Goodbye Sassafrass...

 This is the last bit of Sassafrass that I have. I don't believe there's another sheet in my stash of, what, a thousand sheets of paper? I think Sassafrass lends itself well to this sort of schizophrenic layering collage montage thingy I have going here. That blue tape is fabric. I think it came in a Bad Girls kit about five years ago. I have no idea who made it, but I like it quite a bit. I have been using it to repair the top holes of my BH Project Life page protectors, many of which have torn. Disappointing. But the fix looks cute, and is very strong. I don't think they will tear again.

 This was the very first thing I made with my very first Cocoa Daisy kit.  I loved this card they enclosed, and decided to add it to a card. The ribbon and the bokeh paper were also in a CD kit. All the chipboard is very old Heidi Grace; it's all gone now, too! I love throwing empty packages away, don't you? If you have ever thought about subscribing to or just buying a kit every now and then, check out Cocoa Daisy. I have nothing but nice things to say about them.

 My mother's Day cards this year all started with some K&Co Blue Awning tags, so they are all this yummy blue and green combo. I used my vintage typewriter for the sentiments.

 More Blue Awning. I think that green trim is Prima.

The ever popular blue velvet flower from Maya Road. Do we love everything they make? Yes, we do.

I work a 24 hour shift tomorrow, so I won't be posting then, but you can look for Week 5 of my Project Life album on Monday.

Project Life Week 4: Now

 Here we are with Week 4 in my Project Life album! Yippee!! Things were still really basic in Week 4. The only PL stuff I had was the Amber Edition Core Kit, My Amber album, and a package of page protectors. I have a lot more to play with these days, and I think I love making my pages more and more every week.

 These are some very old foam Thickers, like five years old. There is no stick at all left on these babies. They just rattle around in the bottom of the bag. No worries, though, I just sew these bad boys down. The number four is resting on top of a PTI die cut. I use my card making supplies on every layout.

 An Amber Edition card and some patterned paper I don't know about. I stapled that card on. I love my staplers! As you can see, you don't have to have a lot of supplies to have a lot of fun with PL. Most papercrafters already own a lot of things they can use to pretty up their pages, like the leaf border stamp I used above. Who doesn't have a few stamps?

 I just cut my own 4 x 6 card out of kraft-it goes with everything. Cardstock, typewriter, picture, adhesive. If you don't have a typewriter, just write out your journaling. I try to write in my album now and then. Not every week, but often enough to put my mark on it!

 Not a fun thing to keep- a funeral program. I just slipped it into a pocket.

 Project Life has turned me into the kind of person who takes pictures of her food. Embarrassing, but true.

I create picture collages in Picasa all the time. It's a fun way to make sure you get all the pictures possible on a page. Please stop by soon for more Project Life, specifically, Week 5!

I want to always remember...

 Don't you just LOVE this vintage typewriter? This is from a set of Theresa Collins stamps. I can't be certain, but I think that's a bit of Sassafrass paper. That was good stuff.

 The polka dot base is from A Muse Studio-I love that cardstock, it's just darling. This is Buttercup yellow; it's fabulous and goes with everything. That's a matching Buttercup button, too.

 K&Co. chipboard butterfly on top. I wonder how many packages of those I have used over the years?

 This paper is unmistakably Sassafrass. I remember when I first saw it, back in 2008, I was horrified. It was messy and nonsensical. Now I love it-it's messy and nonsensical! It's all gone now, though.

Sassafrass may have been the first ones to do a die cut border, that's what this is. I think I have a few more cards to share using Sassafrass, and then it's all gone, every little snippet. I do still have lots of Daisy D's, though. Maybe I'll drag that out soon. I'll probably wait until fall, Daisy D's is so heavy, rich and dark, it's not really a June paper.

In other news, we got rain early this morning! This is a big deal for us!! A very big deal!!! 

Project Life Week 4: Then

 The left side of Week 4 of my Project Life album. All about December 17, 1988.

