Using MPM kits for non pocket scrapping

MPM kits still have a ton of other elements. I'd look at the example pages from the store, there's a ton of NON-pocket page example pages usually.
https://the-lilypad.com/store/Memory-Pockets-Monthly-GO.html
https://the-lilypad.com/store/BAREFOOT-June-22/

 

I created this page with a MPM kit:

 

I'm not a "pocket person" though I really want to learn. Made this for the speed scrap yesterday, though.



And here's a few others where I used journaling cards:

 

I am not a pocket person either and use them all the time.. the elements and papers are awesome as are the other goodies included.

 

Gorgeous pages Eva! Thanks for showing!

 

I use a lot of the MPM kits in both pocket and regular layout. I've added a few tips below for some of the more pockety ones on how you could change them.

Here's MPM Barefoot:
Same kit, two different layouts.



This is kinda a pocket page, but it's also kinda a regular layout:
If I had more photos, I would replace a few of the cards with photos. Or, if my photos were a higher quality, I would replace a few of the cards and use a 4x6 or larger photo.
MPM Details


MPM Soar:


MPM Farewell:
This one is pockety because of the stitching and grid. But, it's also a template from Lynn Grieveson. So, for me it doesn't feel like a pocket page. The second one is more what I think of as a pocket page. But, it has some good layering of elements over the journal cards and photos, so I thought I'd add it. If you took off the top and bottom row, it'd be less pocket, more layout.

 

I rarely do pocket pages but love to scrap with MPM kits. I just think of them like regular kits with lots of journal cards.

Here’s a link to a tutorial I did on 10 ways to use journal cards. Hope it helps get your creative juices flowing.

 

@littlekiwi take a look at the MPM gallery to inspire you in using MPM product as other than pocket pages

Here is one page I did for my collage with the Love Our Designers



Other times I mix elements from MPM with other things too as there are a lot of great goodies in them.. FOundation being my favorite I think

Here is another page I made with just MPM Feb 2022 Soar

 

Oh and here’s a blog post I did that uses one of the ideas in my other post on using jcs in photo spots.

This layout uses an MPM kit for a non pocket layout.

 

This is pockety - but easily tweaked to be a plain layout.


Using cards and some elements over the top of your large photo.






I could totally do something similar to this with an MPM as well.

 

I use it like normal kits too, like everyone here. I would focus more on the papers, elements, and alphas for my scrapbook layouts but there are times when I would use pocket cards on my layouts too. I would treat them like papers - use them as is, 'cut' into shapes and different sizes, layer them underneath my photos, etc.

Here's some of my layouts using MPM Ordinary:





For comparison, here's a pocket page I made for my PL album using MPM Ordinary:



And here's a couple of layouts using MPM Cultivate:





Hope that helps you stretch your stash!

 

Instead of using photos, imaging placing pocket cards into the pockets...

 

ty, nver looked at barefoot, the patterned paper mach the jakaln smith fleee outfits i have for me and karen (she went heavn in the pink set)