Project Life with Marie-Pierre

Hello everyone!

Ready to see some Project Life inspiration?

What I loved about the PL scrapbook kit this month is all the green!!! It was perfect and so fitting for my St-Patrick's day photos. :)

Left page:

I'm happy I could use my favorite embellishment this month (the acetate words) over one of my photos. The transparency of the word lets you superpose things without making it too crowded. I used the "capture" as a title for the page and I used the gold letters to add subtitles.

Capture the beauty.
Capture the Leprechaun.
Capture Magic
Capture pride.
Capture Harmony (which is the name of our Elf).

I used the dark green card to place under 2 little drawings I had found in my daughter's book bag.

And I continued with green cards, but this one as lots of room for journaling. I typed with my typewriter and I added some more details with my pen. The little hearts made me think of when we watch a periscope. :)

I used bits of the label sheet to add more journaling and details.

And I didn't have enough letters to spell out Harmony so I just used a golden hear for the bullet point and that's it. 

Right page:

I wanted to make the right page very soft (in contrast to the left page with all these vibrant colors) and very spring looking since spring and flowers in trees are my favorite things at the moment.

So I used two very neutral card and added very little embellishments. 

I used the yellow but still subtle card to back my forsythia photo. 

And here again, subtle colors and minimal embellishing. And I called it good. 

Have a great day! So dig into your scrapbooking kit  or stash and I hope you can get some crafting done today. 

Marie-Pierre 

Digging up memories

Good morning!

Every once in a while I get nostalgic and dig through old folders of photos.  Usually I find a few that I love that get put into a "to scrap" folder.  Sometimes that folder provides me with a little inspiration. This page is a product of that inspiration.

This photo was taken in 2011 when my littlest was barely about over a year.  She was to tiny and sweet.  I miss this so much.  Thankfully there are photos and this wonderful hobby to remind me of this awesome time.

kit:  April 2016 "Santorini" Main Scrapbook Kit

I hope I have inspired you a little today.  

Brenda

Tuesday Tutorial with Melissa Mann

Good Morning!

I'm sharing my pocket page process with you this morning!

I really loved the large acetate words that were included in the April kit! I tried to put at least one of the words on every page to add some cohesion to the three spreads I completed in my album.  I am *still* working on getting 2015 caught up!

The first step is obviously printing out my photos. I used Photoshop and my Canon Selphy printer and print all my photos at home. This has worked really well for me as I can print exactly how many photos I need and the size I need. Once all my photos are printed out, I match them up to which page protector will best work. I still have a lot of 12x12 page protectors left over and even though I'm using the 9x12 album, I'm making them work! I cut them down to the size that will fit. I love having all the different sized protectors in my album :-)

Once my photos are printed, I cut them down with my paper trimmer. I usually print a variety of 4x6 photos and 3x4 photos. I really love adding a sequence of photos in my albums. I had 3 pictures that I had taken of my husband one evening and really wanted to incorporate them into one of my spreads. I printed all three at the 3x4 size and converted them to black and white.

Once my photos are printed and trimmed, I decide which cards and background papers I want to use with them. I typically use the 6x6 papers included in the Pocket Life Kits for my 4x6 photos. I cut them down to that size and then trim my photos to be slightly smaller. I love the look of machine stitching and usually stitch all these together.

I also picked out two cards to use for some longer journaling: the yellow woodgrain(ish) paper trimmed to 4x6 and the "Now" 3x4 card. Since I was documenting the month of September, I really didn't want the word "March" to show on the top of my 3x4 card. I used one of the text stickers to cover it up and it worked perfectly!

I typed up my journaling on the cards and then I decided I wanted to jazz up the three black and white photos of my husband with one of the acetate words. I placed it over the top of all three cards and then cut it into three pieces to stretch over all three photos. I then stitched this down with my sewing machine.

Once I have all my cards put together, I embellish all of them with stickers, stamps, etc.

Make sure you share your page with us! We would love to see them ;-)

Thanks for stopping by!

Sunday Sketch with Elizabeth

Hello there my friends! Elizabeth here to share my take on the Sunday Sketch. 

It's always fun to get a little creative with the sketch elements. I took some liberties with the stars and paper edges. I can't wait to see what you all create using this lovely sketch!

