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Project Life – Week 15 and Week 16

| cristina

Wow… almost 2 weeks since my last blog post! I have been really busy lately, and it’s not over… But I do want to share some of my Project Life. I am 3 weeks behind – I seem to be  constantly 3 weeks behind. Let’s see if I can catch up some during the weekend. Here is Week 15 – I love how it turned out!!

Project Life - Week 15

I used the April BYOC from The Lilypad for this spread. I love the colors!

Project Life - Week 15

I also put my Silhouette to good use this week to cut out a few words.

Project Life - Week 15

This week we went car shopping, so that was the theme of the week.

Project Life - Week 15

I used my new stamps from Ali Edwards, in addition to the Studio Calico ones. I painted the alphabet letters with orange acrylic paint, and spray misted the wood veneer car.

Project Life - Week 15

I am loving these screenshots of my and DH’s votes for Dancing with the Stars each week!

Project Life - Week 15

I cut out words for all the car manufacturers we visited this week. I love the doily stamp by Amy Tangerine!

Project Life - Week 15

Here I stamped and wrote on the digital labels by Valorie Wibbens. Cute!

Project Life - Week 15

I am in love with the wood veneer stars!

Project Life - Week 15

I tried stamping on the blue masking tape – it worked! The orange stamps here were stamped with acrylic paint.

This is one of my favorite weeks ever! Now let’s move on to Week 16.

Project Life - Week 16

I kept it simple this week, with little digi, mostly is paper and stamps. I love the look!

Project Life - Week 16

I had tons of pictures this week, since we bought our new car and I had to document that, but I didn’t want to have to add inserts. I think it worked out well! The entire left page is just about one day. 🙂

Project Life - Week 16

I spray misted the wood veneer car with a silver coat, so it looks like our car. 🙂

Project Life - Week 16

We recently got in the mail one of those ads – “you won a car!” – and as soon as I saw it I knew I’d be using that key in my PL album! 😉 The timing was just perfect! 🙂

Here is the list of supplies.
Week 15:

Naturally Organic papers by Jenn Barrette
A Wonderful Day Papers by Sahlin Studio
4×6 Photo Collages no. 2 by Designs by Lili
Label It by Valorie Wibbens
Amy Tangerine Stamps and Thickers – American Crafts
Alpha stickers by Prima
Transportation and star wood veneers by Studio Calico
Technique Tuesday stamps by Ali Edwards
Studio Calico Epic and Awesome stamps

Smash date stamp K&C company
Week 16:

Markerific alpha by CD Muckosky
Stampendous alpha stamps
Wood veneer by Studio Calico (arrows, hearts and transportation)
“vroom vroom” tag from Twenty-three by Cosmo Cricket
Studio Calico Epic and Awesome stamps
Yellow paper and fork+knife stamp by TPC Studio
Technique Tuesday stamps by Ali Edwards
Washi tape from InTheClear and by K&C Company
Smash date stamp K&C company

iNSD 2012

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I have SO many goodies to share for iNSD, and I’m going to put them all in one post – so be prepared, because it’s going to be a long one!

Let’s start with what’s going on at The Lilypad. The May BYOC is in the store, everything is 30% off, there’s a free with $15 purchase collab, and fun and games and chats.

Make sure you check out the forum to keep up with all that is going on! This week I finished up the last 2 pages that were missing to complete the album about my mom’s visit last year, and I placed the order for a 60-page photobook. It should get here just in time for her next visit, I’m really excited! I used the May BYOC to scrap the cover and 1 page:

Mom's Visit Spring 2011 - Cover
Credits:
Kraft paper from Highlight of the Week Templates by Emily Merritt
Puddy Muddy Touch of Magic by Kitty Designs

Splattered alpha by CD Muckosky
Sloppy Stencils alpha by Michelle Godin
Tiny Marker Alpha by Kate Hadfield
Font: Hootie

I love those painty backgrounds by Kitty Designs! And the stamped alphas by Michelle Godin are awesome too!

Mom's Visit Day 16 - Last Dinner
Credits:

Petals by Sara Gleason
Sloppy Stencils 2 by Michelle Godin
Typeset Alphas no. 1 by Sahlin Studio
Font: Pea Pumpkin Peters

I also made a page about a few of the things that happened this week.

What a Week!
Credits:
Sloppy Stencils 2 by Michelle Godin
Typeset Alphas no. 1 by Sahlin Studio
The Heavy Hitter font by Heather Hess

Then I made two quick cards using BYOC goodies by Sahlin Studio and Jenn Barrette:

Hello Card
Credits:
Font: Blackout

I am in love with that paper! Look out for it to make an appearance soon in my Project Life album. 🙂

Life Is Good card
Credits:
A Wonderful Day Mixed Media by Sahlin Studio 

To make the other missing page in my mom’s album, I used the new release by creashens, which is 35% off:

Credits:
And by creashens
Font: Pea Pumpkin Peters

Here’s my page:

Mom's Visit Day 14
Credits:
And by creashens
Font: Pea Pumpkin Peters

It wouldn’t be iNSD without freebies, right?? Ju Kneipp has a gorgeous one on her Facebook page!

I love the page I made with it, and it came together in no time!

Sweet Spring
Credits:
With All My Heart – Facebook Freebie by Ju Kneipp

OK… almost done! 🙂 Mari Koegelenberg has 2 new releases out today, and they are both gorgeous!! The first is a kit packed with essential supplies:

I love how my page turned out!

You&Me
Credits:
Essentially Me by Mari Koegelenberg
The Heavy Hitter font by Heather Hess

And the second kit is so bright and cheerful!

I used the stamped alpha from the essential kit on my page too.

You&Me
Credits:
Berry Sweet and stamped alpha from Essentially Me by Mari Koegelenberg
The Heavy Hitter font by Heather Hess

Phew! Well, I think that’s all I have for now! 😀 Have a fabulous iNSD weekend! 🙂

Project Life – Week 13 and Week 14

| cristina
I finally have time to share some of my Project Life. I finished the first spread last week, and the second one this week. I am still 3 weeks behind, but I cannot seem to be able to catch up with all the things that are going on lately! Here’s Week 13:

Project Life - Week 13

I love these bright colors! I had started using the colors I eventually used for Week 14 on this spread, but they just didn’t work with the photos, so I started over and picked the colors from my little birds art piece. Much better! 🙂

Project Life - Week 13

I painted the birds wood veneers from Studio Calico to match the color scheme.

Project Life - Week 13

Sorry, I had to block out a few pictures on the top left. Here are some details:

Project Life - Week 13

Labels are hot for Project Life right now, and I am starting to see why! 🙂 I loved using these ones by Valorie Wibbens this week!

Project Life - Week 13

We still had the palm from last year, so I cut a few pieces to put in my album. I love how it turned out! The “yum” was cut out with my Silhouette. I used mist paints to spray the numbers.

Let’s move on to Week 14! 🙂

Project Life - Week 14

The color for this week was purple – inspired by the lovely kit by Jenn Barrette, it went perfectly with an insert I had from the chocolate we bought at church. 🙂

Project Life - Week 14

The main ingredients this week are digi papers, stamps, wood veneer, cutouts, and paint. I framed all the photos with the new frames by Designs by Lili – they are so cool!

Project Life - Week 14

I love how this week turned out! Here’s a few details.

Project Life - Week 14

I used acrylic paint to stamp. It took a bit of patience to get it right on the little stamps I used for the title, while it was much easier with the bigger letters. I love the look! I took a screenshots of my votes for Dancing with the Stars, and made DH do the same. I will have a similar inserts for the next few weeks too. 🙂

Project Life - Week 14

I stamped this doily stamp with acrylic paint and distress ink.

Project Life - Week 14

More stamping with acrylic paint.

Project Life - Week 14

Here I painted on the kraft colored alpha stickers – I love how they turned out! The calendar is a Facebook freebie by Mari Koegelenberg – I love it!

Project Life - Week 14

Love the painted wood veneer!

Project Life - Week 14

I did a mix of stamping here for the title – so pretty!

Project Life - Week 14

Here I painted the cutout from my Silhouette. Originally, I tried using this as a mask to paint the letters, but it got messy and it didn’t work out.


Supplies for Week 13:

Everyday Storytelling Collection by Jenn Barrette and Kristin Cronin-Barrow
Papers from Good Day Sunshine by Karah Fredricks and Traci Reed
Label It by Valorie Wibbens
Wood veneers, alpha and Mr. Huey paint by Studio Calico.
Supplies for Week 14:

Chin-up Buttercup by Jenn Barrette
2012 Calendar Cards by Mari Koegelenberg – Facebook freebie
6″ Photo Strips by Designs by Lili
Stampendous alpha stamps
See and Stamp alpha stamps
Amy Tangerine Stamps – American Crafts
Transportation wood veneers by Studio Calico
Alpha stickers by Prima

April BYOC!

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It’s the most exciting time of the month – BYOC time!!! The April BYOC at The Lilypad is extraordinary. It’s no mystery that I love bright colors, and these colors make me so happy!

Alas, this week has been crazy for me, so I have not had time to play with the BYOC nearly as much as I wanted. But, I am in love with what I’ve used so far, and I can’t wait to use more! Here’s what I’ve used:

As soon as I saw this album template, I knew I wanted to make something hybrid! So, even though time was limited, I went for it. 🙂 I also used this stunning kit by Jenn Barrette, who is guesting at The Lilypad this month:

Another guest designer is Michelle Godin – check out these awesome alphas!

Finally, Sahlin Studio has these super versatile new products:

I’ve been loving the instagram look and I’m so happy to be able to add this frame to any picture, now!

And here is my hybrid page.

Things That Make Me Happy

Credits:
All About Us Template Album by Valorie Wibbens
Sloppy Stencils alpha by Michelle Godin
The Typewriter font by Heather Hess

I had so much fun with this! I’m not sure if I will turn this into a full album or if I will just insert this page into my Project Life album. Here are a few close ups. I totally embraced the messy stitching! 🙂

Things That Make Me Happy

I still am having trouble stitching on photos, since they don’t get fed as smoothly as other paper in the machine, but it all worked out in the end.

Things That Make Me Happy

The topic of this page is a random collection of things that make me happy. Most of the pictures were from DH’s phone, but not all.

Things That Make Me Happy

I misted some Studio Calico wood veneer to match the colors of this BYOC. Fun!!

Things That Make Me Happy

Have a fabulous weekend!

And YAY, this project got spotlighted on the One Story Down blog today. 🙂

Exciting News!

| cristina

I have some very exciting news to share! Mari Koegelenberg is moving to Sweet Shoppe Designs! And to celebrate, she has a very pretty freebie in her store:

Here’s a page I made with it:

Good Times

At the moment her store is empty, but by next week it will be filled with gorgeous old and new kits! 🙂

There’s also a new beautiful collab by Jenn Barrette and Kristin Cronin-Barrow in the shoppe today:

I made a quick card with it last night:

I Love You card

The stamped letters didn’t quite turn out as I was hoping, so I added some doodling… Not sure I like it, but it is what it is! 🙂

Have a great weekend!

Project Life – Week 8, Week 9 and Week 10

| cristina

I knew I would fall behind with my Project Life album the week of my thesis proposal, and indeed it happened. After Week 7, I didn’t do any pages until last week. Week 9 was the actual week of my proposal, but I had no time to do anything the week leading to it. So I found myself with 3 weeks to catch up, plus the current week. I am happy to report I have finished three weeks (8-10) two weeks ago. I didn’t have time to share pictures before now unfortunately, since it has been a super stressful week. But here is Week 8:

Project Life 2012 - Week 8

The Sunday of Week 8 was the Oscars ceremony, so I used the movie theme for the whole week. I went with a black, white and red color scheme. Here’s a look at the individual pages:

Project Life 2012 - Week 8

I was alone for most of the week, and didn’t have much to document other than a snow storm and some crafty shopping ;), but I still found out I had plenty of photos to fit in this spread. 🙂

Project Life 2012 - Week 8

I didn’t want to bother covering up the journaling (sorry… seriously pressed for time here!) so there are no closeups of Week 8. But that’s OK, because it means we can move along directly to Week 9… and Week 9 is a big favorite of mine! 😉

Project Life 2012 - Week 9

I went with products from the March BYOC at The Lilypad, and that never disappoints! 🙂 Here’s a closer look to the pages:

Project Life 2012 - Week 9

At the bottom left, top right and bottom right I used postcards/business cards from a few restaurants we went to.

Project Life 2012 - Week 9

I also had lots of fun using my new Studio Calico stamps this week. Here are some details:

Project Life 2012 - Week 9

I used digi stuff, stamps, and alphas. Fun!

