Project Life – Week 14

May 8, 2013July 31, 2017 | cristina

This week I seriously risked getting the week number wrong! For some reason, I was thinking this was week 13, even though I had just completed the real week 13, and when I was digging into my stash looking for papers and came upon the Fourteen 6×6 paper pad by Crate Paper, I made a mental note to save it for the following week. 🙂 Luckily, shortly thereafter I realized that this was indeed week 14, and was able to use up some of that paper, which was just perfect. 😉

Most of the papers are from the gorgeous Maggie Holmes collection by Crate Paper – I’m seriously in love with it, and I am glad I cut into it as soon as I got it! 😉

As usual I had plenty of pictures for this week, so I made some collages, and used several small photos.

OK, here are the details!

That gorgeous floral paper is from the Maggie Holmes collection. The washi is from the March PL kit at Studio Calico. I used the Maggie Holmes thickers and a micro mono alpha by Basic Grey. I recently got the pretty Dear Lizzy 5th &Frolic date stamp – I love that it has the days of the week! I used some gelatos to highlight the week on the Amy Tangerine calendar stamp.

More of the Basic Grey alpha, combined with a white Poster Sharpie, to make the title. I used some enamel dots to accent my journaling on this pretty doily card from the Maggie Holmes collection. I think this detail is my favorite for this week! 🙂

Fourteen paper, with some gelatos in the background.

TOP: Vintage Studio Calico stamp, and layered My Mind’s Eye washi tape.

BOTTOM: Maggie Holmes collection, and a stamp from the April Studio Calico Project Life kit.

TOP: the pretty paperclip was in the POP 2 class (running this month at Studio Calico; registration is over) kit. The paper is from the Maggie Holmes collection, and the hearts stamp is from Today Noted by Blinks of Life for Studio Calico.
BOTTOM: 3×4 photo collage by Designs by Lili.

A paper from the Maggie Holmes collection, painted with gelatos, and layered with a tag from Dear Lizzy Neapolitan and enamel dots.

Card from the Studio Calico March PL kit (love how it matched my color scheme!), and a word cut using my Silhouette and gold POW glitter paper — seriously cuts like butter!!

Another cut done with my Silhouette, backed with some pretty papers. I cut the quote using the fonts Naked and Janda Elegant Handwriting with my Silhouette, and backed it up with Amy Tangerine Ready Set Go (Coffee Break); Basic Grey 6×6 Fact paper pad; Dear Lizzy washi from Neverland PL kit by Studio Calico; Basic Grey Fiction 6×6 paper pad; Basic Grey Kissing Booth 6×6 paper pad.

Another paper from the Fourteen 6×6 paper pad layered with a tag from Dear Lizzy Neapolitan. The stamps are by Studio Calico (summer stamp school and PL kits).

Papers from the Fourteen 6×6 paper pad, chipboard flower from Dear Lizzy Neapolitan, and an enamel dot.

Project Life – Week 7

February 26, 2013July 31, 2017 | cristina

Warning: this is a picture heavy post! 🙂 Here’s Week 7 of my Project Life. This was Valentine’s Day week and, given the number of photos (and stories!) I had, I originally thought I would need to add an insert, but I managed to squeeze everything in two pages. 🙂

The colors for this week are red and gold, inspired by the Chinese red envelopes that I included on the left page.

This was a fun week to put together!

Here are the details.

Lots of gold for this card. 🙂 I own a couple of sets of gold thickers, and I settled for these curly ones because they were especially suited to represent the snake theme. 😉 I also used these pretty Dear Lizzy 5th & Frolic gold foil mini letter stickers.

On the title card I used some heart sequins that have been in my stash for years, Amy Tangerine’s new Yes Please calendar stamp (love!!) and my letter rubber stamps by ImageTree (EK Success). I used Colorbox pigment ink and Sharpie fine point pens.

I used the cool 3×4 Photo Templates by Designs by Lili for the journaling spots on this card and throughout the spread.

For the background of this card, I colored a Becky Higgins Project Life 4×6 grid card with an Elmer gold leafing pen (that thing stinks, but it is so pretty!! ;)) using a stencil by Studio Calico.

Just an easy photo collage and some digital journaling directly on it to save space. Man, was that a happy mail day!!

