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🌈 Hello there, it's Francės! Welcome into the YBM Community. I'm so happy to be here with you! Here we can share our YBM project pictures & videos, give showers of compliments and spread the love of confetti 😄 Before you begin, please comment on this post if you agree with our Community Guidelines after reading them thoroughly. I will also be sharing my projects, as well sneak-peeks! If you'd like a little tour of the our community and want to be learn how to make your first post, Journey Here. I'm so excited to see everyone's creativity here, if you ever need a thing you can always direct message me here or email me at: yourbookofmemories@gmail.com Francės Long 🤍🌱

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July 01 — 31, 2025

Challenge

Jingle Bells In July Challenge

Francės Long

June 30

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Jingle Bells In July Challenge

Our host for this community challenge this month is our awesome member, and my sweet friend, Tonya Thomas!

" Christmas is a magical time of year and even better if I don't have to deal with cold temps or snow. So Christmas in July is the best of both seasons and it's my birthday month. Decorating for Christmas can get my mojo back and I hope it does for you all too. Echo Park has a lot of ephemera, tags and frames on clearance right now, so that is what I will be using along with Christmas papers. "

~ Tonya Thomas

Veronica Hebard

June 20

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Challenge complete.

I used Carta Bella's Pirates Collection along with some other papers I picked up online somewhere. Added some gold buttons here and there to represent gold coins as well as some gold circle punches. I believe the anchor buttons are from a cookie tin my Meemaw gave me. (If you know, you know! 😂)

I didn't make this for anyone in mind, which is unusual as I always have a person and purpose (wedding gift, babyshower, etc.). Because of that, it took entirely too long to finish. I stared at it for days willing it to give me inspiration. WWFD?

I guess it will go on a shelf until someone needs it.

Tonya Thomas

June 16

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My take on the Gatefold folio , I really enjoyed this challenge. I used Echo Park Summer collection.

Michelle Oak

June 20

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Hello! I hope you enjoy this video. Unfortunately I don’t recall which album this is (Frances help! 🙃). It was time consuming but relatively easy following the well done tutorials. I made it for my Mommy’s (once a Mommy always a Mommy) 90th birthday party and gave it to her as a gift for her 91st!! Parts 2 and 3 in separate posts.

Enjoy and be well!

Michelle Oak

June 20

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90th Birthday part 2

Veronica Hebard

June 23

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Update: I added some flowers and this jeweled garland stuff and feather thing I found at HL. It definitely finished the album. It's ready for to be gifted.

Finished this wedding book for a cute young couple I work with. I don't remember the name of the pattern. Francės Long will have to help me out. This holds a lot of pictures!

I think the paper is Echo Park.

It needs some flowers but I haven't had a chance to go to the store. Crazy hot outside!

Michelle Oak

June 20

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90th Birthday part 3

Veronica Hebard

June 29

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I'm still working my way through all of the classes. This is the Flutter Folio. It came together faster than I thought it would. This may become a go-to. It packs a lot of pictures.

I added a shaker front. The star confetti is a little hard to see. I also did this to the front pocket.

The paper is from a friend. I think she said she got it on Temu(?). Cutting out all of the cute images took longer than putting the album together! ✂️

I chose this pumpkiny-burnt orange paper. If I had to do over again, perhaps a different color. Something lighter to make the prints pop more.

I'd 100% recommend making this one! So much fun.

Francės Long

June 01

• Edited (Jun 01, 2025)

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Challenge

June 01 — 30, 2025

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Explore Your Journaling Cards

Our host for this community challenge this month is our awesome member, Cate Woolf!

"Big paper is great, but sometimes companion paper products are forgotten about when we get going on projects. I want to highlight the use of 3x4 journaling cards or cut-a-parts from paper and really embrace lots of patterns, colors, and unique layering! The Gatefold Folio was one of my first and one of my favorites and I can't wait to see everyone's interpretation of the waterfalls!"

~ Cate Woolf

Francės Long

June 01

• Edited (Jun 01, 2025)

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🎉 The Your Book of Memories Kitchen Collection is here! This is my second ever paper pack and the first of its kind released under the Mini Pack Series! ( I’m working on a cardstock sticker sheet to go with it now - soon to launch ) Also, my baby boy paper is still in the works so it should be ready by the end of this year or early next ;) I had so much fun hand-watercolor painting this collection and I hope you love it as much as me :) You can grab your pack here if you wanted to have one for yourself!

Collection Includes:

• ( 9 ) - 12" x 12" Single Sided 80lb Design Papers

• 2 Sheets of each Design + 1 Elements Page

( you can eve use the cover page for extras! )