 Aloha!! It's Hannah here with you today! I am using the Main October Girl Tribe Kit.  I love Geek Lab days. I love this thinking outside of the box to use my kit. I don't know about you but if I don't change things up I get bored. I can have amazing products with all my favorite color combos and cute little embellishments, but in the end if I don't challenge myself I find myself sitting at my desk just staring at all these pretty products. And then that makes me guilty and irritated because I love scrapping, it's time for me to be me. So how do we challenge ourselves without losing our own style and self as scrap? I try to think outside the box, how can I tell the stories I have pictures for in a fun and colorful way. I was thinking about how I could use this month's cut files. The designers at the Clique are amazingly talented and these files get added to my download folder each month, I really don't want them just sitting there taking up precious computer space. Unless I use them. This month we have some coffee cups and a unicorn. They match the kit so well, but I how do I mesh that with my pictures? In the end if I can't make them work with the pictures I have or the stories I could tell they sit on my computer. Well I will be honest I have no idea how I will use the unicorn. It would make an awesome mini album shape, but that really wasn't screaming at me to run to my desk and scrap right away. The coffee cups though, are my style. I love coffee. How can I make this cup file work in a way to tell a story or use a photo I have in a different way. Because let's face it, I don't really need 50 layouts of my love for coffee. I could do it, because it's my albums but I really don't want to do that. I decided to do something different with the cut file and drop a photo into the cut file in the silhouette software. To do this, you open your cut file in the silhouette software. Then you go to your file of photo and grab your desired photo with your mouse and move it over your silhouette software with the cut file open. You will need to have kept your silhouette software program open in order to do this. Drop the image over the cut file and it should fit into the cut file. It sizes the image to fit your cut file. This is so helpful because if you use the print and cut feature in the silhouette software you can then add this cut file with the image in it on the page with the registration marks and print your photo first then add it to your silhouette mat and feed it into your machine and the silhouette will recognize the cuts and cut your file. I used the coffee cup cut file and added a picture of a screen shot from one of my scrappy friends group chat. I didn't really need the whole image to really be showing I just wanted the cup file to have something in it, that wasn't patterned paper but added interest. What better than our own words chatting to each other?! Here is how it looks all down.  It's really subtle but gives the effect I was looking for. This same technique would have looked really cool using the unicorn cut file and printing off pictures in the unicorn shape and adding papers in that shape too.  I did back the cut file with the chat bubble patterned paper from the kit. I used wet glue to make sure all the little lines from the cut file were adhered. Also, one piece of advice, use a really sharp blade when cutting this file. I found with the file not expanded to the 12x12 size and on thinner cover stock, it did not want to come off my silhouette mat and was really thin in some areas. Overall though I love how this looks. To help tie in the conversation aspect of my layout, I printed off some of the screen shots I had saved from previous conservations we have had in the past.  I cut out more of the speech bubbles and found some of them in the die cut pack. I popped some of them on pop dots and spread them around with white card stock as a background. I even added one of the star shaker speech bubbles.  The holographic stars are so much fun, I scattered them around too. I actually felt like I didn't need to add much embellishing. I was fully prepared to add those fuzzy pom poms or the little hearts. As I added the speech bubbles and the stars I listened to my gut and let the bubbles do the talking.  I used the main kit printables that Gia designed. I loved this #tribe, and really it was one of the things that sparked this layout or at least the direction I wanted to go. I have been wanting to tell the story of my tribe. I have been wanting to document just how special it is to me and what it means to me, I really feel it is so important to me to document these things for my family, my girls. How important it is to find and keep friends close to you and how important they are to having a healthy life. I want my girls to know I loved not just them but others too. What it look like to have real friendships that are positive. If we as women don't tell our story how will those after us now what real friendships and positive relationships and fun looks like.  To finish my layout I doodled with a black journaling pen around the outside of the white card stock. I added my journalling under my title. I used the word foam glitter Thickers to finish the title. I love the way a patchwork title looks. I finished with my trusty date stamp in just the year. I did this because many of the images were from different dates, and really it didn't matter to me the date as long as I can remember what year it was. Here is one last look at my finished layout.  Don't forget to check out the store for all the cut files and printables I used one this layout, as well as quite a few more. There are tons of other cool add ons in the Store as well, use my code Hannah10 and you will get 10% off your order. Be sure to check out our Holiday Kits (Christmas and we also have some fall workshops ) too. They are still in pre-order but once they are sold out they won't be making more. Until next week I hope you stay inspired and let your supplies help guide you to tell your stories and show off those pictures you love!! 
