Hi everybody! It's Gia back in the Art Studio today showing you all a layout I made yesterday while celebrating National Scrapbooking Day. There were so many challenges, online giveaways, and other events taking place it was impossible to take everything in, wasn't it? I came across a challenge to make a "paperless" layout. Of course by paperless, they meant patterned paper-less. I decided this would be a good challenge for me, because patterned paper is actually my all time favorite supply. So I don't always make the most budget friendly decisions when it comes to acquiring the stuff. It is easy to buy and hoard way, way , WAY more than you need. Know what I'm sayin' ? 
To accomplish this challenge, I turned to my Simple Stories Snap sets which made up the majority of the layout. But I also pulled out a 12 x 12 sticker sheet from last year's I {Heart} Summer line as well as some of the coordinating brads from my 'leftovers." Here are a few ways I saved money on this layout!
Other embellishments used: puffy anchor sticker by Skippings, red acrylic heart, blue glitter star sticker, and white enamel/metal charm hearts by Freckled Fawn, orange XOXO cut from Amy Tangerine Plus One tag, yellow enamel frame by Pinkfresh Studios, Rad flair button from October Afternoon Daily Flash. Living in Hawaii land of the endless summer I can't seem to get enough summer themed supplies, so I am pretty excited that Simple Stories has two new Summer Simple Sets, Sea to Shining Sea and Under the Stars coming out, the Summer Snap set, AND coming soon the Good Day Sunshine collection! If you haven't pre-ordered your Summer School Clique Into Summer Limited Edition Kit and Workshop, we really hope you will join us! Pre-order your Burlap Snap Album from us and save 30% this weekend only with our NSD30 coupon.
-xoxo Gia
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 Hey!! Jody here today on this very Good Friday. Today, I have a couple pocket-style pages to share using my Debutante Kit elements and printables. These layouts are actually in the same page protector, just back to back. I loved Erica's pocket page layout yesterday with her bright pops of yellow against her mostly black background. Wasn't that eye-catching!! I loved it. Today's pages also have some pops of color, but there's a variety. Plus, I'll show you another way to get the most out of your printables.  Just a little side note here... You've seen me do this before, but I wanted to just point out quick how I added a few more pictures to my pocket page. I hand cut a couple little banners from the edge strips off the 12x12" sheets and adhered them to the top of some extra pictures. These little banners will serve as pull tabs so you can easily pull out of the photos and check them out! Ok, I digress...   Above, you can see I punched out Lacey's printable designs as intended using the same shape. Below, check out the patterns from the Debutante printables which weren't predestined to be hearts or clouds. I printed out an extra set and punched some shapes! The yellow heart was actually punched out from the yellow journaling card with the camera on it "Take a picture it will last longer."  And here they are in action! I added two punched hearts from the Debutante printables on top of the printed heart (pink card). This has some special meaning for us, as I often say to our girls, "I love, love, love you!" I added a few banners and circles to the bottom left photo of the runaway truck ramp coming up. And who doesn't love the "To Be Continued" thicker stickers from Amy Tangerine!!? These are super cute and can have so many different uses and meanings.  I hope you've been inspired to print out some more printables and get punching! You don't have to go crazy with embellishments and extras to spice up your pocket pages, but it sure is fun.
