Project Life - Week 19

Hello All!
I am back today with another week of Project Life, this time I used the "Beautiful Life" collection from Echo Park.  This is such a great collection of papers that work so well for so many occasions and I love that it comes with three different alphas!

Here is a look at the two-pages together:

Here is the left side.  Moving I used one of the Heidi Swapp labels to tell where the boys were in the top picture.  The title card, except for the "polaroid" around the week number, is completely made from bits that come in the "Beautiful Life" collection.  The polaroid was stamped from the Maya Road "Photo Frame Singleton" stamp set.  The first card in the middle road is made from the "B" side of one of the 3x4 card sheet in the collection and one of the Heidi Swapp Tags.  I attached the tag to the card with a piece of yellow seam binding to create a great place for some hidden journaling.  Cutting the picture of the strawberries in half allows me to use the smaller pockets to hold another 4x6 picture.  The alpha on both the strawberry picture and the boys picking strawberries are the two smaller alphas included in the collection.  The "captured" sentiment on the picture of the boys repairing Sam's car comes from the Maya Road "Snapshot Words" stamp set.

 This is the right side of the spread.  All of the cards on the top row are from the card sheet in the collection.  I covered the seam between the picture of the flowerpot my son made for me for Mother's Day with some more of the yellow seam binding, then colored some of the Studio Calico Wood Veneer Banners and Stars for accents.  On the second row, I used some more of the Studio Calico Veneers to point to the pictures the journaling on the first card applies to.  The mother's day card is another one of the 3x4 cards with some Heidi Swapp letters.  The "ticket" on the family picture is also from the accent sheet that comes with the collection.

Here is a quick list of the products I used to get this look:

Echo Park "Beautiful Life" collection

Maya Road Stamp - Snapshot words

Maya Road Stamp - Photo Frame Singleton

Studio Calico Wood Veneers 

Heidi Swapp - Serendipity File Labels

Heidi Swapp - Tags

Heidi Swapp - Color Shine

Seam Binding - Antique Gold

Hope everyone has a wonderful day!
Until next time!
Alicia

Project Life - Week 10

Hi All!
For some reason, Spring Break really threw me off from keeping up with Project Life, so I am really trying to get in gear and catch up.  I wanted to share Week 10 with everyone.  This was the week before Spring Break here, and it included a trip the the local trampoline place for Munchkin Mondays, the return of Sam's Grandparents from a trip out of town, picking strawberries and a hearing test for Sam.  I used the Studio Calico "Dear Darling" 6x6 pad and some of the cards from my Studio Calico Project Life kit.

 Close up of the left side:

and the right side:

Life.Paper.Scrapbook.

Today is the release of the first issue of  Life.Paper.Scrapbook.  In their own words, they are

"an Australian quarterly, online publication that is dedicated to showcasing designers from all around the world to inspire each other, explore current trends and techniques and most importantly to celebrate our love of scrapbooking and paper crafts. This is a place to share our style, designs and creations with like minded crafters from around the world."

The issue is filled with tons of inspiration and lots of different looks from all over the world.  Also, on pages 88-89 is MY PROJECT LIFE SPREAD for Week Two of this year!!!  :o)  I am so excited to be a part of such a great compilation of wonderful work!

Go check out the whole issue, it really is filled with so many different awesome ideas!

Life.Paper.Scrapbook - Issue 1

Project Life - Week Nine

I am back with week nine of this year's Project Life. 

This week was another week where I played with stamps and a little addition of digital words in PSE.  

Close up shots:

Project Life - Week Eight

Hi everyone!
I am back today with my Week Eight for Project Life!  As of this entry, I am for all intents and purposed, UP TO DATE!!  :)  Also, I am participating in Michelle Bostinelos' Saturday blog hop , so for everyone who this is their first time to my blog, welcome and have a look around!  I would love to hear feed back on the stuff I have here!

This week contains a two page spread with a small insert of a couple of additional pictures from our date night out at the Rodeo Cook-Off with friends.  I found myself with less pictures than normal, but was still able to get together some that I truly loved!

Here is the whole spread, not showing the insert:

I used the washi to tie the journaling card to the photo of my goofy husband with his camo hat full of USB thumb drives, and used one of the Ali Edwards stamps from Technique Tuesday, directly on the photo.  The calendar on my date card is stamped from the Amy Tangerine date stamp.  Love that thing!! A close up of our "art" on the back patio and an overview of the whole mess add additional color.

The top image is a picture of the poster that was hanging at Sam's school, thanking our class for putting together the Teacher's Luncheon that I helped coordinate.  I just had to include the picture of Sam as a pirate...  It is actually a screen shot from the computer.  Eddie was on a Google Conference with his boss, and let Sam sit in his lap.  He turned on the "Special Effects" and created our weird little pirate.  I needed a filler card, and saw this Red Wine "poem" on Pinterest and just thought it was too funny!  Pictures of Sam opening the blinds in the morning, a late arriving birthday card and friends at the cook-off, round out the pictures this week.

Here is a close up of the small insert (this is one from the Sn@p line).  Just a easy title card, and then pictures of me and Eddie and then of Eddie and his old roommate Andy.

All of the papers I used this week came from My Mind's Eye "School Daze" 6x6 paper pad, with a little Freckled Fawn washi thrown in for color.

Thanks so much for stopping in!  Hope to see you all again soon!

Alicia

Project Life - Week Five

Look at this!!  I managed to get those finishing touches on to Week Five, it photographed and posted today (like I planned!!!)  :)

This week was another week when Eddie was out of town, so it was me and Sam flying on our own.  We were having beautiful weather (you really cannot beat this time of year around here!) so there was lots of outdoors-time to enjoy!

It was a week where Sam found Grandpa's glasses and had to try them on, we went and checked on the boat to make sure things will be ready when we need it, new classroom tours for next year, and sneaking extra treats to the dogs when Mama leaves the room.  Always and adventure around here!  :-)

A close up of the left side - the kraft and white filler card was one I made with a background stamps and white Zing... Man, I love that stuff!!

And a close of the right:

Thanks for looking, and as always, feel free to leave a comment or ask any questions!
A

Project Life - Week Six

I am a little out of order right now with Project Life, but am almost to the point of being evened out.  :)  Here is my Week Six! (I think I now just owe Week Five and then will be back in order!)  :)

This was a week where there were just a lot of everyday things that we did, trips to IKEA and Garden Ridge, one of the Mardi Gras parades on the Seawall in Galveston, and a new rug that I got for the front room (to cover the blackboard paint that Sam got a hold of and got on the carpet).  I used the new Amy Tangerine calendar stamp to create the calendar on my date card.  It takes a little time to get it arranged, but I really think I am going to like being able to create calendars to coordinate with the weeks (instead of just white every time).

When creating this spread, I decided to utilize the white space of the table Sam was sitting at to write the journaling directly on to the picture.  One of my favorite pictures from this week is that second little picture.  We got Chili's To-Go, and Sam has taken to "reading" the menu in the car.   The "Photos by Sam" picture is a collage that I created in Picasa of various pictures that Sam had taken with the camera on my phone.  He is really into taking pictures... I don't know where he could get that from.  ;)

Eddie came home from trial on Friday (he had been gone two weeks) and Sam was a HAPPY little boy to have his daddy back.
Hope everyone is having a great week!  I should have week five posted soon, hopefully tomorrow!
Until next time!
A

Project Life - Week Seven - Flamingo Scraps

Hi everyone!
Week seven is also my project for my design team, so that's why I am slightly out of order.  I thought Pink Paislee's Secret Crush line would be PERFECT to use for the week of Valentine's Day in my Project Life album!  In addition to Valentine's Day, we also attended a wedding, so the week was full of love!
Here is the full, two-page layout:

Close-up of the left side:

Close-Up of the right side:

I used the Pink Paislee Collection pack and the Paper Goods for most of the accents for this week.  I also used a couple of the Studio Calico wood veneers, and colored the veneer on the calendar with some Color Shine by Heidi Swapp that gives it the perfect amount of shimmer.  A last minute detail that I just love is the little Maya Road Trinket Birdie Clip on the date card.

Flamingo Scraps is having a great sale on the remaining Secret Crush items, so if you love it as much as I have, you'd better get it quick before it's gone!!  

