Every month, a card swap that is organised for Kylie's Stampin' Up! Crazy Crafters team as well as her VIP customers. To be in Kylie's Crazy Crafters Team you can join up here and get so much support, training and inspiration. If you are not keen on joining up that's fine - you can place an order with us and become part of my VIP customer group on Facebook.
I am loving taking part in the swaps and will post pictures of my latest swap with my Crazy Crafters team that we had this month. Our theme was Masculine cards.

Bruno

Thanks for joining us for this blog hop. At the bottom of this post, there is a list of links that I invite you to follow and see some of the AMAZING work being done by the Crazy Crafters. This months theme is PROJECT LIFE. We were so excited to hear that Stampin' Up! have partnered with Becky Higgins to bring a range of Project Life products that coordinates with the Stampin' Up! range.

Here are a few pages from our recent trip, I am sure that there will be more to come (after all - we have thousands of photos). All of these layouts took me less than 2 hours to complete. That is the brilliant part about Project life - it is very quick to see results for your work. One point I have to convey - it is difficult to photograph Project Life layouts.

Layout 1


Layout 2
This day was VERY eventful and we had a lot of pics that could have been added. But, despite planning, the whole landscape/portrait/square pictures wasn't quite working. But, I used a few techniques that might save the day.

We had a rectangular portrait slot available and a square photo - I was firm that I didn't want to crop the photo. So, I printed it a little smaller and made it look like a polaroid.  Looks pretty neat?

Again, I had a square photo and a rectangular (landscape) photo. I printed it smaller and made it look like a polaroid and used some of the Washi tape that comes with the 'Everyday Adventure' Accessories kit.

I have has a habit of keeping cards and tickets from everywhere we visit. So, Project Life is a cool way of keeping all of these.

Layout 3
Our camera takes great panoramic shots. And, when we visited Grand Central Station, I took one (well, I took about seven, but this was the best one). It lost the beauty if the photo was cropped so we kept the original proportions and printed it across two 4x6 photos and it fit nicely in the pockets.

This picture shows how I used one of the pocket cards with some Vellum and the Washi Tape from the 'Everyday Adventure' Accessories pack to journal. This is a great tip if you find some of the cards might be too bright for the photos you are using or a little too busy to journal on - using vellum is a great way to increase the opacity.

Layout 4

Layout 6
I'm not really a fan of embellishments. But, I think that the wooden embellishments in the 'Everyday Adventure' pack is really cool.

After filling most of the pockets, I decided that he didn't like the photos that he had planned to use on the right of the page. Only problem was that I had two pockets that were landscape and two photos that were portrait with a square pocket in the middle. So, I decided to cut the photos and fill the pockets.

 This is my favourite layout......

......because it has my favourite photo from the trip on it. Awwwww ten and a half years of marriage and I love this girl even more than the start. (and, in addition to being a great wife, she has become a amazingly successful SU demonstrator too)

Layout 8
Yes, that's the Seinfeld Cafe on the top right. And, Yes, that Pizza was ENORMOUS and DELICIOUS. Though, there was some strange looking cheese on it.

For some reason, the photos were printed (at K-Mart this time) at the wrong size. So, I just mounted them on one of the 3x4 cards in the kit.

Layout 9
The Met is such an AMAZING place!!! And, the colours/cards in the 'Happiness Is....' card kit coordinated really well the pics we took.

Layout 10
 Whoops! I just noticed that I didn't finish journalling this one.
 Layout 11
If you look closely, there are two arrows in the top/middle. These are from the Project Life Point & Click Photopolymer Stamp Set.

Layout 12
My 2nd favourite layout because......

 ....it has this picture. I enlarged it to 6x8 and then cropped the sides and it fit perfectly.

PROJECT LIFE on MDS
If you cant wait for all of the items to be available for purchase, all three card kits are available on MDS right NOW! Im still working on an MDS album from the last incentive trip, so I made one layout using the 'Happiness Is....' card kit. The subject of this layout is when we went to Kanab (where Stampin' Up! makes the stamps). Stampin' Up! donate all of the offcuts from the rubber stamps for use in a children's park nearby. Its so cool and is a beautiful oasis in the middle of the desert.

The card kits in MDS are under the 'Embellishments' tab.

So, that's it for now, but watch this space there will be more to come. If you want to purchase any of the products, scroll all the way to the bottom and click on the links. In the meantime, the next blog on the blog hop belongs to Tamie Holt. Click here or on the list below to go to her Project Life post.

Blog Line Up -
1. Kylie Bertucci at Crafty Kylie - You are here now
2. Tamie Holt at Tamie Luvs Craft 2
3. Carolina Evans at Studio Evans
4. Deborah Raymer at Debzhouse
5. Laura Britten at stamping with Laura Jane
6. Sue Wdowik at Nigh Nigh Birdie
7. Alex Trofimov at Pink Crafty Mama
8. Teena Maher at Stamping with Teena
9. Angela Lorenz at Angs Crafty Cards

PROJECT LIFE by Stampin' Up! Products

The full range of PROJECT LIFE by Stampin' Up! products will be available when the 2014 Catalogue goes live on July 1, 2014. In the meantime, these products are available to purchase RIGHT NOW!!! Click on any of the images below to go right to my store.

Not sure where to start? My recommendation is to get the pocket pages and the Everyday Adventure life card collection. Then you can see how you go. That will make 24 pages for only an outlay of $32,90! Then if you find you like it and are using it you can look at getting the album when it is released and any extra items. There is no way if you did traditional scrapbooking that you could do 24 pages for only $32.90. more like $300+ So take advantage of the great price and give it a go.

Project Life on MDS
Thanks for your support and happy shopping

Bruno

Hot on the heels of the last post, this blog post continues from where we left off. And, to keep things moving, here are three (yep, you heard it correctly THREE) double page spreads. Like most times, the pages that I like the most are the ones that took the least time - can you relate to that?




Font




Background
As above, this DSP is from the Soho Subway Designer Kit.

Embellishments
Both the speech bubble and the 'Like' are from the 'Seriously Teen' designer kit. This kit has a designer template, 38 stamps, 12 sheets of DSP and 23 embellishments. Click on the link below to purchase.

Stamps
There are two stamps in use;
1. The 'Smile' is from the 'So Typefelt' set. It is coloured Whisper White and the opacity is set to 25%.
2. The large chevron shape is actually a stamp washi tape from the 'Tape It' set. It has been enlarged, coloured Whisper White and the opacity is set to 10%.


The font used is 'Always Forever' which was downloaded from the internet.
Page 36 - Left Page
Template
I began with one of the 'Check this out' designer page layouts. 

Background


Punches
I say that I started out with the 'Check this Out' layout as I made a few changes to the size of a few of the photoboxes. This template has chamfered corner punches which are filled with either photos or DSP. There are 17 different shaped punches that come with this kit, three of which are used on this layout. The DSP used to fill some of these boxes is also from the Kaleidoscope range.
Additionally, I gave each of the photos a 3mm mat (border) as well as a 3,3 drop shadow.

Here is a link to some of the items used in this layout - click on these links and that will take you directly to my store. The post continues below;

Page 37 - Right Page
Template
Again, I began with one of the 'Check this out' designer page layouts. 

Background

Punches
Again, I made a few changes to the size of a few of the photoboxes and I gave each of the photos a 3mm mat (border) as well as a 3,3 drop shadow. Additionally, I inserted a square punch and supersized it and placed it on an angle to mirror the design on the left page. I then filled the punch with Bermuda Bay to match. 

Embellishments
I used the 'Circle Label' embellishment from the 'Daily December Memories' kit. 

Stamp
I used the 'Overlay 3' stamp from the Kaleidoscope set. This was painted Whisper White and the opacity was set to 25%. 

Here is a link to some of the items used in this layout - click on these links and that will take you directly to my store. The post continues below;
Page 38, 39
Layout
I started with a blank page on both pages. I wanted the photos to be the stars. And, I think they are.

Embellishments
I used the Basic Black and Vanilla 'Stitching Zigzag' from the Staple & Stitching Kit. The opacity is set to 40%. These also have been set to 'Span Pages'.

Stamps
I used the 'Overlay 2' stamp from the Kaleidoscope set. This was painted Whisper White and the opacity was set to 55%. This has been set to 'Span Pages'. Even though this is purchased as a set of DSP, there are some stamps that can be coloured as you wish. 

Here is a link to some of the items used in this layout - click on these links and that will take you directly to my store. In case you dont have My Digital Studio, why dont you download the free trial and give it a go? The link is below.
Want a full recap on the Grand Holiday Photobook thus far? Here is a link to all of the pages.