Hey there, today I am sharing a couple of layouts that I have made using the new November Scrapbooking Kit. I totally loved this kit, it is full of lots of pretty papers and the gorgeous Maggie Holmes Flea Market Ephemera Pack. This is also the first kit to include a stamp which is lots of fun.

My first layout was made using a couple of pieces from the Dear Lizzy Polka Dot Party collection.
For the title of this one I actually used the Thickers from the October Kit. This was because the black ones weren't working on the patterned paper I had used and also because I thought the pretty gold thickers were perfect for a page about going for High Tea. (Stash items used on this page were white cardstock, Heidi Swapp Colour Shine in gold and a stencil).

I hope these pages have given you a few ideas on how to work with your kit, remember to share your pages on the Polly Facebook Page or share your instagram pics with @pollyscrap because we love to see what you make and we might even share it here on the blog.

Have an awesome week - Manda x

Hello Polly! peeps, Ruth here today with a couple of layouts using the October scrapbooking kit. Both these layouts were created for an album I am making for my bestie, she travelled to England a while ago with her family and they have the most amazing photos. I offered the scrapbook her album for her because they are just so much fun to design pages around.

I would suggest you try it the next time someone important has a gorgeous pile of photos for you to use, whether they are wedding, travel or some other photos, but I have a few tips for the best strategy to make it a fullfilling experience and outcome for everyone.
I sat down with my bestie and NO PHOTOS! Yep you read that right, she had a million photos and it was simply overwhleming to look at them. We started from the memories instead. I told her there would be about 10 double and 2 single page spaces to use, so we needed about 10 stories about her trip. Then we talks about her favourite / important memories from the trip.

After we chatted for a while, I took notes and made 10 topic headings and then gave her a stack of Becky Higgins 3x4 project life grid cards. I asked her to write the story for each of these memories on as many cards as she needed, single sided.
Then we popped the cards in the album page protectors and after that we added appropriate photos. There were plenty to choose from and some were all about an event, and some could just have some favourite photos of relationships or people. It was a great system, though there was no actual scrapbooking products involved for a very long time.

At this point I can now look through the album and pick any of the page protectors to work from, with the photos and words already in there waiting for me. I decided to use the beautiful gold doily paper as a feature on the very front title page of the album, with the gorgeous English horizon behind. I loved the feature letterpress alphabet as a pop of red at the bottom.


The other page I decided to create as a double page layout, so I added a couple of sheets of Kraft cardstock to the kit from my stash. I used the ribbon to make a cool ruffled effect across the the top of both pages leading from the main photo and title across to the rest of the photos finishing the story.

Hi everyone, Manda here again and as promised I am going to share another layout I made using the October Main Scrapbook Kit. 
One of my favourite things in the kit was the Echo Park Embellishment stickers. This was because a) it had another alphabet and lets face it we can never have too many of them and b) I love that you can use pieces of these sticker sheets for layering. 

Welcome to the October Kit Release night, with all the kits revealed on our Facebook Page and here on the blog. This month's kits are full of gorgeous colours and textures, which I think make creating so much fun!





The backs of the papers are a super versatile mix of neutrals with just a pop of yellow and emerald for you.


This month there are not many left left, I think they will go quickly, you get 18 sheets of Amy Tangerine 6x6 paper, 7 MAMBI journalling cards with gold and silver foiling and glittler. You get a full packet of the brand new Sn@p letters and labels, Die cut cards, chalkboard journaling cards and tags from Dear Lizzy, a letterpress pinterest card, some fabric bows, glittered heart clips, stitched tags and gold days of the week circle embellishments in a sweet vellum envelope. You also get a full roll of grey washi, an overlay arrow and a 4x6 piece of Maggie Holmes gold doily vellum.