It was Megan's first Easter where she was old enough to understand the egg hunt concept, so her mom went all out with the bunny ears, the mini egg trail and the bunny plush toy. Megan loved the reaction she was getting with the bunny ears, so she hammed it up and we got some pretty cute pictures out of it.
I used the Project Life Dear Lizzie card set, and the soft pastel colours were perfect for Easter.
My sister work in the Health and Safety field, so a friend gave her a gag gift for her 30th anniversary. Even wrapped it in caution tape!
Supplies
Project Life Cards: Midnight
Accessories: Alphabet Stickers, Alphabet Rub-ons, Number Stickers,
Silver Frame (leftover from Hello Life Project Kit), Designer Washi Tape
My sister's spouse hit it right on the head with her 30th birthday cake and got her favorite from our local cake place (which we hid at my place until the surprise party so she wouldn't suspect anything).
I made my own sparkly alphabet letters by die-cutting red glimmer paper.
Supplies
Stamps: Mois de l'année Courrier (Lime Citron)
Ink: Real Red
Project LIfe: Midnight
Accessories: Designer Washi Tape, Project Life Journaling Pen,
Red Glimmer Paper, Naturally Serif Die
For a little while, Megan got in the habit of telling us "Sshh, it hurts my ears!", even when we were not talking loudly. We weren't sure where she got that (it wasn't from home), so we figured it might be something she was hearing at day care and that the educators there used to teach the kids not to yell. When I saw this picture of her with her mom covering her ears, I thought it was the perfect picture to record that phase of hers (which, luckily, she seems to have already outgrown).
The Project Life cards come from last year's Hello December card collection (2014), and selecting cards with no Holidays images on them worked well for a regular layout.
Supplies
Stamps: Calendar Alphabet (Stampin' Up!), Mois de l'année courrier (Lime citron)
Project Life Cards and Accessory Kit: Hello December 2014
Ink: Lost Lagoon, Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler
Accessories: Blue Pen, Alphabet Stickers (American Crafts), Project Life Corner Punch
Just a really simple page I made using some masculine papers (from Simple Stories) that were perfect for my baby boy pictures. The only fancy detail on this page is that I used the star stencil from Stampin' Up! (annual catalogue, p. 157) and applied silver paste to create dimensional stars on my top insert.
I usually try to having buying big 12" x 12" paper stacks because you never have enough of a lifetime of crafting to go through them. I broke my own rule with this paper pack called Seaglass, though, because I kept eyeing the patterns and decided I love every single page in the stack. The soft colours and textured paper were also really appealing, so I caved. Aside from using them on cards, I knew I wanted to use them paired with pictures from my trip to Seattle, when we took a road trip to Oregon and stopped in Seaside on the way. It was a beautiful warm sunny day in September and the pictures (taken with my iPhone) came out just lovely.
I cut out my own inserts using the Project Life Cards & Labels Framelits. Those were a great investment. I initially bought them more for the little labels, thinking I wouldn't use the card dies very much since I can just cut the cardstock to size and round the corners with the Project Life punch, but I found that they are very useful when I want to center a design, text or picture. I can just frame whatever I want to have on my insert using the die and then I'm sure the image appears exactly where I want it on the card. This was the case here for the cards in the middle row. The paper stack had a couple of pages of images that were meant to be cut out to make tags or accents, but most of them weren't sized to go with pocket scrapbooking, so I cut them to the size I needed for my page.
I like how the alphabet stickers from American Crafts I used on the lower left insert look like they are covered with sand! Perfect for this page!
Supplies
Stamps: Au jour le jour (Day to Day - Project Life by Stampin' Up!), Mini Alphabet Set (Studio G)
Patterned Papers: Seaglass (Craft Smith)
Ink: Brocade Blue, Basic Grey Archive
Accessories: Alphabet stickers, Cord Trim, Project Life Cards & Labels Framelits Dies,
Pearl Basic Jewels, Project Life Corner Punch, Fine Glitter, Two-Way Glue Pen,
1-1/4" Burlap Ribbon, Ticket Corner Punch
Rejoice: Gilmore Girls will be coming back on Netflix for a miniseries revival! I am so excited about this, as GG is one of my all-time favorite shows. I have all of the DVDs and the last time I watched them, I wrote down some of my favorite and funniest quotes from the show. I knew I wanted to make a page to add to my scrapbook but that was back when I was making 12" x 12" pages and I didn't really know how to fit it all on a layout and have it make sense.
Enter Project Life. When I stumbled onto the notebook in which I had jotted down the quotes, I realized Project Life would be the perfect format for this: one quote per insert! I chose a fun, colourful card kit and went to work. I also happened to have a picture of Lorelai and Rory because when my sister and I went to Disney together, the show was still on TV and there was a big ad for it on the lot, which I had photographed. Sometimes, it takes year before a page materialize, but I finally had all the elements I needed to make this page come to life.
- Excuse-me, can you tell me where we can find the best antiques? [Inn Visitor]
- At your house, I'd guess. [Michel]
- You tuck a bed in on both sides? [Luke]
- Yes, and then I slip down into it, like I'm in a straightjacket. [Lorelai]
- You must feel right at home.
[Lorelai and Luke, talking about the lack of reaction to their getting together]
- Maybe they're trying to be respectful of it. [Luke]
- Babette? Miss Patty? (Lorelai]
- Maybe they're trying not to embarass you.
- Babette? Miss Patty? Has anyone mentioned it to you?
- No, but seriously, who's gonna mention it to me?
- Babette? Miss Patty?
[...]
