This time I used the a Dutch magazine “Flow” in my planner. This “book for nature lovers” was perfect for that. I used a combination of dies from the Planner, Sidekick and Art-journal collection.
The Flow contains many paper extras that I have scattered here and there in this planner. What I’m going to use this planner for I don’t know yet but it was just fun to play with the dies and the paper. Sometimes I added some sentiments. Photos of the garden will probably be added later, because this paper lends itself perfectly for that.
I hadn’t used this die set in a long time and it is so much fun. Voilà, here he is again.
And I almost forgot about this die set. There are so many new and fun products on the market from the Elizabeth Craft Designs Planner collection, too many to list! Sometimes it is useful to browse through your collection and then you suddenly come up with ideas.
I used a different color for all 4 seasons where the paper also comes from a different designer. Furthermore I have always repeated the layout but always made a different special pages in it. The envelopes contain all ready-made cards that were included in the magazine. Handy if you want to send a card.
I had already shown this page made with the Phone Booth die set. I love it!!! It is a pity that all those beautiful telephone booths have disappeared from the streets, especially this English one ofcourse. Recently I saw on T.V. in a nostalgic English village such an old telephone booth has been transformed into a neighborhood library. So cute and the books were kept nice and dry. Really nice to give it a new function like this.
This was my post for today, maybe you also have an old or new magazine somewhere that you’ve always wanted to do something with. Or how about an old picture book? Then this is of course a super nice idea. I hope you’re inspired by this post. If you want to see more pictures from the pages that I created, make sure to visit my blog HERE.
Karen here today. I’ve started a NEW Sidekick Planner to journal a somewhat new relationship. Today’s post is about my guy’s sweet dog. (Yes, I’m dog-obsessed!) Sadie is an almost 80 lb pittie mix, black with some white paws and other markings. I used / modified the Dog die to add a fun embellishment for Sadie’s page.
I used the Sidekick Essentials 1 for a base, and I used the gorgeous Rainbow of Happiness Paper. To that, I added a strip of black denim ribbon. Then I used a couple sizes of the Fitted Circles Dies. On the top die, I used that FuN sentiment from the Pieces of Life 4 – Retro Stamps. On the bottom circle, I put an ADORABLE picture of Sadie. On the top of her picture, I added a heartbeat die from Sidekick Essentials 1. So sweet. The letters are from Planner Essentials 23. And, of course, I had to add some reinforcements. These little circles are from the Reinforcement Variety Pack 1.
How fun is the back of this page!? I kept the back pretty simple with a strip of several pictures of the adorable Sadie and a wee bit of journaling. I also added the little hearts from the Sidekick Essentials 2 set.
For the Dog die, I wanted to create a black dog with some white marks and white paws. (The white is 90 lb Soft Finish Cardstock!) I cut 8 of the “legs” – 4 in black and 4 in white. I fussy cut just the tips of the white ones to make white paws. I also used one of the white spots to create a white chest for the adorable dog. And some google eyes! 🙂
Hey Crafters! Katelyn here, sharing with you my Garden Journal Tag.
To create my Garden Journal Tag, I’ve used a variety of the dies from the Planner Essentials Collection as well as a variety of stamps and dies from the Sidekick Essentials Collection. You’ll want to read below as I share with you how to recreate my tag at home.
Step One. From the Planner Essentials 30 – Wave Pocket die, die cut the 3″ tag out of a piece of kraft cardstock. Next, you’ll need the flower from the Sidekick Essentials – In My Garden stamp set. Apply Emboss It Ink to the flower stamp and stamp onto the tag. Reapply ink to the stamp as needed and stamp on the tag until the entire tag has flowers on it. Ink the edges of the tag using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.
Step Two. Choose two pieces of patterned paper out of the Reminiscence the Book. From the Sidekick Essentials 16 – Seed Packet Set, you’ll need the torn edge and letters/numbers. Die cut the torn edge die from one of the patterned papers. Die cut the letters/numbers die out of the other piece of patterned paper. Cut the torn edge down to 1″ wide. Cut the letters/numbers die cut down to 3″ x 1 1/2″. Ink the edges of both pieces using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.
