Category: Scrapbooking

Layout by Christine

So I am guessing that there are a lot of you out there that have been bitten by the “Project Life” style of scrapbooking and I have to say that it really has a lot of appeal to me as well.  I feel that with my current style of scrapbooking that I focus more on the design and less on the story.  Which is okay because I use scrapbooking as my creative outlet as well as a way to do something with all of the thousands of pictures that I have taken of my family over the years.  But I also see the benefits of “telling the story” and with the “ProJect Life” style of scrapbooking I feel that I have an easier time doing that.
So, with all of that said, have you seen all of the cool Life Cards that Lori has in her store? There are so many different options, but I also want to show some ways to be creative with these files and “make them your own!”
The following picture shows a closeup of the title, Remember This.  This card is actually a combination of two different files, a frame and the Remember This title.  I sized them to fit each other and then welded them together so that it cut out as one piece.  You can also see another embellishment that I created in this picture.  I took one of the labels from the file 3 Labels, cut it out with my Silhouette from a couple patterned papers and stamped the words, “Taking It All In” from an Ali Edwards stamp set.  Then I cut out the word “wonder” from the layout file, Wonder Layout.
This picture shows how I used the arrow files to create a 3×4 filler card.  I ungrouped the arrow file and drew a 4×3 rounded rectangle around them.  The arrows that overlapped the edges, I either deleted or moved around to fit into the rectangle shape.  I cut it out and attached it to a piece of patterned paper.
In this picture I have a close up of my journal card. I used a premade card from the Boy’s Life patterned paper collection and added some journaling using my Silhouette.  This is a new trick that I learned recently and I am totally hooked.  I need to perfect the technique a little bit more but I am so excited about the possibilities.
Lori Whitlock supplies used:
3 Labels (Silhouette store Design ID# 14672
Other Supplies:
All About a Boy paper collection and chipboard embellisments by Lori Whitlock for Echo Park
All About a Boy washi tape
All About a Boy decorative brads
Ali Edwards Just Awesome Tabs stamp set
Aunt Jana Sketch Silhouette font
Silhouette Cameo
Silhouette Sketch Pens
Becky Higgins Project Life Photo Sleeves
Night of Navy Stampin Up!  ink

Layout by Mendi

First of all, I must mention, Lori and I were SO overwhelmed by all the applications for our Creative Team. We are working on it, I PROMISE, but not quite there yet.  When that much talent invades your inbox, you need some extra time. We haven’t forgotten you and will have an answer soon.

Today on the blog we have Mendi sharing her talents with us.  (Lisa)

Mendi says… Today I have another 2-page 8×8 layout that I made for my Mother-in-law’s mini album to share. I was so happy to discover that Echo Park’s “About A Boy” papers designed by Lori were a perfect match for my photos!  
To create my title I turned to Lori’s LW Tall Font and I love that it’s tall and skinny nature fit the space perfectly. For my journaling box I combined her 12×12 Background Circle 3 with the heart from the Valentines set.  To finish my project off I repurposed her reindeer shape for my little fawn cut from the wood grain patterned paper.  I must admit it makes me giddy when I’m able to re-use Christmas and Valentine’s Day shapes on a non-holiday layout.  🙂

One Dollar Wednesday at Jessica Sprague

Today is One Dollar Wednesday at JessicaSprague.com!

That means from now until Monday you can pick up a couple of digital kits for a steal…

TODAY for JUST $1 you can grab the popular: Four Seasons Layout Spring

FOUR SEASONS LAYOUT SPRING

This file is also available as an SVG file in Lori’s SVG shop.

And, you can snag the following awesome product for HALF OFF… Pink Basics

PINK BASICS

While you are at jessicasprague.com getting your kits, be sure to check out the samples made with each of these kits at the bottom of each listing.

New at Jessica Sprague

This weekend at JessicaSprague Lori has an adorable new set of files. Throughout this weekend, you can grab these at 25% off the listed price.

First is Life Cards Easter. I love the options it gives me for my Project Life albums.

Check out this adorable layout by Roelien! SO cute.

Look at this fun project by our friend Sarah. She has created the CUTEST banner from these life cards. I LOVE that she used them in a non-traditional way. Way to go Sarah!

Next are these 2 sets of brushes/PNG’s, Life Cards 4×6 Brushes & PNG and Life Cards 3×4 Brushes & PNG. Both of this kits come as both PNG’s and .ABR to install in Photoshop and use as brushes. Brushes give you the ability to chose your color, rather than using the color provided. There are so many options available to you with these files. Besides being digital scrapbook files, these Life Cards are also available as SVG’s in Lori’s shop.

Spring & Easter projects by Christine & Natalie

Today we have 2 different Creative Team members sharing their talents with us. First is Christine, she says…
I have created a mini book using the Mini Album Pinking Edge and some papers and embellishments from Sweet Girl by Lori Whitlock for Echo Park.  These are just a few of the pages.  You can see the rest at my blog.

The front page of the mini book has a banner title that is part of the Sweet Girl collection by Echo Park in the Silhouette store.  I loved that I could make this banner larger so it really becomes the focus of the page.

I used another digital cutting file by Lori, called Scalloped Shapes for the background of this journaling card that is part of the paper pack.

You can see yet another frame on this page from Lori Whitlock.  It is called the 4×6 Frame in the Silhouette Store

Mini books are really so much fun, especially when you can cut out your own.  It easy to add as many pages as you want and even alter the size.  Have a great day and thanks for stopping by to see my project.
Supplies Used:
4×6 Frame- Silhouette Store #9783
Sweet Girl Paper Collection by Lori Whitlock for Echo Park
 Natalie has a beautiful Easter project to share with us. 
I’ve been know to make big signs for my front porch.  So when I brought this wooden pallet sign for my front door home from my local craft store, my son immediately said, “Mom, that isn’t nearly big enough for the front porch.”  I said, “silly, it’s for the front door.”  I had to figure out how to make it work, because I just had to bring the pallet looking sign home.  And since Easter is around the corner, I came up with this:

I first cut out the Easter saying out of vinyl, and placed it on the unpainted pallet.  Then I painted the wooden pallet blue, sanded and distressed it, removing the vinyl to reveal the color below.  I then cut out the Easter egg out of card stock, and using mod podge adhered it to foam core.  I then used plain old doilies, and cut circles and used the left over flowers that were cut to make the banner and stapled them to some twine and attached it to the pallet using hot glue.  It took me about an hour to make it.

I used the following files from Lori Whitlock’s store
Easter phrase – found here
Easter egg set – found here