In Lovers Eyes

Valentine's Day was last weekend, but In Lovers Eyes by Crafty Button Design is going to inspire you to continue the love all year long!

This huge collection has a variety of backgrounds - from pages of Shakespeare's plays to vintage ephemera to hand-painted combinations of color - that you can embellish with paper flowers, bits and pieces of romantic images, word art, and more! Here's a better look at each pack in the collection:

In Lovers Eyes: Main Kit - courtesy of Crafty Button Design

In Lovers Eyes: Paint & Overlays - courtesy of Crafty Button Design

In Lovers Eyes: Hand Painted Backgrounds - courtesy of Crafty Button Design

In Lovers Eyes: Shakespeare's Pages - courtesy of Crafty Button Design

In Lovers Eyes: Ephemera Papers - courtesy of Crafty Button Design

In Lovers Eyes: Painterly Page Overlays - courtesy of Crafty Button Design

Of course, the Crafty Button ladies created dazzling works of art with this collection:

By Skinospot for Crafty Button Design

By Thimbleberrie for Crafty Button Design 

By Erin for Crafty Button Design 

By rarou47 for Crafty Button Design 

By Skinospot for Crafty Button Design 

Feel a little creativity coming on? Scoop up In Lovers Eyes for 40% off the entire bundle (and get a special background pack free with purchase!) or purchase individual packs for 20% off through Thursday, February 25th!

Good Ol' School Days

"Don't know much about history
Don't know much biology
Don't know much about a science book,
Don't know much about the French I took..."
-Sam Cooke, "(What a) Wonderful World"

These lyrics were the first thing that popped into my head when I saw Heather T.'s new kit, Middle School Muddle. While Heather developed this kit based on her experience of home schooling her 8th grade son, this collection is perfect for middle grades and even high school. Take a closer look:

Middle School Muddle Kit, courtesy of Heather T.

And the journal cards:

Middle School Muddle Journal Cards, courtesy of Heather T.

Here's a little bit of inspiration from one of Heather's CT members:

By veer for Heather T.

Find these two packs for Middle School Muddle at Heather's guest shop at Oscraps, on sale this weekend for 20% off each!

Pictures in My Planner

The other day, I mentioned in my artful planner post that I was going to try inserting photos into my planner. I took a little time and tried the simple way - based on Project Life. I decided to use pocket pages/inserts, like those used in the Snap binders from Simple Stories, after reading a suggestion about punching additional holes on the pocket pages to include them in my Carpe Diem planner from Simple Stories.

First I took a couple of the inserts from Crafty Button Design's Planner: Melange Inserts Pack 1 and resized them to fit a 3x4 journal card space. I had to add a little "background" to fill the 3x4 space since the inserts, when resized, have some extra space when it is centered. I accidentally forgot to add in a little bit of background when I did the "Favorites" journal card, so I ended up trimming it smaller than 3x4 when I cut the card out. Oops. I unfortunately repeated the same oopsie with my photos, so I'll be mounting those on some cardstock to fill up the pocket space. Sigh. Anyway, here's how the pocket page turned out:

Pocket planner page by cyranoscrap

CREDITS
3x4 Pocket Page from Simple Stories
Planner: Melange Inserts Pack 01 from Crafty Button Design
Fonts: Pea BMad, Loxley Caps (initials)

And here's how the finished pocket page looks in my planner:

Planner pages by cyranoscrap

As I mentioned, this was very simple, and I love that I can include photos from the week with my every day schedule. In a way, I'm setting this up so that it's a scrapbook that I can keep - my version of Project Life. Once a month (or two) is over, I'll take the planner pages, pocket pages, etc. and move them into an album/binder to I can keep as a scrapbook. This is my plan in trying to simplify things and incorporate scrapbooking into my every day life. Crossing my fingers that it works!

Now, next up is to try to include some photos on the actual planner pages. This may take me a little longer, but I'll share when I figure something out.