Ali Edwards's Blog, page 45
August 21, 2023
Grow Scrapbook Kit | Special Guest Denine Zielinski
Hi everyone! This is Denine, and I’m happy to be here today to share some project planning for the Grow Quarterly Scrapbook Kit. I have created some sketches for many of the kit components, and I also have a video giving you additional ideas and thoughts for some pages.
All of my sketches are done to fit into my 6x8 album, but you can totally modify any one of them to fit your needs. As always, I like to remind you that the digital kit comes along with the physical kit which opens up even more possibilities. If you have yet to dive into the world of hybrid scrapbooking, these kits are a great place to start!
Before we take a look at my sketch ideas, here are some story ideas for this kit. You can totally follow the theme to tell stories of growth. Examples include:
Personal growth from a specific experience The growth of your family Growing up Your garden A growing friendship/relationship Goals or dreams Growing knowledge or skills Milestones Growing gratitude Overcoming challenges
Of course, the generic nature of many of the papers can work with almost any story at all.
Around the neighborhood/house “Right Now” about yourself or someone you love Favorite summer moments A recent road trip Everyday gratitudes Things making you happy at this moment in time Favorite photos
Now that we’ve sparked some story ideas, let’s take a look at some of my sketches.
IDEA ONE
My first idea is for the 12x12 Outlined Shapes paper. I absolutely love these wonky half circles, and they are just begging to be cut out! Here are a few thoughts:
12x12 Wavy Line paper as a background + fussy cut half circles on top Large photo background that spans both pages + fussy cut half circles on top One full page photo + second page patterned paper and fussy cut half circles on top
7x8.25 Currently Growing paper + second page patterned paper and fussy cut half circles on top
I’m seeing the wonky half circles as a place for my journaling as well as templates for cutting some of the other patterned papers or your photos into that shape.
Below, you can see how these shapes look placed on several of the other patterned papers in the kit.
There are so many awesome patterned papers in this kit. Any one of them would make for a great background for your pages, but the first thought that popped into my head was collage! Several weeks back on IG, there was a free Fodder Challenge where participants were introduced to different mixed media + collage art lessons. Unfortunately, the timing of the challenges didn’t quite work with my schedule, but seeing the work of those who participated was very inspirational.
Grab some of the papers from this kit and play. Cut them up into different sized pieces. Adhere them randomly on a background page. Add some ink or paint or stamping or blending. Do some sewing. I was also thinking that a few of the wonky half circles would be great additions for journaling. You can do this for a one page of a spread and pair it with a full-page photo or go all out and collage two pages! I am super excited about this particular idea.
IDEA THREE
The 12x12 Color Block Squares paper is divided into four quadrants that are perfect homes for your photos/stories. You can pretty much cut this paper down into whatever size you want or leave it as it if you scrapbook the 12x12 size.
I would cut it down to 7x8.25 and place a photo in each quadrant. I like the idea of different sized photos all meeting in the middle with one of the Window Cards in the center. I would like to use the 7x8.25 Grow Word Art paper as the background for my second page and then add my journaling on top. Oh, and if you do cut this 12x12 Color Block Squares paper down, you can use the scraps as a part of the collage in my sketch from Idea two!
IDEA FOUR
One of the things that I have enjoyed with the AED subscriptions this year is the addition of the directed story papers. They are wonderful jumping off points for our stories. I usually end up cutting them up in some way as I crave dimension and love spicing things up. For this 7x8.25 Currently Growing paper, I imagine pretty much using it as is with the addition of my journaling.
To add that “needed” dimension, wouldn’t the adorable tiny chipboard flowers be great as bullet points before each piece of the story? A second page can be added using any one of the patterned papers as a background. If you crave more dimension, like me, you can add your photos with foam squares!
IDEA FIVE
For this spread, I am thinking that I will cut up the large rectangle journaling spots on the 7x8.25 Beautiful Growth paper. As always, this directed story paper can totally be used as is. I was just thinking that placing the rectangles on a slant would be fun! Alternating them with photos cut in the same shape/size would help to mix things up a bit. Perhaps, I could use alpha stamps to put some titles on each journal spot? After creating this sketch, I also thought that using a few of the plastic flowers to embellish my photos would be a fun addition.
