Pocket Scrapbooking 2015 | July 5-11
This year, I’m making weekly pocket scrapbooking spreads in addition to other forms of memory keeping, like monthly spreads for Day in the Life and thematic pages. I include monthly breaks in my album for all of the extra documenting I like to include over and above weekly documenting.
*Blurs are due to our foster baby.
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Product-wise, this spread is all about stash busting. I have little bits left from kits I’ve subscribed to over the years, and I am trying to start with those cards first. Mixing up kits can be a little tricky. While I usually use multiple kits on spreads, I usually also have several cards from each kit to work with. What I have left from older kits are usually loner cards.
For this spread, my solution was to use cards with solid colored backgrounds in 3×4 spots to establish my color scheme. I chose red, yellow, and blue, as they were the prominent colors in my photos, and added in green as a way to break away from the primary colors. Plus, that “Little Sprout” card is great for all of the garden photos. I then used patterned papers and embellishments in the 4×6 spots that would bring the 3×4 card colors together.
Going on here: Visit to the comic book store and a walk to other shops in our district, making play dough and friendship bracelets, reading while cat snuggling, building Legos, dinner with my mom, the ever evolving bookshelf superhero battle, and a fun Sunday outing to the Lego Store, Fritz’s for lunch (they deliver your food by model train!), and Science City.
Tip: I really loved the orange, yellow, and pink pinwheel pattern, but it was 4×4. I decided to cut it in half and tape it on either side of a 4×4 photo to fill a 4×6 spot, creating the illusion of a 4×6 patterned paper. This is a great way to stretch your supplies.
Tip: To make embossed words stand out, lightly brush an ink pad over them, as I did with this embossed “little moments” card.
Going on here: Playing outside, doing a lot of yard work (I was COVERED in mud), picking blackberries, flowers that grow along our fence, Eliza and Jake flying his quad copter, and a bit about the bad weather / tornado warnings we had.
Tip: I never have enough 4×6 journaling cards, so I make my own by adding white cardstock onto patterned paper.
There’s a little blurb on the “Keep on Keepin On” card about some tough things going on around here lately. Don’t be afraid to mix the hard things with the happy things together. Documenting the good things in my life really helps me to keep my spirits up when other aspects get difficult (so my memory keeping is generally heavily skewed toward the good stuff), but I still want a realistic account of what’s going on, so I make sure to include both, even if it’s just a “this week was really hard emotionally”.
Selected Supplies: 7 Paper Amelia patterned paper from rukristin’s Find Your Voice Paper Add-On Kit // Ali Edward’s Little Things and Go Story Kits // Studio Calico stickers and cards from past Project Life kits // Becky Higgins Project Life Design A page protectors and journaling pens // Color Cast Designs wood chip from Summer Love set // Freckled Fawn label sticker // Amy Tangerine die cut // Kelly Purkey flair from the Summertime kit / Prima ink.
