HK Memory Chest Mar 2016 Kit Club

Hi there, today I would introduce the adorable Honey I'm Home line from We R Memory Keepers! The collection is perfect for any paper project you want to make for your home. It focuses on home, family and all the things we do at home. Check out this colorful kit from us.

March Kit 2016
WRMK “Honey I’m Home” Papers – Homemade
WRMK “Honey I’m Home” Papers – Moments
WRMK “Honey I’m Home” Papers – Here & Now
WRMK “Honey I’m Home” Papers – Family Photo
WRMK “Honey I’m Home” Papers – Family Time
WRMK “Honey I’m Home” 6×6 papers
WRMK “Honey I’m Home” Cardstock Stickers
WRMK “Honey I’m Home” Die-cuts
WRMK “Honey I’m Home” Wood Veneer
Doodlebug color doilies
Maya Road Cup Metal Clips
Maya Road Twine
American Crafts Thickers – Celebrate Gold
Assorted Ribbons 

Yours, Mine & Ours Smile

This is a simple layout. Photos are quite plain in color so it is easy for multicolour embllishements around them. 

Yellow doily on both sides to create balance. Three pink elements also created a triangle for a balanced highlight. 

I split some yellow acrylic paint around photo. 

The lightbulb banner is super cute. The foam gold letter is so much fun to use, even the acrylic paint can stay on it after dry.

This Is Our Happy Life

This photo was taken on the way they went to school. It was a sunny day at the Victoria harbour. I use this small photo so i can place those super cute but large embellishments. 

Die-cuts, stickers, wood veneers added together creates layers.

Enjoy Life

Eating is not her favourite so it's difficult to find a nice eating photos for my layout. Recently I took this photo and lucky it perfect matches the colour.

I prefer to keep my layout bit flatter for storage reason, these die-outs from the kit are prefect for thin layers!

Discovery Bay Crop  

15th March (Tue)

10:30am - 12:00noon

Hosted by Grace Wong

Happy March!

Erika x x 

HK Memory Chest Feb 2016 Kit Club

Hi there, it is time to share the fabulous Feb kit from HK Memory Chest. Still cold in Hong Kong but you will see the romantic kit from us, perfect for Valentine's day!

February Kit 2016
Kaisercraft Treasured Moments – Timeless
Kaisercraft Treasured Moments – Recollection
Kaisercraft Treasured Moments – Wonder
Kaisercraft Treasured Moments – Flashback
Kaisercraft Treasured Moments – Memory
Kaisercraft Treasured Moments 6×6 papers
Kaisercraft Treasured Moments Die-Cut Cardstock – Frame
Kaisercraft Treasured Moments Collectables Die-Cut Pieces
Kaisercraft Paper Flowers
Kaisercraft Template Damask Quarters
Kaisercraft Clear Stamp Treasured Moments
Kaisercraft Lucky Dip Burlap Pennaant
Dear Lizzy Thickers – Snapshots/Black Foam
Assorted Beads
Assorted Lace Trims

Together

This die-cut frame cardstock is very special with the vintage outlook. I cutout a butterfly background on the base to create dimension.

Here is the close up of my butterfly, and the how-to process as below:

Draw the outline as per your cut-out shape. I used 3 color pencils to create the shading. Random stamping for the background. 

I used this glitter paste from previous kit to create patten on my butterfly as per the stencil. You can choose any paste or gesso to match your background. This also create the shinny detail as well as dimension. Stick it down with dimensional foam tape and slightly curve the edges up to create layer. 

Once the background is done, you can add your embellishments to finish the layout. 

I think the black title is too dark so i traced it using a gold sharpie. Also add some liquid pearl from Ranger for an extra accent. 

Remember Today

This is the second layout for this kit. Beautiful shabby chic papers with flowers and butterflies. I leave a narrow edge of red paper to created the frame look and dimension. 

Again, i stenciled the pattern with Ranger distress ink and drawed the outline a bit off. also distress the papers with the same ink color. You can choose any color which matches your photo.

Here are another close-up of the background. I leave some pattern untraced  for more interesting. 

