Scrapbooking with the Shimelle Collection :: Welcome to the Seaside (a new video!)
It has rained a ridiculous amount in the last two days. It has rained so much that the pond on our street has overflowed its banks (do ponds have ‘banks’?) and there are geese sitting in the middle of the road squawking at cars because clearly the pond has annexed the road and the cars need to find another place to go. But I really cannot complain about the weather because this summer has been glorious and certainly the sunniest, most pleasant summer season of all my years in England.
I tell you all this to help make my summer Friday ritual make sense: a friend and I signed up for a mama and baby yoga class that is lovely but not exactly convenient for travel, and we just walked there every week. It was a good couple hours door to door, but that was the fabulousness of it all: walking with a friend and our two babies, born two days apart, in beautiful weather, with a break for yoga and another break for coffee and sometimes cake. But one Friday in July, I needed to continue with a bit more travel after class. Carrying a baby and rolling a suitcase, I started with that long walk, but then managed a bus, a tube, two trains, another bus, and a car ride to finally arrive at the seaside for a lovely weekend of girlfriends and children and walks along the water.
From this layout, you might figure out that Wonder Boy was not an instant fan of the British beach scene. I promise he wasn’t grumpy all weekend. That made these photos extra funny to me and I wanted to get that grumpy face in the album before he’s old enough to say no.
In other news, I was able to film this! And so I present the first video with my new collection from American Crafts!
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For this page, I used patterned papers, Thickers, cork stickers, dies, embossing folder, word strip stickers, and pens from the Shimelle collection by American Crafts, plus a 3×4 card from the coordinating ‘Lovely’ edition of Project Life, as well as a patterned paper by Crate and sequins from Studio Calico.
This 12×12 page will go in my standard chronological albums (I have always called these ‘Our Lives’ – thank goodness for vague pronouns that mean I don’t need to rename them now!) but it’s quite likely the photos will also appear in Wonder Boy’s Project Life album, in a smaller format. That works out fine for me, as I’m finding the way I write my stories differs in the two styles, and my 12×12 pages have a more meandering tone that is quite true to my inner narrative when I flip from page to page.
I’m starting to see projects appear across the internet that use the collection in so many different styles. This is definitely an amazing feeling! Please feel free to let me know if you post such a project anywhere. You can tag me on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter, or use the #shimelle hashtag, or leave a comment with a link to your blog post or gallery. I’ve started pinning projects here, should you need a gallery of ideas for using your Shimelle collection stash! Thank you so much for sharing your crafty work.
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27 August 2014, 01:48
I love your layouts! I’m a Babywearer too!!! =)
27 August 2014, 02:26
You had me chuckling at your blue sequin comment! I s.crap my boy with pink and flowers (although not so much now he’s 13) anything goes! Loving the new collection x
27 August 2014, 05:28
Great layout…I’ll stash the design away to scraplift. I was wondering what die you used for the globe? I’ve looked everywhere for it but had no luck.
And as a mother of five, I fully appreciate the enormous effort involved in travelling with a baby!!!!! Kudos to you.
27 August 2014, 05:41
Great to see a video again, Shimelle. It’s not easy managing a babe and a task requiring precision and concentration and you’ve done an awesome job. Love the wee red-head too (whose family does that hair colour come from?)!
27 August 2014, 06:49
Yes I was giggling at the sequin comment too. Really lovely layout, and a lovely collection ( see I said lovely twice… no drama)
27 August 2014, 07:25
Thankyou Shimelle. I am really looking forward to watching your video. I always sat down on a Saturday afternoon with a cuppa and watched Glitter Girl and I have really missed our time together. Well done on the trip with Wonder Boy. You need those not so glam photos to be able to threaten him with when he’s older :)
27 August 2014, 07:31
I so love your videos. I have an almost 6 mth old so I know how time is so precious when you get the chance. Thanks so much for spending time on us.
27 August 2014, 07:33
Jo Anne, the die is a part of her collection, you can find it on the site she linked to for the pens.
27 August 2014, 07:38
I love this layout, and so happy you had the time to make a video for us. I’ve been watching old videos, but it is wonderful to see a new layout with your lovely new collection. I have some waiting for me at a not quite local store I plan to visit this weekend.
27 August 2014, 07:39
Great video! And Super cute LO. I’m so glad I bought the die with your collection! And thanks for linking your PInterest board!
27 August 2014, 08:04
Luv the LO! Thanks for yet another great video! You are entertaining and adorable(insert lovely)!
27 August 2014, 08:42
Lovely to see a new video from you and fab layout! So fun to see you work with your collection!
27 August 2014, 08:45
Thank you so much for the video Shimelle! I miss Glitter Girl soooo much! Can’t wait to pick up your collection. It is lovely!!!
27 August 2014, 10:00
So glad to see a video and your baby is ADORABLE :). I actually blogged about a layout using lots of your products today! Here’s the post: http://michellewedertz.blogspot.com/2014/08/create.html
27 August 2014, 10:05
What a lovely day to find your lovely video on the computer this lovely morning. All Mothers remember times when our babies weren’t all that happy with our choice of where to go. Even grumpy he is beautiful.
27 August 2014, 10:10
My two are 19 and 17 but I still remember traveling with them across 2 or 3 provinces (we live in Canada) by car, train, or plane. A lot of work but you have to do it. Otherwise, you’d never go anywhere!
27 August 2014, 10:16
Love your layouts with your new line! The new blog design is so pretty too!
27 August 2014, 11:50
Doh…..of course it is. I knew I’d seen it. Must be having a ‘senior ‘ day. Thank you so much Crystal
27 August 2014, 15:07
So happy to see a video from you once again! I am definitely going to scrap lift this. Thank you for making my day!
27 August 2014, 18:26
So happy to have your video. It was a lovely surprise this morning. I have my first papers from your collection coming in a few days. So happy to see them and use them in person :)
27 August 2014, 18:38
Shimelle, thank you so much for posting a video for us – it’s always fun to watch you create your LOVELY l/o’s! And how fun (and lots of work for you) that Wonder Boy got to go on an adventure. Maria
27 August 2014, 19:50
All I can say is YAY a new video!!! So awesome!!!!
27 August 2014, 20:08
What a nice treat, a new video. Thanks so much, Wonder Boy must realize that he has to share you with us, we love you so!
27 August 2014, 20:25
he is such a cutie! and could you look any happier? I’m so happy for you, and oh yeah, bought tons of your new line :) Love it.
27 August 2014, 20:28
Wooo hoo!!!! A new video. I was so excited to find it and even more thrilled to watch. Lovely layout, too. One question: with Two Peas gone, where are you getting supplies? I haven’t found a good new spot to shop yet.
Anne-Liesse
27 August 2014, 20:58
I love this layout and how wonderful to have a video on Wednesday. It feels like old times with my favorite process videos on Wednesdays. Love your new line. I have been using it myself and it really is just lovely.
27 August 2014, 22:54
SO excited to see a new video! Great layout as always!
28 August 2014, 03:01
Great video! Lovely to see you back and using your product. I have a stack of it sitting on my desk and now I need to go and use it :). Great layout!
28 August 2014, 03:17
Lovely to see you Shimelle :-) I am so glad you are happy, it is shining out of you. I’m glad your son was enjoying himself even if the camera caught him on an off moment, it’s adorable.
Great layout, I love the video, I was last night thinking about how much I am missing all the videos from everyone on Two Peas, but especially yours.
I am going to buy some of your collection as well as it is gorgeous.
28 August 2014, 03:56
When I saw this post title in my email feed I think I may have squealed a bit. Perhaps even giving my neighbours on the train a shock!! I too have missed my weekly visit with Glitter Girl so it was so good to see your process and hear your voice again. I’ve been saving up for your collection – almost there! Love that globe die cut!! Thanks for sharing with us – Wonder Boy is so darling!
28 August 2014, 09:59
So glad to have you back from you life-changing adventure. Wonder Boy can be your new glitter—the red hair can provide the glow.
28 August 2014, 12:49
So happy to see a video :
) I love your new collection and posted a few LOs on my blog for some recent challenges I participated in. I used the Shimelle collection for challenges #3, #4 and #8. Have been seriously thinking about getting new machine so that I can buy the woodgrain embossing folder :) http://sweetscrapista.blogspot.ca/2014/08/scraptastic-4th-birthday-celebration.html28 August 2014, 22:20
Yay – so great to see a new Shimelle video. And I love the layout!
29 August 2014, 08:49
Love the collection – love the video – love hearing you instruct/inspire us again. Obviously we have missed you. LOVED Wonder Boy’s face – and you will be so glad it’s captured for all time on this scrapbook page – very representative of a baby’s first reaction to all things new and bright and loud!
31 August 2014, 14:08
Great video! Thanks for sharing! I am loving your collection!
31 August 2014, 15:58
Am quite new to scrapbooking and got addicted to glitter girl on two peas so to have a video on your website is fantabulous…..New word for lovely!!! Please keep them coming, you are my scrapping inspiration.
1 September 2014, 16:10
So nice to hear your voice again! It’s always nice to hear you talk about your process and I always learn something from your videos. Thanks for making a gray journalling pen…I have always liked gray for journalling and I’ve been using the Marvy Le Pen gray pen for a while. I will have to check out your set! =)
2 September 2014, 14:26
I love your videos! Missed them from 2 peas and so glad to see this one. Thank you Shimelle and Wonder Boy is adorable!
2 September 2014, 20:28
I’m so in love with this collection. Here’s my first layout using it: http://www.studiocalico.com/galleries/136226-this-is-what-summer-looks-like
4 September 2014, 13:47
loved the video; have ordered several pieces of the collection to try myself :)
12 October 2014, 06:10
I really loved making this layout too, it’s so pretty!! :)
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