sunday...Echo Park projects (Birds of a Feather Kit-GDT)

Happy Sunday everyone! Today I have a few projects to share with you. As I stated before, I'm the September Guest Designer for Birds of a Feather Kit CO and the September Kit couldn't be more custom-made for me! It's FULL with Echo Park's Victoria Garden pattern papers and yummy Petaloo trims! I must say, this is my first time working with Echo Park products and I think I'm in love! Their pattern papers are not gorgeous but their weight is perfect for my scrappy style and the distressing I do! They do not break like other lighter papers! I loved their paper, can you tell???

Anyway, here is the September kit:


For my first layout, I did a full post about it here but I'll also post a bit about it on this post too.


Supplies-
cardstock: Bazzill Pink, Black;
patterned paper: Echo Park Victoria Gardens: “Cheerful Words”, "Garden Trellis", "Garden Pond/Stone Path", "Journaling Cards";
bling: Recollection (from stash);
embellishment: Melissa Frances "Edwardian Appliqué Set of 4 Mini Frames";
chipboard: American Craft Thickers "Puffy Vinyl Alphas–Rainboots”;
flowers: Petaloo "Color-Me-Crazy Fabric Trims-Cassidy", Recollections (from stash);
pearls: Pink (from stash);
lace: American Craft "Crocheted Lace–Robin’s Egg Blue";
tools (from stash): Pazzles Inspiration, sewing machine; 
other: handmade leaves, butterflies, small flowers, liquid pearls
***Everything is included in the Birds of a Feather September Kit unless otherwise noted


For this layout, I combined the Echo Park pattern papers from the main kit and the ad on papers from the Birds of a Feather Kit. I matted the 2 rectangles of pattern paper behind the picture with black cardstock to make them stand out against the soft background.


The black circle I designed and cut out with my Pazzles Inpsiration. I used the circle to 'frame' the picture. I added soft pink pearls to the Petaloo flower to give it some bling. I also handmade the small flowers, leaves and butterflies. I machine stitched all the edges to give it a finished look.


I included one of the journaling cards (LOVE that Echo Park make these-they are sooo useful!) behind the picture which contains my handwritten hidden journaling. I cut it out from one of the sheets of pattern papers by Echo Park called "Journaling Cards".

My second layout was so much fun to work on since I worked with the bright colors of the pattern papers!


Supplies-
cardstock: Bazzill;
patterned paper: Echo Park Victoria Gardens: “Cheerful Words”, "Garden Pond/Stone Path", "Honeysuckle/Pink Blossom", "Delightful Doilies";
bling: Stickles "Frosted Lace";
embellishment: Melissa Frances "Attic Treasures – Bags & Tags";
alphas: American Craft Thickers "Puffy Vinyl Alphas–Rainboots”, Best Creations Travel Forevercombo stickers;
lace: American Craft "Crocheted Lace–Robin’s Egg Blue";
tools (from stash): Pazzles Inspiration, Martha Stewart Punch, sewing machine; 
other: handmade butterflies, flowers, sharpie, liquid pearls
***Everything is included in the Birds of a Feather September Kit unless otherwise noted


I took these pictures earlier this year of my family in Sawgrass Mills Mall in Ft. Lauderdale, FL and now is when I finally find the right papers to scrap them! I used my Pazzles Inspiration to cut out a die cut paper from the script sheet. I then did some faux stitching on it to define the area where I was going to be working. I layered another yellow pattern paper on grey punched cardstock to give it a bit of dimension.


The flowers I designed and cut with my Pazzles using different colored cardstock and pattern paper from the kit. To finish it all off, I built a flower cluster in between the pictures and added one of the little pocket tags that are included in the kit. I embellished it with pattern paper and the gorgeous lace. I had some thin ribbon from when I first started scrapping which went really well with the colors in this kit so I used them for the tag.


For the title I used the black thickers in the kit and paired it with some Best Creation letter stickers that I had from the Travel Forever collection.

My third layout is special to me since I used a picture of my grandma and I in the park where I got married. She doesn't live in the US. She visited us and stayed with us for 6 months and we had a wonderful time together!


Supplies-
cardstock: Bazzill brown, white (from stash);
patterned paper: Echo Park Victoria Gardens: “Rose”, "Botannical Ballad";
bling: Stickles "Diamond" (from stash), Zva Creative, Kaisercrafts pearls;
embellishment: Melissa Frances "Attic Treasures – Bags & Tags", "Edwardian Appliqué Set of 4 Mini Frames", Kaisecrafts Rub-Ons "Lamp posts";
flower: Prima;
alphas: American Craft Thickers "Puffy Vinyl Alphas–Rainboots”, Basic Grey "Hello Lucious micro mono stickers";
ink: Tim Holtz "vintage photo";
pen: sharpie (from stash);
tools (from stash): Pazzles Inspiration, Martha Stewart Punch, Prima stamp, sewing machine; 
other: handmade butterflies, leaves
***Everything is included in the Birds of a Feather September Kit unless otherwise noted


My grandmother loves roses so I thought of her when I saw this light pink rose paper and knew that I had to do a layout of just the 2 of us. We were lucky to have her visit from Cuba for 6 months this past winter and I knew just the right picture to use-the one of us together in the garden where I got married! I distressed and inked every edge and machine stitched them too.


I stamped over the Kraft envelope with using a Prima script stamp that I have and inked the edges slightly to give it an aged look.


I layered some Prima flowers and handmade leaves and butterflies because this time, it was actually appropriate to use them because the picture was take in a garden! I absolutely LOVE how this page came out!

That's all for today but do come back soon as I do have more projects to show you featuring the GORGEOUS September Kit by Birds of a Feather which is FULL & I mean FULL of Echo Park goodness (I think I'm in love with Echo Park now!).