It’s Tuesday which means we have a pocket style project for you and from none other than the lovely Hannah Lemiux who is the inspiration and creator behind this entire initiative (if you want to see more of Hannah’s wonderful creations you can find her personal channel here). I’ll let Hannah tell you about her PL Page:
“This month for Project life I am documenting things that make me happy! This is the first week of October. I loved using this pocket protector because of the large piece at the top which was perfect for adding a bigger title card. I printed all my photos at 4×4 which ended up being a pain, because it didn’t give me a lot of room for embellishing or journalling. To remedy that I added an extra card for journalling for some of the days. I also used mostly Shimelle papers and products to keep everything looking similar and keep my process more simple.”
And it looks fabulous!!!
Here are a few close-ups of some of her cards:
And lastly – you can check our her entire process here:
Hello and happy Monday crafty friends! I hope you all had a great weekend! I’m excited to show you this gorgeous layout that Dani created using this weeks mood board:
Here’s a peek at her layout…
Dani says, “I really enjoyed this weeks mood board. The colors and images were just perfect for this time of year! It was also nice to use my gelatos & some of my Fall stash again.”
I LOVE the fall themed embellishments she used! Mmmmm! So yummy!
You can find Dani’s video below and she also has her own YouTube channel here. You can also find Dani on Instagram as @Maamcraftsalot.
Thanks for stopping by today!! Come back tomorrow to see a fun twist on a Project Life spread with Hannah.
Aloha Scrappers!! Pull out a comfy chair, sip your favorite warm beverage, and relax as you watch this week’s Spotlight video.
Today on The Crafty Maven Getaway Katty Miranda, is telling as all about herself. I first met her when she was applying for SNL last year, I can’t believe how much she has grown in the community this year. It is so much fun watching my youtube friends growing and getting lots of experience through the work they are doing. Katty is so sweet, I feel so lucky to have her be apart of our channel.
I hope you enjoy getting to know Katty more in this Spotlight video.
Here are some layouts Katty has made in the past. I love her style and I hope you do too.
Before I go for today, I want to share with you the inspiration for this week!!
I hope it inspires you creatively this week!! I hope you will also share with us the things you create this week over on Social media too, like our FB group or on Instagram tagging our new acct.
Yup it’s Saturday and you know what that means….Scraplift Saturday – whoohoo… isn’t it just the most awesome compliment to have a layout of yours scraplifted by someone else? ScrapsbyJen and abcdeli took this phenomenal layout by Veera Saarivuo and made it their own.
Let’s take a look at Jen’s layout first and in her words – “I had fun making this layout based off of Veera’s. I used quite old photos of my sons and niece and nephew at Easter time. Easter really was the side story here as cutting the photos into circles really highlighted by I wanted to use these photos… their cute little faces and excitement.”
It’s just beautiful and you can watch her process here:
Now for abcdeli who had this to say about her stunning take on the layout – “I cut a ton of circles with my Big Shot. I used papers from the Documentary collection by Dear Lizzy. it was an easy and fast layout but I love the result!”
It always amazes me how two people using the same layout can have such beautiful but totally different results. Here’s abcdeli’s video:
Don’t forget to pop back tomorrow for Spotlight Sunday!
Aloha Crafty Mavens!! Are you excited about the fact that it is Fri-YAY!! Okay, sorry I couldn’t help myself!! I love Friday, mainly because I always look forward to Art Party Friday!!I love to get al inspired to do something creative. Today I promise is no different. I love how the ladies here at the Crafty Maven give us all of their creative juices when creating for this channel.
Today on the channel Lisa, or Maggie Mylow as you may know her by, is making us something pretty!!
Here is what Lisa had to say about her piece,
“I found this mood board a bit challenging this time. It used a lot of colors that I don’t typically use. Definitely outside of my comfort zone, but I accepted the challenge. I started off using some Super Heavy Gesso by Liquitex. I used a palette to spread it over the pages and kept it thicker in areas and thinner in some. I then took some texture plates that I have and pressed it into the Heavy Gesso while it was still wet. I left it to dry overnight and then when I came back to it, I made a dark charcoal glaze with some black and white paint and some Acrylic Glazing Fluid. I painted over the 2 pages and then let it sit for about 1-2 minutes and then used baby wipes to wipe back the excess paint. This lets the paint is int the groves to show off all that texture.
To take a little bit of inspiration from the mood board I took some Tim Holtz Evergreen Bough and Cracked Pistachio Distress Paint and some gesso and created some circles around the page. This mimicked the shape of the moon and also brought that dark minty color that was in the mood board. I then took my Fineliner bottle with Carbon Black paint and outlined each of the circles. I found a quote off of Pinterest that related to the moon and I used the same Fineliner to write the quote into each of the circles.
I thought I was actually done at this point, but there was something nagging at me that I had to continue. So when your muse tells you to keep going, you keep going. I think took a Donna Downey Flourish Stencil with some light modelling paste and went around the page in some areas. I let that dry (sort of….I’m impatient) and then I went over again with another glaze. This time I used N5 Neutral Grey Paint with Acrylic Glazing Fluid. I then let it sit for about 1-2 minutes and then wiped it back with a baby wipe.
It still didn’t look finished to me. So I took some Sepia Fluid Acrylic Paint and went around the edge and then buffed it in with a baby wipe. It was starting to look better but it still wasn’t finished. I then picked up my new favorite thing… Iridescent Bronze Fine paint. I used that with my finger and buffed it a few areas around the page. I used water and a wet baby wipe to move it around the page so I would get some really defined shiny areas and some duller areas.
I love how I got that old world vintage look to this page. I wouldn’t say all the elements feel like they flow well together, but I love the texture and the depth to everything on the page. Thank you so much for coming over to the blog to check out my page. Don’t forget to check out all the places you can find me.”