Have you stopped by our School Store recently? We've added some new goodies, including more add-ons for your Debutante Kit!! Oh yes we did :) Lacey also added a new Digital Store section so you shop them separately. Also be sure to LIKE Clique Kits on Facebook HERE to get to know the Clique Kit Gals, see some sneak peaks and get involved in the Clique. Subscriptions are also filling up fast.. WOW! Thank you to everyone who has subscribed and to those on our wait list. If you're interested in being a part of our Clique, please get on our wait list for our next kit openings. We'd love to have you join us!! Thank for spending your time with us today. Have a wonderful weekend everyone! ~ Jody  It's a 'howdy' kind of day today! I think it's because I pulled out my cowgirl boots for the first time in awhile. Love them! In case you didn't figure it out yet, it's Jody here today! Speaking of pulling things out that I haven't used in awhile ..... I finally printed my Christmas photos, finally! Yup, I'm scrapbooking Christmas in April. Why not! There really shouldn't be any rules about this type of thing in scrapbooking, at least not in my text book. There's a time and place for chronological order, but not here my friends. Not when you're photos and papers inspire you to create with them, no matter what your subject or season happen to be. On the note of breaking some rules today, I've created something for Christmas with our Spring kit, Debutante... What?! Yup, rule breaker alert! It's totally OK to use 'non-Christmas' papers to create a holiday project, in fact we highly encourage it!! I know some of my friends need a permission slip to do this sometimes, which is completely understand. I've been stuck in the "I have to scrapbook in order" rut, but no more. Case in point >>>> look below! Does this black and white paper look familiar? It's the 'B' side to this Amy Tangerine paper, Soul Mate, which is in our Debutante Kit!! A few weeks back, I did a post about whether you were an 'A' or 'B' and shared that I'm mostly a B........side scrapper that is. So, which would you choose of the Soul Mate paper?  Here's my Christmas layout using the Soul Mate paper. You'll notice a difference in the color of the two images. This is just due to one being a digitized image from the website and the other is an actual photo. So, there's nothing wrong with your eye, at least today. I love that our kits are colorful, but also have a great balance of neutrals. This is the beautiful thing about our kits peeps! All it took to get this layout into the holiday spirit were a few red elements. Easy peasy. My 'go-to' red string is by May Arts, which I also carry in my Etsy Shop here. It's a perfect 1/32 of an inch thick and adds just the right pop of color and texture on any project I'm working on. Next, I added some red metallic sequins, a bingo chip and a heart from Freckled Fawn (thank you again Gia!). I also added lots of die cuts from the exclusive cut files which came with the kit subscription. Speaking of those cut files & printables, they should be our Clique's email boxes right now!  Here are a few close ups too :) I love how the May Arts burlap string looks like it's floating across my layout. If you're wondering how in the world I attached the May Arts burlap string, it's pretty simple. I used a few daps of Aileen's Tacky Glue in several sections and let it dry for a bit. This is seriously one of my favorite glues everyone. It's great because it dries clear, not expensive at all and is thick so it really holds onto your embellishments such as wood veneers, sequins and ribbon! You can find it at any hobby store and use your coupon.    I hope you were inspired today! Go look at your Debutante kit, or through your stash, at those non-holiday papers. Now, really take a good look at them and I'm willing to bet that you can see them in a different light. I know you all have papers that you can totally use for those holiday photos even though your paper isn't specifically holiday themed!
I wanted to thank everyone who subscribed to our monthly kits!! We are so grateful and excited to be SOLD OUT through June. Don't worry, we are adding more subscriptions for July and onward! If you're interested in being on our growing waiting list, please go HERE and enter your info. This will help us in ordering supplies for our upcoming kits so you all can join our Clique and hang out! Thank you again for spending your time with me today! Happy Scrapppin'! ~Jody  Hey all you CK friends!! Jody here and lovin' that it's Friday. We hope you had a blast on our Hazel & Ruby blog share yesterday, we sure did! Thank you for spending your time with us CK girls and sharing our creative journey with us. So far, we're having the time of our lives creating for you. Since yesterday, we've also welcomed a few new subscribers!!! Welcome to the Clique ya'll!' So I ask you, what exactly is a Locker Room? The dreaded place in junior high & high school where nobody wanted to look at anyone else while they're changing into those stellar gym uniforms? The secret location of pranks & jokes played on your peers? Your prep location for the big game or meet? Well, for me it was all of the above and much more back in the good ol' days. You see I've been a jock pretty much all my life and spent a lot of time in locker rooms. My life really isn't that different now. Instead of literally chasing a tennis ball across the court or running the bases, I'm chasing 2 year old Abby and running around our home doing everything else. That's just how life evolves and it's a crazy kind of beautiful. So that being said, I get ask a lot and I mean a lot, how I have time to scrapbook. I work full time, we have 5 kids and I actually do get 6-7 hours of sleep most of the time. My secret is pretty simple ~ TEAMWORK. My family is a team with my hubby Brad and I being the Co-Captains. So, yes he helps with laundry, other daily things and still watches football or works on his truck with his buddy Mark. On the flip side, I'll get some time to scrap since that's how I relax. I do the majority of my creating in small incredments of time though, like 15-30 minutes. Crazy, maybe. Doable, yes! This will vary for everyone, depending on the space they create in, etc. This layout didn't take very long to create, about 45 minutes total. I pulled a full 12x12 sheet of Simple Stories Homespun Simple Basics Kit. I love the muted yellow with dots. Next, I grabbed a few scraps, several left over Dear Lizzy tags from my stash and more PinkFresh Studios goodies from our blog share on March 5th. That was one step that took me about 10 minutes. After kids were in bed and I put some laundry in, I went back and started to play around with my goodies. I grabbed this picture of Abby because I just had it printed. It's from her 2 year check up (November of 2013). She's a riot and was putting on quite the show for the nurse and I. She's also talking more and more, often repeating exactly what her big sisters say... cute and sassy!Hey all you CK friends!! Jody here and lovin' that it's Friday. We hope you had a blast on our Hazel & Ruby blog share yesterday, we sure did! Thank you for spending your time with us CK girls and sharing our creative journey with us. So far, we're having the time of our lives creating for you. Since yesterday, we've also welcomed a few new subscribers!!! Welcome to the Clique ya'll!' So I ask you, what exactly is a Locker Room? The dreaded place in junior high & high school where nobody wanted to look at anyone else while they're changing into those stellar gym uniforms? The secret location of pranks & jokes played on your peers? Your prep location for the big game or meet? Well, for me it was all of the above and much more back in the good ol' days. You see I've been a jock pretty much all my life and spent a lot of time in locker rooms. My life really isn't that different now. Instead of literally chasing a tennis ball across the court or running the bases, I'm chasing 2 year old Abby and running around our home doing everything else. That's just how life evolves and it's a crazy kind of beautiful. So that being said, I get ask a lot and I mean a lot, how I have time to scrapbook. I work full time, we have 5 kids and I actually do get 6-7 hours of sleep most of the time. My secret is pretty simple ~ TEAMWORK. My family is a team with my hubby Brad and I being the Co-Captains. So, yes he helps with laundry, other daily things and still watches football or works on his truck with his buddy Mark. On the flip side, I'll get some time to scrap since that's how I relax. I do the majority of my creating in small incredments of time though, like 15-30 minutes. Crazy, maybe. Doable, yes! This will vary for everyone, depending on the space they create in, etc. This layout didn't take very long to create, about 45 minutes total. I pulled a full 12x12 sheet of Simple Stories Homespun Simple Basics Kit. I love the muted yellow with dots. Next, I grabbed a few scraps, several left over Dear Lizzy tags from my stash and more PinkFresh Studios goodies from our blog share on March 5th. That was one step that took me about 10 minutes. After kids were in bed and I put some laundry in, I went back and started to play around with my goodies. I grabbed this picture of Abby because I just had it printed. It's from her 2 year check up (November of 2013). She's a riot and was putting on quite the show for the nurse and I. She's also talking more and more, often repeating exactly what her big sisters say... cute and sassy!  