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Project Life 2015 | Week 8

Happy Sunday! I'm on a mission to catch up on my Project Life album today. It's cold and rainy outside so I'm playing with photos and paper inside. Days like this always put me in the mood to scrapbook and I love it!

This is week 8 and I was traveling for work most of the week. Not that exciting but I like documenting stuff like this because it's part of my life. I used a Design A page protector and a Design H page protector. This year I feel like I'm mixing it up with page protectors more than I have in the past. I like the variety and it's nice to not feel like I have to use the Design A every week.

On the left side I have used journaling cards from Studio Calico's Odyssey Project Life kit. I mentioned in an Instagram photo that I was shocked how awesome this kit is. I'm also using stamps from the Ali Edwards Firsts Story Stamps and Kelly Purkey.

The right side holds a sticker from a dinner spot I went to with a friend and her little boy. I included a couple photos from the evening and then a short story about a book he gave me. The "I can't even" card is also from the Odyssey kit and I cut it down to fit on the right side of the photo.

Turning the page I documented my sister-in-law's birthday and then added my Life Is Good layout from a few weeks ago.

In My Cart | Paper Love

I miss the days when I would wonder the paper section of Archiver's and come home with a fresh new stack of pretty paper. It's been awhile since I've done some good ol' paper shopping and I've been browsing Scrapbook.com all week and found a bunch of new paper that I fell in love with.

So here is what's in my cart. Links can be found below by number...

Stars and maps will ALWAYS find away into my stash. I love a good wood grain and Pebbles (#15) is perfect. I'm totally intrigued by the backside of Canary by Kaisercraft (#2) and any collage of ampersands, especially in gold (#4), will work for me!

1. Scones - October Afternoon
2. Canary - Kaisercaft
3. Gold Stars - Websters Pages
4. Gold Ampersand - Websters Pages
5. And - Fancy Pants Designs
6. Process - Crate Paper
7. Navigate - Crate Paper
8. Kraft Paper With Foil Stars - Bazzill Basics
9. Map - Anna Griffin
10. Amazing - Simple Stories
11. Stitching - Crate Paper
12. One - Ella and Viv Paper Company
13. Airplanes - Echo Park
14. Hello - Pebbles
15. Hardwood - Pebbles

Scrapbook Sunday

Happy Scrapbook Sunday!

I've been wanting to do this layout for awhile and today it FINALLY came together. (Even though it took several tries to stamp the 2014 BOOKS title. Ugh.) I read more books in 2014 then I did in my entire. Seriously. I've never been a big reader but something changed in 2013 and then in 2014 it was just crazy. So I figured this story needed a layout and I wanted it to capture everything I read during the year.

The layout is 6"x12" and the photo is 4"x6". The light blue, gold numbered die cut labels are from Studio Calico's Project Life Kit Odyssey. I wrote the name of each book and author, in the order I read them, on each tag and then adhered them to a piece of cardstock. I placed gold stars and hearts next to the ones I liked the most. The 2014 BOOKS title was stamped with the Clearly Kelly Outline Letters.

Scrapbook Sunday

Happy Sunday! Today I want to share with you a layout I finished this afternoon called "Love These People". This photo was taken on Valentine's Day using the panoramic setting on my iPhone. I've done a panoramic photo before but not with a table full of people. Mr. X thinks everyones face is a little distorted and he's right. But I think it's still a great photo and I love it. I printed it on 8.5"x11" photo paper and the size of the photo is 2.25"x10.5".

I adhered the photo to a piece of white cardstock and then used some plastic shapes at the bottom from Ali Edwards Story Kit AM/PM. The 'Love These People' chipboard piece is from the Gatherings Story Kit. I used some foam dots under the cork hearts to give them a little dimension and for the journaling strip I used some gray alpha stickers, stamps and word strips along with some hand journaling along the top.

I love this layout. Even though the faces are distorted and the color is way off, it still captures the awesome time we had that night.

Project Life 2015 | Week 7

Welcome to week 7 of my Project Life album!

I had a lot of photos this week I wanted to use so it only made sense to do a two pager. And seeing the week like this makes me so happy. It's life. Documented. Project Life style. 

The left side is dedicated to my dad's birthday dinner. I changed all the photos to black and white using RadLab because it was a little dark in the restaurant and instead of fussing over the color it was easiest to make them all the same. The journal cards this week are from Studio Calico's Cirque Project Life kit and Ali Edwards AM/PM Story Kit. The Happy Birthday Dad card was made with Ali's alpha stickers which are the perfect size. Totally need to get every single color.

The right side is Valentine's Day, dinner at the mall, couple's dinner and selfies. 

I grabbed the business card from the restaurant we went to and stuck it in a pocket. Great (and free!) way to add stuff from your outings. You could also grab a take-out menu if you see one. 

Project Life 2015 | Week 6

Welcome to week 6 of my Project Life album!

This is the first week in February and I have included a February divider that I created with a baseball card page protector. You can read more about that here. On the left side is a layout I did a couple of weeks ago and you can read more about it here.

For this week I used the Design A page protector which is my go-to page protector I guess. I stamped the dates on the first photo with white Dye Ink from Hero Arts and I'm surprised it did not smear. The journal cards are from Studio Calico's Cirque Project Life Kit and the Amy Tangerine Cut & Past Mini Kit. The journal card that says 'A Bad Case Of The WEATHER' was made with pieces of other journal cards that I cut up....great way to use the part of the card you like!

Scrapbook Sunday

Happy Scrapbook Sunday!

Today I created this layout with a recent photo I took of myself while traveling back from a work trip. I used a couple filters on the photo with RadLab and printed it as 11"x6". I adhered it to a piece of 8.5"x11" cardstock then used the left side for different pieces of patterned paper and embellishments. The 'On Life Right Now' journaling card is from the Ali Edwards Story Kit Gatherings and I cut it down to fit the space. I love the look of layering pieces and pairing it with a large photo.