My Gratitude Journal
January 20, 2020Karen here today from Craftily Yours! In 2020, my “word of the year” is Gratitude. Life is SO much better that way, don’t you think? I am going to attempt to create at least one page per week about things for which I’m grateful. If I can do it, I’ll have an amazing treasure at the end of the year! And something to remind me of the good things when I have a sad day.
Planner Essentials 2020 January Release | Technique Friday
January 17, 2020Happy Technique Friday! Today, Els is excited to walk you through our newest Planner Essentials release (which we released on Tuesday!).
There are so many fun things you can do with this line, and we hope this video helps give you some ideas and inspiration for your projects!
Click the video above to watch the full video, or click the button below to see the full collection!
Let us know if you’ve created this project!
Happy Crafting!
9 New Planner Ideas For The New Year!
January 15, 2020It’s the new year, which means we need some new planner ideas! With the help of our design team, we’ve put together a list of 9 planner ideas that are sure to give you some new year inspiration!
Martine Rijnbeek
Katelyn Grosart
Marjolijn Van Elsberg
EK Gorman
Karen Ostergard
Click Karen’s name to see how she created her January dashboard.
Annette Green
Esther Glas
We hope some of these helped sparked some inspiration for your 2020 planner. There are so many different, creative ways you can create with this line –– especially with the newest release!
As always, don’t forget to join our ECD Planner Group on Facebook to share your own projects –– we’d love to see them!
Happy crafting and happy planning!
December Day By Day Wrap-up!
December 31, 2019If you’ve been participating in (or following) the #DecemberDBD Challenge, chances are you’ve seen some pretty cool pages from crafters! We were overjoyed seeing everyone participate –– you are all SO talented!
Today, December 31, is the last day of the #DecemberDBD Challenge which means, if you’re participating, you don’t want to forget to complete your last page!
If you’re interested, learn more about starting your own planner here or join our ECD Planner Group here on Facebook for some inspiration!
Below, we’re showing a page a day (1–31) from different crafters who join the #DecemberDBD Challenge. Take a look below and enjoy!
Esther Glas
Marjolijn Van Elsberg van Gijsel
Miranda Hulsebosch
Martine Rijnbeek
Tracey Bantoft
Katelyn Grosart
Joke Geerligs
Anja Heuvelsland-Pessel
Rosemary Morgan Peloquin Corda
Katelyn Grosart
Coby van Willigenburg
Candy Spiegel
Anita van der Wiel
Judith Stuart
Miriam Jansen
Karen Ostergard
Esther Glas
Coby van Willigenburg
Charlene van der Vorst
Karen Ostergard
Marga Dounen
Esther Glas
Anne Swinkels
Jacqueline Bakker
Anne Swinkels
Angelique Van Polanen Borst
If you’re interested, learn more about starting your own planner here or join our ECD Planner Group here on Facebook for some inspiration!
We hope you enjoyed that as much as we did! We love seeing all of the different styles of crafters!
From your family here at Elizabeth Craft Designs, Happy New Year and Happy Planning!
Final 2019 #DecemberDBD
December 30, 2019Karen here today from Craftily Yours! Did you all play along with #DecemberDBD in the ECD Planner Group on Facebook? It was so much fun and so inspirational. I am doing pages for each day in December and today, I’m showing you the final ones! (I did the Dec 31 page earlier this month!)
Technique Friday | Planner Essentials Recipe Book
December 13, 2019Happy Technique Friday!
Today Els is showing us how to create a personalized recipe book, using dies and stamps from the Planner Essentials Collection! ??
This is a great way to document those holiday family recipes!
Watch the video, view/download the project sheet and shop the supplies –– all on the Technique Friday Project Page.
Let us know if you’ve created this project!
Happy Crafting!
Technique Friday –– Assembling Planner Essentials Home
December 6, 2019Happy Technique Friday!
Today, Els is showing us how to assemble the Home die set page from the Planner Essentials collection!
Watch the video, view/download the project sheet and shop the supplies –– all on the Technique Friday Project Page.
Let us know if you’ve created this project!
Happy Crafting!
It’s Esther here. December 1st is just a few days away, which means it’s almost time to start your daily #DecemberDBD journaling! (You can learn more about the December Day-By-Day Challenge here.)
Today, I’m here to share some ideas and tips for your #DecemberDBD journal. I recommend trying to add pictures to your pages each day –– from “normal” things like doing the dishes or groceries, and a full/empty fridge. It really doesn’t matter what you take pictures of –– everything you do on a single day is fine. It’s more about documenting each day, whether it’s work, sports, watching tv, cooking diner, babysitting, laundry, etc.
If you find yourself lacking inspiration on a certain day, here’s a list of some themes/ideas that might help:
- Photo of your craft desk/room
- Buy yourself a treat/something you really like to eat and try to make a stunning picture of it to use in your journal
- Your favorite (Christmas) song
- Decorating your tree
- A black & white picture
- Write a letter to Santa and hide it in your journal
- Take pictures of December decorations in your area, or go to a garden centre or decorated shop to take pictures.
- Wrapping presents
- Create a tag
- Your favorite (feel-good) movie
- A selfie
- Your pets or birds and other animals in the garden
- Donate $5 to charity
- Your favorite Facebook group ?
- Christmas cards you are sending and/or receiving
- Your front door or house
- A recipe
- Hot chocolate or a good cup of tea/coffee
- Your dream house
- Shopping list
- Children/Grandchildren
- Family tradition(s)
- PJ’s all day –– staycation
- Cleaning a closet or a room
- The sky/the weather today
- The kitchen
- Work moment
- What makes you happy?
- Make a page with paint or watercolor
- News: What’s happening right now –– local or worldwide
- New Years wishes
If you are planning to journal through the full month of December (1–31st) to review the past year, you can also add things like: the best thing that happened last year, the saddest thing that happened last year, milestones, etc.
For our Dutch members there is also Sinterklaas on December 5th –– a great subject for your December-Day-By-Day journal/ planner!
I hope this helps give you a little bit of inspiration as we get ready to document our December! Don’t forget to join us on the ECD Planner Page on Facebook to see other crafters’ planner pages, and to share pictures of your own!
Happy Planning!
Esther Glas
December Day-by-Day
November 18, 2019Karen here today from Craftily Yours! Are you participating in the ECD Planner Facebook Group December Day-by-Day? I am! It’s fun and inspiring! I’m preparing as many base pages in advance. As I go through December, I’ll add pictures (and probably some fun embellishments). Today’s post shows several days. (I’ll also add the December date later since I don’t know what order they’ll be in!)