Dec 2017 Virtual Crop Class 1 with Ann

Ho! Ho! Ho! It's seasonal we go xx

Welcome to your last virtual crop day of 2017 and I have bought you four project life style pages today in my class using the very festive My Minds Eye Cozy Christmas papers.

You can find and download the instructions HERE and if you don't have the kit, worry not, this class is super straight forward to create with your own papers. I also did a bonu 5th page by adding a sheet of white card to the kit so over the five pages you scrap Dec 1st - 25th.

Next class at noon with Tricia and then 2pm with Mel. 
Enjoy lovely scrappers xx

No Photo Project Life!

Hello, hello - Karen here with another Project Life page today. 

I really wanted to make a Pocket Letter Page but felt that for it to work for me it would have to be a companion page for a normal layout.

I had made this layout earlier in the month and thought that it would be perfect to make a Pocket Letter page to go with it.

I used the same paper range - I'd Rather Be Crafting by Echo Park (love this range so much that I bought all the items in the range that ATDML had). 

I thoroughly enjoyed making each little section  and am really going to do this again.

Giving Project Life the Chop

Hello, hello, Karen here with another project life post.

I was perusing Pinterest, as we all do, the other day and came across several project life pages where the designer had made a normal 12 x 12 page and then chopped it up and put it into a project life page protector.  An interesting but scary prospect.

I decided to take the plunge and designed a page, with the intention of chopping it up.  The backfilled hearts were cut on my Silhouette and I also used it for drawing the faux stitching.  Once I had backed them with patterned paper I added them to my page, along with a title and used a piece of white card to decide which pocket I was going to put my photo in.

I then went in for the kill - sliced my page into 7 pieces to fit into the pockets.  I had intended to add embellishments once I had put the pieces in the appropriate pockets but once it was made, I felt the only other thing it needed was a journaling card.

Will you be brave enough to chop up a layout to put into a project life page protector? If so please show it to us on the ATDML facebook page.

Getting On Top of Project Life

Hello, hello Karen here with this month's project life inspired page.

Now, it may come as a surprise but I do like my layouts to be lumpy and bumpy and in this respect I find project life a little restrictive.

I decided that for this page I would use vellum and utalise some of the empty portions of the project life page protector and then to finish my page by adding stickers and die cuts (die cuts from my own stash) to the outside of the pockets, thus giving me the opportunity to get some depth to my page.

I will have to take care not to damage the embellishments when they are in my scrapbook but I really like this solution.

"Small Things Become Great When Done With Love" - August Project Life

Hello, hello lovelies - how can it be August already?

For this months project life page I wanted to show you how I used the same paper range as I used for last month's going big page for a going small page.

Apologies for the rubbish photo - it's always tricky to photograph project life pages when they are in their page protectors!

I love that the patterns on 6 x 6 paper pads are perfect for the small size of project life pockets.  All you need to do is add some ephemera and stickers from the same range and you have a stylish and simple page.

July's Project Life - Bigging It Up

Hello, hello how is this dull and windy Friday finding you?

This month I have a project life page that uses a large photo and one piece of 12 x 12 paper.

I like to use large photos on my scrapbook pages and 7 x 5 is my preferred size but lately have discovered the joys of 8 x 6, only a little larger but I feel my photos have far more impact at this size.  I have to admit that I feel a little restricted by the size of the apertures in pocket pages but after a little peruse of Pinterest discovered that using large photos is possible if you are prepared to chop them up, which is exactly what I did for this page.

I then sliced up a piece of 12 x 12 to fill the remaining pockets, used a smaller version of the same photo, added some stickers and there we have it - large scale project life.

Happy scrapping x

June's Project Life - Washie Tape Filler Cards

Hello, hello lovely peeps.  How is this fine Saturday finding you?

Today, I have some washie tape filler cards to show you.

Like many of you, I suspect, I have way too much washie tape, more than I am ever going to use in a lifetime but I am still seduced by it and far too often think 'Oh that's cute' and before I know it more joins the rolls languishing in my drawer.

I am sure I have more in a 12 x 12 bag somewhere!

I had seen some project life filler cards using washie tape on Pinterest and so decided that it would be a good project for this month.  If you would like to have a quick look at some I found they are here.

I decided to use yellow and grey tape - not a great of fan of yellow on it's own but I think it takes on a whole new level of gorgeousness when teamed with grey.

I only played about and made six cards but so loved making them that I am now thinking about making whole 12 x 12 backgrounds with washie tape.

Hopefully, you will be inspired to get out your washie tape and use it for filler cards, the front of a greeting card or on a large section of a layout.

Happy scrapping x

Small Scale Project Life

Hello, hello lovlies - this year I decided to join in with Ali Edward's 'Week In The Life' project and make a little mini album of the photographs (not as many as I would like as most days I forgot I was supposed to be taking photos).

I started by deciding to use an A5 folder, that came complete with page inserts, from The Range and cost about £1.50, 

Often, when I make double pages, I lay two sheets of cardstock side by side and work across both pages - a lesson learnt from Shimelle.  So I used seven pieces of A4 card and added patterned paper to these.

I then sliced them into two A5 pages and added my embellishments, photos and journaling.  I stuck the clear stickers onto the outside of the page protectors. 

This was quite an easy little project and one that would be ideal to quickly record the highlights of each day when on holiday.

Making Your Own Project Life Cards

Hello, hello, Karen here with my April Project Life post.

This month I decided to make my own project life cards to use for a Stampin' Up pocket page.  I used the utterly gorgeous Indigo Skies range from Kaisercraft (which is available from ATDML).

First, I cut a piece of 12 x 12 white cardstock into four 6 x 4 pieces and four 3 x 4 pieces and rounded all the corners, I used a 1/2 inch corner rounder on the large cards and a 1/4 inch one on the small ones.

Next I covered one side of all the large ones with paper measuring 5 3/4 in x 4 3/4 in (rounding the corners with my 1/2 inch corner rounder).  I then covered one side of two of the smaller cards and both sides of the remaining two small cards.

Next comes the fun part - adding embellishments to the patterned paper.  I treated each card as a little scrapbook page (minus the photo on most of them) and used die cuts from the corresponding Collectables pack and words from the manufacturer's strips cut from the bottom of the papers.

Finally I added my photos to the blank side of the cards, added two pieces of index cards ( from WHSmiths) cut to size on to both sides of one of the small cards and my title to the remaining small card.

This was a project that I really enjoyed making and as I have several lovely photos, from the Easter Weekend, still to scrap along with lots of scraps of paper, I shall be making a 12 x 12 page to go either side of this pocket page.

Hope I have inspired you to have a go at making your own project life cards.

Karen x

Mixing it up - Project Life Plus

Hello, hello lovely ATDMLers.  Today I am bringing you a 'Project Life Plus' blog post which features the class I taught at my crop this month.

I sometimes have lots of photos from one event and one or two of the photos are really special, in fact too special to be lost among the other bits on a project life page.  They are so special they deserve a page of their own.  When this happens I make a 12 x 12 page with the special photo on

and a project life page with accompanying photos.

Sometimes, I have enough photos to extend my theme across two 12 x 12 pages

and two sides of a project life page.

Although, this time I used a photograph from a different family walk on the final page of the set.

Hope this gives you ideas on how you can mix and match 12 x 12 pages with project life ones.