Discovery Bay Crop  

16th February (Tue)

10:30am - 12:00noon

Hosted by Grace Wong

Happy scrapping,

Erika

HK Memory Chest Kit Club Jan 2016

Happy New Year! Welcome to the 2016 ! New year has started and have you set your goal yet? I am proud that I have had a fabulous adventure filled 2015, i love everything about my 2015. The happy and sad moments - all were part of my life and i won't forget any of it! How about 2016? Let's start with some layouts with sweet Pink Paislee  Cedar Lane papers!

January Kit 2016
Pink Paislee Cedar Lane Paper – Park Place
Pink Paislee Cedar Lane Paper – Arrow Avenue
Pink Paislee Cedar Lane Paper – Acorn Avenue
Pink Paislee Cedar Lane Paper – Main Street
Pink Paislee Cedar Lane Paper – Circle Street
Pink Paislee Cedar Lane 6×6 Paper – Assorted
Pink Paislee Cedar Lane Puffy Stickers
Pink Paislee Cedar Lane Fabric Tags
Pink Paislee Cedar Lane Die-cut Shapes
Amy Tan Finders Keepers Thickers Stickers – Today Phrases/White Foam
Prima Marketing Metal Clips
Petaloo Paper Flowers – Assorted
Ribbons
Assorted Color Paper Leaves
Wood Grain Pattern Foot Shape Decorative Charms 

Here We Go

This is more like a project-life style layout. We went to Inspiration Lake near Disney Land in Hong Kong in September. It was lovely weather there. Kids were super exciting when they found such a big leaf and they created many ways to play with it. 

These squares are 3" x 3", i cut many of them in different sizes and papers, then layer them together. Hand lettering  with watercolour will add more personality on the layout.

There are many cute embellishments come with this collection. The embroidered canvas, transparent accents, puffy sticker, etc. all of them are so unique to match your fall photos.

Darling

I drawn the background  with watercolour. The design comes from the one of the original paper from Pink Paislee. i just simply re-drawn it to a bigger version. How colorful is that?! 

Gold sequins matchs to everything and add dimensions to the layout. This fox is my favourite !

This foam title sticker was original white, i inked it with gold ink pad just button half to create the layer and dimension. you can ink it in different colors or simply draw lines or patterns on it.

 Cherish Today

This is another layout i drawn my own background. i used watercolor paint for the green leaf and hand write the quotes on. Hand writing is same as drawing which adds your personality, and differentiate your work to the others. 

This foot print was traced from the wood foot print piece  and cut out from prima pins packing paper (you can find both on the kit photo at top), as i like the raw color but much flatter than the wood embellishment. 

Love 

i love this purple. it is soft and perfect match with the wood grain grey. It gives a very natural and comfortable background.  

I fussy cut some acorn from one of the paper, aren't they cute? Transparent accents are good for layering, you can stick them with tape or glue dots. 

These are four layouts for the Jan kit. Love this kit , and hope you will like it too! 
For more details about subscription, please visit paper craft buffet .

Discovery Bay Crop Session

19th January (Tue)

10:30am - 12:00noon

Hosted by Grace Wong

Thanks for stopping by, 
Erika  

HK Memory Chest Dec 2015 Kit Club

hi crafters,
2015 is soon come to the last month, and here we are celebrating Christmas!!! This is a happy month, we spend most of the time with our family and we also sending love to our friends. We took a lot of pictures every December  and they were always the happiest memory we kept throughout the year.


This month's kit contains Prima Marketing's new collection -A Victorian Christmas, with glimmers of gold foil adding divine sparkles, paired with deep reds, golden yellows, and olive green, it's a beauty to behold! I used them for two layouts, as well as a banner for home decor!

Papers
Prima “A Victorian Christmas” – Pere Noel
Prima “A Victorian Christmas” – Une Carte De Noel
Prima “A Victorian Christmas” – Un Calendrier De L’avent
Prima “A Victorian Christmas” – Le Jour De Noel
Prima “A Victorian Christmas” – Un Chant De Noel

Embellishments
Prima A Victorian Christmas Snowflake Leaves
Prima A Victorian Christmas Rudolph’s Nose Flowers
Prima A Victorian Christmas Holiday Lights Flowers
Aleene’s Glitter Snow
Prima Marketing Antique Resin Frames
Lindy’s Stamp Gang Starburst Spray – Brulee Cream
Maya Road Mini Chipboard Snowflakes
Artemio Alphabet Glitter Stickers – Silver
Kaisercraft Holy Night Cardstock Die-Cuts
Ribbons

All Hearts Come Home For Christmas

I applied gesso onto Donna Downey's Random Circle stencil onto the paper for background, and I added the Aleene's Glitter Snow onto the christmas tree, snowflakes and flowers, this magic snow adds a touch of sparkle onto your holiday projects and i really love it!

