AT THE LAKE - Simple Stories

Hi there!

Nathalie with you today with a new layout all about the glorious outdoors.   There is nothing like fresh air and good company to create great memories, and when the new Happy Trails collection from Simple Stories arrived at my door, i quickly pulled a few of those memories to create this page.

I am a sucker for wood grain paper, so i quickly pulled the Happy Camper paper to cut the title from it using a cut file from the Silhouette store.  At the same time,  the letters and waves were also cut from the Lakeside paper.

The title was backed with the patterned paper and foam adhesive to create a bit of dimension on the layout.   The waves were then hand stitched to the Love You S'more paper, and then the title was glued in place above the waves.

I used the Happy Trails 3x4 and 4x6 element papers to back the pictures, and then attached them to the bottom of the title.   I used elements from the Chipboard and cardstock stickers as well as both Bits and Pieces packs to create the clusters around them.

To break up all the wood grain of the background, i decided to trim the bottom of the page a bit and back it with a piece of the Lakeside paper.   A small fold was created at the bottom of the page,  here i added a few stickers and pieces of ephemera to bring a bit more interest to the page.

To finish the page,  i chose to add clusters at the  corners of the title work, so that they bring the colors of the collection, and celebrate my daughter's fishing adventure.

I hope this has inspired you to document those sweet and glorious outdoor adventures using the new Simple Stories Happy Trails collection.   Remember to check it out, you are going to love it!

Materials used:

Happy Trials collection:

10800  collection kit

10801  12x12 sticker combo

10802  Happy Camper

10804  Lakeside

10805  Love You Smores

10811  3x4 Element paper

10813 4x6 element paper

10818  Chipboard stickers

10819  Bits and Pieces
10820  Bits and Piece - journaling spot

3-to-INSPIRE challenge - Citrus Twist Kits

Hi there!
Nathalie with you today bringing you this week's 3-to-Inspire challenge.   This month's The Best of This Life kits are amazing!  Lots of color,  playful designs and super versatile which made creating this challenge super easy.  But before i show you what i created, let me  give you the prompts:

1. Document multiple pictures
2. Use Digital files (cut apart elements/PL cards/TN papers/ Stamps/Cut Files)
3. Add a bit of  Mixed Media.

With these prompts it was so easy to create two projects, here is the first one in my Life Crafted Album:

 I started this page by printing the 4x6 PL card to fit the Life Crafted page (5x8.5in)  the used a bit of Vicki Boutin art crayons and a stencil brush to add the mixed media to the center of the card, and also to a piece of light blue cardstock cut on the same size.

 If you follow my work, then you will know that i receive daily pictures of my Goddaughters, so i took 3 of them and printed them on photo strip .  I glued the picture right on top of the mixed media, and then added a few ephemera pieces and labels from the Best of This Life kit as well as added some sentiments using the Traveler's Notebook stamp.

For this page, I used one of this month's subscriber cut files to create the Sun cut out.  The sunrays were backed using the  rainbow paper from the  Best of This Life Kit and then glued to the blue cardstock  -remember i added a bit of art crayon to the background-.   The center of the sun was the perfect spot to add my lines of journal all about these precious girls.

To finish the page, i used the beautiful woodgrain chipboard alpha from the Best of This Life kit and paired it up with some sentiments from the This is Life stamp for this month.   A few scattered enamel dots complete the page.   This was so fun to put together, but now let me show you how i used the same prompts to create a 12x12 layout:

This layout screams summer, and was put together rather easily using this month's Add on kit and the three prompts.

I used the teal cardstock included in the kit as a starting point, and trim a bit of the sides.  Then used white acrylic paint to haze the center line of the background and set aside to dry.

While the background dried, i used one of this month's subscriber cut files to cut the floral images from smooth white cardstock.  These were set on the page so that they look as they are wrapping the background.   I used papers from the kit to back the pictures and bring the red tones in my Goddaughter's pictures ( she was so happy to play in the wading pools while visiting us last year).




I added a few  stickers from Pinkfresh Studio's Out and About and Joyful day collection to create a cluster on the picture, and then added stamping sentiments around the background using the This is Life stamp set.

For the title i used a combination of Puffy Stickers from the Joyful Day collection - the words are included in the add-on kit- and the small ones i picked at the CTK shop-  then used a few more stickers from the kit and the Best of This Life Kit.   The cute sequins included in the kit were then added around the page to bring the colors to the background.   The following video will show you how the page came together,enjoy!

I hope this inspires you to use the three prompts and create a page of your own.  Remember to check the Best Of This Life Kits, add ons and stamps, there are so beautiful and versatile, you will love them.   AS always, please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions.

XO

EVERYDAY DOCUMENTING - Citrus Twist Kits

Hi there!
It is the start of a  new month, which means lots of new goodies to play with have just been revealed.  I am madly in love with this month's Citrus Twist Kits Best of This Life kits and stamps.  So, i pulled some pieces together to create a few layouts in my family album (also from Citrus Twist Kits).

For this entry, i enlarge the picture to fit the entire page of the album, then added a small cluster of ephemera  from Pinkfresh Studio Out and About collection -included in the add-on kit- at the top corner of the picture followed by a few stamping sentiments using  the Traveler's Notebook stamp set

For the other side of the page,  I chose the Life Crafted Pocket Page configuration 2 and added my lines of journal to one of the Bonus Subscriber card.  Then backed the picture with another one of the cards and added more ephemera from the Out  and About collection included in the add on kit.

I used the b side of the pocket page to create a new entry for my album. First i pulled some of the Best of This Life kit's PL cards and backed the picture of  with it, and added some lines of journal to the other one.

I brought some  ephemera from the Add-on kit -i chose red pieces to bring the colors from the pictures onto this page-.   One of the cut apart labels were then used to cover the title in the card, and chose to add some stamping instead using the This is Life"Chasing Curiosities" and a few stickers from the add on kit.

For this page, i cut one of the Best of This Life kit papers (love a good grid paper) and added the pictures of my son on his work/vacation trip to a soccer tournament in New Jersey.   I used the large ephemera piece from the Out and About collection to add the title to the center of the page, and then added a small star sticker at the bottom corner of the page -as stars were the image that repeated on all three cards-.


I hope you stop by Citrus Twist Kits to check all the materials used here.  Trust me this little album and the amazing Best of This Life kits will transform the way you document your everyday ( who knew pocket pages could be so fun!)  as always please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions,


XO