Hello! Are you a project life junkie? Do you collect all those crazy little cards for your digital scrapbooking layouts? Well I have a few other ideas for you on how you can use journaling cards in a non project-life way.

1. Pin layouts you like that use journaling cards in a non-traditional manner.
2. Keep your emphasis on the journal cards, even without photos. Try using journal cards in an art journal layout. I think it would be a helpful frame for those of us who are challenged by journaling. Those little cards can really jump start your layout.
3. Layer the cards in a wonky line.

413RZRraUuL._SX342_4. Do you remember those view finders we used to play with as children. It had a circle with little images that you could see using the view finder? Why not use that simple shape and add tons of little journal cards? I love the idea of using bright colors and adding the embellishments etc. If can make a great background image to layer your photos and journaling on, but in a non-traditional way. I’m all for changing things up.

Want to see what I mean? Check out this layout by Anna Backstrom.
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5. Use a series of journal cards under a large picture for emphasis
6. When printing the cards, make sure you use clipping masks to round the corners if that’s the style you prefer.
7. Try and stacking some journaling cards on a layout.  You can let the word art on them peek out around the pictures.
8. Try tucking them behind a picture as a frame.

Now let me show you the ways the Creative Team used them.

April (bilvarmint) used her journaling cards behind her photo and as a chalked journal card as a title. She used Graduation, Chalked {Cards} & Stacked Wonky.

April (billvarmint) She used Graduation, Chalked Cards & Stacked Wonky Templates

Ophelia used the journal cards in a more traditional project life style. The title card is really an interesting way to create texture on her layout. She used Black Belt.

Ophelia (navaja77) She used Black Belt

Jen V (SuperGirlJennie) She used a journal card as a title, but also used one for her hand-written journaling. She used Play and Grow and Chalked {InstaLife Cards.}

Jen V (supergirljennie) She used Play & Grow and Chalked {Journal Cards}

Last, Jenn J (jmljensen) used multiple journal cards to create dimension using different patterns and elements. Jenn used One Year Older & One Year Older {InstaLife Cards.}

Jenn J (jmljensen) She used One Year Older

I hope I’ve given you a few ideas of ways you can use journaling cards.

Hugs!