JULY MEMORY PLANNER SPREAD/COCOA DAISY

Hello, friends! I'm sharing my memory planner spread for July! What do you think about all of the pretty embellishments? It's all from Cocoa Daisy and I'm loving it! It's my very first kit and I'm a happy subscriber!

My favorite part of this kit is the rub-ons. They are so colorful and pretty! And the transparency lens! Super cute!

I used lots of die cuts, too. Loving the little folder die cut,  camera and sentiments. It's all so good and perfect for documenting everyday moments such as these.

I cut the label patterned paper down to make it work for the second page and then I added some journaling, die cuts and rub-ons to make it pop.

Here's a closer look of the labels.

What do you think? The colors make me so happy!!

Thank you for visiting today! You can check out this kit at Cocoa Daisy. Hope you're having a wonderful weekend!

-Nic

MAY/JUNE MEMORY SPREAD/COCOA DAISY

Happy Sunday, friends! I'm jumping on real quick to share my memory planner spread for May and June. I didn't take many pictures these last few months so I combined the two month's together, which worked.

For this spread, I used Cocoa Daisy's Quiet Meadow kit. I just love all of the wild flowers in this kit. It's so pretty! I added some pieces from my Stop the Blur stash, too. 

The puffy stickers are super pretty! I used the bird sticker to add dimension. And I used some rub-ons between both pages. Can you spot them. I LOVE rub-ons. Not many companies make them anymore.

The enamel dots are gorgeous... they have a little sparkle to them. I popped up the die cut sentiment with foam squares and tucked a few enamel dots at the bottom.

I added lots of embellishments on the second page with a few die cut flowers added to the sticker strip to make it pop.

More rub-ons...here. LOVE THEM.

Isn't this pretty? I get it looks more springy than summer...but I like it. I hope you're having a great weekend. Thanks for visiting today!

-Nic

SPRING TIME MEMORY SPREAD/HEIDI SWAPP

Happy Sunday, friends! I'm sharing my memory planner spread for March/April. Yellow makes me happy. And it's even more happier, paired up with some pink.

I'm still using up my Heidi Swapp stash. I haven't purchased anything except for a few little things from a previous sale. I'm super proud of myself for using up this stuff!

The stamps and dies used are from Pinkfresh Studio. U used Karin markers to color in the images. Don't they look pretty? I may go back and add a few more flowers here and there to make it more springy. I need some word stickers for the tabs, too... I plan on going back and adding them when I get some that work for this spread.

LOVE the little tab folders so much. They are super fun...and I have the metal die so I can make more whenever I want.

And that's it for this speed! I like to keep memory planning simple... I do not stress about it at all. I slap the pictures down, add some stickers and embellishments with some journaling and call it done. Thanks so much for visiting today!

-Nic

LIFE MEMORY PLANNER/PRETTY LITTLE STUDIO

Good morning friends! Nicole here, with a memory planner page I created using the beautiful WildFlowers collection.

I had so much creating this spread because it gave me the chance to use lots of pretty die cuts! 

I especially love the large florals die cuts! They are so pretty!! I cut it in half to use as a fun border.

And if you look closely, you will see how I used the tabs and clear stickers!

I cut the patterned paper down to fit in my memory planner. I love the purple and white striped paper and graph paper! 

I layered a few hearts together and added the leaf die. Also, the tiny word stickers fit nicely within the tabs!

I couldn't help myself... I love the bumble bee die cut!! So cute! And I just love this little cluster of tags and embellishments. Makes me happy. 

Have you tried playing around with a memory planner? It took me some time to get used to it, but after I found a style and method that works for me, I totally love it. Thank you for visiting today! Don't forget to check out the Wildflowers collection by clicking here.

-Nic

FEBRUARY MEMORY PLANNER/STOP THE BLUR

Happy weekend everyone. It was raining this morning so I took that moment to play in my memory planner. I just got my photos from Persnickety. Perfect timing...and I am looking at this photo...I realized I have the same photo on this spread twice...I'll have to cover one of them with another photo... easy fix. You know I love my books!

I'm still using up my stash of Heidi Swapp goodies. And the stamps that I have accumulated over the years. FUN, FUN, FUN!

I had a few puffy stickers and chipboard stickers from Elle's Studio that I manage to use, too. Lots of photos for a busy, and special month! My son turned 13! 

I watched a lot of TV last month, which took away from my reading, but I have been so tired lately. I just want to snuggle up with my dog and just watch TV.

Mom took Edward and his friend to Main Event (arcade) for his birthday. They had so much fun! And while I was going through stuff, I came across the ceramic birthday plate from his pottery birthday party when he was 9.