- Liz Taylor and Richard Burton couldn't go outside without people noticing.
- Well, I'll get drunk, you gain 500 pounds and we'll give it another go.
My parents do have feelings. You saw my mom when the gardener butchered the box edges.
[Rory, seeing the miniature maquette of the university building her grandparents want to have named after her.]
- Is this to scale? Because the letters would be 30 feet high. [Rory]
- Well, honey, it is the astronomy building: people should be able to see it from space! [Lorelai]
These are some of my favorites pictures with my niece. A lot of them are slightly out of focus but it does not really matter because they capture our joy and the bond we have together. To embellish my inserts, I used the Santa & Co. collection from Simple Stories, which I am totally in love with, Everything made with this collection just turn out sooo cute.
Some of the gold stickers I used to embellish the inserts are from the Hello December 2015 Project Life Accessory Pack. I also used one of the transparent overlays on my journaling insert (the vanilla flourishes) and a few red sequins.
I've added a close-up of one of the inserts because I wanted to show you how I've used one of the Memories in the Making Specialty Cards overlay (a kit that you can receive as a free gift during the Sale-A-Bration promotion. Some of the overlays have metallic foil details on them and the neat thing is that one side is gold and the backside is silver! Here, I used a funky frame over my picture, silver side up. The overlay is 6" x 4" and was silver all the way to the edges, but to add a bit of color, I cut the edges off and added the overlay over a piece of red patterned paper.
The best part is that I was left with two metallic strips that I was able to reuse on another project! See it gold side up and embossed with an embossing folder on THIS CARD.
Supplies
Stamps: Mois de l'année Courier (Lime Citron)
Ink: Old Olive
Patterned Papers: Santa & Co (Simple Stories)
Accessories: Thickers Alphabet Stickers (American Crafts), Big Designer Buttons (SU!),
Red Satin Ribbon (SU!), Silver Cord (SU!), Project Life Corner Punch (SU!),
Hello December 2015 Accessory Pack (SU!), Memories in the Making Project Life Specialty Cards (SU!),
1/8" Pear Pizzazz Organza Ribbon (SU!), Santa & Co Die-Cuts (Simple Stories),
Project Life Journaling Pen (SU!), Wooden Embellishment (SU!)
I'm so happy with how this page came about. I was looking online at a preview of new scrapbooking supplies that were released at the CHA show in January and spotted a collection by Simple Stories called Heart that will be released later this Spring. Total love at first sight with the pretty colour combo - Night of Navy, Pool Party, Very Vanilla and Gold - and the lovely mix of patterns. While I was looking at the pocket scrapbooking cards in the collection, a few of the patterns reminded me of stamps or items Stampin' Up! carries. That was all it took to get the wheels spinning and for me to decide to try and make my own Project Life cards inspired by those designs.
What made this project a success were the gold-foil cards that you can currently receive as a freebie during Sale-A-Bration, in the Memories in the Making Project Life Specialty Cards pack. Did I mention I am totally in love with those? I've used four of them on this project: the gold heart (top row, left), the pretty scallops (center row, left), the gold frame (center row, center) and the falling polka dots (center row, right).
Let me show you pictures of the Simple Stories cards for starter:
Lovely, right? And now the page that was born out of it (and inspired by Simon Says Stamp's challenge Have a Heart):
Now, let me show you each card individually. The top left one was inspired by the gold heart over navy stripes. The gold heart is a transparency from the SAB Project Life card kit. I knew I wanted to use the Brushstrokes background to create the stripes. Only problem: the background stamps are sized for cardfronts and are therefore a little shorter than a 4" x 6" PL card. I first tried horizontal stripes and stamping the background stamp, trying to line up the stripes. The seam was obvious and bothered me a bit. So I pulled out my Aqua Painter brush and painted Night of Navy stripes on a piece of Vanilla cardstock myself. The result was lovely, but the colour was lighter than when using the stamp. I went back to stamping Brushstrokes on a third piece of cardstock, leaving the end blank, thinking I could use it to add the date or something. Then, I decided to try vertical stripes, thinking it would be much easier to stamp the background stamp a second time and space it out evenly. I was right, and this last try was the winning option for me. (My advice to you: cardstock is not expensive, so don't be afraid to experiment untikl you find something you're happy with. I bet you I'll end up reusing my other stamped scraps on other projects anyway.) On some of the original cards, some hearts had a banner going over it and I suddenly remembered the new Big Numbers Framelits and Number of Years stamp set have a folded banner in them. Perfect!
The top right card was inspired by the card with the aqua dots and gold LOVE word. I liked the random polka dot pattern and the outline letters. To give the dots texture, I used a sponge dauber to create my pattern. I added more ink to some and less to others for dimension. For the letters, my first idea was to die-cut letters and use them as stencils to trace the outline with a gold pen. Not a bad idea except that a) I haven't been able to find a good gold pen anywhere. I have a gel one that is more mustard yellow than gold and I knew it wouldn't match the other pieces on my page. I then pulled out the Gold Stampin' Dazzle marker SU! used to carry a couple of catalogues ago. I tried it out with my die-cut letters on a scrap of paper and did not like the result, which I thought looked sloppy because of the larger tip on the marker. Bacl to the drawing board. I remembered I had an outline stamp set from many moons ago, so I pulled it out, stamped it in VersaMark and embossed it in gold. Much better results. I had stamped the O first to center my word, but because the A and M are larger than the U and R, the word was not perfectly centered after all, so I added a heart punched out of Gold Foil Paper to make up for it. (As my friends Maggie and Susy put it, there's not mistakes in stamping, only opportunities to embellish.)
