Follow Your Dreams on an Adventure | Traveler's Notebook | Clique Kits

Hi friends, rainbows always remind me of exciting possibilities, so these rainbow papers from Fancy Pants Designs in the December Rainbow kits from Clique Kits were perfect to document Brent's graduation from university in my Traveler's Notebook!

If you'd like to check this spread out and how it came together, it's up on the Clique Kits blog today.

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Clique Kits + Tombow Team Up | Dream Destination

Hi Guys!

I hope you're Christmas preparations are going well, it's always such a busy time of the year!  It's only two days until our daughter comes to visit for the holidays and we're super excited for that.

I have a traveler's notebook spread to share today and it's definitely a fun one, since all this week Clique Kits is teaming up with Tombow to bring you lots of joint inspiration.

I received a pack of beautiful Tombow Dual Brush Pens and some adhesives in my Design Team pack this month and I had a play creating a mixed media background with them on this spread.

You can catch the full spread and details on the techniques I used over on the Clique Kits blog today.

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12 Days of Tags | Clique Kits

Hi friends,

Clique Kits are hosting 12 Days of Tags over on The Clique Facebook group, and I'm joining in today with some pretty rose gold and pink Christmas tags and a challenge for you.

Here's a little sneak, and be sure to pop by The Clique to join in the fun!

Clique Kits December Kit | Pocket Page Spread

Hi friends!

Have you had a chance to check out the December Rainbow kits from Clique Kits yet?  This month is full of bright happy colours from manufacturers like Fancy Pants Designs and Pretty Little Studio.

This is the Travellers Notebook kit that I'm playing with this month, and I'm up on the CK blog today with a pocket page spread.  Here's a sneak peek, and you can stop by the CK blog if you'd like to check out the full spread.

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November Pep Rally | Clique Kits

Hi guys!

It's Pep Rally day over at Clique Kits, and that means we're sharing one last project made with the November kits.

I've used the Seneca Falls main kit to create a project life spread for week 41 of 2018.

My title card is put together with a tag created from white cardstock, a stamped week number and the dates of the week printed from a document in Word.  I also used a little stitching and some ephemera pieces to finish this card off. 

If you're creating a PL spread but don't have any dedicated PL journaling cards, a tip is to look for a label that can add some interest to a white cardstock piece.  This The Good Life label from one of the patterned papers fit nicely onto some white cardstock that I printed my journalling on.

This month I purchased the November Color add on kit which features these beautiful script stamps from Avery Elle. They stamp so beautifully, and I'll definitely be using them in a lot of my upcoming projects.

One final little journalling card and I called this spread done!

Be sure to check out the Insta Hop over at @cliquekits on Instagram today to see all the fab projects shared using the November kits.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Grateful & Thankful Card Set | Clique Kits

Hi friends!

I'm up on the Clique Kits blog today with a classic black, white and gold card set made with the beautiful November Seneca Falls main kit.

Here's a little sneaky peek, and you can catch the full spread over on the Clique Kits blog.

Hey Hey Happiness! | Clique Kits

Hi guys!

I have a new TN spread up on the Clique Kits blog today, and I've even busted out some mixed media and a cut file for this one.

Here's a sneak peek, and you can catch the full spread over at the Clique Kits blog today.

Thanks for stopping by!

Unforgettable | Clique Kits

Hi Guys!

I'm up on the Clique Kits blog today with a travellers notebook spread using the gorgeous Seneca Falls November TN kit.

Here's a sneaky peek, and you can pop by the Clique Kits blog to see the full spread!

Thanks for stopping by today.

All The Thanks For This | TN Spread

Hi Everyone!

It's been a hot minute since I've posted here, but I've still been creating projects and sharing them over on my Instagram account.  I'd love to connect with you over there where I share everything I'm up to in between my posts here.

Today I'm sharing a TN spread that I've created for Traci Reed Designs using her brand new collection, All The Thanks For This.  This collection is super pretty with a beautiful colour palette and so many elements to it (of course I couldn't go past the florals).  It does have a nod towards a Thanksgiving theme, but there are so many options in the collection that you can easily create non-themed projects with it.

I've also used the October/November sketch from Wei Wei's Love to Scrap on TN Challenge.  This is the sketch and I've stuck pretty closely to it.  If you're a TN scrapper and want to check her challenges out, you can find all the details on Wei Wei's blog here.

I pulled together the smaller photos for the left page in Photoshop Elements.  I resized each one to 1.5in x 1.5in and then added them onto a 6x4 canvas, leaving some space for a white border between each of them.  Once I printed the 6x4 canvas I trimmed it to 3.25in square to leave a white border around the outside, and matted it with the woodgrain paper from the collection.  

