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MONDAY MEANS THAT IT’S TIME TO KEEP MEMORIES ALIVE

This week I am featuring the Painterly Pears Suite Collection (166159). It is a soon-to-be released Online Exclusive.

Yesterday, MDB (my darling boy) and I celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary.

I decided to make a memory decor item that I could add a photo of our day and place on our sideboard.

Ikea has two different sizes in their shadow frames … in both black and white. I always have some on hand just in case I have a decor project in mind.

I started with a 9 3/4″x 9 3/4″ piece of the Secret Sea checked DSP that I adhered to a piece of thick cardboard to ensure stability. Then I cut one of the designs from the Designer Series Paper to 8″x 8″ and glued it to the Secret Sea layer.

A 6 1/4″x 4 1/4″ Daffodil Delight panel, with a 6″x 4″ Basic White panel, was adhered to the DSP layer. This is the place that I will add a photo from our anniversary celebration.

I used the Alphabet A La Mode Dies and Secret Sea card to cut the title. The card stock had Adhesive Sheet on the back making it so much easier to position and secure the title.

Using the Perfectly Pears Dies, I cut one of the larger and pair of pears from one of the DSP sheets. Then I cut 8 of each of these shapes from Secret Sea card and layered them on top of each other to create the higher pear images. These were then adhered to the decor design.

Finally, I tied a bow using a length of Mossy Meadow and Gold Trim and secured it with a Mini Glue Dot.

For our anniversary we have two trips planned – one in October and another in February next year. So we decided not to exchange gifts on the day. I hope this decor memory project will ensure we remember the day.

Tomorrow I have a card showcasing a great colouring technique.

Until then, happy stamping and scrapbooking.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. As you read through this post, you will see the products I used for this project. The new Online Exclusive items are available from July 2025.

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MONDAYS ARE MY MEMORYKEEPING DAYS

This week I am featuring the Boho Vibes Suite Collection (165156).

Today I have selected one of the Boho Vibes 6″x 6″ Designer Series Paper designs for my scrapbook layout.

I took four of these DSP squares and cut them in half. By alternating the halves I was able to create this design.

Then I used the Cloud Cover and Secret Sea striped DSP to create a diamond shaped backing for the photograph mat.

The new Party Alphabet Dies are perfect for scrapbook layouts. I placed Adhesive Sheet behind the Secret Sea card before die cutting the title.

The Daffodil Delight Two-tone card is a great summery colour and gives the layout a bright vibe.

On the second page I rotated the curved arches DSP to give a vertical look.

This is a super, simple layout where the DSP does all the hard work.

Tomorrow I have some cards to share with you.

Until then, happy stamping and scrapbooking.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

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MONDAY IS MEMORY KEEPING DAY

Aplogies for being absent for the past two weeks. I spent the first week preparing my 120 hand coloured OnStage swap cards and this last week preparing for Tropical Cyclone Alfred that turned out to be less than we thought it would be (thank goodness).

This week I am featuring the On the Go Suite Collection.

This is an amzing collection of travel inspired products that is available as an Online Exclusive product (165583).

I have begun to revisit scrapbooking which I haven’t done much of in many years. My plan is to share a memory keeping project each Monday to inspire everyone to pull out their boxes of photos and begin recording the stories that belong to the photos … OR ,,, return to the scrapbooking and journalling you have not done for a while. Goodness knows how many boxes, or old albums, we all have that need to be scrapped and journalled so that the memories and stories are passed along through each generation.

I used this collection of new Online Exclusive Products to create a two page layout of our 15 day tour of Japan last year.

I was able to include so many photos and journalling pages by using the new Flip Flap pockets.

I used three different designs from the On the Go Designer Series Paper and a Summer Splash 12″x 12″ base and Azure Afternoon and Pumpkin Pie panels to create a base for the photos.

It was so easy to attach and layer the Flip Flaps holdng the photos and journalling pages.

Each photo Flip Flap held two photos.

The page title was created by adding Adhesive Sheet to the back of a panel of Pumpkin Pie and cutting it using the Alphabet A la Mode Dies.

The Basic White banner tag, in the bottom righthand corner, had the sentiment stamped in Pumpkin Pie and was embellsihed with some Summer Splash 2024-2026 In Colour Shimmer Gems.

The second page uses the same products in a slightly varied layout.

On this page I used some of the On the Go Puffy Stickers and ticket tags cut using the Tags to Go Dies.

Tomorrow I have a layered card to share with with you.

Until then, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

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Paper Snips
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