Underneath, I glued a piece of Gold Glimmer Ribbon (2015 Holidays Catalogue) and added a strip of Night of Navy cardstock die-cut with the heart row from the Mini Treat Bag Framelits dies set. (Check it out, it's part of the Weekly Deals, until end of day February 8th. It knocks off CAD$12 so it's a great deal, and this includes a ton of lovely accents I use all the time on my various projects.) A piece of 1/8" Gold Ribbon was also added.
For the center row, the first card was inspired by the lined aqua square. It reminded me of the Writing Notes background stamp, which I stamped in Pool Party of matching cardstock. I then remembered a saying that fitted my page nicely, so I used mini alphabet stamps to add it on the lines. Initially, I had stamped the whole sentiment in Night of Navy, switching to another alphabet for the word "All" to emphasize it", but at the end, I decided to add the gold scallop overlay (SAB Project Life Specialty Cards again) over the top and it looked really pretty... but hid the last stamped word. No worry, I decided to die-cut Vanilla letters to glue the last word in place on top. It looked nice, but the letters were not hiding the last stamped word , so I tried adding a piece of cardstock over it to hide it. I had planned on using the same colour of cardstock, but when I tried navy, I liked the contrast and thought it made the overall card more interesting. Sold!
The second card's starting point was the gold frame, and I knew it would make sense for this one to be the journaling card. Going back to the inspiration cards, you'll see the one with the greyish frame has a piece of washi at top. I looked at my options to add washi and since the whole card was only vanilla and gold at that point, I wanted to add colour, so I used a piece of Pool Party cardstock and to add interest, glue a piece of gold-design washi over it, before die-cutting it with the washi tape Framelits from the Mini Treat Bag. (See, told you this kit is useful!) I then reached for the Project Life Paper Clips Framelits and used the heart-shaped one on a piece of polka dot navy paper (Midnight Muse, actually, but you can't even tell the difference.) I like how the clip comes out of the pocket and over the other card. I think it breaks off the overall grid of the page. (Keep in mind you can do that on sides where the pocket is opened. Double check, though, because on certain vertical layouts, the pockets are opened at right or left instead of at top.)
The cute little Pool Party hearts? They come from the Best Day Ever stamp set (last year's Sale-A-Bration) and were stamped to fill in the space at the end of my journaling.
Because I had pulled out the Number of Years stamp set on my first card, I spotted the brushstroke and flower images and thought this would make a great 3" x 4" card. The stamp set sort of drove the overall design, but there are a couple of elements that connect to my inspiration piece. First because the Simple Stories collection has a couple of flowery cards, and also because if you look closely at that LOVE outline letters card I referred to earlier, it has little rectangles of text collaged over the words. I loved that detail, but decided to not use it on my title card because I didn't feel my letters were tall enough to be able to hide them partially and still have the word be easily legible.
This idea came back into play here when I spotted in the stamp set "the number of years the world has been a better place because you're in it". The way the French is translated, the sentence made sense on its own if I omitted the last line, and then it became "your presence makes this world a better place." This is certainly how we feel about having my niece in our life, so I stamped the whole sentiment (didn't bother my markers because I knew I would be cutting it apart anyway) and used my Stampin' Cutter to cut it in skinny strips and glued them on the card.
The fourth one was inspired by something else that I saw in the CHA release preview, but this one is from Crate Paper instead. They are coming up with those fringed hearts that are absolutely lovely. Let me show you:
I had pinned that image for inspiration, knowing I could make something similar using our fringe scissors. As I was putting together my page, I thought it would be the perfect touch for this page, especially with the heart shape! So I cut fringes on five strips of cardstock and glued them one over the other on a scrap of paper and then I used the heart from the Mini Treat Bag Framelits (there they are again!). A few tips for you: be careful how you place the die on the fringes because you don't want your top row of fringes to fall apart when you cut the heart if there is no adhesive keeping it together after die-cutting. On the example above, they used sewing, probably for that very reason, so if you have done some sewing on paper projects before, that might be a good option. I peraonlly placed the heart high enough to keep my line of adhesive on the heart and I had to glue back two fringes (center and right edge) that fell when I pulled the heart out of the Big Shot. If you use cardstock, you will have a really thick piece with the various strips so you'll have to run the heart die through the Big Shot a few times to completely cut through. Using the filter paper (which you can stamp or color) might be an easier option for that reason. I managed to cut through all of the cardstock layers, but I had to snip the heart out of the last layer with scissors, which was not too hard because I followed the die-cut groove as a guide. You will also need to fluff back your fringes because the Big Shot will really flatten them out! I used the tip of my paper piercer to fluff them back up.
The heart was glued on top of the gold confetti PL Specialty card and I added a little bow die-cut out of Gold Foil paper using the Mini Treat Bag Framelits (...!) and added a pearl on it.
The bottom left card is directly inspired by a Simple Stories card. Theirs has the word Remember covering the whole card, with only one of those words in aqua amongst navy ones. I really liked the concept, but the font they used also reminded me of the font we have in the Best Day Ever stamp set. So I used my Stamp-a-ma-jig and covered a whole piece of Very Vanilla cardstock, starting with the sentiment in Pool Party and working around it to add the others in Night of Navy.
