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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

We Called You Cheeks: GDT work

I’m so excited this month to be a guest designer for Birds of a Feather Kit Co. I had designed for BOAF last year and was thrilled when Amy, the owner, invited me back to work with the March kit. I tell you: I was given a great month for my stint because this kit is jam packed with beauties from Authentique and My Mind’s Eye.

I hadn’t worked with Authentique before. I was so impressed with the beautiful papers. Not only did they look good, but they felt great too. The kit included the Genuine collection and the denim themed papers were easy to mix and match. The nice heavy weight of this paper made me think of winter and I had this photo of my son as a baby in a knit hat, all cozy in his stroller, for an afternoon at the park. So I played on the winter theme. Just pretend those little flowers on the white paper are snowflakes, will ya?
 

The background is one sheet of paper, Dependable. I used the A side (navy side) of Dependable for the outer frame, then carefully cut out the inner frame and flipped it to the B side (white side). I used a square of cardstock in between to hide where I had cut the paper, then stitched it all back together. I loved that the stiped paper in the kit (used as a banner here) mimicked the stripe in my son's stroller. Perfect! The Webster's trim is from a previous kit. It looked so cozy and was perfect here.


When my son was a baby, we nicknamed him, "Cheeks." I think you can see why, lol.

The March Birds of a Feather kit proved to be the most popular kit in the history of the club, selling out in less than 48 hours. This is a photo collage of the kit that BOAF sent me.

 
I can hardly wait to see what Amy has in store for the April kit. If you are interested in a kit club, check out Birds of a Feather here. The site also has a terrific forum with super friendly paper crafters and lots of great inspiration. You can find the Hen House here.

31 comments:

  1. oh i am loving this kit!! love your layout!!!

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  2. I can't stop looking at all of the wonderful details on this page, Izzy! I love the trio of tags for the mixed title and the touches of kraft complement the blue so nicely!

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  3. i love it...cheeks...toooo sweet.

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  4. Congrats on the GDT!!! Your lo is GORGEOUS!!! I loveeeeeeee that adorable photo (and the title too!!) and loveeeeeeeeeee the tags you used for the title!!

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  5. Beautiful layout...great kit! Lots of yummy stuff.
    Do you mind if I pin your layout...I love the design elements of it?

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  6. THis looks great!!!

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  7. Awesome layout! These papers are lovely! :)

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  8. So, so cute!
    And looks like a very pretty kit :)

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  9. Beautiful layout! I love the colors and the photo is precious...

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  10. This could not be sweeter or lovelier! LOVE the use of the tags!

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  11. Wonderful page!! Great job! :)

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  12. I love Authnetique paper too - nice, quality paper. Great layout. I especially love the flower in the middle of the snowflakes. And I love how you used the tags for the title.

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  13. Totally love this layout and just bought a LOT of the papers! I am loving how you cut pieces apart and used them to create such a fun layout.

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  14. Gorgeous papers, and that picture is to die for! Super cute, Izzy!! :)

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  15. Love the photo and the LO! Beautiful!

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  16. LOVE me some Authentique!! Great job on this sweet page :)

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  17. I love everything about this! Gorgeous layout and adorable photo!

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  18. your lil boy is so sweet! beautiful layout..love the colors and that crocheted flower/snowflake is perfect on the page! love it!! ~hl

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  19. Awesome layout- and those are some seriously sweet cheeks :D

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  20. Oh my goodness what a cutie.
    Your layout is gorgeous and what a beautiful kit.

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  21. I can see why BOAF invited you back as Guest Designer, Izzy....you make the most adorable and beautifully designed pages!!! I know I'm not the only one who is itching to pink those sweet cheeks :) Such a cutie...and that title on the tags is wonderful. You carried off the winter theme perfectly with these papers. Once again, in your hands, this kit has transformed into a precious layout that we all adore :)

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  22. Congrats on another GDT spot, my friend! You are ROCKING the scrapbooking world! You go girl!!!!! Your page is just adorable! I love the photos and your cute title! I think your design is creative and very cute! Awesome page, my friend!

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  23. This layout is adorable! You did a fantastic job! Love Penny

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  24. sweet and adorable! Love this layout!

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  25. Looks like a great kit and your page is stunning!

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  26. this is an adorable LO. Love that photo!

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  27. What a precious little face! Too adorable!

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