Whenever I get new scrappin’ goodies in the mail, the first thing I start working on (naturally) is layouts. Then I find myself with a bunch of leftover scraps. Now, I do have a scrap stash where all of those little bits and pieces go (can’t throw them away!). But what I’ve been doing lately is keeping those scraps out and immediately using them up by creating a few quick and easy cards. We can all use cards, right?? In fact, I don’t think I’ve purchased a greeting card in over 3 years. Why buy one when you can create a handmade card?

So here’s a few examples of using some of your leftover kit scraps…and stretching your supplies just a little bit further!

In this first one I simple took several strips of patterned paper, added some stitching, buttons, ribbon, & a stamped sentiment and it’s done!

This next one I pulled out one of my favorite heart punches. I popped one of the hearts up with a foam dot and added a little button and a stamped sentiment at the bottom.

Quick and easy cards and you’ve used up all of your scraps. And the great thing about using supplies from your kit is that you know everything is going to go well together!

Michelle

In this crazy economy I’m always looking for a way to stretch my scrappy dollar. My two favorite things to do is use my paper scraps and my tools.

I often fall head-over-heels for patterned paper. Once I take the plunge and cut into it I like to use every little scrap I can. Pair that with my soft spot for circles and I’m in heaven. I love the motion they create on a layout. What I love even more is stretching my tools to the limit! Nothing makes me harbor regret like seeing an unused tool gathering dust.

I often find myself reaching for my circle punches. On this layout I used three punches :  2”, 1 ½” and 1 ¼”. I created the circular rings by punching a 1 ¼” circle and then punching a 1 ½” one around the negative.  I also used the punched out circles as a stencil. I simply traced around them to use as a guide for my hand stitching.

Grab those scraps and punches and get to work!

-Kari  Ann

Hi everyone! This time, it’s me, Sarah. This is my first post for Kraft Girl Kits, so bare with me! I promise I won’t ramble on and on (I tend to do that).

Today, I wanted to share with all of you how to create a flower embellishment that I have used on some of my recent layouts. On one of my recent layouts using the August kit, I created the following flower:

So you want to create this?! Well, it’s really simple. Let me show you how.

1. Draw a spiral any size you desire on any paper you choose (preferably paper from a Kraft Girl Kit, of course, hehe ).

2. Follow the spiral line and start cutting away.

3. Once you cut to the end of the line, you can cut the spiral piece of paper from the rest of the piece of paper. It should now look like this:

Did you get it?! Does it look like this?! …okay, great! Let’s go on.

4. Take the end of the spiral paper (not the center end), and start to roll it up. Some of you may know this term as “quilling”.

5. Continue to roll until the end. Once you get to the center, your paper should now look like this:

Ta-da! You’re all done! How’d you do?! If you need any help with this, either email us or leave a comment for one of us Kraft Girls, and we’d be happy to help you out!

…and as always, don’t forget to upload your KGK layouts and projects to our gallery. We’d love to see your creations!

Until next time…

Hugs,

sarah.

I wanted to share a few pages the design team did with this month’s sketch.  First, here is the sketch:

Here is a page by Rita:

And here is a page by Kari, using the March Kit, which is on sale:)

Read more about the details about the August Sketch Contest HERE!

Hi everyone!  This is Rita and today I’m going to share a few of the ways I used those fabulous Hambly rub-ons in the August Kraft Girl kit!  I don’t know about you, but when I first saw them I was looking at them as a whole and was a bit stumped on how to use them.  I started thinking small and came up with some fun ways to incorporate them into my layouts.

First, I used the wood-grain rub-on on the Maya Road chipboard branch.  I held the branch up to the rub-on sheet and loosely cut around it.  I then applied my rub-on to a scrap piece of kraft paper.  Then I adhered the kraft paper to my chipboard branch and used my exacto knife to cut off the excess.  I love the results!

You could also apply this same technique and use your punches to create custom wood-grain embellishments! 

Here are two examples where I cut tiny pieces of the grid-style rub-on to fit into one of the Sassafras paper whimsies and the crossword boxes on the Pleasantly Puzzled patterned paper.

Using bits and pieces of the rub-ons was fun because it added something unexpected to these layouts.

My favorite use of the rub-ons was on my Linus layout.  I used my Martha Stewart scalloped circle punch to punch out a circle.  I then used that circle as a guide to create the scalloped border on the rub-on.

Such a fun way to repeat the scalloped border from that Prima paper!

Be sure to check out the KGK gallery for more inspiration on how the rest of the DT used these rub-ons.  I hope I’ve inspired you to think small, and don’t forget to upload your projects to the KGK Flickr group so we can see what you do with the kit!