Scrapbook Process: Morning Routine

Four years ago, my good friend Becki Adams unexpectedly lost her sweet son, Austin, to an unknown heart condition. In honor of Austin, Becki and her family created ‘Austin’s Memorial Library Project’ where each year they collect books to donate to their local school. She also organizes a Scrapbook Process Video Hop in memory of Austin.

I am so honored that Becki invited me to contribute to this year’s video hop. Each participant has created a scrapbook layout about reading, learning, or school. I LOVE to read! In fact, I wake up early each day to read my scriptures and other favorite books.

MORE INFO ABOUT Austin’s Memorial Library Project

CLICK HERE to DONATE a book by visiting AUSTIN’S LIBRARY PROJECT WISHLIST ON AMAZON

Library Day was my FAVORITE day in Elementary School! I loved hearing our librarian read us stories and then wander among the aisles of bookshelves, looking for something special to check out that week.

For this project, I used the Simple Stories Farmhouse Garden collection. I love the color palette of blush, soft blue, with accents of soft black. I also loved the rooster images in this collection because of the subtle nod it gave to my MORNING routine.

For the title, I used the Simple Stories Black Foam Alphas along with a label from the Sticker Book. I used some older alpha stamps from my stash (Studio Calico) to stamp the word ‘routine’ on the label, then accented it with two silver mini brads.

The book dies are from KSCraft and can be found on Amazon by clicking HERE. I stamped the front of the smaller book with a tiny phrase from the Farmhouse Garden clear stamps.

I love collecting school-themed and office-themed scrapbooking products. I was happy that I got to use this Hero Arts Library Card Stamp & Die Set for my journaling block.

Thanks for coming by!

SUPPLIES USED IN THIS PROJECT:

KSCraft Book Dies https://www.amazon.com/shop/janaeubank/list/3R1RKBONB2HJ8

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Simple Stories: Let’s Get Crafty

One of the latest collections from Simple Stories celebrates all things crafty with the Let’s Get Crafty collection. I mean you gotta love papers and stickers that celebrate our love for paper and stickers, right?!!! 😀

Several years ago, my daughter was attending an overnight camp at a local college about 2 hours from our home. Instead of dropping her off and making the drive back-and-forth for two days, I decided to grab my rolling scrapbook tote, put together some page kits, and scrapbook the night away at a nearby hotel.

It was the first time I had stayed anywhere all by little self … I was so brave! Ha! I was a bit freaked out by every little noise around me, but that just made it that much easier to stay up all night creating scrapbook pages while listening to the T.V. Of course, I had to take a few selfies of my crafting adventure.

Besides the Color Vibe cardstock in the background (Flamingo, Orange, and Black), all of the papers for this layout came from the Let’s Get Crafty 6×8 paper pad. I even fussy-cut my title from one of the 6×8 Designer Pages from the pad.

The 6×8 pads are a great way to sample a collection if you are on a budget and are more versatile than you think! If you are craving something ‘new’ … they are a great way to freshen up your stash without the guilt of buying more collection kits. *wink, wink* Just sayin’! (But I personally advocate for treating yourself to ALL of the things! Ha!)

I added in a few die-cuts from the Bits & Pieces pack (LOVE the ‘I Crafty Past My Bedtime’ phrase below …. so true, so true!), as well as my favorite Decorative Brads and Enamel Dots. This page came together quickly and easily and was a great reminder of how much fun it is to take some time to myself to get crafty.

To watch the Simple Stories LIVE where I created this layout you can click on the video below.

Here’s wishing you a creative and crafty weekend! Thanks so much for coming by!

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Simple Stories: You Are Amazing!

Happy weekend, friends! Although the days all seem to blur together right now, don’t they?

Scrapbooking has always been very therapeutic and fulfilling for me. I love the process of looking through past memories, selecting one to scrapbook, and then choosing beautiful products to highlight that memory.

As I work, I feel a sense of gratitude for my family and the time we spend together. I giggle to myself as I think about the funny things that were said or that happened during that particular time and marvel over how much we have all learned, grown and changed since then.

I’m sure you can relate and have similar feelings as you work on your memories.

What I love about this crazy time, is that in some small way, being at home is allowing the general population to think about the same things. I’ve noticed new people starting to work on recording their memories, saying they finally have the time. I hope they will continue to MAKE time to record their memories after all of this is over. It is rewarding in sooooo many ways.

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Anyhow, I have a new page to share with you today using the beautiful I Am collection from Simple Stories.

My daughter loves acting and singing and was so delighted to get the part of the dragon in their school play, Shrek Jr. I loved watching her on that stage because she was IN. HER. ELEMENT! Isn’t it awesome seeing our kids shine in the things that they love to do?! I thought the butterflies and blooms in this collection were a perfect way to record this “blossoming” moment of my daughter.

I love that the I Am collection includes “You are …” phrases, too. I used one of the NEW Foam Stickers as the title here. The foam stickers for this collection are gold foil with all kinds of useful words. It’s a set that you can use on many pages, which I love.

The journaling has a bit of a glare from the lights because I printed it on a transparency. This allowed me to fit the longer paragraph my daughter wrote onto the 4×6 SN@P! card. Once the page is in its sheet protector, you won’t even notice.

I chose to crop the supporting photos into circles and place them together at the bottom of the page. To the right of the photos, I added a cluster of embellishments.

The bird and flowers were fussy-cut from a 3×4 SN@P! card, the envelope and ‘Dreaming Big’ phrase are from the chipboard set, and then the heart and the ‘Killin’ It’ phrase are from the Combo Stickers.

I used a teeny, tiny flower punch to add the cutest little supporting flowers around each flower cluster on this page. I layered two punched flowers together, ruffled up their petals, and then added a golden center using a Viva Pearl Pen (you could also use Nuvo drops). They turned out darling!

I love adding stitching on my page for a bit of texture, too. Even if it’s a simple line around the edge of the page, it adds just the right touch, in my opinion.

I hope that you enjoyed my I Am page today and that it inspired you to record those shining moments in your family’s life.

Have a great day!

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Simple Stories: Our Story is My Favorite

With four children and several commitments, like most couples, my husband and I can have a hard time finding one-on-one time with one another. But the great thing is when we do have time together we just pick up right where you left off. I feel lucky and blessed to have built a life with my best friend and wanted to record my feelings on this page using the beautiful Simple Stories Kissing Booth collection.

The florals in this collection are incredible! I fussy-cut the largest floral from the Always Be True paper to accent the top left corner of my photo.

I cut out the “LOVE” tiles and the “Every Love Story” quote from the 4×4 Elements paper to use as a title and subtitle, accenting them with Bits & Pieces die cuts and stickers from the Combo Sticker sheet.

I placed everything on a large block of Love Day paper (pink text) and then capped off the top and bottom with strips of the black and white ticking stripe from the 4×6 Vertical Elements paper. I cut the bottom strip with a pair of large scalloped scissors that I have in my stash. I then added computer-generated journaling strips below.

This Valentine’s Day be sure to grab a selfie with your sweetheart and then use the Kissing Booth collection to create a page about how thankful you are to have that person in your life!

 

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OTHER SUPPLIES:
Kissing Booth Always Be True Paper
Adhesive/Foam Squares
Scissors/Trimmer