Hey, friends!  Missy back with you today.  I’m sharing another layout using the gorgeous 2016 January Hip Kits!  I decided to go bold with this one and start with the black and white striped paper from Crate Paper.  I enlarged two of Nicole’s cut files and made them the focus of my page.  I used some white gesso on my background before adding some of the Pucker Up Pink Dazzlerz from the Color Kit as well as a few other paints from previous Color Kits.  I backed the big XO with patterned paper and my photo and hand-stitched around it.  I added pop dots and added a few embellishments around it.

Here you can see the awesome texture from the Shimmerz and paints.  You can get so many pretty shades by mixing colors!  The pop dots I added behind the XO die cut really gives it dimension.  That cute butterfly is a puffy sticker from Crate Paper.  I did a lot of hand stitching here, and even though it took some time, the end result is worth it.

I created a fun cluster with some of the My Mind’s Eye chipboard buttons here.  I also added in a chipboard flower and some of the Heidi Swapp shiny gold clear stickers.

I traced around the big “love” die cut with a black pen to make it pop a bit more, and I used gold thread to machine stitch through those cute teal Thickers.  Those shiny gold hearts are from the Crate Paper chipboard sheet.

More Crate Paper goodness here!  A few stickers layered together create a beautiful cluster.

Here’s my process video if you’d like to see how this layout came together.  I hope you find some inspiration!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!