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We are so excited to share some Makin' the Grade projects from Cycling Team Member Kelly Jo Massicotte. She does a wonderful job of spotlighting some of our embellishments, but let's have Kelly Jo tell you all about it...
This year, back to school signaled a big change in our house. My littlest was going to preschool. His very first, 1st day of school!
And as exciting as it was, Ben was most excited about his backpack. The LYB backpack embellishments were perfect! I cut a strip of backpacks out of the 'School Bands' paper and used the backpack from the dimensional stickers. Layering with the canvas stickers, cardstock stickers and journaling cards, I created the perfect spot to tell the story.
And what's preschool without some ABCs? The fabric favorites layered on the banner from the paper crafting kit created a perfect title spot for my page.
And I love the cork stickers! They can be used in so many ways. My future projects will surely have one that I've stamped on. For this page I used the scallop circle to layer with the paper crafting kit.
And now it's time for my 2nd grader's first day of school pictures. The Little Yellow Bicycle's clear cuts seemed to be made just for my photos.
One of my favorite ways to use the clear cuts is to 'pop' them off the page. I cut a thin 1" long strip of plastic package material (the thick acetate that comes with most toy packages) and fold it to look like a letter 'C'. Then I use a liquid adhesive that dries clear to glue the top of the 'C' to the back of my clear cut and the bottom to my project. This really adds dimension and it completely blends in.
The paperclip clear cuts were adorable! I used my craft knife to add a slit so that I could attach them to my project like a real paperclip.
I used the 5 Things pocket to have my 2nd grader do the journaling about her favorite things at school. I love that her thoughts and hand writing (mistakes and all) have been recorded. She was so into it that she wrote "I Love School" on an extra banner from the pocket set, which I attached to the page with a stick pin.
I love that Makin' the Grade can be used for preschool right through high school. In fact, I think I might hoard some lockers paper until my kids reach Junior High.
Thank you, Little Yellow Bicycle, for letting me ride along as part of your cycling team for Makin' the Grade.
Please visit Kelly Jo's blog Scrappin' My Memories, One Page at a Time for more ideas from her.
Happy Monday!
Comments
Great job Kelly Jo. I love your layouts, fantastic job!!!
Posted by: Jenifer Cowles | Oct 2, 2012 7:41:14 PM
Super cute Kelly Jo! Love how you used the clear overlays!
Posted by: Traci Penrod | Sep 27, 2012 10:05:40 AM
Kelly Jo has the greatest ideas and is so very creative!
Posted by: Kelly Sas (6558) | Sep 26, 2012 8:36:28 PM
KellyJo is the best crafter with so many great ideas and LYB is so lucky to have her on the design team!
Posted by: kyle higgins | Sep 26, 2012 7:42:04 PM
I LOVE these layouts!! Kelly Jo is full of great ideas and fun new ways to use embellishments.
Posted by: vanessa | Sep 25, 2012 8:16:37 PM
love the pages KJ, and the LYB embellishments especially the clear and cork stickers. The kids are sure growing right up!
Posted by: Laura B.# 4961 | Sep 25, 2012 5:08:01 PM
Loved your work Kelly Jo - great use of the LYB products! Ride on!
Posted by: Julie F | Sep 25, 2012 2:31:18 PM
Totally adorable! Love that cute little banner and all the dimension.
Posted by: Donna Woods | Sep 25, 2012 6:43:57 AM
Another great project by Kelly Jo !!! I love the layers !!
Posted by: Laura C | Sep 25, 2012 12:16:18 AM
Love this pages by Kelly Jo what a great line for those back to school moments!
Posted by: Michelle Salasar | Sep 24, 2012 9:26:07 PM
Great Job Kelly Jo. I got to see these wonderful layouts up close and personal at NESC this past weekend. Thanks for sharing your great ideas and giving us some extra goodies.
Posted by: Lori B | Sep 24, 2012 7:37:58 PM
Your pages are wonderful, Kelly Jo. The best part is your little trick to highlight the clear cuts. Just wish I'd known that one sooner. And, of course, I really loved seeing you at NESC too!
Posted by: Carol N | Sep 24, 2012 6:32:49 PM
Awesome layouts! Love how you feature all the great LYB products! Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Lynn Harrington | Sep 24, 2012 5:52:04 PM
Once again you've used some awesome LYB to create some awesome pages! Great job, Kelly Jo! It was great seeing you at NESC on Saturday and thank you for sharing your Little Yellow Bicycle...it was a wonderful ride!!
Posted by: Linda Raymond | Sep 24, 2012 4:56:26 PM
Kelly Jo - wonderful job! I LOVE this line and am so glad I can use it for my grade schooler and high school kids. Love your ideas!
Posted by: Vicky Drisdelle | Sep 24, 2012 2:10:28 PM
Great job, Kelly Jo! I'm totally scraplifting the alphabet rosette for my back-to-school project - It's PERFECT!!
Posted by: Laurel Lee Pollard, New England Paper Crafts | Sep 24, 2012 1:07:48 PM
These are wonderful, Mary Jo! Love how you used the Clear Cuts. Thank you for the tip on using them. :)
Posted by: Lisa Swift | Sep 24, 2012 12:56:22 PM
Love these adorable pages by Kelly Jo! Such clever ways to use the Clear Cuts! Especially love the tip about popping them off the page with some clear packaging behind them. Really love the preschool page, too. Sooo cute the first 1st day of school!
Posted by: Audrey Pettit | Sep 24, 2012 11:21:44 AM
