About a week ago I went away to a much needed scrapbook retreat. I had a lot of fun, met some new friends, and came home with a few completed projects (which is sometimes hard for me to do given the fact that I have a tendency to chat a bit! lol) One of the items on my to do list was a Disney album from our first trip to Disneyland in 2014. I started this album ages ago and then, like many projects, it got put on the back burner so I could work on other things. But thanks to my weekend away it is FINISHED and I'm so happy with how it turned out!
My original inspiration for this album was from this post on gluestickgirl's blog and as you can see my first couple pages were pretty similar to her book. From then I went off on my own to finish things up. Some of the papers/elements in this 6x8 album, including the album itself, are from the Brighton Pier line from Studio Calico which isn't available anymore (still kicking myself for not buying 2 of these albums as I love it so much!)
I separated the album in 2 basic sections: Disneyland Park & California Adventure, adding pics of the flight in the beginning and pics of Downtown Disney and the hotel at the end. Most sections of the parks didn't have an entire page but Cars Land definitely deserved its own page!
I also used cards from a few different Project Life kits along with items from my stash, mixing and matching as I created each page. I used several different page protector styles and since I started this album quite a while ago and the 4 ring albums aren't for sale anymore I had to mix and match, finding extras on Amazon to complete my book.
I also used my Fuse tool on many pages like this one to create see through pages (one of my favorite things to do in smaller albums & pocket page albums) and on the next page to create custom pockets for trip ephemera (which I will freely admit to hoarding on trips!)
One of my favorite things I included in this album is a top 5 favorites. I asked the kids to tell me their top favorites, no matter what it was, whether it was a ride, experience, show, meal, whatever. I had my 2 older kids fill it out so it would be in their handwriting and I wrote out the card for my youngest.
And here is a video of some of my favorite pages in the album:
I'm so happy this album is finished so we can look through it, reminisce and remember all of those fun memories from our first trip to Disneyland!
My 3yr old's 1st trip to Disney was truly magical. It is always so much fun for me to see all of the excitement & joy in my little ones as their experience a Disney trip. If you're a big Disney fan like me then you totally get it!
I will be documenting our trip to Disneyland in a few different ways. I'm heading to a craft retreat this weekend to work on my Disney album which will hold the bulk of our Disney pics & memories (you can see what I'm planning on working on here). I will also do a 2 page spread in my Project Life album since this trip took up an entire week. And lastly, I'm including a 2 pg spread in my little one's album since this is her 1st Disney trip ever. I may do a page in my older kids' albums it was their first trip, too (they've been to Disneyworld but not Disneyland). I haven't gotten that far in my planning yet!
For this page I used the Magical Kit from Sweet Stamp Shop. It's such a cute kit with lots of cards, wood embellishments, & a fun stamp set. I only used the stamp set once on this page but I am planning on using it much more in our Disney album.
You can see I have a little purple journaling tag peeking out from one of the photos. I like having little interactive spots on my pages :)
I typed directly on the 4x6 card using an old fashioned typewriter. I did this by simply attaching the card to a regular piece of paper with just a little bit of adhesive to hold it so I could run it through the typewriter. I also added some glitter stickles to the stars and glossy accents to the jewels. I planned on stitching over the Disneyland title but my sewing machine was acting up :( In fact, I just took it in today to be serviced so I may still do that when I get it back. I've found it helps keep those thickers on which sometimes fall off over time if you don't add additional adhesive.
What I love about this kit is that it doesn't have to be for Disney pics. You could use this for wedding pics or even Halloween (prince/princess pics!). So many possibilities! I had a lot of fun playing with this kit for sure!!
Tomorrow I will finally be sharing pics from our 1st trip to Disneyland so I hope you'll "join me"!!
The other day I posted a "right now" project about my kids and what they're into at this moment. Today I have a little project about my oldest daughter who just started middle school using the Reflections kit from Sweet Stamp Shop.
One of the cards that came with the kit had some journaling prompts that I thought would be perfect for my daughter to jot down some of her thoughts on starting this new journey.
I let her filll it out all on her own...I didn't want my ideas or thoughts to cloud her journaling.
Since I didn't have any school photos yet I used a photo that I took on our recent Oregon trip.
On the backside I used more of those great quote cards from the kit (they're actually smaller than 3x4 so you can back them with the polka dot cards in the kit) & photo stamped with a sentiment from the Enjoy Calligraphy stamp set.
I will put this mini-page in her school scrapbook in among the regular pages. It will be nice for her to look back on. The stamps in this kit are great for lots of different projects. They'd be a great tool to use for back to school pages every year!
I am so happy to share that I have been one of those chosen to be on the Sweet Stamp Shop design team!! So excited to see what Nicole has in store for us over the next few months!!!
Today is the release of the Reflections kit which is a 2nd bonus kit for August. At first I will admit I was a little intimidated by this kit...I'm not one to get super personal in scrapbooking. But once I got started I had a lot of fun with this kit!
So here's a pocket page I made with the kit:
There's lot of quote cards in this kit that I utilitized along with the cute polka dot cards. A couple of the 4x6 cards I cut down to 4x4, added some journaling, wood embellishments & stamping...I'm kind of crushing on wood embellishments lately :)
I love being able to see through a page to give a sneak of what's behind it so I used the leftover 'right now' card, stamped on it, then put it inside the pocket along with some sequins & more wood embellishments (those are actually leftover from the Ahoy kit). Then I stitched it shut making sure to also stitch on my card to keep it in place.
Be sure to head over to the Sweet Stamp Shop blog for more inspiration from this kit!!