Step Three. From the Sidekick Essentials 12 – Scallop Insert Die, you’ll need the macrame hanger. Die cut the macrame hanger out of a piece of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Trim the hanger down to 3 7/8″.
Step Four. Choose a piece of patterned paper out of the Reminiscence the Book. From the Sidekick Essentials 11 – This Week Fold Out Page, you’ll need the circle. Die cut the circle die out of the patterned paper. Cut the circle in half. Ink the edges of the circle using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.
Step Five. Choose another piece of patterned paper out of the Reminiscence the Book. From the Sidekick Essentials 5 die, you’ll need the & symbol. Die cut the & symbol from the patterned paper.
Step Six. From the Sidekick Essentials – Home & Nature Stamp Set, you’ll need the Garden Journal Stamp. Apply Forest Moss Distress Ink to the Garden Journal stamp and stamp onto a piece of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Fussy cut the label out. Ink the edges of the label using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.
Step Seven. From the Sidekick Essentials – Planted With Love Stamp Set, you’ll need the 3 for stamp. Apply Gathered Twigs Distress Ink to the stamp and stamp onto a piece of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Reapply ink to the stamp and stamp onto the same piece of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Fussy cut the two stamped images out. Ink the edges of both images using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.
Step Eight. From the Sidekick Essentials – In My Garden Stamp Set, you’ll need the bee stamp. Apply Dried Marigold Distress Ink to the stamp and stamp onto a piece of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Fussy cut the bee hexagon out. Ink the edges of the hexagon using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.
Step Nine. Adhere the torn edge piece to the left hand side of the numbers/letters piece, showing about 1/2″ Adhere one of the 3 for labels to the top left side of the torn edge as desired. Foam square the torn edge and letters/numbers piece to the bottom right hand side of the tag.
Step Ten. Adhere one of the circle halves to the bottom portion of the torn edge piece as desired. Adhere the macrame hanger 1/2″ from the right and all the way to the top of the tag.
Step Eleven. Adhere the other half of the circle 3/8″ from the bottom of the tag and slightly overtop of the macrame hanger. Adhere the other 3 for label 1/2″ from the right and 1 3/4″ from the top of the tag. Adhere the & symbol 1/4″ from the bottom and 1/8″ from the right of the tag.
Step Twelve. Adhere the Garden Journal Label 1/2″ from the bottom and 3/8″ from the left of the tag. Foam square the bee hexagon 5/8″ from the bottom and 1/8″ from the right of the tag.
Step Thirteen. Tie a piece of White Twine through the top of the tag.
Thanks for joining me today! I hope that I’ve inspired you to create your own version of my Garden Journal Tag at home.
Wouldn’t you like that, too? A little magic, or help in the household? Well, I do. But with a good schedule it also saves a lot of time and energy. This time I adapted to what I can do and distributed the work throughout the day and the week. This way I also have energy left over for my hobby.
I love Esther’s beautiful paper so I went to work with the Reminiscence the book 2.
I made the basics with Planner Essentials 4. The edges got a lick of distress ink but I didn’t do anything about it. With Sidekick Essentials 8, I made a pocket that could hold a mini-book. I adhered it at the edges so there’s another ticket behind it. On the left corner I used another stamp from the CS134 Retro labels set. Below that, I made a trifold page with the Puzzle page from the new Art Journal collection. I only adhered it to the edges. He’s dressed with a “note for myself.” But first coffee! For that I used the dies from the Sidekick Essentials 4. Next to it I used a stamp from the fountain pen CS216 art journal chick that refers like an arrow to the coffee cup. I colored the pen using the watercolor palette.
In the pocket I made a mini-booklet with a page for every day. The days of the week I made with the Sidekick Essentials 3 set and for the tags I used Planner Essentials 26. For the narrow one I cut of a little trip on both sides. On the small tag I adhered Mary Poppins and on the big tag Bert. These ones are from a set called “the park” by Tim Holtz.
Mary Poppins stands for magic for me and Bert for a little help if necessary. I wrote the text with a stencil….no, my handwriting is really not that beautiful!!! The minibook received a stamp from the CS130 Bullet Journaling 3 set on each page.
The page is finished with reinforcements from Planner Essentials set 22. For the strip of arrows I used Planner essentials 14.
