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Maximize your stamps Day 5: Non-birthday projects

 Welcome back! Today marks the last day of blogging about how you can use your stamp set from Kellie Stamps.  I hope that you have enjoyed all the tips and tricks as much as I have and that you don´t forget to enter the giveaway from yesterday! Today I wanted to share a few non-birthday related projects from me and the some of the other DT members from Kellie Stamps. Enjoy!

Alexandria made this great pocket page spread! 

The challenge is using theme products for projects that don't match that theme. I picked my photos for the week, and chose one digital stamp for each photo that I could use as a jumping off point for the journaling. I lowered the opacity so I could see a bit of the photo through the words, and placed them in the center of each photo. I made simple black and white 3x4 cards to match, and added simple little chipboard pieces to each photo.

 

Diane is back today sharing this fun pocket page! 

"It's easy to use 'themed' digital stamps on a regular week of Project Life! With just a small amount of modification and a few embellishments, I used a birthday-themed set from Kellie Stamps on a pretty ordinary week. Sometimes those ordinary moments deserve just as much celebration as the big events!"

Diane also share process videos on her Youtube channel. Here is the link to the video for this page!

Julie worked in the Project Life app to make these pages.

Highlighting some of our summer favorites in this Project Life app layout. All of these photos are also in my Little Summer JOY album, but I wanted to bring them into our family Photobook as well because, truly, they're some of our biggest highlights from the summer. Our favorite spots, favorite moments, favorite things.

 

I made this simple pocket page that will go into my regular scrapbooking album. I really think that the sentiment of "celebrate" can be used in so many ways, don´t you?

What did I tell you? I think I can use this stamp set over and over again without getting tired of it! 

Have a great weekend and thank you for stopping by!

Lisa

 

 

Maximize your stamps Day 3 Home decor projects

It´s time for some home decor inspiration all made with the digital version of the "Eat more cake" stamp set from Kellie stamps.

For my home, I like to add simple designs that I can make myself. And it doesn´t get any easier than with a digital stamp! For this poster I simply opened a WORD document on my computer and added the "it´s your day" stamp from the set to the document and centered it. For a little more interest I added a border around the actual image (also in WORD) before printing it. I printed on A4 paper, but I am going to also be printing this on a larger paper size later. Here I have just added some washi tape to attach the poster to my wall. Doesn´t it look fresh and fun?!

Here I have added the same poster into a simple easy frame and put it in two different places in my home just to show you how nice it looks in a frame too!

Kim made this lovely banner with the digital version of the stamp set. 

Besides using digital stamps as photo overlays or bases for journal/filler cards, there are bound-less ways to use these modern, amazing tools for memory keeping. I also created this 'Celebrate' banner. After downloading the whole word,  I split each letter into its own file so it would be easier to maneuver them in my online Cricut software. Enlarging each to about 6 inches tall, I electronically cut each letter in pink and also it's shadow in a darker shade to add depth. Attaching to a white square of cardstock, the short pentagons on bottom part of the flag in stripes and dot grid gold, add just the right amount of accent to this all purpose banner. From birthday parties to everyday instances we commemorate,  it's a welcome addition to our house party decorations!

I have one more quick and easy project to share. These cute flags are so cute to add to a bouquet of flowers as a hostess gift or to a houseplant too.

I just printed a few of the sentiments aligned to the left to have room to fold them in half. Then cut them in strips and cut the little banner edge, folded them in half and with double sided tape I attached them to a grill stick.

See? Quick and easy is my middle name! Well maybe not easy :)

 

What would you make?

Maximize your stamps Day 2: Birthdays

Welcome back! Today I am sharing a few ways you can use the stamp set Eat more cake from Kellie stamps to make cards, layouts and party decor for birthdays. Let´s go!

These first projects are made by myself. I´ve made a wrapping paper by using a WORD document, setting the paper to horizontal and then adding in the two digital stamps happy and birthday as you can see. For a little bit more interest I chose to make the middle row a bit bigger and use a bright pink. You can easily change the color of the stamps in a digital editing program such as Photoshop. I have used the free website picmonkey.com for that. 

