Season's Greetings Clique Kits friends!  It is Ali here with you today sharing a Disney Christmas layout using the Pinkfresh Studio Happy Holiday collection.
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So many cute papers in the 6x6 paper pad that is included in this kit, and I wanted to use them all.  It is so easy and fun to make a grid layout, just cut your paper into 2 x 2 squares and lay them out on a 12 x 12 paper. For the top border strip, I used a piece of the 6 x 6 paper and cut two 3/8-inch strips.  I matched them in the middle so you couldn't tell it wasn't one strip of paper.  I then added some foam tape to the Season's Greetings sticker and some puffy stickers that were included in this kit. ​

My friend Anne and I just celebrated our 50th birthdays at Disneyworld right before Christmas.   We got to meet Stitch and do a selfie with him.  He is just so cute, and I had to document his pictures.   I used three photos and used the frame stickers to make them stand out against the grid.  I added a couple more foam stickers to the frames and to the other squares for some Christmas cheer. 

I love the red and white pom pom ribbons that is included in this kit.  I used a glue gun to glue the two pieces together before gluing them down for my bottom border.  I just love the look that it gives my layout, it completes it.  

Happy New Year!   See you in 2023!

Love, Ali 
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Hello everyone!   I hope you had a lovely Thanksgiving!  It is Ali here with you today sharing a pretty layout using the seasonal-kit-ginger-snap-junior-sampler from the shop.  
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My Husband and I were away on summer vacation and when we came home there were two baby fawns in our front yard.  They just lost their mother, and they decided to stay with us for a couple weeks before moving on.   I became so attached to them those weeks that I cried when they didn't return.   This layout is documenting their stay in our yard that summer. 
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I fell in love with all the animals on this transparency that was included in the kit. Each and every animal is so adorable.  I decided to cut the sheet apart and put half on the bottom and the other half near the top.  I created my own doodle frames for the center of my page to highlight the pictures of the fawns that stayed with us. 
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I cut my photos down using a circle punch and just tracing the hexagon shape on the back of the photos.  I wanted to have them fit into the shapes so they would flow nicely with the transparency that I was using for my layout.   I used the 6 x 6 paper pad in the kit and cut four half inch strips of that pretty floral paper and pieced it together to make the side borders of my page. 
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I embellished the layout by pop dotting some of the die cuts and adding stickers to the framed pictures.   This kit is so pretty, and I love the colors that Pretty Little Studio used for this collection.  
Seasonal Kit | Ginger Snap Junior Sampler (cliquekits.com)
I hope you enjoy this layout as much as I did creating it.  

Love, Ali 
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Hello Clique Friends!   It is Ali here with you today sharing a Fall layout using the beautiful Pretty Little Studio Seasonal Kit | Ginger Snap Junior Sampler that is available right now in the shop!
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I used the gorgeous autumn wreath cut file that is also available in the shop, Autumn Wreath | Digital Cut File - Clique Kits, it is only $0.75.   I backed the leaves with the 6 x 6 paper pad that was included in the kit.  I just love the colors and they were perfect with the Fall pictures I had from the motorcycle ride I had taken with my husband. 
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I used foam tape to the back of the cut file and adhered it to a sheet of white cardstock.  I wanted to keep it clean and crisp and love how the papers stand out against the white background.  
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I added leaves, butterflies, bumblebees and flowers on my page with the ephemera pack that is included.  I tucked some under the wreath and added foam onto other pieces to fill my wreath in.  I used a saying from the kit for my title and love how it grounds the page.  
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I just love the colors in this kit and hope you are able to pick it up and play around with it for some of your fall layouts too!  

Wishing you all a Happy Thanksgiving!  Enjoy your time creating memories with your loved ones!

Love, Ali xo

Hello my creative friends! Theresa here with a fall themed Art Journal Collage for you. I'm working with the beautiful Chromatics Rainbow Sherbet kit and particularly wanted to play with these beautiful orange, yellow, and red tones. You can see my full process video right here!

You can purchase this gorgeous kit here:
Chromatics Rainbow Sherbet Sampler Kit

​Have a crafty day!

Hello my Clique Kit friends!  It is Ali here today sharing a layout with the Base Kit | Ashville that is currently in the shop.  There is a lot of Periwinkle color in this kit and I thought it would be perfect for pictures of my husband and me in the Lavender fields. 

There are so many different pretty papers in this collection and I used a lot of them as you can see.  I used four different pattern papers and a solid blue that was included in the kit.  I decided to hand stitch around the solid blue paper to add some texture to the layout.  I used white thread to make it pop a bit.   I added foam tape behind the solid paper to give the page a little dimension.  

I added a lighter blue piece to the left side of the photos and used my notebook border punch to make it stand out.  I used the embellishments from the kit and added them around the photos.  I did add a thin piece of foam tape on the back center of the butterfly and pinched  her wings so it looks like she is floating right off the page. 

There is so much prettiness in this kit.  So if you are even thinking about it, I would head over to the shop right now and pick it up before it sells out.   Base kit | Asheville (cliquekits.com)

Thanks for joining me today and I can't wait to see what you make!  

Love, Ali  xo

Happy September Clique Kits friends!  It is Ali here with you today sharing a galactic vibe layout using the  Base Kit | Hokulea.  Hokulea means star of gladness and I am glad to be sharing my layout with you using this beautiful kit. 

As soon as I saw this paper I knew it would be perfect for my dreamy space photo that was taken this summer in Chicago.  I used two different sheets of paper from this kit and gutted one of them for the third layer, which I also matted on white cardstock to make it pop.  

The kit comes with a sheet of silver paper and it was calling to have stars cut out of it.  I decided to make them into shakers because of the cute sequin mix of moons and stars that came in the kit. I backed the stars with acetate so you could see the paper behind it and they look like they are just floating in the gorgeous sky.  I just love these shaker stars that I created and sprinkled on my page.  

I embellished the layout with some die cuts that were included in this kit.  I hope you think this layout is out of this world.  Go check out the link to see what other goodies are included with this kit. 
Hokulea| Studio Light (cliquekits.com)

Love, Ali xo

Hello Everyone, it's Piroska here today with my latest layout for Clique International. My task for this blog post was to make something for the theme: Don't Throw Me Away. Recycling is very popular nowadays, and I love that you can even do it in scrapbooking. Let me show you my scrapbook layout using pieces of a packaging material.

First I cut the Craft A Happy Life cut file of CUT to YOU from white precision cardstock. For my layout I chose the Me Time Base Kit, which features some single sided cardstocks from Alexandra Renke, double sided patterned papers from Altenew, die cuts from both, stickers of Heidi Swapp and shaker embellishments of Jen Hadfield.

First I backed the cut files with the patterned papers of Altenew (Wildflower: Pathway, Blooming Vines) from the Me Time Base Kit. I also used the packaging material for the backing, I just love this embossed craft cardstock, I got in a box to save my ordered products, it looks awesome, and is great for these cut files, isn't it?

When I was ready with backing the cut files, I started to fussy cut some paint tubes from the Alexandra Renke design paper from the Me Time Base Kit. My photo was taken 4 years ago, when my daughter sat next my mother and they started to paint. They are both so creative, and my daughter was totally taken up by painting. Loved watching them in that flow feeling :-)

Then I started to arrange my layout. As the two cut files are quite big, they directed the arrangement. I put the title in the upper left corner, and the paint brush cup in the bottom right corner. The photo came between them diagonally, I also added some packaging material under the photo to add some dimension to it.
As the packaging material is quite high, I used foam adhesive for glueing down the cut files.

Then I started to glue down the fussy cut paint tubes from the Alexandra Renke design paper from the Me Time Base Kit. I highlighted some of them by using foam adhesive.

I hope I could inspire you to not to throw away the packaging materials from your boxes but recycle them in you scrapbook projects, Reducing waste is a must, so why not be creative with it? ;-)
Now head on to the Clique International shop and grab your Me Time Base Kit while supplies last! ;-)
Happy crafting!

Hello Everyone, it's Piroska here today with my latest post for Clique International. So incredible it is already July! For today's post I brought the next spread of my Storyline Chapters insert where I record our Spring break at the Lake Balaton. I use the dotted one for these memories, it is plain and works perfectly for such memories.

First I chose 3 photos for this spread. On the left side I only wanted to use one, on the right the two selfies.
For the left side I cut out two cards from the Fun in the Sun paper of the Sunkissed collection of Cocoa Vanilla Studio. You can find all those pretty papers and embellishments in the Sunkissed Sampler Kit and Sunkissed Modern Documenter Kit.

I arranged the cards and the photo, and addes my journalling in one of the rectangles. I added some clear stickers from the Sunkissed Modern Documenter Kit, some phrase stickers from the Sunkissed Sampler Kit.
I also stamped a rainbow with the Storyline Chapters stamp set which you can find in the Storyline Chapters Grey Starter Kit.

On the right side I had a horisontal photo, by wich I repeated the arrangement from the left side. I cut out a 3x3 card from the 6x8 Sunkissed paper pad, and added some clear stickers from the Sunkissed Modern Documenter Kit, a die cut and a phrase sticker from the Sunkissed Sampler Kit.
I added the rainbow stripe from the Fun in the Sun paper under the photo.

