Let's Go: Kit Club Travel Layout

Hello and Happy Friday!

Today, I have a travel-themed layout using the September kit from My Creative Scrapbook.

This kit featured bold, bright colors and travel-related icons from the paper manufacturer Imaginisce. 

I thought the map paper was really fun and I wanted to showcase it without overwhelming the page. I cut it so that I could see the outline of the United States and used alphas and a geotag to mark where we were.

I anchored the page with a pair of suitcases. I added silver brads to the buckles for a little pop of texture. 

I also added small black buttons to the scooter die cut. I like the bit of depth that gives the page without being too bulky. Both the buttons and brads were part of the kit. 

I wasn't sure where to add my journaling. I could have added strip journaling right above the suitcases and I think it would have looked fine there. Instead, I printed out a short sentence that covered the basics and tucked it under the left side of my photo. 

Here's one more look: 

I hope you have a wonderful weekend! 

36 Hours in NYC: How To Make The Most Of A Quick Trip

A few years ago, I had to go to Manhattan for a Monday morning meeting. Since I would only be tied up for a few hours, I decided to make the most of the quick trip and take an early flight up Sunday morning and a late flight home Monday night.  I took my best friend with me and we made the most of our 36 hours in New York City.

The meeting was at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square, which was also where we stayed. It’s the kind of job perk that I miss. Travel is limited now, but on this day, we tried to do it all.  We shopped on Fifth Avenue (where we ran into Katie Couric), checked out the view at the top of the Empire State Building, saw a Broadway show, took a stroll through Central Park, ate lots of great food and took several death-defying taxi rides (the only kind there are in NYC).

I also bought a scarf from a street vendor and posed quickly for this photo in Times Square.

The layout is primarily Little Yellow Bicycle from the Escape and Splash collections with a little bit of Crate, Echo Park, Studio Calico and October Afternoon mixed in.

Here’s a close-up of the layering in the middle. The cute chipboard from LYB worked perfectly with the page.

The "new arrival" tag under the photo is from Crate's baby line, but I thought it fit here too.

I love New York!

Reveal, Blog Hop & Prizes: My Creative Scrapbook

Hello and welcome to the My Creative Scrapbook blog hop!

Pam, the owner of My Creative Scrapbook, and the MCS design team are so happy to reveal of the beautiful new September kits with an inspiration-filled blog hop complete with PRIZES!

If you're hopping along with us, you should have arrived here from Delaina's blog. If you are visiting my blog today to check in on me, we'd love to have you join the hop. Just head on over to the My Creative Scrapbook blog to get started. Prizes will be drawn from comments left on both the design team blogs and the My Creative Scrapbook blog.

Each month, My Creative Scrapbook releases several kits.  I worked with the Creative Kit, which featured the Escape collection by Little Yellow Bicycle.

Here is a photo of the kit:

Below are the layouts I created with this kit: 

I thought this photo of my little one "driving" his grandfather's truck worked perfectly with the travel theme of this line.

The 6x6 decorative edge papers are one of my favorite things in each LYB collection. Above, I used a grey scallop circle to echo the EPCOT ball in the photo background.

Above is a layout about a visit to the Hollywood Walk of Fame. I created a scene by cutting apart three patterned papers then piecing them together. The grey "ticket" paper looked a bit like a city sidewalk grid and it worked perfectly to mirror the Hollywood sidewalk squares. 

We are so excited about our kits and hope that you are, too.  You can find out more information about My Creative Scrapbook kits on the homepage.

Before you go, remember to follow my blog and leave a comment to be eligible for the prize drawings!

Your next stop on the blog hop is Jamie Harder.  Thanks for stopping by!