Board Book Revisited

On Friday, my Creative SiStar Cindy offered the first of her annual series of monthly circles, which focus on deepening with our Word of the Year. (I've now made a THIRD 'Word of the Year' card for 2026 - oy! They need to chat!!)

Each month's project with Cindy will include crafting a SoulCollage®️ card, plus another activity. During our first session we began making 12 mixed media cards, each of which will have our Word and a second that supports us in our intention for 2026, and helps keep our word fresh.

2025 card and new batch

I decided to use the board book I picked up earlier in the month, and will add several little pockets, to hold the support cards. I love making round cards, like those I used to track my prerequisites.

In this free tutorial Drew Steinbrecker offers idea for collaging kid's books! I watched it a couple of times now, and also got a gel plate, to experiment with, once my facilitator training is complete!

Cards and Board Book

I've made three pockets, and will paste them throughout the journal, to hold the smaller cards, plus prompts, poems...

Envelopes come in many sizes, shapes and papers, and make great pockets! Junk mail is another option - especially flyers and envelops with windows ....

Board Book - center spread

My creative pal Linda Allen often creates pocket spreads in her Cosmic Smashbooks, the colorful tape adds a practical accent. I'm curious to see if some tape will show up on my pages...

Linda glued a manilla envelope in the back of all one journal for a year long class, to hold larger cards and ephemera.

Linda Allen's Smashbook spread

I'll keep you posted on process with my Word of the Year book and round cards!

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