Projects with January Hip Kit

The colors of this month's Hip Kit were fun to work with. I always like brown and green together! It was fun to add in some yellow and red as well. This first layout is of my DD and her bestest friend. They are so cute together! I knew when I saw these circles I had to cut them out individually :) Well, actually I didn't cut them--they fit perfectly in my 1-3/4" circle punch. Handy! To pop up the yellow flower above the photo, I cut a few of the petal borders with my exacto knife AFTER putting the PP on the cardstock. The idea came to me after adhering it, so I just trying cutting it--and it worked! I didn't cut through the cardstock at all. A new trick to discover! The Hip DT members were all given Pencil Lines sketch #165 to work with. My layout above started with that sketch but then took it's own twist. :)

My sweet friend, Paige, just adopted this beautiful little girl. Paige and her DH feel so blessed to have beautiful Esme with them. I'm so happy for them! It was very fun to put together this layout with these photos I took of Esme a few weeks ago. Loved using yellow and red, instead of pink with baby girl photos.

I posted about the party the girls had for the boys already. Here is the layout documenting it. I had fun layering the die-cuts from the Origins line and mixing up the alphas for the title.

My fourth layout is on the post below. I used the Hip Kit for my JMS sketch this week. :)

Here are the cards I put together with the kit.

This first card I used the 12-inch border Origins sticker and cut it apart to layer underneath the die cut. The flower stems are from a sticker on the Origins sheet that looks like a wishing flower (what's it called? you know, the kind you blow on to make a wish and all the fluffy things float away?) I fringed the Jenni Bowlin paper for the grass at the bottom.

The Hip DT all had a Becky Fleck CardMap to follow this month for one of their cards. This is how my card turned out. I loved the die cut shape on the original Map but couldn't figure out how to cut it. Well, I remembered I had some Jenni Bowlin calendars in that same shape! So I grabbed one and traced around it. Smart thinking, right? ;)

Kimberly also asked us to make one card a Valentine--this was mine (but, shhhh, don't tell DH).

This last card makes me happy. Yellow is my favorite color and I feel it just pops off this page. Had to use those cut circles again. Oh, and these BG fabric brads--YUM!

Well, that's it. Thanks so much for reading through the post and viewing my creations. I had a really good time playing with this kit. I think there are still a few left. Be sure to grab one before they are gone!