Hello Hip Kit friends, Anke here with you today, sharing a layout featuring the beautiful January Main Kit. I was challenged to incorporate fussy cutting and machine stitching in my project – two of my favorite techniques when it comes to scrapbooking.
I started with fussy cutting some leaves, branches and cups from different papers. These would work pretty well with the photo I chose for my layout. It’s a photo of me and my dog having a coffee break on the stairs in front of our house. (Well, Louis didn’t have coffee but he enjoyed sitting there with me.)
My idea was to stitch and embellish a large C for “coffee” on my layout and to place the photo in the middle. So I first took a pencil, drew a C on my cardstock and placed some branches and leaves on that pencil line. Then I sewed along this line with my sewing machine. Then I added some more leaves and branches and sewed once again.
For a more dimensional look I layered my photo with patterned paper, die cuts and a chipboard frame. Two corners of the frame are embellished with fussy cut elements.
I glued down the alpha stickers for my title and then it was time to give the layout the final touch. So I backed the white cardstock with green paper, added more embellishments like puffy hearts, enamel shapes, chipboard and a thread bow and placed small clusters of fussy cut elements on both sides of the title.
I hope you enjoyed this post and I could inspire you to include some fussy cutting and machine stitching in your projects.
Thanks for stopping by today.
Gorgeous and clever! The colors go beautifully together. Awesome job!
Thank you so much.