My hubby was out of town this weekend, so I have had lots of time to create. I have been working on some digi layouts and wanted to share them!
I’m still working on a few more and hope to have them done soon … it’s so nice to feel productive!
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I really am not sure what day it is. I’m out of the country right now … in Europe for some meetings. Since I tend to keep my brain on Arizona time, I feel a little lost right now. What day is it? Who cares, right! I do have some goodies to share.
First of all. I stumbled on this very amazing and inspirational blog. It’s the “I Am Enough” project by Tracey Clark and can be found here. Basically, Tracey Clark has invited all sorts of cool women to share why their thoughts on why they are enough. I was especially touch by story Amie Adam shared. What an awesome idea and an awesome place to go when you need a reminder that you are indeed enough.
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Have you heard of The Brave Girls Club? The “club” is a art and life retreat for woman. It’s designed to empower woman, unleash their creativity and harness the strength within them. How cool is that? I so want to go on one of these retreats. In the meantime, I’m subscribing to their daily emails, “Daily Truths.”
When I opened my email today, this is what I saw:
I can’t wait for tomorrow’s message!
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I get Gwyneth Paltrow’s email newsletter “Goop.” In today’s newsletter she shared some of her favorite children’s books. I personally want to order this book for my daughter.
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Finally, I just had to share these cute layouts from Amy Kingsford.
They are adorable and should get you excited about your April Main Kits. Those kits will be shipped out on April 10th, so you are just days away from getting our April goodness in your hands.
I’m always amazed at the wonderful pages that Grace creates. She is super talented and if you ever read her blog you’ll know that she’s beyond busy, crazy organized and pretty much super mom. I envy the grace she shows in each day of her life. Grace is awesome.
Now, here are some layouts Grace created using the March 2010 Main Kit. Enjoy!
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1. Bookworm
In this layout, I was talking about my son’s new found interest in stories on tape. So to emphasize the theme/story of the page, I grabbed one of the chipboard shaped page from the MME minibook and used that as a template to cut out my pattern papers. I adhered the papers over each other as to mimic book pages.
I also added the part of the Prima rhinestone swirls here, the MME kraft tag and the yellow ribbon. I added a button on the ribbon for interest, having the paper thread go under the ribbon so when I tied the button, it created a cool crease on the ribbon as well.
2. A dreamer
I love this page because (a) I was able to play with some new actions I got online and dressed up my picture. I love that this new photoshop action made a cool distressed look for my picture and (b) I was able to add a lot of pattern papers into this layout without overwhelming the photo.
Remember, if you are combining lots of pattern papers, make sure you pick designs and elements in there that doesn’t distract with each other. Pick at least one dots, one stripe, one floral, one solid, etc. This way you have all the designs represented and yet it’s doesn’t overwhelm the page. Also make sure you do them in moderation. Size matters.
3. Happy Reunion
The lovely Basic Grey papers in the kit really makes a page pop with color. I emphasized two of them here.
I also added a border and journaling sticker from the Crate paper sheet and cut out a flower from one of the Crate paper pattern papers to add as an embellishment.
Another thing that made this page so fast to make are the transparent word and shamrock embellishment.
4. Lucky Gold
With this page, I wanted the focus to go to my pictures so I chose a more neutral colored patterned paper for background and added a few smaller strips of the other papers as a border in the middle.
I also added the canvas letters here from Little Yellow Bicycle and the calendar embellishment as well.
To highlight the dates, I grabbed two small circle stickers from the Crate Paper sticker sheet, hand cut out the centers and stuck it on the specific dates.
5. San Onofre Beach
Here’s my two page spread for this month. I can’t say it enough that this kit can give me so much product to make 4 pages PLUS one two page layout. That for me is really awesome.
I used one of the Crate paper stickers for my flower and to cover the lines (for journaling) I added another flower and a button.
There were some pictures that I didn’t feel good showing off, but I still wanted them to be included in this page. These are pictures that I only want my family to see, so to overcome my little dilemma, I added a small folded album on the right edge with pattern paper. I cut a piece that’s just a bit bigger than my pictures, folded it and tucked the pictures inside.
