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12/08/2017

PAPERTREY INK // TRAVELER'S JOURNAL: DECEMBER MINI ALBUM COVER

It's December! Already! Who else feels like fall just flew by? I think it did. And I'm torn between being happy that it came and went fast (I'm not a huge fall fan) or for being happy that it just means springtime is getting closer.... Either way, it's December and winter has fully hit us up here in Fargo. It's FREEZING! We have snow on the ground, and Christmas shopping is in full swing... Yes, I survived working in retail during the Black Friday week, thanks for asking!

I'm glad you are joining me here today so that I can show you my latest creation! In my last post I shared the December Mini Album Kit I made using the Traveler's Journal December products from Papertrey Ink, I hope you had a chance to check it out. But, I felt it need something else...

The Red Buffalo Plaid revolution has hit me, and I’m loving it! We got this cute quilted plaid in at the craft store I work at, and I was like: Perfect! Just what I need to make a cover for my December Mini Albums! Let me show you...

Isn't that plaid just cute?

For this cover I roughly cut down two pieces of plaid fabric into a size that was slightly bigger than the Traveler's Journal: Outer Cover Die. Then, one at a time, ran the die and a piece of fabric through my Cuttlebug for the perfect sized cover.

Now the back side of this pre-quilted fabric is grey, but I liked the plaid so much that I kept the two pieces of plaid showing. I also cut down a kleenex box for one layer of tagboard to put inside my two layers of fabric, just so I had a little extra oomph and not a "flappy" cover. Yes, I said kleenex box, it was next to me and I was cozy.

I could have used my machine to sew, but it was just as easy to sit in front of the TV to watch Carson Wentz and the Eagles playing while used a whip-stitch around the outside edges. Once I had the two fabrics stitched together, I covered the edges with a binding of tan Twill Tape, again hand-sewing it.

Here's an in-progress photo of Sherman supervising my stitching. He's super helpful!

After the binding was in place, I used my Crop-A-Dile to punch holes and also insert gold Eyelets into the center fold of my cover. Then I threaded a piece of Traveler's Journal: Black Elastic through the eyelets, this will be used to hold the individual journals in place. If you'd like to see how this works I'll link a video of Heather's tutorial HERE.

Here are what the Journals look like within the cover:

Of course I couldn't just leave the cover plain! Next I embellished...

Here's a look at the fun supplies I used:

I really like texture so I dug out some Cork-Paper and stamped an all over pattern using Papertrey Ink's Background Basics: Striped Sweater in Pure Poppy and Pinefeather inks. Then I dug around my stash a little more to find ledger and wood-grain papers. I used the Traveler's Journal: December Die to cut out the mittens, tag, and tree "triangle" from the stamped cork. And the snowflake, tree trunk, tree ornaments, and "December" from my papers. I cut out a second pair of mittens from cork and stamped those with the mitten stamps from the Traveler's Journal: December Stamp Set.

Next I assembled all the embellishments onto the cover with glue. I thought it would be fun to "hang" the mittens from a sting of green fiber I had to show the front and back sides of the patterns. They remind me of kid mittens that have the string connecting them... I think I need these in my size!

For the closure, I didn't want to take away from my embellishments, or cover them up, so I just used another pretty fiber I had on-hand to tie around the whole cover.

Here's a closer look:

I hope you enjoyed my latest project for Papertrey Ink! Let me know your thoughts, and how you might use a Traveler's Journal like this...

I wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. Remember to slow down and enjoy those around you!

The Papertrey Ink Supplies I used:

Traveler’s Journal: December Die, December Stamp Set, Outer Cover Die, Black Elastic

Ink: Pure Poppy, Pinefeather

Stamps: Background Basics: Striped Sweater

Other Supplies:

Quilted Red Buffalo Plaid (from JoAnn Fabrics), Simplicity Twill Tape, Cricut Cuttlebug, Crop-A-Dile, Gutterman Thread, Tomboy Mono White Glue. Cork-paper, patterned paper, eyelets and fibers from my stash.

I'm excited to see what the rest of the Traveler's Journal Team comes up with! Please check out the monthly spotlight on these cute journals, and the rest of the team's projects, by heading over to the NEW Papertrey Ink Blog, see the link to the left. Our Traveler's Journal Team Ambassador, Heather Nichols, blog is also linked on the left.

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10/08/2017

PAPERTREY INK // TRAVELER'S JOURNAL: DECEMBER MINI ALBUM KIT

Happy October! Colors are changing, it's getting cooler, and there is now Pumpkin Spice EVERYTHING!

I work as a manager in a craft store, and looking around I’m seeing some signs of the up-coming holiday season. I thought it would be fun to pull out some Christmas colors and play with the soon to be released Traveler’s Journal Sets: December Papers, Dies, Stamp Set, and Typed Words Stamp Set.

Let me show you a Mini Album Kit that I’ve made to give to some lucky person…or keep for myself. It’s too cute!

This kit is made up of two blank journals and a handy pocket full of pre-made tabs, tags, and banners that the user can easily add to the inner pages. I'm thinking that one journal could be used as a gathering place for all of the holiday planning, lists, and goals that we have during the busy season. And to balance out the hustle and bustle, the other journal could be used to document memories and gratitudes. I put together the journals using the Traveler's Journal Page Blanks. I left the covers of Kraft cardstock but then altered each one in a different way.

For the first one I mimicked the plaid from one of Heather's Traveler's Journal December Papers (coming soon) designs!

To do this I dug out my beloved Washi Tape collection and played around making a plaid design with some of the rolls. First I stuck the tapes to my cutting mat so that it was easy to lift up, then copied my favorite design onto a square piece of Pure Poppy cardstock and adhered it to the cover. I bound the journal with red and white Baker's Twine from my stash, and thought the cover needed a little bit more....Wood Veneer saves the day! I've had this "Merry Christmas" for a long time and the size was just perfect for the cover. I stamped the wood veneer in Fresh Snow Ink and poured on some White Embossing Powder, shook of the excess, then zapped it with my heat gun. I love the whole thing all together!