I also used Picmonkey for the card shown here. I started out with a 4x6" canvas and added the stamps at the top there several times and changing the color/opacity level on a few to create the faded stamp effect. The cake stamp is an older one from Kellie stamps that is not longer available, but you could add any birthday related stamp or embellishment really. 

Here are two fun cards made by the owner her self, Kellie. Here is what she says:

Over the other weekend Diane was sharing her watercolour cards she'd made.  It got a lot of us inspired to start creating and so I grabbed out my forgotten watercolour paint set and tried a few things that weren't working. But then I remembered watching a youtube clip  from Amy Tan, here.  After that is all just came together and I love it. 

Tracey made this cool card! 

My intention was to make it look like a lightbox.  It took way longer than I thought (silhouette dramas) but I am really happy with how it turned out.  I have made the messages on acetate that can be removed to give it more of an authentic look.

Diane is the one who made all the fabulous brush script in this stamp set! 

I created this layout to celebrate my 35th birthday and there is no better way to make a layout special than with a WHOLE LOT of stamping in my favourite colour: rainbow! I threw some stitching in there as well and I have a very special layout for my special day!

My fellow swedish DT member Magdalena made this fun and different birthday layout.

My daughter turned seven in August so this stamp set for perfect to use for my traditional birthday interview project. I also wrote a bit about her day.

Cecily made two fun party pieces! 

To create these coordinating birthday pieces, simply grab some digital stamps and create your sentiment, then attach them to coordinating cardstock or card base and you're ready to roll. I chose the traditional 'Happy Birthday' but there are loads of things you could say!

Make sure the two words are fully attached to each other for easy trimming and then accentuate the black and white words with a pop of color–or confetti like I've done with this card!

 

Tara made this cute pocket page spread. 

I made my own journal cards using the Letterglow app, changing the colors for boys/girls. I am going to be doing an IG giveaway for a pdf of the journal cards.

 

Isn´t this just a fantastic use of just one stamp set?!

Ok, so we have birthdays down, tune in tomorrow to see some home decor projects!

May week 1 Challenge: Sketch #2

Welcome back! How did you like the sketch and my take yesterday?! Today I´m back with my take on the second sketch. 

Here is how I presented sketch #2: I realize these two are similar in design, but the way you can use the photo placements are endless; 4 photos, or two a little larger, one large square or many more in a collage.

And here is my take on the sketch. I used a small collage with photos from a recent spring walk. I could have just typed my journaling next to the photo mat, but I wanted a little something more so I used a journaling card from the Project Life Everyday kit that I had bought digitally a while ago and typed my journaling before printing the card out. And that bright green washi was the perfect spring shade. 

 

Amy also made a layout using sketch #2. See how she used two larger photos instead of the four square ones on the sketch? It works so well and I love that she matted the photos with a square (no pun intended!). Oh and just look at those kitties and their boy!

Marnie made a layout too. She stayed true to the sketch, but wrote the journaling on the right side instead which is very pleasing to the eye.

 

Again if this inspires you to make something of your own, please share!

 

Lisa

April week 2 challenge: Friday Showtime

Hi all, Lisa here today! When Dee told us her topic for this week, I just had to make a page! I will have a sweet tooth forever! 

 

I decided to go with a photo of the spoon full of Nutella that is heaven :) The journaling does say that a spoon full of Nutella every day makes a girl happy, but it might go a few days between! I used my watercolors to make a simple background for this page. I love how happy this page looks! 

Have a great weekend!

Pin-inspired Day 1

Hi there! I am so happy to be back with the weeklong themes! Our team (Jennifer H, Becca and me) is up first and we are doing all Pinterest inspired posts. This is how we did it: we all found one pin and are blogging about our own projects made with that pin as inspiration. Then as a little extra, we made something inspired by the other's pin also. I like to see how we all interpret different things from the same piece!

I, Lisa, am going first! Here is the pin that I picked.

