Shoot

This month I have been participating in Marcy Penner's "On the Grid" class over at Studio Calico and since the first lesson,  I have been obsessing a little over the grid design. The concept of the grid is not unfamiliar to me and it pops up in my scrapping often. I love using a grid as a design element. It's fun and there are a whole lot of  ways you can interpret it. Here is an example:

 

 

As you can see, I pretty much filled my 6x8 page with a very loose grid using paper, diecuts, a frame, and a few chipboard pieces. Simple and quick. 

 

 

 

I have found that in my scrapbooking, if I find myself stuck I will either turn to layering or using a grid design. Simple techniques that will get the creative juices flowing. I guess you can say that they are my backup plans ;).

 

Michelle



Citrus Twist March Sneaks

Happy Friday! I don't know about you, but this has been a looong week here at my house. Sick kids, lots of basketball games, and a husband working a different schedule has had me feeling off and wishing for the weekend!

The best thing about it being Friday though, is that I can share some Citrus Twist sneaks of the awesome March Add-On Kit! Here is a tiny peak at the four layout I made:



Well, what do you think?? Anything your excited about?  Can't wait to share the full projects with you in a few days!  Until then, wishing you a happy weekend :).

Michelle

Best Ever

I own two watercolor sets. However, I very rarely use them. Why? I do not like how they dry on paper. The warps and the wrinkles caused by the water aspect of painting just kills me everytime. Yet, I still would like to use them.

The solution that I have found that allows me to both play with watercolors and keep my cardstock and paper warp-free, is to use my watercolors on diecuts that I want to go onto my page. For example, I used my lovely blues and greens to paint this diecut title from the Dear Lizzy collection:

 

 

I know this is a very small detail, but it was fun working on the "Best Ever" with my watercolors. And not to mention it was a good little art lesson for my five year as I showed her how to mix colors and layer them to get a specific color. (She worked on a few herself right along side me.)

 

 

Isn't art fun??

 

Michelle

Surf

Lately, I have been stealing photos off of my husband's phone and I am totally okay with it. In fact, I am so thankful that he, possibly the last man on earth without a cell phone, finally got one last year! So far I have taken pictures of surf trips, our dog, and yesterday I took a picture of our dog with a RAINBOW in the background! I felt like I hit the jackpot yesterday when it showed up in my IG feed.

I have been pretty much the sole photographer of the family, so our albums are usually filled with stories told and seen from my perspective. That's great, I'm the storyteller in this household, but by including photos and stories from other family members my albums are becoming a little bit more well rounded. So, I have officially become a photo thief :).  And here is a recent layout featuring a photo I "took" from January:

 

 

I should have went on this particular trip because the weather ended up being GREAT, but since I didn't, I am so thankful my old school hubby snapped this picture with his cell phone!

 

Wishing you a great day!

 

Michelle

So Entertaining

As I have been working working on my projects this past month, I have found myself reaching for photos taken during all four seasons and that lends itself to the versatility of February's kits. For this next layout, I pulled a picture from this past summer and paired it with the bright colors of the MME papers and the watercolor paper from We R Memory Keepers, to create a fun layout.

I had intially planned on making a title with the blue glitter alphas from the February Main kit. However, as I was playing around with my layout I decided to go with a title cut with my Silhouette because I wanted something in a softer color to compliment the water color paper.

I have also really been enjoying the Heidi Swapp washi tape from the February Embellishment Kit. I think it is super innovative that there is more than on pattern on each roll. This makes it more usable for a person like me who takes forever to make a dent in one roll because I tire of that particular pattern after a few uses.

 

 

Wishing you a great last week of February!

 

 

                     

2015

Happy Friday! Today I wanted to finally share my title page to my 2015 family album. It's actually been finished for a while, but you know, I thought I would wait until the end of February before I'd share it!

Now before you get to the actual photos, I must warn you that I am not all adept at photographing pockety style pages. I rarely do. Which is exactly why they are not top knotch quality and I am a little shy about it. With practice though they will surely get better and I already have some ideas for next time!

So here you go, Team Wedertz, year 2015:

 

I kept it simple and bright with small details.

 

 

 

I don't do a typical Project Life album.  Instead, like last year, I will continue to do a combination of both traditional and pocket style scrapping for 2015. This year though I am going to try to simplify a little bit and streamline the albums more. Last year it took me FOUR 12x12 albums to hold 2014. And that is just my main family album. (I also do an album for each kiddo.)  It was a lot of work keeping track of everything.

 

Some of the things I am doing this year, is to include photos from the Collect app because I like their clean, consistent look and I can include details right there with the photo. I am also going to be a little bit more judicious about what goes in what album and how. Last year I would usually scrap one event/photo series per pocket page, but I am going to try to include more. I am also switching up my album sizes. I will be using a Handbook album for my son because is just perfect for a camera-shy-I-am-never-home teenager. It will also give me the option of playing around with a 6x8 size for my traditional scrapping. For both my main family album and my girls I am using the 9x12 size (also from Studio Calico.)   

 

And after all that, I have to say that documenting 2015 is going pretty well so far. How about you? Are you making any changes this year? If so, how are things going? I would love to hear from you!

 

Michelle

 

 

 

Hip Kit Club: Every Single Day & March Reveal

Hello! Today I have two things I want to share :). First, here is a new layout made with the February Hip Kits.  

 

 

 

For Every Single Day, I went with a completely different color scheme then the previous two layouts that you can see here and here. Having a versatile kit is pretty much a necessity, don't you think?  

 

 



 

And finally, I want to share the Hip Kit Club March Kits! They were revealed on the 14th and I am so happy to see such a beautiful color scheme and product line up!

 

March Main Kit

 

 

March Embellishment Kit

 

 

And introducing the March PL Kit!

 

 

Aren't they lovely??  I already have photos lined up and ready for this kit! The Hip Kit Club also offers a Paper Add-on Kit, a Color Kit, and a Cardstock kit. To purchase and see complete product lists head over here. Kits begin shipping on the first!

 

Michelle