Wedding Pocket Pages

They may look like pocket pages but they are actually stuck on a bit of 12 by 12 card, I used the pocket pages sleeves to arrange the photos but to put in my album they go in a normal 12inch sleeve but I still have the pocket page effect.

I brought the Simple Stories paper collection for these wedding photos because they fitted perfectly for this beautiful summer Wedding.

I've used the Cheery Lynn leaf swirl with my retro flowers punches and the Creative Impression Ivy die. I carried that over onto every page to bring all the pages together.

Life Documented

When I was lucky to receive the April's Simon Says Stamp card kit I was unwell and it was days before I even opened it. When I did it was full of Simple Stories 6 inch paper, stickers as well as a stamp set. I took one look and knew I wanted to use it with these photos.

I had downloaded them from FB and found they wouldn't print a decent photo any larger but they work so well as photos for pocket pages.  Although I cheated this is actual a 12 by 12 with Pocket Pages mats so will fit in 12 inch album page.

I added Simon Says Stamps Cluster of Leaves and Stitched Daisies dies, also the hearts are made up with the small outline heart in the Simon Says Stamps Small Doily Heart. The Stitched Star is from MFT and the letters are Memory Box Alphabets Soup Upper case and lower case die and the rest is out of the kit.

I kept every bit of scrap patterned card so I could make a normal 12 by 12. I used all of the above plus the Simon says Stamp Stitched Square which I use with the scraps to make my patchwork background.
This probably was one of the fastest layout I made recently and was a lot quicker than the imitation pocket page I did first.

Make Your Own Pocket Page Card

I mentioned when I was lucky to received My Sunshine stamps with Sunshine die and from the new release The Color of Fun from Simon Say Stamp that the set was ideal for making pocket pages. Here's a few that I made, you've already seem Dreamers gotta Dream which I used on a card but two of these cards show the other sentiments, I especially love the Bright Sun Shiny day.
The little die comes with the larger sun, all I've added was some Echo Park patterned paper and the Falling Rain background stamps from Simon Says Stamp and also the Lets Fly a Kit stamp and die set for my clouds and kite. I've used the washi tape from last months Card Kit.

Scrapbooking Sunday

It was NSD yesterday and I decided to scrapbook instead of making MIL's birthday card or any of my DT committments. I will probably regret it next week when I'm tearing my hair out cos I haven't left myself enough time.
But I'm please with want I've done the first is this page to go with the pocket page I made a while ago. I tried a hand at a bit of stencilling it didn't go quite according plan. I also used the Spellbinders Stately Circles. The hearts and butterfly are both from Simon Says Stamp. The small letters are a  Memory Box die and the larger letters are Storybook from the Cricut but I cut out a couple of times to give more depth to the letters which is more obvious in RL.

Here's the pocket pages I made a few weeks back and you can see I've used the same papers from the Simon Says Stamp kit.

I didn't used the other side of Mum's pocket pages so I decided to use them for my Dad to go with my favourite layout I made of him with Mason. Again I tried to match up the layout with the pocket pages which is why I used the stars and twine. The sentiment is Inkylicious that I brought at Ally Pally
The papers I think are October Afternnoon and the stamps are Stampin Up but the grid ones has been retired.
The patchwork one I put together and then used a Spellbinder star die to cut it out, backed with the gingham and the sentiment was from Lila's Heart from Simon Says Stamp. Hearts again from Simon Says Stamp.

Here's the layout just to show I tried to combine the details. You can find my Scrapbooking on my other blog All in One Place. It's laid out different to this blog. For example all my 2015 scrapbooking is simply being added to the one post so you won't get updates when I've added them.
I've just been reminded about the apron I should be making. So I won't be card making tomorrow either at this rate.

Christening pocket pages

I've made some Christening layouts but still had loads of pics I wanted to use so once again I've made a couple of Pocket Pages. Although I'm kicking myself because for some reason I thought Love pocket was a large one instead its two and I had to cut my foam word in half to fit.
The words are Kaiser, the flower is Simon Says Stamp and the Cross is Cottage Cutz die. Celebrate is a Penny Black word die and the grass on the cross is MFT.

Again the flowers are Simon Says Stamp and words are Kaiser, the teapot and cup are MFT the swirl is too. The cutlery I found in a box of odds and ends, I should in theory painted these white but they I think I can get away with doing nothing with them, well I have to now they're truly stuck now.
Coloured letters are out of pot of excess letters I keep when cutting with alphabet dies and the black stickers are some tiny letters I've had for ages.
The photos may look crooked but I have taken them out of their pockets to photo they alway look clearer this way but they are now back safe and sound in their correct place.
I think there is another set of Pocket Pages waiting to be done for the Christening and then I need to look at the Harry Potter photos to decide how I want to scrap them.

Ducky

 I think I may be getting the hang of these pocket pages and I'm starting to like doing them. I only use them when I have loads of photos I want to use like these from my nephews photo shot. How could I decide which ones not to use.
Lots of dies used here although I have just realised my caterpillar had no eyes will have to rectify that.

This is the large photo to go next to the pocket pages in the album. I fiddled with those flowers for ages and decided something was missing. So added the leaf swirls and used the Stampin Up gunchy stamps. I was looking for mouse cut outs that I had already done and put with other bits for when I was suppose to make this at a crop and found the cork stars. I wish now the Y was standing up rather than hanging down but it well and truly stuck so no chance of changing it now. Oh and I did find my mice.

You've been on my mind

When I received this months kit from Simon says Stamp all I could think of  was using pics of  Mum and I couldn't get past that, to think of a card so I put it away again. This weeks challenge at Everybody Art Challenge was for something Old and once again all I could see in my head was the Simon Says Stamp kit and Mum's Photos, I decided to stop fighting it and just do it.
I'm so please how these pocket pages worked out. I used the cards for the smaller photos. I cut round part of the butterfly so the photo would slip under it and then embossed the back so the butterfly was rounded. The other small photo I place inside a Spellbinders die.
I used the Lavish Branch and the Hydrangea punch for the smaller flowers and used the Flowers on my Mind stamps from the kit which can be brought separately if you wish. Also in the kit was Liquid Pearls in Black that made the small pearl like dots for the flower centres.
You've been on my mind sentiment is also in the stamp set and again I knew I had to use it and I added the Simon Says Stamp Mum die, along with the Love, Small Doily Hearts finished with a Holiday Shapes heart.
I also finally used the Cup of Tea die has a reminder that a cup of tea would always been offered when you visited.
I'm going to do a one or two photo 12 x12 page to go next to these pocket pages. Maybe I will be able to do something similar for my Dad.
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Pocket Page

Hello friends, and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge!
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This week the challenge is:

IT'S A GUY THING 

That's right! We want to see you create something for the men in your life. Big boys, little boys, and in between boys! Or maybe your project will feature a 'guy' in some way! Take the challenge wherever inspiration leads! We can't WAIT to see what you do with it!

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 I had decided that I would used Tim Holtz Good Thoughts stamps and for a change I would use it for pocket pages.

First I had to chose my actual Pocket Page these are Becky Higgins American Crafts  and I knew I was going to use these photos of my Gt Nephew. I had plenty of photos to chose from since my niece knew I love the pics she gave me a cd. Once I knew which photos were going where it was a case of using the blank spaces to decorate with the stamps.

The papers are Homespun from Simple Stories and I stamped on the actual patterned papers.

I had to use a Stamp a ma Jig to give the sentiments different colours, also I stamped it a third time so I could cut out the heart to layer it. I also used the Simon Says Stamps Woodland Frame but I cut it up to use to decorate.

The arrow with the heart is from Spellbinders also I used the Simon Says Stamps Falling Hearts die to make the background for the title which I used Classic Alphabet from Memory Box.

I also used dies on the actual photos the hearts are Simon Says Stamps Holiday Shapes and the star is from Spellbinders.

I'm still a bit of novice with pocket pages but I love that I can use all my dies and stamps that I use for card making.

So now it's YOUR turn.  Happy Crafting

     

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Wedding Pocket Pages

I don't have a card this morning well not photographed and I'll rather take a picture in daylight. So I have a few Pocket Pages of the Verity's Wedding although while writing this post, I realise that I haven't added the date or their names, whoops.
I had so many photos and more when Verity gave me a disc of some professional ones, it was hard to whittle  down to a few.

I made them at the retreat but I found this hard to do because I kept thinking I could of used something that was at home. But I am pleased how they turned out now, I've a few photos I printed out in a larger format to make some proper 12 by 12. I reckon I can call these at least 3 layouts so that take me to week 44.
Not many cards were made yesterday which was a pity but I've done most of the inserts for the Christmas Cards I've made so far. Today I need to finish them off and pack some things made for Mum's Nursing Home Christmas Fair next Saturday.

Project Life!!!!!

I thought I would have a go at making my own Project Life style cards. I had always thought this would be quick but whether its because I made my own with the help of one of two that came from the paper pack or I just moved  tiny pieces paper around I'm not sure but these four pages took longer to do than standard 12inch pages.
My papers are Fancy Pants and there was a sheet of cards but not many I liked and I already had 6pocket page from American Crafts and though it would be easy to start with that size to begin with.  Another problem I hit is I print out on my PC using Epson and it prints out supposedly 4 to a page but that doesn' make them 4 by 6 and they don't quite fit in the pockets.

It got a bit much when using my leftover letters that I started cutting more letters to make up for letters that was missing in random colours. I also not keen on journalling but it gave it more interesting.

But it did help have a few stamps and dies from Simon Says Stamps which were perfect for event I was scrapbooking but at one point I had chairs with stuff of because I run out space to put stuff. The event was my nephew's 40th birthday and I had quite a few pics. I plan to make two normal 12 inch size pages to put either side of these page in my Album.

I also going to call these Wk 32 and 33 because they taken so much time and its still scrapbooking.
Would I do it again probably, would I make my own cards, maybe not.