Kellie Stamps | February Release

I'm a little late to share a post about the newest release of Kellie Stamps. I was busy making some invitations, and I've learned that if I have a big paid project that I struggle to focus on anything but that. Luckily I'm finished those and can get back to working on projects that I'm excited about. Like the second half of this post!

I made some journal cards you'll see in upcoming Project Life spreads. I also added some stamps from the Month to Day and More of This sets to the photo. I don't usually add them to photos for Project Life, but that picture looks so amazing with the stamps on them.

I also made a traditional layout about my nephew. I love this kid. He's so cute. I used stamps from the More of This set.

The banner on the right wasn't supposed to be lifted off the page, but it got a little bent and I couldn't get it to unbend, so I just left it. I'm sure it'll eventually flatten itself out.

I made some little banners in photoshop. This one is 1/8" tall and looks amazing. One thing I dislike about physical stamps is being unable to alter the size of it. I love that I can alter the size of the digital stamps. I stamped the date the photo was taken on a label and added a bit of washitape and some enamel dots.

I added another little "label" to the bottom of the page and I feel like it perfectly finished off this spread. I love how it turned out, and I'm surprised that I love all the black and white. I usually want to add colour somewhere and have to hold myself back, but this layout came together perfectly with no colour.

Thanks for coming by to see my projects for this month's Kellie Stamps release. You can visit Kellie's blog & Kellie's shop. Search #kelliestamps on Instagram to see inspiration from other ladies on the creative team.

Have a great weekend!

Kellie Stamps | December

 Good morning! I can't believe the first week of December is getting close to being over. The newest sets of Kellie Stamps are now available in her shop (here). The Christmas sets are perfect for adding to December Daily. Here I made some little 2" x 0.5" labels to add to my photos, or 2x2 pockets, or just onto the top of a journaling card. I love the versatility of the Digital stamps.

I also used them to create some journal cards. The one on the far left says Merry & Bright, and I haven't had a chance to do much on my December Daily, but you'll see it make an appearance in my album when I share those pages.

 I used a wreath file from Wilna Furstenburg (here) to make these december numbers a little more colourful. I left space along the bottom for journaling.

Instead of starting at the beginning of my album, I added my photos to day 4 and snapped this photo to show you a project example of how I've used the stamps so far. The tree card, wood veneer number and the gold star are from the 2014 Ali Edwards December Daily kit (no longer available). I added the "do you believe in magic" digital stamp to my top right photo, and one of the little labels to the bottom of the tree card. I'll add my journaling to the number 4 card in the bottom right.

Thank you  for coming by to check out my projects. It's been a busy couple of weeks, but I'm hoping to get myself caught up and have more projects to share with you throughout the month.

Have a wonderful weekend!
-Alexandria

Kellie Stamps | November

I'm a little (okay a lot) late to share these projects here. Some have been shared on Instagram, some have only been shared on Instagram as sneaks. I've been struggling to get over this cold, and haven't had time to get this post ready, so I had rearranged some things and shared other projects before this. Still sick, but given that I should be getting the December release soon, I needed to get this post done. I have a couple of other projects floating in my head, and I haven't done much with the summer stamps, so I'll probably share more projects in the future. You can buy the BOOKNERD and SUMMER 2016 sets that I used in these projects (here).

Here I used the "Hello Sunshine" set to add an overlay to a couple of photos. They were snapped on the same day, one of the sunrise, and the other of the sunset. I love this stamp. I say hello sunshine ALL THE TIME. This stamp will definitely be used more in the future.

Here I used the "Fun in the sun" stamp from the Summer 2016 set to add an overlay to this photo of my niece swimming at the lake. She was having so much fun trying to push her dad's head under the water, and we had so much fun watching her swim.

I didn't get a chance to print this photo out, but I took the dashed line off the bottom of the "summer reading" stamp from the Summer 2016 set and put it straight onto this photo of of the first book I read in the summer. My plan is to add this to my "reading" mini album as a divider between the start of the year, and the books I read in the summer.

Here I used the Booknerd set to create a couple of 4x4 pages for my reading mini album. On the left, I used the silhouette to cut out the books (similar to how I cut the doodles from the October release (here)). On the right I made a 4x5 card in photoshop and painted the spines of the books different colours.

Here I added some of the smaller sentiments from the Booknerd set to the spines of the books, then painted them in photoshop. I printed and cut them with the silhouette and added them to a layout.

 I used the silhouette to diecut the books. I had to adjust them so the books were all connected, and I lost a few of the inside pieces of the books, but I love how it turned out. I'm going to add it to my book mini album as a see-through page.

This layout is my favourite project from this release. I cut a TON of the "reading list" and used them to create a background. I debated printing them out directly onto a smaller sheet, but I loved the process of gluing them down, I love the imperfection of the bottom right side being more crooked than the top left side. I love the texture it adds to the page, and the whole reason I scrapbook is the cutting and gluing. I love it. I added the "book shelf" stamp as an overlay on my photo, and printed out the "book nerd" strip and cut it out to use as an embellishment. I added a bit of pattern paper so the photo stood out a bit more. I'm going back to add some journaling and the date, but otherwise I think this simple layout is finished.

Thank you for coming by to see these projects. The BOOKNERD set is definitely one of my favourites. I love to read, and this set is perfect for documenting what I read.

Have a great day!
-Alexandria

You Are

Good morning! Today I'm sharing this layout that I've been teasing on Instagram all week. I'm so incredibly happy with how this spread turned out, and it blows my mind how well it all came together.

This spread showcases the I AM . WE ARE . YOU ARE stamp set by Kellie Stamps. I love that she's gone digital which means I can alter the stamps in so many different ways. Here I used my silhouette to create a template for the stitching. I don't have the sketch pens for the silhouette yet, so I cut out the letters and trace them onto the page I want to stitch on. I added some stamps along the right side and coloured them to match the letters on the left side. I added journaling that went along with the stamps I used on the right, and at the bottom, I added two sentiments from the Digital Kiddo stamp set.

I added star embellishments from an old Studio Calico kit, to bring out some of the colours in the photograph. I added a sticker from an incredibly old My Minds Eye sticker sheet (I think it was from Sweetest Thing).

And a close up of the stitching because it's not always pretty up close, but definitely has become one of my favourite techniques to add to my projects. It's fun and therapeutic, and I just really enjoy doing it.

Thank you so much for coming by to see my spread for this week. None of the links to Kellie's shop are affiliate, just making sure you can find the products I used on this spread because they're available.

Have a great weekend!

-Alexandria

Kellie Stamps | October

Ladies (and possible gentleman), I'm so excited to finally make this formal announcement here that I've joined the Kellie Stamps design team. I rave about her products all the time, and I'm so excited to be a part of her team. I shared this on Instagram a couple weeks ago, but was trying to get a few projects completed to share here when I made the announcement.

 Remember when I had a weird obsession with clear stamps? Now I have that obsession with digital stamps. I love the freedom to make them a variety of sizes, and to use them in so many ways. I have a few projects that are works in progress and I'll share those later on, but today I have a few that I whipped up before the official release.

Here I used my silhouette and the digital doodles from the GOSH! stampset to create these little diecuts. They're a little larger than I'd hoped they'd be, but still small enough to add to a notecard or a pocket card in my Project Life. I might add some colour to them with watercolours, but currently they're in a small dish on my desk waiting to be added to a project.

 I have the same obsession with my silhouette as I do with digital stamps these days. Here I made some notecards using the cake and donut doodles from the GOSH! stamp set. I love how they turned out, and after I paint them, I'm going to add a little sentiment to each of them, but I love the black and white look as well.

I made some little Project Life cards using the I AM. WE ARE. YOU ARE. and GOSH sets. I added some colour with watercolours, and a little strip of washitape and a wood veneer. I have a thing for ampersands!

The GOSH set has a beautiful happy birthday sentiment, so I've been working on some birthday cards (working on some different ones as well). I love the simplicity of the black and white, but might add some watercolours or something to the front.

 Inside I added a cake pop up and the "Oh yeah cake!" sentiment. I love this because it's a calorie free cake, and I love pop up cards.

I'm working on a little 4x4 album, and so I made these little 2x2 cards with books to document a bit of what I'm reading this month.

Here's the cover page I made using the Jan-Sun stampset. This is my cover page for my October album. I also added in some washitape from an old Studio Calico kit.

I'm having so much fun playing with Kellie's new Digital stamps and I hope that you'll try out some digital stamps. You can purchase her stamps (here) and check out her blog for more inspiration (here) or her Facebook page where she shares creative team inspiration (here) and the Kellie Stamps Instagram (here).