The Last One | Little Black Dress Kit Club

It's been such a great ride. I'm sad to see it has ended. Little Black Dress Kit Club has closed it's doors, but I wanted to take some time and share the last kit with you all. This is the June Kit.

Oh how I wish I could share her perfect, sweet, beautiful, chubby round face with you! Just picture the most beautiful smiling baby there in that blurry area. The color purple has been growing on me since having a baby girl in the house. 

I'm not a fan of glitter. I might even have a bit of a glitter-phobia. Is there an official term for it? Might have to go look that up sometime. I used the included Thickers anyway and maybe they aren't so bad.

Can't go wrong with circles and fun, bright patterns. I chose black and white photos so the photo colors wouldn't clash with the paper colors. And I just love black and white photos anyway—always have.

This kit has so many brights AND neutrals. Here's a layout showcasing the neutrals.

Super simple card—perfect for a guy. It matches my typewriter beautifully.

Thanks for stopping by!

More Little Black Dress | April Kit

Just dropping in to finally share the cards and tags I promised weeks ago.

Made with Little Black Dress April Kit.

Little Black Dress | April Kit

The blog has been seriously neglected lately, but I'm back today with my monthly Little Black Dress layouts. The kit this month is so very bright and colorful! Check out the blue polka dots in the layout below--it's from Maggie Holmes' new line with Crate Paper. I stamped, painted, and misted all with the same Mister Huey color (Bookworm). 

Little Black Dress April kit--patterned paper: Crate Paper & Glitz Design | storybook title page, crossword puzzle page (puzzle banner), game tile, baker's twine | small alpha stickers: Glitz Design [non-kit items- white cardstock: American Crafts | Silhouette SD (font: Oblik) | Mister Huey | arrow stamp: Ormolu |tiny tag die: Quickutz | tiny attacher] 

More circles again on the next layout. I was so excited to find those Freckled Fawn Wood Chips in the kit! Uncle JJ and Aunt KK got to spend a couple weeks in Illinois over the winter holidays. Caught this sweet moment while running Sunday-after-church errands. 

Little Black Dress April kit-- patterned paper: American Crafts Dear Lizzy | alpha stickers: Glitz Design | wood veneer: Freckled Fawn [non-kit items- white cardstock: Neenah | mist: Studio Calico | pencil | date stamp: Studio Calico (past LBD kit)]

...And ughhh, more snow. We are so ready for spring in this house even though that is when farming picks up and I have to get into single mom mode. It was so weird to make a wintery layout with this kit, but I did it. I even got out some modeling paste to create the illusion of snow drifts. 

           

Little Black Dress April Kit-- patterned paper: My Mind's Eye | "March" banner: Pretty Little Studio | graph paper | clear gemstone trim  [non-kit items-- white cardstock: Neenah | snowflake punch: Martha Stewart | date stamp: Studio Calico (past LBD kit) | modeling paste: Liquitex | "Seriously" stamp: Ormolu]

Gave myself a nasty papercut while finishing up this one. Crazy how much pain a little papercut can inflict. Moved on from circles to squares in this one. Some kids eat olives like this, but Lucas prefers raspberries (and I don't blame him....olives....YUCK).

Little Black Dress April kit--patterned paper: Crate Paper & My Mind's Eye | wood veneer: Freckled Fawn [non-kit items- cardstock: American Crafts | paint] 

I'll be back in the next day or two to share a couple cards and tags with the Little Black Dress, Don't Worry Be Happy, April kit.

And don't forget to check out the other design team members blogs while you're at it. Tara Anderson is also our guest designer this month too!

Stephanie
Jamie
Alyssa
Brittany

Little Black Dress | March Kit

The March Little Black Dress kit—A Chance for Luck— is now for sale. It's such a fun kit with lots of neutrals and pops of color.

I love the neutral color palette on the layout below, and love how the title stands out in black. Sunday mornings we get up super early (for me anyway) and go to church. When we get home, we all put on some comfy clothes and head back to bed for a nap. Sounds silly, right? We love our lazy Sundays. Lucas always picks out a book to read before his nap.

