FARMHOUSE GRATITUDE JOURNAL ENTRIES | with Nathalie

Fall is officially here -in the northern hemisphere that is! Probably my favorite season as everything is so cozy and vibrant, and we get to celebrate major holidays. For us, here in Canada, Thanksgiving happens in October, that means my gratitude journal from last year needs to be completed before I start this year's album.   So what better way to get some of the last few entries completed with the beautiful Farmhouse collection.

I wanted to take advantage of the cut-aparts in the Woodland Berries Paper to help me create my pages with ease and beautiful results.

My focus was the 3x8 journaling cards in the paper as they are the perfect size for my 6x8 album, but also provide plenty of room for story telling and a beautiful companion to my photos

I started with combining the design on the journaling card with papers for my layout.  I am using the Fall Floral paper to extend the card edge (it also helps with adding my perforations) to the edge next  to the Country Pumpkins paper.  I added my photo and uses Chit Chat, Bits & Pieces, Odds & Ends, and  This & That stickers to add embellishments to the page.

For this entry, I used the pistachio color in the design of the edge of the card to bring it all together.  The color and tone on tone design in the Farmhouse paper create a great background for my photo, and helped to make all the details in the clusters pop nicely in the spread.

I added a second journaling card to the back of the previous spread to create the journaling insert for this spread, then combined with a pocket page layout.  The cards in the Colors of Fall paper are just perfect to complete the spread.

I hope this inspires you to pull your Farmhouse collection and get ready to document your Fall memories with it!  XO

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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

8655 - Farmhouse collection - Woodland Berries paper
8658 - Farmhouse collection - Fall Floral paper
8651 - Farmhouse collection - Country Pumpkins paper
8646 - Farmhouse collection - 6x6 Paper pad
8642 - Farmhouse collection - Odds & Ends
8630 - Farmhouse collection - Icon Puffy stickers
8659 - Farmhouse collection - Colors of Fall paper
8647 - Farmhouse collection - Sticker Icons
8643 - Farmhouse collection - Chit Chat
8650 - Farmhouse collection - Farmhouse paper
8648 - Farmhouse collection - This & That stickers
8644 - Farmhouse collection - Bits & Pieces
7403 - Alphabet Soup - Puffy stickers - Beetle Black

GREAT OUTDOORS CUT APART JOURNAL | with Ashley

Hi All! Today I am sharing another Great Outdoors project. I created a little journal using  the Cabin Fever 12 x 12 cut apart sheets. 

I really like using these sheets for note taking/ journaling. I started by adding some stitching details to each of the cut outs. 

I also wanted to layer the pieces together and have some interactive elements. I decided to use some of the cute stars and leaves washi tape that comes with the collection to attach some of the smaller cut-aparts to the larger ones. 

From there, I embellished using the Odds & Ends and Chit Chat packs (popping some elements up using foam tape) and the Icon sheet. I used one of the moon Cute Clips to bind everything together. 

I hope you liked seeing details of this little journaling insert. Happy Crafting! 

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Doodlebug Products Used

Great Outdoors Collection
Great Outdoors 12 x 12 Paper Pack
Great Outdoors Odds & Ends
Great Outdoors Washi Tape
Cute Clips: Stars & Moons

SPECIAL DELIVERY PREGNANCY JOURNAL | with Shellye

Well before the SPECIAL DELIVERY day, is the nine months leading up to it!  Today I'm sharing a sweet journal for capturing all of those mom-to-be moments along the way.

I chose to use a sheet of white craft foam for the cover, but a laminated sheet of patterned paper could also be used.  You may also think about a premade journal that could be covered paper too!

For the inside, I used three A6 kraft journals with 60 lined papers (I purchased them from Amazon) in each.  

To get started, the foam and patterned paper sheets were trimmed to 9"X6".  I used adhesive tape to adhere the paper to the foam and then machine-stitched around the perimeter.  

Three 1/8" holes were punched at the top and bottom center of the cover and then strung with 20mm white elastic cording.  Check out the tutorial on my YouTube Channel!

Before threading through the closure elastic, I added buttons and shaped clips! The adorable bear lapel pin and sticker letters completed the cover.

Each of the three journals' kraft covers was covered in different patterned; mini cards were turned into little pockets for decorating the covers.

At the center of each notebook, I added a folded envelope that can be used for storing tags, ephemera, etc.  

Strips of leftover papers were folded in half, corner-rounded and attached as tabs!

Die-cuts and small tags are also cute additions to the pockets.

The possibilities are endless with such a project...I hope you'll give it a try!

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Doodlebug Design Products:

Special Delivery Collection

Confetti Sprinkles

Baby Boy Boutique Buttons

Baby Bear Enamel Pin

Chunky Doodle Twine

Large Tags Doodle Cuts

Nighty Night Shaped Sprinkles

Create-A-Cards & Envelopes

Stars & Moons Cute Clips

Sunny Skies Cute Clips