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lovely new Storyline Scrapper inserts

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don't let stories get left behind

Resetting Project Life

confessions of a storyteller

A Storyteller's Memory Keeping Plan 

project life 2017 | week 3

Today I'm sharing a look at Week 3 in my Project Life 2017 album.

project life 2017 | week 2

Today I am sharing a look at Week Two in my Project Life album.

family life | week one

Project Life and Family Life Album are in the house.

project life ~ jot magazine

Jot Magazine continues to be such a beautiful and inspirational place for memory keeping. The team there is amazing. I continue to be inspired and drawn to their work...

anatomy of a project life album

Today I want to share with you some details found in my most recent Project Life album.

project life ~ heidi swapp

I love Project Life.  I love the concept of the pockets and the story or event all right there with plenty of spaces for journaling. I love it when I'm caught up! but I love too just to pick up right where I am at and tell a story.

mini tag album ~ project life heidi swapp

Hello,

If you have hopped over here from Heidi's blog, well then you are here for part two. If you just happened to stumble upon this here blog, you might want to see what I am talking about by starting there first.

Now for the rest of this post, grab a cuppa, and simply enjoy the eye candy. This project was a joy to create. Truly it is my hope that you enjoy and most of all are inspired.

Today is just about the eye candy. Details as to the why and how of this mini tag album created with Heidi Swapp's Project Life September Skies kits are all found today on her blog. So be sure to check that out.

Before the rest of that album is shared here, there is a mini photo template available to help with the editing of the photos that fit perfectly on those 3x4-inch journaling cards. Click HERE to download.

 Thank you for stopping by.
Blessings on your day...

This is a personal blog. All editorial content and projects are intellectual property of jamiepate.com. I do receive financial compensation and products from American Crafts to develop certain blog posts, but all of the ideas and opinions are my own.

how to create a pre-made album

Hello! I just finished a pre-made album I am excited to share with you. The album is part of my stash that was waiting to be used for the perfect project. The ProjectLife Cards are available at Michaels. I used the Gold Foil kit as well as the 6x8 Memory Planner Paper pack. They were just made to go together.

This album, like most all my mini albums, begins with a cover page. The Bazzill Clear Paper (not available right now) was used to be the intro to this album for a bride to be.

The die cut is from the Wanderlust Collection. Cut out with American Craft white cardstock and then sprayed gold with my favorite Rustoleum Metallic Gold. The heart is from Pink Paislee's Solstice Collection. Oh...and that texture paste...new from Heidi Swapp. Found at Michaels along with the rest of the Mixed Media set.

When I am creating a gift album for someone else, I am thinking about keeping it very do-able for them. I want it to be a place where they can simply slip in an Instagram photo in any of the pockets, or journal on a card whatever is on their mind.

For this to work a few things have to be part of the mix: colors should be kept to just a few different hues. The embellishments need to stay uncomplicated. And the pages need to follow a pattern, or a sketch if you will.

This album does just that. The colors are mainly three: soft pink, soft teal, pops of gold foil, and that is all pulled together with touches of black and white.

The embellishments found here will be hearts, gold as well as paper punches, some Art Screen phrases, and then little tags on the edge of almost every page.

This page is a good example of the first two elements: the colors are all represented here. There is a touch of gold foil; a simple embellishment found with the 'mr. & mrs.' . art screen;  and a white and black polka dot flag.

Here is the pattern or page sketch that I followed for this gift album: the first page is a 4x3 pocket page with 4 pockets. 

Remember to make pretty the back side of the pockets too.

The next page protector includes 2-4x6 pockets. 

And then the last page in this pattern is an 8x6-inch page. This page is actually more of a traditional scrapbook page. 

After that, the sketch of pages starts all over again.

It takes some planning to get this to work in the direction I wanted it to work. But once I was started, once I had that color, embellishment and sketch plan in mind, I just went to the creative play of it all and had a blast putting this together for the bride to be.

Next time you are needing a heartfelt and handmade gift...

Gather all the supplies you need which includes color, embellishment and a sketch.

And then...

...enjoy the process.

I would love to know what works for you when you create gift albums. And if you have one out there, I would love to see it. Please tag me on Instagram @jamiepate.

Blessings my friends...will be sharing more pocket ideas next week with you.

Bye...

hello ~ sizzix digital cut files

Just when you think I have given up on ProjectLife and pocket scrapping...
alas...
I have not...

This page is part of a Sizzix blog post found here...

My newest digital cut collection is called Hello.



You can purchase as a collection or individual cuts.

It's just a cute little set that invites spring into our every day projects.

Hope you check it out!

let's make a sandwich

I have received a few questions as to what the ‘sandwich’ technique is that I used this week on the Project Life Merci card  created for the Heidi Swapp blog.

so here today i am a goin’ to show you how that sandwich was created…

here’s what you will need:

1 4x6 journal card from the Gold Foil Project Life kit
2 3x4 journal card from same kit
1 scrap piece of card stock
adhesive

+ 2 more 3x4 size journal cards or even plain card stock

trim a piece of card stock to a 1-inch width. 
trim that piece to 2 1/2-inches long so that you have 2 1-inch wide pieces.

score each piece in half length wise as shown in photo. i will now call these flaps.

add double side tape to one side of the flap and attach to the back of the 4x6 card. 
i like to use the American Crafts 1/4-inch This To That Double Sided Tape.

attach the journal cards to the BACK side of the card flaps. when the flaps are closed they will be seen properly on the front of the card.

the view to the inside of the cards shows the flaps. you could always keep it just like this, but i prefer to cover, or ‘sandwich’, those flaps with another piece of card stock.

and this is how it looks when that flap is all sandwiched up and covered up. on the left side the flap is not longer seen as it is on the right side of the card.

now finish up with another, embellish, stamp, and Color Shine at will. 

if you have ANY questions…leave a comment or message me on my page on Facebook here. i would be more than happy to help you.