Mix it up Monday – My Oasis and Indoorsy

Mix it up Monday – My Oasis and Indoorsy When I first compared the older “Indoorsy” collection with the new “My Oasis” I did wonder how well they would work together… but I trusted in Traci’s understanding of the feel of the collections she creates and looked through my files to work out what I wanted to print. As “My Oasis” is the current collection I have all of the Traveller’s Notebook papers and Die Cuts already printed and cut so I just needed to go through the “Indoorsy” files. I LOVE the grungy/ distressed/mixed media look to alot of […]

Mix it up Monday Sunkissed and On the Go & Going Slow

Mix it up Monday This week for Mix it up Monday we are mixing the new “Sunkissed” collection with older (but soooo good) “On the Go and Going Slow.” I love to work with papers and embellishments from more than one collection as it adds even more levels of interest to the paper layers, embellishments and sentiments – it also means I have even more goodies to pick from when I am creating. “Sunkissed” is full of gorgeous orange, yellow, pink and green tones and sunny, hippy icons. The colours of “On the Go and Going Slow” match so well […]

Mix It Up Monday – Rooted and My Person

Mix it up Monday at Traci Reed Designs Rooted and My Person At first it may feel quite daunting to mix two very different printable collections together – especially when they have a very different theme at their core.  But this is what we do as scrapbookers… we take different pretty products that catch our eye and combine them to make something beautiful and meaningful. I follow a set path when I am working with more than one collection: Decide on the theme of my project.  This one is about the need to be grounded after a stressful time in […]