Once this was done, I noticed I had some blank spaces where the word day appears, since it is shorter than the other two words. So I got the Owl punch out and punched little hearts out of Gold Foil Paper. I made sure to add adhesive sheets on the back before punching so that it made my life a whole lot easier when came time to glue the hearts down in place. (On a side note, I've used my owl punch a few times here and there on projects, but I think this purchase has paid for itself just with the number of little hearts I've punched with it. I swear, this little heart is just the right shape and size to fill in letters, corners in a frame, add next to a sentiment, place in the Banner punch. Never would have thought I would use it this much.)
Finally, I placed my picture in the last pocket. The top corner of the picture was all black, so it was the perfect spot to embellish. I had a couple of things set aside that had not been used on my other cards. including the wide Vanilla striped ribbon that was sold in the last Holidays catalogue, a piece of gold heart Designer washi tape and a vanilla rose from the Artisan Embellishments Kit (used on my other projects this week) that was begging to be used on this page. That rose is really bulky though, so I used glue dots to add it to the top of the pocket instead of inside on the picture.
I hope this can inspire you to pull out your stamps and dies and make some Project Life cards of your own!
Stampin' Up! Supplies
Stamps: Au fil des années (Number of Years), Best Day Ever,
Jumbo Outline Alphabet, Brushstrokes, Writing Notes, mini alphabets
Cardstock: Night of Navy, Pool Party, Very Vanilla, Gold Foil Paper
Ink: Night of Navy, Pool Party, VersaMark
Project Life Specialty Cards: Memories in the Making
Big Shot: Big Numbers Framelits, Mini Treat Bag Framelits, Project Life Paper Clips Framelits,
Timeless Type Alphabet Dies
Accessories: Gold Designer Washi Tape, Gold Glimmer Ribbon, Small Heart Punch,
Owl Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals, Gold Sequin Trim, Artisan Embellishments Kit,
Wide Vanilla Striped Ribbon, Stapler, Fringe Scissors, Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder,
1/8" Gold Ribbon, Sponge Dauber, Stampin' Write Markers
For Christmas, I made a card "from Santa Claus" for my 3-year-old niece and hid it inside a wooden Christmas mailbox I bought before the Holidays. I wanted to make a page about this featuring the pictures my sister took with her phone, so I used the same patterned papers I had used on the card to match and used a Project Life pocket page to create my page. The top centre pocket contains the actual card.
I was unsure about how this page would turn out because it seems the ideas I had weren't turning out like I wanted them to, but in the end, I found some alternatives I liked and I am happy with the result. The top left card was created out of chevron-embossed patterned paper, on which I used the Wandering Words (minicatalogue set from years ago). It so happened that this set includes three images: fluttering leaves, a Santa sleigh and a mailbox with little hearts coming out. Two of those three images fit my theme perfectly! So I embossed the Santa sleigh in navy embossing powder, and the mailbox in pewter powder. I decided to add grass at the bottom and used my Fringe Scissors to cut the grass. The fringes were a little square, so I snipped the end of some of them at an angle to make it more interesting. The design was still a little flat, so I added texture stamped with the Timeless Textures stamp set (this one available in our current Occasions catalogue). The card really took life when I looked through my accessories and found a snowflake brad and the "ho ho ho" word bubble, which happened to be the perfect size and colour! (I love when things work out like that.)
The bottom left card was cut out of an ornement-patterned paper and I planned on using the ornament stamp set with matching Holiday Ornaments Framelits. Try as I may, I just couldn't find the matching stamp set anywhere. I promise you it'll pop up now that my page is done, but I looked through my stamps three times and just couldn't locate it so I finally gave up. I had planned on leaving the card blank until I found them again, but then when looking at accessories, I found some Christmas chipboard pieces from Crate Paper and the ornament was PERFECT for the paper. right shape, right colours, right size... This helped me make peace with not finding my other stamps. I hung the ornament with clear tinsel trim (I'm going to shed a tear when I see the end of that roll, 'cos I love the stuff!) and to fill out the space at the bottom, I used the "Noel" Framelits from the Wonderful Wreath Framelits set to die-cut Dazzling Diamonds glimmer paper.
The title block was created with various alphabet stickers and I thought finding a stamp image would fill in the space at the top nicely and then I remembered an old hostess set we carried that had postage images for various occasions, including Christmas. Perfect touch!
Supplies
Stamps: Prioritaire, Color Me Christmas, Wandering Words,
Timeless Textures (SU!), Marquee Arrows (Recollections)
Cardstock: Pear Pizzazz, Whisper White, Pretty in Pink
Patterned Papers: Be Merry (Recollections)
Ink: Not Quite Navy, Tuxedo Black Memento, VersaMark
Accessories: Markers, Dazzling Details, Softly Falling Embossing Folder,
Circle Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals, Red Polka Dot Ribbons (organza, grosgrain),
Sequins, Project Life Corner Punch, Arrow Clip, Curvy Corner Trio Punch,
Gel Pen, Journaling Tags (October Afternoon), Wonderful Wreath Framelits Dies,
Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper, Make It Merry Designer Brads (October Afternoon),
Make It Merry Doo-Dads (October Afternoon), Snow Day Collection Layered Chipboard (Crate Paper),
Clear Tinsel Trim, Embossing Powders (Navy, Pewter), Fringe Scissors
While working with my Bo Bunny papers, I had put aside the beautiful Snow Day collection. I've always loved this one, both the designs and colours, but I don't have a whole lot of snow day pictures on hand. I remembered my sister had proudly let me know that my niece had started to skate on her own the last time they were at the skating rink so I asked if she had pictures she could email me, and I printed those out and got to working on this Project Life page. (Gotta love technology!)