SUPPLIES Little Black Dress March kit--patterned paper: Studio Calico & My Mind's Eye | washi: October Afternoon | sticker: Jenni Bowlin Studio | time card, accounting sheet, game piece, and button [non-kit items: alpha stamps: Studio Calicoo /Hero Arts | kraft cardstock | tiny attacher | date stamp (past kit): Studio Calico]

Next up is a 4x4 mini album. You can see more of the album here. It may be small, but there's plenty of room for stories, notes, and photos for one super special baby girl. I love the corrugated piece as a cover. It's perfectly flexible, yet still sturdy. 

SUPPLIES  Little Black Dress March kit--patterned paper: Glitz Design | patterned vellum: Studio Calico | wood veneer: Studio Calico | washi: October Afternoon | corrugated cardboard, trim, tag, kraft bags [non-kit items: Silhouette SD (fonts: Grand Hotel, Novocento Wide, Impact) | label stamp: Studio Calico | heart punch: Stampin' Up | typewriter & sewing machine

And last but not least, I decorated a couple small gift boxes with the kit contents. I could use another yard of that fun turquoise trim!

SUPPLIES  Little Black Dress March kit-- tulle, trim, & button | patterned paper: Glitz Design | wood veneer: Studio Calico [non-kit items-- punches: Stampin' Up & Martha Stewart | paper maché boxes]

Check out these blogs too for more inspiration with the March kit:
Katie Ehmann
Jenni Calma
Stephanie Bryan
Jamie Leija
Suz Mannecke

Mini Album Madness | write. click. scrapbook

Little Black Dress is the sponsor this week over at write. click. scrapbook. It's mini album month and four WCS contributors have all made a mini album with the Swanky Notion December Kit (that still happens to be available for sale).

My album is up today. Head on over to see more.

Little Black Dress Kit Club | Cards

 Just popping in to share some cards made with the February kit from Little Black Dress: A Trim in Time.

There's always such fabulous trims and ribbons in each and every kit.

A vintage book page illustration with Glitz Design stickers and a Glitz Peek-A-Boo transparency

I used the wide, wired houndstooth ribbon as the base to my cupcake.

Little Black Dress | February

The February kit from Little Black Dress, A Trim in Time, is now available for purchase. If you haven't ever checked out their Facebook page, it's the best place to find the design team's layouts and cards. Go check it out and it wouldn't hurt to "Like" the page too.

Little Black Dress February kit--patterned paper: GCD Studios & Basic Grey | washi: K&Co. | mini alpha stickers: October Afternoon | sticker: Glitz Design | file tab & buttons [non-kit items: Silhouette SD | tiny attacher | alpha stamps: EK Success]

Little Black Dress February Kit-- patterned paper: Studio Calico & October Afternoon | alpha stickers: October Afternoon | washi: K&Co. | file tab & paper dots | pen: Smash Pen [non-kit items-- cardstock: American Crafts | Silhouette SD (font: Carbon) | mask & mist: Studio Calico | stamp: Ormolu | tiny attacher

Little Black Dress February kit--patterned paper: Echo Park | stickers: Glitz Design | washi: K&Co.

Little Black Dress | January

Ugh, where did January go? Here's two layouts made with the January Little Black Dress Kit: Every Little Piece. 

Gotta love Meijer and their FREE horse ride! We love shopping at Meijer—It's SO MUCH BETTER than Wal-Mart! So there's the free horse ride, and then next to it there's the not free claw machine. Now that Lucas is totally obsessed with Toy Story, he really wants to do it, but I have to crush his dreams every time because we're just not going to start that.

SUPPLIES  Little Black Dress January Kit—patterned paper: Glitz, Pink Paislee, and October Afternoon | sticker: Glitz | alpha: American Crafts | tiny alpha: Glitz | tickets [non-kit: tiny attacher, punches, colored cardstock]

I'm totally in love with my fringed moccasin boots, and I found these cute mini fringed boots for a baby girl (on clearance at Old Navy) when we had the twins. They are just too cute, I couldn't bear to return them even if there would never be another sweet baby girl in this house to wear them. And it's crazy how we got another placement so soon, and they are perfect for her. She looks so darn adorable wearing them. It's so much more fun to dress baby girls! There's hidden journaling in the cute little polka dotted kraft bag that came in the kit.