IDEA SIX
This 7x8.25 Right Now Shapes paper is another one of my favorites. In my sketch, I am thinking two full page photos next to each other with a transparent page between them. Perhaps even one big photo that spans both pages. I would do my journaling in the wonky “flower” shapes and cut them out to be adhered to the transparent page. I think cutting several photos out in this shape would be adorable, too. I could alternate the journal spots and the photos on both sides of the transparent page. I would also add some of the tiny chipboard flowers to this spread, perhaps one on each photo along with a phrase sticker from my stash.
IDEA SEVEN
This sketch is an alternative use of the 7x8.25 Right Now Shapes paper. Of course, I can totally create spreads from both of these sketches if I would like. I do have the digital kit at my disposal, after all! You can do your journaling, cut the spots out, and alternate them with photos of the same shape. You can also leave the paper intact and just pair it with a second page of just photos. Stamp some numbers on the journal spots and photos to help the viewer connect photos to stories.
Take a look below how these journal shapes “pop” when placed on top of the 12x12 Abstract Botanical paper (swoon) or even the 7x8.25 Botanical paper. Goodness, gracious….such happy combos!
The 7x8.25 1-2-3-4-5 The Story paper can pretty much be used for any spread where you want to tell five little stories or five pieces of a bigger story. I’m thinking of adding my stories in smaller bits staggered on the paper. I imagine some hand drawn lines connecting the two pages of the spread together. The second page would have a photo collage. I was thinking of adding a strip of the 7x8.25 Leaf patterned paper on the left (or right) side of the second page or perhaps just increasing the size of the collage to fit the whole page. I would also definitely place one of the tiny chipboard flowers next to each number, as well!
The video below goes through each of my eight ideas as well as some additional thoughts/idea that came to my mind after the fact.
INSERT GROW VIDEO
As always, thank you so much for joining me in my story planning. Creating sketches for Quarterly Scrapbook Kits is so much fun for me, and I can’t wait to start turning them into reality.
If you’d like to follow along, you can find me on Instagram @denine2 and YouTube @Denine2. You can also download a PDF of all of my sketches below. I hope that I was able to give you some ideas and inspiration to tell your own stories. Please feel free to let me know if you have any questions or even to share some great ideas of your own! Happy storytelling, my friends!
August 18, 2023
In Case You Missed It | August 18
Happy Friday, friends! Welcome to the latest
In Case You Missed It. Just a reminder that this is a quick post that will happen every Friday afternoon with all the updates and links that have happened throughout the week. So, let's get to it:
RELEASE DATE FOR 2023 DECEMBER DAILY® COLLECTION
Mark your calendars! We are so thrilled to kick off the 2023 December Daily® season by sharing that our order selection period will begin on August 29th at 10:00am ET . We have lots of inspiration and fun content planned around this year’s release. Be sure to follow us over at @decemberdaily, our official account for all things December Daily®. We've been hosting LIVE product sneaks and those are recorded and available for you to watch on that account. We also invite you to join us in the December Daily® Facebook group for more merriment. Find additional resources and inspiration, including Ali’s completed albums, on the blog via the December Daily® tag. Learn more about there project here.
NEW CLASS FROM ALI: START HERE: DESIGN FORMULAS FOR MEMORY KEEPING
Sometimes, blank pages are awesome. Other times, they are overwhelming. With over 20 years of memory keeping experience, Ali Edwards has told a lot of stories and most of them started with a blank page. In Start Here: Design Formulas For Memory Keeping Ali will be sharing her tried + true design formulas that have helped her tell hundreds (if not thousands) of stories over the years. Using her vast catalog of completed memory keeping projects (including traditional scrapbook layouts, pocket pages, and notebooks), Ali will help remove some of the guess work out of the process of starting with a blank page/pocket/notebook and encourage/inspire you to be the boss of your stories. During the workshop Ali will use past projects as examples + create new projects to reinforce the core concepts. Ali's background in graphic design + her years of teaching experience come together for this workshop to give you a solid starting place in your own memory keeping adventures. This class includes a 92-page PDF of design ideas and inspiration from Ali . Register here.
