This week we’re revisiting episode number 115 with Shimelle Laine, A Work in Progress. Member Terri writes: “Shimelle’s episode where she talks about putting the book back in scrapbooking was a real aha moment for me and the reason I don’t want to downsize my 12x12 albums.” As you listen to this episode, try to identify one strategy from Shimelle’s toolbox that you might want to implement with your own albums. After the episode you’re invited to visit simplescrapper.com/syw115 to share your insights.

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This week we’re revisiting episode number 134 with May Flaum, How to Care for a Creative Heart. This is my personal pick to kick off our series of ten Scrapbook Your Way replays. The episode features an excellent conversation about how we cope, realign, and truly care for ourselves when the world feels like too much. As you listen to this episode, think about one small step you could take to improve your relationship with news, information, and social media. After the episode you’re invited to visit simplescrapper.com/syw134 to share your insights.

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In this episode, I'm going solo to answer a listener question about how to reignite your scrapbooking passion after a hiatus. I share my experience with a recent layout, offer steps to ease back into the hobby, and talk about the importance of mindset and consistency. I'm also announcing a brief pause in podcast episodes for some behind-the-scenes updates and the upcoming celebration of our 300th episode.

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In this season of life Dawn Cervo is focused on rediscovering herself with vision planning and a suite of creative practices, including scrapbooking. This episode includes her journey into retirement and spiritual renaissance. She shares insights into her blended family, her adventures in genealogy, her creative projects, and her deep-seated belief in finding the sacred in everyday life.

Links Mentioned

• Dawn on Instagram: @dawncervo
• German Scrapbook Store Scrapabilly
• Stacy Julian Library of Memories
• Clean & Simple Scrapbooking/The Sequel (*)
• Ali Edwards
• Miss Freddy's Backup Bootcamp
• Der Great Gatsby: A Progressive Translation (*)
• Oracle Decks by Rebecca Campbell (*)
• Procreate
• Kelly Rae Roberts
• Elizabeth Gilbert
• Happy Planner
• @mattcookecoach

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Terri Torrez is one of our most active community members, often sharing links, initiating new conversations, and volunteering to help. But this past year has been a doozy for her. As she navigated divorce and a cross-country move, I'm grateful she could lean on her Simple Scrapper support system and feel safe to share layouts with her thoughts and feelings. In this episode Terri shares how her hobby and our community helped her cope with these major changes as well as the downstream impacts of this upheaval on her memory keeping.

Links Mentioned

• Ali Edwards Day in the Life
• Ali Edwards Week in the Life
• Becky Higgins Project Life
• Ali Edwards One Little Word
• Stacy Julian Library of Memories
• SYW250 - Aligned with the Seasons
• SYW267 - Shifting from Spring to Summer
• SYW282 - How Do You Stay Aligned?
• Wanderlust 2025
• Emily P. Freeman
• Ali Edwards Quarterly Kit
• LOAD - Layout A Day

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Elif Sahin, the owner of Hey Scrapper, is seeking to disrupt the digital scrapbooking industry with a new model that she believes is more fair to designers. To scrapbookers, it is a new shop with digital and hybrid-friendly products along with a fresh take on a creative community. In this episode you'll hear Elif discuss her background as a designer, her vision for Hey Scrapper, and what we can expect from the shop.

Links Mentioned

• Elif on Instagram: @sahindesigns
• Hey Scrapper on Instagram: @heyscrappershop
• Sahin Designs website
• Hey Scrapper website
• Ali Edwards One Little Word
• Cocoa Daisy
• Journey app
• Former Pixel Scrapper website

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The precise, layered look found on Tarrah McLean’s pages inspired our new collection of sketches and templates for Simple Scrapper members. Her use of larger titles creates a focal point in many of her designs, adding to her eye-catching style. In this episode we're taking a peek behind the scenes of Tarrah's inspirations and process. Our conversation features the importance of fellow scrapbookers in keeping her connected to this hobby.

Links Mentioned

• Tarrah on Instagram: @tarrahm
• Tarrah's blog
• Doodlebug Design (*)
• Silhouette Cameo (*)
• Pink Fresh Studio (*)
• IKEA KALLAX Series Storage Cubes
• Cocoa Vanilla Studio

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Denine Zielinksi starts every layout by opening Photoshop, but you might not know that when looking at her scrapbooks. In this episode I'm chatting with Denine about how she brings meaningful storytelling to smaller scale hybrid spreads. You'll hear how she adapts projects to different sizes, introduces creative variety, and why she doesn't plan to scrapbook in 12x12 again.

Links Mentioned

• Denine on Instagram: @denine2
• Denine’s Etsy ship: DigitalsByDenine
• Denine’s YouTube channel: Denine Zielinski
• Ali Edwards December Daily
• Ali Edwards Week in the Life
• IKEA Kallax
• Ali Edwards Day in the Life
• Project Life
• Big Picture Classes
• Ali Edwards Stories By The Month™

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What happens when you go to school for fashion, but fall in love with graphic design? In this episode you'll hear Cecily Moore's story of finding her way as an artist and maker. We discuss her roots in memory keeping, the highlights and hard parts of building The Paper Curator, and why she's diversifying into new markets. This is a fascinating conversation that peels back the curtain on the products you love.

Links Mentioned

• Cecily's website: The Paper Curator
• Cecily on Instagram: @thepapercurator
• Cecily's Pinterest account
• Cecily's YouTube channel
• Cecily TikTok account
• Project Life
• Episode with Tracey Fox
• Shillington Program
• Procreate
• Cecily's Stamps at Dick Blick

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Cheryl Ashcraft has been a fixture of the digital scrapbooking community for well more than a decade. Known for her layered and maximalist style as both a scrapbooker and digital designer, Cheryl’s style is easily recognized by peers. In this episode you'll learn more about her creative journey and process.

Links Mentioned

• Cheryl's favorite recent layout: The Blues & Classical - Sweet Shoppe Gallery
• Beethoven Blues album on Spotify: Beethoven Blues
• Epson FastFoto FF-680W Wireless High-Speed Photo and Document Scanning System (*)
• Sweet Shoppe Designs
• Cheryl's business on Instagram: @fiddledeedeedesigns
• Cheryl's business Facebook page: Fiddle-Dee-Dee Designs
• Cheryl business Pinterest accoount: Fiddle-Dee-Dee Designs
• Cheryl's Newsletter: Fiddle-Dee-Dee Designs
• Cheryl on Instagram: @watchcherylscrap
• YouTube: Watch Cheryl Scrap
• Cheryl's personal Facebook page: Watch Cheryl Scrap
• Cheryl's Blog: Cheryl Ashcraft
• Cheryl's personal Pinterest account: Watch Cheryl Scrap
• Cheryl's layouts on Pinterest: My Digital Creations
• Adobe Photoshop Elements 2025
• The Lilypad
• pickleberrypop
• Affinity Photo 2
• Shutterfly
• Persnickety Prints
• Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
• Ali Edwards December Daily
• The Happy Planner
• Gallery Standouts
• Paige Taylor Evans
• ACDSee Photo Studio Software
• Procreate
• Snapseed App

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