For the second journal I wanted a bold type font...

I had seen the word "December" broken up like this somewhere and thought it would look super cute on a square journal. I used a die from Tim Holtz to cut out the letters. It's hard to tell here, but each letter has two layers of Pinfeather cardstock under the top layer of Pure Poppy cardstock. I really like the depth the darker color gives to the word. The Kraft cover still needed a little something so I stamped some snowflakes in Fresh Snow Ink. Then I added some fibers around the inner edge to add some dimension. Ah, so cute!

Because I'm planning on gifting this kit to a non-scrappy gal, I thought it would be fun to add some easy embellishments that she can use in the journals. I also made a little pocket to keep them in...

For the pocket and embellishments I cut Kraft and Pure Poppy cardstock using the dies from Traveler's Journal Kit, Accessories, Envelope, and Outer Cover. I also used Papertrey Ink's Countdown Details Die and Framed Out #5 Die...two of my favorites. Some of the cardstock is stamped in Fresh Snow with the same snowflake stamp that I used on one of the covers. I also stamped Vellum using the soon to be released Traveler's Journal December Stamp Set and December Typed Words Stamp Set. I made sure to use Staz On ink in black and then heat set with a heat gun because I was working with Vellum, this helps to keep the stamped image from getting smudged. After stamping I cut down the vellum into word strips and tore the ends to give a little more dimension, then the words are adhered to the tags, banners, and tabs.

If I were to use the albums I think it would be fun to add little photos with my notes and create two little scrapbook journals....but again, the beauty of this line of Traveler's Journals is how versatile anyone can make them! What are some of your ideas? How would you use a Mini Kit like this?

I'm excited to see what the rest of the Traveler's Journal Team comes up with! Please check out the monthly spotlight on these cute journals, and the rest of the team's projects, by heading over to Papertrey Inks' Co-Owner, Nichole Heady's Blog (see her link to the left). Our Traveler's Journal Team Ambassador, Heather Nichols, blog is also linked on the left.

Look for the Traveler's Journal Feature on the 8th of every month!

Papertrey Ink will release all of their new products on the 15th of every month! This online company is fabulous for all of your crafty habits! Find their blinky link up there on the left as well!

The Papertrey Ink supplies I used for this project:

Traveler’s Journal Supplies: Page Blanks, Accessories Die, Envelope Die, Outer Cover Die, and the Traveler's Journal Kit.

Coming soon to the Traveler's Journal Line: December Papers, December Typed Words Stamp Set, December Stamp Set, and December Dies!

Ink: Fresh Snow

Paper: Pure Poppy, Kraft, Pinfeather, and Vellum

Other: White Embossing Powder, Countdown Details Die, Framed Out #5 Die, and Rustic Cream Button Twine

Non-Papertrey Ink supplies: White Embossing Powder, Tim Holtz Alterations Word Play Die, StazOn Ink in Jet Black, DMC Embroidery Floss, Cuttlebug Die Cutting Machine, Fiskars Paper Trimmer, Cutter Bee Scissors, Therm O Web Vellum Adhesive Runner, and Scotch ATG Gun. Binder Clips, Baker's Twine, Washi Tape and Fibers are from my stash.

Posted at 08:00 AM in December, Die Cut, Mini Album, Papertrey Ink, Scrapbooking, Stamping, Traveler's Journal | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: December, Die Cut, Mini Album, Papertrey Ink, Scrapbooking, Stamping, Traveler's Journal

09/11/2017

Project Life 2017: January 9-15

Hi there! It has been a long time since I've shown any of my own projects on this blog. I think it has a lot to do with it being summer. I love my summer months, and its hard to make myself stay inside unless I must work on an upcoming project... or when Game of Thrones is on. Are you a Game of Thrones fan? Just when I think it can't get any better, it does. And then you have to wait another decade for the next season.

So today I'd like to share a Project Life layout, this is one that I'd completed a while ago but finally got around to taking some photos to share.

This was a simple 2 page layout, with no additional add-ins. Here's a look at the whole spread:

Like I've said before, I like to mix and match different companies/designers. For the paper/cards you'll see Crate Paper Cool Kid, Amy Tangerine, Kelly Purkey, and Maggie Holmes' Gather. And the embellishments are a mix of Shimelle True Stories, Kelly Purkey, Tim Holtz, Heidi Swapp, and Colorcast Designs.

The left side:

A couple close ups:

I get the wood veneer for my weekly title cards from Colorcast Designs online. This week I've left them as is, but they're also fun to ink up, color, or paint. The journaling cards are Kelly Purkey, and day stickers from Amy Tangerine. Most of the stamped tags are from Kelly Purkey sets. The dragonfly wood veneer and white acrylic stars are also from Colorcast Designs.

Here is the right side:

This week holds a lot of instagram snapshots, I like to include things like that... kind of a current events so to speak. There are also some stamps from Ali Edwards sets.

Some close ups:

Looking back at this week I can see that I was catching up on Gilmore Girls, probably so I could then watch the Year in the Life special on Netflix. Fred and I usually watch Long Way Round or Long Way Down once a year with Ewan McGregor, hottie! I watched a favorite Indiana Jones, we went to trivia twice with Carrie and Jeff. It was my dad's birthday, I was working on an online workplace class through Big Picture Classes, and we took a visit to Abercrombie to see Fred's parents.

Now, I'm not sure how much of those little details of the week I would have remembered from just the beginning of the year had I not done this layout. This makes me happy that I'm still trudging away on the project!

See you next time!

