Take your no-hassle, ready-to-use Picture My Life™ scrapbooking to the
next level by incorporating various cutouts from Close To My Heart's
Artbooking cartridge! Check it out here, along with charming Mother's
Day gift ideas. Contact ME your Independent Consultant for more
information.
I know I would love to receive a pocket-scrapbook page
filled with photos of my child and grandchildren—wouldn’t you? These
scrapbooking programs are amazing by themselves, but combining them with
elements from the Artbooking cartridge makes them even better! Let’s take a
closer look at these wonderful projects.
I love this sweet Mother's Day Picture My Life page! Monica pointed out how the shapes from the Artbooking
cartridge can be sized down using the Real Dial Size feature in order to fit
these smaller cards perfectly. Real Dial Size is going to be the key to making
the shapes, cutouts, and titles from Artbooking work perfectly on your Picture
My Life layouts.
These scrapbooking programs are so unique that no matter
your scrapbooking style, you can adapt it to fit your preferences. For example,
I love how the card on the bottom right acts as the journaling for the card to
its left. The cork shapes point to the
picture and the kraft letters label it. And don’t you love how those little
stitched hearts decorate the card? Such a nice touch. If you’re worried that
the Picture My Life programs won’t give you enough room for journaling, think
again! Each of the cards has journaling on one side, so there’s always plenty
of room to label and write some details about your photos.
Because the Picture My Life cards are rather generic, they
are also versatile enough to use for a variety of projects. But using cutouts
from the Artbooking cartridge is the perfect way to add some specific details
and titles to your pocket scrapbook pages and layouts, like how the artist has
created this “Mothers day” title using the letters from Artbooking.
Like Monica said, one of the best parts about the Picture My
Life programs is how they also coordinate perfectly with the My Reflections™
paper packets. This My Creations™ box is decorated so adorably using paper from
the Skylark paper packet and a card from the Skylark Picture My Life program,
but then just a few select cutouts from the Artbooking cartridge help dress it
up: the arrow, pennant tab, and “cherish” title. And don’t you love that Base
& Bling camera charm?
See how this box fits everything you need? And because it’s
tiered, the cards are all readily accessible. Remember that you can decorate
the inside of the lid, too!
Monica already pointed out the calendar on this layout and
how it was sized down to fit perfectly on the card. But I like how the artist
played up the calendar theme by using a card with the months of the year, and
by journaling highlights from the 1st year of marriage.
One idea from this page is to add a cutout from the Artbooking
cartridge to a blank journaling card. If you don’t have anything specific to add
journaling for on a page, an Artbooking title might be just enough to dress up
the card.
Another smart idea: if you find that your pictures just
don’t quite match your color scheme, you can always try printing them out in
black and white or with a sepia finish.
So please enjoy getting those Mother’s Day gifts ready, and
go ahead and try incorporating Artbooking into your own Picture My Life projects!
Recipes
Mother’s Day Page:
Z1906 Cricut® Artbooking Collection
D1578 My Acrylix™ Flight of the Arrows
X7177B Skylark Paper Packet
Z1947 Picture My Life™ Skylark Scrapbooking
Program
Z3000 Skylark Assortment
Z1853 Aqua Dots
Z1825 Keyboard Kraft Alphabet
Z1863 Midtown Cork Shapes
Z1850 Lagoon Houndstooth Washi Tape
Colors used: White Daisy, Sweet Leaf, Lagoon, kraft
Journaling Cards Box:
Z1906 Cricut® Artbooking Collection
X7177B Skylark Paper Packet
Z1947 Picture My Life™ Skylark Scrapbooking
Program
Z1702 Baker’s Twine Paradise Assortment
Z1853 Aqua Dots
Z1958 Base & Bling Craft Queen Charms
Z1928 Durables Triangle Studs
Z1825 Keyboard Kraft Alphabet
Apple of My Eye Layout:
Z1906 Cricut® Artbooking Collection (cutouts and
stamps)
D1574 My Acrylix™ Take Note
D1555 My Acrylix™ All the Details
Z1942 Picture My Life™ Avonlea Scrapbooking
Program
Z1853 Aqua Dots
Z1918 Teal Shimmer Trim
Colors used: Colonial White, White Daisy, Juniper, Lagoon, Outdoor Denim, black, kraft
