Hello!

Good Morning crafters!

I hope you are having a great day, mine has started so good even though it is not weekend day hehe But I happy to be here to show you such a special project to me. Besides, I had so much fun creating it and I couldn't wait to post it. 

Today I wanted to show you my first approach with Project Life pages. I was so curious about all the excitement around this kind of Life Documenting that I just had to give it a try. But as you may have already discovered, it is hard for me to keep up to date with documenting my life, because some weeks I have plenty of time to take photos or make crafts but others I struggle to make just a single page. However, I promise I am really trying to make a couple of projects a week, at the very least. By the way, I always have so much fun making cute things!!!

So, a few weeks ago I saw on Janna Werner's blog how to create a fake project life spread (find it here). And I thought this could be just the perfect way to try this technique without having to buy special page pocket protectors and it would go perfect on my Layout albums, as a different sketch page.

So, what exactly is fake about this page? It seems as if this was a normal PL page protector with several pockets. But, it aint – it’s a complete layout with a 12″ x 12″ white cardstock base. I used my sewing machine to create fake pockets: ten at 3″ x 4″ and one at 6″ x 4″. - "Janna Werner"

The pics I chose are from a very special day a couple of weeks ago: my boyfriend finally came to Bilbao after months of only Skyping, FB messages and so on. Therefore there were a lot of little moments from that day that I want to immortalize.

About the PL cards, I made them myself because I wanted to make it more personal... and I couldn't decide which commercial cards I wanted to incorporate anyways. I had so much fun creating these!!! I specially like the title card on the top left, it has so much colour and the digital stamp from Kalbateski, is just gorgeous.  Have you seen it? Thanks to Studio Calico for their amazingly inspiring class: Toolbox! And specially to Shanna Noel, from whom I learnt so much on how to use Photoshop to design my own backgrounds, cards, embellishments, etc...

I decorated the cards, with some bits here and there to give them more dimension but  at the same time, keeping them simple. For example: some new alphabets from the Thataway Collection, wood veneers, vellum speech-bubbles, enamel dots and some journaling stamps.

I have to say that this page came really easily together that I think now I kind of understand why people love PL so much. So what do you think? Am I a potential Project life documenter or not?  and for those who have n0t tried a PL spread yet, this is the perfect way to give it a go, I promise!!

xoxo

Boo

Outtakes

Hello!

I always feel like I post in a rush! But those are my days right now, always moving, running, and counting the minutes...but there is so many things I want to do during the day...

Today's layout is focused on the outtakes. You know, when you find a perfect moment or place to take photos you just kind of take a few and later you decide which is THE photo to document that moment. But lately, I found that a lot of photos that I classified as outtakes, are indeed some of my favorite ones. Sometimes they are funnier but most of the time, they tell the whole story, they were also part of that moment.

A few months ago I posted this project (find it here) with the photo I chose to document a single moment in, from Fall 2011. After doing so, I looked through the gallery and found that I love this outtake from that day. And I didn't want to miss it, just because it was out of focus. I also love the fact that my boyfriend's head occupies most of the picture hehe.

So to go with the main theme of the page (outtakes) I gathered some little accents, thickers, embellishments, stickers and a whole bunch of little things that I had left over from other packages. The whole project is a bit like a normal Sunday, when you don't actually cook anything new, and just eat all the leftovers of the week.

I love the little detail of the embroidery with the twine. It looks so pretty! I used some Amy Tangerine's sketch for the heart and for the letters I simply drew them dawn to be my guide.

Around the photo you can also see some watercoloring. I try to use only mint, pink, gold/wood and white colors for my page. I think it looks really like a Valentine's page due to the color combo.

xoxo

Boo

You had me at... hello!

Hello!

I know it has been weeks since I shared a project here, but a lot of things have been going on these days... some very exciting, others.... not so much, hehe. All those things have been keeping me very busy, but I am glad to be back. I hope you like some of my projects I wanted to share with you, so stay tuned ;)

I love this kind of project. The kind that when you start with an idea in mind... and it actually ends up looking something completely different but still close to the starting idea. The kind when your creativity flows from one thing to another so quickly that its scary! The ones that in the end you end up having such a great felling for what you have created, something which you feel, expresses the way you felt, at that precise moment.

For this page, I gathered the Double Scoop Waffle Cone September kit from Studio Calico. I complemented it with some other Fall themed supplies, such as fabric buttons. I love to include them on my projects, the kind of embellishments and/or ribbons to mix textures  The cork tag was perfect for this purpose too.

I wanted to try a technique that Anna Maria Wolniak showed a few weeks ago on how to use stripes of  different papers to make your own paper background. I love how it looks! It seems that there are a lot of layers, when there is actually just one. To see the tutorial check it out here. Easy and fun, right? I am sure I will definitely use this awesome technique in future projects.

I completed the basic design with a few bits here and there, some stamping and a few drops of white Mr Hueys tone on tone, to give some texture to the white cardstock. I love how using some different texturized elements and basic techniques, the page looks as if it had a lot of layering.

As I do not own a Silhouette cameo, I printed the digital stamp on a piece of paper and then I used it as a template to cut the cardstock. I used the same cardstock for the background, the one that looks like a wood wall (included in the SC kit). Gorgeous! I popped it out with some dimensional foam stickers.

Thank you so much for joining me today! I hope You like it and don't forget to follow me for more upcoming projects!

xoxo
Boo

I want to be your favorite hello & your hardest good bye...

Good Morning and Happy Friday!

Today I wanted to share a project I prepared for Kits de Somni as a Sketch Guest Designer. And how come I have the honor to share my project on their website? Well, I won their last month's Color Challenge!!! Yaaaaaaaay!! You can check here the project that I submitted for the past challenge. And here you can check this month's Sketch gallery.

Based on that, I came with this vibrant layout. I used mainly Studio Calico Sundrifter and Atlantic collections . I love them, they are perfect for summer projects!

I decided to use that wonderful ombré - chevron paper because I think it goes really well with the theme and with the photo as it was taken at dusk, with all the oranges of the sky.

I love this quote... these are just the perfect words for a farewell... Don't you think? Cute, right? ;) I really enjoyed mixing different alphabets to make it more fun.

I also added some bits here and there like the lovely feathers, the ampersand, the sequins... but always trying to keep the same kind of color scheme: orange, gold, yellow, red, and to contrast that some white and black. easy peasy!

I hope you enjoyed my project so much that you decided to give the Sketch a try.

xoxo

Boo