Like a Cat - Gina's Project Life Page

I am loving the bright colours of the Echo Park Like a Cat collection and the 3x4 and 4x6 journaling cards especially. They seem to be the highlight of most of my projects this month.

This week I am sharing a project life page made using the Echo Park I Love My Cat 3x4 Journaling Cards paper and the 4x6 Journaling Cards paper. Here is a picture ofwhat I started with. I am using the back of two of the 4x6 cards as I want to put photos on them.

I will show you pictures of how I decorated each card. For the first card I used the Echo Park I Love My Cat Kitty Love stamp set to stamp out the cats, mouse and the cat bed onto white cardstock. I then coloured them with my gel pens, fussy cut them and layered them on the left of the card. The meow on top of the cat on the right is also from the stamp set. I have also rounded the corners of all the cards.

On the next page, I stuck a picture of my cat and added some die cuts created using the Tim Holtz Pocket Frame die set. The two on the bottom left have been covered with the Dyan Reavely dylusions diary tape. On the right I stamped some paw prints from the stamp set and coloured them in using my gel pens.

The LOVE card has some more dies cuts from the Pocket Frame die set and the next card has a border I die cut onto one of the offcuts, and a picture of my cat. I have gone over the "love" with my red glitter pen on the second card.

I didn't do much on the yummy treats card, just added a tag from the Echo Park I Love My Cat Frames and Tags set which I raised on some chipboard. For the next card, I cut out the hexagon and stuck a picture of my cat under it and I fussy cut some of the cats from the Echo Park I Love My Cat Purrfect Day paper which I stuck on the bottom.

The next card has one of the cards from the Echo Park I Love My Cat 6x6 paper pad on the left and more of the fussy cut cats on the bottom. This one looks a bit odd right now as I have stuck a frame, with a picture of my cat, on the plastic which you will see when I show you  the picture of the complete page.

The last card has a little embellishment I made with the dylusions dyary tape, the I Love My Cat which is at the bottom of the scrapbook papers and a charm from the Docrafts Papermania Pocket full of Posies charm pack. I also die cut a doily on one of the 6x6 papers which I stuck on the right.

And here is the pictture of the complete page with the cards in it. I made a little banner on the top right with some of the offcuts and the WRMK Sew Easy Bakers Twine.

Hope everyone has a lovely week and let us enjoy our creativity with confidence!

Gina xx

Hello, I Love You: Three Cards - Donna's February Project #3

Hello Crafty Readers

Our February Kit is so full of yumminess that our Creative Team just can't help themselves and are creating all sorts of LOVEly things. Today Donna shares some of the gorgeous cards that she made with the kit.

Enjoy! ....... 

Hello Lovely People

Wow, I love the February Kit, so much that I couldn't

help myself, I had to make three cards

I combined elements in the kit with Project Life - Becky Higgins - Maggie Holmes Edition

and Pebbles Washi Tape to give you three wonderful cards...

Card1... There is something about Red and Brown that just 'goes' together...

And the Heart of Hearts die brings it altogether...

Card2... I made a shaker heart to match in with all the lushness

from the February Kit and have to be honest

was so excited to use the stamp set 'Love Letters' by Lawn Fawn

"Instead of Texting I made this card", I mean how wonderful is this stamp...

And can you see I used the Shaker Embellishment Hearts from Cherry Lynn Designs from the January Kit inside of my heart..

Card 3... A Clean and Simple design but one I think is wonderful..

I love the piece of Ribbon on the bottom of the Project Life Cards

and the 'I love you' sentiment sets it off perfectly..

Did you notice all the flowers I used on the cards?

Yes I made them out of (wait for it ), Washi Tape. I had little pieces

left over and stuck them on a scrap piece of cardstock.

I then used the Retro Punch from EK Success to punch the flowers out...

Using the Darling Daisies from Cherry Lynn Designs and the

Floral Punch just made this flower..

Washi Tape is a brilliant product I think as it

has so much potential.. And these flowers look awesome..

Three Cards together...

  

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I hope I have inspired you to create Glorious things..

Thank you for stopping by...

Hugs

Donna xx

Sarah's Project Life #2 - Waterfall Folio

Hello Crafty Friends

Wasn't Sarah's Project Life layout yesterday just so inspiring? I really need to get my scrapping skates on and Project Life is such a great way to get organised and get your pages done!

But pocket pages cards are not limited to scrapbooks. Today Sarah shows us how to make a lovely waterfall folio..... make sure you click through to her tutorial video... it's brilliant!!

For this project I decided to do something a little bit different with Project Life cards and used the Project 52 - Fresh collection to create a waterfall folio.

I had so much fun creating this partly because it’s a gorgeous collection and partly because I like coming up with new ways to use pocket-page cards. There’s so much room for journaling, photos and you could even tuck some tickets or a brochure into the pockets! 

I think this is a lovely, easy way to use up some supplies and do something a little bit different than usual.  

You can find the tutorial video to make this folio HERE.

Thank you for joining me today.

Sarah xx

Sarah's Take on Project-52 - Memory Keeping the Everyday

Hello Crafty Friends!

Did you see our new Project Life cards on the blog yesterday? They are such fun designs!

Today Guest Designer Sarah is sharing a couple of Project Life page spreads using these cards. I hope you find memory keeping inspiration!......

This year I decided to go all in with my pocket-page scrapping and do Project Life as it was intended - to document life! I find that in the past I’ve only scrapped the ‘big moments’ of life and not all the in-between bits. I also spend much longer than was intended on every pocket-page spread I do. But this year will be different! I’ve decided to document all 52 weeks of 2017 in a Project Life album. Some weeks might only have 1 page with a couple of photos, others might have 5 or 6 spreads! The point is I want to use up all the old pocket-page cards I have lying around and document what an ordinary life has to offer.  

So without further ado, my first project is a title page for 2017. I created this using the ‘All About Me’ collection from Project Life. It’s such a fun, bright collection and I thought it would be perfect to start the New Year with. 

I wanted the year ‘2017’ to be the focus of this page so I set myself another challenge - no photos! The result is a simple page that focuses on the New Year ahead - I even jotted down a few goals for the year. I also paper pieced the Prima doll Audrey onto the page. It’s my first time using the Prima Doll dies and I have to say I love them! No more fussy cutting for me! 

After creating my title page it was time to get down to it and create my first spread for week 1 of 2017. I used the gorgeous ‘Be Fearless’ collection from Project Life and had enough photos to do a double page spread. On the left I used the earth tone cards and on the right I decided to opt for some sparkle! 

 The first page documents a new baby girl that my friend gave birth to recently. Isn’t she precious?! I wanted to use a layout that allowed vertical photo placement, however this presented a problem - almost all of the 3x4” cards were also vertical and wouldn’t fit in the horizontal places! So I fixed this by cutting some cards up - like the ‘Oh Darling’ sentiment and the gridded background with the dandelion - and layering them over other cards. Not only did this solve the problem, but I love the depth of layers it gives!  

For the second page I kept the layers to a minimum because I think the gold foil and glitter pages speak for themselves. This page is a bit more mundane - it celebrates a nice dinner at home with my husband and a recent ATC I drew. But I love that something so ordinary can be remembered so beautifully! 

Thank you for joining me today

Sarah xx

New Product Showcase: Project Life and Mambi Themed Cards

Hello Crafty Friends!

You don't have to be a pocket page scrapper to love Project Life (and other brands) pocket page cards! The handy 4x6" and 3x4" cards are also great for making cards, mini books and even for slotting into your planners. And the fact that they are often double-side makes them twice as exciting.

Today we have unpacked some new Project Life themed cards.....

The planner themed 'All About Me' set. These are SO cool! I love love LOvE them.......

The 'Be Fearless' specialty cards (these feature some cards with gold foil or glitter).......

From 2017's Project-52 collection..... the 'Fresh'  4x4" cards.......

As well as a Value Kit - DIY Home by Jen Hadfield......

We are also trialing the Pocket Pages themed cards from Me & my Big Idea... Let us know what you think! We have the following packs currently in stock:

Today.....

And Journal Elements.....

Want a better look at the individual cards? Check out Sarah's video HERE!

One of my Crafty Resolutions this year is to catch up on my scrapbooking. So Pocket Page cards? Look out!!!

Are you a pocket card fan? We'd love to hear how you use your cards! Let us know in the comments below.

Wishing you a fun week ahead

Aunty Vera :)

Recent New Arrivals

Hi Scrappy Bloggers!

Today I'd like to do a quick catch up on some of the new products that have arrived over the last few weeks. Lovely new treats for scrappers, stampers, card-makers.......well, for anyone who likes to get creative and play with papercrafting goodies.

I really have to start with Anna Griffin's Jolie collection as these papers and embellies have just blown me away. Here's a very small sample of what's available........just gorgeous!!

 

Our next new collection is from Essence by Ruby Rock-It. Empire Bebe is a baby collection with a difference. The soft greys and browns of this collection lend themselves to so many photo palettes and would especially suit black and white or sepia toned photographs. And the animal designs are cute yet classic. Available in this collection are 12x12" papers as well as various sized pre-cut cards and other add-ons. Absolutely perfect for pocket-page scrapbooking, but also great for layout pages and off the page projects. Again - here is just a small sample.....

Also newly arrived - gorgeous flower packs from Manor House Creations. Pretty paper and fabric flowers for all occasions....my current favourite is the denim mix.....

Our final product showcase today is another treat for pocket-page scrappers - new Project Life Themed Cards. With packs to suit a huge range of occasions, these will get your albums organised in no time!

 

Excited? Well, it gets even better! Register on our website today and receive 20% off your first order! Simply use the code FIRST ORDER when you go through checkout. And if you love a bargain, then you need to visit Santa's Scrap Room where EVERYTHING Christmas has been reduced by 25%. But only for the month of July.......tic tic tic.....sale ends SOON! Save heaps on your papercraft goodies.....shop with us right HERE

And yes! We also offer international shipping!

Have a wonderful day and hope to see you soon!

Aunty Vera :)