Maggie Holmes Design Team: Love

Hey hey! I'm over on Maggie's blog this week sharing a layout full of my favorite colors + favorite papers from her new Bloom collection + a handout title! 

I haven't created in layout in quite some time and had so much fun cutting, pasting and recording our memories! I almost forgot how much fun layouts are to make! I hope you will stop by and check it out!  

Maggie Holmes Design Team: Be My Buttercup

Oh yellow, I love you! I'm dreaming of everything spring right now and seeing the pop of yellow on this page just makes me happy! Hop on over to Maggie's blog to see more of this layout, as well as read a little bit about my process for putting this page together!

DIY Art Journal

Sometimes I get an itch to create, but don't want to make a huge layout or complete mini book. That's where this fun little DIY Art Journal comes in. I made this fun "journal" when I was at Be Crafty with Amanda and Maggie using the cover of an old book and some book rings! We spray painted the book gold at the workshop and then I painted the black diagonal part onto the front for a little more character. I hot glued in ribbon at the front and back of the book so it had a cute tie closure! 

The inside pages are a mix of fun goodies, photos, book pages, embellishments and more.  The best part about books like this is that anything goes! You really can add in just about anything - painted pages, watercolored pages, envelopes, etc!  I find that I reach for this book a lot "just because" I want to make something! 

Here's a look at a few of my pages....

Do you keep a random "art journal"? A journal that you can dabble in, put away and pick up days or months later? It's very freeing to have some kind of creative outlet and using a smaller scale like this book is perfect for me!!  

xoxo

DIY Mini Notepads

If you are either always searching for a notepad or piece of paper.....or....if you are a notepad/journal-a-holic, then stop by Maggie Holmes' blog today! I'm over there sharing a quick tutorial for creating mini notepads and I'm even sharing all of my secrets when it comes to finding the perfect writing paper for your notepads!

Maggie Holmes january Planner

It's January and one of my very favorite things to do at the beginning of each year is to set up my planner and get all organized! Stop by Maggie's blog to see a quick tutorial for creating your own planner clips! 

Bloom Collection

This weekend is the Craft & Hobby Association tradeshow in Anaheim and I'm so excited to be going as the marketing coordinator for Big Picture Classes!  Crazily, it's always been a dream of mine to actually go and see this show in person, and I'm so excited to catch up with old friends, new friends and more!  One neck that I'll be sure to hug BIG TIME is Maggie's!!  Maggie has a new collection for Crate Paper debuting this weekend and I can't wait to see it in person!!  The new collection is called Bloom, and it truly is a breath of fresh air! Take a look!!

A little background about the inspiration for this collection: Bloom was inspired by Maggie's love of flowers and the fond memories she has of being in her grandmother's beautiful backyard garden. You'll find that much of the design in the new collection translates directly from this inspiration, including 6 different floral patterned papers, a stunning gold foil floral on vellum, and a large variety of colorful flowers, leaves and floral accents in the ephemera, chipboard and sticker packs!

Not only is BLOOM perfect for Spring, but it's also designed to coordinate with your everyday memory keeping, gift giving, crafting and more. The collection is filled with lovely feminine icons alongside cute trendy basics such as bows, hearts, labels and tags. New embellishments include 3 dimensional paper flowers, layered fringe hearts, a washi tape book, silicone shapes, mini leather tassels, clear stickers and more! As always, Maggie makes it all shine by layering gold foil and the perfect gold glitter onto many of her products. You will especially love the rich finish of the gold foil washi strips!

Today I'm sharing a few sneak peeks into Maggie's new product line! I love all the pretty floral touches and pops of gold. Maggie sure knows how to design a collection, don't you think??

You can find the full reveal of BLOOM on Maggie's blog, along with lots more photos of the her products and a grand prize giveaway, so be sure to visit and enter to win! 

Today as part of the big reveal of this new collection I am giving away a sampling of the new BLOOM products here on my blog to one lucky winner! To enter leave me a comment here letting me know you're favorites from this new beautiful collection and visit me over on my Instagram feed for an additional chance to win!! The winner will be drawn next Wednesday and announced here on the blog!

The other design team girls are also sharing more beautiful photos of BLOOM and they are each doing giveaways as well!  Be sure to stop by Amanda, Kim and Jessy's blogs to see more and enter to win! Good luck!!

DIY Photo Calendar

There might be just a few more days left before Christmas, but there's plenty of time to make a personalized handmade gift!  Using just a few pieces of patterned paper and photos, you can create a desktop calendar to be enjoyed all year long! Hop on over to Maggie's blog to see how easy it is to create an awesome photo calendar for a loved one (or yourself)!!

DIY Tassel Necklaces

If there is one thing I love, it's handmade gifts, and this year, we are all about giving out handmade pretties!  Anna and I spent some time a few weekends ago creating beaded tassel necklaces with charms for her sweet little friends and we just love how they turned out!

Stop by Maggie's blog to see how easy these necklaces are to make! 

Video: Altering Page Protectors for Interactive Layouts

I get a lot of questions about how I incorporate my interactive layouts into my albums, so I thought I would put together a quick little video showing how easy it is to alter your page protectors to add these fun layouts!

Hope you enjoy this short video! If you are interested in seeing more awesome interactive ideas, check out my class over at Big Picture Classes!!  There are LOTS of interactive and inspiring ideas!  Let me know if you have any questions! xoxo

Remembering those Little Moments

It's the little moments that make life so BIG and this week, I'm over on Maggie Holmes' blog sharing a layout I created all about those little moments of our life.  Using one of my favorite papers from the Shine collection, I created an interactive layout of photos, journaling and embellishments.  I just love a good interactive layout!  

