Christmas Traditions / Hip Kit Club DT

Hi everyone!!! This is Jennifer and I’m back today with a new layout for the Hip Kit Club design team. For this layout, I took inspiration from this month’s Moodboard and used the awesome November 2021 kits. I focused on the image with pine cones as well as the colors of this Moodboard, pink, blue and yellow.

To begin with, On white cardstock I draw a shape heart with template in the center of my page. And I’m going to create a pine cone heart. So, I glue the mini pine one, which can be found everywhere at this time of year, starting with the around and then inside. I will whiten this heart with Gesso for a snow effect as in the Moodboard image as well as in the photo, I just tap the brush on the pine cones.

I then prepare the photo. I use yellow and blue Pocket Life Kit cards and a pink patterned piece of paper from the Main Kit. I add crumpled tracing paper under the photo to bring texture and to blur the edges. I will have to add pieces of cardboard under the photo to stabilize it and put it flat because with pinecones it is very wobbly!

So, I selected several little things in pink, blue and yellow tones. I chose a Chipboard «Holiday » from the Main Kit that I place at the bottom of my photo and the Chipboard «December Traditions » that I place at the top left of the heart. I then add Chipboard Flair from the Pocket Life Kit, a pink, a blue and a yellow in three different places.

I add a few more Chipboards and then a Puffy stickers « December Days » from the Embellishment Kit, under the Chipboard «Holiday », and another Puffy sticker « wonderful» on the Chipboard « December Traditions ».

I add a Cardstock Stickers « Festive & Fun » from the Pocket Life Kit near the Chipboard «Holiday » and then I add several Die Cuts flowers from the Embellishment Kit here and there always keeping the same combo of color.

And finally, I added silver star Chipboard and a yellow snowflake Chipboard from the Embellishment Kit before splashing Gesso diluted with a little water to harmonize everything.

Here is more close up :

I hope this layout inspired you in some way, I really loved making it and I’m definitely won over by this color combo. Be sure to watch my process video to see more details: