National Scrapbook Day 2018

Happy (Inter)national Scrapbook Day, everyone :) I've got some fun stuff for you this weekend, and it starts today! First up is a storewide sale at In a Creative Bubble. Use the code NSD2018 for 10% off your order, from now until Sunday night (11:59pm PST). It's the perfect time to pick up some printables and digitals for some weekend scrapping :)

Please be sure to enter the code at checkout.

I also designed some free cards for you to use! You can download the PDF over here.


I hope you like them and have an enjoyable weekend full of crafting! I'll be back on Wednesday, May 9th, for May's In a Creative Bubble shop release ;) I've been having fun designing a new travel collection and I'm so excited to share it with you all. I'll try and have some peeks over on IG before then too. As always, thank you so much for your continued support and happy weekend! xo.

National Scrapbook Day 2017

Happy National Scrapbook day everyone! I'm starting the festivities off early with a weekend sale at In a Creative Bubble: use the code NSD2017 for 10% off your entire order, from now until Sunday evening (11:59pm PST). It's a good time to stock up on cards, especially if your weekend is full of crafting plans (is anyone else super behind on Project Life like me? D:)

Make sure to enter the code at checkout for the discount!

I also designed a freebie set of printable cards for you :) You can download the PDF for these here.


Finally, here's a little peek at the new travel themed collection that's coming to In a Creative Bubble this Tuesday, May 9th. It's called Explorer and there will be new journaling cards, prompt cards, digital stamps and cut-out elements! I can't wait to share the whole collection!


If you do use the freebie cards (or any In a Creative Bubble product), I'd love for you to tag me @inacreativebubble and use the hashtag #inacreativebubble on Instagram - I really enjoy seeing how things I design get used on your own projects! Anyway, I hope you all get to enjoy some scrapbooking this weekend. Happy NSD! xo.

Yes!

Sunrises & sunsets are always included on my list of my favorite things. I adore them. I love seeing the skies change color and shift into brilliant shades and hues. It is in these brief moments that I am often reminded of how beautiful the world truly is :)

It was a random morning a few weeks ago when this particular moment happened. I'm not normally an early riser but I noticed a faint pink glow coming from outside my window, which made me open my blinds to check it out. Seeing this sunrise, right from my window, literally took my breath away. This scene lasted about ten minutes before the skies cleared into a normal sunny day. The sunrise totally made my morning!

I was looking through my photos for Project Life when I remembered this incident, and I knew that this was the perfect opportunity to try a full size 12x12 photo for a PL spread. Instead of getting one large 12x12 photo printed at Costco (I don't have a wide-format printer), I opted to crop the photo into six 4x6" photos in Photoshop, so that I could simply print the photos at home. The middle photos got trimmed in half to fit the 4x3" slots.

I wanted to keep the embellishments minimal so that they wouldn't detract from the photograph. I opted to use some washi tape, a few star sequins (large ones from SC, small ones from my stash), and a letterpressed circle I made using the letterpress platform & my BigShot. The 'this was rad' was stamped with a roller stamp (Amy Tangerine or Dear Lizzy, I think?).

Having this full size photograph in my PL makes me so happy :) It was the perfect moment - one that I definitely want to remember for several reasons. Most importantly though, it was one that reminded me to be thankful and be in awe of the beautiful, everyday things around me.

Happy Friday! xo.

Mama Elephant July Stampede

Welcome to the Mama Elephant July Design Team blog hop! Our July release is now live and available for purchase in the store: www.mamaelephant.com. Hopefully you've come from JJ's blog, which means you're on the right track for this blog hop :)

I decided to create a simple filler card for my Project Life by using the new Full House stamps and my go-to Midnight Letters stamps. Aren't those houses super cute? I adore them!

To celebrate the new release, Mama Elephant is giving away 3 gift certificates worth $20.00 each to 3 lucky people! Winners will be chosen at random from the collective blogs in the Stampede. Winners will be announced on the blog on the last Stamp Highlight day. 

Here's how to qualify to win (leave a separate comment for each):
1. Leave a comment on this blog post
2. Become a follower of our blog
3. Like/share us on Facebook:http://facebook.com/mamaelephant4. Follow/tweet us on Twitter:http://twitter.com/heymamaelephant

Your next stop is Jenn's blog! Here is the complete blog list in case you get lost on the way:

Mama Elephant http://www.mamaelephantblog.com/
Karolyn Loncon http://karolyns-paperkraft.blogspot.com/
JJ Bolton http://jjbolton.org
Geralyn Sy http://inacreativebubble.blogspot.com/
Jenn Biederman http://createdbyjb.typepad.com/
Cheiron Brandon http://www.cheironbrandon.typepad.com
Alice Wertz http://aliceslittlewonderland.blogspot.com/
Mariana Grigsby http://marianagrigsby.wordpress.com/
Savannah O'Gwynn http://savannahland2.blogspot.com/
Pearl Lui http://kraftypearl.blogspot.com/
Lea Lawson http://leascupcakesandsunshine.blogspot.com/

Thanks for stopping by!

Shoppe Update

New month, new digital/printable cards in my shoppe! Hope you like them :) Below are some musings about each set and my test prints as usual.

Halloween Journaling Cards

I couldn't resist creating a smaller set of cards for Halloween. They were so fun to make and I challenged myself to draw a little pumpkin ;)

Trendy Journaling Cards

I picked out some of my favorite trends in graphics and phrases to create this set! A little tidbit - the 'love' in 'instalove' is my own handwriting.

Random no.3 Journaling Cards

I really enjoy designing these random card sets, and I foresee more of them to come in the future!

3x4 2013 Calendar Cards and 4x6 2013 Calendar Cards

Since I started blogging about my Project Life a few months ago, I've been getting some requests here and there for calendar cards. These new 2013 monthly cards stemmed from my 2012 set (which were for my own personal use) and I put in a lot of thought on how to create both a 3x4 version and a 4x6 version. Either set would be great to use as monthly dividers or for those of you documenting weekly, it would be easy to slot in a monthly card and highlight a week on it. 

(3x4 version)

(4x6 version)

I also put together a little sample using 6x8 divided protectors to give you a better idea of how the calendar cards look. I'm thinking of switching up my PL next year by using the 4x6 calendar version and the 6x8 page protectors for my monthly dividers.

Whew, thanks for bearing with me in this really long post. Happy Wednesday everyone!