Kim's Planner Using Everyday Wishes

Hi there!  I've done a whole planner set up for you using the Everyday Wishes Kit.  The only reason this is possible is that Andrea's kits are so plentiful with beautiful paper. I made 7 insert covers and 6 dashboard inserts for my B6 with just this kit!

If you haven't seen my unboxing, here it is:

I took way too many pictures, but I was just so happy with the way it turned out, you'll have to suffer through the eye candy shot along with me!

Horizontal pockets stuffed with plenty of old and new goodies from FTSC!  Tags, papers and die cuts make this the beautiful opening canvas every day.

By making a removable insert in my shaker pocket, I am able to change out an insert and put this one in!  My next FTSC blog post will be all about making one with the cute sequins we get in each kit.

My first dashboard insert was made with some patterned paper and a personal dashboard.  The alphas are from the Sweet Collection and are available on their own for purchase if you'd like to snag them.

I fussy cut this from an A5 divider because big and bold is how I usually roll!

I love the plentiful die cut words!  It is possible to create all types of phases and saying that go with just about everything!

Simple and effective: I used my pinking sheers to create a zig zag edge to the insert cover.  I also snagged this 'to' from 'today' for a makeshift on the go list!

I trimmed another divider to make it a focal point on this dashboard. That castle sure make my day happy too!

I love how all of her kits can be combined as well!  The paper was from the Sweet collection, again, but it is paired so well with this birdie!

I do love incorporating pictures into my dashboards and this black and white pattern make a perfect neutral backdrop for any scene.

Like Andrea, I love incorporating stitching in my designs.  It always adds a bit of softness to any layout.

And my favorite pages EVER!  I love the contrast, colors and boldness of this layout.  I never thought that putting a larger design over the same smaller pattern would work but it SO does!

Although the rainbow and the words were printed together, I separated them to overlap on the bottom of this page.  The top is a combination of paper scraps left over and the perfect script of a die cut!

I did do a process video on how I put this together along with some tips on how to speed up a planner set up.  At the end is also a flip through of the entire planner as well!

Have a great day!

Violet's Dashboard and Pockets with Everyday Wishes

Hello, Violet on the blog today. I am using this adorable kit in my A5 planner. 

I’m loving all the magical vibes I’m getting when I open my planner. I love to stuff my pockets with items I will be using to plan. They are perfect little keepers. 

The word ephemera worked perfectly for tabs. I added them to the sides of my dividers.

This is kit is definitely a planner paradise. Thank you to everyone who took time to stop by the blog..

Adding Embroidery to Project Life with Carrie

Hello Everybody!  It's Carrie, and today I have a spread in my Project Life album about these amazing puzzles I recently found.  They are by Thomas Kinkade and are Disney themed!!  Eeek!  Any other puzzle lovers out there?!? Lol ; )

Everything on these two 6x12 pages (apart from the photos) is from the Everyday Wishes Kit, and I just love how the colors compliment my Princess & The Frog puzzle!

For the two 3x4" journal cards, I cut this cute rainbow paper in half and found matching embroidery thread for each color of the rainbow.  Then I found these three hearts from the die-cut pack and popped them up near their matching colors.

The black and white "today" is from another die-cut pack of all scripted words.  These are one of my favorite products in the whole kit!  I personally think the addition of black really pulls a spread together.  Anyways, I popped the "today" up since this was the day I finished my first Thomas Kinkade Disney puzzle : )

I decided to add my journaling on the opposite page, and typed directly onto some patterned paper using my typewriter.  I rolled the pink paper a bit and popped up the top edge for added interest.  Also, there are lots of dark pink lines on this same strip of paper, and decided to use my paper trimmer to cut along two of the lines creating a flap so I could tuck my photo into it.

As a final touch for this spread I made another flap in the strip of paper to tuck in the bottom of my photo to match the top.  Then, I added a small pink and white journaling spot from one of the cut apart sheets and layered a popped up purple ticket.  I knew that I wanted to add embroidery on this page as well, so I decided to add purple thread to the ticket.....and that's it!

I hope you found a little inspiration today.  Happy February 15th to you! 

<3 Carrie

Hello Love with Carolee

With Valentine's Day being tomorrow, I wanted to try and make a card that you could give to a close friend without all the pinks and reds of Valentine's Day. I dug into my Everyday Wishes kit and created a really fun card I can't wait to send to a friend!

First up, I wanted to create a "landing strip" for everything. I did this by cutting the piece of pink polka dot cardstock down to a 5x10" strip and folding it in half to make a 5x5" square card. Next, I took the back of one of the personal size planner dividers, cut that down to 3x5" and adhered it down. Lastly, I took a 2.5x5" strip of plain white cardstock and started to build!

First up was the sentiment! I grabbed the "hello" sticker from the sticker sheet and "love" from the word die cuts and put them in the bottom right corner with a bit of overlap.

Then the fun part, decorating! I grabbed up a bunch of different heart shape die cuts from both the words and ephemera packs and laid them down. Then I filled in the rest with sequins because there's always room for sequins!

So that's it, my quick and easy card to send love without those Valentine's Day colors. I hope you liked it and it inspired you in your own card making! Until next time, happy crafting!

All Collections Now Available in Digital Format!!!

Happy Monday, everyone!  Well, you've been asking, and we finally have them ready!  All of our collections, including the Mad Tea Party and Spooky add-ons, are now available to purchase in digital format on our site!

Adding Patterned Paper to Project Life with Carrie

Hello Everybody!  Carrie here, today!  Since Valentine's Day is right around the corner I thought it would be fun to share a spread in my Project Life album inspired by love and hearts and unicorns!!  

This spread is also one example of how I like to add patterned paper into my 6x12" Project Life.  I don't know about you, but patterned paper might be my favorite scrapbook product, and since there are so many gorgeous papers in the Everyday Wishes Kit I'll take any chance I can to add it in ; )

As you can see the left side of the page is a full 6x12" photo, but you could easily replace it with three 4x6" photos if you like and I think that would also look great.  On the right side I used the lovely unicorn patterned paper from the Everyday Wishes kit to fill up the whole page.....and I think I should mention, I don't always embellish on top of a full patterned paper page.  Sometimes I only add a single embellishment in the middle or a number or a word.  However, for this spread I knew I wanted to add in hearts since I love my daughter to bits, along with the phrase "You're a limited edition" to go along with my quirky photo.

The kit came with these awesome black and white word die-cuts and two of them were "you" and "are".  So I decided to change my phrasing just slightly to "You are a limited edition."  I used some older Dear Lizzy thickers for the rest of the words, and I like how they are gold with pink underneath to compliment the rest of the purple on the page.  To help make it all stand out, I also cut some white bits from one of the patterned papers and layered them under a few of the thickers with holes.

The unicorn theme was perfect for this spread since I was talking about a "limited edition", so to emphasize it I popped up the unicorn die-cut towards the top of the page.  Next, I started cutting a bunch of different hearts out of matching papers from the kit.  For the solid blue and solid purple, I used one of the cut apart sheets, and for the hearts with the unicorns on them I used the second half of the background patterned paper.  They are all layered with most of them popped up.

At this point I knew I was pretty much done but wanted to add in a little more black.  So I found this little blue script heart die-cut outlined in black and tucked it into the "y" in you....and that's it!  I know it's simple, but I don't make the time for proper layouts these days.  So a photo, pretty paper, a simple phase, and some hearts in my Project Life album feels great!

Thanks for taking a look, and I'll see you next time.  
Cheers! Carrie

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