Killin' the kit!!

The January +Hip Kit Club rocked my crafty world over the last month! I explored mixed media, US letter size, as well as multi photo 12x12 pages.

Want to take a look at my projects??!

XOXO by Kim Watson

For close ups & process details, see this LINK>>

Hello #you! by Kim Watson

For close ups & process details, see this LINK>>

LOVE by Kim Watson

For close ups & process details, see this LINK>>

XOXO by Kim Watson

For close ups & process details, see this LINK>>

Love, Love Love by Kim Watson

I am sure you will agree, the January 2016 kits are amazing!! There are a few left, so if you are inspired & feel the need to shop, I urge you to grab one whilst you can.

Before I sign off have you heard......?

Do you love scrapbooking and creating projects with an eclectic mix of amazing products from various manufacturers? Are you a team player that enjoys working alongside other creative individuals? Do you actively communicate via various forms of social media: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest and YouTube & a personal blog? Are you willing to share your work and promote our Hip Kit Club via social media? Do you have a specific style that would be a good fit for our Hip Kit Club? Then we want to hear from you!

HOW TO APPLY…>>>

The deadline for applications is Sunday, March 20th, 206 at 11:59 p.m. PST.  International applications are welcome to apply. However, international applicants must be willing to share in international shipping costs. All submissions must be emailed to kimberly@hipkitclub.com by application deadline.

New design team member invitations will be sent via email and our 2016 Hip Kit Club Design Team will be announced on our blog on April 1st, 2016 at 9 a.m. PST.

Happy scrapping!  We can’t wait to see your application!

Thanks for stopping by!!

XXX

JANUARY 2016 HIP KIT REVEAL!!!

I am so thrilled to share the January 2016 Hip Kits today!  This month’s kits feature products from Hello Love, B-Side, My Story and more!  I love the bright colors splashed with gold accents.  The black & white & grey are great neutrals that give this collection the perfect balance.  There are tons of fabulous embellishment that will make adding texture, dimension & detail to your projects a breeze.  

I hope you like what we have in store for you as much as we do! 

Note:  our January Kits will begin shipping the week of January 8th – as several of the products aren’t expected to be received until January 2nd.

HIP KIT CLUB JANUARY 2016 MAIN KIT

Hip Kit Club Member Price:  $29.95 (requires a 3 month minimum subscription)CLICK HERE to join!Individual Kit Purchase Price:  $34.95

Products Included:

• 1 sheet – Crate Paper – Hello Love – You & Me Paper
• 1 sheet – Crate Paper – Hello Love – Smitten Paper
• 1 sheet – Crate Paper – Hello Love – My Valentine Paper
• 1 sheet – Crate Paper – Hello Love – Blush Paper
• 1 sheet – Crate Paper – Maggie Holmes Shine – Sweet Life Paper
• 1 sheet – Basic Grey – B-Side – Maybe Paper
• 1 sheet – Basic Grey – B-Side – Prom Date Paper
• 1 sheet – My Mind’s Eye – My Story – Typewriter Paper
• 1 sheet – My Mind’s Eye – My Story – Take Aim Paper (gold foil)
• 1 sheet – My Mind’s Eye – My Story – Grandma’s Quilt (gold foil)
• 1 pkg. – Crate Paper – Hello Love – Wood Veneer Shapes
• 1 sheet – Crate Paper – Hello Love – Chipboard Shapes
• 1 pkg. – We R Memory Keepers – Crush – Gold Thickers
• 1 pkg. – My Mind’s Eye – My Story – Designer Brads
• 1 pkg. – My Mind’s Eye – My Story – Rub-Ons

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HIP KIT CLUB – JANUARY 2016 EMBELLISHMENT ADD-ON KIT

Price:  $27.95**Hip Kit Club members receive a 15% off on all Add-On Kit purchases

Products Included:

• 1 set HKC Exclusive Vellum Words (length 3″ – 5″)
• HKC Exclusive Acrylic Confetti – 20 assorted pieces
• 1 sheet – My Mind’s Eye – My Story – Everyday Cardstock Stickers
• 1 pkg. – Crate Paper – Hello Love – Layered Tags
• 1 pkg. – Crate Paper – Hello Love – Resin Hearts
• 1 pkg. – Crate Paper – Maggie Holmes – Puffy Stickers
• 1 roll – American Crafts – Pink & Gold Wide Washi Tape

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HIP KIT CLUB – JANUARY 2016 COLOR ADD-ON KIT

Price:  $20.95*
*Hip Kit Club members receive a 15% off on all Add-On Kit purchases

Products Included:

• 6×6 HKC Exclusive Heart Confetti Stencil designed by Kim Watson
• 1 jar – Shimmerz – Dazzlerz – Pucker Up Pink Texture Paste
• 1 tube – Heidi Swapp – Gold Texture Paste

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HIP KIT CLUB – JANUARY 2016 PROJECT LIFE ADD-ON KIT

Price:  $29.95*
*Hip Kit Club members receive a 15% off on all Add-On Kit purchases

Products Included:

• 1 set – My Mind’s Eye – My Story – Journaling Cards
• 1 pkg. – Crate Paper – Hello Love – Stickers
• 1 pkg. – Heidi Swapp – Aqua Glitter Puffy Alphabet Stickers
• 1 pkg. – Heidi Swapp – Black & White Number Puffy Stickers
• 1 book – Heidi Swapp – Gold Clear Accent Stickers
• 1 pkg. – My Mind’s Eye – Chipboard Buttons
• 4 assorted – Heidi Swapp – Glitter Bows

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HIP KIT CLUB – JANUARY 2016 PAPER ADD-ON KIT

Price:  $12.95*
*Hip Kit Club members receive a 15% off on all Add-On Kit purchases

Products Included:

• 1 sheet – Crate Paper – Hello Love – You & Me Paper
• 1 sheet – Crate Paper – Hello Love – Smitten Paper
• 1 sheet – Crate Paper – Hello Love – My Valentine Paper
• 1 sheet – Crate Paper – Hello Love – Blush Paper
• 1 sheet – Crate Paper – Maggie Holmes Shine – Sweet Life Paper
• 1 sheet – Basic Grey – B-Side – Maybe Paper
• 1 sheet – Basic Grey – B-Side – Prom Date Paper
• 1 sheet – My Mind’s Eye – My Story – Typewriter Paper
• 1 sheet – My Mind’s Eye – My Story – Take Aim Paper (gold foil)
• 1 sheet – My Mind’s Eye – My Story – Grandma’s Quilt (gold foil)

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HIP KIT CLUB – JANUARY 2016 CARDSTOCK ADD-ON KIT
Price:  $10.95*
*Hip Kit Club members receive a 15% off on all Add-On Kit purchases

Products Included:

• 2 sheets – American Crafts White Cardstock
• 2 sheets – American Crafts White Vellum
• 2 sheets – American Crafts Begonia Cardstock
• 2 sheets – American Crafts Light Kraft Cardstock
• 2 sheets – American Crafts Granite Cardstock
• 2 sheets – American Crafts Fountain Cardstock

Scrapbooking idea: Honour your ❤ Mother ❤

It was my lovely Mum's birthday this weekend. She is generous, kind hearted & we appreciate her so much.

It sparked a simple scrapbook page, where I mentioned all of her qualities in a creative way. One centrally placed photograph, lots of white space, some hand doodled flowers & understated texture. I love how this page turned out.

Mother by Kim Watson

Supplies: Cardstock: +Bazzill Basics Paper  ; Patterned paper: +studiocalico , My Mind's Eye ; Corrugated Cardstock, Gold Foil Paper, Resin Flower: +Fancy Pants Designs ; Wood Veneer, Enamel dots, Washi tape: +Freckled Fawn ; Chipboard, Labels: My Minds Eye; Brads: +Simple Stories  ; Flowers: +Bazzill Basics Paper ; Flair & Glitter tape: +AmericanCrafts; Ink: +Ranger Ink ; Adhesives: +TombowUSA , +Thermoweb , +Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L ; Metal Dies: +Spellbinders Paper Arts , +Little B , +Technique Tuesday ; Manual Die-cutting machine: +Spellbinders Paper Art; Other: Sewing machine

Arranging doodled flowers & vines around the photo, frames it beautifully. Corrugated cardstock adds visual interest to the white color scheme.

