February 2013 Hip Kit… 2 awesome

Happy Thursday!

Today I have an awesome layout and card created by Cindy Stevens using our February Hip Kit to share with you.  Cindy does an amazing job at clustering her embellishments and adding layers and lots of little details to her projects.  I love that about these two pieces.

There are so many little elements in the upper right hand corner of her layout.  Sometimes the smallest things make all the difference.  If you look closely you can see the little coral chevron tab at the top, and the staples that attach it and the “this is the life” label sticker.  The threaded button and stitching around the heart and along the edge of the white cardstock give nice texture to her page.I am not sure if she machine stitched around the heart… but if so, she did an amazing job.  There is no way I could machine stitch that precisely around the edge of a shape like that.  I would have to go around twice to have it look like I intentionally wanted it to look messy.  Great job, Cin!!!

I love how Cindy repeated the circles on her layout, subtly with the white on white punched circles, the “Happy Day” circle sticker and the star flair button.  😀
This is an awesome card!!!  I think it is a lot more difficult to make cards for men, and this is an excellent example of a card that could easily be given to a man.  :D  I love the contrast between the woodgrain, black and white and the bright yellow hearts.  The string tied around the top give it that perfect finishing touch.  So cute!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by today to see our latest projects created with our February Hip Kit.  :D  I hope you are feeling inspired to do something crafty today.  Make sure to visit again tomorrow to see our next projects created with our amazing February kit.  Have a scrappy day!  xo – Kimberly –