kro designs

While at a farmers market in Eugene Oregon, I came across these little beauties. When Pendleton Woolen Mill creates their blankets they shave the extra nubby bits off for a smooth finish.  The lady I purchased them from dyes them in these beautiful colors. Apparently they have a name too, noil. My first use for them was in a scrapbooking project. This layout is pretty harsh and I wanted to add an organic element to hopefully soften it.   Look for all those little nuggets around you and don't be afraid to add them to your work! XOXOX -Kim

As soon as I took this picture I immediately uploaded to print at Walgreen's. An un-edited, un-cropped beauty.  Heading straight to get to work I almost regretted not lightening it.  But it captured the day, foggy and near dusk. I wanted to make sure that the atmosphere of the picture didn't get lost in translation. So the question is - how do you work with a dark-ish moody picture to make it pop in a layout without it looking like a goth picture show? Three possible answers:   Light and airy elements such as a cut file brush script or some sort of "see through" element. Just attempt to balance the heavy with other heavy elements paired with very light ones. Texture In this case, I chose not to do solely one, but did all on smaller scales. In the upper right hand corner I placed an adhesive tag from the July Felicity Jane paper set to offset the central picture focus. I have a tiny piece of sandpaper that I use to rough up the...

This project is great for using up those small bits of scraps. Cut double sided pieces of paper in strips of 1/2 inch by 3 3/4 and round edges.  Fold in half with a dot of glue to make mini hearts. NOW...Here is where the fun begins.  I had a great time trying different types of layouts.   I took pictures of  a few layout options that you may use if you would like to duplicate. For my finial layout, I added zig zag paper strips to a silver sheen 12 x 12 background. After gluing on the hearts, I added texture over the heart with a continuous heart free motion stitch.   I was tempted not to add a large title but needed it to breakup the background.  The thickers were lost in translation so I traced over them with a black marker.  Added do da's and there you go! If you have any questions feel free to ask in the comments! xoxo, Kim Commentary: The night of his friends Bar Mitzvah I realized Jack ...