DT Blog Hop - make your own page kit

Hello everyone, it's Rosey here - thanks for joining us again for July's Blog Hop.

In one of the NSBD events, we asked you what you would like to learn. We had a wonderful bunch of requests – thank you for all your original ideas! Several of you wanted to know how to make your own page kits out of existing stash, so that’s what I’m concentrating on today.

You might use a page kit to save time working on your pages at home, or to take to a crop. You might have your photo already picked out, or you might want to make generic kits which you would then choose photos to fit. In this example I’ve got my photo chosen.

Here it is. Interesting colours, eh?

I’m just going to pick out stuff that might work. No decisions yet, just what I like. You can either choose complimentary or contrasting colours to decorate it with. I’m going with complimentary for a soft look so I started with some basic neutral card-stock. It's always good to have an extra piece of white card-stock, in case you want to create a journalling spot, or cut a title or die cut, or a mat for your photo.

Patterned paper next. I went through my scraps first, because we’re all about recycling and reducing waste here! Hey, pebbles – cool. And music: the right colour and representing the music of the sea. Am I getting all poetic and romantic on you?! A toning coloured map because this is from a trip. Some blue swirly scraps for accents – die cuts maybe, a title or punched shapes.You could add ephemera as well (tickets, brochures, receipts etc.)

Now ribbons and fibres. I have some wonderful sea foam in my photo, so I’m thinking lace and chiffon. And there’s sand so some beachy string/raffia, and ooh look I’ve found some stuff printed with musical notes! I may be able to use these tiny bits of leftover rik-rak and swirly felt.

Brads, buttons and gems next I think. I may not use them all, but if I’ve got them selected, I’m half-way there. A little zip-lock bag is ideal to keep those loose bits together. You may want to add chipboard shapes, die-cuts, charms, jewels, shells, sea glass, pebbles....

Finally choose your alphas, and put everything into an old page protector, or one of those gallon zip-lock bags that you get in the US but which I haven't seen here!

One tip for keeping ribbons (or anything) from getting squashed is to put them into a zip-lock bag and blow it up before sealing it. If the bag is pretty air-tight, the contents will be protected from getting crushed. Do the same with your bag of brads, and those sharp points won't damage your photos and papers in transit.

Now, here's how to play! Each of our wonderful DT members has made their own page kit to show you lots of different ideas, contents and colour-ways. After you've made your own kit and posted a photo on your blog for us to see, link us up to it here. Then hop through the DT's blogs and leave a comment on each to show you've visited.

Georgina
Nilsa
Kelly
Helen
Rosey

Well that's it for now. I hope this has helped inspire those of you who have never tried making page kits before. I'm off to turn that bag of bits into something resembling a lay-out...

Happy page-kit-making!

And the winners of the scraplift challenge are..........

TEAM THREE!

Congratulations to: Helen; Wendy; Michaela and Tammy

You went from this:

to this:

you have each won:

A 12x12 paper pack of the crate paper collection "Portrait"!

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Team Six - the big reveal

Team 6 - you're up next!

They all started with this layout:

i-phone photos by Georgina

 Sherri was first up to scraplift. She reduced the number of photos on her page, took part of the background paper away, made her strips of paper larger, and added a smaller title in an embellishment fastened with some brads.

Smile by Sherri

 Ann was next to give the scraplifting challenge a go!  She reduced the number of photos on the page to just one and placed it at the bottom of her page. She flipped the design and added two strips of paper vertically instead of horizontally and she used a sticker for her title which also contained the word smile. She added more stickers for embellishements.

You make me smile by Ann 

 Britany was next in line. She scraplifted Ann's layout.  She kept the patterned paper strips but moved the photo to the opposite side of her page. She added some journalling blocks, circle phrases to embellish and it looks like she handstamped her own background paper too.

I do I do I do  by Britany

 Last up was Karen. She scraplifted Britany's layout. She took away the larger background patterned paper and added three shorter strips in the same place as on Britanys layout. She tore her paper edges to add dimension. She added a journalling block  and moved the photo again this time adding another. She carried the circle theme over with some buttons.

