Waiting Scrapbook Layout!

Karla here today with a scrapbook layout I made using a kit I put together from some older collections in my stash. I recently joined the Mercy Tiara's 27 Day Scrappy Challenge Facebook Group, where Tracy Banks, aka Mercy Tiara, posts a challenge each month and you have 27 days to participate. Even if you aren't participating in the challenge there is lots of inspiration and ideas. I've been watching her videos for quite some time - they are really great! Full of lots of tips and I just love her layouts and pocket pages. The challenge this month is to use an old collection kit, and you can find the video where she explains everything here.

I've been meaning to make up a few kits from older papers and supplies I have had for quite a while, and this was just the inspiration I needed. Of course, I LOVE buying new goodies, but I also want to make sure I'm using what I have too!

For my 'old kit collection' I pulled out some old Pink Paislee papers from the Sweetness Collection which includes a sticker sheet and alpha stickers.

Then, I added in a really old CTMH collection because I liked the B sides and felt they would match well with the colours in the Pink Paislee collection.

And, lastly, I grabbed some October Afternoon ephemera, some Maggie Holmes diecuts and Glitz paper layers. I felt like the papers, stickers and diecuts I gathered together gave me enough to pull from and liked the way they coordinated together.

So.... Here's my first page using my kit! I wanted to keep working on my youngest daughter Erica's baby book so these are the photos I'm going to focus on using this month. I love this background paper and didn't want to cover it all up, so I just chose to add some layers and leave the pretty background edges showing.

I used a waterbrush and Distress Ink to create a brushed lettering title for my page. Then, I took a black pen and highlighted areas of the letters to make it stand out a little more. 

I wrote my journaling right on the page. I realized I forgot to erase my pencil lines for this photo... oops!

Thanks so much for joining me today! I'll definitely be creating more pages with this kit, and I feel like I'll be pulling more kits together to use up a lot more of my stash!

'On The Go' Prima Paper Doll Tag!

Hi there! Karla here today to share this sweet tag I made over the summer! We were actually away on holidays, and I wanted to bring a small kit of craft supplies to work on if I had time. I brought along a couple 6x6 pads of patterned paper, some script background paper to stamp my dolls on, and some Prima Paper Doll stamps by Julie Nutting, along with a few pens, ink, Prismacolor markers, glue and some bakers twine. I paper pieced this sweet girl's clothing and hairband from a new Maggie Holmes paper pad I brought. I stashed all my supplies in a 12x12 Iris tote.

I cut the buttons from some Jillibean Soup patterned paper and layered them on my tag, and I even snagged a couple pony beads from my kids' stash to use on my bow. A glittery gel pen added some shine to my project for added detail.

I hand cut pretty flowers from the Maggie Holmes pad and layered on a banner with a handwritten quote, adding that same shimmery gel pen to highlight the words.

I loved having a few supplies with me, perfect for when we wanted to just take a break from activities. I love making up small kits to take along, and I think it makes me even more creative when I know I have a limited amount of supplies to work with! My girls also had fun stamping and colouring in some paper dolls to play with :)

Thanks so much for joining me today! I hope you have a lovely, crafty week!

Project Life with Karla!

Karla here today and thought I'd share Week 18 of my Project Life! I love embellishing my pages with diecuts from ephemera packs!

When I'm designing my pages I first lay out my photos where I think they'll fit and then choose journaling cards. After I decide where my cards will go I start adding things like diecuts from different ephemera packs. Some of my favs are the Simple Stories, Maggie Holmes and My Minds Eye packs right now!

I love layering and will often use patterned paper as a background instead of journaling cards, especially when I want to layer a small photo into a larger pocket. I love using 6x6 paper pads for this!

  I used gold accents throughout my Week 18 pages, but I don't mind mixing and matching patterns!

I love being able to journal in the Project Life app and then print the card out with my photos and embellish it when I put it in my album. 

Sometimes I will just use a piece of patterned paper cut to the pocket size without any embellishments. The nice thing about this hobby is being able to add as little or as much as you like!

Thanks so much for joining me today! I hope this gives you some ideas for your Project Life or pocket page scrapbooking!

Project Life With Karla!

Karla back today, and I'm finally feeling a little more settled with school starting back up and getting back into a routine! I found I really didn't have a lot of time over the summer to do Project Life, so I'm happy to get back to it now! I've printed off my pics for each week and now I can get them into my album.

I wanted to share some easy ways to add some extra details to your journaling cards using some paper ephemera! I used some fun die cuts from Maggie Holmes and My Mind's Eye and layered them on my Project Life cards along with some stamps to add some fun accents. I find it easiest to pull out the die cuts I think will work and then I just start layering them on until I find a position I like. Adding a few stamps over top is a nice way to anchor the design.

