Good morning SCT friends, Lindsay here! First, I am just so grateful to be here sharing what I LOVE with all of you. Beginning the journey of 2016 using my Heidi Swapp Memory Planner this year has never been more exciting. Planner’s are all the rage, and I just love watching everyone embracing their creative side…all the while documenting their lives with photos and words! Truly makes my heart so happy!
With that being said, I am beyond honoured this year to contribute my creative take and share my own personal planner journey here on the Scrapbook & Cards Today blog with all of you! On the last Wednesday of every month you will find me here… sharing ideas, tips, techniques and inspiration from my planner. I hope you will join me on this journey as I am very excited to share one of my most favourite ways to document and scrapbook my life.
So since we are almost at the end of January (gasp!) I am going to begin this series by sharing a look into my favourite pages from this month and some of the topics I thought would be great to talk about this year as we embark on this journey and create our planners.
You will see that I am such a visual person. I love anything pretty. I love glitter and stickers and words. And I want to SEE it all.
The Heidi Swapp 6x8 Planner comes with these wonderful photo sleeves. I adore filling these up each and every month. Even though they are intended for photos, I always seem to fill mine up with other goodies instead. I love to add stickers, 2x2 cards with words or phrases and other cards that I just love to see when I first open my planner.
You will also quickly notice my love for Instax prints as well. Yes, I am obsessed and they will fill a ton of my pages in 2016. I will definitely be doing a photo feature one of these upcoming months, talking about all of the different and fun ways to add photos into your planners…so stay tuned!
These 2x2 cards are one of my latest planner favourites. These specific ones are by Jen Hadfield from her new collection called DIY Home. They are so fun to add into these photo sleeves. The best part is that they actually originated as one 12x12 sheet of patterned paper. I simply cut them out and popped them in. Aren’t all of the different fonts and phrases just gorgeous?
Again, more photos. I can never have or take enough.
I love to capture photos here that I have taken close to the first of the month. That way when I am looking back once the year is over I can see just how much has changed….and how much has stayed the same.
Next up, calendar pages!
Here is where I love to capture a “birds eye view” of my life at the moment. I love to fill in daily happenings, little moments, big moments, and just random things that I felt inspired to note.I also love to add in stamping, punches and other embellishments.
Again, this calendar page will also be something that will be a feature on one of my upcoming monthly posts. There are so many fun things to do on these pages I cannot wait to talk about them some more soon!
Other themes we will talk about this year and in the upcoming months:
Journaling…
Ways to creatively fill in those “empty spaces” when you just can’t seem to find the words…or the time to fill them in! ;)
Different ways to using planner products, such as these fun transparencies…
Photos! All of the different types and sizes of photos, printing photos, photo sleeves. There are so many fun ways to add in photos to your planner. I cannot wait to talk about this one!
Ways to use washi, puffy stickers and other cute icons.
The benefits of adding in extra pages to your planner…and how easy it is to do so! Think extra space for MORE STUFF!
And last but not least…ways to use up what we’ve got! I know our stash is FULL of so many awesome products (like stamps) that are just begging to be put to use. Stamping in my planner is one of my most favourite things to do, so I cannot wait to talk about that as well.
So, in celebration of this new blog feature launch…how about a fabulous giveaway? I have hand selected some of my MUST HAVE Heidi Swapp Memory Planner favourites (along with a beautiful brand new Heidi Swapp Memory Planner) that could be yours!
To be entered to win, leave a comment below by Friday, February 19th! Winner will be announced in my next post on Wednesday, February 24th! Good luck!
Looking forward to seeing you again in February!
~ Lindsay
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About Lindsay Bateman
My name is Lindsay Bateman and I have an obsession for all things paper. Photographs are my love language. Combining the two is my idea of heaven...and the perfect day all rolled into one. I am a wife of 7 years to an amazing man named Matthew, and in 2014 we welcomed our miracle baby boy, Madix into our world. Navigating this brand new journey of motherhood and documenting our life through photos and words is now what makes up my daily life, and i LOVE it. Scrapbooking is my solitude, my happy place and I truly would be lost without it. I am obsessed with instagram, all things black and white and anything with sparkles! Scrapbooking is not just my hobby, it is my way of life!
Beautiful planner, thanks for sharing yours!!
Posted by: Kimberli Bean | January 29, 2016 at 12:09 PM
Love what you did with your planner. Thanks for the chance to win one.
Posted by: Tona | January 29, 2016 at 12:32 PM
What a great prize and a way to organize my stressful life!!
Posted by: Lynn Ekstrom | January 29, 2016 at 12:43 PM
Lindsay, I love what you've done with your planner! It's gorgeous. Thank you for the generous giveaway! :)
Posted by: Teresa M | January 29, 2016 at 12:45 PM
Love the looks of this planner and the 3 ring binder set up.
Posted by: Denise Turner | January 29, 2016 at 12:45 PM
Love this! Looking forward to the last Wednesday of every month!
Posted by: Julie Kerbel | January 29, 2016 at 12:48 PM
Love love love all things Heidi Swapp! So excited for the chance to win this beautiful planner and all the goodies that I've been drooling over but couldn't find anywhere! True gems.
Posted by: Elizabeth Koza | January 29, 2016 at 12:50 PM
Oh this planner is gorgeous! I have been stalking my Michaels for Heidi Swapp goodies, she is just so amazing! I love all of your ideas. I have an instax printer and I have been dying to get into a project that I can use that for. So perfect! I can't wait to start!
Posted by: Amanda Lander | January 29, 2016 at 12:53 PM
Beautiful! I love writing down memories and making them pretty is a bonus. :)
Posted by: Patty | January 29, 2016 at 12:53 PM
Your planner is a wonderful combination of calendar, scrapbook, and project life! It will be a wonderful keepsake of the year. Thank you for sharing.
Posted by: Margaret R | January 29, 2016 at 12:56 PM
WOW what a fabulous planner.. so full of fun.
Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Annette Allen | January 29, 2016 at 12:59 PM
Thanks for the opportunity to win.
Posted by: Leanne S | January 29, 2016 at 01:01 PM
Always looking forward to your incredible creations ? Thank you for your inspirations Lindsay 💗👍🎉❤️💌✂️
Posted by: Agnieszka LaLoggia | January 29, 2016 at 01:06 PM
Yours is a segment I will look forward to reading each month!
Posted by: Tammy | January 29, 2016 at 01:15 PM
Wow, love your planner. I want to add lots of photos to my planner. I also have some beautiful stamps I would live to user :)
Posted by: Monique van Duren | January 29, 2016 at 01:20 PM
What a fabulous keepsake!
Posted by: Lynne in NI | January 29, 2016 at 01:22 PM
Lindsay-- it is so beautiful! Thank you for introducing her to us.
Posted by: Debbi Vasel | January 29, 2016 at 01:28 PM
What a beautiful planner!!! A great keepsake!!
Posted by: Heather H. | January 29, 2016 at 01:34 PM
I have never had a planner like this (I usually just get the calendar ones form Chapters or Barnes & Noble). I have often thought of getting one but was waiting for some reason. Soon (I hope) I will be on a new journey in life and would love to have something like this to help me document daily my new adventure. Heidi Swapp product is always elegant & beautiful, thank you for the chance to win :)
Posted by: Charlene O. | January 29, 2016 at 01:50 PM
This is too cute, I love the gold! Thanks for the chance to win!
Posted by: jeri | January 29, 2016 at 02:00 PM
Lots of fun ideas
to use in our planners!
Love the extra pockets.
Carla from Utah
Posted by: Carla Hundley | January 29, 2016 at 02:01 PM
Gorgeous ideas!! I've never seen Heidi's planners look so stunning! I am totally copying everything you did...this is so pretty Lindsay😊
Posted by: sherry Anderson | January 29, 2016 at 02:02 PM
Oh my, absolutely beautiful planner! I have always been a planner but have always used little paper ones or my computer and it got confusing. I have been trying to decide which planner to purchase. This would be a wonderful start to my 'planner addiction'. Thanks so much for the chance!
Posted by: Lindy | January 29, 2016 at 02:05 PM
Love it all!
Posted by: Jackie Jager | January 29, 2016 at 02:05 PM
Planners are really turning into a great space to capture and keep memories!
Posted by: Cyndi | January 29, 2016 at 02:05 PM