I made my own cards for the pockets using some die-cut images from the papers. One of the tag was not as wide as the pocket and instead of adding patterned paper underneath, I got the idea to turn it into a shaker by adding wooden snowflakes, sequins and glitter inside, then closing the pocket up using the Fuse Tool.
One fun element: I added a wooden heart on the little cup in the bottom left pocket, and I colored it using the Gold Wink of Stella brush (Occasions Catalogue, p. 24) Completely changes the look of it! I'm going to remember that trick for future use.
Supplies
Patterned Papers: Snow Day (Bo Bunny)
Accessories: Project Life Corner Punch, Wooden Embellishments, Gold Wink of Stella Brush,
Metallic Thread, Alphabet Stickers (Arctic Frog, Basic Grey), Sequins, Gold Fine Glitter,
Project Life Fuse Tool, Blue Gel Pen, 1/16 Circle Handheld Punch
My niece loves evertything girly, so when she visited and found my necklaces hanging behind the closet door and my shoes, she started trying some of them on. So when I found the princess papers in my supplies, I knew they'd make great pocket cards. I used one of the little insert pocket pages from Project Life, so this page is a little narrower than the usual ones.
When I made my previous scrapbook page, I was looking for pictures and this one of Megan putting raspberries on her fingers caught my eye, as the colours worked well with the papers. Having a single picture did not fit the four 6" x 6" square layout I wanted to use on the previous page, so I put the picture aside, but once I was done with the other page, I thought I could do a small 6" X 8" layout with this picture. I had the 3" x 4" LOVE card, so I slipped that in a pocket, the picture in the other, and then I made the second card using scraps... and then realized I would be fast running out of room to add a title and journaling - so I decided to add a left page.
I used scraps to make the second page as well, and I inserted the cards on the back of a pocket page whose other side was already used. For the back page, I had used the Hello December 2014 collection and I found that the backside of one card (the handdrawn stars) worked pretty well with my current papers, so I simply used it and added the Hello die-cut (from the papers) on it, with a little silhouette punched out of the paper as well.
I am really digging all of the projects I've done with this paper collection! The lovely colours and designs really appeal to me.
The "#awesomeness" hashtag was stamped using the now retired @SoSocial stamp set (from last year's catalogue). This one was not available in French, which had me a little bummed, but I decided to invest in the English set anyway, thinking I could use it in my album over time. It hasn't seen a lot of ink yet, but I think I will get more use out of it over time, as I work on my albums.
Supplies
Stamps: @SoSocial (Stampin' Up!)
Patterned Papers: Modern Miss (Bo Bunny)
Ink: Night of Navy
Accessories: Circle Punches, Button, Journaling Pen, Subtles Candy Dots,
Alphabet Stickers (American Crafts Thickers, Jillibean Soup Alphabeans, My Mind's Eye Lime Twist),
Stampin' Dimensionals, Designer Washi Tape
I'll admit something: I don't really get Project Life's Design E layout. Here's why: it's the only protector page layout where no pocket is sized according to regular picture sizes or Project Life Cards sizes. That being said, with a lot of paper stack being 6" x 6" nowadays, this format makes sense to work with patterned papers. And I've managed to use those page protectors a few times in the past. But the strategy to use them is different from the other Project Life pages. I feel like I'm making four mini scrapbook pages instead of a Project Life layout. Have you used this format before yourself? What are your tips to make this format work?
This time, this page design sort of imposed itself because I was left with paper scraps from the beautiful Modern Miss collection by Bo Bunny and the backside of a page had four 6" x 6" squares, two of which I had left from a previous page and I decided to put them to good use. I looked through my pictures to find something that would work with those girly papers and when I found the pictures of my friend Saskia playing dress-up with my niece, I knew they would be perfect.
The numbers used for the date were actually cut out of one of the patterned papers using a circle die and popped up on Stampin' Dimensionals to make them stand out. The striped navy washi tape is Designer Washi Tape from a Project Life by Stampin' Up! Accessories Kit.
Supplies
Stamps: Notable Alphabet (Stampin' Up!)
Patterned Papers: Modern Miss (Bo Bunny)
Ink: Night of Navy
Accessories: Mint Macaron Lace Trim, Midnight Muse Satin Ribbon, Buttons,
Circle Dies, Stampin' Dimensionals, Corner Rounder Punch, Blue Pen,
Poolside Chipboard Stickers (Crate Paper), Circle Punches, Alphabet Rub-ons (Making Memories)
Some of Stampin' Up!'s past Project Life collections are now available in the Clearance section at a deeply discounted price, so I encourage you to check it out! My personal favorite, Everyday Adventure, is still available at more than half off (Card Collection and Accessories) so let me know if you'd like to order those for yourself.
Here's an example of layouts that were done with these Project Life items.
Size: 6" x 8"
Size: 12" x 12"
Stampin' Up! Supplies
Stamps: Sweet Shoppe Lower Alphabet, Calendar Alphabet & Numbers, Skinny Mini Alphabet
Ink: Basic Grey Archival
Cardstock: Whisper White
project Life Cards and Accessories: Everyday Adventure
Accessories: Month Die-Cuts (Echo Park), Brights Designer Buttons, Candy Dots,
Project Life Corner Punch, Project Life Journaling Pens, Triple Banner Punch,
2013-2015 In Color Sequins, Black Baker's Twine, 1/16" Handheld Punch, Banner Punch
I was on a real scrapbooking kick last week and managed to make 12 layouts overall! I hope I keep up this year as I'd like to make at least on layout per week (well, 52 layouts throughout the year, so an average of one per week). That was also a goal I had last year, but I ended up a little short with 41 layouts. Not too far off, though, so I'm hoping that now that I've jumped on board of the Project Life train that I can get it done. I'm already up to a good start with the dozen layouts I've already completed.
