Stampin’ Up introduced the This & That Journal Album and while I thought it was super cute I didn’t think I would really use it much since I have my Big (12×12) album! I’ll do a post later this week on my Big Album using My Digital Studio! But I went ahead and bought the This & That Journal and now I LOVE IT! I made myself do a page or 2 and I was hooked. It is so much fun and super easy. Since it is smaller, you have less to “create” on the page so it’s quick and the pages are already printed Designer Series Paper so you don’t need to do a lot of layering! I have also started using this album for all of my tickets, brochures, and other items I on our trips and adventures. The page above from when my husband and I went to the Zoo for a “day date.” I threw a few of my favorite pictures on there and and did some journaling. I normally don’t like to share a lot of my scrapbooking because, I think like many others, we don’t like our own handwriting or we think our pictures that we love others will think are crazy. But I still scrapbook because these are memories I want to keep forever so you should do it too even if you don’t like your pictures or handwriting! Here are a few more pages in my album!!!

Here is a page from when I had my hair chopped off earlier this year so I could donate it! It was the most amazing feeling ever to think I was helping someone! I saved the receipt from the post office when I mailed it off and a magazine cut-out with the how-to on donating!

I love my family so much and having precious photos of them makes me so happy! My niece and I took that fabulous photo at Silver Dollar City this summer! The photo on the right is of my Dad and all of his grandkids (my nieces and nephews) at his 60th Birthday Party! Precious!

And of course I have a page with my AMAZING Stampin’ Up! girls! This was at a demonstrator event this past Spring! Love these girls so much!

I hope this gave you some inspiration and fabulous ideas! Start your This & That album today! You can use it for a vacation album, all year, album, or whatever you would like to remember for years to come! Get yours today!

Happy Stampin…..and Scrappin!

~Laura

Wouldn’t you love to get the mail and see a fabulous patterned envelope with your name on it in the mailbox? Would you like to add a little flare to your envelopes when sending out a special card to someone? Well then this is so totally for you!!!!

So I totally love getting mail….sometimes even junk mail, at least there is something in my mail box waiting for me to pull it out (even if I just throw in in the trash.) It is still super exciting to me! And I get even more excited when there is an envelope….not a business size envelope, but a pretty one with a return address that I recognize! Eeeee! It’s so exciting. But image a pretty PINK envelope or flowered envelope (or other designs but you know those are my favorite)! That would be so fabulous! And with this Envelope Punch Board you can create these envelopes in whatever color, pattern, and size you desire (Stampin’ Up gives dimensions right one the board for 66 different envelope sizes)! Super simple to use and lots of fun! Check out this video from Stampin’ Up to see more about this new product! 

Happy Stampin’

~Laura