economia e criatividade #5.2: os essenciais

Olá scrappers! Hoje vamos a segunda parte do vídeo economia e criatividade, usando minikit. Para quem não viu o primeiro vídeo com dicas de como criar um kit para seus layouts, veja aqui o video.

Hello, scrappers! Last week I showed a video with some tips to create your own kit and save money. Today I continue the video (on Portuguese) with more two layouts ans some tips to choose some essential material. For seeing the first post, go here.

First of all, I show what I have left after my first layout.

For my second layout, I use most of paper I have on my kit (My Mind's Eye, Studio Calico and Crate Paper) to do some layering border of my layout. I distressed a little bit. Since I have alarge picture, I try to put some nice embelishment close to it, and I use the star stamp, cardboard and punch to accomplish that.

Here some nice detail from my layout:

Before I show my third layout, let's talk a lit bit about how to save some money when you begin to buy some inks and mist. First of all, if you didn't try any, I try to buy first some basic colors, like white or black, or the essential colors to me. Mine is blue, pink, yellow and green, brights one. For being aware what color you most use, try to look at your project and see what color you use more often.

If you want to try a new technique, like embossing, first see you can borrow  for a friend for trying if you really like. If you is like me, now scrap friend around, use the most of it before buying. I try embossing before with a hot air gun from my husband and use clear embossing everytime. After I begin to buy my colors and only, after I most sure that I like, I use to buy more embossing powder.

Other thing you have to be aware what you like before buy it, is stamps. I love stamps, but on the begining I bought some that I just hate it, because it is something I really don't like to use (like flowers). So, see what the things you like before you made an investment as that is important for saving some money.

Now I show my third layout. On that on I just want to use the miscellany from Ocotber Afternoon on a layout with some nice space touch.

Here is some detail of my layering project:

I hope you enjoy the tips today and next week the last post about my minikit with two more layouts I made with it! See you there and have a great day!!!