Kaitlin Sheaffer

New Echo Park Collection | Made From Scratch

Super excited to share my next collection with Echo Park, Made from Scratch! If you know me, you know I love scrapbooking and anything paper related (of course!) but also I LOVE cooking and baking just as much! I especially love trying new recipes and making as much from home as possible. It was only natural that I would eventually want to do a collection based on this. 

Also, chickens. We have three 'backyard chickens' Elsie, Nelly and Velma (named by my oldest daughter) and I really wanted to include chickens into this collection! The name of the collection suits it perfectly and plays on this a bit. 

Recipe cards are a perfect way to include recipes into your scrapbook or for the upcoming holiday season when giving homemade treats! I am anxious to start a small recipe book with family recipes and use these! 

The 3x4 cards are perfect for filling in those pocket pages! They are geared toward family sayings and can be used for everyday stories also! 

The pattern papers have a lot of great cooking/ baking patterns but also some awesome 'B' sides that can be used for all types of pages so this collection can really be stretched! 

Stickers! The stickers are so fun! There are so many favorites here! 

& MORE stickers! See those little file tabs? Those are perfect for that recipe book (or box!) that I was referring to. I really thought hard about what would be needed to put the perfect little recipe kit together for gift giving or personal use. Plus, there are tons of extras that can be used on homemade treats! 

Echo Park recently started coming out with dies and stamp/ die sets! I just got to try out the dies with the Creative Agenda kit and they are SO fun! I forgot how easy and fun manual dies are! And having the dies and stamps together in one kit make it super easy to cut out the stamps. 

There is also a 6x6 paper pad! I always gravitate to 6x6 pads because I love smaller patterns and being able to cut off just a little bit of paper- so when I pick up a collection I love  I always pick up the matching 6x6 pad. They make card making and tag making super easy too! 

So, what do you all think? This is one collection that I had in my head for over a year now and am so excited to finally share and love how it came together! 

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Also, the Silhouette store now has designs for Creative Agenda! It's so fun to see the designs up in the Silhouette shop (LOVE my Silhouette!)

 

 

 

Thank you, Thank you!

I realize this is two posts in a row from me...which is way more than my usual! Ha! But I really can't help how excited I am about this new venture and am so happy and grateful for those who commented yesterday over here, Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter. Really I am so thankful! 

Thank you all SO much everyone for the kind comments. I really had no idea how it would be received and I was a nervous wreck thinking about it! Today is the official release day and so you can now head on over to the Carta Bella page to see the entire line here! 

This morning I had tears rolling down my face- partly because of my aunt who messaged me this morning telling me congratulations. I explained to her how the name behind the kit, Hello Again. The kit was actually named something else originally. I ended up liking Hello Again more than the original name so it worked out. I told her how it was inspired by my late grandmother (whom I refer to as Mema) who loved Neil Diamond. Then she preceeded to tell me how that was perfect since the release date was on the anniversary of her passing. Oh, my...that was too much for me! What a mess I was- I have a difficult time remembering dates and so I never even realized what day it was until she told me. Such happy thoughts though knowing how it all came together like this. 

I wanted to share some of my favorite pages from this kit...I know you can easily go see it on the Carta Bella page but I can't help sharing a bit here. 

Obviously the 3x4 cards are going to be one of my favorites because I am a Project Lifer! I love how these came together and this was one of my favorite papers to work on! It just came more naturally to me than the patterned papers because I was used to doing smaller formats. 

This chevron was one of my first papers I did. I love how it can be used as a background or accent paper. 

You know how you picture something in your head and then someone else pictures it differently? Well, I had this entire stationery theme going in my mind (memo pads, stamps, glue bottle, typewriter...) and just assumed that it was obvious that these were feather pens. But several people called them darts- which, they do look like darts so it makes perfect sense. I actually like them as darts or pens so it works for me! 

This paper is one of my favorites, even though it is pretty basic! I have every intention of filling in those little white spaces as if they were labels! I think it would be fun to cut them up too! 

Okay...I had to narrow this down to five papers I love or else this post is going to be entirely too long! Because honestly I like all the papers so much.

I know word bubbles are all over the place right now (and actually it took me a while to warm up to them) but I love how this paper turned out! I think these will be super fun to cut out and use on cards and as little accents on a page! 