On the bottom I added my last photo and stamped my title with the same colours, the rainbow paper stripe has. It was easy to copy with the awesome catherine Pooler inks! I used the colours Cummerbund, Catching Rays, Pucker Up and Rouge.
I also added some clear stickers from the Sunkissed Modern Dosumenter Kit.

I hope I could inspire you to use these Storyline Chapters inserts for documenting your story.
Go to the shop and buy some Catherine Pooler ink pads too ;-)
Happy crafting!

Hello and Happy New Year's Eve to Everyone :-) It's Piroska here today on the Clique International blog, I hope you all had a very merry Christmas holiday and now you are ready to say goodbye to this ...(you name it) year. Let me show you a layout of our Christmas Eve, what was everything but not usual!
Because of the pandemic we couldn't meet my parents, so we celebrated 300 kilometers away from each other, and opened our presents while having a video chat. I have never ever had a Christmas when I did not see my parents... it was heartbreaking when I first realised that this is going to happen this Christmas... But then we decided to celebrate and enjoy it anyway, and had a holly jolly Christmas, no matter what! ;-)

For my layout I first cut the Holly Jolly Christmas cut file of CUT to YOU from white cardstock. I cut it large, because I wanted to use it as a highlight of my page and backed it with some patterned papers of the Mistletoe kit , featuring the Muérdago collection of Mintopia Studio.

For my background I used a white cardstock which I covered with clear gesso first. Then I started to use my Pastel Dreams Prima Confenctions Watercolors, painting with Lemonade, Rose and Sea Dream colours onto it. When it was dry I added some splashes with my Heidi Swapp Color Shine, I used Blush, Seafoam and Gold colours.

When everything was dry, I glued down the cut file on the link side, using heavy cardstock on the back to add some dimension to it. I added the photo on the right, and matted it on some patterned papers of the Muérdago collection.

I added some cut outs and puffy stickers for decoration, and some alphabeth stickers to continue the title. Last I added a self-made macramé Christmas tree for the Crossover challenge of Clique International.

Trying out new things is so much fun! I enjoyed making some macrame trees very much, I'm going to add some to my December Daily album too, it is very addicting ;-)  And pairing unusal crafts with scrapbooking is awesome!
I hope you are going to have some creative time in 2021 too! We'll be here to inspire you!

Hi Everyone, it is Piroska here today with my latest layout for Clique International. Do you like watching stories? I like to start my day to sip my coffee and scrolling through IG stories. I like getting to know the people I follow a little bit better through that, and getting some news from different countries. One of my favourites is @bayourbori, who is Hungarian girl living with her family in Germany. She has posted a photo of a shop-window which inspired me to make this layout.

I love how the shop-windows in Hamburg are installed, and there is always a message regarding to our crazy days of Covid-19. Like @bayourbori captured it here:

The play on words catched my eyes and I decided to make a layout with that as a title. We've just started schoon on the 1st of September, and although the numbers of the infected are raising, we have to go in and teach/learn in a mask. It's a must, I know, but I have to admit, it is very hard to wear it 8 hours long and speak appr. 6 hours in it... It became a must-have accessoire nowadays, an absolute mask-have...

I chose the Let"s Stay Home Sampler Kit for my layout. As my mask is blue I've been looking for a blue background paper. I decided to use the Around our Hood paper, and because I really liked the other side I didn't want to use the whole paper. I cut some strips from it and distressed the edges.

I think the You Are Stronger paper of the Let's Stay Home Sampler Kit has some great messages, so I cut some strips from it and distressed the edges as well. And also fussy cut some scalloped borders and distressed it too.
I wanted to use a white cardstock as a background but found it too plain. So changed it to a watercolour paper and got out my Prima Watercolours. I used some beautiful pastel colours that matched the colours of the Let's Stay Home Sampler Kit. I still found something is missing, so I used a stencil from my stash to create some more stripes with modelling paste.

It backed my photo with some patterned paper, vellum and scalloped border strips. I added my title using both kind of alphabeths of the collection: the big blue alphas are in the Let's Stay Home Sampler Kit, and the smaller colourful ones in the Let's Stay Home Add-On Kit.

I added some other embellishments using both kits: some eohemera of the Journaling Bits, chipboard flairs, fabric bows from the  Let's Stay Home Sampler Kit.

Having so many options for embellishing makes it easy to create. I like how it finally turned out, altough I have to admit, I ahd my struggles while creating :-P
We would be very happy if you would show us what you've created with this collection. Tag us so we can see it - maybe your work is going to be shared on the Clique International blog next time? ;-)