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 Are you ready to Study Abroad! This month we have something pretty cool in store for YOU! Can you say adventure, Pink Fresh Studio, daring, sequins, overseas and more exclusives??! Well friends, September's kit is packed with all of that and more. Today is just a peak into this fabulous, versatile Clique Kit. Keep a close eye on our Instagram, Twitter and Facebook for more sneaks and peaks leading up to the big reveal on August 25th! Don't miss a thing and be sure to follow us on social media and by subscribing to our newsletter! 
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Click.Create.Connect. The Clique Kits Girls Unless you love Simple Stories' New Summer Release Good Day Sunshine!
The Clique Kits gals are so excited to offer a summer-long workshop for our subscribers and friends! We are going to get our daily summer fun documented quickly, easily, and creatively with just a phone camera and some amazing NEW Simple Stories products. Play along with us for nearly three full months of documenting our adventures together and putting together a whole album with a variety of pocket page format layouts including the latest trend in pocket pages…SQUARES! We love square photos (ie. Instagram) square cards, and square pockets! Wondering where to have your square photos printed? We'll help with that too.
The workshop is FREE for our subscribers in The Clique! Non-subscriber friends are also welcome and pay NOTHING for the workshop with the purchase of a Summer School Kit! HURRY as this is a LIMITED EDITION KIT and will go quickly! More details on Summer School with Clique Kits.... What is included in the workshop "Clique Into Summer" and how much will it cost? Workshop ONLY: Subscribers FREE | Non-Subscribers $15 Here’s what you get if you register for the workshop! Subscribers are automatically registered for the workshop portion -if you are a subscriber wishing to join us for summer school…do nothing-you're IN the Clique.
Introducing...A LIMITED EDITION: The 2014 Summer School Clique Kit !
This kit is JAM-PACKED and overstuffed with product. We will save the itemized listing of ALL of the contents for our official reveal in a few weeks, but here are some highlights of the products you love that will be in the box!
Of course, like every Clique Kit this one will include many surprises!
The kit includes enough product for approximately 48 pages or 24 double page layouts. (Your results may vary depending on how you design your pages and how much you embellish.) When and how do I sign up? We are taking pre-orders for the kits and albums now through May 14th. After May 14th, registration will be on a space available/kit available basis. Summer School 2014 begins this June! This is going to be a great workshop and a great time to crop together virtually all summer long and have an album completed that your friends and family will enjoy looking at for years to come! We hope you will enroll in Clique Into Summer with us!! --xoxo Gia,Jody,Erica, Lacey 
First up, we have the random Blog share hopper prize of a Debutante paper pack (from Amy Tangerine's Plus One collection!) which goes to Renee Joy! She is now a subscriber to the Clique Kits Blog/Newsletter by email and here is her comment: "Yes, I knew the hop would be awesome!! Great job ladies!! 'Loving all of the inspiration, too!!" -Renee Joy Renee, please email Clique Kits with your address so we can send your prize right out to you! As a side note, if you have already subscribed, but have not been receiving our emails even though you have not unsubscribed, please try to subscribe again. I received a notice from Mail Chimp that for a couple of weeks Yahoo was bouncing emails in error, which led to removal from our list. The problem seems to be fixed, but we don't want anyone out of the loop! Okay, now back to winners! The winner of the Honor Society Challenge is Mandee Gillen a.k.a Scrappin' Madge! As an optional activity for this share, we challenged participants to share something about themselves either in writing, photos, or on their layouts or projects. 
The Clique Kits gals loved the enthusiasm that Madge showed the Clique leading up to and during the blog share. She also took the time to share more about herself in her post (and her cute little Pug doggy child) AND she showed us pictures of her incredible scrapping space! In case you missed the blog share, you should go back and check out all of the inspiration on the blogs who who participated. We were kind of blown away by the talent in our Clique. Just saying' Here is a slideshow of her awesome mini. She really made the most of the kit using not just the Plus One products, but the exclusive cards, flair, washi tape, Pinkfresh studio color block heart wood veneers, and sequins! Her project really shows off everything we love about Debutante. Thanks for everything Scrappin' Madge! And thanks to everyone else who joined us at the first Pep Rally! Looking forward to many more to come (with more chances for YOU to be a winner.) --xoxoThe Clique Kits Gals Gia,Jody,Erica,Lacey
Welcome to the PEP Rally!
