hi everyone!  the Paper Lovelies kit for October was released on Friday the 23rd this month, since the 25th fell on a Sunday, but i wanted to take a minute to post about this month’s kit, though, and share my creations with you all  i would have posted on Friday, but we had an EXTREMELY busy weekend – today is my hubby’s 40th birthday, and we threw a HUGE surprise party for him Friday night so the weekend has literally been a blur for us… it’s such hard work putting something like that together, and then cleaning up after!!!

we got to work with Graphic 45′s “An ABC Primer” this month – really fun!!!  i have always just admired Graphic 45 from afar, since i always end up buying this kind of vintagey stuff and then never really using it… but fortunately since I’m working with Paper Lovelies, i get to try it out anyway and see how far i can expand my creative borders!  it was really hard to decide what to do with this kit since it has so many fun elements – the paper, the glitter, the tulle – i couldn’t believe all the goodies that this kit came with!  i wanted to be able to use them all on every project

here are all of the goodies you get with this fantastic kit:

• 1 sheet each double-sided Patterned Paper from Graphic 45 “An ABC Primer” – Games & Playtime, Alphabet Soup, Jumping Joan, Grammar School, Happy Go Lucky, Building Blocks, Bedtime Stories, The Three R’s, School Days, ABC Primer, Calico Kids, 1 2 Buckle My Shoe
• 2 sheets Core’dinations / Jenni Bowlin Cardstock (varies)
• 1 Pink Paislee Pixee Stix Glitter (butterscotch)
• 16″ Maya Arts tulle (black/gold)
• 1 6-pk Kaisercraft Ribbon (red)
• 4 Jenni Bowlin chipboard buttons
• 12 mini Flora Doodles (black/red)
• Alphabet Stickers (gold)

i managed to come up with two cards and a {bonus} bookmark, since this kit is just dying to be used for something book related!  so, here’s what i came up with:

i really love these projects!  this kit was really fun to work with, and would be great for someone wanting to scrap back-to-school pics or make cards/gifts for teachers!  you can see more examples of the Design Team’s work HERE.  we had Lisa Wilkinson joining us this month as a guest designer, and she really rocked this kit!

well, i have to get back to my busy-ness (read: still cleaning my house! there was literally confetti on every surface in the downstairs!)  hope that everyone had a great weekend, and definitely get over to Paper Lovelies to check out the kit before they’re all gone!!!!!  thanks for stopping by

SUPPLIES:

Card 1 – Smile

• Cardstock – Bazzill Basics (personal stash)
• Patterned Paper, Sentiment, “U” Stamp, Corner – Graphic 45 “An ABC Primer” (Paper Lovelies Oct. 2011 kit)
• Alpha – EK Success (personal stash)
• Pearl Flourishes – Colorbok (personal stash)
• Ribbon – misc? (personal stash)
• Glitter – Pink Paislee (Paper Lovelies Oct. 2011 kit)
• Flower – Adornments by Amanda (Paper Lovelies Oct. 2011 kit)
• Ink – Ink it Up (antique gold – personal stash)
• Die Cut – doily hearts by Loni Harris (Silhouette Online Store)

Tags: cards, kit clubs, paper lovelies, scrapbooking

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