Project Life Tuesday ~ 10 April 12

Hello and welcome to Project Life Tuesday!

If you are stopping by from The Mom Creative, welcome & thanks for clicking over!

If you are not, you might want to click over there when you’re done here for some more great Project Life inspiration!

This past week was Spring Break for the girls – I had thought I’d have a ton of pictures for this week, but the girls and I ended up staying home and we had a relatively quiet week. I worked, they relaxed and played outside and we just enjoyed ourselves as best we can – and I didn’t worry about taking lots of pictures. I just enjoyed my kids.

I managed to fill my pages, though. They are simple with mostly digital embellishments this week. I like the on-again/off-again decorating trend I have. The simpler pages balance out the more elaborate pages of other weeks. And I don’t feel so pressured to make everything fancy-schmancy if I don’t want to. Which is one of the things that I love so much about Project Life.

My pictures were printed at home and I forgot to turn off the borders on my print job. I wasn’t going to waste more ink to reprint them, so this batch has borders. Not sure I like it, but it’s not a big enough deal to go back and reprint – at least not yet. I may order prints next week and if I do I’ll reprint them then.

Anyway…

Here are this week’s pages: (remember to click on any picture to see it larger)

Left side page:

That’s an Ali Edwards freebie for the page title – and I added a little brad that I dug up in my stash. The journal card has some buttons from my stash that I stuck on for a little color. I used Ali Edwards’ days from Designer Digitals. I just cut the words out of the frames and added them to the photos.

Some close-ups:

I love the little swirls I added to the picture of Little Bit riding her bike. I have no idea where they came from (they were in my “freebie” folder) but I think that it adds a great touch to the picture.

One more close-up that I love.

Moving over to the Right side:

Close ups:

And the journaling for the week is a Cathy Zielske journaling card:

That’s it for me this week!

Thanks for stopping by!

I hope I have some more craftiness to share with you later in the week.

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March Roundup

Well, maybe this is a little late – but at least I got it done before the first week of April is over, right?

I’m not sure I’m happy with the page yet… something is just “off” to me but I can’t put my finger on it. I did take a less structured approach this time, so maybe that is why?

Anyway, here’s my March roundup page:

I liked including mostly pictures this month – less words. I figure the stories are in the Project Life pages for the most part. Still liking these roundups, though, to give a quick snapshot of the month.

Join in the roundup – over on Katie the Scrapbook Lady’s website!

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Project Life Tuesday ~ 4.3.12

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It’s APRIL, people!

APRIL!

WOW. Just wow. The year is flying by. Earlier this week, I was afraid I wasn’t going to have enough pictures to fill the week in the album. Boy, was I wrong! I ended up with two inserts in addition to the usual weekly pages. Part of that is because I devoted an entire page + to Little Bit’s newest attempt to ride a bike without training wheels. Big Girl took pictures (I was at the grocery store and I have trained her well – SuperMan said she told him “Mom will kill you if we don’t get pictures of this.”) I think she likes that her photos are featured in the family album and I love the help!

Add to that the beautiful weather and some silly critters and I had a lot of stuff to share. So, get comfy, you’ve got a lot of stuff to look at here.

(and remember to click on any picture you want to see larger)

The first two-page spread: (you can see the other insert peeking through) I used a smaller insert (on the right) with 3 4×6 photos – it was just enough to capture the rest of the bike pictures.

Next, a close up of those photos:

I am having fun using up my “stash” and finding things to go together that weren’t meant to go together – like the Creative Memories’ pink die-cut and stickers to go with another scrap-pad paper and the PL grid journaling card cut down and stuck on top.

And then the back of the smaller insert and the front of the second insert: (Silly puppy shots)

And let’s all sing “Hallelujah!” for my new dishwasher! (hee hee)

Close ups:

The stickers on the puppy pictures were from a sheet from Jillibean Soup.

I made the journal card on the bottom right using my PL Digital papers from Jessica Sprague. Sticker on the picture of Little Bit reading was a circle I cut in half from October Afternoon and the label on the yummy dinner picture is a Martha Stewart label from the Staples collection.

Back of the second insert and the final page:

Close ups:

The polka dot paper is from My Mind’s Eye (I think I got the pad of paper at Michael’s) and the words on vellum are from an old Creative Memories pack I had. More Martha Stewart labels on the other pictures and a picture of the book I’m reading right now.