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Tags: Ali Edwards, Amy Tangerine, Colorcast Designs, Crate Paper Cool Kid, Heidi Swapp, Kelly Purkey, Maggie Holmes, Project Life, Scrapbooking, Shimelle, Stamping, Tim Holtz

09/08/2017

Papertrey Ink // Traveler's Journal: Accessories Book

Accessories…How we all love our Accessories! If you are like me, accessories might not be so much about fashion or attire, but I need all the things when it comes to scrapbooking, crafting, and journaling! I’m going to show some ways to make your own accessories using some things you may already have on hand, and a way to collect them all in one place when on the go!

Let's start with those Tassel clips! Aren't they cute? And super easy to make your own, which is nice because I see them everywhere! You'll need small or mini sized binder clips which you can cover in your favorite washi tape. If you squeeze one silver handle at the base of the clip, you'll find its easy to take off. I then took a whole skein of embroidery floss, and cut about 12 inches of one strand off, being careful not to unravel the rest. I hooked the silver handle into one of the looped ends of the saved skein, knot, wrapped, then knot again the 12 inch length. Keep about 2 inches for the tassle just pass the knot, then cut off the excess. Once you put back the silver handle onto the clip you'll have your own Tassel Clip! Cool, huh? You can totally personalize by choosing different wash tape and colors of floss!

Now lets take a look at how I made my Accessories Book:

I used Papertrey Ink's new line of Bitty Big Paper in Black. As you can see these papers are double sided with mimicking big and small prints. I'm using the dot and plaid patterns for my book. The outside cover is cut down to the same size as all the books in my Traveler's Journal series: 4.5 by 8.75 inches, then folded in half. I die cut pockets from the Traveler's Journal Accessories Die to adhere to the inside covers. The inside pages I just half-hazardly cut and folded knowing that I wanted different layers to show when I opened the book. I also folded up the pages before stringing the book binding to make little "pockets" for all my supplies.

I made a few different Accessory "holders" to keep in the pockets from the clear acrylic packaging that Papertrey Ink stamps come in... I knew there was a good reason to save those! But you can also buy the boxes through Papertrey Ink if you aren't a saver like me. Remember, a saver is different from a hoarder .... The dies I used to cut my holders are also from the Traveler's Journal Accessories Die, and the acrylic makes the 'holders" reusable with tapes and adhesives.

I wrapped my favorite washi tape around the banners and looped some twine at the top for a pull, these will fit perfectly in some of the deeper pockets.

With the folders die, I cut off the flaps that you'd use to glue them in place, and covered them in some homemade stickers, labels, and tags. These I stamped up with the Traveler's Journal stamps sets: Bullet, Currently, and Adventure. Then I die cut them using various pieces from Traveler's Journal die sets: Accessories, Envelope, and Outer Cover. These are all ready to go for my planner or journal use. And, it will keep me from having to drag along all my stamping supplies when I want to create on the go.

Here's a close up of the "stickers," I like the fact that I can use both sides of the acrylic to hold my homemade stickers!

I've been coveting some wash tape for awhile that has printed task bullets but it's a little out of my price range....so, I made my own! I chose a tape that is a quarter-inch wide in my favorite color, a couple of stamps from Traveler's Journal Bullets Set and StazOn ink in blue. It's important to use StazOn ink to keep the stamped image from smearing on the wash tape. Then I wrapped them around an acrylic tag cut from the Accessories Die Set. I'll use this tape in my planner to keep track of tasks and goals.

Here's a close up of my hand-stamped wash tape:

I also made some flag clips by cutting out fabric using the Papertrey Ink Countdown Details die. I cut out two pieces for each clip and adhered them back to back around the end of a paperclip with Aleene's Tacky Glue.

The last homemade Accessory I made are some magnetic tabs. Using the Tab die from Traveler's Journal Accessories Die Set: I cut out two pieces from fabric. I glued the 2 fabric pieces back to back, then glued two skinny strips of thin magnet to the long edges of the tab. With these, you can fold around the edge of a page and they'll stick together to hold your place like a bookmark! You can see that I then stamped "Goals, Tasks, and Notes" on them from Traveler's Journal Bullets Stamp Set.

You can see the clips and tabs here, they're made out of the turquoise and silver fabric:

When the whole thing is all put together it will fit perfectly into an outer cover holding a few different journals and planner books, don't forget that is the beauty of the Traveler's Journal line!

I'm excited to see what the rest of the Traveler's Journal Team comes up with! Please check out the monthly spotlight on these cute journals, and the rest of the team's projects, by heading over to Papertrey Inks' Co-Owner, Nichole Heady's Blog (see her link to the left). Our Traveler's Journal Team Ambassador, Heather Nichols, blog is also linked on the left.

Look for the Traveler's Journal Feature on the 8th of every month!

The Papertrey Ink supplies I used for this project:

Traveler’s Journal Supplies: Bullets Stamp Set, Currently Stamp Set, Adventure Stamp Set, Accessories Die, Envelope Die, Outer Cover Die

Ink: Tropic Teal and Enchanted Evening

Paper: Blueberry Sky, Melon Berry, Vintage Jadeite, Lemon Tart, and Bitty Big Paper in Black

Other: Countdown Details Die, Rustic Cream Button Twine, Cleary Creative Card Box

Non-Papertrey Ink supplies: StazOn Ink in Midnight Blue, DMC Embroidery Floss, Fabric from JoAnn Fabric and Crafts, Darice Adhesive Backed Magnets, Paperclips and Binder Clips from Target, Washi Tape from my on stash, Cuttlebug Die Cutting Machine, Other Dies from my stash, Fiskars Paper Trimmer, Cutter Bee Scissors, Aleene's Tacky Glue, and Scotch ATG Gun.

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Tags: Bullet Journal, Die Cut, DIY, Handmade, Mini Albums, Papertrey Ink, Scrapbooking, Stamping, Traveler's Journal, Traveler's Notebook

08/08/2017

PAPERTREY INK // TRAVELER'S JOURNAL: BULLET JOURNAL

Hello all! We’re coming to the end of these lovely summer months, and for a lot of us this means a little more planning to our days.