IMPORTANT SUBSCRIPTION UPDATES
Since January, we’ve seen incredible growth in our subscriptions! As always, we are extremely grateful for your support and thrilled by your enthusiastic response to the changes we’ve implemented. As a result, we are currently on a waitlist for new Stories By The Month™ subscribers. Now is the time to subscribe or jump on the waitlist if you’ve been considering a subscription to either of these products. If you are interested in receiving one of these subscriptions when they become available, it’s important to sign-up for our waitlist now as it helps our team anticipate future quantities.
As always, we’re so grateful to have you all as members of this community! Thanks for joining me today and have a great weekend!
August 11, 2023
In Case You Missed It | Aug 11
Happy Friday, friends! Welcome to the latest
In Case You Missed It. Just a reminder that this is a quick post that will happen every Friday afternoon with all the updates and links that have happened throughout the week. So, let's get to it:
AUGUST REVEAL IS LIVE
This week we revealed a new Story Kit™ theme: LET GO! This month we are focusing on stories of letting go and releasing things not meant for us. In addition to our new Story Kit™ theme, we also have a brand new Stories By The Month™ kit, the GROW Quarterly Scrapbook Kit, and the next edition in our Alphas Are Awesome series. Head to the blog for Ali's post with all the details about this month's release.
RELEASE DATE FOR 2023 DECEMBER DAILY® COLLECTION
Mark your calendars! We are so thrilled to kick off the 2023 December Daily® season by sharing that our order selection period will begin on August 29th at 10:00am ET. We have lots of inspiration and fun content planned around this year’s release. Be sure to follow us over at @decemberdaily, our official account for all things December Daily®. We also invite you to join us in the December Daily® Facebook group for more merriment. Find additional resources and inspiration, including Ali’s completed albums, on the blog via the December Daily® tag. Learn more about there project here.
NEW CLASS FROM ALI: START HERE: DESIGN FORMULAS FOR MEMORY KEEPING
Sometimes, blank pages are awesome. Other times, they are overwhelming. With over 20 years of memory keeping experience, Ali Edwards has told a lot of stories and most of them started with a blank page. In Start Here: Design Formulas For Memory Keeping Ali will be sharing her tried + true design formulas that have helped her tell hundreds (if not thousands) of stories over the years. Using her vast catalog of completed memory keeping projects (including traditional scrapbook layouts, pocket pages, and notebooks), Ali will help remove some of the guess work out of the process of starting with a blank page/pocket/notebook and encourage/inspire you to be the boss of your stories. During the workshop Ali will use past projects as examples + create new projects to reinforce the core concepts. Ali's background in graphic design + her years of teaching experience come together for this workshop to give you a solid starting place in your own memory keeping adventures.
REGISTER NOW: START TO FINISH TRAVEL #3
We've got a brand new Start To Finish Travel Workshop happening right now using products from this collection! Lessons will go live each Thursday starting July 6th until July 27th. After that, all class content will be available for you to enjoy at your convenience. Contributors this year include: Ali Edwards, Jess Forster, Amber Dawson, Nolana Lynch, and Lisa Varshine. Register here.
IMPORTANT SUBSCRIPTION UPDATES
Since January, we’ve seen incredible growth in our subscriptions! As always, we are extremely grateful for your support and thrilled by your enthusiastic response to the changes we’ve implemented. As a result, we are currently on a waitlist for new Stories By The Month™ subscribers. Now is the time to subscribe or jump on the waitlist if you’ve been considering a subscription to either of these products. If you are interested in receiving one of these subscriptions when they become available, it’s important to sign-up for our waitlist now as it helps our team anticipate future quantities.
As always, we’re so grateful to have you all as members of this community! Thanks for joining me today and have a great weekend!
August 10, 2023
Let Go Story Kit™ + September Stories By The Month™ Kit
Today's the 10th of the month and that means a new
Story Kit, Story Stamp, and Stories By The Month kit.
This month we are focusing on stories related to the theme of Let Go.
As humans we are regularly faced with seasons of letting go. Sometimes we get to choose the season and other times we have to simply respond to the things happening around us. Letting go can be simple and it can be so very complicated. This month we are focusing on stories of letting go and releasing things not meant for us.
Initial story ideas for this theme include:
Tell a story about a time you let go of something that wasn't meant for you. What are you currently letting go of in this season of life? When was the last time you said goodbye to something and what's the story surrounding that experience? STORY KIT
The
Story Kit™ includes:
Here's a video overview of the
Story Kit™ and Add-On options this month:
The
Stamp Set:
Here's a video overview of the Story Stamp:
STORY CLASS // INCLUDES DIGITAL STORY KIT
Here's a look at what's included in the Digital Story Kit™:
Your digital kit and the classroom and any Add-Ons purchased will be available to you on the 12th once your card has been charged for the month.
This kit is also available to physical kit subscribers as an Add On each month.
Here are a few project samples from Ali:
For one of the her stories this month Ali's combining pieces from last month's kit/add ons with this month's kit:
Again, thanks so much for subscribing and/or considering our
Story Subscription program! If you have any questions about this program please let us know below in the comments.
Here is a full look at the kit this month:
The kit now includes a sheet of vellum or transparency (sized outside the page protector in a 6 inch x 8 inch album), a pattern paper, a 3 inch x 8 inch (outside the page protector) journal card with the month at the top which will be repeated each month, a 3 inch x 4 inch stamp set, chipboard, 4, 3 inch x 4 inch journal cards, 3, 4 inch x 6 inch journal cards and an embellishment.
And a video overview:
This subscription is a great option for those who are looking to tell more calendar/everyday life sorts of stories.
Our Digital Stories By The Month™ kit is now called Inspiration By The Month™. With this subscription you receive access to the Inspiration By The Month™ classroom and the digital kit.
This kit is also available to physical Stories By The Month™ kit subscribers as an Add On each month.
This stamp set is available to subscribers to add to their box during the Add On period and
also offered in the shop for anyone else!
Here's a video of Ali using this:
SCRAPBOOK KIT: GROW
Our third quarterly scrapbook kit this year is the theme "grow" and includes a variety of papers and embellishments with florals + other designs to support stories of literally growing things, personal growth, etc. We love the bright, fun color scheme and bold florals.
Here's a video walkthrough:
Don't forget that our Quarterly Scrapbook Kit subscription also includes the digital kit:
August 4, 2023
In Case You Missed It | August 4
Happy Friday, friends! Welcome to the latest
In Case You Missed It. Just a reminder that this is a quick post that will happen every Friday afternoon with all the updates and links that have happened throughout the week. So, let's get to it:
Our warehouse sale ends Monday and many pieces are down to their final few. We're clearing out our warehouse to make room for December Daily®! From now until August 7th at 11:59pm ET, you can shop products conveniently organized by price point. For a limited time shop $15 stamps, $10 Story Kit™+ Stories By The Month™ kits, as well as $1 embellishments! Now is the time to stock up on past proiects and everything else. Supplies are limited. Shop the sale here.
RELEASE DATE FOR 2023 DECEMBER DAILY® COLLECTION
Mark your calendars! We are so thrilled to kick off the 2023 December Daily® season by sharing that our order selection period will begin on August 29th at 10:00am ET. We have lots of inspiration and fun content planned around this year’s release. Be sure to follow us over at @decemberdaily, our official account for all things December Daily®. We also invite you to join us in the December Daily® Facebook group for more merriment. Find additional resources and inspiration, including Ali’s completed albums, on the blog via the December Daily® tag. Learn more about there project here.
NEW CLASS FROM ALI: START HERE: DESIGN FORMULAS FOR MEMORY KEEPING
Sometimes, blank pages are awesome. Other times, they are overwhelming. With over 20 years of memory keeping experience, Ali Edwards has told a lot of stories and most of them started with a blank page. In Start Here: Design Formulas For Memory Keeping Ali will be sharing her tried + true design formulas that have helped her tell hundreds (if not thousands) of stories over the years. Using her vast catalog of completed memory keeping projects (including traditional scrapbook layouts, pocket pages, and notebooks), Ali will help remove some of the guess work out of the process of starting with a blank page/pocket/notebook and encourage/inspire you to be the boss of your stories. During the workshop Ali will use past projects as examples + create new projects to reinforce the core concepts. Ali's background in graphic design + her years of teaching experience come together for this workshop to give you a solid starting place in your own memory keeping adventures.
REGISTER NOW: START TO FINISH TRAVEL #3
We've got a brand new Start To Finish Travel Workshop happening right now using products from this collection! Lessons will go live each Thursday starting July 6th until July 27th. After that, all class content will be available for you to enjoy at your convenience. Contributors this year include: Ali Edwards, Jess Forster, Amber Dawson, Nolana Lynch, and Lisa Varshine. Register here.
IMPORTANT SUBSCRIPTION UPDATES
Since January, we’ve seen incredible growth in our subscriptions! As always, we are extremely grateful for your support and thrilled by your enthusiastic response to the changes we’ve implemented. As a result, we are currently on a waitlist for new Stories By The Month™ subscribers. Now is the time to subscribe or jump on the waitlist if you’ve been considering a subscription to either of these products. If you are interested in receiving one of these subscriptions when they become available, it’s important to sign-up for our waitlist now as it helps our team anticipate future quantities.
As always, we’re so grateful to have you all as members of this community! Thanks for joining me today and have a great weekend!
July 28, 2023
In Case You Missed It | July 28
Happy Friday, friends! Welcome to the latest
In Case You Missed It. Just a reminder that this is a quick post that will happen every Friday afternoon with all the updates and links that have happened throughout the week. So, let's get to it:
CHRISTMAS IN JULY IS HAPPENING NOW
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear, but Christmas in July just for you! Enjoy 25% off physical December Daily® products, December Daily® classes, and 50% off digital December Daily® products now through July 31st at 11:59pm ET. This promotion excludes previous December Daily® albums. Shop the sale here.
NEW CLASS FROM ALI: START HERE: DESIGN FORMULAS FOR MEMORY KEEPING
Sometimes, blank pages are awesome. Other times, they are overwhelming. With over 20 years of memory keeping experience, Ali Edwards has told a lot of stories and most of them started with a blank page. In Start Here: Design Formulas For Memory Keeping Ali will be sharing her tried + true design formulas that have helped her tell hundreds (if not thousands) of stories over the years. Using her vast catalog of completed memory keeping projects (including traditional scrapbook layouts, pocket pages, and notebooks), Ali will help remove some of the guess work out of the process of starting with a blank page/pocket/notebook and encourage/inspire you to be the boss of your stories. During the workshop Ali will use past projects as examples + create new projects to reinforce the core concepts. Ali's background in graphic design + her years of teaching experience come together for this workshop to give you a solid starting place in your own memory keeping adventures.
REGISTER NOW: START TO FINISH TRAVEL #3
We've got a brand new Start To Finish Travel Workshop happening right now using products from this collection! Lessons will go live each Thursday starting July 6th until July 27th. After that, all class content will be available for you to enjoy at your convenience. Contributors this year include: Ali Edwards, Jess Forster, Amber Dawson, Nolana Lynch, and Lisa Varshine. Register here.
IMPORTANT SUBSCRIPTION UPDATES
Since January, we’ve seen incredible growth in our subscriptions! As always, we are extremely grateful for your support and thrilled by your enthusiastic response to the changes we’ve implemented. As a result, we are currently on a waitlist for new Stories By The Month™ subscribers. Now is the time to subscribe or jump on the waitlist if you’ve been considering a subscription to either of these products. If you are interested in receiving one of these subscriptions when they become available, it’s important to sign-up for our waitlist now as it helps our team anticipate future quantities.
As always, we’re so grateful to have you all as members of this community! Thanks for joining me today and have a great weekend!
July 24, 2023
Ali's Fodder School Challenge Projects
Over the past couple of weeks I've been participating in the Fodder School Free Challenge and wanted to bring all the projects together in one post and share them here on the blog (I've been sharing over on Instagram in real time).
This was my first time participating (I think it's the third year it's happened) and I loved it so much! Lots of mixed media play and a great way for me to engage with my own creativity in a different way.
I started out adding some of the pieces into my Daily Pages notebook and other projects were stand-alone adventures. As you'll see below I also ended up adding a few of them to a 6x8 album and I love the fact that they have a home rather than living in a pile (you know I love a good pile).
Here's a look at what I made - each one of these is my interpretation of the daily challenge. I loved watching the videos and simply being inspired to make something - anything - and most of the time using what I already had in my stash.
WATER COLOR LEAVES with TIFFANY SHARPE
And then I was so excited I made another whole page and punch those out into 2 inch circles that got used in some other projects during the challenge.
For this one I ended up experimenting on printable fabric sheets because that was all the fabric I had on hand. Looking forward to trying this with actual fabric.
GRATITUDE MEDALS with JENNIFER WILKIN PENICK
This one might have been my favorite.
MINI TAG BOOK with MEGAN QUINLAN
I ended up hanging this outside my office as a reminder of how I felt during this challenge.
In addition to adding those first few challenges to my Daily Pages notebook I decided to see what happened if I used some of our page attachers (click notify me on the product page to be notified when those are back in stock) to add a couple of these finished things into a 6x8 album.
July 21, 2023
New Workshop With Ali: Start Here | Design Formulas For Memory Keeping
Registration is now open for Ali's brand new workshop Start Here | Design Formulas For Memory Keeping.
Join before August 17th, 2023 and receive $10 off this brand new workshop. After August 17th the workshop price will be $30.
With over 20 years of memory keeping experience, Ali Edwards has told a lot of stories and most of them started with a blank page.
In Start Here: Design Formulas For Memory Keeping Ali will be sharing her tried + true design formulas that have helped her tell hundreds (if not thousands) of stories over the years. Using her vast catalog of completed memory keeping projects (including traditional scrapbook layouts, pocket pages, and notebooks), Ali will help remove some of the guess work out of the process of starting with a blank page/pocket/notebook and encourage/inspire you to be the boss of your stories. During the workshop Ali will use past projects as examples + create new projects to reinforce the core concepts.
Ali's background in graphic design + her years of teaching experience come together for this workshop to give you a solid starting place in your own memory keeping adventures.
This workshop will be broken down into three lessons:
LESSON ONE: Design Formulas (the formulas that Ali uses over + over again and the reasons why)LESSON TWO: Design Principles (the design principles that Ali uses over + over again and the reasons why)LESSON THREE: Putting The Lessons Into Practice (includes process videos from Ali creating new projects that demonstrate ideas from the previous lessons)The goal for this workshop? Create a resource of ideas for you to refer back to again and again as you tell the stories of your life!
Come learn + play with us! Sign up + get all the details here.
