All Year Long

Happy Monday! It is a long weekend here and I am LOVING the extra day. It just makes everything so much more relaxed, doesn't it?
Tonight I am hosting my montly Project Life Club, so, in honour of Memory-keeping Monday, I thought I would share the layouts we are doing...

I think this may well by one of my favoutire layouts of all time. I absolutely love these photos of Max and my mom. The titles on the cards (from the All Year Long card kit) and the additional stamped title I added on the upper left card are the perfect complement to these treasure images. In case you're wondering, the aforementioned stamped sentiment is from the Layering Love stamp set. I added a die-cut swirl in silver foil using the Swirly Scribbles Thinlits.

This one once again features several cards from the All Year Long card kit, but also several 2" x 2" cards from the coordinating accessory kit as well. If you aren't in the habit of purchasing the accessory kit that goes with your Project Life by Stampin' Up! card kits, you're missing out on tons of creative possibilities! The title card on the left-hand page was originally a plain black card, but I didn't want quite that much black on my layout, so I cut out the title using the Lots of Labels framelits and layered it on a piece of Crumb Cake card stock that I embossed with the (retired) World Traveller TIEF and added silver accents to with silver heat embossing. I also created an additional filler card on the far left using the Places You'll Go stamp set.

One of the things I love most about the All Year Long card kit is how versatile it is! There truly are cards suited for just about any occasion. Here I created summer-themed layouts using cards and items from the accessory kit. I added a die-cut sunburst accent behind the title card on the left-hand page using the Sunburst Thinlits and added stamped rays with the Everyday Hero stamp set. I also added a shaker card to the page using cards from the kit, a piece of Window Sheets and some (retired) gold mica flakes. On the right-hand page I had too many landscape-oriented photos, so I cut them down to 3-3/4" squares and mounted them on 4"x 6" pieces of Delightful Dijon card stock. I love the added colour it gives to the layout.

This last layout captured a weekend visit to "A Day Out With Thomas". It was super-hot day, so we didn't take many pictures, but there were enough to put together this fun layout chronicling our adventure. Once again, I had too many land-scape oriented photos (these were taken LONG before I started scrapbooking and became aware of how important it is to take every photo in BOTH orientations!), so I cut down a couple and mounted them on Basic Black card stock. I love the little hashtag in the upper right corner, created using the letter stickers in the accessory kit.

As much as I love creating fun layouts using Project Life by Stampin' Up! products, I think my favourite part is reliving the memories each precious photo holds.

Have a marvelous Monday and a super week!


Product List

All Year Long Project Life Card Collection [141670] $21.00	All Year Long Project Life Accessory Pack [142690] $24.00	Variety Pack 12" X 12" Project Life Photo Pocket Pages [135294] $9.25	Layering Love Clear-Mount Stamp Set [141965] $21.00
Project Life Date It Photopolymer Stamp Set [141563] $32.00	Punch Corner Project Life [135346] $10.75	Places You'll Go Photopolymer Stamp Set [141741] $20.00	Confetti Celebration Clear-Mount Stamp Set [142034] $24.00
Everyday Hero Photopolymer Stamp Set [143080] $26.00	Delightful Dijon 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [138338] $10.00	Mint Macaron 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [138337] $10.00	Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [120953] $10.00
Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121045] $10.00	Kraft 12" X 12" Card Stock [133674] $8.75	Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [101650] $11.25	Silver Foil Sheets [132178] $5.25
Window Sheets [142314] $6.75	Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad [140931] $9.25	Basic Gray Archival Stampin’ Pad [140932] $9.25	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [126975] $8.50
Delightful Dijon Classic Stampin' Pad [138327] $8.50	Versamark Pad [102283] $11.25	Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder [109131] $6.75	Heat Tool [129053] $40.00
Big Shot [143263] $136.00	Project Life Cards & Labels Framelits [135707] $33.00	Swirly Scribbles Thinlits Dies [141497] $35.00	Layering Circle Framelits Dies [141705] $46.00
Lots Of Labels Framelits Dies [138281] $35.00	Sunburst Thinlits Die [140617] $39.00	Seaside Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [141481] $11.25	Hexagons Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [143231] $11.75
2" Circle Punch [133782] $23.50	Mica Flakes Trio Pack [141998] $12.00

Dragon Fly Tunnel Card

Happy Friday!!! It is an extra-good day because today kicks off a long weekend here in Ontario. Looking forward to spending some quality time with my boys!

Today I have a project I designed for a recent class featuring the Dragon Fly Dreams bundle from the Occasions Catalogue...

The front of this one is pretty simple and straightforward. I began with a standard card base in Old Olive. I stamped the background using the dragonfly stamp from the Dragonfly Dreams stamp set in ink of the same shade. The DSP I used on the focal panel is from the Succulent Garden DSP pack. I added some gold metallic thread and matted it on a piece of gold foil card stock. The dragon fly is die-cut from gold foil card stock using the Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits.

The inside is where the WOW happens ;) I created by tunnel with Whisper White card stock and lined the inside of the window with more of the same DSP I used on the front of the card. I stamped a couple of dragonflies on the DSP before constructing the pop-out feature. I used the Detailed Dragonfly thinlits to die-cut the dragonfly groupings from gold foil card stock, trimming off the portions I didn't want with my paper snips. The sentiment is from the Suite Sentiments.

Would you like a video tutorial showing how I made this card? I have a Class-to-Go available for FREE when you order the Dragonfly Dreams bundle. You'll received kits to make three beautiful cards (including this one) along with video tutorials for each. Here is a photo of the cards included in the kit:

To order your kit, simply visit my online store and order the Dragonfly Dreams bundle. I will contact you to see if you would like the free Class-to-go and arrange to send it to you. You only pay the actual cost of postage to mail it to you. You'll also receive an email with links to the video tutorials for each project.

Have a spectacular weekend!!

Product List

Dragonfly Dreams Photopolymer Stamp Set [142924] $26.00	Suite Sentiments Clear-Mount Stamp Set [142971] $25.00	Old Olive 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100702] $10.00	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $11.25
Gold Foil Sheets [132622] $5.25	Succulent Garden Designer Series Paper [142778] $14.50	Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [126953] $8.50	Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad [140931] $9.25
Simply Scored [122334] $40.00	Big Shot [143263] $136.00	Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits Dies [142749] $41.00	Layering Ovals Framelits Dies [141706] $46.00
Layering Circle Framelits Dies [141705] $46.00	1-1/2" Circle Punch [138299] $21.50	Gold Metallic Thread [138401] $4.00