My Happy with Carolee

Hey everyone! Sharing a 12x12 layout I put together with Everyday Wishes. This one was something different for me. I love doing 12x12s but, for someone who's used to doing TNs, it's a lot of space. I also often have a lot of die cuts left over at the end of the month and I never get to use pop dots! So, today, I grabbed my 12x12, my pop dots and got to work!

I cut a small strip of paper to add to the bottom. This print really made me think of the event this photo was taken at (Throwback Night at Disneyland) and so I wanted to integrate it into this layout. Then it was time to go crazy with the die cuts! You know me, I'm usually pretty minimalist but this spread was not the time for that! I created a good base of die cuts and then added foam to pop a bunch of pieces up. After that, I added a few sequins to add a touch of glitter to the mix. #maximalist, am I right?

Finally, I added a picture of my husband and I at the event, backed with a bit of pink patterned paper. It's a subtle pattern, which is great with my bright dress but it doesn't get lost in the mess of die cuts below. Finally, my title. I love this guy, I love this place, this is my happy!

Thanks for checking out my layout, I hope you enjoyed it and it inspired you to break out and try something you never do. Until next time, happy crafting!

You are my Happy with Enza

Hello there, everyone! Enza here and today I'm back with a new layout created with the beautiful Everyday Wishes kit. I'm totally in love with the colors in this kit. They just make me happy :)

My idea was to mix a few patterned papers to create my own background, so I backed a big dahlia cut file with some of my favorites. Lots of pink and light blue mixed with beautiful patterns make this page look playful and sweet, perfect for this photo of my kids. Once the background was ready, I started playing with the embellishments. I popped my photo up with some foam adhesive to give it dimension and framed it with several die-cuts.

I like creating clusters around the page. You'll notice a couple around the photo and one on the top left side of the layout. Again, the colors are so pretty, I wanted to include them all! 

I chose some of the word die-cuts to create my title, and added the hashtag symbol in front of it. Splashes of gold Color Shine finished the layout.

That's all for today, friends! A simple page created with a gorgeous kit :)
Thank you for stopping by! Have a lovely day!

Enza

Kim's Faith Planner with Everyday Wishes

Hi all, Kim here:) I've got a couple techniques that I want to share with you using the Everyday Wishes Kit!  I am doing another entry in my Faith Planner today as it works so well in here! Just wait and see what I did!

I started off pretty tame on this page.  I just mounted this week's prompts on to a piece of paper and added it by using my grommet maker, a piece of seam binding and secured it with a couple staples.  I added a few stickers, die cuts and a couple sequins to fill in the gaps.

On the page opposite, I fussy cut some of the patterned umbrella pattern paper and mounted that on a piece of the packaging.  I love how the two meld together in a vignette here in my planner.

In between those pages, I trimmed a personal planner page for just the rainbow and the wish statement. I often use this as an extra add-in flip space to journal, but this time I just used a piece of scrap paper and a unicorn die cut on the back for show.

I also added the confetti acetate page this weeks pages. On top of it, decided to scan one of the A5 planner dividers to get this phrase and then used my electronic cutter to get it attached with some adhesive vinyl. I did back it with a circle of patterned paper on the other side to give it some visual heft.

I did add a piece of paper on the bottom as well as a sticker, kinda like a page turning handle. I love acetates and how they add effect to the following page but still see through!

I couldn't help but add that extra special touch to my planner by decorating the pockets in a very simple way. I tamely loaded them with die cuts, pattern paper and a few planner clips too!

Hopefully, you enjoyed this planner entry using the wonderful coloring of the Everyday Wishes collection!

Dreams really do come true!

xoxoxo
-Kim

Carrie's January Project Life Spreads

Hello Everybody!  It's that time of the month where I start to work on my Project Life spreads for January!! 

Over the years I've found that since I don't take photos very often I enjoy a monthly format of documenting best.  I tend to take photos of events I want to remember, meals I like, my current favorite mug, etc....you get the picture.  So today I have a couple spreads from the end of January where I showed my daughter Fantasia 2000 for the first time, as well as a bouquet of flowers we put together to remind us of Spring.

