This month’s Messy Box was full of some of my favorite colors (hello citron and minty green!) and had a fun coffee theme on some of the journaling cards. I didn’t have to think too hard about what photos I wanted to include on this page as sleep deprivation is the recurring theme of motherhood…also, cute photos of your toddler stealing your coffee while you’re checking your e-mail. I also decided to see what I could do with a sheet of transparency that was in my stash and was really happy with how it turned out!
If you grew up in the nineties, you knew it was a big no-no to write on the teacher’s projector sheets with any old pen in case it ended up being a Sharpie. Those things DO NOT WIPE OFF. In this case, it’s a major plus as you don’t have to worry about your writing getting smeared when you slip it into your photo pocket. This is a really fun way to add some journaling or an extra square of pattern to your pocket pages, but it would be easy to add whole sheets as dividers with journaling or a simple hand drawn pattern as well.
To make these, I simply cut my transparency into squares that fit the pockets and cleaned off the fingerprints. Then I laid them over a lined sheet of paper to help guide my handwriting on top.
I added a sticker to the outside of the photo pocket for a little bit of a layered effect. I love the graphic look it adds. It mimics the graphic look of the black number die cuts that came with the kit, too.
I was sure to add in a list of this season’s current obsessions on this fun page and will tuck it into a full page protector when I add it into my album. Have you ever experimented with transparency paper before? Pick up a pack at your local office supply or craft store and see what you come up with! Rachel
Credits//Author and Photography: Rachel Denbow. Photos edited with A Beautiful Mess actions.
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so cute! this is inspiring me to get some serious scrapbooking done
Love this fab page! I used this post as inspiration for this card. I loved the repeated writing of the word “coffee”, so I did it with “happy” 🙂
The colours in this kit are gorgeous!
so cute! this is inspiring me to get some serious scrapbooking done
The colours in this kit are gorgeous!
so cute! this is inspiring me to get some serious scrapbooking done
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nice information
so cute! this is inspiring me to get some serious scrapbooking done asap!
Nice.
The colours in this kit are gorgeous! I remember those OHP projected sheets haha, I used to always want to write on them as a kid.
Thanks for the idea of using Sharpie and tranparency!
Great job!
I love this, I have always wanted to make up a scrapbook. I think that might be something I will start doing. Fill it with memories 🙂
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so cute! this is inspiring me to get some serious scrapbooking done asap!
xo
liz
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Hi Natalie! I’m so sorry that those aren’t in stock right now! If you contact our support team (http://shop.abeautifulmess.com/conversations/new) they should be able to tell you when they will be back in stock. -Jacki
This looks absolutely amazing! I’m definitely going to have to try something like this although I’m well aware of how bad it’s going to turn out! Time to get me scrapbook out…
Just curious, when you use transparencies, what do you do on the other side in your album. Leave it blank? Or put something behind it so you can have a photo or something else? Love to see the other side of the page.
do you know when you will get the sleves for the small cards in – been waiting so very long. Can’t work with them until I get them.
so clever!!
Thank you for making scrap-booking so snazzy again!
Love the card with currently obsessed with… ; )
I like the “currently obsessed with” list!
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Really want to try this! Looks so good x
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Ah, how cute! I love the blank transparencies… I remember I always liked seeing my teachers write on them in middle/high school – but only because we weren’t allowed to, haha.
Oooh coffee and mint-green theme, yes please!! Love this so much 🙂 <3
This looks so cool! I actually have never tried scrapbooking, but now I sure wanna try it!
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Love the transparent paper, I’ve never seen it before!
I’m definitely asking for a messy box subscription for Christmas! 🙂 I’m going to college next year, so I think it’d be really fun to start scrapbooking my adventures. Thanks for all the inspiration!