Loving Layers with Kiwi Lane and Technique Tuesday

Today on the Kiwi Lane blog I share some quick and easy tips to create layers and clusters on layouts using  this month's featured template sets Aspen Court, Playtime and Adventure.  I am also excited to be working with some awesome stamps from one of my favorite stamp companies Technique Tuesday. So be sure to stop by the Kiwi Lane Designs blog and faceook page for some crafty fun.

Mother's Day 2013

This year I actually got my cards done and mailed out on time. Go Me! I made 4 of these cards using my Kiwi Lane Designs templates and Prima Madeline paper collection. I think they turned out pretty cute.

Getting crafty for NSD!

I am slow...but I did accomplish a little today.

Used my Kiwi Lane Designs templates with watercolor paper and my acrylics to make this really simple card.

Birthday card for my mom....

National Scrapbooking Day Fun on the Kiwi Lane Designs Blog and Facebook

Who's playing tomorrow? I'll be scrapping along all day, doing the challenges and getting some crafty projects done. I hope you join us. National Scrapbooking Day at KLD

It's Tuesday Tip Time with Kiwi Lane Designs and Doodlebug Design Inc

Spring is in the air outside my window and in my craft room thanks to the bright and cheery Doodlebug Design Inc Flower Box collection. Today on the Kiwi Lane Designs blog I have a couple projects to share and some quick tips for using your Kiwi Lane designer templates - Chestnut Drive, Celebrate, and Tiny Florals. So check out the Kiwi Lane blog and Facebook and then be sure to check out the Doodlebug Design Facebook page too for loads of inspiration.

Want to know how to make an easy pocket for cards and pages using your templates? I made a quick video tutorial explaining the process. Take a look.

April Kiwi Lane Blog Hop

My first experience using Kiwi Lane Designs templates was last summer. I bought the complete set of mini templates at an expo and that night I used the designer templates to create a 8" album for my mother-in-law's birthday party. That night at a crop I completed practically and entire album. The creation process was so much easier with the templates and I was finally able to complete the book. When I gave my mother-in-law the album she loved it, especially the pages I used the Kiwi Lane templates on. I was hooked after that.

 Now many templates later I am still hooked and I am using them to create my pages of my mother-in-law's birthday party. Using the Anna Griffin Maude Asbury line and the Chestnut Drive borders 1A and 3B (also used 1" strips), I made this two page spread with a few pics of the party.

Thanks for stopping by my blog.  Don't forget to leave a comment, here and on all the blogs in our hop, to
get a chance to win a $25 gift certificate to use at Kiwi Lane Designs. Good Luck!

BLOG HOP LIST

1. Kiwi Lane http://kiwilane.com/here/blog/

2. Katrina Hunt http://paperscissorsandglue.blogspot.com/

3. Charity Becker http://menemenetekeluniversity.blogspot.com/

4. Jen Collins http://jande14.blogspot.com/

5. Marisa Torp http://mojoandmore.blogspot.com

6. Staci Jones http://www.scrapbookingischeaperthantherapy.blogspot.com/

7. Stephanie Umpleby http://sucw.blogspot.com

8. Stephanie Dang http://www.paperandi.blogspot.com

9. Roselyn Riley http://prettylittlepackages.blogspot.com YOU ARE HERE

10. Charissa Miller http://akihasmommascraps.com

Before & After - Collaged Photos

Another before and after layout to share. I made this one using the Dear Lizzy 5th and Frolic line and a 8x10 photo collage that I made in Picasa and printed at home. I decided on a very simple design that kept my photos as the focus.

BEFORE

AFTER

Templates used - mini scallops 3a; mini paisley place 3a; rings 3 & 4; tags 1; tiny tags 1t; tiny shapes 7t

Other supplies used - Stamp - MFT; Felt embellishment - Dear Lizzy; buttons - American Crafts; paper - American Crafts/Dear Lizzy

Quick Quotes + Kiwi Lane Designs = Perfect Combination

It's March and I have spring break on the brain. I'm not hitting the beach this year, but I still can get a mental vacation by looking through some of my old vacation pictures. 

Today on the Kiwi Lane blog, I am sharing a mini album I made with the Quick Quotes Stowaway line and mini Paisley Place,Tiny Wildflowers, and Cascade Trails. Making a mini album was so fast and easy thanks to my templates and the very beach appropriate Quick Quotes papers. So head on over to the Kiwi Lane blog to see my full album and get some scrapbooking inspiration. And then don't forget to visit the Quick Quotes Facebook page.