Pocket Life Sketch Friday

Hi everyone! It's Trina here today sharing some simple pages I've made for my pocket life album this month. I'm working with the August "Kaleidoscope" pocket page scrapbook kit and August Embellishment kit.

Here is my finished spread:

Here are your PL sketches for the week. We have one for a 4-pocket pocket page and another for a 6" x 8" mini scrapbook layout, so all of our scrapbookers and pocket page scrappers can find something to use here:

Now onto more photos for the sketch. I love the new Dear Lizzy Saturday puffy stickers. They are adorable! The heart cut file is part of our free cut file for the month that you can download over on our Facebook Citrus Twist Kits Fan Page.

Close-ups next!

I used a script font to cut the word "weekend" out on my silhouette. I wanted a title that was script-looking that would fill the width of my page. See that soft yellow acrylic paint? That was used to cover up some journaling that smeared badly. I painted over it using my Illustrated Faith Paint Card (any credit-type card will word) to spread the acrylic evenly. Afterwards I journaled on one of the cutaparts from the August kit and stapled it over the yellow paint.

I don't shy away from working with a mistake on an almost-finished page! The Nuvo Crystal Drops in Buttermilk (a must-have Nuvo color available in our Shop here) were perfect little enamel dot additions that I applied directly on my layout over and around the yellow acrylic paint. 

I saved the cut out heart fills from the cut file to use as templates to cut the pattern paper to put behind  the outlined hearts. The last think I did before applying the Nuvo onto my page was stitch some of the cut out heart fills down on my page:

Here is a close-up of my pocket page. The rainbow-striped card and yellow "A History of Magic" strip are from this month's Sprinkles kit (now sold out), from Crate Paper's new Cute Girl Ephemera. 

Next, I kept my journaling simple for the pocket page using my retro typewriter and the PL kit stamp:

Thanks for visiting Pocket Life Friday, where every week we share PL sketches and a chance to win. For your chance to win, create a layout based on the sketch in this blog post, post your layout to our Gallery or our Facebook Fan Page by Friday, August 12th 2016. Be sure to include PL 8/5 in the title!

Happy scrapbooking!
Trina

3-to-Inspire Challenge with Trina

It's time for our weekly 3-to-Inspire challenge and a chance to win happy mail! For this challenge I played with our Driftwood Pocket Life kit, current and past kit stamps, plus a couple of items from my stash and the Driftwood Main scrapbook kit.

Here are your three prompts:

1. Use stamps to create your journaling.
2. Cut up pattern paper into strips and create a layered background with them. 
3. Use a product you haven't used before.

Here is my finished page.

Use Stamps for Journaling
Use stamps (I used multiple!) to create your journaling. Have fun with this.

Pattern Paper Strips
Cut strips of pattern paper, layer them and stitch. I cut my strips with scissors. The width and length are varied to create interest. After the strips were stitched down, I tucked ephemera in between some of the strips. One strip layer was created with pieces of white doily.

Product I Haven't Used Before
My product is Nuvo Crystal Drops. (We also carry the Nuvo Crystal Drops in the Citrus Twist Kits Shop.) The Main Driftwood scrapbooking kit has a bottle included in it in fabulous Neptune (used on this layout). These drops were fun to use. I applied them directly onto my page and accidentally smeared one as I put some finishing touches on my page. Next time, I'll apply them directly then walk away from my desk for a few hours while they dry. After about 5 hours the enamel drops were dry enough to come back to my layout for more play.

My 3-to-Inspire page also has a corresponding pocket page. I kept my pockets super simple with an emphasis on pictures and journaling since the facing layout page was busier. The little epoxy stickers in this month's Driftwood pocket page kit are perfect for your PL!

Here is a close-up of my finished layers.

Now it's your turn. Use the three prompts to create your own project, share it with us here in the gallery and/or our Facebook Forum! Make sure to include the date of the challenge (7/23) in the title of your gallery submission. I can't wait to see what you create!