Heyyyyy again all!! Stephanie Gold here, back with another project using the incredible August Travelers Notebook Kit >>> get it HERE!!
I wanted to show you all another super fun way you can use this kit so I put together a little gift card holder with coordinating tag.
This mini envelope was made using a piece of the 6×6 pattern paper from the kit and a We Are Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board (this thing has changed my lifeeee). I accented the front of the envelope with a couple cut outs, one of the see through stickers and the clear paper clip.
For the tag I layered two different papers cut in different tag shapes and stacked them with the ephemera. That flamingo was meant to wear sunglasses don’t you think??! A small bow of black and white twine tops it off.
And finally to pull my whole project together I wrapped the finished envelope with many loops of twine and attached the tag. Cute right?! (I’m obsessed.)
Thanks again for stopping by!! Much love and happy crafting!!
Everything in this kit makes me swoon. I sincerely adore the bright yellow alpha stickers and the ephemera and the insanely cool rubbery, see through stickers… I mean… it’s all just gorgeous.
So the picture I really wanted to document here was from a trip to Maine we took for a few weeks this summer. This is my hubby and I enjoying the summer time and each others company and we just had such a blast together on this trip (kids were there too just not in the pic ;).
I hope you enjoyed this layout and I can’t wait to see what you have been making with this kit!! Thank you all so much for stopping by!
Hello Clique Fans! Erica here with you today to share a layout using some of the July Travelers Notebook kit and a free cut file we offered back in May! This kit features the Ain’t Life Grand collection from Pretty Little Studio designed by Ashley Horton. I also printed out the exclusive Travelers Notebook printables sheet that comes free for subscribers!
This cut file was designed by Maryam Perez for our May Challenge and I just love it! You can grab it for free HERE. You can also check out our Facebook group The Clique for even more free cut files! I started out by picking a few papers from the kit and cutting them down to back the cutfile.
I used my Tombow Aqua adhesive to add the cut up papers to my cutfile! I did not back all of the open spots because I wanted to leave some white spaces! I love how it turned out!
The photo I am using is of my two youngest boys swimming in their pool! They love to be in the water and always have so much fun!
Once I backed my photo with a couple layers I added it to my layout and began embellishing my layout! I used products from the kit and also so Ain’t Life Grand products that I picked up in the Pretty Little Studio shop! Clique Kits loves to support women in business and small business and PLS is one of our favorites! Here is a look at my completed layout using the July Travelers Notebook Kit!
Clique Kits has a handful of freebies in the digital shop as well that you should check out! Using cutfiles for your layouts or cards is a fun way to use up smaller papers and add lots of patterns! Remember if you use CK files in your projects to tag us on Facebook or Instagram! We love to see what everyone is creating! Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!
Melissa here with you today and I’m sharing a clean and simple card using the July Travelers Notebook kit. It truly is a perfect kit to make some cards! Just the right amount of papers and embellishments that are designed for the smaller scale of a Traveler’s Notebook… so, naturally, it would be perfect for cards too!
To go with this post, I also have a process video I’d love to invite you to watch.
Now, normally for these Art Studio posts, I’m always drawn to creating with paints and other “artsy” and messy supplies. Mixed media is always a go to. As I was contemplating what to do for this post, my “teacher hat” came on. I realized, YES… sharing our thoughts and ideas using all that product is awesome but, maybe we need to take it back to the basics and bit and talk about where we go for making sure our projects look pleasing to the eye (while still embracing our individual styles!).
Artists have their founding with the Elements and Principles of Design. Elements are the components and Principles are we organize them… put them in to action, if you will. So, for a little review, here are the Elements of Design: Line, Color, Shape, Form, Value, Space and Texture. Principles of Design are: Balance, Emphasis, Movement, Proportion, Rhythm, Unity and Variety.
Each of these terms are a little self explanatory but, if you’d like to go deeper with their definitions, you can check out this awesome resource at Oberlin.
Here is the card I created using the July TN Kit and contemplating how I use using the Elements and Principles of Design:
It’s a very clean and simple card. But, I thoughtfully used each kit item to create a well composed card. By using symmetrical balance, I utilized the colors and patterns of the papers to also create unity and variety. The flower is clearly the focal point. I also was able to draw attention to the lines and shape of the card design by bringing in rhythm and texture. Where does the emphasis lie? I believe on the flower but, your eye also is taken on a brief journey to the sentiment and cute little heart up top.
For more thoughts, have a watch of my video below:
Hey everyone and happy Thursday! I hope you all had a chance to check out the June Instagram Share that started yesterday! We have enjoyed seeing all the beautiful projects that you are sharing with your kits! We do still have a couple kits left in the shop along with some of our new Travelers Notebook kits! You can check them out HERE in the shop!
Today I am working with the May 2017 kit and have a quick and easy layout to share with you! I am a little behind in using up my kits so before I dig into June I want to kill my May kit!
I am loving circles on layouts so I pulled out my punches and went to work punching our the pretty papers in the May kit!
In the end I only used one size punch and placed them on a 8.5×11 piece of white cardstock! I love the blue in this kit and since I do have 4 boys it is just perfect for some of their photos! I printed my photo in black and white and added a few layers behind it! The photo is of our youngest son combing his brothers hair with a DINGLEHOPPER(fork)! He had recently just watched The Little Mermaid and was doing everyone’s hair with his new dinglehopper! To cute not to photograph and document!
