Happy Day Memorydex with Carolee

Hi everyone! Carolee here again with some more Memorydex cards for you to check out!

First up is this fun one commemorating my time at Plannercon. Luckily, the colors of the Plannercon badge and the colors of the kit coordinated perfectly! I punched the scallop along the side and attached it to a card I cut from one of the personal sized dividers. I don't use a personal size planner so the dividers are great for small projects like these! After that, I took a bit of the pink striped divider, used it as a mat for my photo and lastly, added the die cut from the pack and one of the cute gold stickers!

Next up is the first of two cards that are just me messing with Facebook filters. After printing this picture out on my Instax, I cut a mat from the scraps I had after cutting the base cards. Next, I added some of the bigger sequins around the picture and finished it off with another piece from the die cut pack and one of the flare. 

I'll admit, I'm a little obsessed with this filter. Vine bunny ears and flowers? Yes please! I used the die cut and a flower I fussy cut from a scrap to mirror the flowers on the ears. Finally, two of the gold stickers were used to make my title. I feel like this is definitely the headpiece of a magic bunny princess! I used a couple of sequins to dot the eyes because it's never a bad time for sequins!

Last up is this really simple card. I decided to keep it really simple since I went with a more busy background. This was a "what's in my bag?" type of post from my Instagram. These are the things I like to use my Memorydex for: little memories that aren't enough for a big page but that will still be fun to look back on.

So that's it from me! I hope you liked seeing them and that it encouraged you to check out the Memorydex system yourself. Until next time, happy crafting!

DIY Traveler's Notebook Pocket and Bookmark by Kim

I have 2, love at first make Travelers Notebook projects for you today!  The newest collection from The Fairytale Club is entitled "Happy Day" which it always is when I work with this kit!

First, I made this laminated bookmark.  I just trimmed off the A5 dividers to make it fit within my standard traveler's notebook. Andrea always designs things so versatile you would never think that I'd miss out on the width of that size of a design.  The ribbon accent where I feed it through the grommet will definitely make sure I never miss my place!

As crafters, you know adhesives are paramount in construction.  Well, my favorite non-toxic permanent liquid super glue adhesive, called Wellbond, is perfect to make sure those special sequins are never going anywhere. Just a little dab and it's perfect!

On the back side, I added a pocket to hold some of the lovely goodies!  

I used the top half of a personal divider, since it is exactly the same width,  to create this pocket before laminating.  I did adhere the bottom and sides but through the process of laminating, It seems to make sure the pocket is absolutely secured and not going to rip in any way.  I then used my craft knife to create the slit after to make sure the pocket was fully functional.

The other project I made was a secure folder insert for my Travelers Notebook.   Now I know I didn't invent the wheel on this one but when I've made them in the past, stuff has always slipped out the side of them.

To mitigate that I added a snap enclosure on the prevent that slippage from happening.  As it turns out snaps are just as easy (or easier) to add to paper crafts as they are to clothing.  Who knew?!

The decorative front side was fun to make as well!  The cut a-part paper was one of my favorites this time.  With the busy background, I knew the gold 'princess' sticker would get lost, so the black and white tag really came in handy!

And don't forget not everything deserves to make it into the waste bin.  I used a discarded paper punch piece to place in the front of the snap for decoration too!

Thanks again for joining me here today!

XOXOX
-Kim

Pretty Dividers with Henny

Hello and good morning... Henny is here again today to share with you the advanced pages from my previous posts for the Fairytale Club blog. 

Per mentioned from previous posts this page I made it into a slide pocket out of 2 sheets of dividers that I stitched together. 

Before going to the next page, I wanted to make something just as a fun part and I took a sheet of divider with Unicorn picture and I cut it out, laminated it and punched holes to fit into the ring. 

A close up picture to show the holes that I punched.

And here’s the back side of the unicorn, added the “believing” word that came from the kit. 

Next one is where I did a little journaling or we can say as scribbling away. I decorated it using some diecuts and sticker from the kit as well as some from my stash. I think it turned out great and looking cute too :).

Next page is just another inspiration quotes divider which I love to have all of them tucked in my planner as reminders and inspirations whenever I opened up my planner. 

While the back side I used the left over acetate from this kit, stitched it together with the divider and made it as a pocket.. yayyy for another pocket :). Perfect size to store my stickers and many more.

Lastly I printed out this digital picture in a vellum paper and I just love how simple it is. 

Thank you everyone for looking through and reading along with my blog posts. Again I hope this will give you an idea to work on your own project and to be more inspired. Please come, stop by and say hi to my IG account @Hennytjcraftcottage God bless you now and always :)

Until next time! 

Sincerely yours,
Henny

Wish Upon a Star with Allie

Hello friends! Today I'm sharing a mixed-media inspired layout, full of mists, stencils, and stitching!

I knew I wanted to use my sewing machine on this page, so this time I started by determining what I wanted to sew down onto the layout. I settled on punched out hearts using the adorable patterned papers from the Everyday Wishes collection. To liven up the background before I added the hearts, I used the packaging technique with various shades of mist, and added lots of splatters for good measure. I grabbed my favorite heart stencil with some modeling paste, and added hearts towards one side of the page. While that was drying, I cut out the big rainbow from one of the planner pages. 

Once everything was all dry,  I used my sewing machine to stitch down the hearts, making sure to pop up the sides for extra dimension. I added my photo with the rainbow and a few embellishments. I kept it simple to let the background have all the focus. Thank you for joining me today, I hope you feel inspired!

Through the Looking Glass, a Memory Planner Spread by Tiffany

Hey everyone! Tiffany here with a little self-reflective spread in my planner. I’m keeping this planner like a personal development/vision board type of thing. Sort of like a real-life Pinterest board where I add quotes and maybe the occasional magazine cut out, but it’s basically a place to play. I find myself just snipping and sticking things into this planner just to have something fun and enjoyable to do. So it’s not really a true memory planner or anything, though I do find myself journaling little bits of how I’m feeling or what I’m thinking about in that moment. So it’s sort of like a memory planner in that way, since when I do add journaling it’s more self-reflective and about me.

So for this spread, I did a bit of self-reflecting on self-love. I used a recent selfie that I took of myself and played around with different papers from the kits. I tried my hardest to just stick with the new Happy Day kit, but in my true fashion bits from previous kits found their way onto my project! So a few bits from Take Note and Jolly, I believe. Anyway, I began by building a cluster around my photo. I layered papers from Happy Day and Take Note, along with some white tissue paper packaging, an old book page, and a white doily. I ripped most the of papers because I liked the texture it creates. I also intentionally used the side of the book page that says “Through the Looking Glass,” because this spread is about self-reflection; sort of like me looking in the mirror at myself. I thought it was serendipitously appropriate.

When I have my cluster, I begin my embellishing. I first put down a few of the floral die cuts from the Happy Day ephemera pack, tucking them in between layers of the ripped paper. I add the days of the week washi tape strip so that it peeks out from behind the cluster too. I also add two “love” bits from the Jolly kit: one is a clear gold foil sticker and the other a piece of branding strip. I use a white foam “loved” sticker that I had in my stash as my title. I sprinkle some enamel dots from my stash, along with a heart sticker from Take Note layered with a foam heart on top of it. I then finish off this page with a few random pen scribbles.

On the opposite page to my photo cluster, I have my journaling. I basically typed it all up on my computer then print it on some American Crafts textured cardstock and cut it down to size to fit over my Heidi Swapp memory planner pages. Before I glued it down though, I ran it through my sewing machine to give it a rather wonky sewn border. I love the added texture that gives to the page. I then taped it down with some sturdy double-sided tape, and ruffled up the edges a bit.

And that’s it! Like always, I keep everything super simple and on the minimalistic side, as my nature. I really hope you like this spread and remember, you can keep your memory planner however you want. You don’t always have to tell a story day to day. Sometimes journaling about how you are or how you see yourself now, is the story.

Inside Kim's Personal Planner with Happy Day

Oh Happy Day it is!  The newest collection from the Fairytale Club is all about being fresh while keeping to a Retro Vibe kinda feel!

I started off with the main pockets of my personal sized ring bound planner.  The pockets are all filled with tags and die cuts galore.    Her kits make it so easy to decorate!  Everything is usable straight out of the kit!

The dashboard is made using the gold geometric acetate included in the kit!  I then added a few of those fabulous golden stickers too add to the glimmer!  Most of the decoration is actually on the dashboard behind.  

The tab, die cut, as well as the washi tape strip are secured there to create a layered look.

The next kit dashboard came with these cute houses on it.  I decorated it with a cut-a-part happy day card with some black paper for pop,  the new washi tape strips and a die cut.  

On the back of the next dashboard is a cute notecard but the cool part about it is the flair that I turned into a paperclip charm.

All I did was drill a hole in each of the flair.  I used some twisted wire and added some o rings to create the dangle and before assembling, I strung some of the sequins on the wire.  It is a simple and sweet way to use the flair in your planner!

I was fond of the bookmark I made form the acetate too.  Pieces of paper were cut to fill in the negative space between the gold lines.

And because the pattern paper is two-sided, it was really easy to execute. I did laminate it and then slit the hole punches so that it can be easily put in a different place every day!

This dashboard is one of my favorites.  I stitched around the outside of the flower on the back side with my sewing machine.  

But the cluster of the houses are on different size adhesive foam dots really makes it a special page turner.

For stitching on this dashboard I used some white embroidery floss and to cover the stitching on the other side....

I elevated this packaging with some diecuts!

The last detail I made using this happy kit was a quick pocket using 2 of the personal size dividers.  

I used the washi tape in the kit in an edge pattern cutting them into lengths and wrapping them around the backside dashboard.

I very much enjoyed setting up my new personal ring planner using this beautiful and fun kit. 

Thanks for joining me today!

XOXO
-Kim

Home Sweet Home Project Life Spread with Carrie

Hello Everybody!  Carrie here with a new spread in my Project Life album using the GORGEOUS Happy Day Kit.  I had a lot of fun playing with this product but initially couldn't decide what to start out with because there were too many amazing things to choose from ; )  Eventually, I decided to begin by cutting the large house out of one of the planner inserts.  I cut three of the windows out, the heart at the top, and three sides of the door using my Exacto knife.  Then I layered photos behind each, including the door.  Below you can see the photo of my daughter's face peeking through.

Next, I decided to add yellow embroidery to different parts of the house.  I chose yellow to help with the flow of yellow from the flowers in my photos.  Once I had my house mostly complete I chose the beautiful flower paper from the kit as my background for a full 6x12 inch page.  To ground my house on the paper I added a thin white border just at the bottom, as well as a strip of blue tickets which I cut from another lovely 12x12 sheet of paper.  

Since I wanted to make the house pop a bit more I then layered some white and green leaves around the left and right sides. The leaves I made using a Tim Holtz die called Garden Greens, some plain white cardstock, and a little green pow glitter paper.  As a final touch for this side of my spread, I decided to use my tiny heart punches and some more white cardstock.  I popped up three hearts to look like they are coming out of the chimney of the house and called this side done. 

On the opposite side of the spread, I had two 4x6 inch photos and two empty 3x4 inch pockets.  I decided to make a filler card by cutting down one of the 12x12 papers with blue and white strips and adding three of the hearts from the die cut pack.  Then to continue with the theme from the other page I decided to use yellow embroidery down the middle of each heart and layer more of the white and green leaves.  I love how easy this card was to make and how it turned out.

To complete this spread I added one final 3x4 inch card using plain white cardstock.  I wrote the journaling with my typewriter, popped up the word "sweet" from the die cut pack, and used some yellow puffy alpha stickers from Studio Calico to write "HOME".  Lastly, I decided to use one of the periods / small squares from the yellow alpha pack to add a bit of color to the door handle of my house.  All done.

I hope you enjoyed this little project share and I'll see you next time!

: ) Carrie  

Mixed Media Gift Card Tag with Carolee

Hey everyone! If you're anything like me, you've seen all these gorgeous mixed media projects and felt, honestly, a bit overwhelmed! There seem to be so many layers and products and it just seems like a lot! Well, I decided to use my beginner mixed media skills and a small number of supplies to try to make a fun tag that can hold a gift card. Follow along!

First up, I cut a tag out of the paper using a die. If you don't have a die, they're easy to DIY. I made sure to score and fold it before I started adding layers since I was worried it'd be difficult to score once I started adding other mediums. I didn't adhere it yet because I wanted to get the pattern over the back as well, but if you wanted to, you could certainly do that here. 

Next up, I took some acrylic paints grabbed from Target in a pink and lavender color since mint, pink and lavender are natural friends! I took some modeling paste I bought off Amazon (though I think you can find it at most craft stores), put two dollops on my crafting mat and mixed a bit of the acrylic paints into it.

I made sure to washi my tag and the stencil down to the craft sheet so it didn't move around. 

After that, I took my palette knife to apply the two colors. I focused on spots for certain colors individually and then grabbed a bit of each on the knife to swirl them in certain areas.

When that was dry, I sealed the tag up and adhered some die cuts to add another layer of fun!

Finally, I dropped a gift card in and it was ready to go! 

I hope you learned that mixed media doesn't need to be too daunting and you can try some of these techniques out yourself. Until next time, happy crafting!

A "Happy Day" in a Teeny-Tiny TN Planner: with Andrea

Hello there everyone! It is Andrea here -- and today I want to share with you a very cool set up I just did using the new "Happy Day" kit from The Fairytale Club, in my brand new mini planner that I just got from Prima! It is pink and it has a ruffle and it is quite small (4x5 in) and adorable...so as soon as I saw it I knew I had to have it...and fill it with all of my new goodies from the "Happy Day" kit! And yes, everything matches perfectly! So, let's get started and I will show you how you can have a very "Happy Day" in a Teeny-Tiny TN Planner! :-) 

So this was my first time really playing with this mini size of planner, which is often called "passport" or even "pocket" size and is about 4x5 in. I had purchased this size once a long time ago, when I first started experimenting with Traveler's Notebooks...but didn't really end up using it as I was inexperienced in that style of planner (TN's) and just didn't really know what to do. But now I think I can call myself a pro in TN's and several other types of planners...so I knew what I wanted to do right away! As soon as I got that cute little planner in my hands I knew I wanted to make a couple of adorable little TN inserts for it using my new, beautiful patterned paper from "Happy Day"! And that I wanted to fill up the front pocket with the amazing die-cuts that come in the kit's ephemera pack!

First, I started with the front pocket decorating. This is what I do when I am setting up all of my planners...no matter what the size....I start with the front pocket. I pulled out the ephemera pack and started grabbing some of my fave pieces (like the little bingo card and the cameo girl) and putting them aside for the pocket. However, because there is only one side pocket for the front of this mini planner, I had to do things a little differently than I usually do with my other larger TN's and ringed planners. And since there weren't a lot of front facing pockets to tuck the little ephemera into, I had to improvise and use paperclips to attach the die-cuts to the front. This worked out fine and looks super cute!  

I also added a row of tickets to the front which I cut out from the "Ticket to Ride" patterned paper in the "Happy Day" kit. I did go ahead and use the side pocket too for some bigger items, like a few of the cards from the cut-apart sheets...which I just tucked into the pocket so they would peak out a bit. And to finish up, I used some of the shimmering gold foiled stickers that come in the kit and placed them strategically, here and there, for a little added glow!

That's enough about the front pocket set-up...now let's talk about the inserts! I created the little inserts for my teeny-tiny TN planner using the  "Happy Day" patterned paper and the "On Hold, Hold On" patterned paper for the covers. To decorate each of my inserts, I used a couple of 3x4 cards from the cute cut-apart sheets that come in the kit. On the first insert, I decided to use the card that says "happy day" on it. I stitched the card to the insert cover using my sewing machine and a zig-zag stitch. It looks way cute! On the second insert, I did the same thing, but used the card with the sweet little blue house on it. Also way cute, btw! :-) I love how both of them turned out!

On the back of each of the inserts, I decided to also paperclip a couple of the cute little tags that come in the cut-apart sheet. Like the one with my cute little kitty on it, and the one that says "love". It just adds a nice little touch, and a little more interest, to the back of each of the inserts.

