Thanksgiving Table by Karen

Hello!  Karen here today sharing some ideas and a video!

Thanksgiving is such a sweet time to spend with friends and family. It's fun to make the decor and table settings extra special. Here's a quick and easy idea for you to try. Tuck your fancy silverware in a small dotted pouch marked with the initial of each guest in vinyl. Don't forget to add a small card at each place setting for guests to record what they are most thankful for. Later, these cards make great additions in a planner or scrapbook with photos of the day's festivities and a record of Thanksgiving.

Watch it come together in this quick video.

For this project, I used:

Black Dot mini pouch | Black dotted vinyl | Mini Calendar Stickers | Year of Memories Stickers | Express Yourself Thanksgiving Stickers

Summer Baseball Layout by Samantha

Hello! Samantha here today to share a summer baseball layout with you. I'm just using some SRM stickers and creatively cut card stock for this layout. 

I love mixing and matching patterned papers, so I thought I'd give myself a bit of a challenge and create a layout without any patterned paper. It was a bit hard for me, but a lot of fun, and a great way to let my SRM stickers really pop on the page. To add some interest to the plain card stock, I used a Silhouette Cameo to cut some designs. 

Then, I let my stickers, photo, and journaling tell the story. The grungy 2017 from the Year of Memories Sticker set was a great fit for this post game photo.  
  

The big baseball sticker and baseball themed words from Take 2: Stickers By the Dozen Baseball leave no question as to what sport this layout is all about, and they match perfectly with the color theme of our team's uniforms! 

Finally, I added a "LOVE" sticker from Love Sentiments, because coaching my son's 3 grade baseball team this year has been so very much fun, and I've loved every minute of it. 

Next time you're telling a story on your layout, reach for a few SRM stickers to help you tell it, just like I did with this summer baseball layout! 

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Using Patterned Bags Layouts by Samantha

Hello! Samantha with you today. If you're like me, sometimes you have more photos than you know what to do with. Today I'm going to show you how you can use SRM's patterned bags to get more photos an on layout. 

Every year I have multiple camping photos to scrap. Sometimes the photos feel new and fun, and sometimes they feel a bit redundant. However, they tell the story of our summer and I want to scrap them anyways. 

I start by pulling all of the photos I want to use. Then I pick my favorite one (like this group shot of us hiking up a tower) and make it my focal photo. All the other photos will go in the patterned bag. I build the layout around my focal photo, and use the patterned bag as a layering piece like I would a piece of patterned paper. Adhere your bag directly to the layout and layer your photo on top.

When your layout is finished, add your extra photos to the patterned bag. I like to back my photos with a bit of card stock, and I used Year of Memories Stickers to add tabs to the tops of my photos. These aren't necessary, but add a fun design element and help draw your eye to the fact that there are photos in the patterned bag. 

I also used stickers from Calendar Companions,  Stickers by the Dozen Valentine, Planner Icon Stickers, and We've Got Your Borders Bright to embellish my layout.

The best part is, SRM carries a wide variety of sizes, colors, and patterns in patterned bags, so you're sure to find something that works well on any layout. The small bags (like I used here) work great for 4x6 or smaller photos. The medium patterned bags work well for 5x7 photos, and the large bags are perfect for 8x10 photos. 

Using patterned bags on a layout is a fun a versatile way to add more photos to your layout!

Shine Your Light Layout by Melanie

Hello! Melanie here today I am sharing a layout with you. My daughter just graduated from high school and is off to university this fall. Her light truly shines. This senior portrait of her is one of my favorites.

 I used a couple of different SRM stickers for the layout. It was fun to add them into the journaling.

 Layering the stickers on the patterned paper is seamless with the clear backing. I love the finishing touch of the Sticker Stitches, too.

Enjoy your day, and remember to "Shine Your Light!" :)

SRM Products Used:
Sticker Stitches
Sticker Sentiments/Shine Your Light
We've Got Your Sticker/Hello
Year Of Memories/2017

June Planner Pages by Melanie

How is it June already? 2017 is going by so quickly. Good thing I have my planner to keep me on track :). Melanie here today to share some planner fun!

I gathered some SRM supplies together to work on my June pages. I appreciate how easy it is to match the stickers, stamps, and pens. Plus, because I didn't need any tools, this project was great to complete on-the-go while waiting for my son at baseball practice.

 It is fun to mix and match the stamps and stickers together for an event. I also used the Le Pens to trace over the stamp lines to give more color to the page. With their fine tip, this works really well. And the fine tip is helpful for coloring in small details on stamped images.

 Now that the pages are done, I am ready to head into June . . . well, maybe not quite. :)

SRM Products used:
Planner Notes to Self #77041
School Days Planner #77053
Birthday Plans #77054
Year of Memories 2017 #48022
Live Life Calendar Year #49004
Calendar Companion #48010
Planner Icon Stickers #48030
Say It With Stickers Graduation #39023
We've Got Your Border Bright #57008
Le Pen Bright

Soccer Layout by Samantha

Hello! Samantha here today to share a soccer layout using lots of SRM stickers. 

One of the best things to me about SRM stickers is that you can mix and match them. I made a soccer layout, but used lots of non-sporting stickers too!

I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut a large star from a white piece of 12 x 12 card stock. I then backed the negative space with some soccer themed patterned paper. 

 I used the soccer word and soccer ball stickers from Take 2: Stickers by the Dozen Soccer to create a line across the layout that draws your eye to the photo. 

I used a flag shaped sticker from Labels by the Dozen Made By to create a journaling tag. Instead of traditional journaling, I added the soccer season (spring) with a sticker from Live Life Calendar Years and the year (2017) with a sticker from Year of Memories 2017.   I decided my layout needed a little something more, so I used a ruler and black Marvy Le Plume Marker to create a border around the whole page. 

 Layering stickers from lots of sticker sheets is a great way to create embellishments for any layout, not just a soccer layout. Do you like to mix and match your stickers? 

 

January 2017 Planner Pages by Melanie

Happy New Year! Melanie joining you today with some planner fun!  I am looking forward to 2017 and hope you are as well. 

My planner definitely helps keep me on track for a more successful year. Usually I only add color to my weekly pages because, well, this is what my monthly pages end up looking like . . .  The days are packed . . . but . . . Blah.

So, to start the new year off a little more brightly, I used SRM stickers to give my January planner layout a splash of color. 

 (Trust me, my sharpened #2 pencil was poised to write in work schedules, appointments, lessons, sports activities, social events, etc. as soon as these pictures were taken. But now I'll have some color amongst all the lead writing).

The "A Year to Remember" Calendar Companion sticker sheet is perfect for planners and calendars. The little icons fit perfectly on special dates or days to remember.

I love the Freestyle stickers and their funky shapes. They add just the right amount of color and style to my pages. 

To add some finishing touches, I used the 2017 Year of Memories sticker and black sticker stitches (I think I use these on every project).  

I love to see how you complete your planner pages on the SRM's Facebook Planner Sticker Fun page. Thanks in advance for sharing your projects!

Calendar Layout by Shelly

Hey y'all! Shelly, here! 

 Today I'm sharing something I haven't made in a looong time...like, over 12 yrs or so long time. lol What is it you ask?...Well, my title most likely gave it away (lol) but...

Check it out!

A layout!?!...Yep. I made a layout. I wanted to something different and upon thinking of things, a layout came to my mind. So, I went with it. ;) 

I used a bunch of SRM Stickers goodies and just had some fun! I chose to do layout of our dog because in January is her birthday. 

I placed my photo where I wanted it to be and just started working around it, so to speak. I also wanted to keep things 'clean' so I did leave lots of white. 

Fun and sweet, yeah?!...

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Enjoy your day! 

SRM Stickers products:

Sticker Stitches-Black

We've Got Your Border-Birthday

We've Got Your Border-Pastel

Clear Stamp-Birthday Plans

Clear Stamp-Planner Banner

Mini Calendar Sticker-Standard 2017

Year of Memories Sticker 2017

2017 Mini Calendar Gift Set by Shantaie

Hello!  Shantaie here today with a fun idea. I challenged myself to create a more updated look and use of the traditional mini calendar, and to make it pretty enough to give as a gift. I set myself up for quite the challenge. After all paper crafters have been creating mini calendars for many years, how could I do possibly anything that hasn't already been done?

The answer was I couldn't. Not really. So I sought not to reinvent it, but to reinvent the way I might use a mini calendar in my daily life. I would most likely use it in tandem with my daily/ weekly planner, and I figured I would want it to be happy, colorful and loose so I could attach the month to my planner or on my desk.

What I came up with is 12 separate and distinct 3 X 4.5" pages cut from bristol, stamped in black with splashes of gellato in silver and pink. 

For January and February I used the love birds stamp set and for march birthday plans stamp set.   As you create your calendar pages, it is perfectly fine to stamp into the calendar area as long as you don't have large areas of solid black. The mini calendar is a clear sticker so your design will come right through! 

April's flowers are from the just believe stamp and May's sentiment is from love one another.  I love the big bold happy on June from the aptly named "big Happy" stamp set! 

For July I used Noah's ark and August Autumn blessings September (one of my favorite pages) uses the healthy plans stamp set.

We revisit Autumn blessings for October and Big Thank you for November, finishing up the year with Big Merry for December. 

I popped my calendar into a glassine bag, decorated it with patterned paper, ribbon, twine, a pom-pom and a sticker and my gift is ready to give!

 A mini calendar set not reinvented, but revamped maybe!

This bold and useful calendar is just a little different from the ones I might have made years ago, and 2017 is already looking pretty good! 

Here are all of the SRM goodies I used in my project.  

Oh what a lovely stash!

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Anniversary Card by Shelly

Welcome for more fun in introducing our new design team members and sharing some of their craftiness.  Today we welcome Shelly Kurth who was on the SRM Design Team a few years ago.  I've always been a fan of and inspired by Shelly's clean and simple style and am so excited to have her on the team once again.  

Here is a bit about Shelly in her own words: 

Hi! Greetings from sunny Florida! I'm a mother to my four beautiful yet silly kids, as well as a wife to my husband. I started scrapbooking way back in 2003 or 2004...it was a long time ago. ;)  Shortly after I started scrapbooking, I realized that my true passion was in making cards. From that point on I've been hooked! I also love to make sweet little gifts, too! My style is typically clean and simple. However, sometimes I will mix things up a bit and try something new and different. I'm beyond excited to be joining the SRM Design Team and I hope y'all enjoy everything that I share with you! Thank you for having me! :) 

Hey y'all! Shelly, here! 

Today I'm swinging on in to share an anniversary card with you. 

When I was thinking of how to use SRM's calendar stickers, I thought of memorable dates. I had two that stood out most to me, which was my wedding anniversary and my home anniversary. I decided to go with my wedding anniversary.

I started with choosing my patterned papers. I tried my best to stick with more of masculine papers. ;) Once having my papers chosen, I then started piecing things together, though not adhering anything yet. After looking at things, I thought my card needed a little more 'pop' to it, so I added a strip of black cardstock. I also I added a little bit of twine and mini staple to my '2017' banner. After, I placed things on my card. Though before adhering anything, I added a flower sticker on my card base, just to peek out from under the calendar sticker on top. To finish things off, I added a little glitter gold enamel heart to our 'date'.  I'd love to hear what you think?!...Perhaps, I've inspired you to get an early start on your anniversary card, too?! :) 

SRM products used:

Mini Calendar Sticker/Standard 2017

Year Of Memories Sticker/2017

Stickers By The Dozen/Wedding

Solid/Stone Twine

Thanks so much for stopping by!