Project Life: Week Seven

Last post for a now :)  To see weeks FIVE and SIX see previous posts. Now, week 7:

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Ah, Valentine week. My good friend, April, gifted me some papers from the My Minds Eye "Love Me" 6x6 pad to use (how could I NOT have any Valentine paper??) and I enjoyed making this spread coordinate.

I finally had a chance to do some hand stitching on the title card; love how this turned out with the doily. I used my very old Bazzill In Stitch'z templates... these are making a come back. Have you seen the new ones by Amy Tan? Love!

I am going to like including cards and things in Project Life. I actually took a picture of my hubby's Valentine card and resized it so I wouldn't have to cut the actual card. Isn't he sweet? ~swoon~

I also get a card every year from my dog.. lol! My kids though thought this card really was him. Again, I scanned the card and shrunk it to include.

This is a photo of the Valentines my first graders exchanged.. I think it will be neat to see the different trends.

Speaking of trends.. love the chalkboard trend right now. This card is from Elle's Studio.

What's every girls dream for a fancy Valentine's date? Why, seeing Die Hard in the Imax Theater! lol! 

Actually, this was the Sunday of Presidents Day weekend and my hubby and brother humored my sale shopping for a few hours, so we hit up dinner and a movie afterwards. It was actually pretty good.. but don't tell them I said that!

PS - Linking up at About a Boy challenge blog for using an older product (my Bazzill stitching templates.. and my layout includes photos of my brother and I),  Apron Strings (March Madness #15 distressing; I inked the edges of all my cards with black ink), and Boys Rule (stitching)

Love This Boy

I'm in love with Echo Park's This & That Charming kit. I made another layout, featuring my cousin's son Gabe. I was inspired by Diana's blogaversary sketch.

I fussy cut the primer flashcard from a sheet of patterned paper. Love that stacked chipboard piece "Growing like a weed". So true.. he's gotten so tall!

I loved the triangles in the sketch and used my new square punch to make mine. I had stitched a line through them. Echo Park has the best alphas. Love this mixed title! The little brad in the center of the cardstock sticker has his age :) 

Thanks for stopping by today! TGIF! :)

Stitched card :)

The challenge this week at Cricut Cardz is to stitch on your card. I made this card using (my fav) Create a Critter and my My Minds Eye "Lost and Found II" 6x6 pad. I love the pinks!

I stitched my greeting using a Bazzill template. I love the look!

I can't wait to see what you create for this challenge. Stop by Cricut Cardz to link up and see what the rest of the design team created :)

Echo Park + Paper Smooches :)

Happy Saturday!! :)

It's a work around the house day for my hubby and I - lots to catch up on from a busy week. But I took a little time this morning to make a card with my new Paper Smooches stamp set "Smoocheroos".. it's so cute!

When I saw the little lighthouse stamp, I knew I wanted to use the sun rays paper from my 6x6 Echo Park "Splash" pad.

I'm entering this card into the Paper Smooches "Spark" challenge for the blue and white with pop of yellow color inpsiration :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great day :)

{{siblings}}

TGIF!! I was soo excited to spend one of my first days "off" scrappin'! Summer school ended yesterday and it was like a weight lifted. I couldn't wait to get back to scrappin' our Colorado trip. 

I had a special picture of my husband with this 3 wonderful sisters and was happy to find the latest sketch at The Scrappiest was perfect for it.

I bought lots of new goodies for this trip.. many new camping/nature collections, travel lines.. but I wanted something a little different. I went to my stash and found a piece of patterned paper I've probably "saved" for 5+ years. 

It's from My Mind's Eye's "Wild Asparagus" line, called "you are my sunshine".  It's a heavyweight paper and almost feels like a canvas texture. And it was perfect for this photo and the background mat for the sketch.

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I just {love} how it turned out! I had some trouble finding what would "go" with this one piece of paper, but I went through more of my stash and loved mixing and matching different companies and lines.

The beautiful olive "bean blossom" is from Jillibean Soup. I added a brad (with the prongs removed) from Basic Grey to the center of the button to tie my colors together. I framed my 5x7 photo (which is handstitched!) with a Storybook cut.

The sprig on the right is chipboard from Maya Road, that I inked in dark brown (as I did most of the layers). The other pieces are cut from the Storybook cricut cartridge.

I didn't want to overwhelm the layers with more patterns, but the cardstock seemed too plain. So I ran the kraft layer through  my Cuttlebug "leafy branch" folder and inked it in brown. The subtle embossing was just what it needed. More brads from Basic Grey :) I love those colors!

