I'm working on some fun stuff with my traveler's notebook right now and I'm taking it everywhere with me.
I'm also loving using black paper with white ink. I've bene using white Stazon ink which seems to work pretty well.
My notebook even got a carousel ride and taken out to lunch.
I don't know where it will turn up next... Have a great day!
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I'm over on the Simple Stories blog today with some easy ways to add stickers directly on to your photos. I can't believe there's just a couple weeks left of summer... it feels like school was just getting out. We've been busy with family visiting, trips to the beach and just hanging out. I hope you are enjoying your summer!
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I admit I am a collector of souvenirs, especially if we go on a road trip. I'm always looking for a new way to hold my "stuff" and on this spread I decided to use my kit packaging from an Ali Edward's story kit.
With just a couple of hole punches I was able to include coasters, tickets and extra photos in my spread.
On these pages I just used the go story kit in digital format and saved everything in a 6x8 Simple Stories album.
Thanks for stopping by!
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How's your summer going? We just got done spending a week with family going everywhere from the pool, to the lake, to the ocean. I can't wait to scrap all the pictures I took. In the meantime I am over on the Simple Stories blog today with a mini album I started to document this summer.
So that's a look at how my summer album is coming together. I hope you'll join me this summer in documenting all of your favorite memories!
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Once again I'm playing catch up with my Midori notebook. It's midway through June and I'm just now starting making May's pages.
I haven't set aside any fun creative time lately so it was nice to sit down for a couple of hours yesterday and just have fun with my journal.
I used up old supplies like rub-ons from Creative Memories, and new supplies from Crate Paper and Ali Edwards.
I even added in a few vintage things here and there.
So now I'm all caught up through May, which is a good feeling. I've noticed the longer away it is from the time of the event, the harder it is to journal about it. I just don't remember as much.
Now it's on to June and summertime! Yesterday was the last day of school, so we're on to new adventures!
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The Fourth of July is one long party day at our house. It starts with an afternoon barbecue, and ends with us sitting around a fire making smores and watching the city fireworks at night.
I used a 4x6 SN@P! Binder to make an album of our celebrations over the years. I like having all of our pictures in one place and I plan on setting it out during our party this year.
I love the mix of friends, family, and neighbors who stop by every year.
By using pre-made journaling cards this album came together very quickly. It took the most time just printing out my photos which I do at home. I still have room in the album to add a few more years of pictures, and I would also like to go back and add what year it was to my pages, but for the most part this album is done. We are ready for another fabulous 4th again this year.
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I'm over on the Simple Stories blog today with some pages made with the Fresh Sn@p! Pack.
I've been on a big kick to get the house and yard organized and cleaned up before summer gets here, so I started documenting my progress. Having lists and pictures of what I want to accomplish is helping to keep me motivated. I plan to add in some Pinterest pictures for even more inspiration. Both kids are going to have a mini bedroom makeover.
I have about a month before house guests start arriving, so I'm determined to stay on track.
I even threw out a bunch of old magazines to make room for my scrapbooks and Sn@p! albums.
It's a good feeling to get the house organized and some album pages at the same time!
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I've been wanting to print out some 6x12 photos, but I'm out of large paper for my printer. So instead I printed my photo on a letter size piece of photo paper, and trimmed it down to 6x11.5 inches.
To fill in the extra gap on my pocket page, I created a half inch pocket with my new fuse tool, filling it with buttons and sequins.
I used the same tool on one of my insert pages to include some gold sequins on top of one of myjournaling cards.
I can definitely see myself using this tool a lot since I'm not that fond of sewing.
All of the pages in this spread are 6" across so they are set off a little from the rest of my 12x12 pages. I like the idea of including a little mini trip in with the rest of my album.
It's been awhile since I've purchased a new tool for scrapbooking, so it will be fun to start using it with different projects.
Do you have any scrapbooking plans this weekend? Have a great one.
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I was just over on the Simple Stories Blog with some tips on how I plan out my pocket pages using the I AM collection. I mostly focused on being able to change things around before they were permanently placed in my album. I like to be able to make last minute changes without having to rip everything apart.
Also, I would love for you to join me over at Big Picture Classes for my Spring Mini Album class. For me this is like making a December album only for springtime. I've been having so much fun not only putting together my own class, but also taking BPC classes myself. My favorite so far is Text Tricks by Pam Baldwin.... I can't tell you how inspired I was by her class! It made me want to go out and scrapbook. I've really been enjoying the wide array of classes they have and trying out new techniques. If you haven't tried Big Picture Classes yet, I have a promo code for you for a free month trial. I'd love to see you there!
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My daughter is growing up so fast I can hardly keep up. She's changing and staying the same all at once. She's stressed out about school and deciding her future. She just went to the Junior Prom. She's planning a sleepover party at our house for 8 of her friends. She loves art and reading. She doesn't want to get her driver's license yet. She loves experimenting with hair and make-up.
Over the weekend I decided to concentrate on capturing her as she is right now. I snapped pictures of her room, her friends, her cat and so on. I always love recording my kids at different ages, but now that they are getting older it can get harder to pin them down and it takes extra effort on my part.
But I'm always happy I took the time to capture these moments because I know they will be gone all too soon.
Also I wanted to mention, this year I am making a spring mini album! Much like the albums I make in December, this year I wanted to record the traditions and memories we celebrate in springtime. I will be teaching an on-line class about it at Big Picture Classes in April, and I would love for you to join me! I'd love to make this a yearly tradition.
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