Thank you for looking and hope you enjoy your March kit.
Grace
We have a brand new kit we’re introducing in November: Add-on with a Kick.
We know that some of you out there are looking a a kit that has a little less than our crammed-packed (and extremely wonderful) Main Kit, so we came up with the Add-on with a Kick Kit. There are plenty of supplies in this kit to create multiple layouts, cards, or any sort of paper crafting project. It has lots of fun embellishments. And will always feature a cute set of alphas.
Without further ado … here’s a little peek at our very first Add-on with a Kick Kit:
Also new for November is the addition of a Paper Kit. The Paper Kit coordinates with all the kits we’re offering for November and will give you additional crafting options with 12 sheets of awesome patterned and specialty paper.
November's Paper Kit: It has a real cozy, fall sort of feel.
Pre-order all of your November kits now. If you subscribe for at least 3-months by October 31, we’ll send you a free gift with purchase.
anccording to Random.org is:
Brianna T., who submitted the following idea:
“I saw this the other day online. A baby jar pincushion. http://www.craftpudding.com/2009/03/tutorial-baby-food-jar-pincushion.html … Super Cute!”
Thank you for the fun and cute Idea Brianna T. And thank you for coming to our site and joining the Crazy Daisy chatter! We’re happy to have you.
Please send me an email with your mailing address so we can send you a grab bag. Also, tell us which grab bag you want (girly pink, girly purple, earth tones or critters).
I have quite a few baby food jars sitting on my counter, now cleaned out and waiting to be used in a very crafty way. I even saved a very large pickle jar today to use for some crafty goodness.
Well, it’s that time. Drum roll please … here’s a very little sneak peek at some of the November kits.
The November Main Scrapbooking kit will look like this ….
A little peek at the November Main Kit.
A peek at the November Add-on Kit
Happy Tuesday everyone. The November kits are up for pre-order and we’ve gone from two kits to four! We’re growing like a weed here at Crazy Daisy and want to meet the demands of our wonderful community. And of course that means we get to shop more and find the cutest scrappin’ supplies — so it’s a win, win for everyone!
Starting in November, we’ll have our Main Kit and our Add-on Kit like normal … but they will now be joined by an add-on kit with a kick and a patterned paper kit. The main kit will still have a mini book (remember, we have a mini book in every kit!) and the add-on kit with a kick will just be a little smaller than the main kit and won’t have a mini book.
If you order before midnight on Oct 31, we’ll send you a special gift. If you already have a subscription with us, you don’t need to pre-order, you have a kit reserved. However, if you’d like the free gift, just extend your current subscription by at least another three months. To do this, just drop me an email.
For every November kit you pre-order, we’ll give you a special free gift so get them all!
Edited: All of the photos for this post were removed, as Grace’s album was accepted for publication. The next time you see the album, it will be in the pages of Scrapbook Trends. You go girl!
Some times the hardest part of creating a layout or a mini-book is getting started. I know that for me, as soon as I dive into the process, things start to flow and come together. It’s the diving in that I struggle with. I over think. I over plan. And then I start to have stress. So, what we though we’d do for you today is offer you a look at a mini-book project from start to finish. Grace was wonderful enough to be our guest blogger and invited us into her process of diving into creating a mini-book from start to finish. Enjoy!
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Time capsule mini-book
By Grace Tolman
Hello everyone and welcome to a start to finish post from me. *smile*
I really enjoyed working with the Chatterbox mini album that came in our Crazy Daisy August kit. It was cute to be used as is without adding too much embellishment but at the same time leaves enough room for personalization.
1. I’m a big sketch person. I like to visualize what I’m going to end up with before I even start. It’s always great to have a foundation. I don’t ALWAYS follow the plan to the “T” but it’s still good to have an idea of where I’m going to take this project to.
2. Next I gather all my supplies, which in this case are small pictures of me, the minibook and everything that’s leftover from my August kit.
3. Then I print out my journaling title in the computer using one of my fave type fonts (Adler).
4. After that I take out one of the butterflies from the mini-book. I’m going to dress up my canvas bag with that butterfly piece. After easily taking it out from the book, I set it aside.