Stop on by here blog to see more and read about how I created this page! And for more of my ideas on interactive pages, be sure to join me in my Big Picture Classes class, Interactive Elements - there's lots of good ideas there!!  Oh, and tons of videos and tutorials!

DIY: Bucket List Banner

This summer, I had the opportunity to work on a fun project using Maggie Holmes' Open Book Project Life® kit from Hobby Lobby and I am so excited to share it with you today, as well as offer you a FREE download to create a project for yourself!  

Using Maggie's Open Book Project Life® collection, I created a "bucket" list banner for our summer. You could easily adapt this to a fall bucket list, or even a thankful banner!  You would have such a treasured list of items at the end of the month if you wrote what you were thankful for each day!  And you even pair your fall bucket list tags with photos and create a cute little tag mini album! The ideas are endless!

Download the FREE instructions above here or by clicking on the printable and saving to your desktop!  Tag me in your projects, or leave me a link here if you end up creating something! I'd love to see what you make!

Happy crafting!

Maggie Holmes Design Team - You Are Loved

Hey there!!

I have a new layout up on Maggie's blog using her Confetti collection! It's a simple and easy layout with pretty pops of gold!  Hope you will hop on over and check it out!  I'll be back soon with a few projects using the beautiful new SHINE collection!!  Can't wait to share more!

Introducing Shine

Congrats Laura! You are the lucky winner of a Shine prize pack!!

Laura MartinSeptember 18, 2015 at 9:52 PM

i am super loving that roller stamp!!!! In gold on the black tags?! Plus the tall green alphabet. The colors are so perfectly Maggie and go so well with the season. Thanks!

Hello there!  I have a sneak peek of something so exciting to share with you all today!  My favorite designer, Maggie Holmes, is getting ready to release her next collection with Crate Paper and it is just divine!  The new collection, called Shine, is just that!  

It's shiny, it's pretty, it's bright and it's bold.  Maggie's collections are always my favorite and this one does not disappoint!  This trendy and vibrant collection features a bright mix of feminine florals, inspiring brush script phrases and bold geometric patterns with golden accent throughout. A stunning color palette of blush, lemon yellow, jade and teal bring to life the charm and excitement of the everyday. 

There are so many fun bits and pieces in this collection and I just can't wait to create with them!  Delightful icons of little trinkets and treasures including cameras, feathers, pinwheels, butterflies and typewriters add a touch of daily fun.

What's a release without a giveaway, right?  

All of Maggie's Design Team are sharing different photos of the new SHINE collection so be sure to visit the blogs of the other design team members: Amanda Rydell, Jessy Christopher and Kim Stewart. After you visit our blogs you can head to Maggie's blog and the Crate Paper blog for even more fun photos and to see each of the products in detail!!

Leave a comment here on this post and let me know what you are most excited about in this new Shine collection!  One winner drawn at random will receive a sampling of the new Maggie Holmes SHINE products! All winners will be drawn on Monday. You can enter on all of our blogs so be sure to visit each one for more chances to win! Good luck!

DIY Accordion Album

Summer is slowly fading into fall around here.  The temps are starting to drop at night a little and there isn't as much humidity in the air during the day.  It's still pretty darn hot outside, but I can tell fall is on it's way.  

One thing I really enjoy doing every year is to create some type of "summer" album.  I have our June, July and August memories documented in my Project Life books, but sometimes it's nice to pull out my favorite photos from the summer and create a simple and easy mini album.

Accordion mini albums are so easy to make and are so perfect for a handful of photos.  If you've always wanted to try a mini album, but weren't sure where to start, then I highly recommend trying out a simple accordion book. It can be made with just ONE piece of 12x12 paper, and the only else you really need is your photos.  Hop on over to Maggie's blog to see a quick DIY tutorial, as well as the rest of my summer accordion album!

Lunch Box Love Notes

I am always trying to think of fun, new ways to use my stash and supplies!!

Since we are in full school mode right now,  I thought it would be fun to put together some cute little lunch box notes for my daughter!  These are SO easy to make, and they are SO worth the extra effort!  My daughter loves showing off her notes at school!

Hop on over to Maggie's blog to see a quick tutorial for creating your own lunch box notes!  They are sure to put a smile on your little one's faces!

Memories

For some reason or another, I gravitate towards hidden journaling and interactive elements on my pages.  Heck - I even put together an entire class about adding interactive elements into layouts, Project Life spreads and mini albums over at Big Picture Classes!!  

I just love tucking a card in here or there, or creating a lift up flap to store extra photos or memorabilia of some kind.  

Over on Maggie's blog today, I'm sharing, yep, you guessed it - another interactive layout of some of our summer memories.  Creating a page with multiple photos just got easier!  Check out her blog to see more!!

xoxo

Maggie Holmes Design Team: Hello First Grader

Hey hey! I'm over on Maggie's blog this week sharing a look at my sweet first grader! My how time files! 

Maggie Holmes Design Team: Summer Activity Books

If you have kiddos, I'm sure you have heard "I'm bored" at least once this summer.  My kids do a pretty good job of playing together or alone, but I still hear that "I'm bored" sentence a few times each week.  Planning ahead tends to be key for me.  We have a daily schedule (when the kids aren't in camp) that lists what we will be doing for the day.  It's nothing to extravagant or crazy - just little things that they can do to stay busy AND be creative.  

One of the fun activities on our list this week is to draw, write and tell stories in these cute little summer activity books.  These books are SO simple and easy to make and the kids just love them!  Stop by Maggie's blog for a quick tutorial for creating summer mini books of your own!  The possibilities are endless for these cute books!