So excited to be starting a new feature on my blog - The Young Crafter. Today I am featuring a lovely young lady called Carys, who has a massive passion for scrapbooking. Have a look what she has been up to and how she started her scrapbook journey in her own words. View my Beginners Guide to Scrapbooking here.

Phew, I have finally fully completed my first Creative Journal / Smash book which I started over Easter in 2016. It has quite a lot of pages as it is in one of the Moleskine Notebooks. The end of the book has my Adventure Journaling Course pages that I have just completed from a course over at Mrs Brimbles I thoroughly enjoyed the course and hope that it is going to continue pushing my journaling forwards. Plannercon Europe news at the bottom of the post.

Over in my Facebook Art Journaling group we have just completed a junk journal challenge which ran through the month of August. I have had an overwhelming amount of people taking part and loved every minute of it. Such beautiful books and journals were created. I for one will most definitely be making many more, they are so pretty and it has been so therapeutic. I will be using mine as a Happiness and Inspiration journal to log my moments of happiness and likes as well as adding mood boards and inspirational quotes.

​The images from my journal are below as well as a video flip through of the completed journal. You can check out the pages participants have made using the hashtag #kmmamjunkjournal on Instagram, there are some stunning pages. People have taken part across a range of platforms; on their blog, in the group, You Tube, on Instagram and on Google Plus.

This week I have been making my first real flip book for a pen pals 'Happy Mail' / 'Snail Mail' in America. I have documented the plan with me / make with me process in the video below. It's so easy and would also make a great gift for your child's teacher or as a Mothers Day gift, just adapt what you fill the envelopes with (reward stickers, pens, herbal tea), the possibilities are endless.  I will be making my next one this week as a leaving gift for a work colleague.

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• 12x12 scrapbook paper
• Ideally a paper trimmer, but scissors will be fine
• Washi Tape
• Two small pretty envelopes
• Pritt Stick
• Goodies to fill the envelopes​ (ephemera, washi tape, sticky notes etc)

Method:

• Trim down the paper to around the same height as regular tn by drawing around your travelers notebook.  Cut out and fold down the centre. Use the extra bits and stick these to the sides to create flaps (the flip part).
• Stick on two mini envelopes and then fill the envelopes with planner and stationery goodies. I used stickers, sticky notepads, ephemera and pretty papers.
• You can then add further decoration and writing as you wish.  You may use one of the envelopes to house a letter.
• Decorate and pin things to the flaps/wings. I added sticky notes and a washi tape sampler which I held on with a cute handmade paperclip.
  
  

I hope you enjoy watching the process. You can watch the video directly in You Tube by clicking the link  - Flip Book Tutorial or you can watch below.

I hope that you have enjoyed the tutorial, I would love to see what you create, remember to tag me on Instagram or Twitter using the hashtag #kmmam

​Happy Happy Mail creating 
​Kerry xx​

Related Posts:
Mothers Day Paper Crafts: Pocket Letters
​Mothers Day Paper Crafting: 12x12 Scrapbook Page

I'm not what you would call a 'scrapbooker', but I do love doing smash book pages. However I have recently got into paper crafts and creating scrapbook pages and layouts as a result of recent workshops at Michelle Mills' Craft Club and as part of National Scrapbook Day, which I really enjoyed. So have a read for a few tips for starting out scrapbooking and using your smash book ideas in your layouts. 

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Join me in my first 'Plan With Me' Creative Journaling process video as part of the Planner Girls Collective. Boy did it take some editing.  At one point the file totally gave up and I had to start again from scratch.

I went to Ladies Day yesterday at Warwick racecourse.  What a beautiful place Warwick is, never been before.  The Castle and the town look so pretty.  The video shows you step by step how I created the smash book style creative journaling page using the stunning ephemera I won in a RAK over at Fab Planner Print.  The ephemera is gorgeous, a mixture of solid and vellum style, it really looks beautiful over the watercolour.

Check out Toni's group - Fab Planner Print Facebook Group and buy some of the ephemera for yourself over on her Etsy shop - Fab Planner Print on Etsy.

Mothers Day is fast approaching, so why not make a lovely D.I.Y Pocket Letter as a personalised gift or card alternative? I made my first one last week and I love the finished result, such an easy paper craft and quick to make too.