Monthly Moments Album: October

 Today, I'm sharing a spread from my Monthly Moments album.

I used some Basic Grey patterned paper for my spread.

I created the collage in Picasa and printed it out at home.

I printed my journaling on the computer.

I diecut the PTI October die from white cardstock.

On the second page, I stamped the "happy halloween" stamp from 

PTI's MM: October stamp set and heat embossed it in white.

I used a PTI Tabbed die and heat embossed a 

coordinating stamp (from MM: Tabbed) in white.

For my photo, I created a collage in Picasa and had it printed out as a 4x6 photo.

Thanks for looking! 

Monthly Moments: September

 I recently caught up in my Monthly Moments album (yay!)

and thought I'd share my spreads with you here on my blog.

Here's September:

For my pockets page, I added four 3" square photos.

On this top journaling card, I trimmed some Crate Paper patterned paper to 3" square 

and added a PTI Keep It Simple Frame die 

that I stamped using PTI's Petite Places: School stamp set.

On this bottom one, I die cut a PTI Leaf Prints leaf from some Crate Paper patterned paper
and stamped over it with a sentiment from Reverse Confetti's Here's the Story stamp set.

On this page, I added a collage of photos that I created in Picasa.
I added my journaling, along with another piece of Crate Paper patterned paper
and a Monthly Moments: September die cut from PTI.

Thanks for looking!

Monthly Moments: July & August

Today, I have two Monthly Moments spreads to share.

First up: July.

Here are some close-ups:

I used the MM: July word diecut from PTI, as well as the "documented" from Wet Paint II.

The little heart and arrow are Studio Calico stamps.

I used a stamp from MM: July and a Wet Paint Cuts diecut.

And August....

Here, I used the MM: August diecut and the stamps and dies from Betsy's County Fair MIM kit.

And on my second page...

I used a Simon Says Stamp that I heat embossed in white on some woodgrain patterned paper,

which I diecut using Reverse Confetti's Circles 'n Scallops Confetti Cuts.

I also used PTI's Get Lost stamp set on this journaling card.

Thanks for looking!

Six for Saturday

With different posts planned for the past two Fridays, I thought I'd post a "six for Saturday" post to catch up a bit....

1. First of all, I'd like you to know that there are currently two blog hop giveaways on my blog.

You can either scroll down to leave a comment to enter them or click here & here.

2. Sage decided to get a haircut this week:

Isn't it cute?

We weren't sure if it would be enough to donate for Angel Hair, but the hairdresser said she'd send it off.

Here's the photo I took of her at home.

And the best part: no more tears while trying to brush out her tangles! Yay!

3. We had Jonah's party on Wednesday. 

We had a bit of a Doctor Who theme....

He & Sage each invited two friends and we went to the pool in Winkler for the afternoon.

 

Only one of the friends was able to come back to our place for supper (Subway subs) & cake (Dalek).

4. I realized that I haven't shared my Monthly Moments Album for May or June yet.

Here's May:

I kept this spread fairly simply, using some We R Memory Keepers journaling cards.

On the second page, I also added a PTI MM:May die cut.

And here's June:

Once again, I used some We R Memory Keepers journaling cards, as well as a 4x6 journaling card from Studio Calico.

This card already had "June" printed on the large colour block, but I decided that I wanted to stick 

with using my MM PTI month dies so that the font would be the same all the way through.

So, I trimmed a piece of Berry Sorbet card stock and adhered it over the SC June block.

And here's a close-up of the second page:

5. I have a layout to share that I made using this week's 

Make It Monday at Papertrey Ink: Creative Borders using Non-Border dies

& photos that I took of my kids on their last day of school.

I started with some Crate Paper patterned paper as my background.

I stamped my title using PTI's Wet Paint Alphabet stamp set.

I created my border for the MIM challenge using two of my Summer Sweetness dies --

one for the top and one for the bottom. The middle one is a stand alone die cut that I added in. 

I stamped them using the coordinating stamp set in colours to match my kids' tops.

I die cut the flag using the banner from Reverse Confetti's Tag Me Confetti Cuts.

The sentiment is from Summer Sweetness.

For my journaling, I decided to make a summer bucket list using my PTI MM: June stamps. 

6. I also created a card for this week's MIM, 

using the Beautiful Brushstroke feather stamps & dies.

It's hard to tell that I used the technique because I layered a second feather die cut over top, but I did. Really.

The sentiment is stamped using Wet Paint.

For my card, I was inspired to use the latest Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Bow Tie.

I was inspired by the colours in the photo.

I hope you're having a great weekend!