 

It makes my heart go pitterpatter when I see the fun colors and the outlined ink. I knew that I wanted to use the letters as my inspiration and I made 2 layouts.

As you see I used the cut out letters and outline as my main inspiration. I don't have a die cutting machine, so I handcut the letters. I don't mind; I like it as therapy! I found some fun and colorful patterned papers to match my daughter's mood in these selfies. What is up with teens and selfies by the way?! Haha! Anyway she is a selfie queen! Rather than just using a collage of the four photos, I used my sewing machine to make a grid for the photos. 

As I had adhered the letters and used a fine pen to make the outlines. I don't mind the lines being uneven one bit, I like it!

 

 

Here is the second layout I made. I wanted to show you how fun the cut out letters can be with a more cohesive color palette. I jumped in my scraps basket looking for different yellow papers and spelled out the word sunflower in this quote I found. It worked perfectly with the new photos I took at the sunflower field a few weeks ago! 

Here is just a closer look.

 

 

 

Jennifer made this digital layout using my pin as inspiration. I love how she used those fun upper case letters! So colorful and fun.

Thank you for stopping by today!

Lisa

Scrapbook. A few favorites

Hi, Lisa here today with a scrapbook post! I am sharing a few different layouts all with the theme favorites.

 While purging the house as we prepare to move, I came across old notebooks. I usually have one or two notebooks every year, where I list things, write down creative ideas etc. This notebook was one from 2009, when I turned 30. During that year I set out to list things in 30s; 30 things I want to remember etc. I flipped through the book and found a list with my (then) 30 favorite movies ever. It was fun to read it! I decided to continue the list with a few more current movies and make a layout out of it! 

 While thinking of favorite things I also made this layout about my favorite way to pass time; crafts in my hands and an audiobook in my ears! 

 

Last, but not least I made this layout. My family consists of 3 people including me and those other two are really my favorite people. We have so much fun together it makes my heart happy! We, read I, try to take decent photos of the three of us on a regular basis. Well, let´s just say there are a lot of outakes! I wanted to use some of them on a layout because I still love them and they reflect our perfectly imperfect life! 

 

There you have it, 3 favorite themes layouts! 

 

I hope you all have a great day!

Lisa

scrapbook | hybrid love

 

Hi, it's Cristina here, and today I want to share with you my love for hybrid scrapbooking. You see, I ventured into scrapbooking from the digital side and, while I still do all-digital pages, now I also love incorporating digital designs in my paper pages.

Digital designs are so easy to use. They can be as simple as adding an overlay on top of your photos, or they can be used to jumpstart the page's design, like in the example I will show today. What I really like about it is that I can plan my page on the computer before committing to paper. 

The start: on the computer

For this page, I used a set of digital brushes by Ali Edwards called Who What Where Why Boxes. I was inspired by this set of brushes to make a page about me, so I selected four boxes that would help me tell the story. I laid them out on my canvas in Photoshop, and picked four photos to go along with them. I also changed the color of the boxes. I laid everything out in a nice grid design.

This could very well be a digital page as is, and could be completed by adding some simple journaling. Instead, I decided to turn it into a hybrid page -- this means that I printed out the digital elements and my photos, and combined them with some papers and embellishments from my stash. 

Print

I print everything at home - it's so much easier for me to be able to go from computer to paper in one click and a few seconds. I recently got a new printer and I like the quality of the prints. For this page, I wanted to add some texture, so I decided to print the digital brushes on vellum paper. I printed the photos on photo paper.

Match with other supplies

Next, I picked a neutral background paper from my stash (by Basic Grey). I also used some letter stickers (Simple Stories) to add a few words under each box. I used brads to attach the vellum boxes to my page.

I stitched down the letter stickers with my sewing machine. At first, when I laid out my page on the computer, I was planning to make an 8.5"x11" page. But then, after placing the photos and boxes on the background, I liked the white space on the side, and decided to keep it and add a stamped title.

And there you have it! 

I love the texture that these boxes add to my page with the see-through effect.

And now.. I'd love to hear from you! Do you incorporate digital designs in your pages? Leave me a comment and let me know!

Documenting December

 

Hi, it's Cristina here, and today I want to show you my December Daily albums. The most wonderful time of the year is starting soon.. and I am starting to make plans on how I want to document December this year.

I have completed a December Daily album in each of the past four years, and I am at it again this year for the fifth album. This really is my favorite project. I love Christmas, and I love documenting it.

In these past four years, I have taken different approaches to putting my album together, and I want to share my impressions with you. Each of these four albums was put together using my stash.

My 2010-2013 albums

In 2010, I used a 2-ring album. The pages were all hybrid, and I used my Silhouette extensively. In 2011, which was once again all hybrid, I assembled the album using my Cinch. In 2012 and 2013 I used pocket scrapbooking. Here's a look at the inside of the albums.

I love combining different shapes and textures in the album - you can see how I used bubble wrap at the front of my 2010 album and vellum at the front of the 2011 and 2013 albums.

What I liked & what I want to change

 And here is a peek at some random pages in my albums.

As you can see, in my 2010 album I combined a lot of different shapes of pages. I love this and want to do it again in 2014!

In 2011, I added lots of journaling to tell my Christmas stories. I used each 2-page spread per day, one story per day. I want to do this again in 2014!

In all my albums, the number of the day is featured prominently. I want to do this again in 2014!

The pocket-album approach I used in 2012 and 2013 made it very quick and easy to put together my album and I was able to use up a lot of journal cards from my stash, but I found myself writing less. I also dislike that the different textures get lost behind a plastic protector.  I will not do a pocket album in 2014.

My process

In 2010, my first December Daily, I pre-made all the pages because I was traveling for most of December. I ended up not being able to keep up with the album during my trip, and finished it a few months later. The other three years I worked on my album as we went. In 2013 I actually fell behind and I finished my album after the summer. I definitely lose inspiration if I don't work on my album in December, so I will try to stay current as much as I can. But I know now not to worry if that fails, because I can catch up when things slow down. In any case, I find that waiting to have my pictures in front of me works best, rather than having all the foundation pages made first. I will make a list of Christmas topics to use for the days in which I don't have any Christmas-related story to tell.

And now.. I'd love to hear from you! Are you looking forward to December? What are your plans for documenting this month? Leave me a comment and let me know!

Welcome, October!

It is the first of the month and we couldn't be more excited! This month we are all about making use of what you have. Shopping your stash. Reduce/reuse/recycling all those piles of paper and all those drawers of embellishments. To get us started, our team created an entire gallery with scraps they had lying around. They weren't allowed to use anything new or whole (except a background paper, of course!). They did an amazing job! The layouts are hip, fresh, current, and well designed. A reminder that we have lots to work with even if we haven't shopped lately!

Let's go look, shall we? Don't forget you may always click over to the gallery album to read the journaling and see the layouts in a larger format! Enjoy!!

 

Leftovers | Aliza Deutsch

12 x 12 | materials patterned paper (Chic Tags, Cocoa Daisy, Elle’s Studio) + enamel dots (Freckled Fawn) + thickers (American Crafts) + stickers (Jillibean Soup, Evalicious, My Mind’s Eye, Heidi Swapp) + fonts (Skinny)

A Note from Aliza
You know that time of the month…When you have used your favorites from your monthly kit, another kit is not due to arrive for a few weeks, and all you have left is dozens and dozens of older supplies that are sitting in your crafting area. It is not the easiest time to scrap, but it gets some older products used, and flexes those creative muscles.

October Fun Fact
I work at a preschool, and every October I have to give a presentation to the parents. It’s always good, but it sure does get my nerves going!

