A Blog Hop With a Difference and a Bohemian Bazaar Planner

Front Cover

(I added a Prima wood clock, Donna Downey poppy, Tim Holtz alpha's and Webster's Pages trim)

Front and Back Cover

Back Cover

Welcome!!!

As promised I'm back with my second planner using The Cutting Cafe's Planner Set and I'm also participating in The Blog Hop With a Difference. The talented Regina Easter, owner/designer of The Cutting Cafe, asked me a few weeks ago to participate and I was happy to. She is a very talented and generous lady and I'm having the time of my life as a new member of her design team. Be sure to check out the amazing cutting files, templates and printable stamps she offers. :) 

Participants are asked to answer a few questions about our creative styles...

1. What am I working on? Planners, lots of them. When the first one posted a week ago I received several texts/calls/requests so guess what everyone is getting for Christmas lol. Also, have several Tim Holtz inspired projects going on with holiday themes and I'm playing catch up on my Document Life Planner pages. It has been a busy summer!!!

2. How does my work differ from others of its genre? This is hard to answer because I don't think I have a genre. Variety is the spice of life and I like all sorts of crafting styles. ;)

3. Why do I write/create what I do? The majority of what I make is given away to those I love or to charities/organizations. I do it because it gives me pleasure and I've also found crafting to be very therapeutic, especially the past year and a half. My hubby and I lost 3 parents within 11 months and it was rough, crafting kept my sanity intact and helped me work through the grieving process in a positive way.  

4. How does your writing/creating process work? While I'd like to say that I am a neat and tidy crafter that would be a lie. I've tried to be neat but it actually shuts me down creatively. I drag everything out and usually end up with piles on either side of my desk. As for planning, not too much. I'm a "fly by the seat of my pants" kind of gal and let spontaneity take me where it goes.

Now it's my turn to ask two ladies to join in this fun blog hop and I've nominated Shirley-Anne of  Stamping For Joy who will be sharing a post with you next Monday and Asia King of Under a Creative Spell who posted here last Monday. It's a bit out of order I know but we both contacted each other asking the other to participate and this is how it worked out. Be sure to pay both of these incredible ladies a visit and have a look around their blogs to take in all of their crafty talent. 

Are you ready for more pictures of my planner? 

Here ya go... 

I used a 2" 3-ring binder for this planner as well. 

Inside Front Cover with a pocket for "stuff"

(I used G45's Bohemian Bazaar paper collection for the outside and inside covers)

Inside view of my planner featuring 1 of the 6 Assorted Cover pages offered in the file.

Inside back cover

close up of the Assorted Cover page

(I added a strip of G45 paper to the bottom and cut outs)

Regina includes tabs for each organization category.

Personal Info and Important Numbers pages

(I formatted this planner a bit differently. I used double stick tape to adhere sheets together so they would face each other and you'll see this throughout. Note: punch your pages first then place your tape.)

Special Dates pages to record special occasions.

Love that you can see the entire month at a glance and the section for Notes.

This is a pocket page that is in the Planner Set file. I dressed it up with dp's by MME, added some cut outs and remnant rub ons by Tim Holtz.

More cut outs and MME paper.

same here

and here

added a brad to this journaling tab so it swivels

more cut outs and the fancy blue/white trim is by Webster's Pages

another remnant rub on

I picked up this small SMASH pocket at Michaels and added a remnant rub on to the bottom of it.

September is the birth month of my son and DIL plus their anniversary is on the 29th. Since this planner is for them I thought they'd like to have some photo frames for the pictures they'll take on their annual birthday/anniversary trip. I added remnant rub ons to the frames and below the camera for fun and that's a Kaisercraft sentiment rub on at the top. 

more cut outs and MME paper

the bird and the saying are both remnant rub ons, added a journaling cut out to the pocket

more remnant rub ons and a cut out jar 

I originally planned to share additional organizers from the Planner Set file in this post but since this post is so long I think I'll share the address book tomorrow and the Menu Planner within the week. My third planner will debut the 2nd of September and it's my personal planner so I'm eager to share it with you. 

Thanks for your visit today and I hope you're encouraged to give the Planner Set a try!

I also want to thank Regina for asking me to participate in the blog hop!!

See you tomorrow!

