Hello Friends! 

It's Kristine with you today and I am here to share a pocket page spread featuring the NEW Fresh SN@P! Pack; it should be available in your Local Scrapbook Store soon!

After a very long winter and a few more weeks of patiently watching the snow melt, I decided to brighten up my February monthly spread by adding tons of bright colors! This Fresh SN@P! Pack is awesome!  Love all those bright pink, yellow, green and blue colors - it really brightens a layout!

I am still creating my album with monthly pages, I honestly don't know how long this will last but I've cut down on photos quite a bit and doing a monthly spread is easier and less time consuming but I am missing the extras, such as movies watched, weather, favorite tunes etc.  So as much as i love the monthly spread, I think i need to add more!

I mixed up my pocket page inserts once again. I do enjoy the variety and less repetition in my album.

The month of February was packed with a shopping trip with my sister, a visit with my best friend Stephanie, a trip to Las Vegas and a major snow storm on the east coast.  My months aren't usually this ' entertaining ' but it makes a spread look pretty cool ! ;-)

I've mentioned before that I enjoy creating my own journal cards. I did for this spread as well. I used a 3x4" card, a square 3x3" and the die cut ampersand (& symbol ). I did some sewing and added more die cuts!  Super cute right?  So easy! Don't be afraid to add your own details to a spread -  it makes it that much more special!

This month I also added some Photo Overlays from the I AM Collection. These are fabulous to add extras on photos. Here is one that I added to my sister's shopping photo called " LOVING LIFE"

This next photo of hubby and I has the bubble hearts included on the Photo Overlay.  This adds great little details for pictures!

Something else I'd like to show you is the multiple photos option on a 4x4" or even 4x6" photo. I do did quite often when I want to add multiple pictures but don't necessarily have the space in my pocket pages. I use www.PicMonkey.com to create a collage and it works great!  On a Side note isn't Matthew McConaughey adorable!

I often hear people say "I hate my handwriting".  That's unfortunate!   It's part of you and who you are. It's a great memory keeping tool for all your family members that will take the time to enjoy your albums.  If everything is typed - how will they know your handwriting?  Something I miss today is my grandmother's handwritten notes in birthday cards, or recipes. I remember her writing a small To Do list or even grocery list.. I'd love to have those today!  So please, use your own handwriting - even if YOU don't like it... someone else will!

I added a Photo Flip to my page this month. Hubby and I ate at this amazing restaurant in Las Vegas. It was called BLT Burger and we both had the most AWESOME burger.. seriously! I wanted to add a photo of my hubby's TEXMEX Burger but also the menu. I couldn't bring the menu with us, but I did go online and print one up in small format so I could add it to my spread. I added journaling on one side and part of the menu on the other side.

I hope you enjoyed my post today and I hope you enjoy creating with your favorite Simple Stories products!