2016 Planner
Carpe Diem
Crop-A-Dile
Planner
Simple Stories
We R Memory Keepers
Carpe Diem...It's 2016!
Hello and Happy New Year's Wishes to you!
As a gift to myself, I prepped my Carpe Diem Planner by
SIMPLE STORIES
so that I can greet the New Year prepared!
I will be honest and say that I was torn between choosing the Aqua Planner and the Coral Planner. As you can see, I chose Coral, but after a little thought, I was able to add a pop of the aqua color too!
I added a trio of large, aqua eyelets to the leather closure strap of the planner. To do so, I used a crop-a-dile punch, but a leather punch can be used as well.
I also wanted to change the length of one of the ball chains for the charm, so a pair of
wire snips were used to cut a piece from the strand. The heart charm was embellished
with a few light-colored coral enamel dots.
To keep all of my extra goodies and planner pages in one spot, I chose to use the
handy clear box for the Daily Planner Insert pages. It has a handle on the top so I was
able to clip on the packages of Stickers and Clips by attaching them with a ring.
I had an extra charm leftover, so I added it to the inside pocket area of the binder!
I kept the inside pretty simple and basic. I organized the front section with stickered tabs
from the Basic Divider Pack.
I dressed up one of the Pocket Pages with Bits & Pieces so that it can hold bills
and coupon booklets.
For the monthly divider pages, I added some of my own hand-drawn sentiments to the
all ready adorable designs provided. Here is a look at some of the other decorated dividers:
Before each month's divider page, I added a Dashboard Insert just to give it more interest! They were embellished with enamel dots, washi tapes, stickers and die-cuts for even more fun.
Dates, birthdays and events were added to the calendar area...I'm all set to go as
I begin 2016 with new assignments, dates to remember and places to go! I can't wait
to plan it all with my beautiful Carpe Diem Planner from Simple Stories!
Products:
Basic Grey
Cards
silhouette
Type Set Collection
Winter
Winter Wonderland Cards
Hello, friends! I've whipped up a couple of beauteous winter cards
using the non-winter theme, Type Set from
BASIC GREY
The winter sky presents many colors.
While preparing for the fun challenge of “winter cards” with the “Typeset Collection”
I was truly inspired by the horizon-like colors of orangey-pink, aqua and corn silk blue
found in many of the papers and stickers! I pulled out these colors and set to task.
My first stop: the Silhouette Design Store and cutting files from Basic Grey!
For the first card, “Snow: The Best Day Ever”, I used the Christmas Tree cutting file.
From the solid aqua and striped 6X6 papers, I cut two aqua trees to measure
2.5”H and a single striped tree to measure 3”H. I prepared the A2 card base with
a mat of the navy 6X6 paper.
Next, I used the Spellbinders Label Fourteen Dies to cut the two mats that measure
3.5”W and 4.5”W. The two were layered together with foam adhesive. The trees
were overlapped with the striped tree added on top with foam adhesive.
A couple of stickers, alpha stickers and flair completed the card!
The second card, “Hello Winter” uses a couple of fun Silhouette shapes.
The “hello” was found as a part of the “Hello Sunshine” cutting file; the word sunshine
was simply omitted before cutting. I made the word larger, by adding a shadow.
To spell out “winter”, I used the banner sticker (shown above) and covered the letters
up with the Typeset Epoxy Letter Stickers…the perfect fit!
After preparing the A2 card base, I cut a piece of the 6X6 orange dot paper to 3.5” X 5.5”.
I used the large die from the Spellbinders Snowflake Pendant Die Set to die-cut the
snowflake shape from the top of the paper. The paper was then layered onto a piece
of woodgrain paper found in the Paper Pad. The bottom of the orange dot paper was
die-cut with the Spellbinders Curved Borders Scallop die and then attached to
the striped paper mat with foam adhesive.
The snowflake border was also found at Silhouette. It was cut from the same solid
aqua paper (as the trees in the first card) to measure 4”W. It was glittered with clear
glitter and then embellished with small, aqua Candy Dots.
I hope that you're inspired to try a non-winter theme, throw in a few of your own
die cuts or cutting files to create your own unique cards!
See more ideas on the Basic Grey Blog!
Published
scrapbook and cards today
Winter Issue
Scrapbook & Cards Winter Issue Release
Today is the day!
Release day of the Winter Issue of
SCRAPBOOK & CARDS TODAY
You can find me on pages 43 and 48 of this issue!
The winter issue can be viewed in a fully searchable online digital magazine format
or can be downloaded to your desktop! Easy, free and full of inspiration!
You won't want to miss :)
Altered Art
Christmas Ornaments
christmas tags
Claus & Co.
Simple Stories
The Snowmen Have Been Framed!
I have a set of wonky, but cute "FRAMED SNOWMEN" tags up on the
SIMPLE STORIES BLOG
...and hey, they can also double as ornaments after the gift-giving is done!
To start, I grabbed a few of the "Claus & Co." Chipboard Frames.
For each snowman, you'll need a large and small square, as well as a round chipboard
shape for the head.
Next, I backed each of the frames with a matching-sized square of patterned paper
from the 6X6 Paper Pad.
The heads were covered in an off-white pattern from a section of the "Ho Ho Ho" paper.
For the noses I used smaller sized hearts from the "Wood Veneer" pack and inked them
with a burnt orange chalk ink.
The cheeks were given some blush with pink chalk and black enamel dots
were used for the eyes.
To adhere the small and large frame together, simply use a scrap piece of
heavyweight cardstock or chipboard piece. Make a bridge at the back with the
material by gluing one end to the large frame and the other half to the smaller frame.
Now for the fun part...embellishing! I added different Wood Veneer pieces
(that I inked with various chalk inks) and then accented the centers with Bradz.
The smaller alphabet stickers from the "Expressions Cardstock Stickers"
were used to personalize with the snowmen.
To give a nice, finished look (as well as make into a gift tag), I traced the entire
snowman onto a piece of cardstock and then trimmed out and glued to the back.
Use stickers or fancy hand-writing to add your To and From :)
With a small hole punched at the top, tie some string or twine through and your
tag-ornament is framed and ready to go!
I hope that you enjoyed this fun Christmas craft and will give it a try!
Products:
A Christmas Carol
Graphic 45
mini album
petaloo
Top Dog Dies
This is a 12 page album, so come by the Petaloo Blog --HERE-- to see more,
as well as a list of products that I've used to make it.
AND you could **WIN** some terrific goodies...--CLICK HERE-- for details :)
“I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.
I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future.
The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me.
I will not shut out the lessons that they teach!”
― Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
A Petaloo Christmas Carol
One of my all-time-favorite holiday movies is now in paper form:
" A CHRISTMAS CAROL"
Graphic 45 has designed the most lovely and nostalgic artwork that
captures the spirit of Bob Cratchit, Tiny Time and Scrooge perfectly!
And of course, Petaloo's vintage finds like velvet dogwoods and festive
berry picks really help to bring the collection to life!
Here are just a few photos of the mini album that I created:
Here are just a few photos of the mini album that I created:
as well as a list of products that I've used to make it.
AND you could **WIN** some terrific goodies...--CLICK HERE-- for details :)
“I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.
I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future.
The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me.
I will not shut out the lessons that they teach!”
― Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
