Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Project Life - A Day at the Theme Park (Part 1)

Theme Park Project Life Pages by Holly of www.paintedladiesjournal.com

Today I'm sharing the first part of a series of layouts documenting a day at Great America Theme Park. We had such a fun day with our cousins that live near the park. My sister-in-law has this place figured out.
Theme Park Project Life Pages by Holly of www.paintedladiesjournal.com
While the older cousins raced to get in line at their daring rides, we got on the double decker carousel. That's my speed. I'm using the August Take 10 Pocket Kit. That oversized wood veneer geotag is from a past Take 10 Kit.
Theme Park Project Life Pages by Holly of www.paintedladiesjournal.com
I was at a Scrapbook Expo Crop a few weekends ago, when I created these layouts. I do not own a Selphy (Gasp!) but had the chance to try it out at the crop. I decided to see how it printed journaling. If you'd like to know how I created my journaling to print on the Selphy, I have a tutorial right here.
I usually like to print journaling on cardstock or matte photo paper, but this was super convenient; and I'm happy with it.

Theme Park Project Life Pages by Holly of www.paintedladiesjournal.com

I grabbed a 4x6 journal card from my Mambi stash of cards (I love square corners) and got out my watercolors to paint the "DOCUMENTED." to pick up the same colors.

Theme Park Project Life Pages by Holly of www.paintedladiesjournal.com

I used a geotag from the May Take 10 Glam Bag on top of a current August filler card.  I cut strips from my Selphy print stating our location.
Theme Park Project Life Pages by Holly of www.paintedladiesjournal.com
The next layout included two pages side-by-side in this series all about our day at Great America! Here it is all together. I wanted to include so many photos of what we did and my littles interacting with their big cousins.

Theme Park Project Life Pages by Holly of www.paintedladiesjournal.com
I used the stamp for the date from the August kit. The round "Explore" stamp is from the July Glam Bag. That picture of Drew looking a little queasy on the teacups sums it all up. Lol!

Theme Park Project Life Pages by Holly of www.paintedladiesjournal.com

I loved seeing a sprinkle of Color Cast Designs acrylic hearts in this month's Glam Bag! I stamped on top of a piece of cardstock that I added a couple strokes of watercolor to, with the same stamp set from the July Glam Bag.

Come back soon for Part Two of this Theme Park Project Life series.

Holly with www.paintedladiesjournal.com
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My favorite apps for editing photos and creating collages for cutting up for this midori project:

PICTAPGO for editing. The lighten is awesome on any photo.
PicTapGo - Totally Rad! Inc.

 

PICSTITCH (paid version is needed to create thicker white borders - so worth it) for collages.
Pic Stitch - #1 Photo and Video Collage Maker - Big Blue Clip, LLC


Zig Memory System Calligraphy Dual Tip Marker, Carded, Pure Black




Faber Castell Mix & Match Color Gelatos Tropical 4 Piece Set


  CANON MG7520 Wireless Color Cloud Printer with Scanner and Copier, White (Discontinued By Manufacturer)


Watercolor Paints
 
Zig Watercolor Brushes

 
  Canon Photo Paper Plus Glossy II, 4 x 6 Inches, 400 Sheets (2311B031)

Canon Selphy 1200 printer

Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Themed Pocket Scrapping

Holly with www.paintedladiesjournal.com using the August Take 10 Kits for a themed pocket page spread with insert

Are you a "play by the rules" Pocket Scrapper? Okay, so there aren't really any rules. But, typically you see Week 1 through Week 52. I do like the creative Week Title Cards. But I just can't scrap that way, but I love pocket pages. So, when I have a big day at the zoo with cousins, I end up with lots of fun pictures that I want to include. I narrow it down and put them in a two-page spread with an insert. 

Holly with www.paintedladiesjournal.com using the August Take 10 Kits for a themed pocket page spread with insert

We spent a FULL DAY at the zoo with cousins and I ended up with so many photos from one day. Here is the first page with insert. I'm using the new August Aurora Take 10 Pocket Kit and Glam Bag.
Holly with www.paintedladiesjournal using the August Take 10 Kits for a themed pocket page spread with insert
The Glam Bag included these awesome acrylic hearts from Color Cast Designs. Love! I paired it with an exclusive wood veneer from the same kit.

Holly with www.paintedladiesjournal using the August Take 10 Kits for a themed pocket page spread with insert

I used a splash of watercolor on top of these weekday card and then stamped the day of the week on top. 
Holly with www.paintedladiesjournal using the August Take 10 Kits for a themed pocket page spread with insert

Here is the second spread with insert that concludes our day. 
Holly with www.paintedladiesjournal using the August Take 10 Kits for a themed pocket page spread with insert


I created a tag with the stamp set to add as an embellishment.

Holly with www.paintedladiesjournal using the August Take 10 Kits for a themed pocket page spread with insert
And added star wood veneers from a past Take 10 Kit. I love the wood veneers because they are thinner than typical.

Holly with www.paintedladiesjournal.com
Follow me on Facebook and Instagram!

Below you will find a few affiliate links of my favorite supplies. Affiliate links kick back a small amount of money to the blog, and cost the buyer nothing extra. Thanks for your support!


My favorite apps for editing photos and creating collages for cutting up for this midori project:

PICTAPGO for editing. The lighten is awesome on any photo.
PicTapGo - Totally Rad! Inc.

 

PICSTITCH (paid version is needed to create thicker white borders - so worth it) for collages.
Pic Stitch - #1 Photo and Video Collage Maker - Big Blue Clip, LLC


Zig Memory System Calligraphy Dual Tip Marker, Carded, Pure Black




Faber Castell Mix & Match Color Gelatos Tropical 4 Piece Set


  CANON MG7520 Wireless Color Cloud Printer with Scanner and Copier, White (Discontinued By Manufacturer)


Watercolor Paints
 
Zig Watercolor Brushes

 
  Canon Photo Paper Plus Glossy II, 4 x 6 Inches, 400 Sheets (2311B031)