It's HIP to have Echo Park in your HIP 2B SQUARE kit...

FINALLY got to play with the June HIP 2B SQUARE kit & I have only one thing to say.  I will be hunting down the ECHO PARK BOOTH at CHA.  The end. 

This kit is so full of CUTE product it is now deemed my favorite HIP kit of all time.  And I loved the new Echo Park stuff so much, I ordered more of it that was not in the kit.  So... you think you've seen a lot of Craft Fair on here?  Get ready to see a lot of Echo Park.  I'm hooked! 

 

Here we go... starting with a 2-pager.  I had this idea in mind before I received a sketch from Melanie for this month's 2-page layout.  I wanted to put a large portion of our Arizona photos on a 2-pager, rather than make a mini book.  No time for a mini book right now!  It looks nothing like the sketch, but with everything I have going on this week... it's a 2-pager anyway.  So that counts for something, right?  ;-)

On the next one, I hand-cut my heart from a double sided Lily Bee paper, using both sides of it.  I used some of my Sassafras Lass packaging for my journaling card.  I'm so loving the color combos in this month's kit.  So fun, happy & summery...  

Another page with lots of photos... went with the contact sheet size this time.  The journaling spot for this page came from the Basic Grey felt flowers packaging.  I ♥ Echo Park...

And... surprise!  Another multi-photo page!  LOL  My thoughts are, if the entire scrapbook is full of one-photo pages, then I don't have enough room to put an entire year in there.  And since I'm essentially a chronological scrapper, it's one book per year for Bryn, with everything in order by date.  That way if the page isn't dated, it doesn't matter.  I'll know approximately when it happened when we go back through them at a later date.  Then we have other books for Bob + me, as well as other random memories... all chronological as well.  Hi... I'm anal.  Have you figured that out in the past 2 1/2 years yet? 

I made a couple cards... 

Love the Jenni Bowlin crepe paper ribbon...

And finally, Melanie asked us to make an altered project.  I went with a wall-hanging that Bryn has confiscated for her room.  So much for trying to sell that at the craft fair this fall...

I've been using that Martha Stewart lace border punch a lot lately, haven't I?

Oh & ps... I really don't have it hanging in her room on that big honkin' screw.  I had to take down the kitchen clock to photograph it.  There's not enough natural light in Bryn's room.  LOL

So, that's it for this month!  Although, I am hoarding a bit of the Echo Park to use with the additional Echo Park stash I just purchased, so like I said... there shall be MORE! 

For more information on this amazing kit, as well as becoming a monthly subscriber (it's worth it!), contact Kimberly at HIP 2B SQUARE!

Comments

[sarah de guzman]

more echo park projects from deana please. ;)

yup, and it's exactly a week! can't wait.

hugs,
sarah.

[chris]

I love that altered project. So simple and yet FABULOUS! I want to make one for my baby's room now. Great layouts and cards, Deana. Keep up the wonderful work.

[Chris Aiton]

Love love love your echo park projects!!!!! You are truly the queen of multi-photo layouts! My favorite is your altered alphabet project - what a super idea for a child's room!

[Shell Turner]

holy cow!! I love everything you've done here. i recently had the same realisation about doing multi photo layouts, I love your style and will 'borrow' a few of these ideas for sure. Thanks for sharing and for always inspiring me! :)

Shell xx

[Jing-Jing]

These projects are seriously AMAAAAAAAAAZING!!! You are gettting more and MORE and MORE creative, seriously!!! I just love how UNIQUE your style is!!! XXOO!!! So excited!!! just one more week for cha!

[Beth Perry]

you have been busy! loving all the projects..especially the wall hanging! and the BIG HONKIN SCREW! HA!
hope you had a great weekend, sweets!
B

[MelanieJ]

Great projects, Deana! Love the two-pager. And your trees are so cute :)

The wall-hanging takes the cake for me--so, so adorable.

[Julie Tucker-Wolek]

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!! I love love love love love love all of these!!!! HOLY WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW woman YOU HAVE knocked these out of the park!! I loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee that palm tree on the first one... but I dare you to find one that looks that good here in AZ!! LOL LOL LOL! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)

[Jenneke]

Deana, your work wants me to buy every kit you work with!!! GORGEOUS layouts and cards!! My favorites are Arizona 2010 and Ten Years (CONGRATS!!!!).

XXXJenneke

[Jeanet]

Wow...you were very busy!I just love everything you create with kits...you rock all these kits!Beautiful papers and embellies!Your wall hanging is so beautiful!

[Laura]

Wow! They are just amazing!!! Love them all.

[AmyInKy]

Great projects - I love the palm tree in the first layout!

[Antonia Krajicek]

Wow...TONS of awesome projects. I love the page with the heart! You did an awesome job hand cutting that...mine would have never turned out that well, ha!

[erinrwillis]

OMG. You and I are both anal. I'm the SAME!! way with my scrapbooks. We were meant to be friends! HA!

I TOLD you you'd like Echo Park!! I recently got both of their summery collections, and they just came out w/a new one that you will LOVE - "Life is Good."

[Hanneke]

What an amazing paper, love it!! And as always I love what you made with it!! And that wallhanger is so cute!!!
Hugs Hanneke

[kim whitten]

That paper is gawgeous! Really!!!! And yes, one might think you are a weeeeeeee bit anal! ;) LOL

[Suzanne]

I absolutely love the wall hanging!!!! Everything is just happy!!!!