A Pocket Full of Happiness Mini Album

     I have been working on a new, Not So Mini Album for a little while now! It is the biggest project I have done on my own so far! It has been a challenge but I am getting it done. It is taking a some time to complete because I am also writing the cutting guide as I go... I am not a planner so I am putting it together as I go... making a few boo boo's but learning how to fix and avoid them next time!
     Here is a look at the cover of the POCKET FULL OF HAPPINESS MINI ALBUM!

      I am super excited about this one but I am finding it is taking way more pretty paper than I anticipated!! I was holding off on matting until I knew I had enough paper and silly me thought 2 packs would be enough... Good thing I had others that will kind of match! I am not quite done but when I am I will know how many sheets of paper it takes. Not all packages have the same number of sheets so I like to go by sheet.
     The main collection I am using is one I got from Scrappin with T - Moose Jaw when they had their big Facebook Sale. It's called We Are Family by Photoplay. The other 2 are ones I got from Michaels in Saskatoon awhile ago, before all this COVID-19 stuff happened! They are Farmhouse and Fancy Floral by Recollections. Between the 3 I think there will be lots enough for this project!
     I will be super excited to finish it and do the walk through video for everyone to see! Then once that is done, I can post the cutting guide and start the next Facebook Live Classes in my group, Together We Are HappiLeaStamppin! If you are seeing this and not in my group, you might want to ask to join! I don't charge for the projects I post there! I get so much inspiration from everyone on social media that this is my way of giving back! Giving others some inspiration like I get!! 😉     

     I think this is one of very few projects that I have made using non Stampin' Up! products and it's only because I like the look of so many other projects. I am really enjoying this kind of Memory Keeping and I can only hope that Stampin' Up! sees the potential in designs like this for future DSPs that they do. I have suggested a couple times to try having both, a more bold image in the foreground of the paper and a pack with DSPs as they have now. Fingers crossed that they her and bring back stuff for the Scrapbookers and Memory Keepers like us. 😊
     I LOVE STAMPIN' UP! I have been a Demonstrator since August of 2013 and don't really use any other products... but I have seen some beautiful albums and folios using other designer papers and I really like the looks of some of those papers. Hopefully Stampin' Up! will start designing some papers like the rest of the "Scrapbook" companies. They are more geared to "Stamping" but they could go after the Scrapbook world a little better too!