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Snow Day picture used in the layout
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Hello, and again, happy 2015. I want to start out by say that I am so glad
that 2014 is over with. I will not say
why, except to say it was not a good year for P.Lynne Designs. I let a plot of person items get in the way,
and I was not make very many things, except playing with Cricut Design Studio,
which is amazing. I cannot wait to begin
cutting them out. Also, I have just been
reviewing and promoting Cricut all year. (Due to the burnout I experienced in
my life.)
It is a very cold day here in Columbus, where I
live. So cold that bible study was
cancelled. Yesterday, my niece and
nephew had an unexpected snow day, which was unusual for the one of the major
school systems to close its door due to snow, but the night before, it was
really coming down hard. Winter has
really reared its ugly little head, and then some, but not like last year. I remember last February spinning my wheels
just trying to fit my car into the garage, without hitting a wall. I went to my parent’s house upset, and my
dad, just went back to my house, rolled over the spot a few times with his
bigger car, and I was able to get in the garage. I pray that I do not have to go through that
experience this year.
Snow Day:
So to commemorate the snow season and the Polar Vortex
of 2014, I decided that I was going to do my first scrapbook layout of the
year. There were several reason behind
it. First of all, I have not done one in
over a year (yikes). Sometimes as
crafters, we get into a funk, and I commend anyone who crafts during their funk
period. In case you are wondering what a
funk period is, it is a time when you just do not feel like crafting anything,
altering anything, the ideas just stop coming, or get too busy doing other
things. In my case, it also put a
serious damper on my Etsy shop. I have
had the same 5 journal notebooks sitting in my shop for the past 6 or so
months. I get traffic, and followers, I am sure they are wondering when I am
putting up something new and fresh for them to look at.
The second reason is I had this picture of my niece
Nine’na sitting in my phone for over a year.
The moment my sister took and sent it to me, I had to scrapbook it, no
doubt about it. Third is I was
commissioned by a lady at my church to make a scrapbook album for her 105-year
old mother around August (her mother’s birthday month), and the only thing I
did was the monogram for the cover. I
needed the motivation to get started and do what I always tell people, who are
contemplating about starting something, JUST DO IT! I guess I was just fretting over it, because
I want the album to be just as good as the last one I made, when she turned 100
years old.
The Layout itself:
I did not buy anything new. Unless it paper, or something that I cannot
make with my Cricut or emboss with my Cuttlebug or my new Sizzix machine (which
I had to get because of the letter
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press option a few weeks ago). Everything on the layout was in my
stash. I love the minimalist look of
scrapbooking pages now, and that was the concept of this page, except the more
blank spots I saw, the more I had to fill up, LOL. So typical of me. Anyway, I decided that I was going to pull
out the blues in this layout, and I have 4 different types of paper (2 blues, a
putty grey, and a teal paper that looks like a bookkeeper’s pad). I ended up
using a 3rd blue for the lettering of “Snow days” and a tag (which
you cannot see the snow flake cutouts on the tag, but the reverse of them you
can see on the layout.) Those I cut out with my Cricut Explore, as well as the
boots and mittens on the page.
I saw a trick On You Tube that another crafter used on
one of her layouts, and for this you really need removable adhesive for this
trick (which I did not have). You use
one little piece of tape and stick it where you think you are going to place it
permanently. That way, you can move it
around, tuck elements under it, and when you are happy with the outcome, you put
more permanent tape down to hold it in place.
I place the photo and one element in place, then started tucking, and I
know I am going to love this tucking method.
It creates this temporary pocket, and I just love how the bigger snowflake
(which was a sample from a die cut machine I did not buy) is peeking out.
Comments
I loved how this layout turned out. There are a few more things that I needed to
add, but I will add over time (I will sometimes go back and update a layout). But it is good for now.
Zazzle Affiliation and Shopify
Last year, I fell in love with the different sites
that allow a person to custom make their own t-shirts, binders, phone cases,
even pillows and deck of cards. You can
even make a business out these sites by just designing your own t-shirts and
placing the link on your website. It is
super easy, once you get the hang of it.
I do three of them, and it is Zazzle that I have an
affiliation with. So check out the site,
and if there is there is anything you want me to have, just let me know.
I also opened up a Shopify store in addition to having
the Etsy shop. It is still called
P.Lynne Designs (Plynne-designs), and right now, I have only one design from
Zazzle that I created on there. In
addition to my designs like on my Etsy Shop, I will also include some retired Longaberger
products that I no longer want, but would be happy to send to a new home. As you may not know, I am also an Independent
Longaberger Home Consultant, where I sell baskets, pottery, wrought iron, and
their accessories. Most of these products are samples that I bought for that
month, and that product has gone into the retirement stage (no longer selling). I am also placing anything from my Shoplocket
shop on there as well, and will eventually close down that account.
Well, that is it with this long post. Sorry for the MIA, but it was so worth it now
that I am back into the swing of things to come.
