Exciting Announcement

I'm so EXCITED to post this. It has been really hard to keep it a secret from you all. 😘 Introducing "The Traveler's Box" 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Do you love all things traveler's notebooks, planners and/or journals???? Well we do, and we know you are going to love the first ever "Traveler's Box" Each box is filled with 100% usable, coordinated themed goodies designed by me and Erika at Chaotic Blessing from: 

* designer paper
* decor
* stickers
* artistic elements and tools
* faith inspired items
* and so much more!

All items can be used for any size TN, planner or journal. Patterned paper is 9.25x 6.75, perfect to make dashboards and more. When a TN insert is included it will be in personal size. 

February's theme is: Victorian Love

LIMITED QUANTITIES are available so PRE-Order yours today. Pre-order closes Jan 20 and boxes will begin to ship Monday, February 6.
Want to see sneak peaks of this month's goodies....be on the look out on our Instagram accounts. Guest designer this month is Little Miss Alaska. She has such beautiful talent and graciously agreed to help us in the debut of the Traveler's Box. Check out her IG!!!! Sneak peak of her exclusive charms for this kit are on the website🤗

Direct any questions to info@chaoticblessing.com

Etsy Store ~> New Holiday Season Planner & Scrapbooking Items now available

New to the Etsy store and just in time for Holiday Season decor are the following items. Whether your a planner person, a scrapbooker or crafter I'm sure these items will come in handy this holiday season.

We have some New Sparkle Tapes and Washi Tape's available,

Listed under Embellishments

a New Planner/Bible/Purse Charm ~ 

Joy Holly Berry Charm

Listed under Planner & Bible Items

and finally a New planner clip.

Deer & Holly Planner Clip

Listed under Planner & Bible Items

all items are available now at the Etsy store. Pop on over and check us out!

Color of the Year ~> Sea Glass

I am completely in love with this color. I'm not sure why because this is generally a color I would NOT gravitate to, even though it is in the green family and I usually like anything in the green family. Of course I needed to immerse myself in it. This last weekend I spent playing with all things sea glass.

This card I made using of course the Sea Glass and the new Blossom paper and ink. The Sea Glass glitter paper is amazing. It doesn't leave a lot of fall off glitter when you cut or use it. When you rub your hand over the surface its NOT like most glitter papers where the surface catches everything.

Created by Andrea Marie Sherman at girlpluspaper.blogspot.com

This card was created using the Sea Glass papers, cricut and the new Rustic Home Fundamentals.

This is the beautiful NEW Everyday Life Album in Faux Leather

The NEW just released in the Holiday Expressions Everyday Life Album is beyond beautiful. All you planner girls will gush over how wonderful the surface feels. It's like butter. It will last much better over time when used as a planner. I can't wait to see what the NEW planner insert pages are going to look like. 

Here is another card sample using the Sea Glass colors and the October stamp of the month. Isn't it beautiful!

Created by Robyn Holfeltz

Supply List

• S1610 Yuletide Joy October 2016 Stamp of the Month
• 1385 White Daisy Cardstock
• Z891 Versamark Ink Pad
• Z2067 Silver Embossing Powder
• Z3240 Seaglass Glitter Paper
• Z2873 Slate Ink Pad
• Z2013 Silver Sequins
• Z3274 Clear Sparkles
• Z2060 Thin 3-D Foam Tape
• Z3263 Uptown Fundamentals
• Z1912 Corner Rounder

The Journaling Prompt and your Scrapertunities!

Those of you who have been following Nina's Art Spot on the Facebook page know all about the Journaling Prompts that I post every Tuesday. I have gotten a lot of PM's (private messages) asking many questions about them and how they pertain to scrapbooking. In our last Journaling 101 ~ Stuck for Content? post I explained all about the journaling prompt and how it can be utilized to generate ideas, in site into yourself and your environment. However, I think many still aren't seeing how this can be utilized as mini Scrapertunities. So I'm going to show you. 

Whats In My Purse page from my book all about me

Many years ago I was asked at a party as part of a game what items were in my purse.  It dawned on me while playing that game I'd have loved to know what my Mom carried with her in her purse. Since I had my daughters mini digital camera in my purse I decided to take a picture of all the items dumped onto the floor. It was that moment all those years ago (actual date unknown because I never dated it) that I started my Scrapbook. You see each of my kids have their own baby album that I've scrapbooked. I had tons of events scrapbooked about our lives. However, I failed to scrapbook anything about who I was/am for my children/family to ever know the inner workings of me! Goodness knows most of those photos either don't have me in them or they are really bad pictures of me. Hence the book all about me was started. Now I can't say I didn't have some help along the way. I don't remember if I bought the book or if it was given to me by one of my scrapbooking friends, but its a gem. 

The Book of Me by Angie Pedersen

Things I have learned along the way are simple. You MUST date each time you write in your Journaling Prompt planner and each time you turn your Journaling Prompt into a Scrapertunity. Some of the best Journaling Prompts happen kind of spontaneously, just like that day when I dumped my purse out on the floor. Take some pictures of yourself...yes a selfie if you will. This gives you the opportunity to oversee the quality of the YOU IMAGE and your children/family members will eventually get to see a side of you they haven't, the YOU side.

Tip: Use SnapChat face morph as a method to take fun pictures of YOU. Also SnapChat face morph seems to make me look less droopy and "old". Its great! Take the SnapChat pic then screen shoot it and delete the image before posting. It never goes viral and you get the picture! 

Ok so lets take an actual prompt from the Facebook Page and put it into action. June 12, 2016 the Journaling Prompt was...

My Original Journaling: "The best advice I got was from my Dad. He told me that if I wanted to be a good cook the most important ingredient I needed to remember to include was my love. This taught me the importance of loving what you do. My Dad was a wonderful artist. He made incredible pieces of woodwork. Wood was his medium. His second medium was food. He was a wonderful teacher and a wonderful Dad."

"Birdy" my Journaling Prompt Journal

Now thinking about my Dad makes me sad because he has passed and I miss him so very much. When I wrote this it was because I have a  kids cookbook he gave me when I was about 6 or 7 years old. He inscribed the cookbook for me and I still have that cookbook. The cover has long ripped off but I've saved it. I think its time to turn this Journaling Prompt into a Scrapertunity and preserve a wonderful gift, an incredible sentiment and a lasting lesson. This is creating a lasting legacy at its finest!

Tip: Go small if big is overwhelming. Most of my family scrapbooks are done at the standard 12" x 12" size and at least 2 page spreads. My books all about me are 9" x 9" in size and usually only 1 page.

So I will now create a 9" x 9" Single page scrapbook page for my book all about me. I will use a copy of the inscription to replace an actual photo. I could possibly also add a photo of my Dad in the page. I will also include the journaling from my Journaling Prompt Journal along with the date I wrote the original journaling. 

If you are interested in the Journaling 101 in video format please keep an eye out for the Journaling 101 YouTube video that will be posted in the coming weeks.

It's Available NOW ~ The Hoot Hoot Hooty Planner Pack

The September Collaboration Planner Pack is now Available for purchase. Click Here to be taken to the Etsy Store!

This planner pack includes the following items that beautifully compliment the theme: Fall Colors and Cute Owls.

• 2 rolls of Sparkle Tape.. One in Gold and one in Orange. Each are 15 mm and 3 yards in length. 

      Provided by Double Cross Productions 

• 1 Planner Planner Charm/place-keeper/bookmark in silver and brown grosgrain ribbon. 

      Created by Nina's Art Spot

• 2 Vellum Leaf print Envelopes. One in orange green's and one in purple red's. Featuring a beautifully scripted quote. These can be used in a variety of ways in a planner. (receipt envelope or sticker envelope. 

      Provided by Best Package Co. 

• 1 standing zippered pen bag. 

      Created by Sewnannasew

• 1 Cute Hootie Patootie Planner Clip. 

      Created by Susan Gantz

• 2, 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" sheets of Planner Printable Stickers, coordinating printable stickers that coordinate. These two sheets encompass both functional stickers and design elements. 89 images in all. Stickers are printed on matte non-removable sticker paper. They are NOT die cut these are printables. They are perfect for any planner. Simply cut and stick. 

**Do you want the PDF file for future use? Then you must select YES, when you place your order and include the email address you want it sent to in the notes**

      Designed by Nina's Art Spot. 

• Dimensional Quote Card 

      Designed and created by Nina's Art Spot.

Hoot Hoot Hooty Sticker Printable Sample Layout

Vellum Envelope made into a receipt or sticker holder

Hoot Owl Planner Clip

Crafted with Love Christmas Countdown Continued

Ok...it's been three weeks since we last conversed about getting organized, getting creating and working our way towards Christmas prepared with what we have planned for heartfelt handmade gifts.

Have you made your list of whom you will gift? I have but knowing how busy these coming months are for me and my family I have decided not to make the usual 30 gift boxes this year and have drastically paired down my list to half of it's original size. I hate being realistic when it comes to creating but I know I want to be 100% involved in my gift making and 100% successful in completing everything I've set out to complete. Every year we give gift boxes to our family and friends full of handmade goodies. Last year I canned 30 jars of spiced peach butter and baked over 25 dozen (yes you read that correctly) cookies. I made 150 handcrafted Christmas cards and created a handmade ornament to top off all the boxes. 

Now the real work begins. Its time to calculate the remaining time left until Christmas (132 days) with how long it will realistically take to finish the decided project(s). For my project I have lots of experience with timing. I will use it as an example on how to calculate the time. I know it usually takes me 2 months to make 150 Christmas cards. So I need to start those in October. I've already decided on the design and what supplies I will need and I plan to place the order September 1st. Over the years of doing these gift boxes I have set aside the tried and true recipes for the baked goods. I need to in the next 2 weeks choose what recipes I will be making this year and make a list of the grocery items I need to prepare. I premix those recipes that the dough can be frozen. Usually I will get that done by mid November. I still need to decide how I will be packing the gift boxes. 

What are the breakdowns for your project? What needs to be accomplished first? How much time do you need to get each breakdown finished? 

TIP: Document your progress and turn it into a scrapbooking opportunity. Just another Journaling Prompt Scrapertunity!

Follow Nina's Art Spot on Instagram and get monthly, weekly then daily countdown reminders to help keep you on track to your Crafted with Love Christmas! 💟