Themed Pocket Scrapping

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. 

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.

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.

I used a splash of watercolor on top of these weekday card and then stamped the day of the week on top. 

Here is the second spread with insert that concludes our day. 

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

And added star wood veneers from a past Take 10 Kit. I love the wood veneers because they are thinner than typical.

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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.
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PICSTITCH (paid version is needed to create thicker white borders - so worth it) for collages.
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Hometown Tourist in my MIdori Project #LittleSummerJOY

I'm working on my #LittleSummerJOY midori project again! I've been busy the last two weeks making lots of family memories and now it's time to get documenting. This project has been a fun new way to document our memories and still use my scrapbook supplies.

I got out my shiny new July Take 10 Kits (the pocket kit is sold out but there are some reduced sets that don't include the stamp here and got to work making 3 spreads of our day playing the role of "hometown tourist." I actually squealed when I read this prompt on www.littlepaperprojects.com (It was Lesson 2: Hometown Tourist) because we had just done this. Riding the Chicago Double Decker Bus was on our Summer Bucket List. And really, how perfect is the July Take 10 Kit for this prompt about being a tourist in your own city?? That skyline stamp! Yes!

There were so many fun photos from this adventure, so per typical for my midori books, I chose to make a bunch of collages with the PicStitch App and then cut them all apart to create mini layouts.

This page was a lot of fun to create. My mother and son were sitting across from me doing some dot art while I was working on this. I picked up the stencil from the July Take 10 Glam Bag and ask for that blue and yellow paint when they were done. (yeah, probably not archival, but I was in the moment) I made opposing patterns on each page to create a fun background. I outlined the skyline stamp that was showing through from the backside. If you can't cover it, go with it. I cut out simple strips of cardstock to create titles that would pop on this background. I think it's my fave.

Page 3 of this prompt! I cut up that "Home Sweet Home" Card and used more of the stamp set from the July Pocket Kit. I also had some stickers left from the June Take 10 Glam Bag that are on each of these spreads. I imagine I will end up using that whole set in this book.

Thanks for following along in my #LittleSummerJOY book. Are you participating? Go here for more information on it: www.littlepaperprojects.com

Creating Currently Journal Cards for Project Life

Today's layout features that awesome stamp set from the April 2016 Take 10 Pocket Kit. Man, oh, man, that "Currently" Stamp (also available separately) was begging for that.

This week sits opposite my last layout from the epic Memorial Day Weekend (my last three blog posts included that series of five layouts).

Here they are together.

Since I used a filler card in one of my slots, I used a technique that I love in order to tell the story of these two pictures shown above. The little man stealing my lunch. I wrote out my journaling on white cardstock and then trimmed it down into strips which I pasted or stapled right on top of the photos.

I used that currently stamp on top of some grid paper to create this journal card. I was deep into that "The Magic of Tidying Up" book at the time, so "currently reading" was perfect.

I pulled out my stamp supplies and got to work with the Currently Stamp Set from the April Take 10 Pocket Kit. It's also available separately, here! To create these, I did them in a way that gave me a variety of cards for future use.  First, I stamp "Currently on each of them. Then, I set up several of the words, lining them all up on my acrylic block by lining them up on the grid cards for good spacing. I stamped a few with each set up.  For some, I spaced the words apart for more writing and some are meant for short answer journaling.

I also stamped that awesome line of chevrons in different spots on each card. Have you used this stamp set yet? Do you plan on making some journal cards with them?

Memorial Day Weekend Project Life Series

I've been sharing a series of layouts from last Memorial Day Weekend. I ended up with five 12x12 pocket pages and here are the last two. This weekend, the entire family was together non-stop. My husband has three siblings and each of them has three kids. Lots of cousins. 

Grandma had just got moved into my sister-in-law's home from the hospital and she was craving some time with her family, as were all of us.

I used the April Take 10 Kit for all five of my weekend pages to document everything we did together. I knew that I wanted to pair this particular card with a great picture of my mother-in-law. I cherish this selfie with my daughter and her, and so thankful for her smiles and willingness to do it.

Another great card from this kit for this weekend documenting. Since she had many titles, I added "Grandma", "Grandma Woo Woo" and "Mama G" to personalize this card. And I added the cute crocheted clip from Shepherd's Song Creations that was included in the April Take 10 Kit.

Here is the last pocket page from our Memorial Day Weekend 2015!

First let's talk about that top photo! I took a panoramic photo with my iPhone. It's not really smooth, but I gotta say I love how it turned out. It was a huge table and everyone tried to squeeze in for a family favorite - a dice game called Left Right Center. I brought the photo into the app "PicStitch" and put half and half across a 4x6 frame. Then, I brought it into the "Phonto" app and added the words, "Left Right Center". I lined these up on two 4x6 pocket cards and used the bottom half for title, journaling and embellishing.

I split one more 4x6 photo across two 3x4 slots. Be careful not to cut through a person's face when doing this.

I printed my journaling to fit over the blue journal card (I did a great tutorial on printing for journal cards) and adhered it with some of the washi tape from the kit. Then, I got use of another card and added a smaller photo on top. I created this photo size in that app, "PicStitch". That little flower die cut was created with the stamp set in the April Take 10 Glam Bag. Then, I used my chalks to color it in.

So, this wraps up my 5 pages of Memorial Day Weekend 2015. The last two posts can be found here:

Fitting More Photos in Project Life

Documenting Big Event Weekends in Project Life

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Documenting Big Event Weekends with Project Life

Sharing a two-page spread today using the April Take 10 Kits. This spread continues the Memorial Day Weekend 2015 page that I shared last week. That post focused on fitting more photos into your pocket page layouts. You can see I'm practicing those same ideas again in this spread. How do you include bigger events, like a long Memorial Day Weekend that span several days and include lots of photos? I ended up with five 12x12 spreads that I jammed lots of photos into. For me, I don't have weekly spreads, so I figure it all balances out by the end of the year.

Here's a closer look at the right side. 

We decided to celebrate my youngest's birthday since everyone was already together. It was perfect. I found a hamburger cake that looked awesome! I took a chance and stamped right on the photo with that #celebrate hashtag stamp from the Hashtag Stamp Set. I say "risk" because my Stazon inkpad was dry, so I used my regular black. If you are in this same situation, you just have to be careful when stamping and then wait a bit longer for it to dry.

I used a flip here! (Fitting more photos!) and used the washi tape from the kit to adhere it and create a little tab.

When I was taking photos this weekend, I wanted to make sure that they told the story of all that we did. One big part of our weekend, was the big screen outdoor movie in the backyard. What a memory. I got a shot of the uncles putting up the screen and one with a silhouette of my son's head watching the movie after dark. I chose to print my journaling on vellum so the lines on that journal card show through.

Here's a closer look at the right side of this spread.

I really liked that birds on the wire card and chose it to create a little title card.  I used the stamp set that came in the April Take 10 Glam Bag to add a few "black" birds to the card. And used some of the washi from the kit to add more black.

I love adding little strips of typed journaling for those little bits of info I want to add.

In the upper right card, I layered two smaller pictures together. I created a little 4x6 collage in the PicStitch App and then cut them out.

This post is part of a Memorial Day Weekend Series. The last installment is coming next week.

Here is the first post of this series: Fitting More Photos in Project Life.

Thanks for joining me today!

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