With the announcement of two new CP collections, Notes & Things and Maggie Holmes' Open Book, these next couple of months are going to be entirely devoted to them and awesome corresponding CP Gal creations. On the planner are a series of brand new features, fresh and ready for the taking! We'll introduce them one-by-one as we strive to emphasize the various ways in which Crate can be a part of your everyday crafting lifestyle, from DIY to Project Life and so much more! No matter your craft-of-choice, you will LOVE what's ahead, so make sure to tune in daily and LIKE us on Facebook!
This first feature, COLLECT, highlights the benefits of pairing Crate Paper with desk leftovers–here with the feature's first project post is CP Gal, Anabelle O'Malley.
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I love paper paper crafting! Not surprisingly, I've jumped into the planner trend and am loving it, too. I recently received my new Filofax Ochre Malden planner. It had been sitting on my scrap table, waiting to be set up. Coincidentally, I received my box of Notes and Things goodies and, like peanut butter and chocolate, I knew they would go together perfectly! I decided to use the collection in my planner and love how it turned out. Let me share what I created.
I started off making dividers for the different sections that I use. I utilized the ones that came with my planner as templates. I traced them onto the Notes and Things papers, cut them out, laminated them and added label stickers to the tabs. Then, the fun part began. I used the chipboard frames, tags, die cuts and stickers from Notes and Things to decorate and add dimension to my dividers. Since this particular binder can hold a lot, I was able to create this dimension. Using just the stickers, die cuts and tags would have worked fine, as well. Here's a look at my first divider and the ones behind it.
As you can see from the rest of my dividers, the colors and motifs in the Notes and Things collection were just perfect for this project!
Once my dividers were finished, I decorated my 'dashboard'. This is the page that I see first when I open my planner and this Project Life card was absolutely perfect! I love everything about it, the message, the colors, the gold polka dots...It just makes me happy to open up my Filofax. I added the stickers, as well.
I love the message on the back of it!
Finally, I decided to create some page flags/clips using paper clips and papers from the line.
I added small bits of paper from the 6 by 6 paper pad and embellished them with the smallest bits from the die cuts pack.
This collection is over the top fan-tab-u-lous!!! Oh, how I dream of scrapbooking with it!!! I can't just pick one thing, but I am drooling over the glitter thickers! Posted by: Amy Mallory | August 20, 2014 at 02:01 PM
Congratulations, Amy! Please forward your info to cpblog@cratepaper.com and we will arrange for the shipment of your much coveted goods.
Congrats to Amy and I am in LOVE with today project!! so gorgeous ♥
Posted by: Bernii Miller | August 25, 2014 at 05:05 AM
I didn't think anyone else but me used actual planners in this age of iCalenders and phone reminders. Love it!
Posted by: Debs | August 25, 2014 at 08:11 PM
Absolutely LOVE what you did to your planner!
Posted by: Simone Mc | August 26, 2014 at 08:48 AM
I love the page flag clips that you created. Though I am sewing machine-less, you have inspired me to create something similar for my planner. Thank you for the motivation!
Posted by: Heather M | August 27, 2014 at 11:49 PM