There has been a huge Bullet Journal movement out there amongst the planners in the world, and I thought I’d show you how to use your Traveler’s Journal supplies to do this cool way of list making and tracking your tasks and goals! If you aren't sure what Bullet Journaling is I'll tell you what I've explained to my non-crafty friends: think fancy list making. But really, you should check it out, search it out on Pinterest or YouTube, there are some amazing Bullet Journal artists out there!

Let me show you what I've come up with so far! I've made my Journal to use in the month of August, and I thought it would be cool to fill up an outer cover with a few months.

Here's a look at my cover page:

I used the Papertrey Ink Brushed off Stamp Set by layering several Papertrey Ink colors... I'll warn you that this Journal is color heavy! But if you've been following along with my blogs that shouldn't surprise you!

Lately, another artsy movement that has interested me is brush lettering/hand lettering so I tried my "hand" at it with the August 2017 title. First I penciled it out then used a Tim Holtz Distress Marker in Black Soot for the lettering. This marker is cool because it's double ended with a brush and fine tip. Then "shadowed" it with a grey marker.

On the first few pages I used the Brushed Off stamp to layer some color for journaling blocks, then I gridded out the days using the newest Traveler's Journal Stamp: Bullet. You'll see I used the rectangle outline, and "Tasks" and "Goals" titles on the mimicked rectangles at the bottom of the pages. The stamped circles are all from the Traveler's Journal Stamp: Dates. I also stamped some prompts inside the daily blocks using the Traveler's Journal Stamp: Currently. I really like using FriXion Erasable Pens for journaling...I just love all the colors.

I'm also really into the mix of using a messy background with the hard edges of grids and lines.

Here's a close up of the left page:

And a close up of the right page:

I also wanted to use my Bullet Journal to track some daily tasks like walking 10K steps, stretching, and drinking water. Again I built the journaling spots using the Brushed Off stamps and a lot of ink colors. The title "Tasks*Goals" uses the new Bullet Stamps, as are all the tracking dots. For the 3 different task titles I dug out an Alpha stamp set I've had for a while, I'm not sure who made it but like how the font matches the Bullet Stamps. On the facing page I decided I needed a Gratitude spot. I stamped and colored the What the Doodle Sun from Papertrey Ink, made some guideline"rays," and practiced more hand lettering for the title. I'll use the rays to write out some simple things I'm grateful for.

Here's a close up of my Tasks and Goals page:

And a close up of my Gratitude page:

This time I wanted to add a photo of the Papertrey Ink stamp sets I used. I love how versatile they are!

I'm excited to see what the rest of the Traveler's Journal Team comes up with! Please check out the monthly spotlight on these cute journals, and the rest of the team's projects, by heading over to Papertrey Inks' Co-Owner, Nichole Heady's Blog (see her link to the left). Our Traveler's Journal Team Ambassador, Heather Nichols, blog is also linked on the left.

Look for the Traveler's Journal Feature on the 8th of every month!

The Papertrey Ink supplies I used for this project are:

Traveler’s Journal Supplies: Bullet Stamp Set, Dates Stamp Set, Currently Stamp Set, Page Blanks

Ink: Pale Peony, Hibiscus Burst, Melon Berry, Lemon Tart, Mint Julep, Vintage Jadeite, Spring Rain, Hawaiian Shores, Tropic Teal, Stormy Sea, Smokey Shadow

Stamps: Brushed Off, What the Doodle: Sun

Other: Printed Cardstock

Non-Papertrey Ink Products: Tim Holtz Distress Marker in Black Soot, FriXon Pens, Spectrum Noir Grey Marker, Mint Baker's Twine

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Tags: Bullet Journal, Mini Album, Papertrey Ink, Scrapbooking, Stamping, Traveler's Journal

07/08/2017

Papertrey Ink // Traveler's Journal: Meal Planner

Summer is HERE! Let's hear a *HOO-RAY* for sunshine, long days, warm nights, and lake season!

This month I'm focusing my Traveler's Journal on something we could all probably use some help with... planning and eating. Well, maybe not eating in general. But choosing healthier meals to eat.

I came up with an interactive Meal Planner, where I can easily save some favorite meals, switch things around, and be able to reuse the same cute planner for every week. I've been doing Weight Watchers, so I've even added the point value to the meals I have planned.

Let me show you what I've made!

Confession time: I'm not good at meal planning and I don't really like grocery shopping for a lot of items at once in an organized fashion. So I tried to make this planner as happy and inviting a I could. This meant LOTS of color!

I pulled out my watercolor paper and played around with the Papertrey Ink dye ink pads as watercolors: Blueberry Sky, Tropic Teal, Vintage Jadeite, Limeade Ice, and Hibiscus Burst. I used a craft mat to *smoosh* the ink onto, a paint brush loaded with water, and splattered away onto the cover of the planner. For the title I just used some Kelly Purkey alpha stamps, Versamark ink and my Mini Misti for some guidance. Then I heat embossed with Zing! Glitter Powder in Gold, and colored in the letters for some pop.

Confession number two: this is the ONLY way I like glitter... side effects from working in a craft store!

Here's a close up of the cover:

I added a Blueberry Sky die cut pocket from the Traveler's Journal Accessories Die to the inside cover to hold all my Meal Banners... these are all cut from Smokey Shadow using the banner die from the same die set (So versatile!), and I wrote out the meal titles using a white paint marker. You'll see a number added to the end: that is the Weigh Watchers point value, just to make my life easier!

These banners will be super simple to add to when I discover some more favorite meals.

Now each page is assigned a day of the week using the Traveler's Journal Dates Stamp Set, stamping the days in Blueberry Sky ink onto some scrap watercolor paper and I cut them out by hand. I like to start with Monday so that I'm not breaking up the weekends.

Then I die cut square frames out of Blueberry Sky, Limeade Ice, and Vintage Jadeite (again from the Accessories Die Set) and strategically adhered them to each page so that I could slip in three Meal Banners: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.

