Crate Life :: Two Collections & Two Spreads

The Crate collections, Oh Darling and Notes & Things, find a home on two Crate Life spreads created by CP Designer, Anabelle O'Malley. After a busy month, she had lots to share!

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I have to admit it. Notes and Things is officially my all time favorite Crate Paper collection. The colors, motifs, and designs are fabulous. I think my favorite thing about this line is that you can use it for almost anything! This month, I decided to use Notes and Things for some Project Life spreads. I use 6 x 8 albums to house my PL layouts. Usually, I can create one spread for each week. But, the first week of August was eventful for me, so I ended up creating two.

Here is the first. I love the pink and gold that is so prominent in this collection and decided to focus my page using those colors. Since the colors in my photos would have completely clashed, I converted them to black and white. I love the way everything tied together.

I often use tags that are tucked behind photos for my journaling, since my space is somewhat limited on my pages. Here I used a tag from the die cut set and had plenty of space for everything I wanted to say.

Since I like my pages to look pretty and coordinated, I often layer cards over top of some of my photos. I chose to use a picture of my son right after he'd cleaned up his video game closet. It was a pretty busy photo, so I stitched a card to it and embellished the card with a little tag that reads 'lift me'. This way I can include my memory, yet keep the page looking nice.

 

My next spread for the week focuses on a trip I took to see a friend from high school. She lives in my hometown, which I only get to visit once a year or so. Going back is always so bittersweet. I really wanted to have enough room to document these couple of days, so I started off with two full 6 x 8 pages.

 

 

On the left, I placed a photo of me with my friend. The Notes and Things die cuts and stand out stickers were perfect for layering with the picture. 

 

 

 On the opposite page, I journaled about all of the fun things we did during our time there. Since we had done so much, using the whole page gave me the chance to describe it all in detail.

 

 

 I wanted to include a lot of photos, so I chose to use a page protector with 2 x 2 inch squares. I was able to fill it up with some of my favorite pictures and embellished it with stickers from Notes and Things, as well as a few chipboard pieces from the Oh Darling line.

 

Once layered all together, the spread is a wonderful keepsake for a very special few days that we spent on Long Island.

 

As you can see, the Notes and Things collection is perfect for creating Project Life Spreads. It is certainly one line I will be coming back to over and over again. Thanks for stopping by today!

 

Comments

[Cindy Groh]

Love the colors of these collections. Great to see the pocket scrapbooking.