Here is a look at what she created!
I love all the texture!!
I love seeing this scripted quote under all the modeling paste, just barely sneaking out!
And This quote Lisa used is amazing!!
Here is a final look at the whole page together! Really cool!
Come back tomorrow for Scraplift Saturday!! There are some seriously amazing layouts being shared! Also don’t forget that we have a FB group where we chat about scrapbooking and crafty things and share what we are working on, it you are interested in that, I would love to see you there and get to know you more!!
Good morning, Crafty Mavens!! I hope you’re all enjoying this new look on the blog! Emma did a great job and I’m so excited about all the new changes we’ve been making! I hope you’re enjoying all the inspiration you’ve been getting from the design team.
Today, I will be sharing a couple videos with you that Christy and Rachel made with this sketch:
This is a cute sketch!! I’m going to have to try it out this week!
Here is Christy’s take on the sketch. This is what she has to say about her layout, “Oh how I love a good sketch. This one was really calling my name right from the beginning. I took all the major elements and recreated them using my own style. My favourite part of the whole layout however was getting to use a pre-made word as my title, something I don’t normally do.”
You can find Christy’s video below and her youtube channel here.
Rachel also made a layout with this sketch in mind and she says, “Hello everyone! Welcome to Sketch It Out Thursday as Christy and I take on this Page Maps sketch featuring some bold patterns and a prominent title block. I decided to use quite a bit of grey, black, and white from this week’s inspiration, along with the fall feel it evoked.”
You can find her video below and her personal YouTube channel here. You can also find her on instagram as @Oliquig.
Both of these layouts are great! I love the photos and how they “twerked” the sketch to fit their style!!
Thanks for stopping by today!! If you haven’t already, come on over to the facebook group and the community page as well!! We have a lot of fun discussions as well as share our layouts and projects we make!
Aloha Scrappers!! I hope you are enjoying this new look for us here at The Crafty Maven Getaway!! Also I hope your week has been going smoothly this week. Can you believe we are almost half way through October already? I surely can’t, time is just blowing by.
Today on The Crafty Maven Getaway CraftinmommaML is posting another 8 1/2 by 11 layout. I love how she does this size and shares her amazing work with us. There isn’t enough scrapbookers sharing this size and it’s a shame because this is such a fun size. I love seeing this size in my album even though I admit it is difficult to scrap when I do.
Here is what Teresa said about her process, “Hey scrapbookers, it’s Teresa here (Craftinmommaml) Today it’s Free Flow Wednesday and we have an amazing mood board I’m being inspired by. As soon as I seen it, I knew right away I wanted to pull out Heidi Swapp “Hello Beautiful” Collection! the colours matched perfectly! I just couldn’t keep with the mood colours so i had to add a hint of pink in my layout as well!!! I’m a sucker for layers, so I used all the colours to layer up my photo and use hints of white cut files to add to the background!”
Here re some close ups of her layout.
I love that beautiful cut flower Teresa used! Gorgeous!
Also on the Crafty Maven Getaway Channel is Melissa Vining. she is just rocking her style today too!!
“I was inspired by the colours on the mood board, the triangles, and definitely the ampersand. I went through my paper scraps and older embellishments and was so surprised to have lots to work with! This is a photo of my girls.” – Melissa Vining
Here is a look at her layout that she made. I love all the black and grey with the pops of aqua drawing your eye to the precious photo.
You can watch her process video here.
You can also find more process videos over at Melissa’s channel, or visit her blog to see what else Melissa is creating!!
I hope you join us again tomorrow for Sketch It Out Thursday!!
I hope you’re all having a wonderful week so far and are ready for some inspiration from Jenn aka Scrapbena Creations who describes for us how she turned the inspiration pieces for this week into a gorgeous PL spread:
“I loved the colour palette of this week’s inspiration piece. I drew on the white, black and grey, as well as included pops of pink and mint that were found in a couple of the inspiration photos. I picked cards that had circles and triangles as another way to tie in the inspiration. I couldn’t help myself, I just had to add a touch of gold, because you can never go wrong with gold! At least in my opinion! While I often find it challenging to incorporate inspiration pieces into project life spreads, I really love how this 6×8 layout turned out.”
Not sure about you but I’m right with her on the gold! 🙂
You can watch her process video here and isn’t that teeny black cat on the You & Me card just adorable? I so want one….. 🙂
I know I’m inspired right now to dive into my PL stash!
Enjoy the rest of your day and be sure to check back tomorrow for yet more Crafty Maven awesomeness 🙂
Good morning, Mavens!! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!! My husbands birthday was yesterday and it was so nice to have a day to celebrate this wonderful man and all he does for our family. Plus, eating cake! Hehe
Well, let’s jump right into this cute project that Danielle created and is sharing with us today! You can watch it below:
I am so in love with these cute and simple cards!
This box is such a cute way to store them too! I love the little bow.
You can find Danielle on YouTube as Banning Lane and her channel is here. You can also find her at her blog and on Instagram as @banninglane.
Thanks for stopping by today!! I hope you have a great crafty week!
I can’t believe it’s Sunday already. A new week is about to begin. This past week has went way too fast. Even though time goes so fast I am always glad to have my camera handy to capture the little moments I want to remember.
Today on The Crafty Maven Getaway it’s Spotlight Sunday. We are getting a closer look at the lovely and talented Sarah Swann. I love Sarah’s face to face videos!! She is always so fun and down to earth! I know you scrappers will love Sarah’s Spotlight video.
Also today I would love to share with you Crafty Mavens the inspiration piece for this week!!
I hope you are inspired by this piece!! I can’t wait to see what you are going to make using this too!!! If you do use this piece, I hope you will join us over at The Crafty Maven Getaway Destination FB group, and share your layouts and projects.