The corrugated background perfectly showcases the floating jewels. These act as anchors for the character trait journal strips as well as being symbolic of Mothers everywhere being treasures.

A few gold splatters, finish it off nicely!  I appreciate you stopping by!

Have a wonderful day friends...now go HUG your Mum!! ツ

Hip Kit Club- Layouts & a Tutorial.

The 2015 February Main kit from the +HipKitClub is rocking my world!!!

Looking for more inspiration from Hip Kits? Here is a link to my Hip Kit Club Pinterest board filled with amazing projects from the DT.

I have had x2 pages up on the blog so far...check them out!

When playing with the patterned papers on my desk, I was immediately drawn to the doors paper. Firstly, isn’t it seriously cool & secondly, isn’t the paper quality super interesting? It lends itself to mixed media & is substantial enough to withstand water, ink, gesso & other ‘wet’ treatments.

It spoke to me, sparking the following thoughts in my brain in reference to my 10 year old:

• Future
• Destiny
• Open Doors
• Life Choices
• Colorful Memories
• Growing up

These ideas came together, as this page :)

Dream Big by Kim Watson

For the title I roughly cut ‘Dream Big’ from the We R Memory Keepers- Love Notes- Dear Diary paper, using a craft knife & doodled the edge in fine black marker for definition.

 To start, I grabbed water-colour paints & licked some funky colors onto the doors, giving them a cheerful vibe. Once dry, I cut them out & arranged them in an overlapping row creating a border for the journal block. The central page layout worked well here, allowing ones eye to travel down the page from the title, to the photograph & lastly resting on the journaling.

For more detailing check out this blog post >>

 This is my other page:

For this post, I shared a super way to transform patterned paper into something gorgeously ‘bling-ified’ (In case you were wondering, yes that is a real word in the vocab’ of every crafter who likes gold glitter)…like me- LOL.

To do this I am going to be using the February 2015 Hip Kit & Add-On Kits, as well as the pretty turquoise tissue wrapping paper our February 2015 Hip Kit came wrapped in.

Girl Powa by Kim Watson

To create that cool glittered strip, I used the wonderfully ingenious invention, called adhesive sheets from +Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 

This is how I did it:

• Lay the edge of the paper triangle onto the sticky side of the adhesive sheet.
• Trim off the excess.
• Remove the top, protective layer.
• Sprinkle liberally with fine gold glitter.
• Press down firmly, making sure the glitter is secured well. You don’t want it falling off :D
• Tap off any loose glitter…& you are done.
• NOTE: I left a little glittered strip at the bottom of the triangle, which I trimmed off & cut into mini triangles for accenting elsewhere on the page.

Tissue Bloom Tutorial by Kim Watson

Instructions:

• Fold the tissue paper into squares in x2 (or more) different sizes. I made x20 layers in total by cutting them in piles of about 6-8 layers.
• Once you are happy with the amount, pile them on top of each other.
• Using a stapler, secure the pile together with criss-crossed staples.
• Place your flower on one hand & gently scrunch with the other. Pinching layers onto a clump.
• Place the crunched flower on your craft mat & work with the petals. Flatten some, crinkle others & arrange until you have a lovely, puffy bloom.
• Using a little water, lightly spray the flower before spritzing with turquoise Dylusions Ink, adding vibrant color.
• Allow it to dry & secure to your page using a strong adhesive.

All done….a striking page that will make your teenage daughter happy.

I appreciate you stopping by!! 

Happy Tuesday!

My Creative Scrapbook + Sept kit

I am honored to be Guest DT for +mycreativescrapbook this month!

Such pretty kits, with a great mix of goodies this month from My Minds Eye: Jubilee collection. 