Lisa xx

A Ladies Diary Planner

Front Cover

Hi everyone!

I'm back from vacation and ready to share my Planner Set DT project with you today by the The Cutting Cafe. I love working with Regina's cutting files and this one in particular grabbed my attention because I'm a gal that likes to be organized. I absolutely love that I can customize the file to suit my needs! The cutting file includes a PDF that you can easily print and cut and also features black and color text options.  

Are you ready for a few photos? ;) 

Here we go...

I used Graphic 45's A Ladies Diary collection to decorate the front and inside covers of my planner.

Outer Covers 

Close up of back cover

Note: I used a 2" 3-ring binder and I covered the outside covers using black chipboard as a base and adhering the G45 paper directly to it. I cut two pieces of chipboard, hole punched them and added vintage brads to secure. They are held in place with X-press It double sided tape which is strong enough to secure the panels yet if I want to change them I can. 

Inside front left cover and spine 

(I love the ephemera sheets in this collection and used several throughout)

Inside back cover 

Regina offers 6 different styles of Assorted Covers in the Planner Set. 

A close up of the months tabs. 

(There are pocket pages with tabs which are included and you'll see on my next planner)

Personal Information page

Important Numbers page

There's a full month calendar for each month plus two yearly calendars.

This is the format for the calendar pages.

This is another of the many organizational pages in this Planner Set.

Another helpful page to stay organized. 

(I could keep showing you pages but I'll save some for next week)

The remaining pages are the pocket pages which I created myself and I added the printed month tabs (from the file). 

You might want to grab a cuppa because there are MORE photos. ;)

January pocket page-front

(A pocket created with Webster's Pages vellum and a cut out bird)

January pocket page-back 

(the ephemera in TLD is gorgeous)

February pocket page-front

(I used vellum paper by Webster's Pages to create the pocket and included a cut out photo frame)

February pocket page-back

(more ephemera from G45)

March pocket page-front

(this dp is by Kaisercraft and it works well with my colors)

March pocket page-back

(he's not a lady but I love this ephemera piece from TLD collection)

April pocket page-front

(another WP's vellum pocket with a journaling card tucked into it)

April pocket page-back

(more TLD ephemera)

May pocket page-front

(another WP's vellum pocket with a cut out hot air balloon)

May pocket page-back

(love her hat and she's also from TLD collection)

June pocket page-front

(Kaisercraft paper with a cut out crown, the bee is a remnant rub on by Tim Holtz)

June pocket page-back

(a trio of beautiful ladies from TLD)

July pocket page-front

(another WP's vellum pocket)

July pocket page-back

(ephemera from TLD)

August pocket page-front

(another WP's vellum pocket with a cut out added for journaling)

August pocket page-back

(this paper is by Bo Bunny and the ephemera is from TLD)

September pocket page-front

(more Kaisercraft paper and another bird cut out, plus I slipped a Prima journaling card in the pocket)

September pocket page-back

(another fave of mine from TLD)

October pocket page-front

(another WP's vellum pocket with an antique key cut out)

October pocket page-back

(ephemera from TLD)

November pocket page-front

(my last WP's vellum pocket and I added a blue rose cut out plus another Prima journaling card)

November pocket page-back

(this gorgeous rose is from TLD)

December pocket page-front

(more Kaisercraft paper with a cut out label for journaling plus a journal card tucked into the pocket)

December pocket page-back

(the final lady making her appearance from TLD)

Whew!!! Did you make it to the end? Hope so. :)

For the base of  my pocket pages I used Prima's ledger 12 x 12 paper pad and every edge was distressed with Tim Holtz's gathered twigs distress ink. I love the warmth this color adds to my pages!  

All of the cutting files used are from the Planner Set Cutting File by The Cutting Cafe. Click the link to see how extensive this file is and to view the sample planner Regina created. If you want to get a jump start on organization/planning you can always purchase the Oct-Dec 2014 planner pages as well. On Thursday, the 21st, you'll be able to see all of the DT inspiration using the Planner Set on TCC's blog.  

I'll share my second Planner Set with you next Monday as well as other books I've made from this set (address book and menu planner). Yes, all of these were made using this extensive file so it's a great value and can be used over and over. 

Thanks for your visit today! 

Hugs,

Lisa