Memory Keeping With PLxSU: March

Hi!

Welcome back to another Memory Keeping With PLxSU Blog Hop.  The Design Team are a group of Stampin' Up! Demonstrators from all around the world who love the combination of Project Life and Stampin' Up!  This month's theme is a commonly scrapped theme, which is made much easier and faster with the use of Project Life.  We are scrapping with a Travel theme this month!

Rob and I are not be travellers - our one and only overseas trip was to Paris 3 years ago.  We are unlikely to ever go on a trip like this again, but it's nice to dream sometimes! The top left photo was taken from the airplane window.  I love that it's above the clouds, and the title can have many different meanings.

I was originally going to write some pros and cons on this card, but in the end I decided that it worked better using the card to print the adventure definition onto.  It's one of the stamps from the Travel Log download in MDS that I simply resized to suit and printed on to the card.  Easy!

OK, so the above card from the Happiness Is Project Life Card Kit was a bit of a no-brainer to include on the layout!

The journalling is really the crux of this layout - if we ever get the chance to travel again do we go back to Paris and explore the city at a more leisurely pace and fall even more in love with Paris? Or do we go somewhere completely new and have a different adventure? Hopefully sometime in the future we will have to solve this dilemma, but until then we will keep dreaming!

You can see the other Design Team Travel themed layouts on their blogs.  For lots of PLxSU inspiration you can join our Facebook group.

Julie Kettlewell, UK

Delys Cram, New Zealand 

Constanze Wirtz, Germany 

Janet Morrow Wakeland, USA 

Kim Holterman, Netherlands 

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI #240: Just Add Texture!

Hi!

On the JAI Design Team we get our challenge lists a bit in advance, which is often quite useful.  The new challenge is to Just Add Texture on your projects, and I was glad I had a bit of thinking time for this one!  Not because I was stuck for ideas, but more because I needed time to choose which option I was going to use to add texture to my project.

In the end I decided to go with a bit of 'bandage' from Rob's Halloween costume on my layout.  Rob has been planning this costume for years, but every year he leaves it to the last minute and runs out of time.  This year he got organised and was able to pull the mummy look together.  He wanted to use real bandages, but after finding out the cost he decided to make fake bandages with cheesecloth died in tea.

I pinched a short section and adhered it to my layout using a Stampin' Glue Stick.  I made sure I frayed the edges a little more before adhering for a bit of added texture.  I think it looks great!

So how will you add texture to your project?  There are a heap of options - why don't you check out the rest of the Design Team's work over at Just Add Ink to get some inspiration?  Don't forget that we also have a Design Team call on at the moment.  It's a fabulous, close team that is lots of fun to work with, so why don't you check out the requirements and apply?

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI #226: Just Add A Sketch

Hi!

We've rolled around the calendar to another Friday, so it must be time for another Just Add Ink challenge.  This week Kim has designed a fantastic sketch to inspire us.

As soon as I saw the sketch I thought of my Circle Card Thinlit and decided to use it for my card.

I also decided to use the new and very cool Confetti Celebration DSP.  I really love the bright colours and fab patterns in the pack.

I also used my new Little Letters Thinlits to create the sentiment. I think it looks great with the DSP behind it.  I love how easy it is to place and cut the letters, especially the way you can use the negative sections too.

I mirrored the flag on the front with a second on the back.  Allowing it to hang over the side gives me more space to write my message to the recipient.

It's so hard to photograph flip cards!

I hope you can see the fun potential in this sketch!  See you over at Just Add Ink.

Bye for now,

Tina