Step by Step with Monique!

Hello friends! It's Monique here today and I'm sharing a step-by-step for this layout I created with the September Main Kit and one of the free subscriber cut files. My daughter had just heard that she had passed all her test and exams from University! Time to celebrate and be happy!

I started with choosing the patterned papers I wanted to use and by cutting the word "Happy" three times from a sheet of white cardstock using my Silhouette Cameo:

As I found the white letters too white, I decided to stamp some text on them using a Prima Marketing stamp from an older kit and light grey ink:

I placed the three words on the pink/white striped paper:

When I had matted my photo I placed this on the right side of my background paper and arranged a few bits and pieces around it:

And some more bits and pieces:

And even more:

Using my We R Memory Keepers type writer I typed some lines of journaling:

I cut the journaling apart and placed them on my layout:

For the finishing touch I added some machine stitching:

And I was done! Hope you like my page! Here are a few more close-ups of the layout:

I really LOVED this kit! I love the colors and the designs, but above all that it was a birthday kit! I have so many birthday photos I still need to scrap, so this kit was pretty much perfect!
For more information about this kit (and the other 3 kits of this month) please visit the My Creative Scrapbook website and if you want to see the photos of all projects created by the design team with the various kits, please visit the Design Team Gallery.
Thank you so much for stopping by to take a look at my page! Wishing you a wonderful week!
xxx
Monique
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