Inspiration Station

Hi guys! I'm back this month with a second inspiration station! This time I found a layout by the great Janna Werner in the Elle's Studio gallery. I loved the white space on her page. Here it is:

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I used the Serendipity collection from Elle's Studio. THIS is the patterned paper I chose. It's flipped on its side and trimmed to 8.5x11 size. I also had the Serendipity circle tags and tabs. Even though I chose to scrap my page in a smaller size, I still kept the design pretty similar to Janna's original.

The cut outs at the bottom of my page are also from Elle's Studio. They're from the Saltwater cut out sheet. You can see I've layered the Serendipity tabs and circle tag behind my photo. I added strips of washi tape to the top and bottom of the page and cork heart stickers and enamel dots to finish the page. You can view my blog for the story behind my page; this is an Instagram shot from last year taken on a trail run near our home.

Hopefully you find inspiration from my post today. Please share your creations in the LCOM gallery!

Inspiration Station

Happy Monday ladies! I have the first March Inspiration Monday post.

While shopping online, I came across this photo and I was really drawn to the blue and white contrast + the metallic purse. Such a pretty shade of blue - it reminded me of the ocean. Which was great because I was just vacationing in the Bahamas!

I thought I would try for a blue/white/gold color scheme on my layout. Since it's another vacation photo, I added in some accent colors that are colorful and fun (pink and yellow).

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Isabelle had me use the Elle's Studio Serendipity line + the Crate Paper DIY line and these two collections go together really well! Plus I am a huge fan of anything Elle's Studio.

The flower pattern on THIS paper from the Serendipity collection is something I would never use but that blue/white B side is great for my inspiration photo. I also had the Serendipity circle tags and the Serendipity Large & Medium journal tags. I layered these on my page.

My embellishments are from the Crate Paper DIY Shop layered stickers + accent stickers. I did think these embellishments coordinated quite well for the most part but I wanted the gold tags to match a little better. I just removed the top sticker from the tag and replaced it with a different accent sticker. I also wanted to use the blue flower from the flower cluster so I just cut it and used it alone on my page. Enough talking... Here's my page:

I hope you've been inspired by this photo and use it to create a project. I'd love it if you uploaded to our LCOM gallery and linked it in the comments here on this post so I can see it!

Thanks so much for stopping by today and for more details about  my page, visit my blog!

Product Shuffle: Altered Journal Tags!

Hey guys!! Today I've got my altered journal tag project to share for our product shuffle. I got the Elle's Studio You and Me note tags and large journaling tags. These little tags are the cutest things ever! Love them.

So I had a few projects in mind for these babies. First, I don't do project life or pocket style scrapbooking but I knew these would be so cute for that kind of thing (if you're into that kind of thing). BUT I do sometimes use these little journal cards and tags on my regular scrapbook pages. So that was another idea. Lastly, I thought about making a little mini album with some journaling on the back and maybe a couple of photos. Since these all seemed like such excellent ideas, I never got around to completing ANY of them because I'm kind of waiting to be inspired by one of the projects specifically. So we'll see what happens there.

At any rate, I did alter the tags and I think they're really cute. Here are four that I designed:

You could use literally ANYTHING from your stash to alter your cards. I used stamps, wood veneers, die cuts, washi tape, and candy dots.

If you were into pocket style scrapbooking, here's an idea of how they could work for that:

 

I'd love to see your ideas and how you alter your own journal tags and cards. Please upload them to the LCOM gallery! Hope you enjoyed today's Product Shuffle and I'll see you soon!

Inspiration Station

This week's Inspiration Station is featuring Webster's Pages Composition and Color collection. These blues and yellows in the collection were perfect for the "mood board" photo collage I created from our recent vacation. We just got back from a cruise to the Bahamas. The water down there is so beautiful - crystal clear and the prettiest blue.

Here's the photo collage I put together:

I also saw this quote on Pinterest and it has been stuck in my mind...

Live in the Sunshine. Swim in the sea. Drink in the wild air.  -Emerson

Here's my page:

Don't you love these pretty colors in this Webster's Pages collection? It would be great for boy themed pages or Easter layouts or girl themed pages. There's actually quite a bit of pink in this collection but I focused on the blues and yellows. There are also several neutral colors and patterns - grey/white patterned paper, a wood grain print, and a black zigzag design. This is one collection you could really use on several totally different page ideas. 

There are 12 patterned papers (double sided), including two cut apart papers + a 12x12 sticker sheet. There is also a coordinating ribbon package with five designs of ribbon (1 yard each). The two patterned papers I used are called Master Plan (yellow background) and That Way (under the photos).

Check it out in the LCOM store!

For more details about my page, stop by my blog today.

Friday Faves - Substitution Game!

This week for my Friday Faves - I wanted to share a page that I recently made and show some goodies from the Let's Capture Our Memories store that you could pick up to make a page similar - substituting in other similar items!

Let's begin with the page I did make. I again used some Basic Grey Clippings, Paper Cottage:

Okay, so onto the substitutions. Let's start with the background paper! If you want a smaller chevron for a background, there are a few in the store that are a perfect substitute. Like these:

Echo Park:

My Mind's Eye:

Bella Blvd:

Now, there are lots of options for this next substitution ! Here are a few to get you started.

When I created this page, I used a lot of stickers and labels from the Basic Grey line. 

Here are a few others labels like these that are way cool.

Elle's Studio

Evalicious

Jillibean Soup

 Now Alphas - who doesn't love a good alpha right?

I used some Thickers here...

but here are a few other options:

American Crafts

Basic Grey

Jillibean Soup

Simple Stories

Those are some of my faves in the store now!!

AND I know there are lots of other new faves coming our way too!

For now, check out what's new HERE or what's ON SALE

Mini Album month!

All through September the Marketing Team will be sharing mini-albums with goodies from the LCOM store!

Today, I am sharing a book I made using some Basic Grey Clippings & Paper Cottage, using this cute little mini found in the store by Basically Bare:

I have to admit that I have trouble with minis... EEK! Yes, I have a hard time .. I am not sure why, but this time I took it one step at a time. I decided on a theme and used a bunch of my duplicate instagram photos from this summer and went with it!

For my cover, I cut a chevron paper from my Silhouette Cameo and used it as a mask for a paint dauber and left the cover neutral, but using the cream paint and the kraft base of the album. I added a small title and some embellishments to quickly pull the cover together: 

I did the same thing to the back of the book with a skinnier chevron:

One little tip I would have for you - when making a project like this - try to tie the album together by using one item throughout the album to unify it. It can be a colour, shape or product. 

I chose to use some droplets throughout as above with Glimmer Glaze

Here are a bunch of photos to show the album! You will see how great the 2 Basic Grey lines work together and have some great stickers, & embellies to document your photos - sorry, there are a lot of pics :

You will see that I used some of the Clippings Garlands instead of paper - I left my book bare as I love the neutral kraft background - it matches basically anything!

You will see here that I have a bit more paint masking going on. I rubbed a bit of mist over the top to make it a different texture for the background :)

One cool thing about this album is that it has acrylic tabs inside too! I just swiped some cream paint along each of them, let them dry and used some old school Heidi Swapp rub ons for little titles" 

I used a lot of these garlands throughout the book too. A fun way to add patterns and movement: 

Elle's Studio tags are PERFECT for minis - stock up! There are a good variety in the store.

 I just added a few stickers from Basic Grey to finish off the page:

a few final pages mixing up the papers from the lines:

 I picked up some Jenni Bowlin chipboard tags and added them in with more of the garland:

 ... and that's it!!!

I hope you will come back throughout the month while the rest of the MT shares some great mini album ideas for you - and other amazing creations too!

While you are waiting... why not check out all the new Echo Park that is listed and ready to go!!

Chillingsworth, For the Record 2 and So Happy Together!