Absolutely loving this!

As a crafter, I see new products all the time. I follow a number of designers on social media.  There are a lot of AWESOME products out there right now and sometimes, okay, a lot of the times, some things just speak to me. They call my name.  Maybe it's a color or a particular theme (I am an ocean girl and love, love, love the beach and the water). I live in New England and the ocean has been a part of me for my whole life.  But, that's not what caught my eye on this product.

When I saw this paper for the first time, what struck me were the colors. And, the sunflowers.  I love sunflowers.  The bright colors...and the memories that are conjured up when I see them.  We aren't too far from an ice cream place here in Connecticut and every summer they do Sunflowers for Wishes.  A whole field of sunflowers...it's just gorgeous.  

When I first saw the upcoming 2020-2021 Stampin' Up Catalog, the Flowers for Every Season definitely caught my eye...but to me there were some drawbacks.  The biggest one?  I love to scrapbook.  In particular, I love making my own scrapbooks and I find 6x6 paper a hindrance (or I used to anyway).  I can do anything with 12x12 paper, 6x8 is good...but 6x6 it just drives me batty...

Until this past weekend....let's just say I was busy (and I forgot all about work!)

I designed a 6x6 "mini" scrapbook using the new upcoming Flowers for Every Season Designer Series Paper and the Flowers for Every Season Memories and More Card Pack.  

I absolutely love this. It is bright and cheery (and isn't that what we could all use right now?).

My daughter (once again) was my inspiration.  She is 13 (going on 23, oy) and in 8th grade. She will be a Freshman in high school next year.  It's supposed to be a fun time for her but it's anything but. She is nervous about me and my husband going to work every day and fearful we will catch Covid.  She misses her friends. School is a struggle, not academically, but socially.  They don't have a typical school day anymore and there is no face to face learning.  Everything is independent study.  That's hard for a 13-year old (it's hard for some adults, let's be honest here). 

So, I want her to celebrate this year - even though it has had it's downs...we can still find some good in it.

So, I created this album for her. Someday, she and her friends will be together and they will celebrate. Celebrate their friendship and making it through Covid, or Corona.

Right now, that's all we want, right? To make it through Covid?  

Here are some more pages from the album:

I love this saying...I just wish she would stop growing!

When she was a baby (okay, and even a big kid) I would sing this song to her....

I am so grateful to be able to have my creative outlet and I hope that, if you don't yet have a creative outlet, I can inspire you to try some papercrafting.  I would love to show you how!

Here is a relatively short video showing the album:

Thanks for checking this out and if you like what you see...go check me out on social media and YouTube.

Happy Crafting!

Megan