Once I had all my circles placed on my paper I added my photo and a square that I cut out from one of the papers that says…Just Being me is Fun! I pulled out the word stickers in the Travelers Notebook kit and added a couple under my photo. The puffy stickers in the May kit are perfect little embellishments and I added some to the circles on my page! I just love all the little bits and pieces in each kit!
Using punches is a good way to use up smaller pieces of paper you have left over in a kit! Makes for a quick, easy and fun layout! Here is a look at my final layout using the May 2017 kit!
I challenge you to pull out your punches and create a layout or a card! Any kind of punch it does not have to be circles! Post your projects in The Clique Facebook group , our Facebook Page or the Clique Kits Instagram with the hashtag #CKPUNCHITOUT (a clique kit is not required to join in on the fun) I think our punches get over looked sometimes and they are a great tool to use!
Aloha My scrappy Friends!! It’s Hannah with you today. When I started scrapbooking I was hooked on Mixed Media. When I made a layout it always had a variety of media on it, and I may have went a little crazy. It really appealed to me in the no rules aspect. It really helped me grow and learn about about as a scrapbooker. This journey is one of the most important for a memory keeper. It helps you forage the way you end up telling your story, in the way you need to do. This is whether or not you yourself add media to your projects.
As I started growing and leaning towards cleaner layouts, I did less and less media. My products sitting lonely in my mixed media drawer.
Lately though I really have been itching to play around and get dirty. Literally. I think Mixed media is like riding a bike, once you get the hang of it and into the groove you get better with time.
Today I am going to be using the May Sorbet kit with add ons from the store to be making my Travelers Notebook. I wanted this size because I think sometimes it is a good place to start, a smaller size to fill up.
Also I hope you take quick look of the new Travelers Notebook Kit that is being added to Clique Kits. It matches the main kit and has tons of goodies play with it your Travelers Notebooks or even adding to your main kit.
Let’s look at what I made. I am not going to lie, this spread was my nemesis!! A real labor of love. No matter what I did, I was not sure how I felt. When I am using mixed media products I really use my gut feeling to help guide through the creating process. I think this is quite different approach from just making a layout or other memory keeping project.
Here are some tips to remember about Mixed Media :
It almost always looks bad before it looks really good. I think this is because layers is the key. Sometimes a stencil gets smudge a little, or a paint splatter is bigger than you thought.
When making my layout I had tried using the cut file Maryam had designed, and adding that right to the page. It was just too much paper on all the paint I had added. I actually used my cut file to trace the triangles on top of my paint. splotches.
These splotches are through my layout and I used Shimmerz Acri-tonez in hot pink (it dry so fast and I don’t have to add gesso before, which is nice when I don’t have extra steps.) and gold paint.
When you mess up you can always cover it up. Sometimes a stencil doesn’t leave a clear image, or you smudge paint before it dries. When I make a mistake I always try to remember that I can always cover it up with an embellishment or photo. This helps take the pressure off so I don’t have to stress about it being perfect. Mixed Media is all about having fun and experimentation.
Also if you really screw things up, you can always start over again on a fresh new page or cover it with gesso. Since mixed media is about the layers adding gesso and another layer of paint or media it will add an unique twist to your spread.
On my spread I used a doily I had left over from last month’s kit and used it as a layer under my photo. I layered a piece of card stock with the Pretty Little Studio washi strips. I placed these over an area where my silkscreen didn’t transfer my gold paint very well.
I love the way that tab from the exclusive printable looks under my photo with some hearts from Pink Fresh Studio. The gold mirror heart was in the Add on store, and these pieces are so cute. They really help tie in all the gold I used on the background.
Mixed Media is about art expression, use things you love. When you love the techniques, colors, products, tools or embellishments, it will show on your spread. Playing and learning is part of mixed media, but in the end the things you love that you add to your project really set your page from just okie to a LOVE page. You may not love every page you make, but using products and elements you love will give you pieces that you love too.
On the page I made I really was eyeing the Freckled Fawn clips. They are so bold and fun. They really make a statement. I layered them with a cut part from one of the papers from the Main Kit and a stamped image I popped off the page. I stamped the image, with the Pink Fresh Studios stamp set, on white card stock and cut it out. Adding pop dots to give it dimension off the page and making the image more of the focal point. Especially with stamped or written phrases on the inside.
Also layered under the clip was a gold doily from my stash, gold thread and some of the exclusive sequins for this month. They match this kit so well, and the flower sequins looked so cute inside my rainbow.
I added some Pretty Little Studio block alphas to finish my title and finished this cluster up with a gold mirror heart.
My last tip for mixed media, is Have Fun and Play, Play, Play. Mixed media is about expression and when you aren’t having fun it shows. If you aren’t having fun, you won’t want to come back to it later. Just let go and have fun playing.
Playing and practicing also makes a difference. It will help you get better and get a feel for the techniques you get quickly and the ones you need to work on if that is the media you want to use.
These Maggie Holmes butterflies in the Add on section in the store are so fun. They worked perfectly with my spread because it’s about change. Embracing the change an flying high with it.
Here is a look at my full spread. It’s not perfect, but in the journey of making this I really embraced it. I really kept trying until I got a look I was happy with. Even if I had to take up things off the page three or 4 times.
I hope this week you give some thought in how you can add some fun and play mixed media to you spreads. Even little things like adding some modeling paste to a journaling card, or splatter some color ink on white card stock before you start layering papers.
Don’t forget to mark your calendars for this weekend, for international Scrapbooking Day, May 6th. We will be hosting tons of amazing challenges to play along in. There will be lots of chatting, scrapbooking and prizes!!
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