Yup.... I have finally opened the can of worms and traversed down that slippery slop of the Traveler's Notebook! LOL!! When I first toyed with the TN last week for SpiegelMom Scraps, I had two ideas; the Elf Antics that I shared with you and will share again on Thursday. And, a swim journal for my son. A quick and simple way of documenting each meet that he attends and races in. A place where I can include a picture and his results from the meet. Perhaps even journal a little bit. I'm hoping to get him to write a little something himself - a way of processing his own emotions and figure out race tactics and strategy. A way of coping with the disappointments of not always performing as he had hoped, eventually.
I used the stamp cancellation stamp to add some fun water waves to the die cut letters! Truly, the best way to see how this came about is to view the YouTube video that I'll link up below. Literally all that is is die cut letter, a stamp and some watercolor. DEAD EASY!!
I then moved on and used the December Cocoa Daisy memory keeping kits inside the journal for a double page spread about Nikolas' first high school swim meet. Taking on new adventures and documenting them, one swim meet at a time!
You can see better in the close up above how I used the diagonal stripe stamp to stamp a border around the double page spread in an ombre, varigated effect. By stamping in different hues and "depth" of the stamp, it created a really fun border. The thicker diagonal really punctuated the effect and finished things off nicely!
I really used the stamps from this month's pocket and 12x12 memory keeping Cocoa Daisy kits a ton and can see where they will be used frequently moving forward! I'm so pleased with the way this all turned out! My adventures in the realm of the Traveler Notebook have gotten off to a great start!
As I have mentioned before, this whole world of Travelers Notebooks is new to me, should you have any advice, do share! Be sure to visit the SpiegelMom Scraps YouTube channel on Thursday to see the latest in Henry, our Elf on the Shelf's adventures!
Thanks for stopping in today! Take care!
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