SUPPLIES  Little Black Dress January Kit—patterned paper: Pink Paislee and October Afternoon | date stamp: Studio Calico | yarn, buttons, kraft bag, & ledger paper

Hey Hey

Look what I found! One of my recent Little Black Dress Kit Club layouts made the Crate Paper blog! I'm a little behind in blog reading and just stumbled across it.

My last Design Team gallery with Elle's Studio is live. The January gallery at Write. Click. Scrapbook is up for perusing too. You can find me over on the Ormolu blog on Thursday next week. My scrapbooking area and supplies have been pretty lonely lately. I'm buried in graphic design work and can't wait to make time for playing with paper.

and because every post should have a photo....

I embraced the camera this week.

Little Black Dress December & An Announcement

Here's what I did with the Little Black Dress December Kit, A Swanky Notion. This is such an amazing kit! The kit includes the 12x12 Studio Calico Burst Mask. I actually squealed with delight when I opened box and saw it! I hope I have some time to make some more with it before the next delivery arrives and takes over my desk. Oh! And there's My Mind's Eye Enamel Dots too!! So much fun!!

First up is a layout with photos from a backyard picnic we had this past summer. I cut some circles and laid them out on the page, decided where I wanted photos, and then stitched the circles in place. The misting with the mask should have been done before that step, but I just didn't plan ahead this time. I love the yellow with the bright contrasting blue blanket in the photos.

SUPPLIES | Little Black Dress December kit--patterned paper: Echo Park, American Crafts, My Mind's Eye| sheet music & playing card | phrase stickers & enamel dots: My Mind's Eye | tape stickers: Crate Paper | mask: Studio Calico  [non-kit items- yellow alpha: BasicGrey | mist: Studio Calico | pen: American Crafts]

Next is a layout about how we always get a real Christmas Tree. I used the mask again, and this time did it first thing--before doing anything else. Went to my Silhouette and cut out a few pine branch looking shapes that I think came pre-loaded in my library. I designed the title in Silhouette Studio. I think the fonts are Screengem & Sofia. The tree shape was cut with a punch by EK Success and then decorated with sequin trim from the kit.

We have yet to get our tree this year. I'm hoping we can check that off the list this weekend.

SUPPLIES | Little Black Dress December kit--patterned paper: Crate Paper & Glitz Design | stickers: Crate Paper | enamel dots: My Mind's Eye | alpha stickers: American Crafts | mask: Studio Calico | sequin trim [non-kit items- cardstock & pen: American Crafts | Silhouette SD | tree punch: EK Success | mist: Studio Calico] 

Hey, it's my favorite cousin and I again. I LOVE the vintage photos I have of the two of us, and I think Little Black Dress kits are always just so perfect for scrapping them! There's such a great, interesting mix of papers this month. The trim, vellum, and tiny gold alphas kinda scream Christmas to me, but the rest of the kit doesn't. I love this mix of gold Christmassy accents with a non-traditional Christmas color scheme and non Christmas themed papers.

The garland looking trim is wired so I just bent it into the shape of the star and used one little staple with my Tiny Attacher to attach it to the page.

SUPPLIES | Little Black Dress December Kit-- patterned paper: Crate Paper | vellum & alpha stickers: American Crafts | enamel dots & phrase sticker: My Mind's Eye | garland trim [non-kit items-- cardstock: American Crafts | pinked circle punch: Martha Stewart | bracket & tab die: Quickutz | pen: American Crafts | tiny attacher]

And now for my big announcement! A new design team has been picked over at Ormolu, and I'm on it! I can't wait! I'm joining Jen Kinkade and Angie Gutshall again, along with six others I'm looking forward to getting to know and work with.

Little Black Dress Kit Club | December Sneaks

It's sneak peek time. I had so much fun working with the December Little Black Dress kit!! So many great papers, trims, and embellishments this month! Look for the full reveal on Friday, and watch the Little Black Dress Facebook page and blog for more kit details.