Hi everyone!  This is Rita and I have my last KGK post to share with you today.  I have truly loved working with Pam and the kits and will miss receiving those wonderful goodies every month.  I just want to wish her all the best!

I loved September’s kit!  It is so perfectly coordinated and very, very versatile!  My favorite project this month was my school project display:

My second oldest, Logan, started pre-school this month and this is getting lots of use at our house!  I just wanted to share some tips as to how I  put this together.

The board is 3/4″D x 28″W x 4″H.  I wanted it to hang flush on the wall, so my husband carefully drilled two small holes in the back about 1/4″ deep.  He hammered in some heavy-duty staples for the screws to catch on.  This was the hardest part of the project and I left it to him

I used black semi-gloss spray paint to paint the board black and then let it dry for several hours.

For my stars, I used two of the negative images from the smaller size, one negative image from the larger size, and both larger positive images.  I choose my patterned papers and covered the stars and sanded the edges.  For the negative images,  I traced the circles onto the 12×12 piece of chipboard that came in my package to keep the papers flat and covered them with the Jenni Bowlin Vintage Black Bookprint patterned paper to make the final product sturdier.  I then adhered the negative images to the circles covered in the Jenni Bowlin Vintage Black Bookprint patterned paper.

I had to go to several different stores to find the right clips to use for this project.  Mine are slightly larger than one inch.  I couldn’t find any that weren’t  magnetic at our local hardware stores, so I used those but it’s not necessary.  If you use magnetic ones, just be sure the magnet doesn’t cover the hole for the screw.  The drill didn’t like trying to drill through the magnet so I had to keep searching

The three stars with the clips are screwed directly to the board.  For the other two stars, I used a hot glue gun.  I think Mod Podge would also work quite well. 

I hope you enjoyed these tips!  It was a fun, and relatively painless, project to make!

Jenn here today! Remember when I said when I get in a rut I turn to sketches to help get creative?  Well, I thought I would share some really great sketch sites with everyone for some ideas. 

Here are some of my faves:

Page Maps
52 Sketches…52 Weeks
So Sketchy
Pencil Lines
Inspired Blueprints

Here is a layout I did using a sketch from 52 Sketches…52 Weeks.

I know that there are many more so if you have a favorite site please let us know about it!  Have a great weekend!

Hi there – it’s Paula with a project that I did with the September kit. As soon as I opened the kit and saw these chipboard shapes I knew I wanted to make some kind of hanging item — I ended up with a name plate for my son Tommy’s door. I think the colors and patterns work well for a boy’s room. Plus that Jenni Bowlin paper even has the word Tom in it!

A few tips: I layered two of the Jillibean Soup ribbons to make the hanging part more interesting. I used both the outer parts of the stars and the inner parts. I backed the outline parts with patterned paper to add more contrast. I love how the mix of circles and stars look together. And best of all, Tommy loves it!

everyone has those moments…forgot a co-workers birthday, a hostess gift, teacher appreciation day, it’s your turn to blog in Kraft Girls land (oh wait that one just might be me) what to do, what to do…

Have no fear, grab yourself a few binder clips (bigger is always better) and raid your stash for some coordinating paper strips and get ready for the quick and EASY project that everyone will love.

I used a few scraps from BG Wisteria Collection that is part of the July kit (a seriously good deal available now for only $16).  You’ll also need a really good adhesive, I love the embellishment glue stick from Pioneer, I know it looks like your average glue stick but it so not.  It sticks to metal, which makes it perfect for this project.

First measure the width of your binder clip and trim paper to match, then wrap around to determine proper length.  For the medium clips my paper ended up being 11/4 by 2 inches.  Smear, slather, both the paper and clip with your glue.  Start on one side and tuck the paper under the round part of the clip and wrap around the clip, smoothing as you go.

Next dig through your embellishment stash and find a few goodies to make the clip extra special…I used a little twine, a thicker(I know you have unused letters hanging around) and a Jenni Bowin pearl dodad.

Now stick a picture that your person will love into the clip, add a card to another and maybe if your feeling extra generous a giftcard in another, throw them in a gift bag and your on your way

~Christyn