Kelly Purkey

November 16, 2016

Mixbook Holiday Card Collaboration + Giveaway

A couple months ago I shared my first exciting collaboration with Mixbook and the photobook templates that I designed for their site. This season, we've now worked together on some fantastic new holiday card templates that you can use to send out photo cards this year! I had fun designing these and trying to incorporate my design style with a photos you might want to be sending this year. It definitely got me in the holiday spirits!

Here's a look at my new Mixbook designs:

Along with the photo cards, the two designs also have matching labels and stickers that you can customize. It's really easy to use their program to just drag + drop in your photos.

Here's a closer look at the Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas designs:

And here's the Merry & Bright designs:

There are tons of great designs to check out at Mixbook and one more exciting bit of into to share is that they will address your cards for you! How much of a time saver is that? You can check out my designs here and browse the rest of their holiday card templates here.

Mixbook is giving away a $50 credit for you to use towards anything on their site. Hop on over to my Instagram to check out the details and good luck!

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November 09, 2016

My Morocco Trip Traveler's Notebook

I love documenting. I'm kind of obsessed and likely always will be. When I get to combine it with pretty paper and inking up stamps, I love it even more. Right now I may be behind on my Project Life album, haven't made a scrapbook layout in well over a year, and have more ideas for mini albums that I honestly think I will ever have time for. But still... I love it all and will continue to try to make making stuff and documenting a priority.

Back in June I went to Morocco for ten days and it was one of the best trips I have ever taken. I blogged a little about it here and wanted to create a mini album to document the adventure. I started putting it into a Traveler's Notebook and am really happy with the final project. I've been working in the space of pocket pages for so long that it really was a fun challenge for my brain to try to do things in a Traveler's Notebook size.

I shot a quick overview video of the Traveler's Notebook and flipped through all of the pages so you could see the inside. Click below to watch it or you can view it on my YouTube channel:

Here are a few the inside pages:

All of the photos were printed on my Epson Picturemate printer onto 4x6 papers and this helped tremendously. If you're looking for something to put on your Christmas list, I highly recommend it. In the video I also mentioned how using the spreads in the Traveler's Notebook felt like a throwback to doing a 12x12 layout, which was so much fun and made me miss doing them. Maybe 2017 is the Year of the Layout Comeback. Wouldn't that be cool?

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October 12, 2016

Hero Arts Planner Catalog Blog Hop

Happy Wednesday and welcome to my stop on the Hero Arts Planner Catalog Blog Hop! I'm honored to have a new release of products in this catalog - so excited to see you start using them. Today we're celebrating the products hitting the Hero Arts store and I've got a look at a few sets in use in my Get to Work Book. I love this planner (as I know a lot of you do as well!) and will keep using it into 2017.

It always feels so good to start a new month and the bonus is now I get to add fun stamps to help plan it out in the monthly overlook. I used my new Clearly Kelly Palm Springs ink pack, which is in hybrid ink and perfect for stamping into your planners.

My favorite set from the release is the Kelly's Arts & Crafts Planner, which includes fun icons like a paintbrush, marker, and ball of yarn as well as crafty words. It's just so fun to use and extra fun because it means there's crafty time coming up in my schedule. Double bonus.

There are two new stamp & cut sets in the release - Kelly's Tape Stamp & Cut and Kelly's Flags Stamp & Cut. I especially love the Tape set because you can make your own washi tape strips sized exactly for your planner. And since the tape is a stamp, you match them to the rest of your planner with ink. The new Clearly Kelly ink packs would be perfect for this. Just sayin'.

Be sure to leave a comment below because Hero Arts will be giving away three $25 shopping sprees, drawn from comments left across all blogs in the hop. Please comment by Wednesday, October 19 at 11:59pm PT and they'll announce the winner the following week.

Next on the stop is my wonderful friend Jennifer McGuire and I just know that she's created something amazing you won't want to miss. You can always go back to the Hero Arts blog to start the hop or see all the links to the contributors. Thanks for stopping by today!

Links to the new Clearly Kelly products in the Hero Arts store:

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September 27, 2016

2016 Project Life: Weeks Six, Eight, and Nine

I've been posting some Project Life process videos over on my YouTube channel and finally have a minute to get caught up sharing the spreads here on the blog as well. It's been fun to attempt to catch up on this album (even though I've only made it to March so far!) and I'm enjoying the experience of going back and sorting through those memories.

Here are three weeks that I haven't shared yet on the blog starting with Week Six:

And here's the process video for the spread - click below to watch it or you can view it on my YouTube channel:

I got to use the Clearly Kelly Seattle stamp set that was released through Hero Arts and brought out my good old favorite white ink as well. I'm going to post the supply list for each week here in case you want to check out any of the products:

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Here is the spread for Week Eight:

And here's the process video for the spread - click below to watch it or you can view it on my YouTube channel:

I really love this spread because it documents some of my favorite things. My friends Tina + Jamaica, donuts, photobooths, flowers. Sigh. Happy.

Here's the supply list for Week Eight:

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Finally here's the spread for Week Nine:

Here's the process video for the spread - click below to watch it or you can view it on my YouTube channel:

A couple of my favorite stamp sets in this spread including the set from the September kit Around Town that will be in my shop on September 28th. I hope you love this kit!

And finally here are the supplies for this week:

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Whew! A few down... so many to go. Ha. I hope you've been making progress on your own 2016 album too!

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September 21, 2016

Exploring Greece: Santorini

Earlier this month I took a trip to Europe and spent a few days in Santorini then a few days in Paris. It was my first time in Greece and I cannot wait to go back! The island of Santorini was absolutely stunning and there was so much to enjoy. The views and the food were absolutely some of the best I've ever experienced - plus a glass of ouzo each night before bed doesn't hurt either.

I split my time between exploring the villages of Oia and Fira, each charming in their own ways. The views in Oia were better, with their sunset said to be the best in the world (can you believe it?!) but the crowds were thick. Fira was easier to relax and wander around.

The weather was gorgeous for the entire time I was there and I got to spend the mornings out on the black sand beach, which was a treat as well. I got to catch up on some reading (Amy Schumer's The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo and Everything, Everything - which was fantastic) and a little podcasting.

If I stay in a hotel when I travel, I like being loyal to the Starwood brand so I ended up staying at the Vedema Resort. It was incredibly beautiful with top-notch hospitality and the best free breakfast buffet. I was not shy about helping myself to every cheese on the buffet along with the incredible Greek yogurt topped with honey. My mouth is watering as I type this.

To get to Santorini you have to fly through Athens and even though all I saw was the airport, it was enough to whet my appetite for more of that city. I definitely see a lot more Greek cheese and yogurt in my future.

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Kelly Purkey

November 16, 2016

Mixbook Holiday Card Collaboration + Giveaway

November 09, 2016

My Morocco Trip Traveler's Notebook

October 12, 2016

Hero Arts Planner Catalog Blog Hop

September 27, 2016

2016 Project Life: Weeks Six, Eight, and Nine

September 21, 2016

Exploring Greece: Santorini

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