Hello, friends! This week is LOVE WEEK on the Scrapbook & Cards Today Magazine Blog. Today I’m up sharing a lovey-dovey pocket page using the Simple Stories Love Story collection! I think you will agree with me that this collection is totally swoon-worthy with its beautiful, rich color palette and romantic details. My husband and I were married on January 23rd, so, for me, Valentine’s Day, and celebrating the people I love, begins a few weeks earlier than most people. Life has been busy for both of us lately, so this year, our anniversary celebrations were short and sweet w ..read more

Hello! I hope you are staying warm & cozy inside and getting lots of scrapbooking done during these cold winter months. I’ve been playing with the December 2023 Hip Kits and have a new layout to share. This one is full of lots of snowflakes and was so fun to make. Check it out below! WINTER Today’s layout is all about snowflakes! I started with the adorable ‘Joy & Happiness’ pink snowflake paper as my base, then added in the ‘Full Heart’ scalloped snowflake paper as the highlight. The minute I saw this snowflake scallop paper in the Main Kit I KNEW that I had to highlight it on a lay ..read more

I live in Utah where one of our taglines is ‘The Greatest Snow on Earth” … yet, until January 6th, 2024, we hadn’t really seen many fluffy, white snowflakes this season. Sure, we have had a few skiffs here-and-there, but it just so happens that the day I was stamping the snowflakes for this layout we had a big storm. Yay! (Hmmmm. Maybe my scrapbooking has more mystical powers than I’m aware of? LOL!) Click on the image below to watch the Scrapbooking Process Video for my first layout using the December 2023 Hip Kits. WINTER ADVENTURES Growing up in Utah I learned how to ski the local slopes ..read more

Hello, friends! I’ve been putting off scrapbooking our holiday photos from the year 2020 because, let’s face it, during the pandemic Christmas was a little ho-hum. We didn’t participate in the normal activities, and the world seemed to have lost it’s sparkle. My photos ended up being a collection of random snapshots that I took here-and-there throughout the month and I wasn’t sure how to scrapbook them. After thinking about it for awhile, I decided to create pocket pages. Today I am here to share with you my first one using the BEAUTIFUL November 2023 Hip Kits. Even though that Christmas was a ..read more

It’s a new month of beautiful kits at Hip Kit Club! This month a new clear stamp set was released called the ‘Large Number Set’. I love the font of these numbers and they are the perfect size for stamping a year on a layout. In today’s video, I show you how to stamp a shadow layer using two different shades of ink. Check it out by clicking on the image below! HELLO 2022 The ‘Large Number Set’ also coordinates with the September ‘Number Background Stamp’. You can stamp the numbers inside of the outlined numbers, but for this layout, I opted to use them separate from one another. I used the Num ..read more

It’s cut file week on the Hip Kit Club blog. Today I’m using the October 2023 Hip Kits, along with the Spiderweb Cut File, to create a layout of my daughter dressing up with her college roommates for a Costume Party. It’s the perfect way to illustrate that you don’t always need to reach for orange and black to document the Halloween holiday. Come and see! HALLOWEEN PARTY The ‘Slice of Heaven’ patterned paper with its star pattern made the perfect backdrop for my photos. The blue picked up the blue of my daughter’s ‘Dorothy’ costume, and the stars add a Halloween vibe. Combined with the Spider ..read more

Hello, friends! The fall season is winding down as we head into Thanksgiving, but I have a few more fall-themed layouts to share with you this week. Today I am up on the SCT blog with a layout using one of the FREE cut files from the Fall 2023 Issue of Scrapbook & Cards Today magazine and the beautiful Autumn Vibes collection by PhotoPlay. Check it out! Creating with cut files always gets my creative juices flowing. For this layout, I decided to create an aperture with the wreath cut file. I adhered it to the brown patterned paper (Crisp Air paper), then used my fine-tipped scissors to cu ..read more

Hello, my friends! I’m back with another Hip Kit Club layout using the GORGEOUS ‘Fall Vibes’ October kits. I’m working with a variety of items today, but wanted to be sure to highlight the NEW ‘Frame, Tag, Clipboard, & Leaves’ die set. This die set is JAM-PACKED with images and will definitely be one that I reach for again and again. My FAVORITE image is the clipboard! I used it as a journal block on this page, but with it’s 3″ x 4″ size, it would be SO GOOD in pocket pages, too! Take a look! LEAVES This fall I took several photos of my youngest daughter in a canyon near our home. One of ..read more

Hi Friends! Today I’m back with another layout using the BEAUTIFUL October 2023 Hip Kits. I wanted to create a village on this layout about my daughter’s church group playing a door-to-door game in our neighborhood. The NEW ‘Little Village’ die set from Hip Kit Club was perfect for this! Check it out in the video below! BIGGER & BETTER I began this layout with a base of two layered cardstocks from the Cardstock Kit (Buff and Clementine). I sprinkled the Cape Cod Coral Magicals (Color Kit) on the background, then stitched three rows of lines in tan thread for my die-cut houses to sit on ..read more

Hello, friends! I’m back with another layout using the adorable Bella Blvd. Lake Life collection! Let’s talk about inspiration. It’s all around us, all we need to do is keep our eyes open for it. Today, I’m telling a story about how I found the title for this page. Check it out! ABSOLUTELY OUTDOOR-ABLE My family and I went on a recent getaway to a lakeside, mountain town. Of course, we had to hit all of the quaint shops in town while we were there! Our favorite souvenir to shop for are t-shirts! While we were in a shop, I spotted this children’s hoodie with this darling design. Sadly, there ..read more