17 by Karen

We will be announcing the winning team tomorrow so make sure you check back! :)

Team Five! The Big Reveal

Drumroll please......................

Its time to see what Team Five Created.  They unfortunately had someone who had to drop out so there are only three players in team five, but the really switched things up with their layout! Take a look......

A reminder first (as always) of the original....

i-phone photos by Georgina

 Kimberly was up first to scraplift. She has kept the same amount of photos, kept them black and white too. She did however flip them on their side, using landscape photos and moving them more to the centre of her page. She embellished with digi flowers and minimised her title so it sits neatly in the corner. She has also reduced her background paper so it doesn't sit across the whole page. She has added a matching border and used a two tone effect.

I love your smile by Kimberly 

 Kimberly's layout was then passed to Carey to scraplift.  Carey hasn't used any photos on her layout yet, but its ready to take them when she is ready. She has minimised the spaces for photos and has reduced the number of layer strips. She has embellished with flowers like Kimberly has done but she has moved the positioning of these to each corner of her photo matt. She has placed her title at the bottom right in a similar position to Kimberly's. The main piece of patterned paper across the middle of her layout extends across the page.

Smile by Carey

 Then finally it was Mindy's turn to scraplift Carey's layout.  Mindy has made the patterend paper in the middle of her page smaller again so it is more similar to Kimberly's layout. She has reduced the number of photos to 5 and they are colour photos. She has added some journalling strips and made the title spread across her page rather than being in one corner. She has also use a lot of colour rather than sticking with the two-tone theme of the other layouts.

Fruit Snax by Mindy

Well done team 5 - lovely layouts !

Come back tomorrow to see our final teams layouts and then the winners will be announced on Sunday !

Team Four - Big Reveal

Well Hello! Fancy seeing you here! Are you looking to check out team four's layouts?! Well you've come to thr right place! :)

This was the original layout they were given to scraplift!

i-phone photos by Georgina

 Kelly was up first - she reduced the number of photos on the page and varied the background papers to add more colour. She kept two strips of paper and raised her title up the page slightly. She added some journalling strips and inked around the edges.

Malta by Kelly

 Kelly passed her layout to Mary. Mary reduced the number of photos again choosing one long photos as her focus on the page. She raised the title higher again and minimised her use of patterned paper. She embellished in a similar way to Kelly and matted her photos on a notebook page.

Howling Good time  by Mary

 Mary passed her layout to Susi. Susi kept the photos in the same place on her page and kept the same number of photos too, she even added them to some note paper. Her title was of mixed font and in the middle of the page like Mary's. She used slightly different embellishments but kept them in the same place.

Pause - by Susi

 Finally Susi's layout was passed to Karen. Karen flipped everything to the opposite side. She kept the same number of photos and embellishments and added a patterned matted border to her photos. Her title was a little bit higher than the other ladies but still in the middle. She used buttons for her embellishments. Her journalling was across the top of the page.

Mini Horses by Karen

And there we have team fours layouts! Great job!! Come back tomorrow to see team 5 layouts !

Team Three

On a side note before I begin today I must state that I am getting frustrated big time with Blogger right now! Is anyone else having issues posting or commenting or is it just me? Pppfff

Okay , now that is out of the way, lets take a look at the layouts created by team 3 in the latest round of scrapwhispers.

Remember - each team started with this layout:

I-phone photos by Georgina

 First up in the challenge was Wendy. She kept to the colour scheme of Georgina's page but ensured her photos were blue too. She embellished with spots and dots and reduced the number of photos on the page. She mounted the photos slightly differently too. She kept the corners rounded and added a strip of ribbon to her page too.  Her title is in the same place!

Underwater world by Wendy

 Wendy's layout was then passed to Michaela for scraplifting. A lot of the elements remained the same - Michalea made the border around the photos bigger and added some journalling to.She changed the size of the layout but kept the same number of photos. She rounded her background paper and mounted it too and kept her title in the same place. She kept the strips of ribbon too.

