Paper Craft

  • Online Event in Two Weeks

    ByHeather Bailey

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    Are you interested in creating a pocket-page scrapbook? Like the one I designed for Project Life? 

    There is an online, full-day event coming up on January 25th that you might be interested in. It's called "True Scrap Pocket Pages" and the classes will be live and interactive, discussing the basics of pocket scrapbooking and beyond. All of the live classes will be recorded as well, so you can re-watch them as needed. 

    TrueScraps_250Project Life is one of the sponsors for this event. They asked if you guys might be interested in hearing about it and I said, "Of course. Why not." I'm not affiliated with True Scraps, but I do love the simplicity of pocket-page scrapbooking. I already organize many of my creative projects on index cards for easy filing. It wasn't hard to convince me to keep family stories, kid quotes, and doodles on pretty little cards—such a fun and easy way to keep a family record!

     

    Here's the list of classes —each one is an hour long:

    • Hybrid Hints for Paper People (Traci Reed)

    • Pocket Scrapping 101: Back to Basics (Layle Koncar)

    • Do You Hear What I Hear? Including Your Family’s Perspectives in Your
    Pocket Spreads (Marcy Penner)

    • KISS: Keep It Simple, Scrappy! Simplifying the Pocket Page Process
    from Monica McNeil

    • Playing Big: Adding 12×12 photos and layouts to your Pocket Pages
    Albums (Lilith Eeckels)

    • Outside the Lines: Creative Approaches to Adding Journaling to Your
    Pocket Pages (Stephanie Bryan)

     

    Anyhow. If you are interested, visit truescrap.com/pocket for more info. (Lain Ehmann even posted a welcome video.) There is a ridiculous discount if you book the class today (January 10th)—hence my hurry to get this information posted! The code is "99OFF". You save a wild 66% or something, making the total cost only $50.

    What is pocket-page scrapbooking? Here are my thoughts.

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    Giveaway Day 23

    ByHeather Bailey

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    Tweedle-dee-and-tweedle-dum_post2I
    was up all night altering my son's band uniform. The only pair of pants
    they had on hand for a 6'4" kid were equally as big around—serious
    Tweedle-Dee pants.

    In the end, I removed 15 total inches from the girth of the pants,
    taking out 1" to 6" on five different seams: inseams, outseams, and
    center back. And I added two darts in the front to bring the suspenders
    closer together.

    I deserve a sewing badge for extreme alteration. That was some WiLd
    sewing. I've never modified a garment so drastically before. I'm
    stocking up on mama points this week. Going to cash them in for
    babysitting—starting tonight. Hooray for the weekend!

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    Today's giveaway is a collection of Heather Bailey paper-crafting supplies, including
    a variety of clear stamps, ribbons, die-cut felt trim, stickers, ink
    pads—all sorts of bright happy supplies. A $43 value.


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    Giveaway Day 12 — A Day for Cake

    ByHeather Bailey

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    Today is my birthday. I don't know if there will be any celebrating just
    yet. My kids are sick and at least one of them is staying home from
    school. We're waiting to see how the others are faring. Thankfully, with
    my campaign for Birthday Month, who really cares. There are 31 days in
    August. We should be able to find a day for cake somewhere in there. It's Birthday Month!

    Remember when birthdays were an achievement? In the middle here,
    birthdays are just novelties, an asterisk on the calendar. If I'm
    fortunate enough to reach old age, birthdays might become
    accomplishments again. In fact, there should be necklaces to celebrate
    your age like an award ribbon. When I'm 86, I'll gladly wear my age on a
    gold necklace and swap it for an 87 with a smile.

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    This year's birthday doesn't just have a small asterisk next to it
    though—because I'm giving away big presents every day this month. And
    I've planned a big ol' glorious prize for today. Becky Higgins and Project Life are generously donating a complete kit of the Olive Edition I designed for them: a Core Kit of cards, an Album and a Big Pack of Photo Pocket Pages. Everything you need to complete an album. A $75 value.

    Day12_BeckyHiggins-ProjectLife2Project Life is taking the scrapbooking and journaling world by
    storm. In summary, it's a simple, efficient system for cataloging your
    life in photos and stories.

    My limited Olive Edition for Project Life is currently available only at Amazon.com. In addition to the items shown above, there is a big pack of 12" x 12" papers and super-fun month dividers. Everything is very reasonably priced. For more information on Project Life in general, visit BeckyHiggins.com. Becky and her team keep a faithful blog of ideas and inspiration. There are even videos to get you started. Also, for the daily play-by-play, follow @beckyhigginsllc and #projectlife on Instagram.

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    Comment to enter today's contest. Be sure to include your email
    address
    so we can contact you if you win. You don't have to type your email
    address into the body of the comment if you entered it in the email-address
    field on the comment form; I can access that info from behind the scenes. Today's giveaway will close at 11:59pm PST on Monday 8/12/13. Watch for the winner to
    be announced within a day or
    two at the bottom
    of the post. 

    For more info on my August giveaway madness, click here. Please
    share the word. Check back every day. I have amazing prizes planned this week from my friends at Copic Markers, Cricut, Puj Baby and more, prizes worth as much as $300. Prizes I wish I owned!

    Good luck!

    xo—Heather


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  • Lucky Ducky

    ByHeather Bailey

    A quick reminder: the Project Life Olive Edition SALE ends tonight at midnight EST over at Amazon.com.

    I also want to introduce you to the digital version of the Olive Edition, which is on sale today at ACDigitals.com
    as well. The entire digital kit is available for only $10.15, or you
    can purchase portions of the collection for $3.19 each. Have a look.
    There are a ton of designs included in the kit. A serious deal.

    Heather Johnson recently posted these layouts she created with the Olive
    Edition digital kit. Aren't they gorgeous!? I love how she layered the
    gray chevron print with the turquoise floral background and balanced
    the bold titles across the spread. Great job, Heather—I love what you
    put together. Super fun.

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    Heather is a photographer and a blogger from St. Paul, Minnesota. She is also on Becky Higgin's Creative Team
    this year, which means she is a talented idea machine, churning out
    Project Life inspiration left and right. I'm excited to see what she
    does next with my designs. This is truly the most fun aspect of my
    business—seeing what people make of my finished work. I love it.

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    Without further ado, I have a winner to announce for Friday's Project Life GIVEAWAY post. Whitney Winter, you can thank Random.org for calling your number on this one. An Olive Edition core kit and binder, along with a big pack of photo pocket pages is all yours. Email me
    your shipping info and we'll have Amazon send out your prize. Thank you
    to everyone who entered the contest. Like I said before, we're having
    lots of giveaways this year, so hang in there and keep those fingers
    crossed.

  • Project Life Giveaway

    ByHeather Bailey

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    GIVEAWAY TODAY—with a seriously awesome prize of one binder, one core kit and one big pack of photo pocket pages from my Olive Edition of Project Life. *Leave a comment below to enter*.

    While you're at it, have a look at the Paper Hearts Tutorial I posted yesterday, featuring the Olive Edition 12 x 12 papers. All of these items are available for purchase on Amazon.com—and psst—the Heather Bailey items are on special sale for 20% off through Monday at midnight EST.

    *Amazon is shipping the prize; they require the winner to have a U.S. address. Prize winner will be selected on Monday morning.*

    Good luck!
    xo—Heather

    UPDATE: The giveaway contest is now closed. Congratulations to our winner, announced in this post.

  • Paper Hearts

    ByHeather Bailey

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    Oh, love… love, love. It bends our paper hearts backward and
    forward—folding our lives into something more beautiful—or making an
    unintelligible mess of us.

    OrigamiHeartValentine_HeatherBailey_7bW2How's that for romantic cheesiness this Valentine's Day!? Have at it, Hallmark.

    Yesterday, I took a break from working on artwork for my next fabric
    collection to fold a few paper hearts for my children. My new 12×12 paper packs from Project Life have been calling my name since they arrived at the studio last month.

    I'm delighted with how these valentines turned out. I wasn't sure
    that cardstock would fold so well. But hey, here they are. See for
    yourselves—pretty great.

    There are number of techniques for folding a variety of origami
    hearts. This design is one of my favorites. I like the burst of
    contrasting color at the center. And they are super fast and super fun
    to make. 

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    I suggest you take a quick break from whatever it is you're doing right
    now and make one—a little play for a better day. You can use any ol'
    paper, though double-sided paper is best. And, because you start with a
    rectangle that is twice as long as it is wide, you can even use a dollar bill from your wallet.

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    To make things easy, I created a PDF instruction sheet. See sidebar under "Free Patterns" or click here. The image below gives you the general idea.

    For my hearts, I used one half-sheet of 12 x 12 scrapbook paper each and wool-blend felt in Bubblegum from my designer felt collection at HeatherBaileyStore.com. Though we have some papers in stock at HeatherBaileyStore.com, these particular papers are only available at Amazon.com. Click here or search "Project Life Olive Edition" on Amazon. They come in a pack of 24
    for only $7.99. However, for Valentine's Day weekend, the paper packs
    are on SALE for an additional 20% off (that's $6.39 each), along with
    the rest of the Project Life Olive Edition I designed—wahoo!

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    By the way, there are Heather Bailey for Project Life GIVEAWAYS GALORE being hosted this weekend around the web. My Olive Edition is making some special rounds for the holiday. Becky Higgins is giving away a core kit, binder and pocket pages on her blog, as are Ali Edwards, Lisa Bearnson and Margie Romney Aslett (tomorrow). I'm not even sure if that's the whole list.

    I will have a GIVEAWAY here too tomorrow, so be sure to check back in. And, like I said above, the whole Olive collection is seriously on SALE for the weekend. Go crazy. Go get some.

    And fold up some paper hearts for your smoochies today. You don't
    even have to run to the store to have heart-felt valentines ready to go.

  • Olive Edition – Hot Off the Press

    ByHeather Bailey

    I have fun news today. My Olive Edition core kits and papers for Project Life
    have arrived. They are now in stock at Amazon.com and available for purchase
    with Amazon's FREE Super Saver Shipping. Becky assures me that she
    ordered gobs of product, but she also laments that her products tend to
    sell out with ridiculous speed. I'm not sure where that leaves us on
    urgency.

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    But, I do know that it's the beginning of a new year—and the perfect time to get going on a Project Life album. The Project Life concept makes
    documenting your life fun—and easy. You only have to fuss as much as
    you like to fuss. And if you don't like to fuss, there's no need to
    fuss.

    For Project Life, you use pocket pages to organize your photos and
    then you add in color, design and documentation using one or more of the
    Project Life kits—like my Olive Edition core kit here. Each core kit comes with hundreds of cards
    for jotting down key bits of information pertaining to the photos in
    your album. Everything goes in a pocket page. And there are lots of pocket-page configurations to choose from. Super simple.

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    The Olive Edtion core kit
    is housed in a chic, glossy box and organized as you see below, in a
    tidy tray. In the larger compartment, there are title cards and foldable
    journaling cards with lots of writing space. All of the smaller cards
    have artwork on one side and journaling space on the reverse.

    There are scrapbookers who go wild with their embellishments,
    preferring all sorts of texture and flair within their layouts. And
    there are others who like simple, clean layouts. Project Life is
    designed to satisfy everyone.

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    I like goop, well-done goop, that is. But, I don't have time to goop.
    I do have time, however, to slip photos and cards into pockets. And my
    kids are expert pocket-slipper-inners. Project Life works for me and my
    busy, busy life in this way.

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    Of course, you know I'll find at least a dozen other ways to sneak
    Olive Edition cards from their well-ordered little box and use them for
    other purposes: gift tags, thank you cards, bookmarks, valentine
    ornaments—lots of ways to spread this loveliness about.

    Oh, that's right. There's a 12"x12" coordinating paper pack. I can use that.

    There are also some cool, plastic month dividers and a coordinating
    album/binder that should be in stock soon. These are still making their
    way to Amazon's warehouse.

    Here are links to the products available so far:

    • Olive Edition Core Kit
    • Olive Edition Paper Pack

    To pull up my collection over on Amazon as items are added, search "Olive Edition Project Life" in their Arts, Crafts & Sewing Department. I don't think Becky has "Heather Bailey" on the listing yet.

    For more info and images, visit my earlier post about the Olive Edition here.

  • Goodbye October, Hello November

    ByHeather Bailey

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    I'm
    back from a whirlwind month, trotting here, there and everywhere. Let's
    see, Pennsylvania, Florida, the Bahamas, then Denver, Dallas and
    Houston as well. Some of these stops were lay-overs, but other stops
    included white sand, TV cameras,
    and my favorite fabric folks (Quilt Market). I've only been home long
    enough in between each trip to unpack, then repack again.

    I returned to a desk stacked with product proofs to review and
    approve—the HB world kept on turning while I was away—hallelujah. Here's
    the color proof for my new Project Life Olive Edition album cover with Becky Higgins. Yummy, yummy olive green.

    I went for a subtle, decorator-ly print with
    a mod bent so the album would look fabulous in its own right and
    compliment many of the Project Life kits. This way several completed
    albums can be stacked together on the shelf and make their own color
    statement in a room. The spines of the albums are solid green with a
    metal label frame.

    I believe this product line will be out soon. December, most likely.
    But, remember, Becky's Project Lifers are seriously dedicated. You have
    got to get in there and grab these things up the day they go live on Amazon or you might have to wait another couple of months for the next order to arrive. I know, it's impressive—go Becky!

  • Paper Moon

    ByHeather Bailey

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    Check out these super-fun paper stitcheries from Belinda Moon of Australia. She
    starts with colorful craft papers and adds rows of free-form stitching
    which adds visual movement—and panache.

    I discovered Belinda's work in the HB Paper Crafts Flickr Group. I was
    thrilled to see such a perfect and adorable use for my scrapbook papers. They almost
    look like they are made out of fabric, don't they?

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    If you think these are fantastic,
    like I do, brighten Belinda's day with a kind comment here, or at her blog. She has an Etsy store too, with birds, fish, pirate ships, robots—all sorts of
    great graphic pieces to decorate with.

    Show Belinda some craft-love.

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    NOTE: Such great projects are being posted in the HB Flickr groups—wow, you guys!
    I'm going to make a renewed effort to spotlight some here and there.
    Thank you for posting your projects. I get to craft vicariously through
    you.

  • Project Life – Olive Edition

    ByHeather Bailey


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    So here's the scoop!

    I just wrapped up designs for a new Project Life collection — the Olive Edition. Becky Higgins announced the news on her blog this morning, along with a ton of sneak peeks.

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    I'm sure a bunch of you are already familiar with Becky and her
    Project Life mission to "cultivate a good life & record it." If not though, I will LOVE to be the first to tell
    you. Project Life is a fun and easy system for housing treasured
    pictures, thoughts, memories, and life's important details, without the
    time, fuss, expense and gewgaw of a traditional scrapbooking approach.
    Of course, you can add as much gewgaw as you like.

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    Basically, you get a Project Life album, along with some thoughtfully-laid-out plastic sleeves (lots of configurations available) and a kit
    of double-sided cards to slip into those sleeves along with your photos.
    You can use the cards to track details and stories relating to your
    photos or just use the decorated sides of the cards to add personality
    to your album—or as placeholders till you are ready to write the details
    down. There are paper packs and plastic month dividers too.

    Here's the idea…

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    I have kept journals since I was ten years old. I know first-hand the
    benefits of keeping a personal record. You recognize your blessings
    better, you appreciate your day more, time doesn't seem so fleeting, and
    on top of that, you are left with a treasure for your loved ones to
    prize for generations.

    Project Life makes all of these life-keeping benefits easy to access.

    So, on top of my thrill in curating the new Olive collection for
    Becky, like the founder of The Hair Club for Men said in his commercial,
    "I'm also a customer."

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    The Project Life Olive Edition by Heather Bailey will be available to purchase in November through Amazon.com.
    There are swarms of PL fans waiting for each new edition to be
    available, so if you are interested, follow Becky's blog for updates and
    be prepared to shop the day the collection goes live.

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    So, go have a look at Becky's announcement post.
    She has way more preview photos posted over there than I do. Leave a
    comment. And read up on how Project Life works. There's even a cute
    little cartoon you can watch on her home page.

    (Fabric-folk, you realize these images sneaky-preview some new designs for you too, right?)