Kellie Stamps...

Very excited to be playing with the awesome June release from Kellie Stamps this month and have another pocket page project to share.

I should confess that I have never really been a great stamper, but after playing with Kellie's fantastic designs I have to say that I am feeling very proud of how well my pages turned out this month and can definitely see myself using plenty more stamps in future projects. 

I started with the Railway Alpha stamp and loved how this simple font added instant impact to my pockets. 

The Yeah Nah set was fun to use - even when documenting some of life's not so great situations ;) 

The sentiments worked well with a variety of photos and were great for highlighting a range of different emotions.

I also shared a summer insert using more Kellie Stamps last week documenting one of our weekend getaways.

Using a mix of the Go See Do and 

Camp Life sets for these pockets, along with that awesome Railway Alpha again for my title.

I loved the images and sayings in the Camp Life set, and even though these photos were not from a camping trip I think that this set can easily be adapted to a variety of different outings. 

You'll find all of the stamp sets I have used over at the Kellie Stamps store, along with digital versions of three of them! 

  

 

Thanks for stopping by xx

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one little word {create}...

Hello again :) I took the plunge and signed up for Ali Edwards' One Little Word workshop in January and am loving the project so far. 

I chose the word CREATE because it felt like a perfect for my life right now and am excited to invite this word into my life and see how the year evolves. 

I am using a 6x8" album for this project and decided to keep things simple with a mainly black & white theme - using a Pretty Little Studio text paper for my cover page with a Heidi Swapp cutting die for the title.

I enjoyed playing with the various digital cards and elements that came with the workshop, and will continue to use them throughout my album.

I decided to use typed responses with the 3x4" card prompts to keep my album looking consistent, but am adding handwritten responses to the more in depth 6x8" prompts and will share how the project is progressing each month.

Are you taking part in One Little Word this year? I'd love to hear which word you have chosen and how it's working for you so far!

Thanks for stopping by xx

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life documented...

Hello again, I'm a little late in starting our project life album this year and I think it's because the thought of creating the cover page always makes me feel a bit overwhelmed - I seem to put extra pressure on myself for the cover page because it will set the tone for the whole year and often feel a little anxious about getting it wrong ;) but I have done it... and am happy with how it has turned out!

I had several ideas of how I wanted to create the cover this year, but the main one that was speaking to me was to use the 'life documented' phrase which I have been using for many of my Instagram posts and with this in mind I thought about what life documented actually meant to me and decided that it was the stories... our story!

It's amazing how things seem to fall into place when you start with a plan and once my theme was set I decided to create a typed background. I used MS Word to type out 'our story 2018' using my favourite Bohemian typewriter font and played around with my printer until I got the placement just right for six 6x4" cards. I printed the text onto plain copy paper and used washi tape to hold my cards in position before feeding the page back through the printer.

I looked for accents that would help to reinforce my theme and what could be better than a cute Simple Stories typewriter image :) The chipboard frames and documented title are also some Simple Stories faves from my stash.

I used black and white to tie everything together (the circle stickers are from Kaisercraft) and repeated little pops of teal, yellow and pink with a mix of products from a range of different manufacturers.

I look forward to filling this album up, and hope you'll come back to see my progress but until then thanks for stopping by xx

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decmber days...

Hello :) I'm feeling very happy to be up to date with all the projects I have created this year and am finishing off the year with my December daily projects using Pinkfresh Studio's December Days collection from the Sassy Scrappers store. 

December has always been my favourite time of year but it's also a very busy time so I started with a bit of page prep in November, ready to fill with photos and stories once December rolled in and created some simple layered cards to add to my regular project life album. You'll find all of the cards I created over on this post. 

Adding photos and stories once December began - check out this post for all the details. 

Although I was a little bit uncertain on how these non traditional colours would work with my photos, this unusual Christmas palette really complimented my pics and helped to tie the month together very well. 

I create several hand made cards to help me set the festive tone.

I also added a 6x12" insert to hold more photos and festive ephemera. 

Filling up my album with more December memories, I switched things up with a different pocket configuration to accommodate some vertical photos. You can read all about it here. 

Of course December wouldn't be complete without a pretty tree photo :) 

Creating more layered filler cards with die-cuts and mixed embellishments

and even adding one of our tree flat ornaments inside a pocket to make our album more personal. 

That brings my project life share fully up to date! Thank you for following along with my creations this year and I hope you will return in 2018 xx

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family fun...

Hi again :) I'm going strong with my blog catch up and have my July pages to share created with Elle's Studio Family Fun collection from the Sassy Scrappers store. 

I loved the bright happy colours in this collection and had fun combinging the various patterns across my pages.  

you'll find all the product details for the first part of the month here. 

I focused on COLOUR, DESIGN & DETAIL for the second part of the month and how they each play a role in the way I put my pages together. You can read all about it here. 

And because I didn't want any of this awesome collection to go to waste, I teamed up my remaining pieces with a fun hearts background cut file to create a quick and easy layout. 

This was the final completed month in my album before I jumped to December so it looks like I still have quite a bit of catching up to do, but until then thanks for stopping by xx

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escape the ordinary...

Hi again :) I'm back with another project life catch up post with one of my absolute favourite months documented thanks to the amazing 'Escape The Ordinary' collection from Pinkfresh Studio.

I shared all the details over on this post, and this was definitely one of those months where everything seemed to fall into place.  

And the main reason why it all worked so well can been seen in my title card... this collection not only has great papers but it also has a fabulous mix of embellishments!! 

and boy did I enjoy using those embellishments ;) 

Using more goodness from this range to document the remainder of the month... 

I added some hand stitched details

and again, let the awesome mix of embellishments do much of the work for me. 

I also created a 6x8" insert with a fun floating tag - you can find all the details here. 

And because I loved this range so much, I also used it to create a layout. 

Thanks for stopping by xx 

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