Summer Hip Pics Album

Slowly I am inching towards my goal of finishing up all the memory preserving for the year 2014. This is one of them, which I promised I'd give as a gift to my sister.

I used My Creations Hip Pics Album. I love how nice and compact this is, and how easy it is to decorate and put pictures and make a mini-album out of it, perfect for just a single event. I mainly used last year's Free To Be Me paper pack to decorate, and just a single pack of Recollections embellishments.

I used a variety of stamps for the sentiments inside, but most of all I love how versatile the Picture My Life is. I used a mix of Surf's Up and Wanderful and cut them up and decorated them to make them into embellishments. I most especially like the quotes, and how well they go together with the Free To Be Me colors. The best thing about Picture My Life is that they are now available to purchase in just the cards alone. For only $14.95 you get 122 cards if you don't wish to get the memory protector sheets. Here's the Wanderful PML cards only, and here's Surf's Up. I love using them on my scrapbook layouts, cards, and now I love how they can also be used in mini albums like this. The designs are just simply gorgeous!

I have yet to write down notes, which I intentionally left blank since they'll be too personal.

Hope you're able to grab some inspiration from this and create your own mini album! Enjoy!

Picture My Life Cards

I am a big fan of Picture My Life. I've been using it to create quick albums, especially those where I have hundreds of pictures for an event. But after attending Close to My Heart's 2014 Convention though, I saw how PML can also be used to make quick cards, My Crush books

So here's my take on creating cards using PML. And this is also probably my last hoorah for Spring/Summer Catalog as we'll be launching the new one come August 1st.

First up is a card from Avonlea Picture My Life kit. I used Cocoa cardstock as the base, then layered it with a 4x6 PML card, then layered it again with 3x4 card which I punched at the top to make it look like a tag. I used Slate Diagonal Striped Ribbon as the tie.  No stamping on this one!

Z1942 Avonlea Picture My Life

Next I used a card from Skylark PML kit. All the other materials are scraps I have from Skylark WOTG. I also used the stamp set from the kit. This has been a favorite of many but I must confess I think I used this the least.

G1072 Skylark WOTG

Z1947 Skylark Picture My Life

Below I used Balloon Ride paper as base, then layered it with Balloon Ride PML. I love Balloon Ride, from the paper pack to the PML designs, it's so shabby chic!! I used this month's Stamp of the Month Circus Alphabet to stamp the word "smile" and embellished with the durable triangle studs.

S1407 Circus Alphabet

Z1948 Balloon Ride Picture My Life

And last but not the least, a Chantilly PML. The paper and cardstock are from the Lollydoodle WOTG kit I have and I stamp the pair of owls from the Owl set. The "giggle, sing, dance" are from the Chantilly PML too, I just cut one of those and used it to add dimension to my card. I wanted to create a light, fun themed card for a change. 

B1450 Owls

Z1949 Chantilly Picture My Life

Picture My Life (PML)

Along with the My Crush book, I also ordered these Picture My Life (PML) kits. I figured with so much pictures that needed scrapbooking, I just do not have the time. I have my daughter's school activities pictures, our last family trip to Hawaii from 2 years ago, my daughter's baby book that has a last picture when she was 6 months old - she's 2 now by the way. So catching up to all those just seem like an impossible task. So I thought to do a fast forward, I might as well jump in and do it PML style. My pictures just don't do enough justice to how nice these journal cards look.

Chantilly Picture My Life Kit

Surf's Up Picture My Life Kit

Babycakes Picture My Life Kit

Each kit contains:

10 sheets of 12"x12" memory protectors in various designs
44 - journal cards in 4"x6" size (2 each of 22 designs)
78 - journal cards in 3"x4" size (3 each of 26 designs)
1 - 12"x12" Designed Cover Sheet

The Designed cover sheet looks like the 2nd picture above where the front has a big blank square for you to put a cover photo.

There's a lot of other designs available, I just bought these to get started since they are related to my projects. My next one will probably be Laughing Lola before it retires, and perhaps Balloon Ride. I just love these papers and themes and can't seem to get enough of it!

I can't wait to get started. Though with so many projects in limbo right now, I'm not sure which one to start with! So much to do, so little time!