A new year deserves a planner that does more than keep track of appointments. The 2027 Scrap Journal Planner Kit is back with a fresh new look, and it’s part calendar, part memory keeper and completely yours to customize. Use it to plan the month ahead, bullet journal your to-do lists or fill every date with the little moments you never want to forget.

Unlike a typical store-bought planner, this one is made to hold photos. Slip the pages into the new 2027 Scrap Journal Cover and you’ll have a photo-safe planner you’ll want to keep long after the year is over. Whether you’re brand-new to planning or a lifelong list lover, here are three practical ways to use it, plus the supplies that pair perfectly with the Natural Beginnings look.

What’s Inside the 2027 Planner Kit

Everything you need to plan your year comes in one easy kit:

26 single-sided blank calendar papers with fun designs and spaces for writing notes, lists or bullet journaling
1 sheet of clear planner stickers with months of the year, special occasions like Birthday, Anniversary, Game Day and Date Night, plus travel icons, arrows and more
A perfect fit for any 6.75×10 Scrap Journal, including the 2027 Scrap Journal Cover with its gold foil 2027

Start Any Month of the Year

Here’s the best part for beginners: there’s no need to wait for January. Because the calendar pages are blank, you can add a clear month sticker to the top of the page, fill in your dates and start planning right where you are, whether that’s this week, next month or halfway through the year.

Missed a few weeks? No problem. Simply pick up with the next page. Nothing goes to waste, and your planner stays completely your own.

3 Practical Ways to Use Your Planner

1. Turn Every Month into a Photo Calendar
Think of this as your planner’s look-back view. Once the days have happened, use your photos to commemorate them. Trim small prints to fit inside the date boxes, from the first day of school to a lazy afternoon on the couch. When a day is extra special, like a family trip, let one photo stretch across two or three boxes so it stands out.

Write short notes sideways along the edge of a photo to fit narrow spaces, and add a clear planner sticker like “Life’s Little Moments” to celebrate the ordinary days, too. For a little extra dimension, tuck a die-cut camera, filmstrip or frame from Captured in Time Titles & Icons beside a favorite photo, or caption an everyday moment with a phrase from Real Life Titles & Icons. By the end of the month, you’ll have a full picture of everything you did.

Creative Idea: Print several small photos on a single 4″ x 6″ print, then trim them apart with the Photo Trimmer. A fine-tip pen like the Black Micro-Tip Pen makes it easy to write in the smaller date boxes.

2. Keep a Running List of Monthly Highlights
Every calendar page includes space for notes, which makes it the perfect spot for a monthly highlights list. Jot down first trips, birthdays, new milestones and funny moments as they happen, then add a favorite photo or two below the list. It’s a quick way to capture the story of the month without writing a full page of journaling.

Have more to say? Tuck Mini Notebooks or Pocket Notebooks into your Scrap Journal for longer stories, goal lists or meal plans.

Creative Idea: Add an Envelope & Pocket Set to hold the little keepsakes from each month, like ticket stubs, handwritten notes and party invitations.

3. Map Out the Month Ahead
This one puts your planner to work before anything happens. At the start of each month, sit down with your calendar page and mark everything that’s coming up: birthdays, anniversaries, game days, date nights, appointments and deadlines. The clear planner stickers make it quick to label each one, and you’ll have the whole month in one place before the busy days arrive.

Small die-cuts make the big dates easy to spot at a glance. Cut a cake, balloon or gift from Celebrate Today Titles & Icons to flag birthdays and parties, and add Holiday Icons to holiday dates. For a quick symbol, the Accent Arrow Punch points to an upcoming deadline and the Document the Date Punch highlights a day you can’t miss.

Creative Idea: Planning a trip or a week of camp? Run a strip of Passport to Adventure Washi Tape across the dates to mark the whole stretch at a glance.

Why Choose a Photo-Safe Planner?

Most planners aren’t made with photos in mind. Your Scrap Journal Planner is designed for memory keeping, so you can add your favorite prints with confidence and keep them protected for years to come. When the year is over, your planner doesn’t get tossed in a drawer. It becomes a keepsake of everything your family did together.

Make It Your Own with Natural Beginnings

The 2027 Planner Kit was inspired by the Natural Beginnings collection, so its soft neutrals and botanical accents pair beautifully with your planner pages. Start with the Natural Beginnings Decorative Bundle to get the entire decorative collection at once, or pick your favorites:

More Supplies That Pair Perfectly

Notebooks & pockets: Mini Notebooks, Pocket Notebooks and the Envelope & Pocket Sets for extra journaling and keepsakes
Washi tape: Passport to Adventure Washi Tape to mark trips and multi-day events
Stencil: the Scrap Journal Stencil to trace tidy shapes and lines for trackers and journaling spots
Cardstock & designer paper: Cardstock & Shimmer Paper and the Natural Beginnings Paper Pack for photo mats, tabs, dividers and die-cuts
Die-cuts: Celebrate Today Titles & Icons, Captured in Time Titles & Icons, Real Life Titles & Icons and Holiday Icons, cut with the Die-Cutting & Embossing Machine, for small titles, icons and captions that fit right into the date boxes
Punches: Document the Date Punch, Celebration Cake Punch, Word Bubble Mini Punch, Accent Arrow Punch, Banner Flag Punch and Embossed Leaves Punch for dimension and event symbols

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Your Year, Your Way

There’s no right or wrong way to fill your planner. Some months might be packed with photos, while others are simple lists and a few stickers, and that’s perfectly okay. Start with the month you’re in, add the moments that make you smile and watch your year come together one page at a time.

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