Project Life 2012 - Week 9

I stuffed all kinds of memorabilia in this pocket! It is very dimensional, and I attached everything with washi tape. Fun!

Project Life 2012 - Week 9

More alpha stamps and stamps mixed in with digi cards.

Project Life 2012 - Week 9

Gosh, these colors make me so happy! All right, let’s move on to week 10 now. I made an insert using a 6″x12″ pocket since I had some extra photos this week. Here’s what the full spread looks like, with the insert:

Project Life 2012 - Week 10

Project Life 2012 - Week 10

And here are the individual pages. Left:

Project Life 2012 - Week 10

I scanned a coupon from Starbucks (bottom left) since I loved how it looked. 🙂

Insert (front and back):

Project Life 2012 - Week 10

I used a business card from the restaurant (blocked out, sorry). I did lots of stitching this week, which was fun since I hadn’t done any for a few weeks! For the inserts, I made 3 6″x4″ cards for each side, and stitched them together.

And right:

Project Life 2012 - Week 10

(again, I blocked out the business cards in these photos)

In week 10 DH and I went away for 2 days (he was on a short business trip, and I went along), but it was a getaway full of drama… I tripped in my laptop’s power cord and the computer came crashing down from the bed to the floor… Ack! But I was incredibly lucky. Not only didn’t the laptop suffer significant damage (only the screen wasn’t working anymore), but my DH was able to open it up and fix it, so it is working just as before! Phew! But let me tell you, I passed several minutes of pure terror!

Here is a (somewhat complete) list of supplies used for these weeks:

Week 8
Credits:
Movie elements from Front Row Seats by Jacque Larsen
Name in Lights alpha by Kate Hadfield
White background from Frozen Treats Paper Pack by Jacque Larsen
Today Journal Cards by Valorie Wibbens
Heart paper and pizza element from Mi Amore papers and Mi Amore elements by Valorie Wibbens
Snow much fun word strip from Snow Bunny by Jenn Barrette
Alpha stickers by Prima
Becky Higgins Project Life Clementine kit
Smash date stamp K&C company
Washi tape from InTheClear
Week 9
Credits:
One Fine Day papers and One Fine Day elements by Kaye Winiecki
Journal It {The Blanks} by Sabrina Dupre
Check the Box Cards no. 1 by Emily Merritt
Nom Nom Gimme Some by Lauren Grier
4×6 Photo Collages no. 2
Alpha stickers by Prima and Elf Thickers by American Crafts
Studio Calico Epic and Awesome stamps
See and Stamp alpha stamps
Calendar freebie by Valorie Brown
Smash date stamp K&C company
Washi tape from InTheClear
Week 10
Credits:
Little Miss Personality by Jenn Barrette
4×6 Photo Collages no. 2 and 3×4 Photo Collages by Designs by Lili
Smash date stamp K&C company

Studio Calico Epic and Awesome stamps

Washi tape from InTheClear
Stamps by Recollections and Studio Calico
Dear Lizzy Thickers alpha
Washi tape

I already have half of my Week 11 done, so I hope to be able to share that somewhat soon. 🙂

Puddle Jumper

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Two of my designers, Jenn Barrette and Mari Koegelenberg, have teamed up to create a gorgeous spring kit – it’s a first, and I hope they will repeat this in the future, because this team rocks!

These bright colors make me so, so happy! I didn’t have rain pictures, but this cheerful kit was perfect to scrap this picture from this past weekend. 🙂

Spring Weekend

Credits:
Puddle Jumper by Jenn Barrette and Mari Koegelenberg
Fonts: Pacifico, FG Jeana

Hop, Skip, Jump!

| cristina

 Wow… is it March already?? Well, it looks like this month is headed off to a good start! Jenn Barrette is guesting at The Digichick and she has a gorgeous new kit out today.

I just loooove this vintage inspired kit! I made a card:

Hello Card, Hop, Skip, Jump by Jenn Barrette

Blue Skies Ahead

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Jenn Barrette has a new kit in the shop today. It’s called Blue Skies Ahead, and it’s 20% off through the weekend.

Those birdies are so cute! I was inspired to make this card:

Birds Card, Blue Skies Ahead by Jenn Barrette

I was hoping to relax and have some crafty time this weekend, but I’ve got work to do instead. :/ I really needed some time off after a stressful week, too!