Add Extra Photos to Layouts

See how I use SRM's patterned bags to add extra photos to layouts. Find all the details on the SRM blog.

Planner Stamp Bible Journaing

I'm over on the SRM blog today with some Planner Stamp Bible Journaling.

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Road Trip Game Bags

My kids have grown up driving 6-8 hours in the car on a regular basis to go visit family. They're great car trippers. However, we have a 10 hour car trip coming up in a few weeks, so I thought it would be fun to do a little something extra. For this trip I've made some road trip game bags.

SRM's latest release included some really fun new printed bags in different sizes. These large 8 1/2" x 11" patterned bags were perfect for my printed games.

I used Summer Fun Puffy Clips from Paper House to close the bags. My kids can then use them for bookmarks on the trip. 

The internet is a wonderful place, and I decided not to re-invent the wheel. I found free printables that other people already created that I thought my kids might like. Games like I Spy (car brands), Would You Rather questions, and Mad Lib style fill in the blank travel stories.

I finished up the road trip game bags by embellishing them with a few cute Discover USA Puffy Stickers from Paper House. Do you have any road trips planed this summer?

I wrote this post while participating on the Paper House and SRM design teams.

Bible Tip-in

You can find me over on the SRM Blog today sharing a Bible tip-in.

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Winter Layouts

Well, I do know it's summer (it was even 90 degrees today!), but I have a couple of winter layouts to share.

I've been busy trying to get through a bunch of photos and use some of my favorite paper that I've stocked up on.

I think I'm now officially out of Pebbles Inc Winter Wonderland paper, and I'm still in love with the clean lines and bright, modern feel of this collection.

Since I'm using up the last of my papers in this collection, I used a lot of small layers. These were pieces left over from other layouts. Even the "snow" cut outs above were extras from these layouts I shared back in May.

These winter layouts are a clean and simple, but I'm pretty happy that I was able to eek out a few more layouts from this fabulous winter collection.

Water Balloon Fun

I'm over on the SRM blog today with a little water balloon fun.

Head on over to the blog to see how I made this water balloon gift.

Thanks So Much Card

I recently needed a thank you card. I decided to use a stamp and die set that I've had forever, but just haven't had the chance to use yet.

I used the Hero Arts Thanks Die and Clear Acrylic Stamp Set. The "thanks" die, "so much, you are awesome" stamps, and star stamps are all part of the set. I used a simple oval die to cut a hole in the white card stock to create a bold backdrop for the thanks die cut.

I used Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Cracked Pistachio, Blueprint Sketch, and Squeezed Lemonade to stamp my sentiments and stars.

This thanks so much card definitely falls into the clean and simple category. I'm so glad I finally got to use this great stamp and die set.