Oh, and to the front of the first insert, I decided to add even more interest and depth by using a little layered butterfly embellishment that I created using the gold-foil vellum butterfly sticker, a clear piece of acetate that I stuck it to, the purple butterfly ephemera piece, and some stitching! I just folded the butterfly wings...and voila! It just pops off the page...this really cool 3-D butterfly that is just sitting on my insert! Yay!

Inside the inserts, in order to mark certain pages, I created some decorative paperclips using the awesome flair buttons that come in the kit. I love making decorative paperclips with that flair! I decided for these paperclips, to use the heart flair button, the butterfly one, and the one that says "sweet" on it...which may be my favorite! They peak out above the top of the inserts and the mini planner and just look so lovely! They really call out to you to reach out and touch them and turn to those pages! So perfect to use to mark your place...or specific pages that are of particular importance!

And to the back pocket of the planner I also tucked in some more of the cards from the cut-apart sheets, and also the washi-tape strips from the kit and the sequin pack. Oh, and I added one of the gold heart stickers directly to the mini-planner. That's about it! I used a cool gold glittery pen...to add a little more gold...cuz, why not?! And I also added a cool new giant heart paperclip I got from The Gilded Roo (at Planner Con), and a little star paperclip I got from Shimelle (at Creativation)...moment to shout out to both of those awesome ladies for hooking me up with super cute goodies like that when I met them...and for being so nice too!!! Thank you!!! Oh, and to tie it all together, I used the multi-colored unicorn tassel clip that is from Haute Pink Fluff (and which you can find in a couple of our previous kits).

Okie dokie...I think that is all for now! I hope you enjoyed this post and my cute new teeny-tiny TN planner set-up using the "Happy Day" kit! I know I do!!! Hugs to everyone! And remember to live your life as a fairytale!!! 

xoxoxo -- Andrea

Pretty Planning with Pockets, by Henny!

Hello lovelies... I hope everyone is doing just as wonderful as you are, wherever you are.  It’s Henny again! I apologize for being so MIA for the past month. But today I’m back and sharing with you my project that I’m currently working on using the "Everyday Wishes" kit from The Fairytale Club. Here is what I have so far...

On my last project with this kit (from a previous post), I showed you this planner's pocket set up as well as the cute dashboard I had done. And now, here is the back side of that dashboard as you can see on the left side of the picture above. I created a secretarial L shape pocket plus one slide pocket on the front, made purposely to get more space to put things like papers, notepads, or paperclips, etc. And on the right side I used one of the papers in the kit that has the princess design on it --  I simply cut her out of the paper, placed her onto a white doily and laminated it.

And here is how the back side looks -- I added some words and laminated everything together. Then I trimmed the edges along the doily, leaving about one cm along one side and then punched holes in it to be able to put it inside the ringed planner. The next page is a clear acetate of the confetti design that comes in the kit. 

After the confetti acetate, it’s a simple divider paper with the castle design. And then what I did was only to add some bling as we have one beautiful castle picture already which doesn't really need much added to it.

And here is the back side --  I created another pocket out of acetate as I simply Love to have more pockets in my planner to allow to put more stuff in!

The next page is a slide pocket which I created using 2 of the decorative planner dividers in the kit. I stitched them up together so then we have one slide pocket where you can put anything in it...like receipts, letters, or even your pictures.

I am loving all of the beautiful designs from this kit! I’m glad that Andrea provides the digital files to purchase so that you can print out yourself too! I love this moon and star design and printed it out on a vellum paper. Loved it so much!

Can you believe that these simple words of “Wish” and “Favorite” from the kit made me so happy because I discovered that they were actually giving me more ideas?! So I used both words for my wish list page and favorite shops. Fantastic little ideas! :)

And last is another slide pocket out of 2 of the decorative dividers from that kit which I used and stitched together. So obviously that is one thing I just love! I love making lots of pockets in my planner, simple idea yet very functional!

Well I hope you enjoyed reading and seeing my planner project in this post and I hope it has given you more ideas and put you in a crafting spirit to start doing your own pretty planning with pockets and stuff! 

You can find me on my IG : @Hennytjcraftcottage 

This Planner project is to be continued... so stay tuned everyone!

Sincerely yours, Henny