Postcards Part 2

This is a super simple way to add a postcard to a page...as a journaling spot!

You can always buy some postcard looking die cuts - I have some from Making Memories - but it's also fun to use a real postcard instead.

You will  need:
- a postcard with a simple back
- a pen to write with

Step One: pick your postcard. We want one with not a lot of "stuff" on the back. All postcards have a little blurb about the photo on the front. Make sure yours has as little blurb as possible! I'm using on from Making Memories...it's not a real postcard this time!

Step Two: Write on your postcard. Journal as if you were telling someone about your trip. The highlights, the lowlights, who you traveled with, etc. Whatever interests you about your trip will be interesting to your audience!

Step Three: Stick it down! And finish your layout!

Optional:
You could use it as a space to write some hidden journaling, and tuck it behind a photo or piece of paper. Sometimes I find that my page fills up quickly with photos, papers and other design elements. And since journaling often gets left to the last moment, I find I don't have any room for it! Creating hidden journaling still allows for you to add some verbal detail to your layout, but keep the original design in tack! Woo Hoo!


You could also try:
-While you're away, pick up a couple of cheap postcards from the local souvenir shop and "journal" on them. Write about where you are, and what you've been up to. Then buy some stamps and send them to yourself at home! When you get home you'll have some fun mail and the perfect addition to your scrapbook layouts for that trip!
- Remember that postcards as journaling spots don't always have to go on travel layouts. The layout I completed above is for a birthday party that Lucas attended. We didn't leave the country...heck we didn't even leave our street...but we went somewhere and it was a big deal for Lucas, so I thought it was the perfect fit!

Pop back later for my fold-out layout using postcards. I just need to print some photos and take some pictures of the final product and then post! It's so much fun to create a layered layout like this...I can't wait to share!!

Until then...