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Your brother/husband/son/male cousin/ male friend is having a birthday and you need a card in a hurry.  You look through your card box and find plenty of girly cards, some baby cards, maybe a sympathy card or a wedding card...but there are no male birthday cards.  Why do you have such a shortage on male cards?  Does this happen to you?  This is often me.  I look at my birthdays for the month and rustle through my card box pulling out cards that might match the recipients on my list.  I usually conclude I need more male cards for my stash!

Sometimes it is hard to get inspired to make male cards... you might prefer to use pretty papers, lace, ribbons, flowers etc etc.  Well in this post I share four quick and easy designs you can make.  These cards will build up your male card stash in no time at all and you might even fall in love with the bright bold colours and graphics.  I have!

The good news is that Picture My Life Cards don't just have to be used for Pocket Scrapbooking.

They are also perfect for making quick and easy cards.  For the next few weeks I will be making male cards using the Later Sk8r Picture My Life Scrapbooking Program.

Watch the video below to see the product:

In this first card "Never Give Up on your Dreams" I followed these simple steps:

1. Attach one of the "Never Give Up on your Dreams" 4x6 cards to a folded white base card.  
2. Cut out the "on your Dreams" banner from the identical 4x6 card (there is two of each design in the pack) and adhere it over the top of the first card with mounting tape.
3. Add some little white stars randomly over the card.

Super quick and easy!

Card #1 - Never Give Up on your Dreams

In this second card "Football Boots" I followed these simple steps:

1. Attach one of the "Football Boots" cards to a folded white base card.  
2. Cut out each boot from the identical 4x6 card (there is two of each design in the pack) and adhere it over the top of the first card with mounting tape.  Add a star to the star on the boot.
3. Stamp a sentiment I chose "Have a Happy Day" onto card and staple on.  Stamp arrows in the bottom corner.

Card #2 - Football Boots

In this third card "Play Ball" I followed these simple steps:

1. Attach one of the "Baseball" cards to a folded white base card.  
2. Cut out the bat, ball and red tag from the identical 4x6 card (there is two of each design in the pack) and adhere it over the top of the first card with mounting tape.  
3. Stamp a sentiment I chose "Have a Happy Day" onto card and attach.  Stamp arrows in two corners.

Card #3 - Play Ball

In this fourth card "You are my Fave" I followed these simple steps:

1. Attach one of the "You are my Fave" cards to a folded white base card.  
2. Cut out a star and bunting flag from another card and adhere it over the top of the first card with mounting tape.  
3. Stamp some arrows and a circle.  Stamp Thank You sentiment. Outline star, bunting and some letters in black pen.  Add the triangle studs.

Card #4 - You Are My Fave

The result = Four super quick and easy male cards for your stash.

To give these cards a go you need to stock up on products at Jessica's shop by clicking on the links below.

Stay tuned for more Male cards next week...
Happy crafting,
Alicia

White Enamel Stars Item Number: Z2010

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Durables Triangle Studs Item Number: Z1928

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Picture My Life Friday with Alicia-DT Member!

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Hello,

Alicia here from Alicia-Time To Create!

I am very excited to share my completed School Album with you today!

I have made this for my sister.

This was such a fun and easy project that I really enjoyed putting together.

I was amazed at how simple it actually was to do!

 I have done Project Life since 2010 so I am not new to Pocket Scrapping.  But this is my first Theme Album that I have successfully completed and my first time using the Close to My Heart Picture My Life Scrapbooking Program.

It was not as hard or time consuming as I thought it was going to be.

It flowed easily and smoothly together. And it was fun to do!

Because this process worked so well for me I wanted to record some steps that I can repeat on future Scrapbooking endeavours. Also I thought these five steps might be able to help others who have School Photos that they want to display in an album.

These are My Five steps to Quickly and Easily Scrap School Photos

1. Collect all School Photos Together and Sort into Year Groups. Print any photos that aren't already printed so that you have all your photos ready to work with.  I find it daunting if I have some photos on my computer in a big mess and it seems like a huge task to sort through them all and find them.  Once you have a pile of photos sitting on your desk it is so much easier to plan your album.
2. Buy the Chalk it Up Picture My Life Scrapbook Program from Jessica at Craftin' and Stampin'.  This kit really worked for me.  At one point during my creative process I got some other cards out (that weren't from the kit) and had a play with them and I found it so much harder.  Nothing was matching, nothing was school related, it was taking so much longer.  I ended up packing away all the other cards and going back to the kit then I experienced success again straight away.  This kit just works! All the cards are there for you to use, they are all school-themed, a variety of the Memory Protector pages come in the kit as well.  You don't have to stress about which design you need because you have a variety to choose from so you just choose the one that best suits your current photos.
3. Set Yourself a Deadline.  I had to blog about my album every Friday.  So I had a deadline.  I also wanted to complete the project.  I made this project a priority in my life.
4. Slip Photos and Journalling Cards in. I worked away and slipped photos into pockets and wrote on the cards. A month was a good space of time to work on my album - not too long to lose motivation, not too short for it to feel like a stress.
5. Share your Album Progress with Family and Friends! Blogging my progress really worked for me.  Sharing with friends and receiving encouragement from others spurred me on! I felt like I was making something meaningful and special.  So if you do decide to scrap a school album share your progress with me! I would love to see it!!! And share your album with everyone else too!!

Here is a short video of the completed Album I will give my sister.  I do have some inserts in the album with their class photos, but I have not put those on the internet in order to protect the children's privacy.

Also today I wanted to share two Layouts I made at the end of the book.  These are an example of how you can do a very simple 12x12 Layout with only the products in the kit.  Nothing else was used except  white 12x12 card, scissors, glue and a balck pen

For the last year in this album I only had one photo for the whole year for each child so I decided to do a full 12x12 LO.

Layout #1

1. Layer the photo onto two 3x4 cards.
2. Cut the 3x4 card into diagonal strips and paste down.
3. Cut banners from a 4x6 card and journal over the top.
4. Cut the stars from a 3x4 card.
5. Outline with black pen.

Layout #1

Layout #2 

1. I layered the photo onto two 3x4 cards.
2. Then I cut a 4x6 card as the base and pasted behind the 3x4.
3. Then I cut the sentiment and stars out from a 3x4 card.
4. Then I added my journalling.

Layout #2

Thank you for joining me on this journey!
Please drop by Jessica's shop to pick up your supplies.

I cant wait to start my new project with you next week...a Picture My Life Baby Album using this kit!! You could do it with me! Get your kit from Jessica and lets do this together!

Picture My Life Baby Cakes Scrapbooking Program

If you have missed the other posts in this series see them here:

Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4

Thanks for stopping by,
Alicia xxx

Picture My Life%u2122 Chalk It Up Scrapbooking Program Item Number: Z2018 Picture My Life%u2122 Babycakes Scrapbooking Program Item Number: Z1943 2" x 12" Memory Protectors%u2122 Design 4 12" x 12" Memory Protectors%u2122 Design 3 Item Number: Z1950 12" x 12" Memory Protectors%u2122 Side Load (10) Item Number: Z1968 12" X 12" Outdoor Denim My Legacy%u2122 Faux Leather Album Item Number: Z1346 12" X 12" Dark Chocolate My Legacy%u2122 Faux Leather Album Item Number: Z1342 12" X 12" White Daisy Cardstock Item Number: 1385

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Picture My Life Friday with Alicia-DT Member

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Layout #1

Hello, Alicia here from Alicia-Time to Create and welcome to my fourth Chalk It Up Post for August!

What fun I have had working with the Chalk It Up Scrapbooking Program this month!

If you have missed my earlier posts you can see them below by clicking on the links:

Week One

Week Two

Week Three

Next week will be my final post with this kit and I will share a video of my completed School Album.

Layout #1

The first Layout (pictured above) was the easiest page ever.  This photo was a perfect fit for the 12x12 page supplied in the kit. 

1. Cut the matching patterned 4x6 cards edges off and adhere to the side of the photo.
2. Adhere the matted photo to the page.
3. Cut numbers from a 3x4 card from the kit.  Adhere to the page.

Doesn't get any easier than that! Sure, you could add more layers if you like...but I chose to keep it simple.  I love this photo and am happy to have it as the focus of the page.

Layout #2

Layout #2

For this Layout I had three photos, but they were all the same just in two different sizes. 

1. Choose four 4x6 cards.  Add some extra layers, embellishments (cut from other cards) and the photos to two of them.
2. Leave two 4x6 cards exactly as they are. Slip them into the 4x6 pockets.
3. Pick four 3x4 Cards for the middle row.  Journal as desired and slip them in.

Layout #3

Layout #3

I kept this Layout simple as well. 

1. Layer the four photos onto 3x4 cards.  Then again onto 4x6 cards.  Slip them into the pockets.
2. Pick four 3x4 Cards for the middle row.
3. Journal as desired and slip them in.

The lovely Jessica over at Craftin' and Stampin' can help you with purchasing this great Picture My Life Kit.  The kit retails for $24.95 USD.  Head on over to Jessica's shop here to get your kit and take advantage of this month's special offer - Only one week left on this so hurry!!!

During the month of August, when you purchase any of the 13 available Picture My Life™ scrapbooking programs featured in the 2014–2015 Annual Inspirations idea book at their full retail price of $24.95 USD / $27.50 CAD, you are eligible to add your choice of 1 of 8 qualifying Memory Protectors™ 10-packs for just $3 (USD & CAD)! Each Picture My Life scrapbooking program already includes a coordinating 10-pack of Memory Protectors, so when you add your additional 10-pack for only $3 you will be well on your way to your own picture-perfect pocket scrapbooking adventure!

This video shows me putting these Layouts together and a sneak peek of my Layouts for next week.

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Alicia xx

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Cricut Thursday with Jessie-DT Member!

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Hello Everyone!

Jessie here from Passion 4 Crafts !

I made this fun and easy back to school layout using Close To My Heart Picture My Life "Chalk It Up" and the Close To My Heart exclusive Cricut Cartridge Artbooking. I love this cartridge because I added frames to my pictures using the Cricut cartridge Artbooking to give it a more finish look with just a touch of a button. 

How simple and fun! 

Supplies used:

Close To My Heart Picture My Life Chalk It Up

Z1906 Close To My Heart Artbooking Cricut cartridge

Z1836 Close To My Heart scissors 

Close To My Heart Picture My Life page protector

Adhesive

Could use Close To My Heart ink pads that coordinate with Chalk It Up and Close To My Heart stamps to embellish some more. I kept it simple today. My life is pretty busy and crazy lately. 

Cuts and emblishments:

Artbooking Cricut cartridge page. 65   Cut at 101/2 

Artbooking Cricut cartridge page. 79   Cut at 101/2

Silhoutte boy, girl and clock print and cut in my stash

Target dollar bin sticker you plus math = me 1" circle 

Colors that go well with Chalk It Up Picture My Life are Lagoon, Black, and Sorbert.

To see me put this layout together and see the products you can check out my you tube video under my channel passion4crafting. 

Thank you for stopping by! Have a wonderful day! 

You can go to Jessica Wilson aka craftinandstampin if your interested in buying this Cricut cartridge or any Close To My Heart products.

Store: http://craftinandstampin.ctmh.com

Blog: http://craftinandstampin.blogspot.com

To see more Close To My Heart projects please go and check out my Design team projects. They will post weekly new projects and share different Close To My Heart products and techniques.

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Click below on the shopping cart to be directed to my online store to grab your goodies!!! And be SURE to click on the AUGUST Mystery Hostess Gathering to enter to win ALL of AUGUST Hostess rewards!!! 

August Constant Campaign: Picture Perfection!

Save big on Memory Protectors™ with Picture My Life™ scrapbooking programs!

We know that, as a crafter, your chief mission is to preserve and protect the images and memories from your life that you hold most dear. To aid you in this quest, we’re providing you with a hot summer deal! During the month of August, when you purchase any of the 13 available Picture My Life™ scrapbooking programs featured in the Annual Inspirations idea book at their full retail price of $24.95 USD / $27.50 CAD, you are eligible to add your choice of 1 of 8 qualifying Memory Protectors™ 10-packs for just $3 (USD & CAD)! Each Picture My Life scrapbooking program already includes a coordinating 10-pack of Memory Protectors, so when you add your additional 10-pack for only $3, you will be well on your way to your own picture-perfect pocket scrapbooking adventure. You’ll be able to preserve double the memories in half the time! Check out our 5 new Picture My Life scrapbooking programs in the new idea book, or choose from the 8 existing programs. There’s a theme for every season of life—find yours!

*Offer valid August 1–31, 2014, while supplies last. No tax will be charged on the free item(s). Shipping/handling is calculated based on the full retail price of the free item(s) ($9.95 USD / $10.95 CAD). 

OK All! Hope to catch you Craftin' and Stampin'!