Creek Bank Creations June 2009 kit projects.

July 20th, 2009

I’ve purposely left my June kit from Creek Bank Creations sitting here on the counter in my studio because it’s the first time I’ve ever gotten a kit and I wanted to determine how many projects I could make with it. This is my newest project, a layout about my husband’s mother who passed away 2 years ago and his father who I never got to meet. From the kit I used the Cherry Arte papers, the Bazzill red dotted swiss cardstock (the photo mat and the butterflies), and the ribbon. This layout has all my favorite stuff, sparklies and bling! I outlined Heidi Swapp ghost shapes (heart and clock) with Crystal Stickles. I punched out those butterflies with a Martha Stewart punch and then put Stickles on them also. The Heidi Swapp circle bling is one of my favorite things and so are those glittery Creative Imaginations letters. There is a red swirlie-doo (yes, it’s a word) on the paper and I just outlined it a bit with my Crystal Stickles.

Click photo to see it larger!

I realized afterwards that I hadn’t journaled on the page (gasp–that’s just not like me!) so I’m either going to hide it somewhere or make a second page for it with the journaling and maybe a few more photos. Or I may just make a whole ‘nother page and put the journaling on that. I am all about telling the story with my scrapbook pages, but you don’t have to journal your life story on every single one of them, right? I’m just feeling like I need to put a story with this one I think because it’s the first layout I’ve ever done of my husband’s parents.

Here are some cards that I showed in separate posts that I also made with this kit. Click on them to see them larger.

********edited to add:

I actually did end up making another page to go with the first one of my in-laws. They’re actually being displayed on the mantel in my living room right now. Here’s the second one.

The items from the Creek Bank Creations kit on this one are the patterned papers, the red Glitz jewel strips (I cut them up), the chipboard swirlie (Creek Bank manufactures those), the red button, the Bazzill black dotted swiss cardstock, and the butterfly journaling card.

The little white buttons are vintage from my mother-in-law’s sewing basket, and I thought it fitting to use them on a layout about her. We lost her to Alzheimer’s almost 2 years ago at 93 years old and I miss her spunk!