This layout is one of the simpler ones I've put together, mostly just slipping Project Life cards into pockets, modifying some of them by cutting them apart and reassembling them together to make them a little more intricate.
Supplies
Stamps: Antique Alphabet (Image Tree)
Ink: Melon Mambo
Project Life Cards: Prismatic Collection
Accessories: Blue pen, Candy Dots, Stampin' Dimensionals
My friend Maggie invited me over to her place for a night of scrapbooking. This is the first page I put together while we were crafting. I had one picture too many for a single-page layout, so I used a spare pocket and the fuse tool to add a picture to my page. You can see the picture with the flap closed in the first picture, and the flap opened in the second picture. I used the backside to add additional journaling. While I was at Maggie's, I used the opportunity to borrow some of her Halloween and alphabet stamps that I don't own myself.
The pictures show our Halloween decorations at the office a few years back. The accounting department had decided to decorate and do a friendly competition between the various teams. Timing wasn't good for the financial information team, since Halloween fell just a couple of weeks before the financial statements filing, so I found this neat idea on Pinterest of an abandoned house with planks in front of the windows, so I cut boxes apart and added nails with a Sharpie marker to put on the windows of our offices. Seems simple enough, but when you have seven offices to decorate, it really adds up! It looked really cool, though, so it was worth the time and effort.
Stampin' Up! Supplies
Stamps: Epic Alphabet, Freaky Friends, Timeless Textures
Cardstock: Very Vanilla
Designer Series Papers: Scarringbone and Houndstooth
Project Life Cards and Accessories: Seasonal Snapshots 2014
Accessories: Project Life Corner Punch, Mini Stapler, Fuse Tool,
Stampin' Write Markers, 1/8" Gold Ribbon, Neutrals Candy Dots, Gold Wink of Stella Brush,
Gold Organza Ribbon, Neutrals Designer Buttons, Metallic Foil Doilies
When I saw the Freshly Made Sketch #216, I knew I could use a Project Life card to mimick the sketch, so I reached for the 2015 Hello December Project Life Cards. I looked for an image that could fit in the circle and landed on the Joyful Season stamp set, thinking I could pair it with the Christmas Greetings Framelits as well.
The colour combo was inspired by the Fab Friday challenge #79. I don't know if I like the final result or not. I think I need to sleep on it and look at it with fresh eyes tomorrow. Right now, I'm simply not excited about the results.
Stampin' Up! Supplies
Stamps: Souhaits de joie (Joyful Season)
Cardstock: Pool Party, Real Red, Mossy Meadow, Very Vanilla
Ink: Pool Party, Mossy Meadow, Real Red, VersaMark
Accessories: Lace Trim, Real Red Pompom Trim, Home for Christmas Enamel Dots,
Curvy Corner Trio Punch, Decorative Dots Embossing Folder, Woodland Embossing Folder,
Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder, Iced Rhinestone Embellishments, Silver Sequin Trim,
Vanilla Medium Envelope, Banner Punch, Silver Foil Paper, Christmas Greetings Thinlits Dies,
Project Life Corner Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals
Today's page was inspired by the Just Add Ink challenge #291 - Just Add C. I went with "Claus" as my inspiration word and picked out some pictures of my niece with her Santa Claus hat.
I had some new Christmas papers and matching die-cuts that I was itching to try, so I pulled out some pictures from last Christmas and a Project Life page protector and went to work. This one came together very easily and I really like the result. The pictures of my niece haming it up for the camera are pretty adorable, too.
Have a closer look at the upper right panel - I used the Boughs & Berries embossing folder on a piece of green patterned paper, to create a subtle vintage frame that matches the retro vibe of the papers and die-cuts. The embossing folders are the right size to emboss 4" x 6" panels, so they are perfect for Project Life pages. Keep in mind that the frame ones are particularly great to frame a journaling panel or a die-cut or stamped image. I just discovered one more use for this embossing folder aside from cards.
Supplies
Stamps: This and That Rotary Date Stamp
Ink: Black Archival Ink (Stampin' Up!)
Patterned Papers: Claus & Co (Simple Stories)
Accessories: Washi Tape, Claus & Co Die-cuts (Simple Stories),
Boughs & Berries Embossing Folder, Alphabet Stickers (American Crafts, Doodlebug Designs),
Stampin' Dimensionals, Claus & Co Wood Veneer embellishments (Simple Stories),
Black journaling pen
While working on scrapbooking my Christmas pictures, I noticed that my niece's shirt was the same colour as the Mint Macaron found in the Project Life Hello December 2015 pack. Even though the layout itself was simple to put together, it took me a long time to decide on which cards to use because I love them all! This is my favorite Project Life pack Stampin' Up! has issued so far. It's soft and gorgeous and the mix of colours really speak to me.
The right card was made by combining two cards together: I handcut the top of a journaling card, and glued it on top of the snowflake one, and used the center to stamp my title. It comes from the Work of Art stamp set (Annual Catalogue, p. 118) and it was perfect to go with the picture of my niece crafting.
I added Snowflake Wooden Elements and the rest of the embellishments all come from the Hello December kit (the sequins, the little stars, the tag, even the narrow washi tape). I strongly recommend getting yours before they sell out or retire from the catalogue. The embellishment pack includes number stickers, so you can either make an album that records the highlights of your month of December, or you can use it like I am to scrapbook your Holidays picture as your normally would. I can't say enough good thing about this Project Life collection.
