March 2017 Project Life: May Spring Fling Daily Diary Kit

Hi!  Sarah here with a project life spread using the May Spring Fling Daily Dairy kit.  I chose this month to document with this kit because of the roses and tea pot cards that were PERFECT for documenting the Beauty and the Beast movie we went to see in March.  As it turned out, there were some other elements that were perfect for my spread as well.

To start the month, the main thing I documented was my daughter's 9th birthday party.  She's very artistic and wanted to do a guided art party.  

The paint swatch card from Elle's Studio was perfect for documenting her party.  I had saved a "9" and a transparent "March" circle for her birthday.  I also added a chipboard paint brush (not in the kit) which tied it in nicely.

Towards the beginning of the month, our military base experienced a tragedy.  One of the planes crashed into a field nearby, killing three airmen.  I was really hard.  Although it wasn't my husband's squadron, we all rallied to support the squadron that was affected.  

I was sent an early copy of a book that's coming out later this year from the publishers and I'm SO EXCITED!  It's one of my most anticipated reads for this year.

Those Jillibean Soup puffy stickers???  I can't get enough of them!!!

For the second side of the spread, my main inspiration came from the rose and tea pot 4x6 cards.  Is anything else more perfect for the Beauty and the Beast movie???  

I cut out a rose from one of the 3x4 cards to tie in with the journal card.  I added a Thicker "Love" and added a puffy sticker to the large card.

My daughter wanted to do a page in my journaling bible, which I let her do.  I was nervous, but she did a great job!  I also added that 3x4 card as a filler and put down two little puffy flowers.

I have two cards about reading.  One where I was sick and curling up with Alexander Hamilton, and one journal card about some books I read during two read-a-thons I did that month.

And my a sweet card about Caylan's first real cross-stitch that she completed.  That pink card was perfect, along with the wood circle.

I also had a very sweet letter that a friend sent me in a the mail.  It was one of the best letters I've gotten, so I added some Basic Grey attachment stickers to add as an insert in my album.  I used a strip of the washi from the kit, an envelope I saved and a puffy sticker form the kit to add a little something to it.

Thanks so much for joining me today for this project life spread.  I'm so happy that these kits are helping me to easily keep on top of my album this year!

I can't wait to see how you all are using your May kits!

{Adorably Dopey} Layout with the "Delightful" Daily Diary Kit

Hello NM fans, it's Meridy here!  Welcome to a week of "Delightful Layers" in honor of the "Delightful" Kits this month.  This week the design team is going to wow you with lots and lots of layering in our projects.  Before I share my project, I wanted to share a link to my unboxing video of the Daily Diary "Delightful" Kit.

As you can see, there are amazing products in this month's Daily Diary kit (as always).  There are still a couple of more kits in the store today too.

I have been working with this kit all weekend, and have created so much!  When I work with the Daily Diary kit, I usually order a paper add on kit, and this way I get the 20 12x12 papers that come in the Classic Kit as well.  I love creating 12x12 layouts with the Daily Diary kit. My favorite layout that I created with the "Delightful" Daily Diary Kit  is called "Adorably Dopey".  The photos I used are from a trip we took to Disneyland last month.

I started this layout by choosing papers and project life cards that coordinated with my son's Dopey outfit.  The bright greenish yellow, light blue, purple, and grey colors in the kit matched the photos perfectly!  

Next, I started building up my layers.  To make the 3x4 and 4x6 cards stretch a little more, I often trim off the portion that is layered under something else.  Then I can use that trimmed off piece on another area of the layout.  Although it looks like I used 10 different 3x4 cards, I actually only used 4 and trimmed them into small pieces.

After I got the main pieces in place, I needed to embellish. I fussy cut a few of the Pebbles cut apart 3x4 cards.  There were 2 cards with great cross sections of a tree and cute flowers and sayings, so I KNEW I had to use them with these photos with the tree in the background.  One of the cards read "together is my favorite place to be", but that quote didn't really go with my layout, so I altered it!  I cut the words "TO BE" off of the bottom, I covered the "together" with some mini alphas from my stash to spell out "Disneyland".  So now, that embellishment reads "Disneyland is my favorite place".  What a perfect subtitle to my main title "Adorably Dopey" that I created with a few letter stickers from my stash as well.  

3x4 card "Before" I altered it.

Next, I used the bottom half of that fussy cut tree cross section to embellish the top right hand side of my layout, I made sure to cover the "To Be" that was printed on it with some other embellishments---it's hiding under the blue cardstock flag.

I inked the edges of all of the layers with grey ink, to make them pop a little.  I used some foam tape to raise a few of the embellishments up and add some more dimension.  I also fussy cut another 3x4 Pebbles tag to place at the bottom of my layout, but I left this sentiment alone and didn't alter it. 

That wraps up my layout full of layers for this week.  I hope you got some ideas about how to alter something to make it work for what you need, and some tips on making smaller pieces stretch even further.  I do both of these things pretty often in my scrapbooking.

  Stop by all week to see more "Delightful Layers" on projects.  Bye!

The March Delightful Kits are here!!!

You'll want to get this Classic Kit before it sells out! 

PAPERS:
5 American Crafts Cardstock: (Mint, Canary, White, Bubblegum, Waterfall)  Pebbles Tealightful (Delicate Lace, Meadow, Lanterns, Daydreams, Floral Patchwork), Crate Paper Chasing Dreams (Be Happy, Royale, Stay True, Whimsy, Collected), Pink Paislee Moonstruck(10, 12), Heidi Swapp Magnolia Jane (Southern Cottage, Miss Jane, Flea Market)
EMBELLISHMENTS:
1 package American Crafts "Maggie" Thickers, 1 Echo Park 6x6 Deco Dot stencil, 1 package Freckled Fawn puffy border stickers, 1 package (2 sheets) Maggie Holmes "Collect" foil chip stickers, 1 sheet Jillibean Soup Banana Yellow Alphabeans, 1 package Pretty Little Studio "Blooming Hearts" word stickers, 1 Prima "Wild and Free" clear stamp set, 1 package Pebbles puffy flowers stickers, 1 package Maggie Holmes vintage buttons, 1 package Maya Road resin mums, 2 Doodlebug mini doilies (yellow and blue), 1 roll assorted Maggie Holmes washi tape, 1 bottle Ranger gold liquid pearls, 2 Maggie Holmes paper butterflies, 6 Pebbles die cut shapes, 3 Freckled Fawn arrow clips, 3 Prima paper flowers, 2 Maya Road mint tassels,  3 Maya Road resin mason jars, 2 Pretty Little Studio flair buttons, 1 yard May Arts blue/cream ribbon, 1 yard May Arts crinkle pink tea stained satin ribbon.

The Daily Diary kit is so adorable and cute for spring time! 

1 12x12 sheet Maggie Holmes Chasing Dreams "Moment" paper, 1 12x12 sheet Echo Park "Flora" alphabet stickers, , 1 12x12 sheet Pebbles Tealightful "Tea Party" paper, (9) Crate Paper "Maggie Holmes Chasing Dreams" 6x6 papers, 1 package (3 sheets) Pebbles washi tape stickers, 1 package (8 cards) Pretty Little Studio "Blooming Hearts" 3x4 journaling cards, 1 package Freckled Fawn chipboard stickers, 1 package (3 sheets) Pebbles word stickers, 2 Doodlebug mini doilies (pink and yellow), (24) assorted (2x3 amd 3x4) Becky Higgins "Little Moments" journaling cards, 5 One Canoe Two "Hazelwood" cork shapes, 1 yard May Arts pink/cream ribbon, 6 Elle's Studio wood month tabs (months will vary), 2 Pretty Little Studio flair buttons, 9 Prima paper sheet music flowers, 6 Pretty Little Studio die cut shapes, 3 Maya Road number paper clips.