An Autumn update! New classes and the Christmas shopping list for 2025
Hey howdy hey! It’s certainly time for an update here, as I’ve been scrapping away in class and on YouTube and trying to be almost halfway decent at Facebook, and as a result I haven’t said anything here. Let’s finally put that right, shall we? I’m actually just at the beginning of a brand new class so why don’t we start with that?
Just JOY is a six week online scrapbooking class with 20 prerecorded video lessons plus 6 livestream scrapping sessions. We’re focusing on all the happiest things about scrapbooking, from page composition to colour combinations and embellishment techniques, but it’s not a case of just copying what brings me joy. Every lesson is accompanied with a checklist of joy to help you identify the things you love most about this craft.
Click here to see more or click here to jump straight to signing up!
It will be December before you know it, and that means Christmas classes! Journal your Christmas and Share your Christmas both start on the 1st of December as usual! And there’s something new this year if you like to plan and create ahead of time – I see you, team #organised! From Monday the 3rd of November, I’ll be sharing five days of videos preparing pages so you can hit the ground running in December by adding your pictures and writing. It’s five 90 minute videos, designed so you can watch and craft a little each day for a week, save it all up for one weekend of crafting, or slow it down and do a session or two each week of November. I will be using the supplies in the shopping list below, and I’m scrapping in 6×8 as I have for many Christmas journals now. You’re welcome to use any supplies and any album size – the ideas will adapt. It’s worth knowing that as I use page protectors, I don’t need to create all of my pages in the order that they end up appearing in the book. As such, I’ll be creating a library of things that I’ll then choose from as I make my 2025 album in December, so you’ll see a mix of page and pocket sizes in these five days of crafty content, including 6×8, 4×6, 3×4, and 3×8. There are also some shaped pages and folding pages for interactive elements. You can take this class with or without Journal your Christmas, although obviously it will fit well with that project in mind. Ready for December 2025! is $15 USD and starts on the 3rd of November. Click here to sign up!
If you’re scrapping Christmas along with us this year, you are always welcome to use any supplies you like and anything you already have in your stash! Use what you buy, of course! But if you fancy some Christmas scrapbook shopping this year, I’m here for you with that too. Here’s my shopping list (contains affiliate links) and what you’ll see in my Christmas class videos this year. (There’s a Disney Christmas collection out this year that I think is really lovely if you’re having a Christmas park trip or have something Disney themed over December. I’ve added it to the end of the list because obviously not everyone will have a mouse-themed Christmas! So as with everything else, you can pick what you like and leave the rest.)
If you’ve never joined in the fun of Journal your Christmas (the scrapping and writing class) or Share your Christmas (the photo and video class), you can find out about those and sign up right here.
Please note I have not done a new stamp design for Christmas 2025. This saddens me but the variability of tariffs when I’m in the UK and most of you are in the US just makes it too unpredictable this year. I don’t want you to end up paying more than you expected and equally I don’t want to end up with an unexpected bill either. Around the time I needed to open the usual preorder, the situation was changing a great deal. I will hope that next year we have a better understanding of how those agreements will work and if so, I will bring stamps back in 2026! I do have a limited number of stamps from previous years, so email me if you’d like one of those and I’ll talk you through the options.
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