Kiwi Lane Designs Blog Hop

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog! If you are looking for the Kiwi Lane Designs Blog Hop you are at the right spot :)

I am so excited to once again be part of the Kiwi Lane Designs Blog Hop! I always have so much fun working with my designer templates and I had been itching to get my hands on the Chevron ones that came out towards the later part of last year.

My family and I went to Las Vegas in November and saw my alma mater Utah State take on the UNLV Rebels. It was really fun to see the Aggies win and I was able to capture some great family photos with my phone.

I love this Utah State paper with the "U State" logo on it and I thought it would be fun use with the Chevron template.

I actually took two of the Chevron templates and layered the same paper with it. Usually I would do two different papers, but I thought it would be something different with the same design. I actually ended up loving it!

I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE my Kiwi Lane templates and I think you should have some in your scrapbook supply collection as well.

If you would like to win the Tiny Wildflower set of templates you have to follow my blog and leave a comment below. I will pick a random winner on Monday and send them out ASAP.

Good luck! Make sure to leave a comment and then follow along with the rest of the blog hop. 

Remember a random winner from ONE of the participating blogs (including the Kiwi Lane blog) will be given a $25 gift certificate to the Kiwi Lane Shop for leaving a comment. The winner will be announced on the Kiwi Lane blog on Thursday, January 9th. So what are you waiting for?! Go hop along and enjoy all of the awesomness that is Kiwi Lane Designs.

Kiwi Lane http://kiwilane.com/here/blog/

Jill Cornelius http://brought-to-you-by-the-letter-j.blogspot.com/

Julie Ann Cordero www.ourlifeinscraps.blogspot.com -- YOU ARE HERE!

Melissa Dehne http://abitofscrappygoodness.blogspot.com/-- GO HERE NEXT!

Stephanie Umpleby http://sucw.blogspot.com/

Leslie Prinkki www.http://scrapsofmine.blogspot.com

Jennifer Nicholes http://craftingmoments.wordpress.com/

Jennifer Budge http://www.thingsthaticreate.wordpress.com/

Staci Jones http://scrapbookingischeaperthantherapy.blogspot.com/

Kiwi Lane Designs Blog Hop

I remember the first time I came across Kiwi Lane Designs -- it was at the Scrapbook USA Expo in Salt Lake City a couple of years ago. I had quickly walked past their booth and didn't give it much though. That is until one of my friends bought a few sets of the templates and was designing with them at our table. I was intrigued and quickly made my way back over to the KLD booth to see the templates in action from the pros. I was sold ever since!

I have a handful of designer templates, but was super excited when Kristy asked me to be part of the July blog hop and I was given the opportunity to work with the Happy Trails set. I love the happy vibe I get from these templates. They just make me smile :)

See what I mean?! Aren't you just happy now?

Just a little tip -- sometimes I try to use my templates with the paper face down. I inevitably always mess it up. The easiest way for me to trace my templates with my doing it exactly how I want it over the paper with my pencil and then I just ink the edges of my paper to cover up the pencil marks. I'm pretty sure I saw that at the expo from the KLD experts and it is something that I have used ever since. And I just love the look of it -- it really adds definition.

Here is one other layout I've done recently with my templates.

Thank you for so much for stopping by my blog! Don't forget that a random winner from ONE of the blogs (including the Kiwi Lane blog) will be given a $25 gift certificate to the Kiwi Lane Shop. So leave me some love and hopefully you win so you can pick yourself up some awesome KLD templates :)

In case you didn't start at the beginning of the blog hop here is the entire list.

1. Kiwi Lane http://kiwilane.com/here/blog/
2. Monique Liedtke http://moniquesscrapbook.blogspot.nl/
3. Jennifer Budge  www.thingsthaticreate.wordpress.com
4. Cari Locken    http://myandmythoughts.blogspot.ca/
5. Jennifer Nicholes  craftingmoments.wordpress.com
6. Regina Mangum http://thestampinbean.blogspot.com/
7. Becki Adams http://beckiadams.blogspot.com/
8. Julie Ann Cordero www.ourlifeinscraps.blogspot.com YOU ARE HERE NOW
9. Jessica Laureano http://scrapping2boys.blogspot.com/ GO HERE NEXT
10. Gail Owens www.glowormdesigns.blogspot.com