Above you can see this first layout has a couple photos from watching Fantasia 2000.  My daughter is laying on the floor in her jammies.  The lady in green is a photo I took with my camera of the TV screen during one of our favorite songs / scenes.  The 6x12 photo is actually a double photo where I took another picture of the TV screen and layered it over a photo of our living room with the bouquet of flowers in the foreground.  I layered them together using Photoshop, and once printed added a thin strip of purple paper to the bottom.  I can't believe how well the product from the Everyday Wishes Kit matched up with the colors of my photos!  In case you didn't know, I'm all about color, color and more color lol!!  This spread was a dream to put together!  Here are more of the details:

The two 3x4 pockets are filled with lots of layers!  I used a yellow ticket from the cut apart sheet and curled the end up, tucking it under the die cut camera.  The gorgeous transparency is layered under it all while resting on top of a tag from the cut apart sheet.  I added an eyelet to the tag for fun.  Here you can also see a peek at some of the green shimmer stitching around the border of the photo at the bottom.

I used the shimmery green thread for the two photos I took of the TV, and the yellow for the pic with my daughter.  (The pink thread is used on my next spread.)

Adding this extra touch of thread to the borders of my photos made them all pop just a little bit more.  Plus, I love the added texture ; )

Here's a better look at both 3x4 cards.  I believe the card with the rainbow is cut down from a planner insert.  It is layered with the die-cut rainbow and the script word "love".  The left side of "love" is popped up while the right side isn't.  I did something similar with the yellow tag.  To add just a little journaling, I used my typewriter and some white cardstock.  Most of my journaling for this "event" will be on a spread that comes before this page (which is not yet completed), so I wasn't worried about adding a lot of text here.

And that's it for the first spread!  On to the next!!

This spread is actually next in order in my album!  There is a 6x12 photo of my daughter acting all moody and cute.  We had all woke up with colds this day and I think her face says a lot : )  Across the page I made a tag out of two of the planner inserts adhered back to back.  All I did cut cut the corners at the top and add an eyelet.  Below it is a close up of our flower bouquet.

Here you can see some of the pink thread I used around the border of my photo.

Love the quote Andrea used for this!

This is what you see when you flip the tag over.  I used a 6x8 planner insert and cut it into a 4x6 and two 3x4 cards.  The piece of paper with the pink stars on blue is part of a border strip that I added in between the yellow and blue of the 4x6 card.  I don't always play the rule of three, but the added pink from the stars makes a triangle of pink across this spread. Plus, it's more stars which goes great with the quote!

I also popped up a die-cut heart between the blue background and star strip.

And here's a closer look at the back of the tag.  How cute are those ice cream cones!?!  Anyways, I used my typewriter and white cardstock to add journaling about our bouquet and tucked the bottom under my little photo.  You can see there's pink thread around the border of this photo as well.

Since this is my first time having my photos printed on glossy paper, I wasn't loving all the fingerprints.  So, I made a custom size pocket for my mini photo using the Fuse tool.  It's closed on three sides and still open at the top so I can take it out if I want.  

And that's pretty much it.  Hope you enjoyed a look at some of my Project Life for January.  See ya next time : )

Cheers!  Carrie

Adeline's Everyday Wishes Kikki K. Planner

Hi my Fairy friends,

It’s Adeline, so glad to be on the Fairytale Club’s blog today sharing my lilac Kikki K. planner decorated with the “Everyday Wishes” kit.
 

Last time I said that I love this kit so much because of its themes - dream, wish, love - but I also love it for its colors and design.
 

I chose to decorate my meal and home planner with this kit. I made a double dashboard with two sheets of paper.

First I used the acetate paper, and I superimposed it on a second sheet, and I made my decoration according to this second paper.

I decided to create a little shaker for my dashboard’s second page with the sequins and a project life card.

Finally I made my cover decor with Everyday Wishes’ ephemera (so girly!), and I added some of my paper clips like the unicorn - perfect with the kit!

I hope you have enjoyed my post.

Kiss from France,
Adeline
 

Everyday Memories with Enza

Hello, everyone! Enza here, and I'm back today with a new layout featuring the amazing Everyday Wishes kit.

I love using die-cuts and dimensional elements on my pages. They add texture and color, and create lots of interest, especially when grouped together to form clusters. I started by backing a heart wreath cut file with several patterned papers from the kit. I was not sure how I wanted to add more dimension to it. I thought about adhering it down with foam adhesive, which is what I usually do, but ended up creating a shaker in the center of the wreath instead. Shakers are such a fun element and very simple to make. Here, I just adhered a piece of acetate to the cut file before gluing it down. Easy peasy. I love how the colorful sequins move around and make this layout more interactive. To jazz up the background, I also splattered some mist on it, making sure to use colors that coordinated with the papers in the kit.

For the photo, I created several layers behind it with patterned paper and embellished it with many die-cuts. The ticket stubs come from one of the cut-apart sheets. I simply stapled them together and used hearts in coordinating colors for a tone-on-tone look. The word die-cuts are perfect to create titles. There are so many of them! Again, I used foam adhesive to give it dimension.

To finish the layout, I added a small cluster of embellishments on the opposite side of the photo to balance it out.

That's all for today, friends. I hope you enjoyed reading about my process and will feel inspired to use some of these tips to add dimension to your next scrapbook layout. 

Andrea In Wonderland...CREATIVATION 2018! : a fairytale story and videos too

Hello everyone! It is Andrea here, and I have something really exciting to share with you today! So, last weekend, as some of you may know, the Craft and Hobby Association had their annual show – now known as "Creativation." I have been wishing to go to the CHA show for about ten years or so now...since back when the show itself was just known as "CHA." There were two shows each year, marking the two major release seasons of new product in the papercrafting industry...and they took place in winter and summer, one here in Southern California in January and the other out of state, Illinois I believe, in July.

Well, once upon a time, when I was still pretty new to scrapbooking, I remember hearing about the show and thinking that I wanted to go to this amazing thing that seemed to me to be like a magical papercrafting wonderland! The Anaheim convention center was so close to me...this wonderland a quick hour away...why would I not go?! However, I found out that you needed to be part of the industry and a member of the association to get into the show or else pay a pretty steep price. Still, I made a deal with myself that one day I would go. But it seemed that each year, I was out of luck because I was always, always having some sort of issue, usually with my health, whenever the show came around that prevented me from going, and it just seemed like it wasn't meant to be. Then they decided to only do one show a year, and to move it out of state. My heart sank when they did this. It seemed all the less likely that my dream of going would ever come true.

But last year, in the spring, I started my company "The Fairytale Club," for scrapbookers and planners and lovers of papercrafting...and I knew that I had to try to go to the show. I was now a part of the industry, and it was not only a wish by a hobbyist anymore, but a necessity as someone in the industry.

When my health started to go so wrong towards the end of 2017, I started to feel my dream slipping away again. My husband and I had planned on going, on registering as members; we downloaded member registration paperwork, started looking at hotels, etc. But my health just kept getting worse and worse. So at the end of December, with the show only a month away, we gave up. "Maybe next year," I said...as I had often said to myself...with more sting in it this time, because it meant so much more, as an actual member of the papercrafting industry, to go, to feel like I was part of this creative world, like so many of the people in this business that I look up to.

But in January, with the show only a day or two away from starting, I noticed I was doing better. Surely, though, it was probably a fluke. Just a good couple of days...probably wouldn't last. The show started and I thought, "it's too late now, and I never registered, anyway.” The day before the last day of the show, I was still feeling ok, having a good day, and I suddenly thought, "why not at least try?" With my health, the constant pain from my CRPS condition, you learn that you have to try to do as much as you can, when you can. You have to seize the opportunities, the moments, because they are brief and all too fleeting.

I called CHA to ask if we could just show up, register for membership, and get in at the door. They said yes! Ryan, my husband, told me that Phoenix, where the convention was, was only a few hours away by car. I was shocked, I thought it would be much farther. But these two things felt like a sign. We checked for an inexpensive hotel nearby and there was one. We had nowhere to put our dog, Leeloo, but the hotel just happened to allow pets. Another sign. I looked at Ryan and asked if he thought we should go...was it a dumb idea?...only going for one day...the last day...and given how bad I had been doing for the last few months...was a last minute adventure like this really wise? Ryan, is by far, the best person I know, my prince charming...he smiled and said "yes" and started packing us up.

And so I went. I went to CHA's Creativation! We could only go for 5 hours. 5 hours on the last day. My walking isn't great, but I walked around that Wonderland as much as I possibly could, Ryan helping me along. I met so many amazing people who are so inspiring to me! I met Maggie Holmes and Heidi Swapp and Shimelle Laine and Amy Tan, and Becky Higgins and Tim Holtz and Vicky Boutin...and so many more incredible, lovely people... The whole thing was incredible! I dressed up all in pink and I really felt like a princess for the day, transformed from a pumpkin in pj's for so many months...stuck in bed, stuck in pain...but on this one day, I felt like I was accomplishing a dream and that I was writing my own "happily ever after." I had set so many goals for my life, in this industry. And on this one day, I was Cinderella at the ball...taking an important step towards making all my dreams come true!

There were so many amazing new things to see and do, kind and lovely and helpful and talented people to meet, so many pretty booths and new products. And all the networking, all the important people I met and the things I did to help my new business along on its way...all of it was important! And the wonderland... It truly was that...so beautiful...a papercrafter's dream...a fairy land of pretty things to create with!

But the thing that I will remember most, the thing that I will hold onto most as being the most special and the most important and the most beautiful from my trip, is from the car ride with Ryan on the way there.  I turned to him and said, "I'm scared...what if nobody likes me and nobody likes my stuff, and I just make a big fool out of myself?"

"No," Ryan said. "You won't.  I'm sure they will like you."

And I turned to him and asked him, "Why, why did you agree to do this with me? I mean, thank you, I appreciate it, you coming on this adventure with me last minute like this...but why did you, I didn't think you would."

And he said, "Of course I would, I Believe In You!"

I started to cry, and I knew in that moment that everything would be ok...and that fairytales do come true, but not just because we believe they will, but because others believe in us!

Thank you so much to all my supporters, all of you out there who have encouraged me and helped me on this journey, all of you who subscribe to the kits and have taken classes by me, all who have followed me and loved my work and my product and cheered me on....and stuck by me through all this horribleness with my health! I appreciate it more than I can say!

Please enjoy these videos of me at CHA's creativation 2018! I basically just walk around being utterly enthralled by everything and showing some of the new things that I super loved and showing how so many of the new products and things would work great with our kits, especially "Everyday Wishes"...oh, and also showing some of the goodies I got there! I hope you like the videos, and stay tuned because I plan on doing at least one more post about CHA....so stay tuned for that! Hugs everyone! And remember to "live your life as a fairytale"!

P.S. ...next year, I plan on gong for the whole show...all the days of Creativation...and I'm going to get myself a booth! Just you wait and see! :-)

An Inspirational Polaroid Tag Banner with Tiffany

Hey everyone! Tiffany here with a fun tag banner project using the Everyday Wishes kit.

I wanted to do a different sort of project this time that not only you can use to document your life, but easily display it in your home as well to inspire you always. So I had a lot of fun creating this little banner from a few tags I made from the pattern papers. I even made these cute little polaroid frames to frame my photos and hang from the banner as well. I’m planning to display this banner over my dresser, so I can always see it and be inspired by it everyday.

Before I strung everything on to a pink and white baker’s twine, I had to make each tag. I first printed out four photos I wanted to use on my banner and looking through the word die cuts from the kit, I pulled out words that I felt corresponded to each photo well. For my first tag, I used a photo of Cinderella’s castle at Disney World and the word “dream.” Disney for me is where dreams come alive and I felt it was so appropriate to use on this project with the Everyday Wishes kit.

I printed out my photo to already have a little white polaroid frame around it. Separately, I cut out a tag from one of the pattern papers to back my photo on. I then layered the “dream” die cut over it so that a bit of the word hung off the edge. I kept these tags simple, so I embellished it with a black and white heart die cut and a blue puffy heart sticker from the Take Note kit, before punching a hole at the top of the tag, reinforcing it with a white reinforcement sticker to make it look like a real tag. I attached it to my string with a mini wood clothesline pin that I painted white.

For my second “tag,” I cut out a polaroid frame from one of the papers to frame a photo of my dog Joey. I paired his photo with the word “heart” because I just love him so much and he’s a huge part of my life and my heart. I layered the die cut over the frame the same way I did with the previous tag, so a bit of the word hangs off the edge, then embellished the polaroid with another black and white heart die cut and a pink puffy dot sticker from the Take Note kit. I then hung it on my string with another white painted wood clothesline pin.

I repeated the tag process with this third tag, using this black and white square pattern from one of the planner dividers. Yet, instead of using a photograph, I fussy cut the princess image from one of the other dividers and pasted her in the center of the tag along with the “wishes and dreams” die cut that I cut into a banner. I embellished the tag with another puffy heart sticker, this time in pink.

For the fourth tag, I created another polaroid frame using the pink polka dot pattern paper. For this one, I used a photo of the Mad Hatter Tea Cups at Disneyland Paris and matched it with the word “happy.” This is by far one of my favorite rides at any of the Disney parks as it never fails to make me laugh. It is just the happiest ride ever. I wanted my banner to remind me to always be happy, so I thought this was the perfect way. I embellished this frame with one of the powder blue bow die cuts from the kit, so that it balanced out the pink.

I made my last tag the same way I made the first one. I printed a photo of myself with a white polaroid frame around it and paired it with the word “brave.” I always strive to be more brave with my life, so again, this was the perfect reminder of that. Since I cut the tag from this minty blue pattern paper, I ended up embellishing it with a pink bow die cut to bring in a bit of the pink color to the tag. This particular tag is very mint/blue in color, so adding a little touch of pink helped it balance out.

I hope you enjoyed this simple cute little banner and that it inspires you to create your own!

Adeline's Self-Care and Memory Traveler's Journal

Hi my Fairy Friends, It’s Adeline for the Fairytale Club blog today, I am so happy to see you.  I wish you a Happy New Year for 2018, so much love, and good health for your family and you.  For this new post, I decided to share with you a part of my self-care and memory traveler's journal.
 

I follow a challenge named The Happy Place Club created by The Reset Girl, and each week I make my self-care homework!!!!!!!

I decorated my week with the Everyday Wishes kit. I love it for the colors and my favorite Disney movie, Cinderella, inspired it!!!!! 

So let’s discover my second week of January with a special event!!!!!!! My love and I's 11th love birthday.

I hope you have enjoyed it, and I will see you later for a new planner set up post with the Everyday Wishes kit.

Wish, love and dream!!!!!

Kiss from France,
Adeline
 

Henny's Planner with Everyday Wishes

Hello everyone! Henny here, I hope everyone is having a wonderful day. So today I’m going to share with you a dashboard I have completed for my A5 ringed Planner. 

As you can see, this “Everyday Wishes” kit definitely reminds you of your favorite childhood story. It is just so lovely with pastel of a pale and heart warming delicate shade of color. The contents are full of princess things like castles, unicorns, hummingbirds, flowers .. just like living in a dreamy fairytale world. No matter what your age, fairy tales carry with them a certain magic. 

So, for the pockets, as usual one of the set ups I’ve always loved to do, I have filled them up and decorated them with some pretty die-cuts, stickers and embellishments from the kit.  And I added page flags from Target that coordinated perfectly with the kit. So it’s a pretty simple set up I can say, but sweet at the same time. 😊

Oh how I love how this dashboard turned out!  Isn’t it just lovely? I used one sheet of paper, folded it 2/3 to make a slide pocket, and punched the edge of the pocket with a lacy punch, then secured the ends of the folded paper by sewing them together to make one real pocket. 
For the front side, I placed a couple of note cards from the kit, then just randomly decorated it by adding some embellishments that came from the kit, as well, except for the adhesive gem frame.

I created this dashboard with a slide pocket intended to use where you can slide in there your notes 📝, receipts, letters, stickers, photos, etc... 

For the back side of the dashboard I decided to make a secretarial with card sliding pocket just for an additional space I can use to put anything as i wish. 

So overall I’m really happy with how this dashboard project came out. I hope you’ve enjoyed looking through everything and that it gives you another idea to start your project with. 

If you haven’t ordered this kit yet, it’s still available to purchase, so make sure to get in and order yours today! 😉

I wish you a wonderful and happy day. 
Remember, fairytale does exist, always have faith and continue to dreams about it. Because fairytales, myths, and legends can help you make your own dreams and goals come true. ☺️

Sincerely yours,
Henny