Stampin' Up! Supplies
Stamps: Work of Art
Ink: Lost Lagoon
Project Life: Hello December 2015 Cards and Accessory Pack
Accessories: Stampin' Dimensionals, Stampin' Write Marker, Snowflake Wooden Accents,
Stamp-a-ma-jig, Project Life Pocket Pages, 6" x 8" Project Life Album
More Holidays pictures I added to my scrapbook album.
Some Stampin' Up! items used:
Supplies
Stamps: Jolly Christmas, Six souhaits (Six Sayings)
Patterned Papers: Merry Little Christmas (Fancy Pants Designs)
Accessories: Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Emboss Powder, Project Life Corner Punch,
Alphabet Stickers, Silver Cording Trim, Project Life Dies, Wooden Snowflake,
Iced Rhinestone Embellishments, Merry Little Christmas Embellishments,
Winter Wonderland Embellishments, Stampin' Write Markers, Cosmo Cricket Brads,
1/8" Silver Ribbon, Metallic Foil Doilies, October Afternoon Brads,
Project Life Page Protector, Handheld Circle Punch, 2015-2017 In Color Blossom Accents
Those pictures were taken a few summers ago at the Accounting Department BBQ party. The Bo Bunny Boardwalk papers were perfect to highlight them.
The title was done using the golf leafing technique with gilding flakes I found at a local store. I used alphabet stamps and our Heat & Stick powder to create the look. Goes well with the peeling paint patterned paper.
As a FYI, the White and Tangerine Tango Two-Tone Trim I used on the right page is now available in the Clearance Rack section of Stampin' Up!'s Website.
Supplies
Stamps: Well-Worn Alphabet
Patterned Papers: Boardwalk (Bo Bunny)
Accessories: Heat & Stick, Cosmic Shimmer Gilding Flakes, Paintbrush,
Chipboard Accents, Journaling Pen, Lace Trim Border Punch, Gold Foil Paper,
Blue Alphabet Stickers
Catching up on scrapbooking pictures that were taken a few years ago, back in Quebec City. The fun, childish designs from the Doodlebug Design papers matched the fun vibe of the pictures really nicely, and I used an extra 5" x 7" Project Life pocket to add one more picture to the layout.
Supplies
Cardstock:Patterned Papers: Home for the Holidays (Doodlebug Designs)
Accessories: Home for the Holidays Embellishments (Doodlebug Designs),
Alphabet Stickers (Doodlebug Designs), Printed Satin Ribbon (Making Memories),
Stampin' Write Markers, Stampin' Dimensionals, Project Life Page Protectors,
Mini Silver Brads (Stampin' Up!)
So when I saw the Mojo Monday sketch #419, the square part reminded me of the Project Life square cards we have. I went hunting in my Project Life card collections and found this snow globe image from last year's Seasonal Snapshots 2014 collection. It was the starting point of the design and when looking for matching Designer paper, I remembered the Under the Tree Specialty Designer Paper from last year, which I used for the card's background.
I used the Darling Doily Thinlits die, which I got from the Clearance Rack (Doilies in any colour that you want and need, at half the original price - too good to pass up!) on a piece of vellum cardstock. I added sequins from the Hello December 2014 Accessories Kit. Dazzling Details was added to the snow in the snowglobe.
I stamped a sentiment from the Oh, What Fun stamp set (page 5 of current Holidays catalogue) on a piece cut out from another Project Life card. (Don't be afraid to cut them apart, to get more use out of the whole pack.)
Since the image card was quite big (4" x 4"), I made a bigger size card than the usual format, in 4½" x 6", and made a matching envelope using paper from the same Designer Paper pack with the Envelope Punch Board. Have you got yours yet? You'll wonder how you ever lived without it.
Stampin' Up! Supplies
Stamps: Hourra pour Noël (Oh, What Fun)
Cardstock: Old Olive, Vellum
Project Life Card Collection: Seasonal Snapshots 2014
Specialty Designer Series Paper: Under the Tree
Ink: Old Olive
Accessories: Darling Doily Thinlits Die, Hello December 2014 Accessory Pack,
Dazzling Details, Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Envelope Punch Board, Corner Rounder Punch,
Stampin' Dimensionals
Another page that was quickly put together thanks to Project Life page protectors.
Supplies
Stamps: Spencerian Alphabet Lower, Taffy Alphabet
Patterned Papers: Bo Bunny
Ink: Baked Brown Sugar
Accessories: Burlap Ribbon, Buttons, Baker's Twine, Gold Sequin Trim,
Naturally Serif Alphabet Die, Prima Flowers, Marker,
Baked Brown Sugar Ruffled Ribbon, Project Life Page Protectors
These pictures are just silly. My favorite dessert is my mom's choux à la crème (cream puffs). We've never seen any go to waste, I can tell you that. While my sister and I usually stuff our faces with them, we did ham it up for the camera for sure, here. Makes for funny memories. My niece was so little on those pictures, a couple of months at the most. She's turning three in a month, reminds me how fast she's growing up.
The Project Life cards I used for that layout are from last year's Sale-A-Bration offering.
TIP: I used an Halloween greeting stamp set on my page. The sentiment read yumyumyum and I stamped it repeatedly on a scrap of paper to create a border at the top of my page. Try to see how your greeting stamps can take a different meaning when used on your pages to get more mileage out of your supplies.