And close up of the last page:

The journal card is from Kate Teague (This Life collection) and I added the “This Story” to the top from another file in the same kit and dropped it on there. The paper flowers were more Creative Memories stuff I uncovered. The Happy Spring page I used as my week indicator came from Ali Edwards and I edited it to change the background color to match the journal card and then added the week, the paper flower and some glitter poka dots with a Gelly Roll glitter pen. The “Hello Spring” came from Sprik Space. I just found that blog and love the designs!

Because I thought I wasn’t going to have a lot of pictures for the week, I did a screen print of the audio book I’m listening to, the Daily Mile page to show my walks this week (yay, me!) and the poster of the movie SuperMan and I went to see Friday night. I like it, though. Bits of ephemera about our life.

Well, that’s it for this week – hope you liked it and thanks for stopping by!

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Project Life Tuesday 3.27.12

Hello and welcome to Project Life Tuesday!

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If you are not, you might want to click over there when you’re done here for some more great Project Life inspiration!

Can you believe March is almost over?

It feels strange.

Especially so since we never really had a winter here. We went from fall to a pseudo-spring-winter-type season and then spring/summer has begun. Crazy.

Of course, the kids and I can’t wait for school to be out and we’re looking forward to spring break next week – no early mornings and a much easier schedule. I’ll still be working, but I’m sure we’ll fit some fun adventures in during the week.

Here are my pages for the past week. Somewhat simple, but I like them. I stuck with a color scheme of peaches, light blue, and pinks… in keeping with my Project Life journal cards I had chosen. It was fun to find other things to add to the mix that complemented those colors.

Here’s the two page spread with and without the insert: (you can click on the image to make it larger)

The Left page:

Close ups:

And the Right page:

and a close up:

LOVE using my chats and capturing the little things – also loving this picture of Big Girl and Superman from Saturday.

Like I said; sweet and simple this week. But I like it.

Thanks for stopping by!

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I knew I should’ve taken that left turn at Albequerque

I’m back!

Did you miss me??

Just in case you don’t get the reference in the title:

(I love Bugs Bunny)

I did manage to get my Project Life pages finished and thought I’d share with you, even if I am a couple days later than my usual Tuesday posts.

If you are stopping by from The Mom Creative, welcome & thanks for clicking over! If you are not, you might want to click over there when you’re done here for some more great Project Life inspiration!

This week I have an insert – at the beginning of the week I was worried I wouldn’t have enough pictures – then we went to Mom’s for the weekend and I ended up printing 20+ pictures to fit into the week! Happily so, though.

So, I will share the pages along with some close-ups of them.

It is gloomy here so I hope they are not too dark for you.

The Left page:

Close ups: (a couple custom journal cards. one downloaded, one I “made” from a blank grid card and some leftover stickers)

The insert page (front)

Close ups:

Back of the insert page:

Close up (can you tell I love the Martha Stewart labels?)

The Right page:

I used a couple Smash journal cards here in addition to the Project Life ones. The heart card came from here.

Close ups:

And I’ve already started on this week’s pages! – more on that next week.

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Project Life Tuesday 3.13.12

3.13.12 what a weird number combination.

Don’t know why that struck me strange, but it did…

Anyway…

Hello and welcome to Project Life Tuesday!
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The pages are simpler this week and no inserts to share – I have been so busy with work and sick kiddos that the fact that the pages are complete is a major accomplishment for me this week. Still loving the project and being able to stay current with what’s going on in our lives with just a small time investment on Saturday afternoons. I’m guarding that creative time very carefully as it has become a little oasis for me in the midst of a lot of busy-ness in our lives.

Without any further chatter – here are the pages:

(sorry for the shadow – didn’t know it was there when I took the pictures!)

(remember, you can click on the picture to see it larger)

The left side:

Using my creative license and filled a journal slot with a little cut piece of the box of muffin mix the girls love and request at least once a week. I also included a picture of my brother and his family that they sent me. They are big skiers and go almost every weekend. So it is only fitting to include that here, I think.

I also made my own journaling card (yay, me!) and thought it turned out pretty well (This week) if I do say so myself.

I am loving using the smaller slots for the cell phone pictures and being able to capture all the little bitty bits of life that way – not being confined to only seven photos a week. I think I am averaging closer to 15 pictures that way.

I also used a nifty new program I discovered for my iPhone – PicFrame – that allows you to fit multiple photos into little bitty frames – which gives you even more options! (eek!)

Here’s one I did on Friday night:

I love how it turned out – and the program was very easy to figure out. This was my very first attempt.

