Project Life 2014: Week 43

I'm getting a little behind on my posts, I KNOW!!! 

This month is a really busy one...we have four birthdays in the family, the State Fair, and Halloween, a lot of preparations, cakes, candles and walks...ha! 

On week 43 I used the Project Life Happy Kit, I'm liking this of using just one kit per page. It keeps everything simple and coordinated, specially simple. 

This week I also used some wood grain thickers (on the title card), the Heidi Swapp date stamp and the strip with the sentiment I bought at Tuesday Morning it came in a pack of four sheet of stickers. 

This week I didn't have much photos, usually I don't have space for filler cards...

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Shaker Cards Tutorial: Part 2

This post is a continuation of yesterdays' and like I mentioned I'll be showing you my technique for doing "shaker cards", this time NO sewing required.

For this pocket you'll need the materials from the previous post (minus the sewing machine) and some washi tape (I picked a Christmas theme but you can use whatever you like)...let's get started.

Take one of the remaining pockets from the previous post (you should have 2 left) and fill it with whatever you like, I chose some wood veneers, a chipboard snowman, snowflakes confetti, and sequins. 

After filling the pocket with your choice of goodies, cut a piece of washi, enough to cover the length of the opening of the pocket or a bit larger, leaving a 1/8" of the width of the tape. Then adhere some more tape to other side of the previous washi to close the opening of the pocket. Trim any excess washi from the sides...

And you are done...

This' the final result...

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Shaker Cards Tutorial: Part 1

Today I'm going to try and show you guys how to make your own "shaker cards" (at least, what works for me).

You'll need:

Scissors, a baseball card page protector (or whatever size page protector you want to use),

sequins, chipboard die cuts (or whatever you want to put inside the card),

and a sewing machine. Last photo are example of ephemera you can use for inside the card...

First you'd need to cut the page protector starting with the middle pockets, cutting a strip with three pockets (you need to cut outside the seams) this way you'll end up with a strip of pockets with just one opening on top of each one...like this.

Then, separate each pocket by cutting between the middle seams, you'll end up with three separate pockets...

This should be your end result...

The next step is to fill the pocket with the items of your choice...

 

The last step to complete this "shaker card" is to sew the opening of the pocket...

In my sewing machine I use option number five to make a zig-zag pattern (you can use whatever pattern you want, of course).

And that's it, you should end with this result or better!! ha. I'm not an expert sewing but this is proof that you don't have to be an expert...

On my next post I'll show you how to do another style, NO SEWING required...

Thanks for watching and reading!!

Project Life 2014: Week 42

Week 42...

For this week I use (again) the BH Project Life Value kit Super Cute (that I bought at Joann's with a 50% coupon), I thought it was appropriate for my daughter's birthday (and did I mention before that I'm in love with this kit?). I also used the Theresa Collins tiny alphas, the thickers are called Hurray, the die-cuts are from a pack of embellishments that I bought at Joann's, they're David Tutera brand and they are cute!!! the labels are printables that I download from the internet (you can find them on my Pinterest board: http://www.pinterest.com/yocari/freebiesprintables/).

This week I wanted to include this picture of my daughter with her new dress (down) so I made kind of an ad-on pocket but this time I didn't use a pocket at all... I used one of those BasicGrey Attach Me Stickers that I got from Amazon. It work better than expected, I thought it was going to open up every time but it laid pretty flat, awesome! 

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Project Life 2014: Week 41

Week #41 is finally here...

This week (#42) has been a really busy one with stuff from work, school and Alisha's BD...you'll see that next week. 

Now let's write about week #41...

For this week I used the new Becky Higgins Project Life Value Kit called Super Cute and it is super cute indeed! I love this kit 'cause it have vibrant and soft colors and cute designs, it's awesome. 

I did all the layout with the kit, I also used some printable (big camera), the title card letter stickers are from AC and the cloud and sun sticker is from Amy Tan, the small letter stickers are from Simple Stories Snap Collection and Theresa Collins (the black and white), the washi on the calendar I got it at the dollar section from Joann's, and of course the date stamp is Heidi Swapp. 

Thanks for watching!!! and reading!!!

Project Life 2014: Week 40

Week 40...at last!

For this week I used a paper pad from Heidi Swapp is a small size (not 6x6), I had to cut to size (4x6). In the title page I just add a strip of paper, thickers and I used the Heidi Swapp date stamp. The stickers are from MAMBI, Heidi Swapp, and Tim Holtz (black tiny alphas).

All the photos are from the same day (Sunday, August 28th), we didn't did much this week with the kids being sick, work, etc.