Stickers! These were so much fun to do and I can hardly wait to use them! See the little paper doll chain at the bottom...the center pieces come out as hearts! So there is a bunch of little watercolored heart stickers too! I really love how all of these turned out and I see myself using up the whole sheet quite easily whether it be on layouts or cards! 

There is a 6x6 pad too (which is so fun!) I forgot all about it until I looked at the Carta Bella page last night! 

Now I have been totally slacking on my to do list these last few days as I got ready for all of this so I am going to try to tackle that! Thank you all again and again! 

my heart

Hi there! Jennifer here and today I'm sharing an 8.5x11 layout with you using some of the new Made & Montage goodies. I had this photo sitting on my desk and thought it would be perfect for a smaller layout.

I am totally obsessed with that triangle journaling card. This is the second time I've used one :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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make stuff

Hi, everyone! It's Jennifer Kinkade today bringing you a layout made with Made! ;)

I couldn't think of a more perfect way to use these new products than making a layout about how much creatvity is a part of my life. :)

I mixed elements from both the Made and Montage collections. I had a lot of fun layering and using the Made stamp set as well.

You can see in the image below how I stamped "I Make Stuff" from the original image of "I Make Stuff Up"

Cutting that extra "up" part off when I stamped was perfect for me since my blog is "she makes stuff..."

The various fonts used in the stamp set are really nice as well. I think it allows you to give any page or project the look you want or mix it up for some fun!

In the image below I stamped the star on my layout first, then stamped another one on the same color cardstock, cut it out, attached a pop dot, and it gave some extra dimension to my page that I really love.

I even like how I can see both stamped stars depending on how I am looking at the layout. :)

You won't be disappointed in how well you can use these new lines for Spring and how well they coordinate on your projects.

Thanks for stopping by!!

 

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{in the still}

Hi there! Jennifer here today to share a layout with you all using the new collections - Made & Montage. I am loving the bright colors in these pieces. I snapped this Instagram photo a few mornings ago while I was loading up the car and thought about how it looked so peaceful.....although my mornings are anything but!  I thought it would be fun to document my morning routine. Somtimes I feel like I've put a whole day's work in before I even get to work :)

I love the new Storyteller cards. This one was so appropriate as I could fill in the time.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Have a great weekend!

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*Tea Time*

Hi, Jennifer Kinkade today with a layout that has *NEW* Ormolu lines!!

Yesterday some creative team members hosted a blog hop for chances to win some of the new products!!

Here is the start of the hop in case you missed it.

With my layout I went with a very contrasted look: the softness from the new lines and the more classic look with the black and white elements along with the photo.

If you love to layer things on your pages, all of these elements works so well together.

I couldn't resist adding some flair buttons to finish embellishing my page. ;)

These colors are getting me more and more excited for Spring to come!

The made and Montage lines will be perfect for any Spring-themed page or project!

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget about our blog hop!! :)

 

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Layout | Behind The Scenes

Although I have had very little time lately between kids and shop, I managed to put together a very quick layout the other day using the new stamps. The 'Behind the Scenes' stamp was perfect for telling the story of Arden's second month. 

I kept it simple so that I could get it done quickly. I had the idea to use the stamp on a 3D banner, and I was sure there was a Silhouette file for such a thing but I could not find it so I came up with my own. 

Here's a printable of the banner to cut out and I also included the little camera image that I used in a more neutral color (use a 1.75" punch to cut it out)

To keep the banner popped up (for the 3D look) I used a few foam adhesive pieces. 

Download Ormolu_bannerlayout for personal use only, please

 

a little peek

I cannot wait until the new release can be shown to you all. The color palettes and the new products are amazing...and as usual, I say Kaitlin has outdone herself this time around!

Here is a layout I created with some of the new goodies, mostly from the Bungalow line:

There are a couple of other colors from this line that didn't make it on to this layout, but the combination is fresh and beautiful! Can you spy the new stuff?!

Let's take a closer look:

Fabric strips...labels...dots n spots:)

dots n spots...flair...sale tags.

Bungalow is just one of the new lines being released and has a family/home theme, but is still amazing for everyday scrapbooking. Hope you enjoyed the peek...make sure you check back for some more peeks, and then the full reveal next week:)

And if you want to win some new products before you buy them, check out THIS post!

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