Card Kit Layout

Paper House does a lot of really great collaborations with designers. Recently they've teamed up (again) with Mommy Lhey to create a really fun card making kit. I absolutely plan on making a bunch of cards with it, but because my brain is a bit goofy sometimes, they first thing I thought about making with this card kit was a layout.

I'd be remiss if I didn't tell you about the card kit first. It includes 5" x 7" pre-folded patterned card bases, layering sheets, envelopes, die cuts, stickers, foam adhesive, and even a stamp set. It's full of bright colors and whimsical patterns.Some of the die cuts and papers even have gold foiling on them.

For this layout, I used my own piece of white card stock, bu everything else was from the kit. I layered card bases and layering cards to create the background pattern and embellished with die cuts and stickers.

A few weeks ago one of my sons and I went to spend a few days with my parents for a quick end of summer trip. My mom recently got a cotton candy machine, so we just had to try it out.

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I wrote this post while participating on the Paper House Creative Team.

Happy Day Cards

Today I have a set of Happy Day cards. I made these for Mother's Day, but they could just as easily be used for a birthday or congratulations card. 

 

 This is another set of cards where I tried to use just card stock, stickers, and die cuts. Both of these cards were made with  planner stickers and die cuts from Mommy Lhey.

I love a clean and simple looking card. I added a little extra detail by layering white card stock on top of itself and adding a little de-bossed border around the whole card as well. I really liked the girl with the umbrella, so I started with her and picked other embellishments that coordinated to build out the card.

The gold foil accents on these embellishments are really the star of this card. To ground the "happy day" sentiment, I layered 3 washi tape looking stickers behind the sentiment.

I hope you have a happy day, too!

Mommy Lhey Planner To Do List

I've never been a "planner girl". I love the trend, and I love all the gorgeous planner spreads out there, but this lady needs all of her appointments on her computer and in her phone. I need to schedule reminders that pop up for me on my phone. But....I got this gorgeous Paper House Mommy Lhey planner, and I really wanted to find a way to utilize it.

 
Then it hit me: I can use it to replace my current To Do list. Here's a picture of my current way of keeping a To Do list.

It's a dry erase magnet board that I keep on my fridge. It works alright, but I'm pretty excited to step up my game with my new mini planner. I'm starting with August and thought I'd share what I'm doing. It's a bit rough, and I'm sure I'll change things up as I learn more what I need, but here's the start.

Here's my monthly snapshot. I'm not sure what I do only monthly, so this will get filled out a bit more as I figure it out. Then, I can carry those things over from month to month. On the left hand side I have 2 lists. The top list is my "to do" some time in the month (or possibly even carry over into the next month). The bottom list is my "to craft" this month (and a few big projects that will carry over to the next month).

And, finally, here is my first week spread. I love checking things off my list, so I'll be checking my done items off daily. While it's not the prettiest planner spread, it's definitely what will work for me.

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I wrote this post while working for the Paper House Creative Team.