Enjoy & Live by Kim Watson

 Great Adventure by Kim Watson

Live it Up by Kim Watson

Live Life by Kim Watson

:My Creative Scrapbook September Main kit:

For more information on their lovely kits, check out the website. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Papercrafts August 2014 issue + a new sketch.

August 2014 issue of Papercrafts & Scrapbooking is out. It is filled with inspiring projects & uber creative ideas too. I am privelaged to have a bunch of projects published in it. Many thanks to the +Papercrafts & Scrapbooking team :)

*Papercrafts August 2014 issue*

Every month Papercrafts & Scrapbooking showcases a sketch with sketch support in the form of cards, tags & layouts. This is the one as seen in the August 2014 issue. 

And this is my take on the sketch. A collage of arrows in different sizes, forms, patterns and textures, acting as a asymetrical border. The busy-ness of the collage is balanced by the presence of white space on the left side of the page which allows the eye to focus on the photographs. 

Live Life & Life will Love you back by Kim Watson

 Supplies: Cardstock: +Bazzill Basics Paper; Patterned paper, Stickers: My Minds Eye; Glitter chipboard, glitter brads, glitter bow, pen: +American Crafts; Sewing kit & twine: +Close To My Heart ; Adhesives: +TombowUSA, +Thermoweb, +Adhesives by 3L

 Love that you stopped by.
Thanks for letting me share my love of papercrafting with you.
Happy Thursday!!

Take a peek.....

Hi friends,

This week the September/October 2013 issue of Creating Keepsakes went on sale, which means it’s time to preview what you’ll find in this magazine. Here are some highlights you can find in this mag.

Sept/Oct 2013 issue Creating Keepsakes Magazine

There are a huge variety of articles to get your creative juices running. Here are a few of my faves!

• Ombre Techniques
• Top 10 tools (which I wrote NB: We are giving x1 of every tool I featured. See here to enter) 
• Top 10 Office Supplies
• Paper quilting
• Title Techniques

Here is one of my pages published in this issue:

Gorgeous by Kim Watson

 (as seen in the Sept/Oct 2013 issue of Creating Keepsakes magazine. Posted with prior permission by the Creative Crafts group. )

NB: There are BONUS sketches, downloads & free cut files available on the CK website. 

Here's the link>>>

This is the FREE cut file from Teri Anderson. See here for download link>>>

Wow, this issue has so much in it! That’s just a few of the sections and topics that are covered in the September/October 2013 issue. If you aren’t a subscriber, you can purchase a copy at a local store or in our online store. And subscribers, remember to head over to the web site to enjoy the digital issue or read it on your e-reader.

Happy Thursday!

MME Mother's Day layout + tutorial

For my last blog post for MME I spoke a bit about my scrapping style. Made this page in honor of my lovely Mum for Mother's Day on the 8th May.
Here is a sneak:

The whole page is featured on the MME blog with a tutorial on how to make the black zipper trim flower shown above.
Thanks for stopping by!
Kim

1st HOP~ My Mind's Eye blog hop.

Hi there my name is Kim Watson & I am the first stop on your MME blog hop journey. I just know you are going to be wow'ed by the super creations of the very talented design team.

My word for the month of April is FAMILY. This month is a very special one for me, not only it is the birthday month of four of the most special people in my life but we have my parents staying with us from the UK too. We haven't seen them for some years so there is great excitement & merriment happening in the Watson household right now! We are a very close FAMILY & hate that we are separated by oceans & continents. It is in special times like Easter that I am reminded not only of my ever loving & patient heavenly Father and family but of my very special earthly one too. It is through these relationships that I grow and am challenged to be a better person. These people make my life colorful & fun every single day & I am grateful all over again!

I created a page using the gorgeous Gertie collection using some cute photos I took of my Mom & Dad and 'boys' the other day.
Dearest Family by Kim Watson.


Here is your next HOPPITY-STOP:
Ta-da...the talented: ~Tamara Jensen

***IMPORTANT: Begin the blog hop at the My Mind's Eye blog & visit each designers blog, hopping in order so you
can have the correct secret phrase ***

Thanks for Hopping by!
Kim