Thanks for looking!

Monthly Moments -- April

Hi there!

Today, I want to share Monthly Moments spread for April that I made using

some of Chickaniddy Crafts's super pretty Twirly Girly patterned papers.

Supplies: Twirly Girly Paper (TG140S08,TG140S11,TG140S12)

The Twirly Girly patterned papers worked perfectly with my photos!

For my left hand page, I printed a collage of photos.

I printed my journaling directly onto the Never Grow Up patterned paper

using some text boxes and trial & error.

I trimmed a strip from the same patterned paper as a border and diecut my month

 using the back of the Itty Bitty Ballerina patterned paper & my PTI April die.

For my right hand side, I used a page protector with 6 3x3 pockets.

I trimmed some Piggy Tails patterned paper  -- the music notes were just so perfect!

I added some stamped embellishments to finish them off:

the top one is PTI's A Few Pointers stamps & die

and the bottom one is from PTI's Monthly Moments: February stamp set.

Thanks for looking!

Monthly Moments -- March

Today, I am sharing the Monthly Moments spread for March that I made using a mixture of Chickaniddy Crafts's wonderful Twirly Girly & Date Night collections. 

To explain: Monthly Moments is what I call my version of the pocket scrapbooking I do.
It's very simple. I used a 9x6" album and create one spread per month.
One side of the spread has pockets that I tend to fill with the "bigger" highlights of the month.
The other side is in one large page protector and includes a 6.5x6.5" photo collage of photos I took during the month and then some journaling, documenting the highlights.

Here's my spread for March:

Supplies: Twirly Girly Paper (TG140S12; TG140S04, TG140S07, TG140S11);  Twirly Girly Sticker Sheet (TG14EB02); Date Night Paper (DN140S05); Date Night Sticker Sheet (DN14EB02); Date Night Mini Sticker Tags (DN14EB04)

Date Night Clear Stamps (DN14ST01)

On the top left hand side, I added a collage of photos of my son.
To these I added a strip of Twirly Girly Piggy Tails patterned paper and a ticket sticker from Date Night (so perfect for this!) I printed my journaling on my computer directly onto the Twirly Girly Keepsakes patterned paper.

To include the month, I used a die cut from card stock and adhered it to some 

Twirly Girly Piggy Tails patterned paper.
I added a star sticker from the Twirly Girly Sticker Sheet.

The bottom pocket is 4x6, so I trimmed down my 4x6" photo and added the journaling card from
the Date Night Cutest Couple patterned paper, on which I printed my journaling.

Below my photo collage, I stamped with the flowers and leaves stamps from the Date Night clear stamps to create my own patterned paper border along the top.
I added the date panel from Twirly Girly's This and That patterned paper and circled the month by hand.
I printed my journaling onto white card stock and adhered it to the "important" journaling card from Twirly Girly's Never Grow Up patterned paper.
A couple more Twirly Girly star stickers and a Date Night Mini Sticker Tag finish it off. 

Thanks for looking!

Monthly Moments -- February

 

Well, I finally got my Papertrey Ink order and was able to sit down

and complete my Monthly Moments spread for February.

 

For the left hand side, I created a collage of photos in Picasa and printed

them out as a 6.5x6.5" square, which I adhered to the back of my January full page spread.

 

I added some Basic Grey Persimmon patterned paper and some sweet blush cardstock along the bottom, under my journaling and added some pure poppy cardstock that I diecut

using the largest heart from Reverse Confetti's Love Note dies.

 

For the right hand side, I used a page protector that has two 3x4 pockets at the top and a 4x6 pocket

at the bottom. These are separated by a 1.25x6" pocket in the middle.

 

 

At the top, I created my own journaling tag in Word and printed it out on vintage cream cardstock.

I added a thin strip of red cardstock to it.

I diecut the journaling card and my photo using my new PTI Journaling Card 1 die.

 

I'm almost embarrassed to let you read all of my injuries from February... It was a rough month!

 

For my month, I used my new Papertrey Ink February die that I cut from pure poppy cardstock.

I layered it over some Basic Grey persimmon patterned paper-- we hardly saw any birds this

month, but I had to include these sweet little guys on my layout!

 

For my bottom pocket, I diecut part of the Basic Grey patterned paper with the Journaling Card 1 die and trimmed out the rest with my paper trimmer.

To this, I adhered my photo (also trimmed out partially with my Journaling Card 1 die)

and some journaling I'd printed out on the computer.

 

I'm really liking this Monthly Moments album and find that, so far, it's enjoyable, doable

and not stressful. :)

 

Thanks for looking!