My Personal Journal - Traveler's notebook -

Traveler's Notes entries created for Clique Kits  - My Personal Journal -

Hello there,


Today I am  up on the Clique Kits blog with a few entries created in my personal journal using the PLAY kit.   This kit features Shimelle's Little by Little collection, and the coordinating embelishments.  In all the kit is colorful, beautiful and super versatile.

For my first spread,  i chose to work at an angle, using the Oasis collection alpha stamp, I created the lines of continued HELLO, at the end, I change the color ink and added BABY.  On the opposite page, i used the same angle to trim a piece of the kit's paper and add the picture of my cousin and his baby.   The embellishments all come from the kit and exclusive printables.

Like i said, the PLAY kit is so versatile, and it was possible to document a winter memory with the same kit.  I simply pulled some vellum from my stash, used the Cut Shoppe's Very Merry cut file to create the large snowflake on the vellum.  The vellum was then trimmed to fit the page with an extra half inch on the left side of the page.  This allows for the vellum to be folded and attached behind the large picture.  The next page has the b side of one of the papers in the collection along with some small notes created with the ephemera and kit exclusives.


I hope this serves as inspiration for you all.  Traveler's notebooks are a dream when it comes to journal keeping, and the PLAY kit was a great source of inspiration to document different everyday moments.

As always let me know if you have any questions.  Remember to check Clique Kits  for details on the PLAY kit and all the add-ons.


Thanks for visiting!


Materials Used:
Clique Kits - PLAY kit main and add ons

Crate Paper - Oasis collection - Stamp
Prima Marketing - Metallic watercolor palette
polkadot vellum
The Cut Shoppe - cut file - Very Merry

Silhouette Store - cut file

Traveler's Notebook - My Personal Journal

Traveler's Notebook spread created for Clique Kits  - My Personal Journal -

Hello there,

I hope you all enjoyed a Peaceful, and Merry Christmas!

Today, i am back in the Clique Kits blog with a post about how i used the beautiful (truly beautiful!) Hey, Sugar kit to create a few entries on my personal journal (I use Traveler's Notebooks to keep my personal notes, ideas, etc.).   

The tissue paper used to packaged the kit was used as a background for this page.

Memorabilia can be re-purposed as a means to safe keep the feeling of the memory.

The simple Starbucks coffee cup was broken apart, and then cut to create this tag.

For my first page, I wanted to create a page all about my favorite holiday drink, a Starbucks Peppermint Mocha with no whipped cream and extra chocolate curls.  So i set off to break one of the coffee cups and created a tag where i could right my thoughts.   A way to safe guard all the memorabilia was by hand-stitching a pocket from one of the papers from the Hey, Sugar kit to the page.   All the embelishments, but the coffee cup clip come from the kit and its add-ons all available at Clique Kits store.   Here is a look at the completed page:

For my second page (which came together rather quickly),   I drew a heart shape using two continuous page,  i pierced holes along the edge of the heart and a few in the center spine of each page.  I used some embroidery floss and stitched the entire edge, and used some of the floss to create a sort of string art effect on each side of the heart.

I added the picture of my husband to the right hand side of the page, and used some of the exclusive Hey, Sugar kit printables to create layers behind the picture, and a small cluster at the bottom of the opposite page.  

I added a few of puffy stickers from the Oh Joy collection from Fancy Pants which are included in this month's Hey, Sugar kit, as well as some of the stickers and labels from the kits add ons available at the Clique Kits store.   I then proceeded to add my journal along the edge of the heart.  Here is the complete page:

I am not a pink person, but the colors in the Hey, Sugar kit are just so beautiful and perfect to safe keep all my beloved memories.   Stop by Clique Kits to check all the papers and embelishments included in the kit.

Thanks for visiting today!

Materials used:

Hey Sugar Kit - January 2017 kit - Clique Kits

Wood veneer - Chit Chat chowder - Jillibean Soup

Labels, word stickers - Love and Adore collection - Simple Stories

Coffee cup paper clip - Recollections - Michaels

Stamp - Golden Days collection - Fancy Pants Designs

Traveler's Notebook - My Journal

My Journal

Hello to you all!

I hope you all are enjoying the beautiful fall days.   As always, i have been out and about capturing and documenting my every day life.  In fact, i discovered Traveler's Notebooks a few years back, and since then i have used them to keep my personal journals, doodles, art and ideas (sort of like my diary, but in an adult way!).   So I wanted to share with you some of the ways I incorporated Clique Kits' Swan Lake kit to my spreads.

Our latest trip to the local Apple Orchard was the subject for my first spread.  I started by picking three of the pictures, and created a photo strip on Lightroom.  I cut the small corners for the pages from one of the papers from the kit. The picture frames came from one of the papers in the main kit, and were used as layers behind the pictures.  I added a few details to the picture, and some of the exclusive printables to the other corner of the spread to balance the page.  Here is the completed spread:

For the next spread, I documented a picture of my husband and I on our thanksgiving walk.  As you know I don't like to repeat looks, so I chose to use a bit of watercolor in this page.

Once the background dried, the picture was glued to it, along with some chipboard stickers from the Gather collection, die cut pieces from Simple Stories' Posh collection, and one of the exclusive printable icons.   

Since this is my journal, I wrote a personal note on my relationship with my hubby, but chose to hide it by attaching a piece of one of the papers from the Gather collection.  I simply used an exacto knife to cut the sentiment to fit to the page length, and used some Amy Tangerine fine washi tape to hold it in place,   Here is the completed layout:

As you can see, it takes only minutes to completely document your every day onto a Traveller's notebook; regardless of your style of book and documenting, Clique Kits Swan Lake kit is perfect to add all those small touches to your pages.

Thanks for visiting today!

Materials used:

Clique Kits - Swan Lake

Die cut pieces - Posh collection - Simple Stories

Foiled stickers - Indigo Hills collection - Pinkfresh Studio

Chipboard Stickers - Gather collection - Crate paper - Swan Lake kit add-on

Decadent Pies watercolor palette - Prima Marketing