Tuesday Tutorial with Melissa Mann

Good Morning, friends!

This is Melissa here with you this morning and I'm sharing a layout I made with the Pocket Life kits from July & August! Those kits are packed with so many goodies and I still had a ton left from each one - I decided to use the leftover bits to create this layout.

First, I found a cut file and used my Silhouette Cameo to cut the background page out.

I found a photo I wanted to use and printed out two square copies of it using my Canon Selphy printer. I picked out the pattern paper I wanted to use; I LOVED the 6x6 patterned papers that were included in the August kit that were dog themed and used all of those. I cut them down into smaller pieces and backed the hearts that were cut out on my white card stock.

I used small pieces of scotch tape to hold the small pieces of pattern paper down. I kept covering them all until every heart was "filled" with a pattern.

I backed the piece of white card stock with another piece of card stock and then stitched it all down using my sewing machine. There was no rhyme or reason for the stitching - I just stitched in between all the hearts.

Next, I trimmed my photos down and layered them with some tags, stickers, and chipboard.

I wanted to use that "Summer" chipboard piece that was included in last month's kits and layered it on top of a vellum envelope and another tag. I stitched these down and put it in the lower right hand corner of my layout.

Lastly, I added other embellishments around my layout such as chipboard hearts, stickers, and glitter embellishments.

And here's the final result!

I hope you are enjoying your kits! Remember, to stretch those supplies out! You can create pocket pages, layouts, cards, and altered projects with just one kit!

Thanks for stopping by!

Friday Pocket Life Sketch

Hello Karen here to share with you some sketches to try on the weekend. Do you get creative on the weekend? I know I do, most likely because the days seem longer!

Now, here are the sketches based off of these pocket pages I created. I used an app called Bamboo for this sketch, so mind the basic-ness of it, it really is a SKETCH. They are 6x8 in size, but you can of course create any size. The second page is using a full scrap layout. I love inserting full page scrapbook layouts in my pocket pages.

Make sure you share your pocket pages with us in the Citrus Twist Gallery or onto our Facebook page!
Thanks for stopping by and taking a look.

Karen x

Mixed PL spread: layout and some pockets

Hello!
Mira here and today I will be sharing PL spread where I combined regular 12x12 layout with a pocket page. Take a look:

When I became a Pocket Scrapbooking lover I stopped creating regular 12x12 layouts and I really don't have an excuse for that! I thought it would be nice to have layouts and pockets side-by-side in my album so I decided to go for it!

All about my daughter Ola and her worm-toys...

I wanted this LO to be the most important part of my spread, so I changed the size of 12x12 pocket page protector into 8x12, filled it with pictures and only a few embellishments. Added a little note with the whole story, and this was it!

I used: July PL and "Instalove" Embellishment Kit with beautiful "Moment" stamp from Citrus Twist Kits "Sunshine Adventure" stamp set designed by Jessy.

Hope You enjoyed my inspiration!
Guys... Don't forget to add regular layouts to Your PL albums!

Have a great day!

POCKET LIFE SKETCH FRIDAY

Hi everyone, it's Eve here back for another Pocket Life Friday.

3 sketches to inspire you, hope you love them :)

For your chance to win some happy mail, create a layout based on the sketches in this blog post, post your layout to our Gallery or our Facebook Fan Page by Friday, July 31th and label it PL 7/24!

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have some crafty time for yourself this weekend!

Have a lovely day.

Tuesday Tutorial with Mira

Hello!
It's Mira here today with simple tutorial about how to add some interesting effect to Your Pocket Albums using transparent page dividers.
Let's get to work!

You will need:
transparent film
permanent white ink pen (or gold/silver/other)
embellishments (I used gorgeous October Afternoon Daily Flash Stars and Hearts thickers from July PL Kit)
office punch

First - cut the transparent film to the size that You want and punch the holes to add it to Your album.

Then start drawing (or writing) on the film:

Create the pattern on the whole divider:

And add the embellishments on top:

Then You can sew them into the foil:

 In another approach You can write the sentence again and again on the film or even go further and write the whole story there:

You can also leave the film clear and only attach some embellishments in the middle:

I kept my dividers clean&simple, but You can attach as many embellishments as You want! Go crazy!
I hope You like this simple idea for Your Pocket Albums.
Don't forget to share Your dividers with us if You create one!

Have fun!

Pocket Life Sketch Friday

Hi everyone, it's Tara here back for another Pocket Life Friday. This month I was blown by all the fantastic goodies that were in the PL kits this month! I honestly keep telling myself each month the current kit is even better than the last one!

Don't forget to read for details on our weekly giveaway associated with today's sketches at the end of the post.

 

Here is the first layout I created using a 6x8 format. I really love this size so much - it's my happy medium when wanting to do one full page to capture memories. We had a lot of fun as a family preparing the boys for their putt-off competition with their golf coach.

 

Here is a closer look. I love the Poolside embellishments from the "Instalove" Embellishment kit and found some coordinating enamel dots I made in my stash. Plus the denim stickers are the perfect touch! I also used the Snarkfully Yours stamp  for my caption below the photo. It was perfect for this occasion.

The coordinating sketch for my layout:

I finally had a chance to try out my WRMK Fuse tool and make my own little embellishment pocket. I used some sequins from my stash and a few little bits and bobs from the Main and Sprinkles kit. I also used one of my heart dies to cut out a teeny heart from the 6x6 patterned paper included in this kit. The stamps by fellow Design Team girl, Jessy are just so amazing. I had to add them in on my layout. I loved the pattern paper in the Main kit and it went well with the mint stickers too.

Here is a closer look at the stamps. Stamps are a great way to add a little more to any project. The best part of stamping is the countless creations you can make with them by adding certain words from different stamp sets.

Finally, the last sketch for today.

For your chance to win some happy mail, create a layout based on the sketches in this blog post, post your layout to our Gallery or our Facebook Fan Page by Friday, July 24th and label it PL 7/17!

 

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have some crafty time for yourself this weekend!

Have a lovely day.

Xxo, Tara