January 2025 Mini Kit and Project Reveal

 

Hello!  Master Forger Christine here and today is Mini Kit time!  The beginning of the year can be so busy after the slowness of the holidays.  Are you one with minimal scrappy time this month, just getting your feet wet as a scrapbooker, or perhaps you only need to scrap a few photos? 

A mini kit may be just the thing to get you going.  A mini kit offers simplicity and is perfect for beginners or those with limited time. I

Two of our Master Forgers are going to show you how they build a mini kit and how they use them.

As a reminder, our inspiration kit for the month is Hip Kit’s “Good Things Ahead.”

Master Forger Brandi

As always, I start my kit-building process by pulling a color palette from the inspiration kit. 

I had two ideas in mind when I pulled my kit - a layout or two, but focusing on some everyday type cards this month. So, I made sure to include some basic background papers and a few 6x6 paper pads with cardmaking in mind. Here's my kit "Sweet Little Moments." 

My first project was a layout - I used a sketch from A Cherry on Top crafts to document a few bump photos of my 2020 pregnancy! 

I plan to create bundles of Thank You Cards to gift to my boys' teachers as end of year presents this spring, so this kit was the perfect jumpstart to that project! I managed five pairs of cards so far with kit. 

I rounded out my kit with (2) 8x8 layouts for my 2024 "52 Favorites" album - I still have a few scraps left to work with so make sure to follow me on Instagram or stop by our FB group to see what else I come up with this month! 

Master Forger Laurie

The inspiration kit this month is very versatile. I see several themes, such as school, theme parks, summer fun, even Spring. When choosing supplies for my mini kit I focused more on the school themed papers and embellishments. Here is my mini kit.

When it came time to create my layouts I found myself using several "B" sides of the papers I had chosen. Here are the three layouts I have created thus far.

 

Now, let's see what we have lined up for the rest of this month:

• 12th January -  Challenge #1 – New Year’s Resolutions!
• 18th January - Challenge #2 - OLW
• 22nd January - Challenge #3 Sketch Challenge
• 24th January - Follower Showcase 
• 28th January - February Sneak Peek (on Instagram and the Facebook Community
• 30th January - Challenge #4 Baby, Use Those Scraps Challenge·        

See you next time!

 

XOXO

Master Forger Christine