Fall Dopamine Menu | Design Team: Tai Cortes
Hello crafty friends! It’s Tai and I have a 'fallish' traveler's notebook layout to share. For today’s project, I am documenting my 'Fall Dopamine Menu'. I was recently inspired to do this list due to scrolling on Instagram. I follow journaling accounts and it was on repeat. So I went to my craft room to create my own list using the new LBM stamp release. I am using patterned papers from the Fall/Holiday Season Pass collection along with the new 'Reggie numbers' and the 'Scalloped Boxes'.
The project began with selecting two patterned papers in the collection that complimented each other on both sides of the notebook layout. I am always nervous about my title stamping, afraid of messing up, so I did it on a piece of vellum. Stamping on vellum, I encourage you to use StazOn ink due to the slick surface. The 'Fall' title piece is from the Season Pass collection 4x6 stamp included in the kit, while the rest was using the 'Poe Alpha.'
To add more interest and contrast, I stamped the 'Scalloped Boxes' onto white card stock. The metal die was perfect to cut out my stamped images. These boxes hold my journaling. I cut out 5 separate boxes to use across both pages. To label each box for my list, I used archival black ink and the 'Reggie Numbers' along side the scalloped boxes. Layering some die cuts adds more 'fallish' colors and flair to the boxes. For my dopamine list to be continuous I used a gold dot marker to mark each new item.
Everyone should make a quarterly dopamine list to remind ourselves there are options to make our days more enjoyable. It's important to stop scrolling social media and give yourself a little dopamine boost.