5. Then I start working on the book itself. I first cut the journaling title/prompts into strips. I trimmed them down as well.
6. I then start assembling my book. I first lay my journaling strips and pictures on the books inside pages. I just lay them first without adhering anything. This gives me the freedom to move around the pieces until I feel good about them.
7. At this point I decide to add some pattern papers, so I go with the My Mind’s eye paper in the kit. I punched out a scallop border on the edge first before I trimmed the strip that I needed.
8. After moving things around a bit. I decided that it works for me and so I start adhering things. I decided to use the orange paper strips to go under my pictures.
9. Then I start adding my title. Because the project/book is small I had to use smaller letter stickers, so it won’t overpower the rest of the pages. After going through my personal letter stash, I decided on using the tiny alphas from Making Memories.
10. I had one picture that I wanted to put over the transparent butterfly page in the book so I adhere that with glue dots.
11. After getting all the pictures and journaling strips adhered, I start adding my handwritten journaling. Since the theme of the mini-book was time capsule, I chose journaling that would be related to the “me” now. Examples of my questions where: things I can’t live without; things I can’t stop talking/learning about; how much things cost at this time; and my personal testimony. I also added my stats like what age I am right now, address and people in my family. This book is great for your own time capsule or you can also give it as a gift, leaving space for the recipient to write their own thoughts in there.
12. After getting all the important stuff on there (pictures + words) I go on the fun part…and that is embellishing my pages and book. I start from the front and work my way to the back. For the front of the book, I decide to use the sun sticker in the Heidi Swapp sticker sheet, matted it with the orange cardstock (also included in the kit) and trimmed it off with a scallop scissor.
I added a foil butterfly over it and added pearls (from my stash) to finish off the accent.
13. The most fun part for me about embellishing is how much stuff I can layer over each other. In the next page I layered a leftover star cut out from pattern paper, sticker, rub ons and button.
14. I used a thick ribbon from the kit to make a tab over my title page.
15. To finish off the tab, I added a button. Since the button I wanted have that tab in the back, I decided to cut it off with pliers. I like my buttons flat, but since I couldn’t’ take the entire loop out, I added pop up dots to it so I can adhere it without being too bumpy.
16. Another favorite thing for me right now is applying rub ons onto white cardstock first then cutting the image out so I can layer it onto the page with pop up dots.
17. Here I just added a button (from the kit) with a ribbon paper threaded through it to fancy up a butterfly in one of the pages.
18. Here I add some more rub ons applied to cardstock first.
19. I wanted to incorporate the gorgeous flowers in the kit but realized that they’re just too big, so I can trim them off so it’ll match the size with the rest of my embellishment
20. After a few looks at the book, I felt satisfied with how it turned out so I worked on the canvas bag next. I first trace the butterfly onto a cardstock. I’m going to spray some glimmer mist onto the canvas bag fro more color so I wanted an empty white space where the butterfly page will go.
21. I cut out the butterfly and layer that on top of the canvas bag then I sprayed it with copper glimmer mist.
Once I take off the butterfly cut out, here’s what it looks like…
Set it aside to dry completely.
22. Then I decided to make a title page for my mini-book so I played around with more leftovers from the August kit. I decided on using that relax sticker from the HS sticker sheet but using only the shaped border of the sticker.
I traced the sticker onto the orange cardstock then trimmed to size. I also added rub ons and letter stickers to the title block before adding pop up dots to adhere it to the butterfly piece.
And here’s the result. The green pearls (from my own stash) were also added at the last minute because I felt it was still missing something.
23. Then I worked on a little bit more on the canvas bag. I drew the butterfly image with a black pen.
24. Added some adhesive behind the butterfly block and adhered on the center of the bag at an angle so you can see the traced butterfly image behind it.
25. I added the felt thickers (included in the kit) to personalize my book at the back and added the date.
And after a couple of hours, here’s what it looks like…..
Hope you enjoyed my little start to finish article. And if you decide to follow my lead and make your own “time capsule” mini-book with your butterfly book please share. I love to see how yours turned out.
Till next time,
Grace
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