I brought in the same elements to the top right corner, cutting my title/shadow at one inch from the Storybook cartridge. I also used my Martha Stewart "Cherish" punch around the page set on the entire layout.

Whew! Should I tell you this layout took all day? LOL! But I'm so pleased how it turned out. :)

In addition to The Scrappiest, I'm also linking my page to Craft Junkie Too's linky party and ScrapFit's flower challenge.

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a wonderful weekend :) 

United We Stand.

Happy 4th of July weekend!  

How appropriate that I created a layout today with my new Bo Bunny "Liberty" collection. I just LOVE it!


I'm entering this layout in their advertisement inspiration contest; following Old Navy's patriotic sale.

I used this Page Maps challenge sketch:

I used only 1 larger photo but kept all other elements of the sketch the same.

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This is my husband Dave reading the historical Gettysburg Address, which is etched on window glass overlooking the battlefields at the visitors center.

The journaling explains how we take for granted how lucky we are to live in such a historical town, where many tourists visit to see the things in our backyard - ESPECIALLY 4th of July weekend. It's packed here!

It's been a while since I took the time to stitch on a layout, but I'm so glad I did. I was immediately drawn to the bracket shape on the sketch and emphasized it with red thread. I also added 3 star gems to the bottom right of the layout, also from the Liberty collection.

The pieces on the top left of the layout are chipboard. I love Bo Bunny's thick chipboard!  This sketch was perfect for the big flourish/star piece. The "United We Stand" title is so fitting for President Lincoln's address.

Thanks for stopping by today. 

Have a fun, safe weekend!

Sew Much Fun!

It's going to be sew much fun at The Paper Variety this week! 

And Abby has donated an awesome October Afternoon prize.

When I saw the sketch at Frosted Designs this week; I knew it would be PERFECT for a wedding layout I've had in the back of my mind for a while.

My best friend since 2nd grade was able to come to my wedding! We send Christmas cards to each other every year, but I hadn't seen her in at least 10 years. I was so excited she could be there on my special day. These photos are so precious to me I wanted to really go all out on this layout.

You can click to view it larger and see the details. I used Basic Grey's Cappella patterned paper - it matched her mint green dress perfectly. There were some soft pinks in the paper, too, so I pulled those out in cross-stitching around the outside edges. Then, I zig zag stitched in dark green around the bracket. The beige in "childhood" better matches the bracket mat in real life :)

I have been hoarding these beautiful "bridal satin blossoms" from Tessa! I bought them over a year ago to go with this layout. I'm so glad I held out and waiting for the perfect time! I'm so proud of this layout. It's probably my favorite so far in our wedding album - and my hubby isn't in it LOL. Go figure! ;)

Be sure to swing by The Paper Variety and see what the rest of the DT created and link up your projects.

Speaking of which, next week we have something EXTRA special going on at TPV...

You don't want to miss it! 

Thanks for stopping by! :)

Born to be..

This was a tough layout to make but one that has been on my mind for awhile! As many of you know, my hubby and I are trying to start a family. As I was going through old pictures, almost every one of me - I'm holding a babydoll and playing house. I always new I wanted to be a Mom.

I was inpsired to use this month's new "sweet spot" release from Precocious Paper.

I went out of my "matching/coordinating everything" box and contrasted the purples and yellows with the greens in Basic Grey's "Origins" collection.

For the layout design, I used this recent Page Maps sketch.

The journaling explains how I've always been a caretaker (and still am) in many ways while I prepare for motherhood. And as we began to tell people of our fertility plans, one asked "are you sure you are ready for this?" and my hubby replied without skipping a beat "She was born ready." So glad he gets me! I've very lucky to have him by my side.

A few close ups of the embellishments!

I used my new We R Memory Keepers "Sew Easy" to do the random zig zag stitching. I really love the results!

Be sure to check out Tessa's blog to see a sneak peek of her March Sampler that Windy played with. The Precocious Paper store is also blooming with new goodies too!

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you have a great weekend. 

The little ones..

The challenge this week at The Paper Variety is for the itty bittys!

And you will love this week's prize from NIKKI SIVILS!

I made a scrapbook page (as did ALL of the designers funny enough - check them out!!)

I used this sketch from My Minds Eye, with their prompt "It's a _______ thing!"

My hubby is a computer guy and so is his coworker's son. At age 3, he knows A LOT about computers, technology, and how things work. He was showing ME how to use his dad's new ipad. How cool!

 

It's definately a "techie" thing! He even puts a pen behind his ear like the other guys hehe. It can't be a techie layout without something techie! I used computer keys for part of my title, recycled from a broken keyboard my hubby had for parts. I'm SURE this is what he intended for it... hehe ;)

 TGIF!!