Interesting Fall Palettes

Today on the Little Yellow Bicycle blog, our challenge was to repurpose older collections and mix them up to make a Fall project.  I still love the Paradise collection and decided to mix it up with Hello Fall! to create this page about my daughter.

Can pink be a fall color?  Why not, it's the color that a lot of kids wear and is only slightly lighter than red.  That is what I thought when I pulled out these photos of my daughter from a trip to the park a couple weeks ago.  I love all the green and brown hues in the Paradise collection, so why not add pink to the Fall palette?  In fact, pink is the new red - lol.

I mixed in some of the corrugated chipboard from our Hello Fall! collection to ground the brighter colors and add more of the Fall elements to the page.

This squirrel has got to be one of the cutest things ever!  I just added a bit of bling for the eye and added it to the page with some foam tape.

Paradise/Hello Fall! Products Used:
PD-104 Splendid Stripe/Olive Leaves
PD-109 Pleasant Plaid/Earthy Dots
PD-106 Happy Dots/All Natural
PD-133 6" x 6" Decorative Edge Double-sided Textured Cardstock - with glitter accents (5 pieces)
PD-279 Chipboard Shapes - with glitter accents (32 pieces)
PD-220 Fabric Favorites - self adhesive (23 pieces)
PD-140 Cardstock Stickers - Fresh Verse™ - with thermography and embossing (72 pieces)
HS-197 Jewel Stickers (96 pieces)
HF-276 - Corrugated Shapes (18 pieces)

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The Simplest Mini Album in the World

Thinking about a mini album and worried about the amount of time it will take to create???  Simple Stories is definitely the solution.  I used the pre-designed 4 x 6 Vertical Journaling Card Elements from their Take a Hike collection to make this fun mini album.

I just punched holes in the top left corner, added a binder ring and some ribbon and twine.  Voila, instant album ready to add pictures to and because the journal elements are already "decorated," this project only requires minimal embellishment.
It's a good idea to add some pop dots to the 12 x 12 Fundamental Cardstock stickers for a little more dimension on the cover of the album.
This was such a great 4 x 6 journal element, because I was able to use the cardstock sticker sentiments and tiny type to fill in the blanks for the message.  This is my son and I enjoying the apsen grove we stopped at for lunch.

Here you can see how easy it was to add the tiny type and journaling elements.
I think I mixed in some of the Awesome Collection sentiments along with Take a Hike to make the list on this page.  The pre-designed journaling cards make it possible to literally add a wallet-sized photo and a sticker or two and call it a day.
Something else that is really easy to do is run the journal cards through your typewriter.  I was able to type up this longer journal section in no time at all and the beautiful journal card frames it perfectly.
The journal cards even come with lists of their own, so I just took a marker and checked off what applied to this event.  Then again added a cropped 4 x6 photo and a sticker and called it a day.
I think the best part about this album is that this 4 x 6 Vertical Journaling Card was the back of my album and did not need any embellishment...done!
This project took less than an hour to create and will make a great gift for someone or just a memory to keep around the house.

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Getting Ready for the First Day of School

I wanted to send something special to school with my daughter for her first day and I loved how Little Yellow Bicycle included this journal tag the Tear Out Ticket book from the Makin' the Grade collection.

 I took this simple composition book and turned it into this...

The tip to making this cover last for the entire school year is to make sure all of the paper and embellishments are flat, so I focused on the Little Yellow Bicycle Favorite Pieces and Fresh Verse Cardstock Stickers as my main embellishments.

Then I will use strips of clear packing tape to "laminate" the design to the book.  Trust me as a teacher of many year, the packing tape is the bomb and will preserve this project pretty much forever.

It wouldn't be complete without a matching bookmark.


Makin' the Grade Products:

MG-304 6" x 6" Paper Pad (24 pages)

MG-111 Multi Fun Dot/Green Stripe

MG-107 Pennants/Blue Solid

MG-135 Cardstock Stickers - Favorite Pieces - with foil and embossing (30 pieces)

MG- 140 Cardstock Stickers - Fresh Verse - with foil and debossing (67 pieces)

 

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A Few Tips from Front Porch Kits

I really loved all of the elements of the Front Porch Just Add Water Kit.  It was a non-traditional summer kit as you can see from my page below, but still had enough fun elements to make a great vacation page.  There are still kits available, just click on the link HERE.

Tip - try to use as many photos as you can to convey a moment or feeling.  I choose to use a simple patterned paper background, but framed it with another piece of blue patterned paper that picked up the colors in my photos so they would really stand out on the page. 

I used the same layering effect on my journal card and framed it with blue patterned paper that would pick up the blue in the photos and the title letters.  I added some foam tape to the back of the journal card to make it a little more dimensional so the page is not so flat.

Contrast is also a good idea, so I added these rust colored cardstock stickers to make the sentiment stand out on the page as well as pop dots for added dimension.