Today's event is brought to you by our Honor Society with special guests, our Students of the Month (Guest Designers) for April-the fabulous Danielle de Konink and Brooke Petermann! We have an awesome blog share to show off projects made by our subscribers using our debut kit Debutante. As an optional challenge, we are getting to know each other better by sharing something about ourselves in our posts! If you are visiting here today and do not know about us yet, please sign up to follow us by email! You will receive an email notification whenever there is a new blog post plus a newsletter whenever there are special events, sales, and announcements! Feel free to learn more about us here, as we have openings for new subscribers for June! One of many great perks is getting to participate in these monthly blog shares and earning product credits for doing so! Without further ado, here is the list of blogs to visit. Clique Kits Gia Jody Erica Lacey Danielle Brooke Madge Gina Charity Rosann Everyone who comments on each blog and follows us by email will be entered to win our blog share prize. This months prize package is an Amy Tangerine Plus One Paper Set. There are exclusive printables and die cuts still available with numerous other items in the April School Store. The challenge winner will receive an additional 5 honor credits bringing their total for this blog share to 10! Eeek! We will announce the winners here on the blog on Sunday, April 27th. And now here are some Pep Rally cheers for people Clique Kits wish to thank for helping us to have such an amazing debut this month! Amy Tangerine- for being our Designer in the Spotlight and inspiring us with her Plus One collection. Simple Stories- for their friendship and ongoing support! Pinkfresh Studio- for the fabulous embellishments and inspiring products we love to include in our kits! Freckled Fawn- for more amazing and unique embellishments, and for including us in their listing of small businesses. And of course the new friends we have made and welcomed into the Clique so far! Can we get a great big T-H-A-N-K-S ! And thanks to you for joining us today. Now enjoy the blogs and the inspiration you will find there! --xoxo The Clique Kits Gals 
Happy Easter friends! This bright pink watercolor look paper with the big white brush stroke "Love" is such a versatile paper- I love that Debutante does not have a 'theme' and it leaves the creative possibilities wide open! For example, Plus One is in no way an "Easter" collection, but I was able to use it as one. In order to make this an "Easter" page, I followed Jody's tutorial from the other day to die cut some cute felt bunnies. If you missed it, it is here. If I am going to invest in a collection, I want to know that it will work with any number of themes, and most of all, the everyday stuff! The Clique Kits philosophy is to design kits with this in mind. I also used my Amy Tangerine/American Crafts "Duplicate" embossing folder with some vellum to create a unique looking layer. First, I embossed the vellum while at the same time printing with gold letterpress ink right in the embossing folder! This technique does not give a perfect "letterpress" design but does give a random, somewhat distressed looking print. I then went over some of the cameras with my watercolors to add more pops of the colors in my patterned papers.
I have also been getting tons of mileage from the added printables and die cuts in this kit. It still blows my mind how much more I am using Debutante than any other kit I have ever bought! We wanted Clique Kits to help us move from our old habits of hoarding more supplies than we use, to being efficient, productive, and doing so much scrapping we use our favorite products up! Judging from Debutante so far- I think we are off to an excellent start! Stay tuned for the Pep Rally when the Clique Kits Gals and the Honor Society will be showing you even more ways to use your kit. It's taking place Wednesday, April 23rd starting here on the blog. Join us ! -x Gia 
Hello Clique Kits fans! Erica here with you today to share a pocket page layout I did yesterday. Baseball season has started which means my nights will be spent at the baseball fields from now until June! This year we have two of our kids playing so that will be 4 games a week! Crafting time will be cut short for this mama but that is ok with me! Clique Kits has put together kits that make creating quick and simple with coordinating and exclusive products! Today I want to share with you what I created yesterday late afternoon right before my son's first baseball game! I have had these photos of our two youngest boys sitting on my desk and I knew this kit would be a perfect match for the photos! Debutante has some great black and whites to use as neutrals but also has great pops of color! The color I wanted to really make pop was the yellow from the swing in the photos! I knew this kit had a great yellow flair badge that went perfectly and just happens to have the word PLAY on it and the heart shaped colorblock wood veneers with yellow from Pinkfresh Studio are also a perfect match! Here is a look at my completed pocket page layout! 