Project Life - Week 4

So far, I seem to be running about a week behind, and I am fine with that!  :)  This week was just me and Sam, so we tried our best to stay busy!  :)  I just have a two-page layout for this week (no inserts) because the only things that we did that I took several pictures for was the zoo and the park (which we do all of the time!)  :)

Both sides of the layout.  I have changed my approach this year to make each week look a little more cohesive that I have in years past.  Project Life has become my main type of memory keeping for my family, so want it to look like I took some time with it.  :)  I still do traditional layouts a couple of times a month, but with a very busy 2 year old, I just don't have the time that I use to have. 

Left side with a picture of the Moon and Jupiter, some pictures of Sam from the park and zoo, us on the train at the zoo, and a great picture from a new weather app I have called Instaweather.  I can see that it is going to make an appearance in this year's PL quite a bit.  If you don't have this app, it's really great because you take a picture with your phone and it layers the weather on top of it.  There are a lot of different options of what the weather "report" can look like on top of your picture.

Right  side of the spread 

Here is the right side of the spread.  I finished my Defensive Driving class online, so that was a big accomplishment for the week.  Sam decided to take a straw with him into the tub to blow bubbles and I finally caught his "Moo" on camera.  I LOVE the way his little lips pucker up when he does it.  :)

I am also trying to do the "Currently" cards a couple of times a month.  For me, doing it weekly is just not feasible... honestly, I just don't want to have to make room for it in my PL that often.

Off to get ready for the rest of my day!  I am heading to the school and then we may head to a park, or IKEA depending on the weather!
I hope you guys enjoy your day!

Until next time!

Project Life - Week 3

Just a quick update to post that I finally got week three finished in this year's Project Life.  It was a busy week for us, my birthday was this week, so there is an insert with details from our dinner out and a little scrappy fun with friends!  :)  I am still trying to keep my spreads relatively flat, but this week I did include some fun veneers and a few Thickers on the pages.

Left side of spread and front of insert.

Back of insert and right side of spread.

Close-up of the left side

Close up of front of insert

Close up of the back of the insert.

 Thanks for looking!!

A

Project Life - Week 2

Yay!  I am really trying to stay on top of Project Life this year (which is good, since I am STILL working on the journaling, etc for 2012!)  This week, in addition to the two page spread, I have a small insert of our trip to Pump-It-Up, using Becky Higgins' Design H.  I really used stuff from my stash this week, instead of one of the kits, and decided to try to make the week look like it belonged together.  :)

This week with the insert.

The two page spread showing the back of the insert.

The left side of the spread.

The right side of the spread.

The front of the insert.

The backside of the insert.

In case any one was wondering, my process for PL every week always starts out with two of the Design A pages, and then if we did a special activity that warranted extra pictures, I use one of the other design pages to supplement in the middle.   This is my third year to do Project Life, and I still love this project!!  I am always experimenting with the look and feel of it, and it continues to be so much fun.

Hope everyone one enjoyed this week!
Until next time!
A

2013 Project Life - Week 1

Hi All!!

In an effort to try to stay up-to-date with Project Life this year - I am still working on journaling for 2012 - I am going to start posting my weeks as I get them finished. This year, I have decided to run my weeks from Monday to Sunday, to make it easier to keep the weekends together, and am trying to keep things as flat as possible, so lots of stamps, letter stickers and washi tape will be seen.  :o)

I think that all of the cards I used this week were free printables that I found on Pinterest.  I need to put together a list with links to share.  If you have any other questions, let me know, and I will do my best to answer them!

Here is the full two page spread.

Left Side

The right side for the week.

This is why it is easier for me to take pictures of projects when the boy is asleep, or otherwise occupied. 

Thanks so much for looking!

Until next time!
A

Quick Post - PL Swap Cards.

Just a quick update to share a set of cards that I recently made for a Project Life card swap.  I think they turned out pretty well.  :o)  I used the "Beautiful" Project Life Clear Stamps that are exclusive to Two Peas for the border on the bottom, and the sentiment, which I embossed on cardstock then cut into flags.  I added some gray and teal washi and called it done!