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you all have a scraptacular Sunday.

3 to Inspire

Hello! Michelle here with this week's "3 to Inspire" challenge!

Your take on this challenge can be a layout or a PL spread and you must include all 3 prompts on your project. This is what I have for you today:

1. Use a stamp in your title.
2. Add some sparkle.
3. Use no more than three colors.

Here is my take using the April "Citron" Add On Kit:

This was such a fun challenge for me! Playing with color is always a good thing in my opinion and the April "Citron" Add On Kit had plenty of great options. I ended up going with three colors: green, blue, and yellow and loved the result! Creating the title using a stamp came together way better than I had imagined with the "a piece of my happy" stamp being a perfect fit and sentiment to pair with "Home." I am always happy to add some glitter to my project and thought the blue glitter Thickers gave just the right amount of sparkle to my page. 

Now it's your turn! Use the three prompts to create your own project, share it with us here in the gallery , and you will be eligible to win a small prize from the CTK Store. Make sure to include the date of the challenge in the title of your gallery submission!  Can't wait to see what you create!

Michelle

Pocket Life Sketch Friday | neutral spread with pops of color

Hello and welcome in another Pocket Life Sketch post! It's Kasia here with some pockets inspiration!

I love bright and airy spreads and try to keep my 2016 album in this style. I focus a lot on neutral, cool colors through all my pages - I pick white, grey and shades of blue and love building the base of my pages on them - so as you can imagine April kit was perfect for me! I love the double sided cards and possibility to choose more neutral color scheme.

But I also know that neutral spreads can be a bit boring - both to look at and to make. We all love some color, don't we? So every week I try to add different splash of color to the pages I make. This time I picked green - my tiny herb garden was an inspiration for this move!

Just two green elements - the week number and big, transparent title helped my pages come to life and look much more interesting. I used other bits and pieces from "Santorini" Pocket Life kit and April Sprinkles kit to finish off my pages. Below you can see more photos!

I also have some fun sketches for you this week. Most of the time I stick to same pockets, but sometimes, to change things off a bit I pull out my fuse tool and create a custom pocket. It's so much fun!

Don't worry if you don't have a Fuse Tool - you can also use a sewing machine or just create a layout following the sketch and slip it into full size page protector. Experiment! And have fun!:)

Show us which side of April kit you felt inspire to use - did you go for neutrals or for bold colors this month?

Cut It Out

Hello all and happy Thursday!

Wendy here to share up a fun and quick tutorial using the April 2016 Main "Santorini" Scrapbook Kit.  You could easily adapt this tutorial from a tag to a scrapbook layout.  Go for it!

I was inspired to create this project as we all need daily affirmations and positive vibes to remind ourselves to stand out, that we are enough.

If you know me around this turf, you know I love to mix it up and splash in a bit of the unexpected into my scrapbook albums.  So, I have this thing with tags and shared up my little passion before here.  It's been awhile since I made one and created a quick tag using the April 2016 Main "Santorini" Scrapbook Kit.

I used the same basics in prep and measurement from my previous tag.  The size is 5 1/2" x 12".  I scrapbook in 9"x 12" size for my main scrapbook albums, so this size tag works perfectly as a little insert within my album.

Upon receiving my kit, I crushed hard over this the fun Bow + Arrow paper by American Crafts included in the April 2016 Main "Santorini" Scrapbook Kit.  So, I had this idea to cut out some of the arrows.  I used adhesive to lightly adhere the various arrows around the photo on my tag.  I added a file folder tab from the diecut cardstock elements from Basic Grey (also included in the kit).  I stamped "this I know" onto the file folder tab (from the stamp set included in the kit).

"Stand out" is a digital phrase banner cut out from the digital printable sheet (included in the kit).

I always look forward to seeing the exclusive Citrus Twist Kits stamp set each month.  Again, another month as a stunner stamp set!  I used the phrase "I am enough" on a repeat fade out technique under my photo.

Then, I added another digital phrase banner cut out from the digital printable sheet (included in the kit).

That's it, easy peasy!  I hope I inspired you to think a bit 'outta the box' and create a different project with a bit of inspiration from my tutorial.

Wendy