is created with the Paper Camellia July Main Kit)

The second tool I dusted of was my Paper Crimper. 

I love this tool! You can created your own corrugated papers without spending the extra money to buy them premade.
Down the center of this layout is a piece of patterned paper I use the paper crimper on. It added just a little bit of texture and interest to the background.

(This layout was created using the Paper Camellia July Main Kit Add-on.)

The last tool I dusted off was my Coluzzle, also made by Provo Craft. I used to have a whole bunch of these templates but just like my decorative scissors the templates have gradually disappeared from my stash. The only template I still have is the ones to cut circles.

I used the circle cutters to cut lots of different sized circles. I then cut them in half and used them to create the wonky scallopy borders on both sides of this layout.

 (This layout was created using both of the Paper Camellia July Main Kit and Add-on.)

Are there any tools you haven't used in your stash? Are they the same ones that I dusted off?

Paper Camellia June Kit

It's Thursday! I'm looking forward to a lazy Summer weekend, complete with a Sunday afternoon nap. *fingers crossed*

Paper Camellia June kits went on sale June 1st. There are still a few left if you want to hop on over and grab one you can find them HERE.

Here's what I created with the June Main kit and the Embellishment Add-on.

 This Layout was created using only the main kit.

This is what I created with the embellishment add-on (and one piece of white cardstock)

Even though this photo is one of my son's most hated photos, it's one of my most favorites. It's a mom thing ;)

And here's what I created with the bits and pieces I had left with from the 2 kits. (although I have enough supplies to keep creating many more projects)

I consider my kits "killed" afters about 5 layouts and 4-6 cards, depending on whether I add cardstock from my stash or not.
When you are creating with a kit how many projects do you complete before you consider the kit "killed"?

Paper Camellia May Reveal

It's May first, May Day! I'm so excited! You know what May first means....reveal time at Paper Camellia! This month I worked with the main kit and the add-on kit.

I spent a little bit of time traveling in April so squeezing in my scrapbooking commitments was a little bit difficult. I even took a few of my scrapbooking supplies with me. My husband and kiddos think I'm crazy but I actually got quite a bit done during the game. It was windy and rainy so I was watching the game from the car anyway.

I completed a couple of cards and this layout while I was watching the baseball game, how's that for multitasking?!?!

 I hand cut these little arrows with a pair of scissors at the game

These stickers from Heidi Swapp are adorable. They are so easy to work with too!

I also used the Heidi Swapp epoxy stickers on this project too when I combined the bits and pieces I had left from the main kit and the add-on kit.

 

And here's the completed project:

The third project I created has an interesting story.
I finally got a few quiet minutes to create while the kiddos were taking a nap and I sat down to create a project similar to this one:

I wanted to use the chipboard letters that are included in the add-on kit. I began placing the letters on a piece of white cardstock

My intention was to add a photo in the lower left hand corner of the page. I had the photo picked out an everything. BUT once I got adding the letters I really really liked it without a photo. So, I decided to take a different direction and turn the project into a wall hanging for a baby girl's nursery.

 

I added a few embellishments, stitched the letters down, added some patterned paper around the edges and put it in a frame.

I love how it turned out! I've never had a layout that I turned into a wall hanging mid creative process. Although, I'm thinking that I may change it up a bit and paint the frame white. What do you think? Do you like the frame black or should I paint it white?

Paper Camellia April Kit

Today is the day Paper Camellia revealed the April kit. This was such a fun kit to work with. This is the first layout I created using the main kit. These boys were very reluctant for me to take their photo...they were a little embarrassed. They are in middle school and way too cool to have their picture taken.

I went a little crazy with my sewing machine on this project. I didn't do a lot of embellishing because the back ground is so bold. I decided machine stitching was a good way to add some texture without adding to the busyness of the page.

 

I created this little mini album with the Oh Boy add on kit
There are a lot of elements in this kit with the Boy's Rule collection by Crate Paper. I triple heart this collection. With 2 little guys in my house I'm always excited for a really great boy's line.
Here's the cover of the mini album. The rest of the album will be on the Paper Camellia  blog (and here) in a few days. Stay tuned....

 

This layout I created using both kits. I decided to create a layout all about me and about being a mom. Things have been busy around our house and I'm trying to keep things in perspective...I am a mom, first and foremost! 

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