Happy Friday!

The end of the week is finally here, and hopefully that means a little down-time for our lovely blog readers!  I have a step-by-step to show you today using the Polly! Colour My World kit and I hope it inspires you to get crafty this weekend.

If you would like to share your scrapbook pages using your Polly! kit please upload them to the gallery so we can admire!

Here's a look at my layout in full...

And here's today's step by step...

I must admit, I was a little spoilt for choice when I pulled everything out of my kit this month. Could I say maybe a little too spoilt??!  Anyway, I spread out the papers I thought I would like to use with my photo - I always look at what colours are in my photo, then pick my papers to match some of the colours.  In case you were wondering the photo has been edited in Photoshop using some texture overlays so it is already ... boy-ishly distressed.


Lots of cutting up ... I have layering in mind, and I want to use all these different patterns in my layers.

Now I'm a little more organised - I am pretty sure I can handle all these cuts. Let the gluing begin.

I love making layers behind my photo's (as many of you would already know).  I love the photo being the focus of my pages, therefore I always find myself propping it up off the page with layers of paper, 3D glue dots and more layers.

This little sentiment from this page of cardstock was one of the first things that got my attention, and I knew right away that it would be part of my layout. I dusted off my Making Memories corner chomper and rounded the two top corners - and had an instant tag.




Next I got out my ruler and measured up for a frame - this is where I'm going to use my Washi tape from the kit to frame my layered photo.  The Washi is going to be a slightly darker wood grain than my paper, but still subtle enough that it's not going to be the only thing you see on the layout.

At this point I had decided 'Yep, that frame is too subtle!' For a little more pop I cut down and added the Hambly paper to the background, but stepping back I still wasn't sure I was happy with this either...

To make the edges of the Hambly blend better with the Washi border I used a sponge to add some ink to the edges of the papers ... let's see it this works out.

I added some messy stitching (intentionally of course), my Hambly paper is adhered into place and I am happy with how the clouds now popped off the paper with a little ink added...

Next I added my photo, and set to work with the title.  Before I settle on a title I always make sure I have all the letters I need. :)  I like to lay everything out on the page, estimating where it will go, and then press the letters into place working from the outside to the middle, and even then some letters need adjusting.  Luckily Thickers are quite easy to move around a couple of times.  If all else fails they are also very easy to carefully stitch into place with your sewing machine.

I used the Bingo chips for a very deliberate embellishment triangle. :)

Next I got out my Crop-O-Dile and turned the name tag into a journal tag.

I originally added some of the pom pom ribbon to the card, but switched it up for the blue twine at the last minute.  The method to my madness here is that you can pull the journalling tag out from wherever it happens to go - I'll tuck it behind my photo panel somewhere.

I made a pocket out of some scrap cardstock, making the edges flat using a folding tool... this will protect my tag from all the adhesive I have already put under my photo panel (not too much planning happened today with this layout!).

Ta-Daaa! And that's it!
A very gummy layout, using lots of goodies from this months Polly! kit.  Make sure you scroll through the blog to check out what the other girls from the team created this week with theirs.

 

Hi readers,

Amanda here with you today - I have another layout to share with you using products from the Colour My World Feb/March Kit from Polly! Scrap - the best kits on the market!  You can get your hands on the kit here in case you haven't got yours yet.

I had so much fun playing with this kit - every month Kayla outdoes herself naking amazing kits using products fresh to the market. The papers are perfectly coordinated, the embellishments are sublime ... and the parcels are almost like Mary Poppins' carpet bag - you never run out of goodies.  I got 5 layouts of my kit this month, with tonnes more goodies to make a few cards too.

Here's today's layout - I'll have one more to share this week and some cards to show you over the weekend! Stay tuned!



Bye for now,
Amanda

Good morning!

Today we have a reveal to share from our gorgeous Feb/March Design Team gal, Melissa Heather who got to play with our bright mid-February Kit, bursting at the seams with perfectly coordinated papers and embellishments, we called it "Colour My World".  Here's a look - and I believe there may be one kit left in store as of Sunday.  Does it have your name on it?


Here are Melissa's amazing layouts and some close ups using the kit to create...

Thanks for stopping by today, we'll have two step by step tutorials coming up in the next week using the Colour Me Happy kit - that means two exclusive never before seen layouts to share as well,  so be sure to keep coming back for tonnes of inspiration from our design team, and if you love the Polly kits so much (like we do) you can subscribe here.

Don't forget to join in the fun on any of our verbal and picturesque forums - we love to see what you've created with the kits, be sure to share on any of these forums:

Until then, happy scrapping!

Hi there!

Happy Saturday! We hope you've had a fantastic week and are eager to relax if you have the luxury of the weekend off!  Kayla has created a couple of stunning layouts using this months Polly! Scrap Kit - Colour My World.  If you haven't seen the kit yet you can check it out by clicking the picture on the right sidebar - but be quick as there are only a couple left.  If you do happen to miss out there's always plenty of other items in the store to get excited about.

Here is Kayla's first layout - Louie.  Isn't her layout as gorgeous as that spunky little furbaby?  I can tell there's a lot of love poured in this page... :)


Next up Kayle has put her scissors to work by cutting out the Glitz Design Colour Me Happy Whatnots that come in the kit - very clever, Kayla.

Hi there,

I received my February Polly! kit yesterday (it's called Colour My World for a reason!) and got to play a little with it last night - we will have plenty more reveals over the week plus a step by step for the weekend here on the blog.

So, what jumped out at me from first glance? Well, I've officially crossed over to the dark side - I'm now a sucker for feathers. Or was it the glitter? Maybe a little bit of both!  Either way... I'm in luuuurve.

Next on my favorite list were these little stars and the American Craft thickers were a perfect addition to this kit. Love, love, love.

How's the Colour Me Happy woodgrain washi tape?  There were a couple of resin flowers in the kit too - since this photo was taken many, many springs ago I added them to the corner of my photo.

I also loved this bauble ribbon by Prima! I don't think any more colour could have been packed into this months kit - don't you love it?

Here's the whole layout ...

Be sure to subscribe here if you want a kit of goodness every month from Polly Scrap Kits!, and don't forget there's only a couple of days left to upload your creation for our February inspiration challenge - you could win a Polly! store voucher if your layout is drawn!

Stay tuned this week for more reveals using Colour My World from Polly! Scrap Kits!