 I made this page before I got a typewriter, and before I really started to get a feel for how to create a beautiful PL page. I really love looking back and seeing how much I've grown in 16 weeks. Here I used a red Sharpie and a piece of My Mind's Eye paper. How fancy!

 I really stepped it up a notch on this insert by adding a Becky Higgins grid card and two cardstock circles stapled on with my Tiny Attacher. Oh, and is that a photo corner I see? Woo Hoo!!

 The hearts are a K&Co. adhesive border, which I have continued to use like crazy in my PL album because I love them. I don't know what paper that is, or why I suddenly decided to add blue and green to a pink and orange LO. I don't drink or do drugs, so unfortunately, I do not have a good excuse. Let's just call it juxtaposition and move forward, shall we?

 I added a Spellbinders die cut heart here. That was one of the first Spellbinders dies I ever bought.

I look forward to sharing my PL pages because it gives me a chance to compare the work I did then to the work I'm doing now. I know a lot of scrappers go back and redo pages that aren't to their liking. I would never do that. This page was the best I could do at the time. I was working with an unfamiliar format and really just starting to dip my toes in the PL design waters. I LIKE having evidence of improvement. It seems logical and authentic to me.

Please check back soon for Project Life Week 4: Now.

Soar

 I got some new Theresa Collins stamps a few months ago and have really been enjoying them. I finally used up the last of my old Making memories {note}worthy. I loved that stuff-still do!

 I like just piling on the goodies, then adding a sprinkle of sequins. Fun and easy.

 This die cut is from an old K&Co tin of sayings that I have had forever. I think they are multiplying in there, because no matter how often I use them, there never seems to be any less.

 Weirdness. I don't know what happened here.

I like to say that everything is complete when you add a silver glitter butterfly to it! Just more bits and pieces here from SU!, MM, K&Co., Prima & A Muse Studio.

Project Life Week 3: Now

 I made this LO after I bought my first typewriter. I LOVE using my typewriters on my Project Life pages. I can fit so much more journaling on every page, and they add that vintage touch I just love.

 That's a Becky Higgens Amber Edition card. Most of the 4x6 cards I use are from my Amber kit. I also added some K&Co. adhesive border stickers and various die cuts. I don't have any enamel dots, so I went with faux dew drops. Not as trendy, but I use what I have.

 Every now and then, Ross will send me a picture from his life in NOLA, and I always am so thrilled to add it to my PL album. I typed directly on a VERY old SU! sticker. The staples are there just because I love them.

 On the left is a BH grid card and on the right is an Amber Edition journaling card.

 On the left is a BH filler card. I added a die cut pear to it. On the right, I stamped on another journaling card.

 Here I just folded up a letter from the school and stuck it in a 4x6 pocket.

I typed directly on this photo. It works pretty well.

Happy Easter

 I'm just a bit late posting this one, I know! I used several of my favorite products on this card. Crafty Secrets' stickers are always on hand for me. They are beautiful and make card production a snap. I also love K &Co.'s glittery border stickers. I buy those so often I have duplicates. And a doily, of course, always a fave!

 The next four cards were all built around some old K&Co. epoxy tags. I think I got to throw the packaging away-always a thrill, don't you think?

 The papers are SU!, MM, & MME, plus vintage dictionary paper. But that goes without saying.

 The newest thing on this card is the white embossed image. It's from a Paper Smooches stamp set I've had for about a year. It has six little geographic squares this size. I don't know how to use it, as you can plainly see from my lame attempt to be modern here on this card.

I have recently begun decorating the insides of my cards and stamping matching envelopes. Sometimes I even line the envelope. It's fun to make them extra special. A handmade card should be a treat from start to finish, don't you think?

I finished a mini album last night. It only took me six years to finish. That's not too bad, right? I used all MME Bohemia. I still love that line, but it's a little dark and grungy compared to what's popular now. I was going through some stuff when I found the album, and thought, "This is ridiculous! Finish this!!" So I did. It took me about four hours, but it is done like dinner-yippee!!