Layout and a Discovery

Recently I joined a online class something I didn't do for a long long time I did many many classes in my scrapbooking time but besides Masterful Scrapbooking Design I think the industry is the same old same old: Do like I do, buy this and buy that and buy more after that  you can make a layout like mine.

I got sick and tired of it!

 I want more meaning!

 I to be able to write more don't help me to buy more embellishments help me to make pages with meaning!

In my opinion Scrapbooking was never about artsy pages, although some people say I don't want to write I just want to play,  I respect that but I don't  agree.
 If you just want to make art do cards, do art journal, do canvas. Scrapbooking is about recording and to me more and more nowadays actually since my father died It's been a journey to leave what I wasn't left with: I have some pictures but I have no idea what happened. I want to write more!
I want to write about reality not just to write everything is cute and wonderful and my son is just wonderful well he is but he's not made just of that.

Than Ali Edwards came with Hello Story. At first I thought well it's kind of expensive but it's 12 weeks and it's Ali Edwards a person that really takes writing your story seriously, a person that puts her life out there so we can see how life is and all the details good and bad and how to document it.
I took the plunge and signed up .


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More than never in this down moment in my life I need something to show me what I want to do but always struggled with : to write deeper stories, to write the everyday  because it makes us feel better, because it brings gratitude in our hearts. It has been amazing her help to give us tools and she has been so open about writing and she says that we can do this and give us a helping hand.(And this is just the 2 week !)

It's about the heart of this craft and not about products.

Feeling grateful now that I decided to sign up.

Layout:
Anna Aspnes:
Original Fotoblendz 13
Life's Little word transfer
Fotoglow hearts

Karla DuDley butterfly kit
AE Brushes

Jana

There is no doubt layout

I'm so amazed how I've been able to use such old papers, everything except for the stamp and the pictures is so old.
The title is a transparency I made with some digital brushes from Ali Edwards from ages ago. I never trashed them and always kept them on my scraps just in case. There is some old Hambly transparency.
Stamps are Ali Edwards.
I'm always trying to use some hint of color that I have in the picture in this case blue and red.
Also check it out this cool tutorial from Robin-Marie a stitched gift card holder really thinking to do that: HERE.

Get it Scrapped will have 12 days of scrapbook classes free you can sign up HERE.


As always,
thanks for stopping by
Jana

Life Right now Layout

I'm getting really surprised in my journey to use my stash how I end up finding papers that is going really well with the layouts I want to do. The idea in the design of this layout came based on the pictures I printed with Persnickety print I wanted to try their instagram prints, I really loved and will be printing it again I always get so impressed at how quickly they ship.
For the title I used Ali Edwards stamps and embossed with red embossing powder. And some more stamping around the frame.

I want to share also another blog I started you probably know I have a blog that I'm putting together with a podcast for moms of Autistic Children and about  toy reviews, but I decided to also start a blog to document my journey to switch my beauty and make up products to vegan and/or cruelty free, so if you want to visit even if you're not vegan you can find some more natural make up ideas.
Click HERE.

Jana

Pocket Mini Album Video Tutorial

You can download the Free Printable HERE.
Here is the 9 pocket inserts I use, I love them they work great with Project life things.


Stamps I used was from Ali Edwards from AE studio stamps.

Jana