Inspiration Journal Part:1

Happy Monday! I know I'm slacking on my goal of at least one post every week. Last week was a long one between Tiny Human sick with influenza, I had a cold and then worked all weekend. Other than being a little tired I think we are finally getting healthy! Today I want to share with all off you the journal/mini album I made to keep track of my 2013 goals.

 

Earlier this month while browsing on Pinterest I found a tutorial on making a mini album out of envelopes. The tutorial is from Sarah's Ink Spot Blog and you can find it HERE. The instructions were pretty easy to follow and she has great step by step photos.

I had some extra envelopes from Christmas cards so I decided to give this a try. All but the first 2 pages are made using card sketches from Let's Scrap. I flipped the sketches so that they would mirror each other. All of the patterned paper is from DCWV "The Far East" mat stack that I have had for ever. I thought the Asian prints would be inspiring. The titles I cut out using various fonts from different Cricut cartridges.

 

 

I made a pocket on the inside of the front cover and inserted strips of paper with my goals on them. The blank page on the right side is to write inspirational quotes. The stamps are Studio G.

 

I rotated this sketch to make it vertical instead of horizontal. I will journal each month the # of layouts and cards I create. I'm taking part in Let's Scrap 100 Layouts in 2013 challenge. I'm hoping this will help me reach my goal.

Let's Scrap Sketch 2-17-10

The stamps and ink used for the images on these pages is from Studio G and so is the pink flower ribbon. I also used purple glitter glue to draw a boarder between the ribbion and cardstock. I think I will keep track of the most popular posts for each month.

 

Let's Scrap Sketch 7-21-10

 Thanks for stopping by! Come back again tomorrow to see the rest of my inspirational journal.

2013 Goals

I always make goals for myself for the new year. Last year it was just one word "Create". This year I have decided to make a list of goals and make a cute scrapbook journal to write them in and track my progress. I will post pictures of the journal as I get it done. Hopefully that will be this weekend :)

Here is my list of goals. I feel the more often I write them the more I am likely to stick to them. I made 5 categories with a few small goals in each one. Cheers to a successful 2013.

Scrapbooking:

• Complete 100 layouts in 2013
• Make 50 Cards in 2013
• Be on another DT (hopefully another term at Let's Scrap)

Blogging:

• 1-3 posts per week
• Tutorial once a month
• 1 Kid's craft a month
• Gain more followers

Crafting/Jewelry

• Make at least 1 piece of Jewelry a month.
• Sell more items either on Etsy or Craft shows.
• Learn more crochet patterns

Fitness:

• Lose 5 lbs by May 1st.
• Tone Tummy and thighs
• Exercise 3 times a week

Personal:

• Don't sweat the small stuff
• Be positive
• Pay of debts

Let's Scrap 1-2-13

Happy New Year! This week's sketch from Let's Scrap is a fun one. It was a real challenge for me with the round photos and all of the embellishments. Not going to lie it took me a lot of time to get going with it. I would look at it curse, stomp my feet then walk away. I decided to just do the second page and make a 1 page layout. And overall am happy with how it turrned out and happy to step out of my comfort zone.

I've been wanting to do a father and son layout for quite some time now but my sweetheart hates getting his picture taken and there fore I haven't had any photos to work with. Turns out him and the Tiny Human had a photo shoot the other day while I was at work, and he was hiding the pictures on his phone. Good thing I'm snoopy ;) and found them.

The background paper is from The Paper Studio, Boys and their toys stack. Star die cuts and title are K&Company. And the gemstones are also from The Paper Studio.