Bechtel Christmas Prom by Michaela

 Next up in the scraplift challenge was Tammy. She jazzed it up and flipped the layout 90 degrees. She reduced the number of photos added a large bracket and some journalling. Buttons kept the circle theme and her corners were still rounded. She added two strips of rick rak!

Live Life by Tammy

 Finally it was the turn of team three's leader. Helen! She kept Tammy's layout but played with the size of each of the photos. She kept the heart embellishment that Tammy had added and moved her journallling over slightly. She kept the corners of her background paper rounded and added strips of paper to the page.

Bag by Helen

Well done Team three! Great layouts and a surprising twist!

Check back tomorrow and you will (hopefully if blogger lets me) see all the layouts for team 4!

Team Two - Big Reveal

Welcome to day two of our big reveal and today we are looking at the layouts created by Team Two!

Remember, each team started with this layout:

i-phone photos by Georgina

 Nilsa was up first and she kept try to the layout of Georgina's layout. She used the same amount of photos in the same placement (its just she used colour photos) and they were mainly headshots of people too. She used a bright spotty background paper, kept two strips of paper and the title in the same place:

Homecoming 2010 by Nilsa

 Nilsa passed her layout onto Shannon to scraplift and Shannon took the film strip idea and enhanced it by adding a great film strip border to her photos. She kept the same format of photos but staggered them out more and separated them with larger spaces inbetween.  She made the background strips of paper much larger and embellished with stickers. Her title was in the same area of the page.

Avril by Shannon

 Shannon's layout was then passed onto Natascha for scraplifting. Natascha also kept the same style of photos, but she mounted them on a bright red border and separated them on the page even more.  In her middle set of photos she even managed to double the number, getting more photos on the page. She kept the two background strips but made them a plain colour and her title was in the same area of the page just mounted in an oval.

TDV by Natascha

Finally Natascha's layout was passed onto Nora N for scraplifting. Interestingly Nora took the layout in a slightly different direction. She moved the photos back towards the left of the page more and reduced the number of photos on the page.  She mounted them on a thin blue border  and moved the patterne paper to the left of the page too. Her title was in a similar position but also moved across more so to the left! Her title was mounted on a cloud instead of in an oval.

DJ Dancin by Nora N

There we have it! Come back tomorrow to see more great layouts from team Three! 

The Big Reveal

So, isn't it typical - you just think you are back on track and then blogger starts playing up so you don't get the opportunity to upload photos and so in turn therefore are unable to post the much anticipated Big Reveal Layouts! Shocking! I'm so sorry for the delay ! But here they are (finally!) 

We are starting with Team One! Rosey's Team. They were giving this "original" layout to start their scraplifting journey.

I-phone photos by Georgina

Rosey jumped right in and turned the layout on its side. She used 3 long photos instead of the photo strips but kept the placement of everything else. She kept the two tone colour scheme too and used arrows for her embellishments. Her title was angled up the side of the page and she created strips with ribbon.

 Sony Cyber-Shot by Rosey

Rosey then passed her layout on to Tracy for scraplifting. Tracy kept the placement of the photos but made them portrait instead and linked them across the page. She replaced the ribbon strips with paper strips and angled them slightly and embellished with circles. She kept an arrow on the page and moved her title across the top of the photos.

Explore by Tracy

Tracy's layout then got passed on to Rebecca for scraplifting.  Interestingly Rebecca flipped the layout back to the original placement. She used 3 photos but made them landscape once more, she retained the circle theme from Tracy's layout and added dimension to the page with paper tearing techniques.  She moved her title to the right of the page and added slanted ribbon strips.

Party by Rebecca

 Finally Rebecca's layout was passed to Susan to scraplift. Susan kept the placement and size of photo.  She moved her title to the bottom of the page and journalled around the outside. She embellished with lots of fun sea creatures and some water splashes. She continued with the paper tearing technique too.

Great job Team One! You did so well! Check back tomorrow for Team Two's layouts and to our friends in USA - have a happy holiday weekend!