Those little houses comes from Fiskars border punch - main street, it is so cute with some snows on top!

A christmas red bow will highlight the focus point and created the layers.

Reason For The Christmas

This is a quick layout. Simply just cut out designs from the paper and place them onto the red cardstock, make sure you leave some red edge to create the layers. Place your photo and add embellishments.

A big flower will balance the layout and create dimension. 

I draw lines around and add some stamping!

Christmas Banner

This year Prima Marketing is hosting a 12 days of Christmas challenge, which featuring different products each day and you can use them on your project to enter the challenge. I am entering Day 1 challenge - Victorian Christmas. More details here.

This pretty paper is very good for making home decor, banner, ornaments. cards etc. Today i would like to show you how to work on this quick and easy banner. 

1. Cut out three banner from paper,  match them with red cardstock on the bottom.

2. Distress and edge of banner to create the vintage look. Apply distress ink Fired brick.

3. Cut out designs from paper and layer them together. remember to distress and edge as well.

4. Add embllishments.

 For some details, I choose a paper with right top wreath and add my designs on the left side. Random stamping on the background using Tim Holtz's distress ink Fired brick.

The middle banner is different, i cut out some small banners and link them together on top, stamp JOY on them.

The right side banner, i added Kaisercraft rhinestone flourishes so it will shine. A wood piece from Prima  wood icons collection is a lovely choice.


Merry Christmas,
Erika x x 

HK Memory Chest Kit Club Nov 2015

I had so much fun creating with the new Seven Paper Collection from HK Memory Chest's Nov kit club. Seven Paper is a new brand by Studio Calico started in 2015, It is designed to be a easy way to help every day documenting for those moments in your life without taking up your time. Papers are very nice for pocket pages, you can find beautiful DT albums from their blog, but today I will show you how to use them in a traditional scrapbooking layouts. 

This is the kit :

November Kit 2015
Seven Paper Darcy Paper – Color Wheels/Wide Yellow Stripes
Seven Paper Clara Paper – Cut-Outs/Wide Diagonal Stripe
Seven Paper Clara Paper – Stuffed Animal/Wide Diagonal Stripe
Seven Paper Clara Paper – Watercolor Splotch/Flower Doodle
Seven Paper Clara Paper – Baby Faces/4 Colors
Seven Paper Darcy Roller Stamp – Phrases
Cedar Lane Thickers Stickers – Phrases/Silver & Gold Glitter Foam
Seven Paper Clara Label Stickers – Gold Foil Words & Phrases
Yellow Flower Beads Trim
Green Little Balls Trim
Red and Orange Heart Shape Charm
Fabric Sunflowers
Black and White Feathers
Punctuation Wood Veneers 

Happy

I love this paper at the first sight. It is clean but with different shades of green. As soon as i saw it, i already realise it will match my daughter's favourite dress and this is where the layout idea comes from. We took a lot of photos when she wear this dress and she is always happy when she's on it.

As i can't choose one favourite photo out of a hundred, i just decided to use four which were taken in the same serious - She made many  funny poses here. Even photos are quite small, I positioned them separately in two opposite corners and use a large gold shinny lettering as title to create the balance.

You Make My World Better

This is a quick layout. One single photo in the centre and rounded by title and embellishments. It takes me about half hour. 

I positioned the black feather underneath, fuzzy cut out lovely elephant and bear from another paper (which is super cute). Use circle punch to cut out colourful paper and add some easy drawings on top of each circle.

Similar design at the right hand side, plus wood veneers and gold stickers from the kit, as well as some stamping from Seven Paper Phrases roller stamp. 

Love This Adventure

The third layout is easy too. simply cut out some papers into flags, squares, or rectangles and layer them together. Don't worry about some very nice design will be buried as layers always looks good. I also used the roller stamp starts on top of the paper to create a boarder.

Here above are some close-ups for this layout. 

Discovery Bay Crop  

17th November (Tue)

10:30am - 12:00noon

Hosted by Grace Wong

See you all at crop,

Erika. x x