The newsflash stamp from the February Project Life Studio Calico kit was perfect to document a couple of events that have caught my attention.

This is one of my favorite parts of this week’s spread! (see below for more pictures) The heart design is a digital freebie by Designs by Lili (check out her Facebook page); I turned it red, printed it out, and then covered it with Studio Calico Mister Huey gold. So fun!! 😉

More Studio Calico stamps stamped with Colorbox pigment ink, along with gold sequins. The alpha stamp is the Studio Calico Stepping Stone set.

I love this card too! The typewriter on the left was sketched with my Silhouette cutter and a sketch pen… it was my first time using the Silhouette to sketch, and I was amazed at how well it worked! This machine seriously was my *best*purchase*ever*!! The typewriter from the right is from the Studio Calico Heyday wood veneer pack, and I colored it with the Elmer gold leafing pen.

I really love this pair of cards too! I used the same stencil of the card and misted it with Studio Calico Mister Huey gold. I totally just bought the Starbucks gift card so that I could include it in my album. It was a tad too large to fit in the 3″ wide pocket, so I cut off a bit with an X-acto craft knife. The card on the right is a free illustration by Samantha Hahn that I slightly recolored to suit my color scheme.

The card on the left, from the Feb. Studio Calico Project Life kit, was perfect to document our Valentine’s Day! 🙂

I added some journaling on this card (from the Feb. Studio Calico Project Life kit).

The card on the left is from an adorable set by Mari Koegelenberg and Penny Springmann; I added a heart sequin on top of the nut – it looks black in this photo, but it really is red. 🙂 Stamps by Studio Calico.

More collages and digital journaling. And this concludes week 7! But before I go, let me show you a couple more images of this pretty card.

It doesn’t translate well at all in the photos, but the Studio Calico Mister Huey gold has a gorgeous shimmery look – so pretty!

As all my hybrid work, this was printed out on Canon matte photo paper.

I hope you enjoyed this week. 😉 Thanks for staying with me till the end of this long post! 🙂

Out of This World

February 12, 2013July 31, 2017 | cristina

Once upon a time, years before discovering my vocation in scrapbooking, I had taken up embroidery as a hobby. I spent quite a bit of time at it, but I gave it up happily when I discovered scrapbooking, and never looked back. Tonight, as I was sewing on this card, I thought back at all the long hours spent embroidering, and I wondered how I could put up with that stuff! 🙂 It is clearly not the hobby for me.. 😉

Credits:

Out of this world by Jenn Barrette

I do love how the sewing turned out in the end, but this is one thing you won’t be seeing much of in the future from me. It took me way too long! I think I spent over an hour sewing on this card. The first attempt was directly on the background and it quickly went awry (I made a huge hole in the background and that resulted in some creative rearrangement of the elements of this card ;)). Next, I decided to sew on vellum and add it to my card – that worked better, but it still took me forever. 🙂

But apart from the insane amount of time I spent on it, I am very happy to have made this card – I finally got to use a seriously AMAZING kit by Jenn Barrette.
This kit is so cool! There are several papers in there that I wanted to use for my card (including a fabulous star chart and a planet map), but in the end I settled for this unique one.

I included the moon phases on this card as an inside joke for my husband – at my high school graduation exam I was asked a very simple question about the moon, and to this date he makes fun of me to the brilliant answer I gave (which, BTW, was precisely what the teacher wanted to hear) – “it’s the moon!”. 🙂

Project Life 2013 – Week 2

January 19, 2013July 31, 2017 | cristina

Another week in my album, and I love it!

The color scheme for this week came together quite naturally. I knew I wanted to use the grey card with the phone sketch from the Studio Calico Project Life kit, because I had a story that was perfect to go with it. So I dug into my stash of 6×6 papers, and found this lovely background from the Studio Calico 34th Street card kit that went so well with it – enter yellow. The green (or whatever that color is ;)) was determined by the big “2” card from the kit.

{Design D photo protector page}
So for the rest of the spread, I picked cards from the kit in the same green tone, and added some papers in green and yellow from my favorite Studio Calico Heyday line. I did some stamping in grey on the right page to tie it all together. It worked out perfectly!

{Design B photo protector page}
I used more papers from the Studio Calico Heyday 6×6 paper pad on the right page. I had lots of fun digging into my stash to find embellishments that went well with these colors. OK, here are some details. 🙂

The stamp is from a retired set by Studio Calico. Plus I used the Smash date stamp. I use this pen for journaling.

These cards come from the kit. I added some letters from a Basic Grey alpha, plus a cut out made with my Silhouette. Love love love these alphas for Project Life.

The banner sticker is from the Studio Calico Heyday stickers, and I stamped on it with one of the stamps from the kit. The other stamp (“freshly made” is by TPC Studio.

Some more stamps, cards and a label from the kit, plus a star from the Studio Calico Heyday stickers and an enamel dot by My Mind’s eye.

Stamps from the kit and from a class kit, using Prima chalk ink. That star sticker is from part of the packaging of the October Afternoon Midway word stickers. 🙂 (one of the actual stickers is used in a pocket above – “good eatin'”).

And guess what?? The “open me” card opens up (no kidding! ;)).

I wrote some journaling in there about my expectations for the new year – it was very therapeutic!

This is probably my favorite card of the entire spread. I made a mask using the Martha Stewart all over the page star punch, and misted with Studio Calico Mr. Huey Dewey, which happened to match the green perfectly. 🙂 I also stamped some letters from the Stepping Stone alpha using the mist. To finish, I added some stamping with Prima chalk ink.

The background of the bottom pocket is repurposed packaging! It was the backing of a stamp set by Studio Calico – I knew I’d been holding on to it for a reason! The tag is from Elle’s Studio The Sweet Life cutouts.
My go to black ink for stamping: Ranger archival ink jet black.

Love You So Much

January 19, 2013July 31, 2017 | cristina

Jenn Barrette is re-releasing in her Sweet Shoppe store this gorgeous collab with Lauren Reid. It originally came out when she was guesting at One Story Down, but I didn’t get a chance to grab it back then. The kit is 20% off today!
I love this kit so much! The theme is obviously scrapbooking, but it works for anything really! I used it to make a love card using the print and cut feature of my Silhouette.

Credits:

Scrap Your Heart Out by Jenn Barrette and Lauren Reid

Font: Strangelove

Here are some details.

I cut out the three frames and backed them up with patterned paper.

I love how it turned out! 🙂
I have another post coming soon with another fabulous release (or three ;))!

ETA: I print all my hybrid projects on Canon matte photo paper. It’s very cheap, and the colors turn out beautifully!

Happy Birthday The Lilypad!

January 18, 2013July 31, 2017 | cristina

It’s The Lilypad’s 6th birthday, and celebrations are in full swing!

There’s a 30% store wide sale, and games galore in the forum, including my personal favorite – kiss the frog! 🙂

And to top if off, Sahlin Studio has a fabulous birthday collection new in the store today!

I used it to make a page for my 2012 Project Life album (one of the many weeks I haven’t quite gotten to yet.. ;)), for the week of my husband’s birthday back in November.

I made backgrounds from the gorgeous papers, and used the vintage cutouts and cards, borders and snipettes to embellish my page. All that was left to do was journal, and add some sewing. 🙂 Here are some details. 🙂

There’s a story behind the “cake #3” (and “cake #4” in another card below): this year DH actually got 4 birthday cakes with candles! Two were at a restaurant, one with friends, and the last at home. 🙂

I used the photo collages by Designs by Lili to fit all my restaurant photos in this pocket, an I added some journaling on a strip cut out of the papers.

Those vintage cards are so much fun! And this blue “happy birthday to you” is my favorite paper in the set, tied with the one I used in the title card. 🙂

This doggie was so cute, I thought it deserved its own pocket. 🙂 I used my Silhouette to cut it out, as well as the Happy Birthday sign below. I sized the sign to be slightly bigger than the pocket because I wanted it to stand out, and I attached it with glue dots to the front of the page protector.

Yup, cake #4. 🙂

This one shown here looks like a paper, but it isn’t – I just repeated a few times one of the borders, slightly shifted, and printed them out, because I loved the look! The presents were also cut out with the Silhouette.

Well, I hope you will take part in the celebrations at The Lilypad over the weekend!

New Team!

November 18, 2012 | cristina

Back in September, Gina Cabrera of Digital Design Essentials had a CT call. I was lucky enough to be picked, and I am thrilled to be creating for her! She has an uncanny eye for design and I love her style so much! Here are a few of her creations that I used first.

This alpha goes with the kit so well!

I love all the wood in this kit! It just makes my think of home and family.

Credits:

The Good Stuff kit and The Story Alpha by Digital Design Essentials

Fonts: Traveling typewriter and FG Jeana

And I loved this kit and the woodgrain so much that I even fired up my Silhouette to make a card:

Those gorgeous frames are a freebie, check out Gina’s blog. 🙂
I also used this fun kit that combines several of the latest trends: photobooth props, doodled frames, speech bubbles, mustaches, and more.

And check out this alpha!! It’s the perfect scrabble tile alpha! I’ve been wanting an alpha like this for like forever!

It is so easy to put together a page with such gorgeous designs!

Credits:

Photo Booth Fun kit and Scrabble Alpha by Digital Design Essentials

Font: FG Jeana

I made these pages over a month ago, and I’m happy to be able to share them finally. I will post more soon! Thanks for letting me share my excited about joining this team! 😉

Little Bird

October 5, 2012 | cristina

Jenn Barrette is guesting at One Story Down in October, and her first release is this gorgeous fall kit.

The colors are fantastic!

I’m in love with that bold paper! If I can find the time, I’ll make a hybrid LO using it as background. 🙂

I’ll be back later today with a page using the October BYOC at The Lilypad, which came out today! 😉

Feels Like Fall

September 8, 2012 | cristina

It most definitely feels like fall around here, so my weekly card for DH is an autumn card. 🙂 I used the gorgeous new collab by Jenn Barrette and Kristin Cronin-Barrow:

Credits:

Sketch by kimbermcgray

Everyday Storytelling: Autumn by Jenn Barrette and Kristin Cronin-Barrow

Here’s my card:

and a little detail of the layering:

Project Life – Week 23

September 3, 2012 | cristina

I’ve had this spread ready to share for a while now, finally I’m getting around to posting! This was the second week of my mom’s visit. Not nearly as busy as the previous week – I managed to fit everything in with just one insert (I used the Design H from the Photo Pocket Pages – Small Variety Pack 1). Yay me! 🙂

The color scheme this week came from Cosmo Cricket’s 2WENTY-THR3E collection. (Plus, I thought it would be really cool to use it for Week 23! LOL)

I used a few Cosmo Cricket tags (2WENTY-THR3E), and embellished them with some chipboard stickers, stickers from the Project Life Clementine kit, and the EK Success Image Tree typewriter alphabet stamped with the Tsukineko Small-Size VersaFine, Smoky Gray(I love these small ink pads!). Papers are mostly from the Cosmo Cricket 6×6 paper pad

I created background for two of the pockets by misting some Mr Huey custard and overdue mists on American Crafts white cardstock using a Studio Calico chevron mark.
I added in quite a few bits of memorabilia this week. 🙂 Here’s front and back of the insert:

And here are a few of my favorite details of this week!

I cut the frame with my Silhouette Electronic Cutting Tool. Fun! The date stamp is the usual K&Company Smash Stamp.

On the title card I also used the Stampendous Tiny Alphabet, which is my favorite little alpha stamp.

Here are the journaling cards I used for the insert – they are from the Project Life Clementine kit, and I embellished them with stamps. I used the EK Success Image Tree typewriter alphabet for “dinner” and the stars; “good times” is from a sold out Studio Calico set; the jar is from Dear Lizzy Neopolitan Stamps; the flowers are from Buttercup Clear Stamps (Lily Bee Designs); the fork+knife are from Let’s Eat by TPC Studio. The inks are Tsukineko Small-Size VersaFine (Smoky Gray) and Spiced Marmalade Tim Holtz Distress Ink. I also embossed the fork and knife with Mustard Zing and Tsukineko VersaMark clear ink. The little newspaper flower is from Summer Camp by Kate Hadfield and Sahlin Studio.

I’m almost done with week 24 (just need to add some journaling) so I hope to share it soon. 🙂

Paint It Bright

Living a Creative Life

Silhouette

Project Life – Week 14

Project Life – Week 7

Out of This World

Project Life 2013 – Week 2

Love You So Much

Happy Birthday The Lilypad!

New Team!

Little Bird

Feels Like Fall

Project Life – Week 23