Here's a closer look:

I really wanted to use a watercolored background on the inside pages, too. This time I went for a tie-dye effect, also using the smoosh-then-paint-with-stamp-ink technique from the front cover. I used the ink colors of Blueberry Sky, Tropic Teal, Vintage Jadeite, Limeade Ice, and Hibiscus Burst. To add a little more fun I stamped over the tie-dye with Papertrey Ink's Medallion Trio Stamp Set in Smokey Shadow ink.

I kept that up for the entire week, here's a look at Thursday and Friday:

What I love about this is that I can take the banners out and move them around. I'll use the pocket on the inside front cover to store the extras.

More of Friday: (Don't you wish it was just Friday, Saturday, and Sunday?!)

Confession three: I may or may not stick to the plan....OR, I'll just make some Meal Banners that say Ice-Cream...and Donuts...and Birthday Cake...

I hope you like what you see, let me know what you think with a comment. I'd love to hear from you!

Aloha!

Excited to see what the rest of the Traveler's Journal Team comes up with? Please check out the monthly spotlight on these cute journals, and the rest of the team's projects, by heading over to Papertrey Inks' Co-Owner, Nichole Heady's Blog, see her link on the left. Our Traveler's Journal Team Ambassador, Heather Nichols, blog is also linked on the left.

Look for the Traveler's Journal Feature on the 8th of every month!

The Papertrey Ink Supplies I used for this project:

Traveler's Journal Supplies: Dates Stamp Set, Accessories Die

Cardstock: Blueberry Sky, Limeade Ice, Vintage Jadeite, and Smokey Shadow

Ink: Blueberry Sky, Tropic Teal, Hibiscus Burst, Limeade Ice, Vintage Jadeite, and Smokey Shadow

Stamps: Medallion Trio Set

Other: Versamark Watermark Stamp Pad

Other Supplies: Watercolor paper, Kelly Purkey: Shoreditch Alpha Stamps, Zing! Embossing Powder in Gold, Painters Paint Marker, and Frixion Colors Markers

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Tags: Meal Planner, Mini Album, Papertrey Ink, Stamping, Traveler's Journal, Watercolor

06/08/2017

Papertrey Ink // Traveler's Journal: My Parents Go Camping, the Set Up

Hello Muddah, hello Fadduh,
Here I am at Camp Grenada
Camp is very entertaining
and they say we'll have some fun if it stops raining.

Do any of you remember that song by Allen Sherman?

I do. Because EVERY time ANYbody mentioned camping, going to camp, sleeping in a tent, or even just bug spray... SOMEBODY in my family would start singing or humming that tune.

IF, by chance you DON'T have a mother or father like I do, and HAVEN'T had it sung or hummed to you, check it out! It's a cute parody of life at camp. I'll link it here.

Well, now it's MY turn to do the humming... My parents are going to camp. Well, campING, on a giant road trip that will last over a month.

Those two are both hard working teachers who get their summers off... lucky! Last year they went to Yellowstone, and this year they plan to visit many places out west.

It was so fun to hear their stories of their trip last summer and see all the pictures to go with it. I was thinking it might be nice to give them a spot to jot down those stories and tidbits of what they experience and who they meet along the way...

This idea is what I had in mind for my next Papertrey Ink project: an actual Traveler's Journal to let them use during their road trip!

I started by asking my dad for a list of places they are planning to stop at along the way: Pipestone in Minnesota; Sioux Falls, Deadwood, and Lead in South Dakota; Cheyenne in Wyoming; Colorado Springs, Estes Park, Rocky Mountain National Park, Mesa Verde National Park, and Grand Junction in Colorado. Big list!

Then I made a bunch of booklets up with a title page for the places they're visiting. I had a lot of fun with my watercolors and dies to make these! I used the Travelers Journal: Page Blanks and Papertrey Ink's Cardstock for the die-cut titles. I love the weight of Papertrey's Cardstock, it cuts beautifully in my Cuttlebug.

Here's a look at the book covers:

I thought it might be helpful to have some prompts for journaling in the booklets, and I used a border of stamping around the pages to get the thought process flowing about the following: Weather, About This Place, We Saw This, Listen, We Ate This, Friends - New and Old, It's the Best, and It's theWorst. I also set up the last page as a Score Card because I know my parents will be playing many games of Gin Rummy.

To keep the color theme for each Booklet, I did all the stamping inside using just one ink color. The Papertrey Inks were perfect for that! Many of the stamps I used are from the Traveler's Journal line at Papertrey Ink: the new Currently Set, and also the Adventure, Dates, and Typed Notes Mini Sets. I also included some other stamps from my stash that I thought would really add to the prompt pages.

I'll also add a couple extra blank booklets just in case they do any other stops, I can always de-construct them to decorate in the same fashion after their trip.

Here is a look at the Prompt Pages:

In each booklet I've also attached die-cut pockets inside of both the front and back covers from the Traveler's Journal: Accessories Die. And on the back outside cover, I attached an envelope pocket cut from the Traveler's Journal: Envelope Die. I thought these pockets would be nice to have for my parents to hold leaves, notes, ticket stubs, or whatever into.

Here is a look at some of those pockets:

I know that most of their time will be sitting in the car, or in a campchair, so I also made a little dashboard of sorts to give them a flat writing surface by slipping it under the page they are working on. I just cut out some cardstock, added a few die-cut words from the new Traveler's Journal: Currently Words Die, and then laminated it for ease of use.

Here's a look at the Dashboard:

All of these booklets are going together into a little kit for my mom and dad to take with them. In a pouch, I'm adding the booklets, the dashboard, some clips, an adhesive runner, and a baby stapler. I was also thinking it would be fun to include some markers, a pencil, a mini watercolor set, and maybe a self-inking date stamp.

I'm not really worried about the pouch looks like, but that everything will fit and protect the booklets. In fact, I just dug up an old Clinique pouch that zips, to fit everything just perfectly.

After my parents are back, I plan on gathering everything back to make a leather cover for the booklets. The biggest reason that I want to wait until later, is that I'm not sure of what size to make the cover. It's hard to tell how much will be added to the booklets BEFORE the trip. Plus, it will be fun to add in some of their favorite photos to the whole project!

I plan on sharing the final project on I have everything done! I hope you enjoyed my Traveler's Journal set-up!

Look for the Traveler's Journal Feature on the 8th of every month!

The Papertrey Ink supplies I used for this project are:

Traveler's Journal Supplies: Page Blanks, Currently Stamp Set, Adventure Stamp Set, Dates Stamp Set, Typed Notes Mini tamp Set, Accessories Die, Envelope Die, Currently Words Die, and the Outer Cover Die

Cardstock: Kraft, Americana, Melon Berry, Summer Sunrise, Simply Chartreuse, Pinefeather, Enchanted Evening, and Royal Velvet

Inks: Scarlet Jewel, Melon Berry, Summer Sunrise, Simply Chartreuse, Pinefeather, Enchanted Evening, and Royal Velvet

Stamps: Petite Places: Happy Camper Mini Stamp Set

Make sure you click on the link of any of these supplies to make your own goodies with! Thanks for stopping by!

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Tags: Mini Album, Papertrey Ink, Scrapbooking, Traveler's Journal

05/08/2017

Papertrey Ink // Traveler's Journal: Project Life Planner

Hello everyone, welcome to May!

May is probably one of my favorite months: we're seeing spring up here in Fargo, there are many birthdays of some my favorite people, Star Wars day (May the Fourth be With You!), my Spring Scrap Retreat, and I know that by the end of the month lake season will be here!

I'm here today to share this month's contribution to the Traveler's Journal Team for Papertrey Ink. This project is something that I've been thinking about ever since Heather reached out to me about joining the Traveler's Journal Team... A Project Life Planner!

Typically, I'm not a planner girl, not like the awesome-decorative-memory-planner-gals we've been seeing around lately. I love looking at other people's planners that are loaded up with pics, stamping, and all the pretty things. But the only time I use a planner is at work as a to-do list.

Now, I love to do Project Life! Scrapbooking memories of my everyday life with photos and getting to embellish them is so fun. My kryptonite, however, is remembering the stuff and events from everyday. I don't scrapbook enough to remember the details that may have happened months ago on my own, so jotting them down this planner I came up with will be super helpful!

Let me show you what I've got:

I stared by making 3 booklets: one each for the months of May, June, and July. I chose my favorite colors from Papertrey Ink's line-up of cardstock and inks to coordinate the booklets.

For the covers I used Tropic Teal for May, Green Parakeet for June, and Lemon Tart for July. And for the May, June, and July titles I used Lifestyle Crafts (aka Quickutz) Stardust Alphabet Dies.... this is one of my favorite fonts! The long banner, tag, and the tab in the top conner are all cut from the NEW Traveler's Journal: Accessories Dies! These newbies will be available this month! Then I stamped out "Project Life" using Avery Elle: Elle's Alphabet stamp set in Tropic Teal ink on the die-cut tag.

The pages of the booklets are made from Stamper's Select cardstock which I printed with Heather's Dotted Grid Page PDF (find that here). I think that grid pages are a nice alternative to lined pages, they help to do layouts without being intrusive to the design. After printing the grid, I cut down the paper to 8 7/8" x 4 1/2" then used a die also included in the Traveler's Journal: Accessories Dies to cut the holes. The holes are cut down the fold of each page and are used to string the pages together forming the booklet.

On the inside of each cover I attached a pocket and added a little "polaroid" frame on top, both are from the new Traveler's Journal: Accessories Dies. I wrote out "May's Important Dates" on a cute banner tag from Papertrey's Countdown Details Die. Inside the frame I stamped the dates with that Avery Elle alphabet set in Tropic Teal ink and wrote out the details using a FriXion Erasable Pen. Have you tried these pens? They are just awesome, I want all the colors! On the pocket itself I stamped out "WEEK 1" in Green Parakeet ink, I'm planning on storing any ephemera that comes my way during that week inside it, like receipts or tags.

I mapped out the days from each week to match up to the weeks in my Project Life album. I always start with Monday so that I don't have to break up the weekends. Each day of the week gets a spot to jot down anything I want to remember.

I stamped the cute little round numbers from the Traveler's Journal Dates Stamp Set in Green Parakeet ink, and the day (Monday-Sunday) from the Traveler's Journal Typed Notes Mini Stamp Set in Stormy Sea ink. I'm planning on using a pencil to do my jotting... mostly because I'm prone to make mistakes!

Each week also gets a layout template of the same pocket pages I use in my PL album, this will be super helpful to plan my layouts when I print out photos for the week, but also as reminders for what to capture in the week while it is happening.

Then, I finished the week by stamping out "layout" using the Avery Elle Stamps in Green Parakeet ink and "notes" using the Traveler's Journal Dates Stamp Set in Stormy Sea ink. This little spot will be nice for afterthoughts of the week; or if I need to plan any page inserts for bigger events and more pics. I repeat all of these steps for each week of the month.

The layout template stamp I made myself using small strips of adhesive foam stuck to an acrylic block. I backed the block with a couple pieces of washi tape to form handles, inked it up with Stormy Sea, and stamped it enough times to form my 2-page layout.

Here is a look at the stamp:

The inside back cover has three more pockets that I die-cut from the Traveler's Journal: Accessories Dies adhered "file-folder" style and stamped for the other 3 week's worth of ephemera included in the month.

Here's a close up of those pockets:

The June and July booklets all get the same treatment!

