1.31 Tips: Different Uses for InstaLife or Journal Cards

Hi Everyone! It’s Jenn, aka jk703, here to share a few tips with you today! I know you have all seen the craze – Journal Cards, InstaLife Cards, and any way to stay on top of pocket scrapping!  What do you do if you don’t scrap that way, but you just love the look of the cards?  Well, today I have Tips: Different Uses for InstaLife or Journal Cards! Don’t think you have to stay in that box or rectangle – just look at them a bit differently.

1. Paper Layers.

Use the journal cards as paper layers under your pictures or to mat papers and pictures. They are a great base to any layout. Kimberly (enjoyyourpix) created this intricate page!  She used Let’s Camp S’more and the Let’s Camp S’more Journal Cards. Here is what she said – “Journal cards clipped to paper strips (plaid, striped, and yellow chevron), as well as the journal cards were also used as mats: green sunburst and blue cards. {used 5 cards in all}. I also erased the lines from the bracket journal card-like embellishment in the main kit and just used the bracket. One last item – I took the starlight paper and soft light blended it to the tan paper in the kit.”

2. Frames

Many times the InstaLife and Journal Cards have shapes to them. Use can use those shapes to make a frame! Cami (camijo) made her page and had another picture to add. She made a frame using one of the InstaLife cards and removed the inner shape. A cool shaped frame. She used Choo Choo and One Year Older InstaCards.

3. Create a Siggy/Start a Cluster

Who gets stumped making signatures for the forums? Start it with an InstaLife card and you’ve got a great base so far! Go a few steps further and you’ve created a cluster for your layout. Build it up and try one today! Jan (QuiltyMom) created her signature using Give Thanks and Give Thanks InstaLife Cards.

4. Help Your Title/Word Art

I know I get stumped for a title! many InstaLife and Journal Cards have words on them that relate to their respective Kit. Use that as part of your title, or as Word Art for your page! Adding a little contrast to the page and using different papers and textures can really make them stand out. Here is Ophelia’s (navaja77) layout where she used About a Boy, and Chalked InstaLife Cards.

5. Blocking

I love the look of blocking on my pages and using the InstaLife and Journal cards make this idea super easy! Just drag in, re-size and place. That’s it – so simple! Kayla created this wonderful page using both the Let’s Camp S’more InstaLife Cards, the Kit, and the Journaling Cards!

There is one last thing that you could do with the InstaLife Cards and Journal Cards… journal on them! Have fun everyone and be creative! Thanks for visiting!