Hello everyone, Christin here today to share with you a layout with the August 2016 kits. Last week I went very dark and black with my layout on the Hip Kit Club with a mix of black and yellow with help of the Prima Marketing Oil Pastels from the August 2016 color kit. This week... Continue Reading →
Adventure – Christin Grønnslett
Hello everyone. Christin here today with a new layout using the August 2016 kits. When I create my backgrounds I usually pretty much start without that much planning except which colors I want to use and often I know what kind of photo(s) I want to use and start from there. For this layout I... Continue Reading →
Today was totally fun | Christin Grønnslett
Hello everyone, Christin here today to share with you my first layout with the August 2016 kits. Today I have a little confession…. I needed 6 tries to make the background for this layout….. This is for all you guys out there struggling with mixed media, I too can feel your pain. In the end... Continue Reading →
Love to make happy memories
Hello everyone, Christin here today to share with you a new layout with the July 2016 kits. Summer is all about making memories - happy memories and the story of the day is about how we each year pick wild strawberries on a straw along the road at my grandmas house. When I make my... Continue Reading →
Adventure | Christin Grønnslett
Hello everyone. Christin here today to share with you my first layout with the July 2016 kits. This summer we haven't gone on big adventures. just smaller ones like going fishing and my grandma's house (she is 94 years old and is still living at home ) Sorry that I forgot to take a picture... Continue Reading →
Model ?? | Christin Grønnslett
Hello everyone. Christin here today to share with you a new layout with the lovely June 2016 kits. My background is a mix of the lovely mists from Shimmerz Paints in the June 2016 Color Kit and stitching made with one of the July kit files. You don't need a cutting machine to use the... Continue Reading →
Last day of school | Christin Grønnslett
Hello everyone. Christin here today to share with you two layouts with the June 2016 kits. I was inspired by the photo in the middle and have made a little Wilna Furstenberg type background with stripes. For the stripes I have used the two Shimmerz mists (Pink Stiletto and Mandarin Mai Tai) in the June... Continue Reading →
Father & Son | Christin Grønnslett
Hello everyone. Christin here starting off Celebrate Dads Week. Again we are a little bit off with the dates - no Fathers day around here, that we celebrate in November, but what about doing something else for the dad ?? This layout is made with the 2016 May Kits. As you can see on my... Continue Reading →
Oh what fun | Christin Grønnslett
Hello everyone. Christin here today to share with you my first layout with the May 2016 kits. Today was one of the days where I ended up covering up most of what I had done on this background and I ended up mostly lots of drops - which actually looks like small bubbles. The top... Continue Reading →
Pet Week: Document Their Drawings
Hello everyone, Christin here today to share with you a new layout with the 2016 April Kits. What do you do when you don’t have any pets of your own or any nearby, well you get your kids to draw some of their favorite animals. Luckily I have a 6 year old who loves to... Continue Reading →
6 days old | Christin Grønnslett
Hello, Christin here today to share with you a layout and a card with the April 2016 kits. Them of the week is Celebrating Mothers Week. Again we are different in Norway - we don't celebrate Mother's Day the second Sunday in May - we celebrate Mother's Day the second Sunday in February.... My prompt... Continue Reading →
Signs of spring | Christin Grønnslett
Hello everyone. Christin here today with a few step by step photos. With all the nice colors I wanted to make a layout with lots of colors. I am often more modest with the numbers of colors I chose for a layout but here I wanted to use all the colors I found in the... Continue Reading →
Announcing Our 2016 Creative Team!
Please join us in welcoming our new Hip Kit Club Creative Team, & what an amazingly talented group of designers they are! To get to know them better, see their links below: Kim Watson Adrienne Alvis Andrea Bethke Raquel Bowman Amy Challis Flora Monika Farkas Ashley Fowler Christin Gronnslett Ashley Horton Sarah King Anna Komenda... Continue Reading →
Family Adventure | Christin Grønnslett
Hello everyone! Christin here today with a new layout using the 2016 February Hip Kits! For this layout I started with my layers and made the background after. I often work with my backgrounds and my layers in different settings. Often I make backgrounds with just a specific color theme or I am just in a... Continue Reading →