Love this card/tag holder. I'm hoping that Heidi Swapp makes it into a metal die this year cause I just used the last one from my stash. Slightly bummed.

Random tags with chipboard pieces on them to tuck inside the die.

I'm totally loving the stamp work on this tag! Isn' it adorable?

Have you tried scrapbooking in a memory journal? It's super fun and it helps me get my stories told... Thanks so much for visiting today. Hope you have a fantastic weekend.

-Nic

JAN MEMORY PLANNER/STOP THE BLUR

Happy Monday, friends! I'm all caught up in my memory planner for January... my goal is to more on top of these pages this year. Last year, I found myself about three months behind... but this month, I actually jotted down things on a scrap piece of paper like Heidi suggested because let's face it... I forget a lot of things these days. If it's not on a sticky, I won't remember. Period. 

I like how pretty this spread looks with the pink, yellow and blue! What do you think? It's such a fresh color scheme. I used a metal border die from Pinkfresh Studio to create the border above the photos.

I used a very fine black sharpie to journal on the journaling card and added the tiny puffy stickers. I have a variety of these puffy stickers and they come in handy!

I cut a variety of die cuts to make them work for me... and that heart Washi is the bomb! I have it in black and white, too.

I added some sticker phrases to the photos. I love the photo corner stickers so much. They are my favorite.

I clustered some die cut tags and labels to the left-side of the photo. Next, I cut a circle in half and added some journaling.

Lot's of hidden journaling to save space on the layout... I journaled on a large tag and folded a 6x6 paper in half horizontally to make a little flap for the journaling on the tag and the photos on top. It totally works! I added the tag and sentiment inside, too.

I'm amazed that I was able to write pretty straight... not too shabby! What do you think? Have you given memory planner a try? This Is my third year of scrapbooking some of my memories and I really like it.

Thanks so much for visiting today!

-Nic

JAN MEMORY PLANNER PAGE/LAYERED LIFE

Good morning, friends! Can you believe it's going to be March in just a little over a week? I'm looking forward to spring weather, what about you? I'm popping on to share my memory planner page for January-ish. Some of the photos are from December and I ran out of space in my album to add another page! But that's OK... It's my album and I do whatever I want. ☺

I'm a little sad... Layered Life has closed their doors and I really enjoyed playin with their vintage die cuts and stickers. They will be missed!

I'm still using up my stash of Heidi Swapp Kits... you'll see bits and pieces from various kits here and there.

It's been awhile since I used my Ink Road stamps so I went through them to find a sentiment to use at the bottom of this page and it's perfect. Also, I stamped the flowers onto the pink card using a light pink ink...it's faint, but it's there.

I'm super excited that Heidi offers a few metal dies to make folders and cute envelopes etc... they make me super happy!! Now, no matter what product I'm using from other companies, I can make special envelopes and folders to match. FUN!

These albums are meant to be flat... but that doesn't stop me from using foam squares. I need the added dimension... flat pages doesn't work for me. 

I especially love the blue and pink butterfly...isn't it beautiful? This is such a girly spread and I just love it. 

And before I go... here's the cover of my book for 2023! Hope you have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

-Nic

NOVEMBER MEMORY KEEPING SPREAD/STOP THE BLUR

Happy Monday friends! I had such a nice, relaxing weekend. I did a lot of crafting just for me... I can't wait to share all of my creations over the next few weeks. Some of the projects were submitted to a few magazine company for possible publications so I'm going to hold off on sharing some of those! In 2022, I was pleasantly surprised that most of my followers on Instagram liked my memory planner pages more than my layouts! My top 9 projects were ALL memory planners. I honestly wasn't sure if I was going to do it this year. I've done it for almost 3 years now, but I decided to keep it going! 

I just finished my November spread. Those of you who follow me knows I never get these done on the actual month... I'm usually two months behind on sharing these spreads, but most importantly, I always get them done even when I don't have much to write about the month. 

I have more journaling on this spread than most...well, most of the time, I include lots of hidden journaling. :) This year, I'm really going to jot down my journaling on a scrap piece of paper so I can journal more on my spreads.

I always feel good when I use up my Stop the Blur stash! I have a lot, which is why I stopped my subscriptions. This year, I plan on spending less on embellishments etc. so I can use up my stash. I have so much stuff... Lots of money that is literally sitting in my craft room. 

Here's a close-up of my journaling for November.

I'm super proud of myself for including all the journaling on this spread! I made sure to place the journaling down first before adding all the embellishments so I didn't want to run out of space. Have you tried Stop the Blur? The one thing I really like about this way of preserving my memories is that I use a lot of photos I wouldn't normally use on a layout... and I'm capturing the "REAL" everyday moments. 

Thank you so much for visiting today. I hope you have a fantastic week!

-Nic