In Case You Missed It | July 21
Happy Friday, friends! Welcome to the latest
In Case You Missed It. Just a reminder that this is a quick post that will happen every Friday afternoon with all the updates and links that have happened throughout the week. So, let's get to it:
PHYSICAL STAMPS 25% OFF
Thank you so much for your support during our 50% off Stamps Flash Sale earlier this week. In case you missed it, we are offering 25% off stamps from now until July 23rd at 11:59pm. Use code STAMP25 and enjoy. Some exclusions apply. Shop stamps here.NEW CLASS FROM ALI: START HERE: DESIGN FORMULAS FOR MEMORY KEEPING
Sometimes, blank pages are awesome. Other times, they are overwhelming. With over 20 years of memory keeping experience, Ali Edwards has told a lot of stories and most of them started with a blank page. In Start Here: Design Formulas For Memory Keeping Ali will be sharing her tried + true design formulas that have helped her tell hundreds (if not thousands) of stories over the years. Using her vast catalog of completed memory keeping projects (including traditional scrapbook layouts, pocket pages, and notebooks), Ali will help remove some of the guess work out of the process of starting with a blank page/pocket/notebook and encourage/inspire you to be the boss of your stories. During the workshop Ali will use past projects as examples + create new projects to reinforce the core concepts. Ali's background in graphic design + her years of teaching experience come together for this workshop to give you a solid starting place in your own memory keeping adventures.REGISTER NOW: START TO FINISH TRAVEL #3
We've got a brand new Start To Finish Travel Workshop happening right now using products from this collection! Lessons will go live each Thursday starting July 6th until July 27th. After that, all class content will be available for you to enjoy at your convenience. Contributors this year include: Ali Edwards, Jess Forster, Amber Dawson, Nolana Lynch, and Lisa Varshine. Register here.
IMPORTANT SUBSCRIPTION UPDATES
Since January, we’ve seen incredible growth in our subscriptions! As always, we are extremely grateful for your support and thrilled by your enthusiastic response to the changes we’ve implemented. As a result, we are currently on a waitlist for new Stories By The Month™ subscribers. Now is the time to subscribe or jump on the waitlist if you’ve been considering a subscription to either of these products. If you are interested in receiving one of these subscriptions when they become available, it’s important to sign-up for our waitlist now as it helps our team anticipate future quantities.
As always, we’re so grateful to have you all as members of this community! Thanks for joining me today and have a great weekend!
July 10, 2023
Explore Story Kit + August Stories By The Month
Today's the 10th of the month and that means a new
Story Kit, Story Stamp, and Stories By The Month kit.
This month we are focusing on stories related to the theme of Explore.
To explore is to travel in or through an unfamiliar area in order to learn about it. To explore can also mean to examine or evaluate or discuss something in detail. This month we are diving into our own stories of exploring from the past and the present. This is a great kit for supporting stories of adventure and travel and also stories of exploring who we are in this season of life.
Initial story ideas for this theme include:
What are you currently exploring in your life? Places, thoughts, foods, etc.Document an outdoor adventure. Where did you explore and what did you love about the experience? Make a list of the places you'd like to explore. STORY KIT
The Story Kit™ includes:
Here's a video overview of the
Story Kit™ and Add-On options this month:
The Stamp Set:
Here's a video overview of the Story Stamp:
Here's a look at what's included in the Digital Story Kit™:
Your digital kit and the classroom and any Add-Ons purchased will be available to you on the 12th once your card has been charged for the month.
This kit is also available to physical kit subscribers as an Add On each month.
Here are a few project samples from Ali:
Again, thanks so much for subscribing and/or considering our
Story Subscription program! If you have any questions about this program please let us know below in the comments.
Here is a full look at the kit this month:
The kit now includes a sheet of vellum or transparency (sized outside the page protector in a 6 inch x 8 inch album), a pattern paper, a 3 inch x 8 inch (outside the page protector) journal card with the month at the top which will be repeated each month, a 3 inch x 4 inch stamp set, chipboard, 4, 3 inch x 4 inch journal cards, 3, 4 inch x 6 inch journal cards and an embellishment.
And a video overview:
This subscription is a great option for those who are looking to tell more calendar/everyday life sorts of stories.
Our Digital Stories By The Month™ kit is now called Inspiration By The Month™. With this subscription you receive access to the Inspiration By The Month™ classroom and the digital kit.
This kit is also available to physical Stories By The Month™ kit subscribers as an Add On each month.
Those white vellum numbers are awesome! They would make a great addition to your December Daily® stash.
ALPHAS ARE AWESOME #4
This stamp set is available to subscribers to add to their box during the Add On period and
also offered in the shop for anyone else!
Here's a video of Ali using this set to create some repeated journaling cards:
