Project Life | Weeks 28 & 29...

Hello Sassy Friends! Welcome back to Project Life Monday! It has been extremely busy around my place lately, as we enjoy the last few days of our school holidays!  And because it has been crazy-busy, I am using it as an excuse to confess that I am TEN weeks behind in my Project Life! Eeeek! But never mind.  I promise I will get there in the end.  Just like you, if you find yourself falling behind as well.

This week I am sharing Weeks 28 & 29.  I managed to condense both weeks into a single pocket page.  Not only will this endeavour to help me in my "catch-up" process, but it will help keep all my 2015 spreads in one album.

"PL2015 | Weeks 28 & 29"

I am continuing with using the lovely Crate Paper | Wonder and October Afternoon | Summertime collections, as found in the Sassy Scrapper store.

On page one, I have documented our week 28.  It was a quiet week at home with the kids returning to school I wasn't very motivated to take many photos.  I did however, document the incredibly rare weather event of snow in Queensland, with a few screen captures from social media.

I love the stickers from the Crate Paper | Wonder and thought that the house one was very appropriate for conveying our return to house and home. And even though the idea isn't recorded in the journaling, I always try to think outside the box when embellishing my pages. 

Journaling for the rest of the week was also very basic. I really wanted to contain my thoughts to a single 3x4 cardstock piece.  I've added the weekly title using October Afternoon alphas both here on page one and as a symmetrical feature on page two.

To help record the strangeness in weather between weeks 28 & 29 I deliberately placed a snow photo adjacent to a beach photo.  It was a very odd combination to experience! The arrows from the Crate Paper | Wonder stickers once again come to my rescue to help convey the difference between Week 28 and then Week 29!

Page two is dedicated completely to Week 29.

This week was photo heavy, but only due to two events. I wasn't too concerned however, as it balanced the lack of photos on page one! LOL!

The embellishment layers were kept simple but help draw the eye across the page, highlighting little details.

To mimic Week 28, my journaling for Week 29 was also contained to a single 3x4 cardstock piece. I did however, add a small border of patterned paper from the October Afternoon collection, to bring out the touches of yellow.

Finally, for a little dimension, I added the Heidi Swapp wood veneer directly to my 4x6 photo.

Thanks for visiting today.  I hope to be able to catch up very quickly in the coming weeks and that you will join me as I do so...x

Foil all the things!

Hello Sassy Friends!

I realised this week that I might have a small problem when it comes to foil. And not the practical kind!! My little girl celebrated her a birthday this week and one of the gifts she received was a Create-a-Sticker type thing, using foil sheets. I had to physically restrain myself from relieving her of the rainbow sheet that came in the box! Hehe.

The Heidi Swapp Minc will seriously change the way you look at crafting. Being self-employed, I am all for trying a DIY version of anything first. I will admit to trying the laminator thing, and I can say that I found it to be a pain in the proverbial. I know there are lots of reviews out there using them, and lots of them look like they work. Personally, I tried for over an hour to get one thing to foil using my laminator, and of about 6 attempts, it only got 1 almost right. When I got to babysit the Minc, the FIRST time I put the paper through, it foiled perfectly. So the reports about the multiple rollers, distributing the heat evenly must be the advantage. If you are thinking about putting this machine on your wishlist, do it, you won't regret it!

Circular Color Magic butterfly has been misted with 'Raspberry' Color Shine. Such a yummy colour!

So the basis of this project is a Heidi Swapp Wanderlust Floral keepsake album. It consists of a beautifully foiled, sturdy presentation box, and inside, an accordion fold album, which you can decorate yourself.

The front of the box has a magnetic seal, which prevents your creation from falling out. On the top of my box, you'll notice that I created a gift 'ribbon' using some papers from Heidi's Mixed Company collection as well as some gold foil Punchinella vellum (which I have been hoarding!) You can create a paper ribbon yourself by searching for ribbon tutorials on Pinterest.

I wanted this album to be an uplifting gift, so I searched for some inspirational quotes online. I then went about setting the text in a word processing programme and printing the squares off onto 'Mixed Company' 6x6 sheets, using my laser printer. I cut some foil to size and fed it though the Minc machine on setting number 3.

Tricky to photograph, 'Hello Sunshine' is set in gold foil.

The lower section uses a large British Paints swatch (very handy for card making!) with a leftover Pink Paislee Citrus Bliss insta card over the top. A little Heidi Swapp lace paper over that with a couple more embellishments.

Gold arrow above, created using a Heidi Swapp foil kit

Another way you can foil without heat, is to try out the ready to use Foil Kits. Super simple to use, you: 1. Simply select the sticker you want to create with, 2. rub it on to your project and peel off the acetate backing. *The sticker will feel tacky. * 3. Now take the foil supplied in the pack and rub it over the sticker area. 4. Gently peel off the foil to reveal your foiled sticker!

Text area foiled with mint

Text detail... Machine stitching adds a bit of texture and interest.

The shaker pocket was created using a plastic page protector sleeve which I cut to size, then sealed shut, using my WRMK Fuse Tool. Before I fused the top, I popped in some sequins and embellies. Tip: Adhere a couple of the items inside a shaker in place, so not everything falls around when it's moved.

The quote below is from dropdeadgorgeousdaily.com. It was actually black with white text, and I inverted the colours in Photoshop, (to make it black text on a white background) so I could colour the text with pink foil.

 

There was a gap between the word 'amazing' and 'remember that' so I filled the area with an ampersand and a stamped 'brilliant' sentiment.

'Brilliant' is stamped in Hero Arts Ombré 'Navy to Pool' and is from a HS mini stamp set, along with the 'don't forget'.

The final section of the album has a mandala motif which I Googled and printed off onto cardstock with the laser printer. This one has been foiled in hot pink and, over the top, I've popped another foiled pineapple print card from the Citrus Bliss insta card pack and a few ephemera.

This is what the album looks like when fully opened.

 

I often wonder if what it is my mind, comes across ok in a post. If there is ever something that you would like explained further, or a demo of something, please feel free to drop us line, or comment here or via Facebook and I will do my best to accomodate.

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Chantalle

If you want to give this idea a try, here is a list of the materials used from the Sassy store:

My Heart - Anita Bownds

Hi everyone,

Happy Thursday !! 

Today I'm sharing a layout I created of my best buddy Kush

Doing what he loves most stalking me lol we call it crazy mode cause he runs 

Flat stick through the house each morning for about 10 minutes .

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I started off by choosing the lovely Aqua stripped patterned paper

And trimming my white cardstock down to fit with a patterned paper border 

I punched a few butterfly borders on the top and bottom of my white cardstock 

And then I machine stitched a border around the edge and ruffled the edges up

I flicked more gold mist across the page adding big and little droplets 

Next I started on my layers behind my photo 

I really wanted to have the big gold polka dots to be my first layer

Then I added that lovely Aqua patterned paper

And matted my photo on the dark blue polka dot patterned paper 

I used one of the memory Dex cards and popped it behind my matted photo 

I die cut a doily and added it behind my layers as with my handmade tag

I used a heart template and cut a heart shape out of the middle of the 5x7 lace paper and backed it with patterned paper then I added my title using the sticker and gold foil

And little butterflies with rhinestones and pen trails .

Don't forget our moodboard is ending next Tuesday 

Got to be in it to win it!!

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happy scrapping