Stampin' Up! Supplies
Stamps: Parfaits fanions, Alphabet Rotary Stamp, ABC-123 Outline Alphabet & Numbers,
Sweet Shoppe Alphabet Lower, Salutations effroyables
Project Life Cards: This Day Mini Card Collection
Ink: Island Indigo
Accessories: Punches (Stamp, Ticket Corner, Scallop Circle, Heart),
Stampin' Write Markers, Project Life Cards and Tags Framelits, Brads, Candy Dots,
Baker's Twine, Silver Glimmer Paper, White Stampin' Emboss Powder
This page was CASEd from a project made by an Artisan Award winner last year. Her page was traditional scrapbooking, but I copied the look using a page protector. Her page was so perfectly executed, I didn't change much from the original version because I liked it so much.
I used Project Life cards that were offered in last year's Holidays catalogue (now retired).
This card was inspired by the Merry Monday challenge #170 and Mojo Monday Sketch #414. The shape of the Mojo sketch reminded me of Project Life cards so I decided to use a Hello December 2015 Project Life card to create the backpiece. The sentiment was stamped from the Oh, What Fun stamp set and I added the holly image from the same set since it was the theme of the Merry Monday challenge. I added a red sequin in between the two images. I then die-cut the image using the square card Framelits from the Project Life Paper clips Thinlits.
I added two pieces of patterned paper: the striped paper is from the Home for the Holidays Designer Series pâper pack and the Tip Top Taupe with polka dots from the 2015-2017 In Color Paper Stack.
The background cardstock was embossed with the Softly Falling Embossing Folder. I just love how pretty and delicate this one is. I'm definitely recommending this one as a Holidays Catalogue favorite, along with the Hello December 2015 PL cards (whether you scrapbook or not).
Stampin' Up! Supplies
Stamps: Hourra pour Noël (Oh, What Fun)
Cardstock: Tip Top Taupe, Very Vanilla
Designer Series Paper: Home for Christmas, 2015-2017 In Color
Ink: Real Red, Lost Lagoon
Accessories: Hello December 2015 Project Life Cards and Accessory Pack,
Project Life Paper Clips Thinlits, Real Red Satin Ribbon (retired),
Project Life Corner Rounder Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals, Triple Banner Punch,
Vanilla Medium Envelope, Softly Falling Embossing Folder
Could those Doodlebug Designs papers be any more perfect for those Holidays pictures? They were taken last Christmas, after my niece received an elf costume from her grandma. I love the picture of her admiring herself in the full-length mirror. She seemed so pleased!
I used the Project Life Hello December 2015 stamp set to stamp the little tree banner (upper left corner), the trim border (upper center), the red bow on the bottom right panel and the grey banner at the bottom. The top left picture was punched with the Triple Corner Punch, but here's my warning to you: I found it doesn't really punch neatly in pictures, as it does in cardstock. So keep that in mind...
For the title, I used Real Red Foil Paper and the alphabet die we carried in the last catalogue (and that retired before I even had a chance to use them, so I'm making up for it now). That cute elf image is from an older stamp set that I've kept. The image tied in nicely with my theme, so I stamped the image in Jet Black StazOn on watercolor paper and colored it using a blender pen and inks.
Supplies
Stamps: Project Life Hello December 2015, Gifts of Joy (retired)
Cardstock: Whisper White, Cool Cucumber, Real Red, Watercolor Paper
Patterned Papers: Home for Christmas (Doodlebug Designs)
Inks: Jet Black StazOn, Real Red, Cool Cucumber, Smoky Slate, Basic Grey, VersaMark
Accessories: Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder, Ticket Corner Rounder Punch,
Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Blending Pen, Stampin' Dimensionals, Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper,
Triple Corner Punch, Doodlebug Designs Buttons, Real Red Foil Paper, Alphabet Dies,
Home for Christmas Stickers (Doodlebug Designs), Project Life Cards, Decorative Scissors,
Design Washi Tape, Stampin' Write Markers
Sharing today another page I put together using the Project Life Hello December 2015 cards, stamp set and accessories (which can be purchased all together at 15% off as a bundle). For this page, I added a couple of other items, including a piece of paper from the Home for Christmas Designer Series Paper (the music score background and the striped paper), and a piece of Mint Macaron paper from the 2015-2017 In Color paper stack. I also used the Woodland embossing folder to create a background for one of the squares. You'll notice that some of the new embossing folders that include a pattern that has a direction are now offered in 6" x 6". This is a wonderful change because it allows to emboss the pattern whether you have an horizontal card or a vertical one. Or in this case, it allowed me to emboss on a 6" x 6" square without any seams. Great news for those Project Life page protectors!
Pictures show my Christmas tree from last year, the first natural tree I ever got. I was so happy with how it looked and how nice it smelled in the house. I decided on a whim I wanted to get one when I found a rebate online for half off on a full tree, and the offer included home delivery. That was the part that sealed the deal for me! Because the theme of the page was the tree, I selected PL cards that had trees on them, and also used the tree scenery from the Sleigh Ride Edgelits to die-cut Gold glimmer paper.
Stampin' Up! Supplies
Stamps: Project Life Hello December 2015, Moments mémorables
Ink: Real Red, Lost Lagoon
Project Life: Hello December 2015 Cards and Accessories
Designer Series Paper: Home for Christmas, 2015-2017 In Color Stack
Accessories: Snowflake Elements, Home for Christmas Enamel Dots,
Lace Trim, Gold Glimmer Paper, Sleigh Ride Framelits Dies,
Woodland Embossing Folder, Project Life Pocket Protector,
Mint Macaron Lace Trim, Circle Punch, Gold Satin Ribbon, Red Foil Paper,
Alphabet Dies (retired)