My Creative Scrapbook August Kit Reveal Blog Hop and Giveaway

Welcome to the My Creative Scrapbook August Kit Reveal Blog Hop!

You should have arrived here from Jodi Wilton's blog. If you just happened to stop by here, please consider starting the blog hop from the beginning on the My Creative Scrapbook blog so that you can catch all of the inspiration and prize opportunities!

My Creative Scrapbook is thrilled to celebrate the reveal of the beautiful August kits with an inspiration-filled blog hop complete with beautiful PRIZES!  The design team has prepared a spectacular assortment of projects for you, so be sure to visit each blog to soak up all of the inspiration.

Several prizes are up for grabs!

*** The Grand Prize Winner will receive a complete Limited Edition kit! ***

But that’s not all… there are more prizes to be won… Prima, Prima, and more Prima!

Don’t forget to leave comments as you hop along to each blog for chances to WIN!

Presenting the My Creative Scrapbook August kits:

There's something for every style!

Are you a My Creative Scrapbook kit club member?

If not, now is a great time to join!

Subscription information can be found here: http://www.mycreativescrapbook.com/kits.htm

Did you know that My Creative Scrapbook also offers a variety of Add-ons?

Choose from flower kits, mixed media kits, off-the-page project kits, project life style kits, and more… there are even Lindy’s Stamp Gang spray sets available!

The add-ons can be found here: http://www.mycreativescrapbook.com/addons.htm

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Here is one of the layouts that I created with the August Limited Edition kit:

I thought you might like to see this layout stepped out!

I learned most of the techniques that I used on this layout from the very talented Christin Grønnslett. I absolutely love her amazing backgrounds... they are filled with interest and beautiful contrast.

Okay so to create my background, I prepped a piece of white cardstock with clear gesso. Then I misted a bit of water followed by some drops of Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays. I used a waterbrush to spread the spray drops around a bit to create a little watercolor effect, drying each color with a heat tool before applying the next color. I used 3 different pinks and a teal color.

Next I used some distress inks with stencils- 3 stencils with a pink distress ink (chevron, triangles, stars), 1 stencil with green distress ink (hearts) and 1 stencil with black distress ink (mini triangles).

For the next layer, I used modeling paste with the Prima basket weave stencil that comes in this month's Limited Edition kit. I dried that with a heat tool and then used a mini Prima script stamp with black ink to randomly stamp around the page.

I finished the background with some splatters of pink and teal mist.

 Next I layered a few pieces of the beautiful Webster's Pages Strawberry Fields papers.
 

I cut a doily (from my stash) in half and tucked the pieces in, then I adhered the photo to a piece of raw chipboard (for height) and added it to the page.

I added a simple flower cluster and a bow.

I added some wood shapes and title stickers, and finished the layout with some brief journaling.
A simple but fun to make layout!

Here are some closeups:

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The blog hop ends on Friday, August 8, 2014 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time.

Winners will be announced on the My Creative Scrapbook blog on Monday, August 11^th.

The next stop on the blog hop is Kristin Greenwood's blog.

Here is the complete blog hop lineup:

My Creative Scrapbook: http://mycreativescrapbook.blogspot.com/
Alicia Giess: http://inspiredandblessed.blogspot.com/

Becky Litz: http://www.scrapcircus.blogspot.com/

Elizabeth Hellum: http://www.elizabethmhellum.com/

Heather Binnie: http://heatherlb.blogspot.com/

Joan Bronson: http://scrappyjoan.blogspot.com/

Jodi Wilton: http://luvalotland.blogspot.com/

Kris Berc: http://stashofprettypaper.blogspot.com/

Kristin Greenwood: http://kmgreenwood.blogspot.com/

Kristine Davidson: http://kristinedavidson.blogspot.com/

Lydell Quin: http://lydellquin.blogspot.com/

Lynn Shaffer: http://linnie79.blogspot.com/

Maiko Kosugi: http://maimaipiano.blogspot.com/

Marilyn Rivera: http://marilynrivera.blogspot.com/

Marta Lapkowska: http://artistycrafty.blogspot.com/

Nicole Doiron: http://www.scrap-utopia.blogspot.com/

Sandi Clarkson: http://softsideofsandi.blogspot.com/

Wendy Antenucci: http://antenucci.blogspot.com/

Yuko Tanaka: http://wihtcolors.blogspot.com/

My Creative Scrapbook: http://mycreativescrapbook.blogspot.com/