I used more preprinted die cuts and stamping on the second page. I find clustering the embellishments is usually an easier way to get them to work together.

On my third page I used some fun Cricut cuts from the Create A Critter cartridge and my Explore. I actually used the Write feature to write in my words, then added some Distress Inks and splatters with Dylusions Sprays. I used some Dylusions stamps to add some fun leaves to the dino cards.

On the bottom half of this page I stamped some fun Superhero images and then coloured them in with Prismacolor Markers and layered them on my Project Life Cards. I once heard someone say it made it easier for them to use stamps on their scrapbook pages by thinking of them as stickers. You simply colour in your images and then layer them on as if you were adding a sticker!

As I looked through my album I loved seeing all the journaling I had added and all the fun elements on my pages. Even though I'm a little behind I know this is something I do want to continue to do, and my kids love looking through the pages. That's what makes it all worthwhile!

Thanks for joining me today! I hope you enjoyed your Monday if you had a long weekend like we did here, and happy, crafty wishes for the rest of the week!

Fun Times Quick Card!

Hope you're having a super awesome week so far! Karla here today sharing this cute and quick card to make. I love making detailed cards with technique driven backgrounds, but sometimes I just need something quick!

I cut a piece of the pool coloured polkadot paper to fit on my card front (it's actually from an American Crafts Christmas collection - Jolly!) and used a border punch to punch one edge before layering it on my card over a light pink strip. Then, I used a frame from the Maggie Holmes collection of diecuts to layer over an ice cream journalling card from a Dear Lizzy paper pack. It came with a sheet of cut apart journaling cards on a 12x12 page. I used a sentiment from a paper pack as well and added a couple enamel dots and that was that!

There are so many paper packs that come with journaling cards in them now - it's easy to find ones to add to a card! A little layering and you've got a pretty card ready in minutes!

Thanks for joining me today! Hope you have a wonderful week!

Pocket Letter Goodness!

Karla back today! Recently I pulled out some Maggie Holmes and Dear Lizzy papers and I just had to make a Pocket Letter to send to a friend who's been under the weather lately. I layered my papers with fun diecuts from the Maggie Holmes Crate Paper diecut pack and added some Heidi Swapp stickers. I did a little stamping and added some beads and sequins and a cute little paper clip!

On the backside I added in a few more diecuts, some pre-printed and some cut with a machine, some flowers, cork stickers, baker's twine, buttons, washi tape, mini journaling cards, and ribbon.

I love how you can fold these pockets in thirds and pop them into a regular A10 envelope! I added a doily and a couple more diecuts.

I'm sure my friend will have fun getting this surprise in the mail - and I hope it makes feel a bit better! Thanks for joining me today, and I wish you a happy, crafty week!

At The Park BoBunny Layout!

Good Tuesday morning! Karla here today after the Canadian Victoria Day Long Weekend, which our family enjoyed at home. I spent Friday with my 8 year old, Amie, cleaning and reorganizing her room! We cleared out a lot of stuff - some garbage, some goodwill, lots of old clothes... Then, we had a mommy-daughter date and went to a couple home stores where she picked out some special items for her room. It was so nice to just spend some time together and she was so thoughtful with what she wanted to put in her room. We had a lovely time and her room looks fantastic!

Later Saturday it actually snowed here! So, we stayed in and did lots of crafty stuff on Sunday, and then today we enjoyed a full morning at a local amusement park, Calaway Park. The kids had so much fun and it was so amazing to see how much they had grown and what rides they could now go on! Erica, who's 3, was super excited to be able to go on the planes and the swings!

Of course, I had to get in some scrapbooking! I wanted to do a layout with these sweet pictures of Erica in the baby swing. She's getting so big now that she really doesn't fit in it anymore and I know it's probably one of the last few times she's even going to want to get in it.

I used the BoBunny Primrose 12x12 papers (picked up from Selena in the Scrapmobile) that you can cut apart into journaling cards for this layout - I just love the browns, greens and pinks in this collection - and I layered the cards and pics into a grid pattern following the May Sketchy Challenge over at Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine.

I added some paper diecuts from a Maggie Holmes Crate Paper pack - her Open Book collection. I love, love, love these pieces! The 'e' included in the pack was perfect to add to the page, especially since Erica thinks anything that starts with an E spells her name!

I layered on the diecuts with the Primrose paper to create little mini pages within the grid - I love how they turned out! These would be perfect to do with pocket pages as well!

Thanks so much for joining me today! I hope you enjoyed a relaxing and crafty weekend and have a lovely week ahead!