Hipster!

Hello, everyone! Jennie here today with a page to share.

My little guy loves accessories and he's always happy to add to his VAST collection.  One of the latest things he acquired is this straw fedora in the photo.  He LOVES it and feels very cool when he wears it.

Such a cool guy!  I loved using the birthday cake labels, birthday cake banners and Everyday Life II date tags. They add a lot to the page and work well with the pops of neon.

Make it a great day!

I don't know about everyone else but I am so ready for Summer! My kids still have 3 days left of school, so I have started to go back and scrap some of last years photos just to satisfy my need for Summer :) Even though this pic is from last year I wanted the journaling to reflect the present day, how much my son has grown up this past year.

I used the Birthday Cake File ATC's for the journaling, I think they are great for "everyday" layouts as well. And they provide the perfect amount of space for journaling!

Stephanie's Project Life: Week 24

Hi everyone!  Happy Saturday!  I hope you are having a fabulous weekend!

Stephanie here and I'm sharing my week 24 of Project Life today with you!  This week I decided to highlight the awesome freebies from Freebie Friday.  Albert is just so talented!!  Seriously...have you seen all of the printables and cut files?  You can download them from the "freebie" tab in Chic Tags shop.  They are just amazing!!  

Here is a look at how I used some of the freebies and other CT goodies....

I love adding journaling labels, tags and stickers directly to my photos.  And I also love printing my photos out at 4x4 or 3x3 to allow a little more room for journaling and embellishments.  I like to "pre-cut" the cut files on white card stock as soon as I download them.  I add them to my little embellishment bowl in my craft room so I can just grab them whenever I need them.  I find that white card stock works well for me because I can mist or paint over it to get the color I am looking for.

A closer look at the left side of the spread...

The "hello" on the bottom right picture is from the banner and arrows cut files.  I cut the hello part out and misted it with some pink mist to give it a little contrast against my photo and my typed journaling. 

On this page, I also added one of the Birthday Cake journaling cards and one of the tabbed cards from the Autumn collection.  I love how versatile all of the collections are!!

I used a lot of the freebies on this page.  The summer circles are perfect for this time of year!!  They add just a little pop and color to any picture!

I also wanted to use the "love these memories" Summer Title cut file and decided to stitch it directly into my pocket with some confetti.  Confetti always adds a fun element to any page, I think!  I love how it adds a little peek a boo feature to my album.

When I add cut files or anything that will be "floating" in a pocket, I always stitch through the middle of the file/tag/photo, add my confetti and then sew along the top of the pocket to make sure it stays closed.  If you don't have a sewing machine, washi tape will work great!!

Just a few more close-ups of the awesome Chic Tag goodies....

How's your Project Life album coming???

Thanks so much for stopping by!!  Hope you have an awesome day!!

Freebie Fridays- Summer cards

 Hello!
School's out for summer!!
Sorry for the delay. We are getting closer to CHA summer and will be spending more time designing our booth/catalogs and such... I will be taking a break from freebies for awhile til the end of the show. It's consuming our every waking moment.
Here is this week's freebie:

http://store.chictags.com/chtafrpr3x4c.html

Hope you enjoy!!

-Albert

Oh Baby!

Did you know that Chic Tags has some really cute baby themed tags?  They are part of a recently released collection called Oh Baby!  There is a pink line for girls and a blue line for boys.  It's been a while since I have heard the pitter patter of little feet in my home, but I just had to use these sweet tags on a layout.  

This is where sweet, sweet Ella comes in.

This little lady sure knows how to light up a room.  She's so intelligent, and cuter than a button.  Her mom sent me this adorable photo of her loving her new pink tutu, a perfect match for the Oh Baby! collection.

Because I didn't really have the exact shade of pink in any of my patterned papers, I decided to go with a variety of pinks, mixed with some black, white, and off white.  I really like the end result.

If you know my scrappy style, you know how much I love office supply tags.  How cute are these Oh Baby! ones, shown here tucked behind the "Sweet Baby Girl Icon"

That super cute chevron card is also form the collection

See that circle/star cut file?  It's a Chic Tags cut file, you can grab it yourself for FREE right here.

I many no longer have babies to raise, but I am not going to let that stop me from using the adorable Oh Baby collection.

Hope you feel inspired to create something beautiful today!

Tags Used
Oh Baby! Girl Icons
Oh Baby! Girl Mini Tags
Oh Baby! Girl Milestones
Circle/Star Cluster Cut File

Bathing Beauty

Hello, everyone!

I'm here today sharing a layout that was inspired by the arrival of summer...

My daughter loves breaking out her bathing suits as soon as the temperature gets warm enough...despite the fact that we don't even have a pool to swim in!  Ha!

I love to layer clusters of tags from each of the collections on my layouts.  The colors always go so well with each other and it just makes it really easy to pull my layout together.  For instance, I added some Birthday Cake Banners under the flair button in the top right-hand corner of my photo for some extra layering and to fill up some negative space in my photo.  

Supplies Used:  Everyday Life II (A/B Tags, Mini Tags, Icons), Road Trip (Note Clips), Birthday Cake (Banners)

Oh, and she always has to wear mismatched flip-flops, too!

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

Birthday Wishes...

Hi everyone!  Stephanie here with you today to share another fun birthday layout!!

My daughter recently turned four and I really wanted to document all of the "little things" she loves right now.  She is definitely quite opinionated and I love having her favorites written down together.  As soon as I decided to do a birthday layout, I just knew I had to use this photo of my daughter showing me that she is "finally four"!!  :)  

For this layout, I decided to use several tags, banners, snip 'ems and labels from the Birthday Cake collection to create a vertical garland along side my photo.   I used my typewriter to add all of her current favorites onto the tags and banners and then sewed them into place.  I finished the layout off by adding some small embellishments, paint splatters and a few more little pieces from the Birthday Cake collection.

Here's a closer look at those adorable tags, banners and snip 'ems...

Need to document a birthday or favorites?  Grab some of the Chic Tags goodies and get to work!!

Happy Wednesday!

xoxo,

stephanie