For the first time I've decided to make a cover to hold all of my little booklets! You may have read my last post explaining the Traveler's Notebook strategy, and I love how you can change out what books you want to take with you inside of one cover! I used the Traveler's Journal Outer Cover Die Set for this, it makes it so easy to cut out a multitude of different materials for a hearty cover, and the placement of holes is done for you. Easy-Peasy!

For this cover, I actually used a Plastic Divider made for paper storage, I think it will take a beating and protect the booklets inside. Also, it perfectly matches the albums I use for Project Life!

I used Traveler's Journal Black Elastic on my cover to hold the separate booklets and also to keep the cover closed. It is pretty easy to string together after watching Heather's handy video, you can find it here.

Take a look at my Traveler's Journal cover against my Project Life Album:

This set-up is pretty specific for the Traveler's Journal. But, don't forget its versatility! You could easily adapt it to fit your needs: like a gratitude, exercise, or food journal! I hope you enjoyed what I've come up with for this month, I know I'll love using this handy Project Life Planner!

I'm excited to see what the rest of the Traveler's Journal Team comes up with! Please check out the monthly spotlight on these cute journals, and the rest of the team's projects, by heading over to Papertrey Inks' Co-Owner, Nichole Heady's Blog (see her link to the left). Our Traveler's Journal Team Ambassador, Heather Nichols, blog is also linked on the left.

Look for the Traveler's Journal Feature on the 8th of every month!

The Papertrey Ink supplies I used for this project are:

Traveler's Journal Products: Outer Cover Die, Dates Stamp Set, Typed Notes Mini Stamp Set, Elastic Cord in Black, and the NEW Accessories Die

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Stormy Sea, Tropical Teal, Green Parakeet, Lemon Tart

Ink: Stormy Sea, Tropic Teal, Green Parakeet, Lemon Tart

Dies: Countdown Details Die

Non-Papertrey Ink Products:
Lifestyle Crafts (aka Quickutz) Stardust Alphabet Dies, Avery Elle "Elle's" Alphabet Stamps, FriXion Pens, Baker's Twine from JoAnns, Plastic Paper Divider (used for cover)

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04/08/2017

Papertrey Ink // Traveler's Journal: Leaf Lake Summers

Hello and Happy April!! I'm so excited for this post..... Finally, I'm going to share what opportunity started this Blog of mine! Get comfy, it's a long one!

I've been invited to be on the Traveler's Journal Team for Papertrey Ink!

Yay! Can you believe it? I AM SOOO EXCITED!

First, let me share with you a little bit about Papertrey Ink! They are an online company who specializes in clear stamps and their own line of paper crafting embellishments and accessories. As they say: ALL of which are created specifically for stampers BY a stamper. Papertrey has awesome quality, and just celebrated their 10th anniversary! Please check them out at papertreyink.com.

My friend, Heather Nichols, who has designed for Papertrey Ink for all of those 10 years, has recently designed a Traveler's Journal Kit. It includes the basic notebooks, stamps, papers, and dies to help you make your own cover, tags, etc. This year, Heather will introduce a new component to the Traveler's Journal every month. You can check out the monthly spotlight on these cute journals, and the rest of the team's projects, by heading over to Papertrey Inks' Co-Owner, Nichole Heady's Blog (see her link to the left).

Look for the Traveler's Journal Feature on the 8th of every month!

Papertrey Ink will release all of their new products on the 15th of every month!

These little Traveler's Journals are have so many uses.... I've tucked them in my purse for notes and lists, they help me keep track of my weeks for Project Life, they'd be so great for art journaling or planners, AND you can take away or add a few books within one cover!

I've just completed this cute Traveler's Journal of some favorite pics from our summers at the lake. Let me show you!

The cover:

On the cover I added a piece of Enchanted Evening cardstock and stamped out my title in Versamark Watermark, then heat embossed it with Tim Holtz Distress Powder in Broken China. I added a little die cut Arrow in Hawaiian Shores cardstock, then stamped the "2015 & 2016" over it using Smokey Shadow ink. The journal itself is made from a Traveler's Journal Page Blank Kit, those kits can make you several little journals, they are around 4.5 inches square.

Check out the inside! Here's Page one:

I dated all the photos using the new Traveler's Journal Dates Stamp Set, a super fun set that came out for March's release, onto a die cut tag. The postal stripes, "Let's Go", ticket, and little words stamps you see on this page are all included in the Traveler's Journal Kit. The colors of ink and cardstock I used throughout this mini are: Enchanted Evening, Hawaiian Shores, Berry Sorbet, Lemon Tart, New Leaf, Smokey Shadow, True Black, and Spring Moss. Don't you love this sunset pic? I took it from the boat.

Page two:

I cut down a piece of Linen Vellum to add as a page, getting a little bit of contrast within the Journal. I stamped a big "L" from some old foam stamps I had on hand, using both Hawaiian Shores and Enchanted Evening inks creating an ombre effect, stamped out my words on top of that, and then added some doodle-lines. The background page is created by splattering ink on it. I used the stamping ink pad, dipped my water brush into it and shook away! When I assembled the pages together, I really liked how the splatters looked behind the vellum so I just adhered them together the way they are. This view of the lake is from the front yard of the cabin. My Sister-in-law, Carrie, and Brother-in-law, Jeff, are super generous and let us use the cabin with them. We have so much fun together all summer long!

Page three:

For this page, I stamped the page to make my own "patterned" paper and die cut the "Journey" and "Explore" twice to layer them. I then stamped about a billion tiny words on the "fold-out" and added a tab to help with opening it up to the larger photo underneath.

Here's the open "fold-out":

That's my happy Dad, enjoying a visit to the lake.... a little bit of fishing, a little bit of sight seeing, a lot of laughing! .....Maybe that's why we didn't catch anything!

And a close-up of the pattern and die cuts:

I used the long postal stripe stamp in a few different colors to achieve this pattern.

