Digital Inspiration with Ashley

Are you getting into the groove of 2017? Do you plan out your entire year at the beginning of the year?  I have seen some posts with crafters that have organized their memory keeping and have a plan.  I usually have an evolving plan through the year.  I love Lori’s The Good Life Collection.  I think this would be a great way to document monthly pages for the year.  Here’s January!

Products:

The Good Life Collection

Life Template SQ Set 1

 

Digital Life Cards and Print Elements with the Cricut Explore with Karin

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I worked on a series of videos to show you how I am using Lori Whitlock’s digital life cards in my Project Life binder. I combined the videos into the one below and will add another in two weeks showing how far I have progressed in a very short time.
I had started a Project Life binder in 2012 and had it very well organized, but then I never kept it up. Since it is now so much later, I have decided that I won’t organize the binder by date. Instead I will just work through all my images and journalling using digital life cards and make my binder look nice and complete the project.
I literally have hundreds of files to work with so I need to organize them before I get started. I used Adobe Photoshop Lightroom to do this because it makes it so easy to find what I need. Also, if I want to tag elements for specific topics or themes, Lightroom makes this very easy. The image above shows how the thumbnails look in Lightroom.
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The image above shows how I took an element, uploaded it into Design Space, cleaned away the outer white area to have the scalloped edge and inner portions as a print element that I cut out with my Cricut Explore.
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In my video, I show you how I set up the element in the upper left corner of the print then cut image above to use it as a card in a 3×4 pocket.
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This image shows you how the cutting line goes around the outside of the card.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Be sure to check back in two weeks when I post a flip through of my Project Life binder so far.


Glitter is my Favorite Color with Karin

Hi everyone! Don’t you just hate when work gets in the way of having fun? That’s what it has been for me for way too many weeks now, but when I saw this design in Lori’s SVG shop, I had to use it to decorate my water bottle. You could use this design on many different things, such as a coffee mug or Yeti cup.

For this project, I used Cricut Glitter Vinyl in Crimson Red and their Premium Outdoor Glossy Vinyl in white.

I had to make sure that “Glitter” and “Favorite” cut in the exact position I had it on screen and that “is my” and “COLOR” also cut exactly where I had them placed. To do that, first I grouped all the gold letters and attached them. Then I grouped all the black letters and attached them. I changed the gold letters to red letters to remind me which words would be cut out of the Glitter Vinyl.

Once this was done, I clicked Go and above is how my mat was set up for me.

Here is how the red mat was set up for me.

After I cut both colours of vinyl, I weeded the vinyl and then used the included Strong Transfer Tape to pick up the white vinyl and place it where I needed it on the backing of the red glitter vinyl. I then picked up both the white vinyl and red glitter vinyl and placed both on my water bottle.

This project shows you that although this cutting file was designed with a baby in mind, many of the cutting files in Lori’s shop can be used for other purposes.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Karin

 

NEW at Snap Click Supply: Easter Friends Life Cards

Today I have a brand NEW digital product to share with you called “Easter Friends Life Cards.” These Life Cards are so useful in a lot of ways. Print them to make place cards for Easter Dinner, make tags to dress up an Easter basket, use them in a home decor project, or use them as Project Life® cards.  You can pick it up now at Snap Click Supply Co. for 25% OFF all weekend! And, be sure to grab the simply adorable FREE printable available HERE made from this collection.

Easter Friends Life Cards

I just love this layout done by Creative Team Member, Rachael Sheedy…

Have fun with these cute files!! Have a great weekend!!

$1 Wednesday at Snap Click Supply

One Dollar Wednesday at Snap Click Supply Co!

That means you can pick up 2 products at a great deal. Snap Click Supply Co. is home to ALL of Lori’s digital Scrapbooking kits, both Echo Park and exclusive designs by Lori Whitlock. These kits contain printable papers and/or embellishments (.JPG & .PNG formats), plus a few Photoshop brushes (.ABR).

For Lori’s digital cutting machine files, shop at Lori’s SVG Shop (.SVG format – most digital die cutting machines, including the new Cricut Design Space). Silhouette CAMEO & Portrait owners who have NOT upgraded to the Designer Edition software can find Lori’s files at the Silhouette Online Store (.STUDIO format only).

Today only Lori Whitlock’s Basics Life Cards is available for just $1. This kit is regularly priced at $9.99 and TODAY ONLY it’s just $1.

Basics Life Cards

The Basics Label Collection includes 132 LABELS in a variety of colors all ready to go!! Super cute!! They coordinate perfectly with the Basics Life Card set featured above.  And, you can pick it up HALF OFF today only…

Basics Label Collection

Yep, that’s right, 132 labels in a variety of colors

Be sure to go grab these great deals while you can. These offers will end at midnight.