Everyday Wishes: Kit Sneak Peek! :-)

Hey everyone! Andrea here and today I want to share with you a fun sneak peek at our next kit, called "Everyday Wishes" and talk to you about what inspired me for this very special kit/collection!

I'm really excited for this kit! And I really hope you all will love it like I do! It's a very important kit/collection to me and here is why... I created it while going through a really difficult time. As many of you know, I am not doing well right now and I haven't been well recently. Writing, "I am not doing well" seems like an understatement really...since first of all...I am never doing particularly well because I have a serious health condition that I live with (called CRPS). However, lately things have definitely and very unfortunately gotten worse. And as I have had a lot of sad moments lately, lying in bed, alone and in so much horrible pain...I have had a lot of time to contemplate. I am usually such a happy person, but when things get hard in life, one sometimes feels the happiness and the hope start to drain out, as the stress and the fear settles in. But as I found myself feeling sad and hopeless, I remembered my motto..."to live my life as a fairytale and write my own happily ever after" and I thought about fairytales and the trials and heartbreak and obstacles that are faced in each one. My story is not an easy one, it never has been, but one thing has always been true...I am strong and I never give up! I remembered how important it is in all fairytales and in my own particular, personal, real-life fairytale...to have faith...to wish and dream and believe that a star will light the way! So I was inspired by Disney classics like Cinderella and Pinnochio and I reminded myself that "no matter how my heart is grieving, if I keep on believing, the dream that I wish will come true"! 

So I created "Everyday Wishes" to remind me and all of you too...the most basic and important thing that The Fairytale Club stands for...and that is believing in the fairytale and the "happily ever after"...and living it and creating it and writing it, even when it is hard. I was inspired to make a kit that had all kinds of my favorite, beautiful fairytale things...princesses, unicorns, stars and moons to wish upon, rainbows, and castles, blue birds of happiness, and lots more! This new kit is filled with my wishes and dreams for a happy and bright tomorrow, not just for me, but for all of you too! As we get closer to the new year, I want you all to think of your hopes and dreams and goals and wishes and really go for them...don't give up! Every wish can come true, every dream is possible! 

I hope you like this sneak peek of "Everyday Wishes"! I want to say thank you to all of my Club Members/subscribers, the Fairytale membership peeps, and all you awesome followers, customers, and fans! Thank you for supporting me and especially thank you for supporting me right now through this particularly difficult time in my life and for being so kind and compassionate and patient! Please stay tuned for the full reveal of "Everyday Wishes", it's coming soon! Yay!

Hugs to you all and Remember to "LIVE YOUR LIFE AS A FAIRYTALE!"  --  Andrea Bethke, Founder of The Fairytale Club

Holidaily with Kim

Hey there! I hope this wonderful season is finding you joyous!  Kim here to give you an update on my Advent Planner!  If you haven't had a chance, here is the link to my last blog post where I got it all set up... 

And of course I'll be continuing to use the generous Jolly Kit and If you haven't seen that, here is an unboxing video for you! 

Now that we've covered everything on the back side, let's dive into what I've been working on since we last chit-chatted!

Here is last week's spread.  Using the pink alphas from the Sweet Kit, I wrote around them some of the exclamations that I read in that Monday's Bible verse.  I then freehand cut a heart and stapled it with a quick doily for some girl fluff and then nestled a couple of die cuts and a sticker for a little forest in the corner.

I have moved this clear divider I made from the kit's acetate to this week and added a tag to it.  It's nice to be able to flip right to where I need to be!

On the opposite page, I used the sequins in the kit to make a little Santa scene.  Under that gingerbread man to the right, is some secret journaling in a flip up piece made from kit packaging.

On to this weeks pages, I've got a couple new things going on.  I added a personal picture on the bottom that I love dearly from years past as well as.... 

...a wood veneer star just loosely bound by the rings.  I used some of the patterned paper and just used some liquid glue to adhere it.  After it was dry, I then used my craft knife to fussy cut it out.  Quick easy and a nice accent to any planner.

I did add plastic pocket page insert with 2 x 2 slots in between these two facing pages. Along with a square full of sequins, I added a vintage picture with a tag turned into a tab:)

On the other side of it, you can see I added a few more vintage pictures as well as that cute note to Santa.

There isn't much to show yet for the rest of the week (since it's not here yet as I'm writing this)  But it doesn't take much to use part of the personal dividers as an extra sweet treat to look forward to!

I very much appreciate your time to stop by and see my work in progress.  Look for one more blog post update and then a final video walkthrough in the beginning of 2018!  Love ya!

Kim

Holidaily with Enza

Hello everyone! I can't believe Christmas is only ten days away!!! I'm trying to keep up with my December album as much as I can, but I have to admit, time is very limited. This year I'm working on two albums at the same time. One of them is going to my parents in Italy. I think they'll appreciate getting a taste of our holiday season, especially how their busy grandkids are experiencing the most wonderful time of the year ;)

Today I'm sharing how I documented the first six days of December. My approach is very easy. One or two pictures and some journaling are mostly what makes the whole album. If I want to include more pictures, then I'll create a collage in Photoshop. As far as supplies, I'm using the festive “Jolly” kit, with bits and pieces from the Take Note and Storytime kits. Occasionally you'll see some other supplies from my stash, used mostly to fill spaces or create layers. 

My opening page is very simple. Just a couple of snowflakes layered underneath the “Merry” die cut, some red stars, and the date. One thing you'll find throughout the album is silver glitter card stock, either as a background layer or to add extra sparkle here and there.

I also like to create little pockets as inserts, and include interactive elements. The back of the “Jolly” tag hides the journaling for the day. 

Another element I'm in love with is transparencies. I can't get enough of the see-through look! Same idea is behind typing my journaling on vellum.

Filler cards are a fabulous way to showcase your supplies. Here I created a shaker card. So sparkly!!!

For Day 4 I have a very simple spread. Just picture and journaling. Again, I used the silver glitter card stock to back the photo. 

Since I wanted to include more pictures for Day 5, I created a collage in Photoshop. The tree on the right side of the spread is a cut file that I adhered on a piece of acetate and then stapled to the bottom pocket. 

Journaling on vellum again for Day 5, this time tag-shaped.

Some inserts...

The last spread of today's post includes a 2-page photo. I just added two strips of card stock on each side and embellishments.

That is all for today, friends. I hope you have found some inspiration for documenting your December memories.

Thank you for stopping by.
Enza

Holidaily: December 7th with Carrie

Hello everybody! My name is Carrie Elias and I am the guest designer for this month, which means I have been playing with the Jolly kit!!  Andrea and I have been friends for a while, however since having my daughter a couple years ago I really don't make time to scrapbook as much as I'd like. So when Andrea asked if I wanted to join her guest design team for December I was thrilled, and jumped at the chance to work with her lovely product!

Andrea has been doing a project called Holidaily for many years now where she documents from Thanksgiving through New Year's. I have always admired her finished albums and if you want to take a look for yourself she has shared a few of them on her personal blog. Well, I decided to join along this year so today I will be sharing December 7th of my Holidaily album!

Admittedly most of my daily scrapbook spreads have multiple photos because I have a hard time taking only one photo that seems to tell a complete story to me.  It's a personal struggle LOL.  Today's spread is no exception. My little girl and I had spent hours putting ornaments on our tree and enjoyed watching Babes in Toyland while doing so.

For the first page I have a full page photo with a reflection of myself in my pajamas in one of the ornaments. I accidentally had my photo printed up just a tad bit too small and decided to take advantage of it by using one of my favorite papers from the collection as a thin border. I think it helps tie this spread together that much more. The gold foil snowflake transparency is peeking through under the opposite page and so to tie it in I added two of the gold foil snowflake stickers directly on top of my photo. 

Across the page is a page protector with two 3 x 4 pockets trimmed down from four. I added a tab using my We R Memory Keeper's tab punch, and the same striped paper that's peeking out from the page underneath. I purposefully lined up the papers for better flow. Also, there was a pack of sequins in my kit and I picked out a few of the red ones and placed them in the same pocket as my top photo. I thought they kind of mimicked the bokeh affect from the photo. 

Since we were decorating our tree of course I had to use one of the Christmas tree papers for the pocket underneath the photo. I ended up choosing one of the planner insert papers, cutting it down to 3 by 4 and then fussy cutting a few of the other pink trees. I used one in this pocket and the other elsewhere on this spread. In order to add more red to this pocket I decided to place big red bow from the die-cut pack over the star of the popped up pink tree. I also tucked in one of the red heart die cuts.

When you turn the page and see the back of the two 3 x 4 pockets, you'll see I added an additional single sequin inside a wreath in the bottom pocket photo.  In the pocket above it, I used one of the patterned papers cut down to 3 by 4 along with a glittered number 7. I knew I wanted to place the number 7 on a popped up tag and came up with the idea of using the same pattern paper to make my own tag. All I did was trace one of the tags from the die-cut pack, making sure the design on the tag and background papers matched up. Then I popped up the tag added my number 7 and a gold eyelet, finishing this pocket up with one of the pink trees I had previously fussy cut tucking it in.

Having a toddler means everything goes in a page protector at this point LOL. So I cut down the gold foil snowflake transparency to 6 by 8 and placed it in a full-page pocket. I'm a fan of full-page transparencies as both a resting place for the eye as well as adding a little extra character.

On the next page I cut one of the papers into a 4 by 6 card, and after deciding to switch to a three pocket spread cut it in half. I added journaling on the papers for both pockets and layered two additional pink trees. I could have added more embellishment to these two pockets but this spread was getting so busy I decided to keep them simple. 

For the 4 by 6 photo collage at the bottom, I cut one of the airmail looking die cuts and layered it over one of the photos which ended up being a duplicate to the photo on the next page. I used some wood veneer Thickers from the Crate Paper Fa La La collection to spell out the word Fun on top.

When you turn the page there is one final two-page spread for this day. On the left is a single photo in the bottom pocket, and two 3 x 4 pockets above it.  I cut down another one of my favorite papers from the collection to 4 x 6 and ran it through my typewriter to add my journaling. Then I used my paper trimmer to make two 3 by 4 cards cutting straight down the middle of my journaling so it reads left to right across both pockets. Next, I used the same wood veneer thickers to spell out the word Happy.  

The thickers made the pocket so thick that the card on the right kept popping up out of the pocket.  So, I used the bow paperclip from my Jolly kit to attach it to the front of the page protector.  Now it stays in place just fine.  To finish off this spread I added the same pattern paper from the 3 by 4 cards and layered it behind my full page photo.

And I think that's it for today's spread.  I'll see you again next week for more from my Holidaily!

Cheers!!
Carrie

Holidaily: Moonlight Magic with Carolee

Hey everyone! I'm here to kick off our new Holidaily series! Holidaily is a lot like many projects people take up at this time of year, but instead of focusing just on the first twenty-five days of December, it documents anything holiday related from Thanksgiving to New Year's Day.

My project today is from a bit earlier but it was very Christmas-y so I added it to my Holidaily notebook. I was able to get tickets to a special event at Disneyland and since they put up their holiday decorations on the 10th, it was already festive by the day we got there!

This project also shows off one of my favorite things to include from my Disney trips: maps! It's a bit difficult when you're using a TN since they're just a bit too big. I will always trim mine down or, if I can't because I'll lose goodness, I'll just let it hang off the edge.

You know me, I like to keep my decoration nice and minimalist and for this project, I wanted to feature a lot of the ephemera from the actual trip. I snapped this selfie in front of the holiday castle and printed it out on my Prynt. I layered it along with our ticket to the event, adding a couple of the tickets from the cut apart sheet to the top. I adhered that onto the map front. This way, everything is front and center but doesn't make it so you can't open the map!

On the right side, I featured this super cute pink tree papers, one of my favorites from the collection, along with another bit of the cut apart sheet for journaling. I kept the colors to mint and pink so as to not clash with the blue and orange on the map cover. It let there be some consistency across the project without having to bring those colors in.

Thanks for checking out my page. Expect more from more of the design team as well as our guest designer. Until next time, happy crafting!

Henny's Jolly Dashboard

Hello everyone... Henny is here again today sharing with you my new dashboard and set up for my Filofax Personal size.

It’s quite a challenge for me to stuffing up and decorating this style of pocket so I thought a simple decoration would be more appropriate. I love those tickets of die cuts which always provide a fun side with its vintage style in every one of my projects. 

And same for the dashboard, since this cute picture has already looked busy for me, I tried to make it as simple as possible without adding more embellishments and just added couple of gems adhesive. I’ve also turned the dashboard as a slide pocket on the other side.

Here’s the back side of the dashboard where I added a pocket to store stickers, receipts or anything else you can come up with. I can’t get enough of all of the dividers from this kit, I took another divider and created it as a second dashboard or I can use as my main dashboard whenever I feel I needed to change it into. Overall I’m in love with how everything has turned you. Sometimes simplicity makes something more ordinary but enjoyable to look at.

Well I hope you’re happy and love it just as much as I have enjoyed creating it.  

Until next time.

Merry Christmas Layout with Allie

Hello there! Allie here today, sharing a layout I created using the Jolly collection!  Today's layout is all about snowflakes. I used a cut file along with some fun items in the kit to create a Wintry look!

I started with a fun cut file from the Silhouette Store. I backed all the snowflakes with blue shades and laid it down on my page. To add some extra interest, I placed it on top of the beautiful gold snowflake transparency. Next, I added layers of tissue paper behind my photos for layers. I used die cuts and the gold stickers around my photo. Finally, I finished with snowflakes and heart die-cuts spread among the snowflakes! 

I love all the blues with the pops of gold, I think it makes the snowflake look extra magical. Creating this page got me in the mood for some snow. Thanks for joining me today!

Adeline's My Christmas Dreaming Planner

Hi my fairy friends,
This is Adeline for The Fairytale Club blog today with a new post.
Today, 17 days until Christmas !!! I am so excited.

I introduce you my Christmas planner: Kikki K Pause White/Gold, it's a personal planner perfect for Christmas season with his gold foil dots.

For this month I decided to make a daily journal called My Christmas Dreaming, inside each day a list of those little things that will make Christmas perfect for me.

For the first six days of December, I made my lists with the Jolly kit. I hope you will appreciate this post and why not make your own Daily journal: My Christmas Dreaming.

See you soon for a new post on the blog.
Have a Merry Christmas time with your family and friends.

Kiss from France,
Adeline @thefrenchplannergirl

A "Happy" Sequined Layout

Hey everyone! Tiffany here with a super simple layout using the Jolly kit. I've been in a very minimalistic kick lately and exploring the "less is more" concept. To be frank, I think my work has always had a bit of a minimalist aspect to it. But it's just recently that I've been embracing all the white space. So for this layout, I went super simple and had some fun creating a little layout of my dog Joey with just a few pieces from the Jolly kit. 

I started with a small little cluster at the bottom right corner of my page. I arranged my main photo of Joey, a smaller photo of his paw prints in the snow, and a squared white snowflake on pink card from the cut apart sheet. I don't usually work with multiple images on layouts, so keeping my squares together in a grid-like layout on my page really helped me put together this page. I backed each square with the same pink patterned cardstock to keep that consistency. I eventually end up repeating that pink pattern at the top left corner in order to keep the piece symmetrical and draw your eye to both ends of the layout.

I layered a white doily behind the photo of Joey before I began embellishing. I mostly wanted to keep to the snowflake pieces from the ephemera pack, but I did end up fussy cutting a few trees from one of the planner inserts and scattered them about my photos as well. I mostly tucked the pieces behind my photos so that they add a pop of color and interest to the page, while still keeping everything looking minimal. I also tucked a few of the gold foil star stickers as well to balance out the gold on my page. I had a strip of paper with a white scalloped trim from a previous project, so I cut out the scalloped bit and added it as a border to my photo. I then added a gold epoxy star from the Take Note kit at the top right corner of the photo of Joey. I finished off this cluster by adding the gold foil "happy" sticker over the snowflake card to act as my title.

I want to highlight my use of the gold and silver sequins that came in the kit and how I created movement and a lot of sparkly interest in my very minimal layout. I love creating pages that go from one corner diagonally to another corner. For this layout, my main cluster is at the bottom right corner of the page. So I used a mixture of the sequins and the gold foil stickers of snowflakes and stars to move the focus from that main cluster to a smaller little detail at the top left corner of the page, where I folded over the white cardstock to reveal a bit of that pink pattern paper. I love doing this technique. You can easily accomplish the same look with ink splatters or enamel dots. But I thought it was such a fun way to use the sequins that came in the kit.

To finish off my spread, I simply added my journaling as the border of the page. I've been loving this look lately, so I did it again on this layout. I love how it adds that special finishing touch to such a simple layout.

Andrea's BPC Christmas Planner Class! Yaaay!!!

Hello Everyone! It is me, Andrea Bethke, founder of this here wonderful Fairytale Club and I want to say Happy Holidays to everyone and share with you some exciting Holiday news!!!! I have a new class that is up on Big Picture Classes (BPC) and it is called "Planning and Documenting the Season"! It is a Christmas-time Planner class and it's super duper fun and helpful! In the class you will learn how to stay organized during this super busy time of the year...but also how to document this special time that goes by so very quickly!

I show you how to create a memory planner for the Season using The Fairytale Club's beautiful and whimsical Jolly kit! You get 6 lessons, a bunch of videos, lots of free printables (like a calendar, to do list, shopping list, traditions list, and more), tips and tricks on organizing your Christmas-time, cool new ideas and techniques for making a super cute planner, and thoughts on incorporating pictures and ephemera into your planner so that you capture and remember how special this time of year really is!

Here is how BPC sums up the class: Plan your way to a successful holiday season—and capture your memories along the way! In Planning & Documenting the Season, Andrea Bethke shares her love for planners and Christmas while giving you tips and tricks to make the most of your seasonal organizing. Learn how to document the magic of the season right alongside your gift shopping and to-do lists. You're sure to love this way of both tackling the busiest time of year and savoring the most wonderful time of year! 

I am honored that BPC asked me to do this class for them and I am so happy that I got to do it for them and for you! For those of you already subscribed to BPC, you can go ahead and start taking the class now, all the lessons are up and ready for you to dive in...just look for the class in the new classes section. And for those of you not subscribed to BPC, you can sign up for a free trial right now and basically get my class for free!!! :-) Yaaaay! 

Alright, I will see you all later as there is a lot of fun new stuff coming your way this month so stay tuned! Happy Holidays everyone and I hope your December is already off to a fantastic and fairytale start!