Here are some close ups for ya! I used a 6x8" patterend paper as the base behind my photo and darned if I can remember the paper line!! Maybe one of my CK gals can chime in today :) It's the one with all the awesome viewfinders on it! Any-hoooo, I used my little trick for layering to add my tags underneath Abby's cute photo. What trick, you ask? My biggest trick of making it easier to add layers like this is to not put your adhesive right at the edges of your photo or other papers. I put a couple small pieces of two sides tape towards the center of the photo, which still adheres is just fine and still allows plenty of room for tucking tags and other elements behind your photo! Pretty easy, right! I added a few of her recent quotes too of course. I know you all recognize the rockin' PinkFresh on this layout! Those color block wood veneers and enamel insta frames rock!! The crochet heart was from our own Lacey Gasper :)   Don't be afraid to pop up those chipboard stickers, enamel embellishments and die cuts either. Look how cool it looks when it's lifted a little higher off your page. The chipboard stars and number are from an older Dear Lizzy line, but they worked in very well with the Simple Stories background paper and other page elements.  So my scrappy friend and teammates, you can fit scrapbooking into your busy lives! If this crazy Mama can do it, so can you. I'd love to hear how you fit your scrapping in or where you go create so leave me a comment sharing your secrets.. we won't tell :)
Happy Scrappin'! ~ Jody  Hellloooo everyone! Jody here today with a boy layout! Seriously!! I scrapbooked about this little blue-eyed charmer, our nephew Wyatt. Not only did I create a boy layout {for once, lol} I challenged myself to get it done~fast! My nights are super busy these days and sometimes all I get is 15-30 minutes to create. So, on Sunday night I did this entire layout in 28 minutes. The key... I didn't fuss over it. Oh, and don't you just want to squeeze Wyatt's cheeks!!!  Here's the play-by-play for todays 30 minute dash ~ I started with a 12x12 Amy Tangerine paper from her Cut & Paste line. This paper design has the upper 3/4 of the paper being an off-white and the bottom 1/4 being pink, red and yellow striped. I wanted to cover up the pink stripe on the background paper completely, so I used the nifty blue edge stripes on ends of 12x12 papers no-a-days. Such a clever thing the paper companies did to create less waste! No more pink, just like that. Next, I laid out Wyatt's photo closer to the bottom quarter of the page and trimmed the red and white dot paper to 6.5" by 4.5". I placed it behind the photo and tilted it. Then, I surrounded Wyatt with fun arrows, a glassine envelope filled with blue metallic sequins and gold stars, some fun word elements cut from the papers and a handmade journaling card by Lacey!! I didn't putz with these elements, I placed them and left them alone. I know that's tough for many of us to do, but give it a tray! Our clever Clique Kits girl, Lacey, sewed some fabric scraps right onto a 3x4 lined journaling card for sweet handmade look. It works perfectly to add some texture and interest to Wyatt's layout. You'll also see some ink splatter in areas. I used some Studio Calio Mr. Huey's in Pinstripe, which is a medium grey. I really like this color when I want just a little ink and nothing too dramatic. Don't overthink it when you splatter your ink. Just unscrew the spray nozzle and give it a little shake over the general area. If you've never used ink before I'd encourage you give it try! If you don't want ink in a certain spot, like your photo, just place a piece of scrap paper over it. Then, just let the ink fall where is may!  Here's a closer look at the sewed journaling card by Lacey, who also sent us CK girls some awesome crochet hearts. You also saw the crochet hearts in Gia's Art Studio post, which you can find HERE, just in case you missed it :)  Below , check out all the strips of papers and words. The "Moments Documented" strip and the blue grid just above it are those edge pieces I mentioned earlier. If you haven't been using them, look at the ends of your patterned papers and give it a try. Sometimes one side has the actual barcode on it, but then the other side is very usable! The yellow strip with the days of the week is another edge strip, which I popped up using some foam adhesive.  This has been another Locker Room play-by-play from me. As Lacey shared yesterday, we'd love to see your Clique Kits inspired projects on our Facebook page!
As we've said before, our kits are being designed so they can be used for boys and girls. Often times, one side of a 12x12 paper is girly with the opposite side being neutral or more boyish. Our goal is to make our kits usable for everyone, regardless if you have 5 girls like me, all boys & a both like many scrapbookers out there! Clique Kits is designed by us, for you. There are still a few subscriptions available so get yours before we sell out! Go HERE to check out the subscription nitty gritty. You can subscribe by going HERE, which is our Clique Kits Store Front. You'll also see new Simple Stories collection packs and SN@P Sets for sale! If you're still on the fence and have questions, please ask us! Keep you your mobile devices handy this Friday, February 21st for another Clique Kits blog share, featuring Amy Tangerine!! See ya then! ~ Jody |
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