Page four:

I love this page! The map is a stamp from another Papertrey stamp line (What the Doodle) that I heat embossed in white and then colored in with colored pencils and watercolors. So cute! That double rainbow was so special: There were about 10 of us all stuck inside the cabin for a huge storm that came through. It's a tight squeeze in there, so I got out as soon as the rain stopped and spotted this beauty off the dock. It was great fun to share this beauty with everyone, you could see BOTH sides "touch" the lake....amazing!

A close up:

Page five:

Another favorite: photo AND design! I used the ticket stamp, cut them each out and adhered them on some more of my own "patterned" paper, then added a die cut "Adventure," again I cut twice and layered to stand out. The word was really long, but it's one of my favorite pieces of the whole kit, so I cut it apart to fit my page. That's my Hubby, who made it across the Lilly Pads without me.....What's that? Did I make it across? Well..... I got some great photos!

Page six:

This is where the rest of that Linen Vellum peaks out. I heat embossed a couple more "What the Doodle" stamps on the Vellum knowing that it would be visible to both sides. Again I colored in using colored pencils and watercolors. I really like the effect it made! This is an earlier photo of the lake before we got a sandy beach and a few more toys that us 40-year-olds like to play with.

Here's a close up of the Sun stamp:

Page seven:

This time I heat embossed the "What the Doodle" stamp in black before coloring in. Another earlier photo of the lake, it looks so soothing...

Page eight:

The die cut frame came from the Traveler's Journal Kit, as did the "Adventure" stamp sentiment. The waves you've seen before, this time I stamped onto Hawaiian Shores cardstock, heat embossed with white and used my ink pads and waterbrush to watercolor in. The first "Adventure" I stamped in Smokey Shadow and then embossed the second "Adventure" over the top in white. In the photo, the night was filled with fireworks, so we all lined up on the beach to watch them with our big fire behind us. If you've never viewed fireworks over water, I highly recommend it... so so pretty!

A close up of the last page:

When I was finished designing my pages, I assembled the Journal by tying it together with some baker's twine.

I really hope you enjoyed my first Traveler's Journal project using the Traveler's Journal Kit designed by Heather for Papertrey Ink. You can purchase your own by clicking on the Papertrey Ink supplies below, or give any of the other items a try! On the 15th of this month, you'll see the next component to the Traveler's Journal: the Booklet Accessories Die. Have fun looking around Papertrey Ink!

Supplies:

STAMPS: Traveler's Journal - Dates, What the Doodle - Waves, What the Doodle - Map, What the Doodle - Sun

DIES: Countdown Details

KITS: Traveler's Journal Kit

INK: Enchanted Evening, New Leaf, Berry Sorbet, Lemon Tart, Smokey Shadow, Hawaiian Shores, Versamark Watermark

CARDSTOCK: True Black, Enchanted Evening, New Leaf, Spring Moss, Berry Sorbet, Lemon Tart, Hawaiian Shores, White Stampers, Linen Vellum

Other Supplies:
Tim Holtz Sizzix Tags Die, Jane Davenport Watercolor Bright Palette, Recollections Detail Embossing Powder in White, Heidi Swapp New Orleans Foam Stamp Set, Kelly Purkey Shoreditch Stamp Set, Elle's Studio Dated Stamp Set, Colored Pencils, and Baker's Twine from JoAnns

Please check out Papertrey Ink's owner, Nicole Heady's Blog and Designer, Heather Nichol's blog! Their links are on the left....

Have a great Day!!

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03/26/2017

Project Life 2017: Title Page and January 2-8

Hello again! Happy Spring! I'm so ready for Spring...warmer weather, aaahhh.....

It's been about a month since I got back from my last retreat and I wanted to share my experience with you! There's is a house that our group rents out, kind of like a hotel room, that is geared towards crafters. We've always gone to scrapbook but I know that quilters can also use it. The house is located in a super small town about an hour away from me, with a beautiful drive! It has 4 bedrooms with a total 10 twin beds, 3 full bathrooms, a large kitchen, living room, and dining room. My favorite room is the huge craft room set up with a table and a half, lights, and super comfy chair for each person staying.

Our group has it set up that 2 of the ladies do the meal planning and cooking, the rest of us do the clean-up. Our Chef is an awesome cook, and plans a breakfast and dinner for each day, but we all bring snacks and drinks.

All of us show up with over-packed cars, and we spend the long weekend laughing, sharing stories, eating, drinking, and of course scrapbooking. All of these ladies are incredibly comfortable to spend time with, we have so much fun!

During this trip I got started on my 2017 Project Life Album. And after I got home I created the title page for that album. Here are my layouts:

Title Page:

I used a piece of American Crafts 12x12 paper which I cut up to fit a Design A page protector by Becky Higgins. The white acrylic "Andi" was a piece that I special ordered from Ali Edwards during her One Little Word sale at the beginning of the year, and I ordered the "2017" white acrylic piece from Elle's Studio. I placed all the cut pieces of paper into their pockets and then adhered the "Andi" and "2017" over the top of the pockets using redline tape. Here's a close up:

I really like how it turned out!

This is the first layout of the year:

For this week I used Kelly Purkey's monthly kit: Day One, and pieces of other collections from Shimelle, Amy Tangerine, and Becky Higgins, etc. The "Jan 2-8" wood veneer is from Colorcast Designs which I colored and backed with paper. I really like to find coordinating papers (or cards) than match up ephemera, tags, and embellishments. I use a variety of roller date stamps to date my journal cards and photos, I think these are Ali Edwards and Heidi Swapp.

Here's the left page:

And the right:

And some close ups:

I'm trying to get better at sharing what products I use, I really love so many designers and scrapbooking companies!

Hope you enjoyed this post! Have a great day!

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Papertrey Ink // Traveler's Journal: Meal Planner

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Papertrey Ink // Traveler's Journal: Project Life Planner

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Papertrey Ink // Traveler's Journal: Leaf Lake Summers

03/26/2017

Project Life 2017: Title Page and January 2-8