kung hei fat choi

One of the themes last month at my DD's school was Chinese New Year.  She insisted on going to school that day on a costume eventhough it was not required.  It turned out great because they had an indoor parade that day to celebrate it.  Of course, I had to make a layout of that...

 I used Papertrey's Headline Alphabet and Get a Handle on It dies and some Simple Stories and October Afternoon journal cards.  I love me some blue and red together!

Some close ups of the photos and journaling...

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pedal pusher

So apparently, I am on a cardmaking roll.  This happened after Craftmates attended a Crop & Create event last weekend (more on that on another post!).  I brought all my neglected sets to the event so I could make something from them.  Pedal Pusher, Papertrey's bike set released months ago, is sadly one of those sets that has never seen ink.  But I changed all that last weekend.  Here is my card set...

Using Hibiscus Burst ink & cardstock

Using Pure Poppy ink & cardstock

Using Hawaiian Shores ink and cardstock

Using Orange Zest ink and cardstock

Here they are together...

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garden grace

My Papertrey anniversary order finally arrived last Friday which was perfect as I was able to play with them over the weekend. One of my favourites from the release was the gorgeous Garden Grace set.  I purchased this set because of Dawn's card here.  And so, I made a card set based on that.

Here they are together...

I am more of a scrapbooker than a cardmaker.  But lately, I have been enjoying making cards and realized that:

a) the card style I enjoy making tends to be more of the one layer, clean and simple, white background kind of cards, 

b) I like it more if I make cards as a set (just more fun for me to look at multiples), 

c) I can never have too many floral sets and 

d) the secret to good stamping is a white rubber eraser and a stamp press. 

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live colorfully

Kids grow up fast.  The days may sometimes feel long but the years certainly fly by so fast.  I want to start doing a page that captures my feelings and perceptions of my DD at a specific point in time.  It will be fun to see how this will evolve over time. 

Here is the first layout I made...  I thought the journal cards really captured my DD's personality.  She has gone from her "pink" phase to her "rainbow" phase, lol.

I used Papertrey's Countdown Detail banner die and various cardstocks, Simple Stories' journal cards and a Stampin' Up heart punch.   Here is a close up of the journaling... 

   
I am linking this to Leigh Penner's Pages with Papertrey Sketch challenge here. This is one of my favourite sketches and I never seem to get tired using it.


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monthly moments

Papertrey Ink recently introduced their own line of pocket scrapbooking called Monthly Moments.  I have yet to receive my order but I am so excited as that will be a great addition to the supplies I use for my monthly highlights layouts.  I don't do pocket scrapbooking (just not my thing) but I love using journal cards for my traditional layouts.

I have been diligent in putting together a page per month to document the things we did.  I realized that the last one I posted was in May last year!  So here are the rest of the pages.  I try to do them as soon as the month is over so that I could still remember what happened.  These pages had been really helpful as I sometimes find myself going back to them to recall what we did on specific months of the year.

I am linking my Sept page to Leigh Penner's Pages with Papertrey challenge here which is to use a ribbon on your layout.  I used Papertrey's Smokey Shadow ribbon for this.

I am linking my November page to Leigh's Pages with Papertrey challenge here which is to use 3 dies in your layout.  Here, I used Papertrey's Headline Alphabet, Journal Tab and Half & Half dies.  

I am linking my Decemer page to Leigh's Pages with Papertrey challenge here which is to add a sparkle to your page.  Here, I used glitter paper for my title.

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papertrey feb blog hop: sweet spring

 

It's time for Papertrey's blog hop again. This month is all about spring (or the anticipation of spring!). We are challenged to create a spring-themed project.

 When I think of spring, I think of flowers.  So I pulled out my Garden Variety and Year of Flowers sets and my picket fence die to create a set of cards.  Here they are...

I ran the fence through my woodgrain impression plate to give it some texture

And here they are  together...

    
I have been obssessed with the envelope punch lately.  And I came across a tutorial here on how to use it to make a card box.  I used that to package my card set like this...

 
Since the envelope punch board is out, I also tried making smaller sized envelopes which make cute little note holders.  I first die cut my note cards using Lil Inkers' Stitched Rectangle die and stamped them with the little flowers from Tag Its #3.

 Then I created about 20 little envelopes using some double sided patterned papers from my stash.  Such spring-y colours!

The 2.5 x 3.5 note card fits perfectly inside the tiny envelopes.

I used a medium glassine bag to package them up, ready for gift giving.  I used Tag Sale #5 and various blooms and leaves from Rosie Posie, Beautiful Blooms, Embroidered Blooms, Turning a New Leaf and Sending You.

Here they are together...

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fabulous frames card

I love the colours white, aqua and black for my layouts.  So as I was cleaning up my scraps for a layout I just completed, I thought I’d make a quick card in that colour scheme as well.  Here is what I came up with…

 

I used Papertrey’s Pretty Peonies and Beautiful Butterflies stamp sets,  Fabulous Frames die and aqua mist patterned paper.

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