 

 

Build | Jennifer Larson

12 x 12 | materials patterned paper (Basic Grey, Crate Paper, Jillibean Soup) + buttons (Studio Calico) + wood veneer (Pink Paislee, Studio Calico) + rub-ons (American Crafts) + tag (Jillibean Soup) + brads (American Crafts) + twine (American Crafts) + pen (Copic)

A Note from Jenny
The scraps may be hard to see—I wanted a neutral background with mixed papers, so I dug into my scraps bin and found these three pieces. I layered them and taped the back of the page to create the foundation for the page.

October Fun Fact
My eleven-year-old is almost as tall as I am. I’m 5’9”. Yikes!

 

 

Hello! | Lisa Borbely

8.5 x 11 | materials patterned paper (Simple Stories, American Crafts, Crate Paper, Cocoa Daisy, We R Memory Keepers) + letter stickers (Jillibean Soup)+ stickers (Simple Stories)

A Note Lisa
On this layout I have used the easiest way to use up scrap paper; punching circles from them. Super simple and it makes a big impact!

October Fun Fact
I am addicted to pumpkins. Yep, totally need to buy a lot of pumpkins!

 

 

We Read | Sue Althouse

12 x 12 | materials cardstock (Bazzill) + patterned paper (Jillibean Soup) + buttons (October Afternoon) + thickers (American Crafts) + Silhouette die cut (Lori Whitlock Square Background Shapes) + floss (We R Memory Keepers) + typewriter (Remington)

A Note from Sue
This layout was created with leftover strips of patterned paper die cut into a 9-square grid. Then it was just a matter of filling in the shapes!

October Fun Fact
This month our granddaughter will be 6 months old. She is an incredible joy and delight!

 

 

Believe in Mischief | Amy Sorensen

12 x 12 | materials patterned paper strips from my scrap vase + fonts (Art Brewery (brush script), Veneer Extras (ampersand + birds), Century Gothic)

A Note from Amy
One of my favorite sources for scraps is what I think of as paper selvage. You know...that .5"x12" strip you cut off your patterned paper? If they have any print on them at all (almost all of them do now), I save them. Quite often, I'll use the selvage on the same layout I use the patterned paper it came from...but not always. I keep them in a tall, skinny vase I bought at an antique store one day. Sometimes one of those strips is just the right little thing! For this layout, I sorted through all of the strips I have and used the ones with coordinating colors. I opted for a black and white photo to make the image stand out from all the different patterns.

October Fun Fact
My fitness goal this month is to start lifting weights again, four times a week.

 

 

Juicy Juice | Diane Payne

12 x 12 | materials cardstock (American Crafts) + patterned paper (Studio Calico, Chickaniddy Crafts, BasicGrey) + buttons (A Flair For Buttons) + stickers (Freckled Fawn, Pebbles) + die cuts (Studio Calico) + bow (American Crafts) + stamp (Gossamer Blue) + ink (Tsukineko) + pen (American Crafts)

A Note from Diane
This layout was made using the scrap patterned paper left overs from the organizer I featured on write. click. scrapbook. last month.

October Fun Fact
This is my favorite month of the year (well, tied with December). Bring on pumpkin everything!

 

 

I Pick Apples | Cristina C. Scrap

12 x 12 | materials documentary papers (Sahlin Studio at The Lilypad) + In the Orchard elements (Stolen Moments Design at The Lilypad) + fonts (NeoRetro Draw, DJB gimme space)

A Note from Cristina
I have had this digital kit for about a month, but I had only made one page with it so far. I acquired it just around the time I took these pictures so I precisely knew what I wanted to scrap with it.

October Fun Fact
Like every year, this is the time I put together our annual calendars that we give as Christmas gifts to our parents. I usually gather the favorite pictures taken over the past year, but a photo shoot is often required to get the missing few shots.

 

 

Have Fun | Amy Kingsford

A Note from Amy
Inspired by this month's topic "Happy Scraps" I chose a rainbow color scheme and photos that made me feel happy for my page. Then I used this foundation of patterned paper strips and sprinkled random little bits to recreate the look of "scraps" on my digital page.

October Fun Fact
October is my absolute favorite month of the year. Bring on the corn mazes, pumpkin chocolate chip cookies and Halloween costume making!