I've been using digital/hybrid elements for a little while now, but I've never been able to master the combination of using printer registration marks and the offset tool to cut my ephemera pieces out using my Silhouette.  But... I've seen a couple of great tutorials lately and I'm super happy to say finally it worked for me!  One YouTube video I can definitely recommend if you're trying to master this yourself is this one by Dearly Dee. I'm so, so happy with how these pieces look after being cut using this method on my Silhouette!

The right page is for a larger photo,  a flower cluster and some strip journalling.  I love how uncomplicated TN spreads can be.

I added some teeny tiny seeds that look like they're falling in the wind to the top of the right page, and called this spread done.

Thanks for stopping by today, and be sure to stop by Traci's shop at Sweet Shoppe Designs to check out this gorgeous new collection, All The Thanks For This.

Something Goulish This Way Comes!

Hi friends!

Today I have a sweet set of Halloween cards to share with you.

I've put these cards together with the gorgeous new Ghouls Like You collection from Traci Reed Designs.

There are so many awesome journalling cards in this collection and I chose one for each of my cards to be the jumping off point.  

The journalling cards come as 3x4, so I resized them to be 2 inches wide (a better size for cards), and then printed them off.  One of my favourite bonuses of hybrid scrapbooking is that you can resize elements to suit your project.

To save matting the cards I just trimmed them leaving a white border on each side.

I hand stitched a border in a peach embroidery thread and used a few of the stickers in the collection to layer around my resized journalling card.  Then I added some orange sequins from my stash to the flower centres.

The jumping off point for my second card was another journalling card that I resized to 2 inches wide.  How adorable are these ghosties!?  I mean... Hey Boo! <3

Traci's collections always come with coordinating patterned papers in solid colours and I printed off a medium pink one, ran it through a scalloped edge punch, and then tucked it behind the black patterned paper to help it pop.

This time I added some sequins to a spiders' web sticker to make it look like it's glistening in the moonlight in the dead of night...

I have to say this is the cutest Halloween collection I've seen, and I love how it has so many pops of pink in it, but has enough traditional black and orange that it can totally be used for boy projects too.

Be sure to check it out over at Traci's shop at Sweet Shoppe Designs!

Thanks for stopping by today,

Project Life 2018 | Week 19

I get really excited about getting some weeks in my project life album, and this week was one of them.  Most likely because we were all together as a family with both kids' partners as well, and it was a super fun weekend together.

My supplies this week are from the Studio Calico Golden Hour Documenter kit, and I've kept things fairly simple in my effort to catch up a few spreads (I'm currently 10 weeks behind eep!)

For my title card I recoloured a Studio Calico digital label from my stash so that it matched the orange on the card and in the chipboard.  Then I used one of my go-to methods to record the week number and dates, by choosing a larger font for the week number and a smaller neutral font for the dates, and I did that in Photoshop Elements before I printed it out on my printer.  Since the card is already pretty punchy with bold colours, the only thing I needed to add was the chippy piece.

All of my journalling this week is on the right side of the spread.  I used a journalling card from the kit, and also put together my own card by cutting down a red filler card from the kit to use as a matt to regular white cardstock on top of a mustard coloured card.

This spread is a sweet and simple one, and I'm definitely glad to have it in my album.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Week 17 // Project Life 2018

Hi guys!

I have another Project Life spread to share with you today.  I'm still jumping over the place a bit with my weeks, and today I have week 17.

I decided to combine two half-used Studio Calico Documenter kits to work on this spread, the Bookmarked kit and the Candyland kit.  I love how easily they worked together on the one project.

I also have an insert this week, and used an Ali Edwards 3x8 pocket page.  I cut and then sealed it at the 4in vertical with my Fuse tool so that I could create 2 3x4 pockets.  You could also get the same result by cutting the two right side pockets off a regular 4 x 3in x 4in pocket page.

The insert is hard to see, but this is the full spread on the first side.

And this is the full spread on the left side.

I love hybrid title cards so much.  I've picked a cute scripty font for the week number, and a matching font for the dates of the week.  I recoloured the week number to a dark olive green to match the card behind it.  After I printed it out I stitched a border in embroidery thread for some beautiful texture, and added a puffy sticker.

So you'll notice I have a lot of natural colours coming through in my photos this week again with worn grass in one and the cement floor in another.  I've pulled these colours in with some textural elements like lace and some embroidery thread.  I added a few French knots to the centre of the flower in this filler card, and then I pulled out some lace from my stash that I dyed with a tea bath ages ago, and layered it behind a torn strip from one of the gold foil kit cards.

So grateful to get photos like these from our kids to include in our album.  How elegant to they look!?

This weekend was a getaway for us to the Gold Coast.  It was super fun and we spent time doing things like staying at the casino, eating at our favourite restaurants and shopping. I even dragged G out to the front of the casino to get that awesome photo of the tree-lined entrance.

 One little photo with Borobi, the Commonwealth Games mascot, and that finishes up this spread!

Thanks for stopping by today.