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Vacation Memories Box

When I return from a vacation or a weekend trip, I usually have some keepsakes in my pockets, including tickets from a train ride or boat trip, a receipt from the store where I bought post cards, the bill for a nice dinner we had, or small beach finds like sea shells, rocks or driftwood sticks. And not to forget, there are photos I took of the places we visited. Some years ago I started to collect vacation memorabilia in decorated cardboard boxes. Today I would like to share my newest box with you. I mainly used the Oasis collection to document my latest travel adventure to the island of Hiddensee, a beautiful gem in the Baltic Sea on the German coast.

The box with the large see-through window holds a mini album, two pockets to store photos and tickets, a small handmade paper bag for sea shells, sea glass and tiny snails and a mini flip-through journal in its own pocket. I made a cover for the mini album that can be opened on one side to take out the mini album.

For the mini album, I cut different pieces of paper and added photos, journaling and embellishments. I also used several decorative paper stripes here and there and added stitched details throughout the mini. The first album page has a fun little see through window on it. The album pages are held together at the top by a delicate lace ribbon.

I also made a separate pocket to hold the other photos I took during the weekend trip. I used two pieces of paper and sewed them together with my sewing machine, leaving the top open to be able to insert the photos. I stamped the word ‘photo’ to the bottom of the pocket with the alpha stamp set from the Oasis collection. 

Another item from the vacation memories box I would like to share is a mini flip-through journal that holds small photos and journaling. I stacked ten pieces of patterned paper of the same size and stapled them at the top. I also made a pocket for the mini journal.

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a wonderful day!

Supplies: Crate Paper Oasis Palm Springs (OASDS-75972), Getaway (OASDS-75973), Spring Break (OASDS-78980), Sunshine (OASDS-78982), Highway (OASDS-78988), Coastal (OASDS-78989), Adhesive Chipboard W/Gold Glitter (378993), Cardstock Die-Cuts W/Gold Foil (378994), Stickers W/Gold Glitter (378995), Puffy Stickers Accents (378996), Plastic Buttons (378998), Puffy Stickers Phrases W/Gold Foil (378997), Clear Stamps (379000), Maggie Holmes Chasing Dreams Garden Club (CDDS-75925)

Vacation Memories by Jessy Christopher

Hello CP friends! This week it is all about vacation memories. My last overseas vacation to Japan was 2 years ago but I didn't really get to scrap many photos from this trip. Simply because I found out that I got pregnant right after we came back. And that pretty much explained why I was so tired throughout our vacation. Haha. 

I was scouting through all the photos and it sure bring back a lot of wonderful memories. After going back and forth, I decided to pick this photo of my daughter at the train station. She absolutely love riding on the train or better known as Shinkansen to the Japanese. She enjoyed pointing out what she could see and eagerly looking forward to see where we would bring her next! 

I chose to create with the Oasis collection because it has really fun vacation elements. And the colors will definitely popped out against my photo. I didn't really have anything in mind how this layout should be designed, so I started by placing the photo in the middle of the background paper. Then I started to pick out traveling elements and went with ephemera die-cuts first, where I layered them behind the photo. I felt the background was a little too "clean" and decided to apply yellow paint, layered with gesso and added gold splatters around it. Absolutely loved how vibrant it looked.  

Once the paint and splatters dried, I continued to worked my way down by adding more elements like chipboard stickers, accent stickers, puffy stickers and more little phrases here and there. The idea was flowing and I loved every minute of that! 

By using different kind of stickers on your layout, that would create fun textures and dimension. Something I truly enjoy doing! 

Thank you for letting me share today! Happy Summer! Xoxo

Supplies : Crate Paper Oasis - Postcard (OASDS-78984), Ephemera Die-Cuts (378994), Plastic Buttons (378998), Clear Stamps (379000), Puffy Stickers (378997), Stickers (378995), Puffy Stickers Accents (378996),  Chipboard Stickers (378993)

 

Vitamin Sea Layout

Hi Crate Paper fans! Today it’s Flóra here sharing a new 12x12 layout created mainly with Oasis collection. Even if it is almost summer, I haven’t had any summer themed photos yet, so I dived into the photo archive. I found some great memories from 2014 to document.

This time I chose clean and simple design, so for the base I used a white cardstock. I cut out a big summer themed title with Silhouette Cameo. Then, I picked up vibrant Oasis and Chasing Dreams patterned paper. I was playing a lot with the order of the colors and patterns. I kept in mind to match the color of the word or element meaning. I adhered the back of the cut out and backed with the chosen papers one by one. I used a small scissors on tight spaces.

Once this was done I placed my beach photo and start to embellish the page. I used mainly big elements from the 12x12 Chipboard Sheet. I added few Cardstock and Puffy Stickers as well. To fill up the empty space I used Phrase Stickers, this is always a great trick.

In the end I decided to add a frame to the layout, because it looked unfinished. I chose Spring Break, what is one of may favourite from Oasis collection. To finish off my project I scattered colorful buttons and enamel dots.

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you like my page and will pull out some of your favorite summer memories to document with the stunning Oasis collection!

 

Supplies: Oasis Spring Break paper (78980), Chasing Dreams Cheerful paper (75945), Oasis Tropic paper (78983), Chasing Dreams Delicate paper (75935), Oasis Sun Day paper (78981), Oasis Sunshine paper (78982), Oasis 12x12 Chipboard (378993), Oasis 6x12 Cardstock Stickers (378995), Oasis Puffy Stickers (378996), Chasing Dreams Phrase Stickers (375952), Chasing Dreams Vintage Buttons (375962), Chasing Dreams Puffy Stickers (375953),

Creating Extra Embellishments

Fussy cutting is a fun and easy technique, and you can use a little or a lot on your projects. It’s also great for creating extra embellishment pieces for your layouts. I wanted to do some minimal fussy cutting with the Oasis collection to document a summer photo.

I love the multi-colored circles from the Coastal patterned paper, but I only wanted to use a few of them on my layout. I cut some of the different colored circles and scattered them over the Postcard patterned paper, to create my own design. I really like the flow that they create in the background on the layout.

The Charm Thickers were perfect for a large title in the center of the layout. I used the title to fill in the space between the fussy cut circles. I used some of the tropical leaf embellishments from the collection to create clusters. I didn’t want to use the gold side of the leaves from the Ephemera Pack, so I decided to flip them over to the white side. I wanted to bring in some more of the leaves, so I fussy cut a couple of those too, to add to the layout.

I wanted the finished layout to have a clean, summery look, so I only added a few more embellishments. The tiny puffy stickers are too cute, and I used a couple of them in the center of the fussy cut circles. I also love to use word phrases on my layouts, so I chose some of the word phrase stickers from the Sticker sheet to add more interest to the circles.

The Crate Paper collections have some great patterned papers that are perfect for fussy cutting! Check out the Oasis collection or your other CP collections for patterns that you can cut and use on your next upcoming project!

Oasis Products Used: Crate Paper Oasis Postcard (378984), Crate Paper Oasis (378989), Crate Paper Oasis Charm Thickers (378992), Crate Paper Oasis Acrylic Stamps (379000), Crate Paper Oasis Ephemera Pieces (378994), Crate Paper Oasis Buttons (378998), Crate Paper Oasis Stickers (378996), Crate Paper Oasis Stickers (378995)