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April 2020 Monthly Scrapbook Goals

Hey scrappy friends!  How is everyone holding up?  We’re staying home, working on online schooling and trying to stay busy.  I feel myself father unmotivated in regards to my crafting though.  I don’t know if it’s the current situation, feeling responsible for making sure there’s not to much tv/screen time or something entirely unrelated.  I decided though that making goals and lists have always helped my motivation so that’s what I’m doing for my scrapbooking this month too. Without further ado I share with you my April 2020 monthly scrapbook goals.

  1. This is probably the easiest one to come up with.  I want to complete four layouts this month.  I think one a week is totally reasonable, and more importantly doable.
  2. I want to use three piece of flair from the HUGE collection that I have.  I haven’t bought flair in years, and if I’m honest I haven’t them in years either. If you look closely – one of the black flair says 2014! I chose three because if I on’y get to do four layouts I’m not sure I’ll be able to use one on every layout.scrapbook flair collection
  3. I want to kill this scrapbook kit from Authentique.  It’s called Loyal and it’s from….I’m embarrassed to say 2011.  I love Authentique paper, but when I purchase a collection from them I always struggle to use it.  One of my larger goals this year is to use up what I have from them….starting with this kit.
  4.  Last I want to kill this 6×6 pad from the My Minds Eye collection called The Sweetest Thing Bluebell.  The collection is from 2012, and I only have 14 6×6 sheets left.  These paper pads were anything I bought ages ago and stopped because I find I never use them.  This year I’m going to try  to pick a few out and get them used up.  I thought about making card stacks from them, but since I don’t really stamp…idk

So I think that’s about all for this month. I’d love to hear if you make monthly scrapbook goals, and if you do – please share them if you’re comfortable.  We can help keep each other on track!  Also, do you have any trips or tricks to use up the 6×6 collections or older collections you’re not so found of anymore?  I’d love to hear your ideas.  Until next time…stay crafty!

March Monthly Crafty Challenge

Hey Crafty Friends.  Hard to believe that we’re already into the last month of the first quarter. I swear it’s still January.

We’ve had two months of mood board challenges so I thought it was time for something different this month.  This is one of my older layouts that I scrap lifted from a friend.

Use the layout in any way that inspires you…perhaps it’s the colors, the sun, the patterns of the paper or anything else.   Create project based on the layout and then head over to my facebook page and share it on the monthly pinned post.  At the end of the month a random participant will win a $10 off $20 coupon to the shop.

I can’t wait to see what you create for our March monthly crafting challenge!!!

Multi Photo Christmas Scrapbook Layout

Hey crafty friends!  I’m back with another layout for the Southern Girls Challenge blog. I have honestly been so bad in the last year with making sure I was completing my commitments for them that I’m thrilled to be posting on time to months in a row.  Thanks for being patient with me Lou!  This month I made a multi photo Christmas scrapbook layout.

I had these adorable photos of my “nieces and nephews” that were in their families Christmas card.  I knew I couldn’t just toss them, and I don’t do double pages anymore so they all needed to somehow get on one page.  Can you believe I managed to get them all on there and with the amount of room left I also didn’t need to worry about much embellishing…win win isn’t it!

multi photo christmas scrapbook layout

This project was also perfect for using a 6×6 paper pad on.  I have stopped buying 6×6 pads because I find I don’t use them frequently, but I have a ton still left from before.  With the way the photos are arranged on this layout the photo on the right made a perfect place to hide a seem.

I hope this gave you an arrangement idea for getting many photos on your layout and possibly using up some of your 6×6 paper sheets.  Be sure to pop over to the Souther Girls and enter your creations in the challenge.  Until next time….stay crafty!

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February Monthly Crafting Challenge

Hey Crafty Friends.  Hard to believe that January is over already and we’re here for the February monthly crafting challenge.

I went the traditional route this month and chose the board put together by Lilleliis from last year.  While it’s the traditional pink, red and hearts I think there is also enough else to find all kinds of inspiration.

February monthly crafting challenge
https://www.lilleliis.com/february-inspiration-mood-board/

Use the board in any way that inspires you…perhaps it’s the car, the colors, the flowers or anything else.   Create project based on the board and then head over to my facebook page and share it on the monthly pinned post.  At the end of the month a random participant will win a $10 off $20 coupon to the shop.

I can’t wait to see what you create for our February monthly crafting challenge!!!

Fall Sibling Scrapbook Layout

Hey Scrap Friends!  Can you believe I have two posts so far this month!?  That certainly is a record right now.  This fall sibling scrapbook layout is my share for the anything goes challenge over at the Southern Girls Challenge blog, and using the weekly sketch from the Hip Kit Club facebook group.

For this challenge I used a photo of my niece and nephew during her two year photo shoot.  While it was her birthday shoot the photo wasn’t particularly birthday themed, and it hard her brother, so I didn’t think birthday paper was appropriate.  My nephew was in the photo so I didn’t want to use girl themed paper.  It wasn’t Christmas, Easter, Halloween, etc. so  are you seeing my dilemma?

I ended up going with fall paper for three reasons.  The first is that they are sitting in front of a brick wall and on a brick walkway.  The red of the brick would match the red in most fall paper collections.  My niece is also born at the end of September so it technically was fall. Last, but not least fall paper tends to be gender neutral so it fit that both kiddos were in the picture.

Fall Sibling Scrapbook Layout

So what do you think?  Did I make the layout work for both my niece and my nephew?  I sure hope my Sister-In-Law thinks so!  Until next time….stay crafty!

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