FREE cut file + published layout.

Being Thursday, means the house is tidied after last nights Wednesday night Believers get-together...I can finally get down to some much needed crafty-catch up & writing. 

I am so grateful to have had a bunch pages published this year in Paper crafts & Scrapbooking magazine. I thought it might be fun to post a couple of them here too. This one, a double page from the January 2014 issue of Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking (page 100), using supplies from  Fancy Pants Designs,  Elle's Studio & journal card by Technique Tuesday.  

Sweet Surprise by Kim Watson

TIP: I didn't have the perfect color cardstock for my title, so cut it in white cardstock & spritzed it with October Afternoon sprinkers to perfectly match the green in the striped patterned paper.

For those of you with electronic die-cutting machines, I have made this cut file available for download in a couple of file types. See below for links.

Sweet Surprise cutfile set by Kim Watson 

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These cute printables also available online at January 2014 issue of Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking.

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Pretty packaging + free downloads.

If you are looking for pretty packaging ideas... look no further. I have some ideas up on the October Afternoon blog today using Cake Walk, with some FREE downloads too.

 Go leave me some love :) :)
XOXO

NEW October Afternoon+ layouts.

Yowzer it is cold today! The torrential downpour happening outside isn't helping matters either, so as I sit here in front of my laptop, bundled up in 4 layers of clothing I thought I'd share some of the projects I have been working on over the last month or so using the NEW October Afternoon collections, released at the last CHA show.

 

 You can steer Yourself by Kim Watson

(Posted with prior permission from Masterful Scrapbooking. As seen in the May 2012 seminar)

Supplies: October Afternoon- Cakewalk collection

Collection by Kim Watson

 Supplies: October Afternoon- 9-5 collection

FREE download: Links to different file formats here.

Boy & a Horse by Kim Watson

Supplies: October Afternoon- Sasparilla collection

Sketch:

 Beach Day by Kim Watson

 Supplies: October Afternoon- 9-5 collection

True to form, October Afternoons NEW collections are fabulous in every-way!
Happy scrappy Thursday to you wherever you might be.
Thanks for stopping by!

Guesting at October Afternoon + sketch

I am so happy to be guesting at October Afternoon this month. I love their products & am looking forward to working with them more.

Here is a sneak:

For more details & a sketch take a look at their blog.

Thanks for stopping by!

35 minute challenge!

Do you ever find yourself slipping into the 'take-forever', 'gotta be perfect', 'up a bit', 'down a bit' scrapbooking type of mode??
Hmmmm, well I do :o/ & some-days it just takes forever!!

So every now & then I challenge myself to try some 'quick', 'grab whatever is handy' kinda pages. I did these a little while back when I had a gap & needed to just scrap for scrapping' sake. It was such fun setting the kitchen timer & then saying 'on-your-marks-GO!' & seeing what happened.
So even though the page styles are a lot simpler than I normally scrap, & the product is older I am SO happy with the results.

I challenge you to try this too sometime.

Best buds by Kim Watson

Supplies: American Crafts, Sassafras, Pink Paislee, Basic Grey

Hot Summer by Kim Watson

Supplies: October Afternoon

24*7 action by Kim Watson

Supplies: Sassafras, October Afternoon, American Crafts, Adornit

Thanks for stopping by...and remember to link me up to your projects so I can take a look too .
Have a super Monday!
KJ