 

 

Make Your Own Magic | Celeste Smith

12 x 12 | materials kits (Make Your Own magic papers and Sprinkles v27 by Valorie Wibbens; Documented by Sahlin Studio; Bright elements by Allison Pennington; Launch Pads v14 by Jacque Larson) + Template (Lots of Layers by Heather Joyce) + font(The Contessa by Heather Joyce)

A Note from Celeste
I used little bits of digital patterned paper in the same manner I would normally use scraps. Layering up little pieces gives the grouping more weight and the jagged edges create energy.

October Fun Fact
My boys are just not into being in front of the camera lately. This is where having a teenage niece comes in handy. She’s selfie and photo obsessed! I love it.

 

Harvest | Valerie O'Neall

12 x 12 | materials cardstock (American Crafts) + patterned paper (My Mind's Eye, Sassafras, October Afternoon, Glitz Design, BasicGrey, Studio Calico) + thickers (American Crafts) + pen (Sharpie)

A Note from Valerie
I loved having a good reason to dig through my scrap drawer and use some up for the gallery this month. I got out a square punch then cut the squares down into triangles. I played around with the pattern until I found something I liked. I stitched down the middle of each column of triangles and them pulled up the edges for some dimension.

October Fun Fact
I've been using the same DSLR, a Nikon D50, for eight years now. I'd love to upgrade, but if it's not broke, don't fix it. Right?

 

 

Enjoy 15 | Amy Coose

12 x 12 | materials patterned paper (October Afternoon, Crate Paper, Carta Bella, My Mind's Eye) + acrylic numbers (Chic Tags) + flair (Chic Tags) + stickers (October Afternoon) + pen (American Crafts) + die cuts (American Crafts, Chic Tags) + wood sprinkles (Jillibean Soup)+ cut file (The Cut Shoppe)

A Note from Amy
Every year I do a layout for each child about their favorites at the moment. This is about my boy at 15.

October Fun Fact
As much as I enjoyed our summer, I am so excited to get back into a routine this month and enjoy the fall weather.

 

 

Halloween 2002-2012 | Jennifer Hignite

12 x 12 | materials template (Jennifer Hignite Designs) + patterned paper (Pixels & Company designers) + black cat (Deena Rutter) + stitching (Scotty Girl Designs)

A Note from Jennifer
This layout is a look at 10 years of Halloween memories! Digital templates make putting together years of memories a cinch! Small photos can be used with a template, printed individually, or you can use up all of those small index photos you have lying around! Small scraps of paper can be cut up and pieced together to create the pumpkin (or really any shape you want!)It is a fun touch to make the layout scream Halloween!

October Fun Fact
This year we have made a list of 10 fall activities we want to accomplish this month! Our calendar is jam packed, but the fall always goes so fast and we want to fit in as much fun as possible before the busy holiday season is upon us!!

 

 

Thanksgiving Dinner | Marnie Flores

12 x 12 | materials patterned paper (Jady Day Studio) + notebook paper, journaling strips, flair, owl, arrow, conversation bubble (Crystal Wilkerson) + fonts (Bebas, KG Falling Slowly, Ameritype)

A Note from Marnie 
I love trolling through old kits to see what I haven't used in awhile. I have a few that are archived, but I am pretty frugal so I have most still accessible. Even still, it seems I reach for the same handful over and over. It was fun to push myself to find things I haven't used in a long while.

October Fun Fact
I already have Halloween decorations up! This year we get add in the poseable skeleton we got at season's end last yea! I can't wait!

 

 

Summer's End | Francine Clouden

12 x 12 | materials patterned paper (Sassafras Lass, American Crafts) + rub-ons (October Afternoon) + flair (Studio Calico) + sticker (Jenni Bowlin) 

A Note from Francine
It was fun digging through my box of scraps and finding bits and pieces for this page. I should do that more often! 

October Fun Fact
I haven't bought new scrapping supplies in over a year. And yet I still find tons of stuff to use on my pages. Fancy that!