This style pocket page has room for 4 4x6 photos or cards. I used two of the 4x6 Clique Kits exclusive journal cards for the top two spots and for the bottom left corner I created my own card using pattern paper from the kit and a white piece of cardstock. The last 4x6 spot I ended up using the two 3x4 Clique Kits exclusive journal cards together to create one 4x6! I love how it looks! These Clique Kits exclusive journal cards are not your typical cardstock journal cards. They are nice sturdy journal card with a bit of a shine to them! The quality is amazing and our very own Lacey Gasper has designed each and every one! I used a regular thin point sharpie to add my journaling and there is no smearing or smudges! This kit is great for both girl and boy themed projects. Adding pops of pink instead of the yellow would have made for a very cute girly page for photos of my daughter! I love that this kit offers the great black and whites and the colorful embellishments so that you can add pops of color where ever your heart desires! The possibilities are endless with this kit! Here are a few close ups of my pocket page layout. 
Thank you so much for stopping today here on the Clique Kits blog! I hope you are having as much fun with our first kit as I am! Please join us next week for our Blog Share featuring Debutante! We have added a few new items to the Clique Kits shop that coordinate with our first kit that you are just going to love! So make sure to head on over and check them out! Also if you missed the sneak peek of our May kit please CLICK HERE to check that out! I hope you all have a wonderful rest of your day! If you do not already please subscribe to our newsletter and also check us out on Facebook!
We can hardly believe that launch day is finally here! Us Clique Kits gals have been planning for months, ordering products for some fantastic kits, and now the moment has arrived! We are ready to take on subscribers! Head over to our store to subscribe today, if you subscribe by midnight tonight you will be entered in to our Launch Day Sweepstakes. Not only are we are giving away 3 great prize kits, but we also have some thank you gifts for ALL of our early bird subscribers. We don't stop there! Please stop by and follow our Facebook and Instagram for more options to share and win! Of course you won't leave this blog post empty handed. A free printable set is available for you to download and use today (and everyday) on all your scrapbooking and paper crafting projects! (Click on the image below to download). 
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Now, how is that for a launch day!?! What are you waiting for? Head over to the store to start your subscription! Check back here often through the end of February as we will be sharing inspiration, chatting on the forum, and getting our featured brand new Simple Stories products listed in the store ready to ship next week! The first kit will start April 2014 and sneak peeks are coming soon! Welcome to the Clique!
 Welcome to our January Blog share! We are excited to highlight the fabulous paper line Wildflower by Carta Bella, designed by Kaitlin Sheaffer. The four of us Clique Kit gals and a few of our friends will take you on a journey today, you will see some fabulous projects using this line. While you are hopping from blog to blog, be sure to leave a comment for a chance to win a prize, for extra entries share on Facebook and let us know in the comments below! (prize package below)  We are not stopping there though, everyone is walking away with something special. Clique Kits is offering a Free Printable designed by Lacey. This will coordinate with not only the Wildflower papers, but many collections you find on the market today.  To download this printable, click on the image above. Today, there are 6 blogs to stop by and loads of inspiration!
Gia Lau Jody Spiegelhoff Erica Thompson Lacey Igo Jenn Bidwell-Edwardson Cathie Hollins Now lets get sharing! ♥ the Clique Gals Hello everyone, Lacey here! I'm so excited to launch Clique Kits with 3 other amazing women; Gia, Jody and Erica! We have been working behind the scenes putting together the company, ideas, and our passion for paper crafting to share with fellow friends, old and new, in the industry and hope to inspire you all! Clique Kits is a kit club coming this Spring. We will be offering fantastic products from the scrapbook industry in our kits as well as some exclusive embellishments and printables. More information on how to become a kit member and kit content information will be coming soon. Since I mentioned printables, why not start with sharing a printable I designed! This year I decided to start a Project Life album or what I am calling A Year in My Life. I'm not sure if I'll be completing weekly pages or monthly pages, perhaps both! I want it to work with my schedule, photos, moments and not feel overwhelmed or discouraged if I don't get weekly layouts completed. In addition to the album I wanted title pages, so us gals at Clique Kits thought it would be fun to offer you, our new fans, a freebie printable of calendar cards! I have designed them in two sizes, 3" x 4" and 4" x 6" to fit your album needs. Use these in your own, A Year in My Life album, scrapbook layouts, cards and other crafting creations! Share how you use these cards on our Facebook page! Click on the images below to download the PDF file, print and enjoy!! Join us for a blog share / hop on January 23rd... there may be MORE goodies to share ;) Lacey
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