Paper Camellia January Kit...Continuted

I'm catching up a bit today. I wanted to share my projects from the Paper Camellia January kit. This kit was so much fun to work with. Ria does an amazing job putting these kits together! I got 5 layouts with the main kit and the add on and I could still get a couple more done with the bits that I have left. (get ready for lots of photos)

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Starting With an Embellishment

Hey there! I'm blogging over at Paper Camellia today. I LOVE their kits!

Today we're talking about starting with an embellishment.
Sometimes when I sit down at my desk I don't know what photo I want to use or even what story I want to tell, I just know I want to create. So, I start with an embellishment. For this project I started with the huge wood veneer ampersand from the January kit. 

I adhered the wood veneer and assembled the title around it. It was after the title was on my page before I chose a background paper or a photo. It may see m a little backwards but sometimes that's when the creativity hits, some of my favorite projects began with a little bit of a different creative process.

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Sequins &Transparencies

Hi there! I hope you're cozy warm and safe today. It's -2 degrees at my house today with a windchill of -12. It's supposed to be a whole 10 degrees for the high today...needless to say, I'm not leaving my house today. It's a good day for me to turn the heat up and spend some time at my scrapbooking desk. What are you creating today?

I have project to share with you from Bella Blvd. I used the new Christmas Countdown collection to create this project. I also used a transparency, sequins and my sewing machine to create a huge shaker box that is the base of my layout.

I used a printable transparency and printed my journaling so it's on the top layer of the shaker box.

 I then built the rest of my layout on the transparency and stitched it to my background with a few sequins in between the cardstock and the transparency.

 And here's the completed project.

Stay warm and have a great Wednesday!