Hello all! Lisa here today, with an interruption in the lovely Christmas card posts to bring you a couple of layouts made with one of this month's new Kaisercraft releases: Hello Today. This range is perfect for all kinds of projects: cards, calendars, Project Life spreads, and-- as I've done here-- layouts as well. The colours are mainly black, white & neutral kraft, so they can be used as-is, or combined with pretty much any other colourway.

My first layout uses textured black cardstock as a base, and to that, I've added some of the Current patterned paper. A photo of my daughter is layered on top, with a black & white shaped text border taken from the small paper pad used on the left. Another patterned border (the scallop-edge ruler) is placed along the bottom of the photo, along with a strip of hexagons I cut from the sheet of Everyday paper. I love the eclectic & varied range of patterns in this line, and because they're all in similar colours, they mix & match beautifully.


A few Collectables, some bling and another couple of sparkly elements (it is getting close to Christmas, afterall! ) and it's all done. A closer look is below:


The second layout has a base of kraft cardstock, which I've spattered with some ink. I then added some more of the Current paper (clearly one of my favourites, it seems!) and added a photo. Again, I've cut individual hexagons from the Everyday sheet, and arranged them around the photo, along with a selection of Collectables and some Studio Calico wood veneer pieces.


A border strip of letterpress design cut from the small paper pad along the bottom, along with three little bunting triangles cut from sparkly washi tape finishes it all off. :) A couple of close-up shots are below: