Story Play Watch + Listen | Special Guest Denine Zielinski

Hey friends! It’s Denine, and I am here today to share a spread that I created with the Story Play Collection: Watching + Listening. As of late, there has been a lot more listening than watching around these parts, so my spread is all about some of the music that I have been listening to these days. I really love pages like this that capture just a small part of the season that I am currently in.

I’ve been in a pocket page season since the summer when I was working on my Days of Summer album, but I also love a little bit of interactive fun, so I combined the best of both worlds here. I filled the pockets with photos of a few of my favorite artists that I snagged from the internet. I kept it pretty simple by just adding a circle that I punched from the 7x8.25 Watching Listening Paper in the middle of the four pockets. On top of that, I adhered one of the chipboard pieces and a chipboard star from my stash.

For the interactive part of my spread, I had fun working with the 7x8.25 For The Love Of Listening Paper. I used the digital version of the paper to add the names of the artists to the left of the records with the alphabet from last year’s December Daily collection. It’s still one of my all-time favorite alphas. I then ran the physical paper through my printer.

Using a plastic circle template, I cut around each record with my craft knife to create openings to slide additional photos and journaling under. I screenshot my current favorite songs from each artist and cut them out into 2.75 inch circles for that.

On the other side of each circle photo, I added some journaling about each song. In between the two circles, I stapled a tab die cut that would stick out from under the records. You can read my thoughts about the songs in the photo below.

Here’s a photo of how the circles look when they are pulled partially out from under the records. I just think they look so cute!

In between my two main pages, I added an insert to hold the 3x4 Currently Listening Journal Card with those adorable headphones. I just had to add this card into my spread somehow! The insert is a 3x8 transparency from my stash with a grid pattern on it. I like that the pattern is tame enough for the viewer to see through it to the page underneath.

I typed my main journaling onto the 3x4 Listening 01-02-03 Journal Card and adhered it back to back with the 3x4 Currently Listening Journal Card.

To finish off, I added one of the phrase stickers from the kit underneath the existing phrase on the bottom of the second page and also stamped the date underneath.

Here is how this spread looks in my album.

And then when the viewer turns the insert over.

You can see how I put this spread together in the video below.

Thank you so much for joining me as I played with this fun kit.

If you have any questions, please feel free to comment below. I love hearing from you guys! You can also find me on Instagram @denine2 and YouTube @Denine2.

Happy storytelling, my friends!