Journaling – Scrap Booking

I was inspired tonight. I was out and about, checking other scrapbook blogs, wondering if I was behind on anything.
I discovered I definitely am.

There is so much out there.
I know I will never run out of things to tell you,
because there will always be new ways of doing things,
new products to make scrapbooking more enjoyable,
and new ideas to spur on creativity. It is very exciting.

One of the things I love about scrapbooking is that it will be a living, visual legacy I leave behind.
One way I do this is by journaling.
There are so many sites out there that give you ideas on how to do your scrapbook journaling that I recommend you check them out.
I will provide you with a few, but there are many.
If you do not find what you are looking for in my list, keep looking.
There are many people out there with great ideas.
Too many to put into one blog entry.

One way that I keep track of life for journaling is writing letters to my girls.
When they are getting close to graduating high school, I am going to make them a scrapbook and I am going to put these letters in it with pictures that coincide.

I love taking time to write to each of my girls.
I think of how special they are now and how exciting it is to see them grow, change, and develop into young ladies.
I write to them about what is happening in their lives’ right now.
I tell them about the issues that are affecting our family right now.
I tell them little things I remember about being their age or something that they do that I was told I did at their age.
When they receive this scrapbook, my hope is they will see I tried to be the best parent I was able to be and that I loved them tremendously.

I challenge you. Take some time.
Think about your kids – their likes and dislikes.
Write down the things they would like to know about when they are older.

We have a daughter who is 11 and then our next is 4.
Our 11-year-old is always asking me if she did the same things her sister has done.
Most of the time, I cannot remember.
This is my way of making sure they will be able to know what they were like when they were small.

Below are some sites that give tips for journaling.

Pages of the Heart
The Photo Scribe
Pathways to the Past

Looking for supplies for journaling? Check these Art, Junk and writing journal supplies out at Amazon

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Nathalie incorporated paper weaving with pink and polka dot pattern papers on her pretty Family layout. There’s also lots of clusters of pumpkins and Fall leaves, sweet sentiments with more layers of patterns behind. Take a closer look at the Simple Stories blog.

Thanksgiving will soon be here in the states and that means gathering together with family and friends and enjoying good food and great company. Even if you don’t celebrate Thanksgiving this is still a wonderful time to spend doing Autumn activities, cooking, baking and eating together, heading out and enjoying the cooler weather with family members. To capture all those wonderful memories today we’ll look at some inspiring scrapbook layouts that celebrate how grateful we are for our families.

Below each photo you’ll find a link, click it for more details like products used, process videos and tips.

Inessa used pretty chipboard flowers and die cut leaves backed with pattern papers to surround her sweet family photo. There’s also more dimension from puffy stickers, a tag tied with twine and gems. Notice how the photo and title are offset, it adds extra interest. Learn more at the Paige Taylor Evans blog.

Becki added color, pattern and texture to her Thanksgiving layout by stitching down strips of pattern paper for her background. She also added the title on a vertical along the edge and included some room for journaling and a few scatterings of embellishments. Take a closer look at the Scrapbook and Cards Today blog.

This beautiful layout from Noreen has a wreath of leaves punched from pattern and vellum papers around the family photo. There’s also a list of things she’s thankful for, wooden title and a Fall word pattern background. Find more details on the Creative Memories blog.

Kirei created a wonderful, colorful background with distress edged strips of pattern papers. Across the center horizontally she created a border made of Autumn elements in colors that match each strip for a bold design for a family dinner. Learn more at the Bella Blvd. blog.

This beautiful botanical page from Rona has plaid and botanical pattern papers with torn brick paper that was created with stenciling and gold paste for the background. There’s also loads of flowers and leaves with several cute dimensional buttons. Find a link to her process video on the Pretty Little Studio blog.

This groovy family page has a retro feel with funky die cut flowers with button centers, woodgrain and floral pattern papers in teal, brown and orange. There’s also touching family themed sentiments with the photo tilted for some extra interest. I spotted this idea on the sweet scrapbook girl Instagram page.

This darling Father and Son layout has die cut and dry embossed leaves, die cut circles and zig-zag background. The photos have frames with tabs along with hand written journaling and die cut title. Find step by step directions on the Cardstock Warehouse blog.

This yummy baking themed layout uses digital scrapbooking with fun pattern papers along with large clusters of flowers, leaves and baking elements. Going digital gives the look of dimension without all the bulk. I came across this page by Evelyn on the PickleBerryPop gallery.

This beautiful design from Sue has amazing texture and dimension from a paper doily, gauze, burlap heart and other fun details like typed journaling and rubber stamping. There’s also touches of gold with paint splatter and foiled titled. Take a closer look at the Cocoa Vanilla blog.

I’m in love with the pink and orange color combo on this fabulous Fall family layout from Stephanie! She added a diamond of plaid paper over her graphic background paper along with a large cluster of pumpkins and several sentiments scattered around. I came across her idea on the Fancy Pants Designs Instagram page.

This tall Traveler’s Notebook style double page spread by Ronnie has lots of room for journaling with flower edged lined paper and 5 stacked photo with floral clusters on the other side. These designs can be used digitally or printed for traditional style scrapbooking. Learn more at Traci Reed Designs.

I hope this Autumn you’ll be able to get together with your family and enjoy have some quality time and make some lastly memories!

-Heather

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