Paper Niche Project #1

I know, I know, I’m a little liar, I promised I’d be back yesterday to share some crafty goodness... it just wasn’t in the cards. I’m sorry :(. I sure do miss posting craftiness regularly. Things have been so crazy busy for me lately.

Today I wanted to share one of the projects I created using **Paper Niche’s** April Kit. YAY!!! There are so many interesting goodies in this month’s kit!! It’s just jam-packed with Prima (I mean, paper, flowers, trim, ribbon, you name it). It also included the new metal Prima Flowers!!! WOW! They were awesome, - and worked great with Glossy Accents {is there ANYTHING Glossy Accents doesn’t work on, anyway?!?}.

Here is a look at my first project using the kit, “Year One”:

Close up of 1st Pg:

And the 2nd Pg:

Ok, let me just say it; I am so SUPER excited that Paper Niche has started carrying Lawn Fawn Stamps!! That means that I can use Lawn Fawn when creating with my monthly kit for the store!!! I knew right away, that I wanted to make a 2 pager about Alivia’s 1st year using - what else but the Say Cheese polaroid. I also used Say Cheese too for the Months - cool huh? I really love how it turned out. But...

I can tell you, that the one mistake I made (on pg 2, to your right) - which maybe doesn’t stick out to you as much as it does to me (it REALLY sticks out to me!!!) - happened after I got everything finished and glued down. Ok, I was planning to use the acrylic Bo Bunny letters from the kit for the title, then I thought it’d be cool to use those letters as a mask/template - and Mist (you know I’m loving the mist right now!) the title onto the page.

The problem was that I had already basically finished the LO. So, what I did was stick a couple Post-it Notes around the page - to protect everything else, then I placed and misted the letters using Glimmer Mist. Some pics of that:


Next time I do this technique, I will be doing that step FIRST... not last. Dumb mistake. I wish I had my brain storm before the glue. So, then I faux stitched (a.k.a. drew) a little border around the misted title using a Copic Multiliner. I finished the LO off with a bunch of goodies from the PN Kit (pretty flowers & bling - which was a flourish that I cut into half and then used it on each side of the LO). You know I couldn’t NOT use those adorable Martha Stewart Butterfly Punches!!! I love them so! There is also a ton of Vintage Paper Distress Ink going on over here ;). It’s one of my new favorites!!!

All in all, I really treasure this LO. I used several different techniques on it (stamping, paper piecing, punches, masking, misting, distress inking, layering, etc) - all of which were a lot of fun! When I started the project, I had a completely different idea, in the end, I really like where I ended up.

It’s funny because Prima isn’t really the papers I’d pick up at my LSS. I love them, and think they’re absolutely beautiful, but when I’m shopping, I tend to go for the October Afternoon, Cosmo Cricket, Fancy Pants, Basic Grey, Crate Paper, etc. Usually Bright & Fun! Working with these kits have made me think outside the box - and that is a great thing!!!! Our DT Coordinator, Gine is amazing and does such a fantastic job!!! She know how to balance the kits so well, and packs them FULL of goodness!!!!

I’m really at a place where I’m craving learning new things and techniques. Stretching my creative style. I don’t like to be boxed in. I’ve really appreciated working with the Paper Niche kits for that reason. The style is very Vintage. Artsy. I love that look, but am still learning how to incorporate that with my “cute & fun with clean lines” style.

Anyway, I’m getting talkative lately huh?!? Hope I’m not boring your brains out! I’ll be back tomorrow with another PN project. I hope you have a great day & night!!!