I just stuck it into a 4×6 picture and added some journaling and another photo beside it… so I got four pictures and journaling all in one 4×6 photo! Pretty cool. (I did that part in PSE, not on the phone)

The rest of the right side page was devoted to our Saturday adventures with our friends – a few stickers on the pictures for embellishments and that was about it – I kept it simple. The story is over on the left side page.

The quote card is from Design House Digital – 2012 Life Blocks by Audrey Neal. Love those.

The little starburst on my journal card is from there, too. Kate Teague – This Life

I can’t recall where the other things are from – mostly freebies, I think.

Tomorrow I’ll be sharing a new favorite recipe with you. Smile

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Scrapbook Thursday ~ a little bit digital

I mentioned on Tuesday that I did a little digital scrapbooking last week – I thought I’d share the pages I made with you today. The pictures are already in my Project Life album, but I had something I wanted to say beyond what I put in the album so I made these pages. I did this a few times last year and just stuck the digital pages in the PL album where they fit chronologically. I liked the mix of styles and how the finished product turned out so I will probably do the same again this year…

I also did my Roundup for February:

I haven’t decided yet if I will add these to the Project Life album (probably will) or maybe (thinking out loud here) make a small 8×8 album of these pages all by themselves… not sure yet. But I am loving the recap of the month concept.

You can click on any picture to see the page larger.

I’ll be back on Tuesday with more Project Life posts!

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Project Life Tuesday ~ 3.6.12

Hello and welcome to Project Life Tuesday! If you are stopping by from The Mom Creative, welcome & thanks for clicking over! If you are not, you might want to click over there when you’re done here for some more great Project Life inspiration!

I have a very photo-heavy post today – lots of close-ups of the pages – things didn’t seem to show up in the larger pictures as well as I wanted, so I did some close-ups.

I also have a lot of inserts. I included some of the girls’ school work, my monthly calendar for February (from the front of the fridge) and the “formal” picture from the Father-Daughter dance.

Let’s get started:

Left side ^ with the weekly summary and highlights from the first part of the week.

Some close-ups:

And here is the page with the other side showing:

the insert:

I think I’m getting the hang of using Photoshop Elements for my journaling and to make 2 3×4 pictures on a 4×6 paper so I can print them easily at home.

The back of the insert:

A close up of my card:

The calendar page insert:

The other inserts:

Big Girl’s “chore” list –

And the right side page:

With some close ups:

I’ll be back on Thursday with some digital pages that I did last week.

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Project Life Tuesday 2.7.12

Hello and welcome to Project Life Tuesday!

Here are the pages I have for last week. I ended up doing a 12×10 insert with some extra pictures from the week, including the Father-Daughter Dance pictures. I will probably end up going back and including a 5×7 of that one since SuperMan had a formal picture made of him with the girls at the dance. I can’t wait to see it.

I’m loving using some new things to me – like the Year-ography pages I got last week (the “FEB” insert above) and some SMASH washi tape (polka dots!) that I am now in love with.

I also played around with PSE and made some of my own journaling cards – I like to tell the details of the stories and handwriting them just doesn’t always give me enough room.

The journal card that is handwritten (below) was from Elle’s Studio. They are SO pretty – I will be ordering more for sure.

This is the right side page… more journaling in PSE plus an handwritten journal card. I also used some of the new Martha Stewart labels I picked up at Staples. (LOVE them!) You will be seeing a lot more of those in my books in the future.

My next project to work on this week is my Move More Eat Well page for February…

You can see my other Project Life posts here.

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Project Life Tuesday 1.31.12

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I have two weeks’ worth of pages to show you since I shared pages from 2011 last week. So, let’s get started.

First we have the week of January 16:

I have an 8×10 insert in here – with Big Girl’s speech for school on one side:

Here is a close-up of the left hand side:

And the back of the 8×10 and right-side:

and the close-up of the right side:

I’m loving using PSE to create a 4×6 print with 2 4×3 images in it – so I can fit more pictures on the page… and using it to add journaling directly on the photo, like I did for the rock-face picture.

Here’s last week:

I used a 6×12 insert here (with 3 4×6 sleeves) for a little extra room for pictures and stuff related to the sicknesses that have overtaken our house.

Close-up left:

and both pages right-side and back of insert:

And a close up of the right page:

That’s all for this week! I don’t know how many pictures I’m going to have next week – I’ve got one still sick and my week so far has consisted of lots of doctor’s offices (which are not fun to take pictures of) I’m sure something will turn up, though.

I’m also adding to my stash: