The Wonder Years Scrapbook Layout!

Hi there friends! Karla here today to share a layout I made using some new and old supplies. I recently picked up some My Minds Eye Jubilee papers and coordinating stickers and thought they'd be perfect to use on this layout with photos from our summer 2013 camping trip.

I wanted to mix my old scrapbooking stash with some new favourites and when I looked at the sketch (below) that I followed for this page, the triangles reminded me of the Heidi Swapp stencil I have had in my stash for a while. I pulled out some Texture Paste to go along with it. I love being able to use my mixed media supplies I have had for awhile and mix them with my paper supplies on my layouts.

Another oldie supply in my stash was this striped pink paper that I'm trying to use up! The stripes made a perfect lined journaling card I formed into a tag and tucked behind my photo. I used my 123 We R Memory Keepers Punch Board to create the file folder tab at the top and stamped it with a SMASH date stamp that's been in my stash for quite some time too!

I love this fun flair badge!

The Wonder Years title was part of a chipboard sticker page that coordinates with the papers and I found a little chipboard bike to add to my page.

Here's a look at the sketch, which you can find on Pinterest:

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I had a lovely long weekend and I spent yesterday doing lots of scrapbooking! I hope you enjoyed your weekend too :)

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!