Now I have to fill everything in but I’m sure you’re not interested in my household schedule hihi. Otherwise…… I’d love to hear it. Honestly, this fröbelen was much more fun than that household but secretly I enjoy it enormously when my house is nice and clean. Maybe I should look for a little “Magic” or a help in the household?
Hope you find a little bit of magic for your household and a little inspiration by my page.
Hey Crafters! Katelyn here, sharing with you my Let’s Do This Planner Insert.
To create my Let’s Do This Planner Insert, I’ve used a variety of the dies from the Sidekick Essentials and Planner Essentials Collection. You’ll want to read below as I share with you how to recreate my planner insert at home.
Step One. To start, choose a piece of patterned paper out of the Reminiscence the Book. From the Sidekick Essentials 11 – This Week Fold Out Page, you’ll need the ticket die. Die cut the ticket die out of the patterned paper. Ink the edges of the patterned paper using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.
Step Two. Choose another piece of patterned paper out of the Reminiscence the Book. From the Sidekick Essentials 11 – This Week Fold Out Page, you’ll need the rectangle. Die cut the rectangle out of the patterned paper. Ink the edges of the rectangle using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.
Step Three. Choose a third piece of patterned paper out of the Reminiscence the Book. From the Sidekick Essentials 11 – This Week Fold Out Page, you’ll need the circle. Die cut the circle out of the patterned paper. Cut the circle in half. Ink the edges of both halves using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.
Step Four. Choose two more patterned papers out of the Reminiscence the Book. From the Planner Essentials 29 – Directions die, choose two arrows. Die cut the one of the arrows out of one of the patterned papers. Die cut the other arrow out of the other patterned paper. Ink the edges of the arrows using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.
Step Five. Next, you’ll ned the cut apart paper out of the Reminiscence the Book. Cut the Date rectangle, the flower polaroid and cut out the Let’s Do This Words. Ink the edges of the date rectangle, polaroid and words using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.
Step Six. From the Planner Essentials – Reinforcement Variety Pack 2, choose one of the reinforcements. Die cut the reinforcements twice out of a piece of kraft cardstock. You’ll need a total of 8 reinforcements. Ink the edges of the reinforcements using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.
Step Seven. Adhere the four of the reinforcements on the left hand side of the ticket, in order so that they line up with your planner. Flip the ticket over and adhere the remaining four reinforcements overtop of the already adhered reinforcements.
Step Eight. Foam square the rectangle 1/8″ from the right and 1/4″ from the bottom of the ticket. Adhere one half of the circle to the top left side of the rectangle as desired. Adhere one of the arrows to the top of the rectangle as desired.
Step Nine. Adhere the date rectangle 1/4″ from the right and 1″ from the top of the ticket. Adhere the remaining circle half to the bottom right hand side of the date rectangle as desired.
Step Ten. Adhere the polaroid frame 3/8″ from the right and 1 3/8″ from the top of the ticket. Adhere one of the arrows to the bottom portion of the polaroid as desired.
Step Eleven. To finish the insert, foam square the Let’s Do This words to the right hand side of the polaroid as desired.
Thanks for joining me today! I hope that I’ve inspired you to create your own version of my Let’s Do This Planner Insert at home.
It’s going so fast this year, the days, weeks are flying by. Unfortunately no family Easter brunch this year, last year also not, I do miss it. Luckily it is also very cozy together with the children and we had a very nice Easter party.
It has become a double page again, which I like best for an overview.
Here the flaps are closed, I love these pages!
For the right page I used the Sidekick Essentials 10, around which I folded the wave pocket page, also from the sidekick collection. The large pocket is on the back, which I can use for a next overview. The sentiment “Happy Easter” I made with the alphabet from the Art collection. And Oliver (Tim Holtz) finishes this page. In the pocket there are 2 tags with photos and journaling.
The left page is made with the Sidekick Essentials 11 set. Behind the photo are some bunnies (Tim Holtz) and also one on the photo. I adhered the picture on the page before I put the reinforcements on it. That’s all this page needed.
I made the tags with the tag die from Planner Essentials 11. I like them oh so much! And that sweet bunny is an older Elizabeth Craft Designs die. Unfortunately no longer available but still so nice!! Especially………
That bun of the bunny…look how cute :-). This is the back of the tags with even more photos and journaling.
Both Oliver and the bunny are colored with watercolor paint.
Hey Crafters! Katelyn here, sharing with you my Specimen Planner Page.
To create my Specimen Planner Page, I’ve used a variety of the dies and stamps from the new Sidekick Essentials Collection. You’ll want to read below as I share with you how to recreate my planner page at home.
Step One. Choose a piece of patterned paper. From the Sidekick Essentials 13 – Hexagon Insert, you’ll need the hexagon page. Die cut the page out of the patterned paper. Ink the edges of the page using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.
Step Two. From the Sidekick Essentials 13 – Heaxagon Insert die, you’ll need the flower and the flower frame. Choose a piece of coordinating patterned paper. Die cut the flower twice and the flower frame once out of the patterned paper. Ink the edges of the frame using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.
Step Three. From the Sidekick Essentials Seed Packet Set, you’ll need the letters and number strip, number strip and Specimen Word. Die cut the Specimen word out of a piece of kraft cardstock. Die cut the number strip out of a piece of coordinating patterned paper. Die cut the words and number strip out of a second patterned paper. Cut the words and number strip down to 1 1/8″. Ink the edges of the two strips using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.
Step Four. Next, you’ll need the Sidekick Essentials 17 – Window Folder Set, you’ll need both jar pieces, the top of the jar, a bird, the tab and both cloche pieces. Die cut the plain cloche and cut out jar piece out of a piece of cream paper. Die cut the top of the jar out of a piece of red paper. Die cut the cut of cloche out of a piece of olive paper. Die cut the tab out of a piece of grey paper. Die cut the bird out of a piece of blue paper. Die cut the plain jar out of a piece of coordinating patterned paper. Ink the edges of all of the pieces using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.
Step Five. From the Sidekick Essentials 14 – Bonjour Fold Out, you’ll need one of the clips. Die cut the clip once out of a piece of olive paper. Die cut the clip a second time out of a piece of mustard paper. Ink the edges of both clips using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.
Step Six. From the Sidekick Essentials – In My Garden Stamp Set, you’ll need the specimen word. Apply Jet Black Archival Ink to the Specimen word and stamp onto a piece of red paper. Cut around the word. Ink the edges of the word using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.
Step Seven. Adhere the specimen word 1/4″ from the bottom and 1 1/2″ from the left of the page. Adhere the number strip 1/2″ from the left and 3/4″ from the top of the number and letters strip. Foam square the word and number strip 1/4″ from the bottom and 1 1/4″ from the top of the page.
Step Eight. Adhere the tab to the left hand side of the number strip.
Step Nine. Foam square the olive clip to the bottom of the letters and number strip as desired. Use adhesive and foam squares to adhere the flower frame 1/2″ from the left and 3/4″ from the bottom of the page. Adhere the mustard clip to the top right corner of the flower frame as desired.
Step Ten. Adhere the jar together. Adhere the cloche together. Foam square the bird into the middle of the cloche.
Step Eleven. Adhere one of the flowers in the top left corner of the flower frame. Use adhesive and foam squares to adhere the cloche 3/4″ from the right and 1 1/4″ from the bottom of the page. Use adhesive and foam squares to adhere the jar 1 7/8″ from the right and 5/8″ from the bottom of the page.
Step Twelve. Adhere the Specimen word 5/8″ from the bottom and 1 3/4″ from the left of the page. Adhere the other flower to the top left side of the letters and number word strip as desired.
Thanks for joining me today! I hope that I’ve inspired you to create your own version of my Specimen Planner Page at home.
Hello Friends and welcome! It is Karan here to share a project I designed using the new Sidekick Release. For those who know how much I love albums, I also love to create mini albums too.
This one is designed using the Seed Packet Die from Sidekick Essentials 16.
To begin with I cut the seed pack out five times using paper from 49 and Market. I cut vellum to go on the inside of the packet for the window. I cut out extras thinking I might make the album larger but ended up going with 5 packets instead of 8.
Then I assembled them.
I then cut the side panel from the same sidekick set and created the pages and continued to decorate them. I love tags and cut out a tag for each page just as an added layer and photo mat for some of my photos. This tag was cut from Planner Essentials 2, which I also cut to go inside each opening of the Seed Packet page. I am going to share images from this little mini and then add the dies I used below. Hope you enjoy this mini project.
And then details for the cover:
I cut doubles for the large floral and the medium size floral for the cover, two sets of leaves and then I used the skeleton leaf from the Sidekick Essential 16 set. Ii love how the florals shape so beautifully.
I hope that I inspired you to create a mini album using this Seed Pocket Set. It makes a perfect little mini album.
Hey Crafters! Katelyn here, sharing with you my Let Love Grow Card
To create my Let Love Grow Card, I’ve used a variety of the dies and stamps from the new Sidekick Essentials Collection as well as dies from the Planner Essentials Collection and Joset Designs. You’ll want to read below as I share with you how to recreate my card at home.
Step One. Choose two pieces of patterned paper out of the Reminiscence the Book. Die cut a 3 1/4″ Fitted Indented Rectangle out of one of the patterned papers. Die cut a 3 1/2″ Stitched Indented Rectangle out of the other patterned paper. Distress the edges of both rectangles. Ink the edges of both rectangles using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.
Step Two. Die cut a 3 3/4″ Fitted Indented Rectangle out of a piece of kraft cardstock. Die cut a 3″ Stitched Indented Rectangle out a piece of kraft cardstock. Distress the edges of both rectangles. Ink the edges of both rectangles using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.
Step Three. Choose a piece of patterned paper out of the Reminiscence the Book. From the Planner Essentials – Planner Patterns die, die cut the numbers out of the patterned paper.
Step Four. Choose a piece of patterned paper out of the Reminiscence the Book. From the Sidekick Essentials 17 – Window Folder Set die, die cut the tab out of the patterned paper. Ink the edges of the tab using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.
Step Five. Choose a piece of patterned paper out of the Reminiscence the Book. From the Planner Essentials – 8 die, die cut the ragged edge out of the patterned paper. Rip a bit off the top and bottom so that the piece measures 5 1/4″ long. Ink the edges of the edge piece using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.
Step Six. Choose a piece of patterned paper out of the Reminiscence the Book. From the Sidekick Essentials – 3 die, die cut the banner out of the patterned paper. Ink the edges of the banner using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.
Step Seven. From the Sidekick Essentials 5 die, die cut the & symbol out of a piece of kraft cardstock. Ink the edges of the symbol using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.
Step Eight. Next, you’ll need the bee and Let Love Grow hexagon stamps from the Sidekick Essentials – In My Garden Stamp Set. Apply Fossilized Amber Distress Ink to the bee hexagon and stamp onto a piece of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Apply Forest Moss Distress Ink to the Let Love Grow hexagon and stamp onto a piece of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Fussy cut each hexagon out. Ink the edges of both hexagons using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.
Step Nine. Adhere the 3 1/2″ rectangle to the 3 3/4″ rectangle.
Step Ten. Adhere the 3″ rectangle to the 3 1/4″ rectangle. Adhere the ragged edge 1/4″ from the right of the 3″ rectangle.
Step Eleven. Adhere the tab 1″ from the top and 1 3/4″ from the bottom of to the 3 1/4″ rectangle. Foam square the 3 1/4″ rectangle to the 3 1/2″ rectangle.
Step Twelve. Adhere the numbers pattern 3/8″ from the right and 1/4″ from the bottom of the 3″ rectangle. Adhere the banner 1/8″ from the left and 7/8″ from the bottom of the 3″ rectangle.
Step Thirteen. Adhere the & symbol 3/4″ from the left and 1/2″ from the bottom of the 3″ rectangle. Foam square the bee hexagon 7/8″ from the right and 7/8″ from the bottom of the 3″ rectangle. Use adhesive and foam squares to adhere the Let Love Grow hexagon 1/8″ from the right and 1/8″ from the bottom of the 3″ rectangle.
Step Fourteen. Cut a cardbase out of White Soft Finish Cardstock that measures 3 3/4″ x 10″, score at 5″. Adhere the cardfront to the cardbase.
Thanks for joining me today! I hope that I’ve inspired you to create your own version of my Let Love Grow Card at home.
