Beach Boys – The layout is my “main kit only” page (plus a printable and a digi stamp brush that I turned into a cut file).  I used the twine that came in the kit to fill in the negative of the rope design for some texture.  The “beach” part of the title is my own handwriting that I converted to a cut file.  You can watch my tutorial for that here.

Three Years – This page uses JUST the Lyra add on kit.  Photos of my son at the same beach three years in a row.  Fun to see how he’s grown!  The anchor is a digi stamp brush that I converted to a cut file.  ”Years” is my own handwriting.

Let’s Go – Lots of hexagons on this page about our geocaching adventure a few weeks ago.

Anna – Maria – This is my newest niece!  :) She’s very sweet and Cate loved holding her.  I love how the gold embellies and letters play off the pastels.  I used a PL card as part of my title.

M & A – I couldn’t resist another layout featuring Anna!  This time with her mama, my sister.  I used a PL card here as well.  The cut quote is from Piglet and Pooh and was spritzed with Dewey Mister Huey’s after being cut.

And with that… my Planetarium is all but used up!  Have a great day!

I’ve only just started this project, so I have just my title page and first spread to share today. But if you are interested in following along in my progress, I’ll share each spread as I finish them.   My plan is to do a double page spread (Style A page protectors) for each day of our week there, with the freedom to add in smaller page protectors in between for more space when needed.  For my title page I enlarged a photo I had taken of Cinderella’s castle at Magic Kingdom and divided it up to fill in the pockets.  The title is just typed on the photo at a low opacity.

Here’s my first day layout.  I used two style A page protectors, an enlarged 6×11 photo (I cropped down a 6×12 protector), and then a smaller insert that holds our tickets.   

I used the freebie character silhouette cards found here  from Project Mouse.  They have some great designs (digi/printables) if you’re interested in completing your Disney album in this style! Other supplies are from my SC PL kits and my stash. I also included a map of Downtown Disney with our favorite shops/restaurant highlighted with stickers.

Let me know if you have any questions!  Have a great weekend.

And here’s the right side:  (I have a smaller page protector insert there that highlights our time at Lego Fest)

The back of that smaller insert:

And the pockets underneath that insert:

And that was February!  Have a great day!

I like using the Design A page protectors as my base pages and then use other inserts that are smaller/shorter to add more space in between.  This month I chose to cut down a Design F (in half basically).  I love that I got more 3×4 spots to use this way!    Here’s the left side:

I cut “January” with my Silhouette (I think it’s the Contribute font).  The rest of the inserts are either from Geralyn’s In a Creative Bubble shop, the Studio Calico PL kits, Clementine kit from Becky Higgins or the free month printables from FindingNana (my January card printed small for some reason – I think I printed from “preview”  instead of Photoshop…that’s why it’s smaller than 3×4!) Here’s the right side with the insert over it.

And then the insert flipped over and you can see the back of it and the rest of the Design A beneath.

I like to have more photos than fillers, journaling or text on the photos, and then simple embellishments.  I’m still sort of finding my groove with it, but I love the first month!  Only 11 more to go!  :)

So, maybe it’s nostalgia for friends met through this “hobby” or this page that I created recently for Bright Ideas…but I’ve been recently thinking about and remembering my scrapbooking story.  Here’s a peek at my page. (I can’t share the whole thing since it was for a class, but this will give you the gist of it!)

I’ve shared my “bio” on design team pages and that sort of thing.  But I realized that I’ve never actually documented my scrapbooking story in my own scrapbook!  How I got started… when…the online aspect of it…the teams I’ve been on… conventions I’ve gone to…friends I’ve made through it… how I fit it into my life…etc, etc etc.  It’s a big part of my life and I’m glad that I finally created a layout to document that!

So, here’s my challenge to you:  create a layout that documents your scrapbooking in some way.  You might tell your “journey” in scrapbooking – how you got started, what you love about it, your accomplishments.  You might include the opinions of others on your project… ever ask your kids what they think of your scrapbooks?!  (I think mine would have some pretty funny responses!)  You could document any goals you have for yourself in this hobby…would you like to be on a design team one day?  Open a store?  Teach classes?  Attend CHA?  You could share how it fits into your daily life, how it’s changed your view on everyday perhaps.  Whatever you decide to focus on, just do it!  Tell your story.  :)

I would love to hear if you take on this challenge!  Link your page up here on this post by next Friday, March 8th.  I’ll pick a winner to receive some vintage Studio Calico stamps as a little treat.  I’d also love to share a couple of your pages here if you wouldn’t mind!  What do you think?  Are you game?

This first one is using the main kit only…

I cut out some of the triangles for a fun design on this layout.

I really liked the circle cut files and decided to make a grid with them for a quick layout design.

Just a reminder that subscribers can shop for these kits NOW at presale.  But if you’re not a subscriber, they won’t be available for sale until midnight tonight.  :)  Happy shopping!

The crazy thing?  You get 19 more like it!  Each contains a challenge to get you thinking outside the box, a sample layout from either myself or  one of the awesome class contributors, step by step details on how it was created, more bright ideas to get creativity rolling, AND a sketch.  That’s a TON of info.  One will be posted each weekday in February.  In addition, each Wednesday in February I’ll post a video sharing more of my favorite tips and bright ideas for scrapbooking as well as the stand outs that week from the class gallery!  I’ll be sharing bright ideas for title work, page design, embellishments, and even ways to stretch your stash and your cash.  And finally, the class freebies – amazing printables and cut files that you will use again and again.  I’m so thrilled with how they turned out!

So, I hope you’ll be joining me in the Bright Ideas classroom.  The class message board and gallery (full of even MORE inspiration!) will open Friday morning!  See you there!