Project Life Week 7: Now

 Hello, and welcome to Week 7: Now. On the right side of every layout, I do current events from that week. Here I used an Amber Edition 4x6 card. I added some vintage sequins, some typing, and a K&Co die cut.

  I think this is a 12x12 page protector. I just arranged it like it was a PL style page, instead of a full 12x12 layout. Here, I just stuck down a 4x6 of Troy.

 On the left is an Amber journaling card, then a 4x6 picture.

 I just made this little journaling block out of some scraps, and adhered it down to the background paper.

 I like to make these little collages. It's a great way to get some extra photos on your page.

For this one, I printed two pics on one 4x6 sheet. This was a very low embellishment week. Sometimes, they just come out like this. I'm not very impressed with the job I did here, but I never go back and fix LO's. I have plenty of new things that need scrapping, so I don't re-do stuff.

I have been stamping up a storm lately, and having such fun! I'll be back tomorrow with a few cards to share.

Thanks to You

 I can't remember who made this pretty stamp, but I've had it for quite some time, and I love it. I painted it with shimmer paint. I like painting, even though I'm not very good at it. I'd like to take a lesson someday and  maybe get a little better. I just went and checked, and it's a PSX stamp. I thought it was, and I should have trusted my judgement. The background stamp is SU!'s Crosshatch. I sold it in my Etsy shop. I really liked it, but I'm getting rid of all my wood mounted stamps.

 The "Thanks to YOU" stamp is from Waltzing Mouse. Have you checked out this most charming stamp company? As I have said before, I love every. single. stamp. from WM. I added some of those epoxy stamp stickers I like so much. I like them so much, in fact, that they languished in a drawer for five or six years before I used one. This is a very typical modus operandi for me.

 This card is all a muse studio, except the quatrefoil background stamp, which is Hero Arts. I embossed it in some very old SU! Light Pink embossing powder. It's so pretty because it has little bits of white and lighter pink in it. It's a little embarrassing how much I love embossing powder, but love it I do.

 This is a Unity stamp. Why I colored the cat  green, I don't know, but there you have it. It frequently takes me a few tries to really do something nice with a new stamp set. Clearly I'm not there yet with this one. *Grin* I'll try again.

This is another Unity stamp set. It's so cute, isn't it? The card base is Green Galore. I don't know if SU! still has that color, but I've got some left. It's such a great color to use in the summer. It's odd, because I generally don't like brights at all, but this is a color I've always enjoyed working with.

I got a bunch of new WPlus9 stuff today, and I am smitten!! I played with it for quite a while today, when I should have been cleaning. One of these days I'll take pictures and show you.

Project Life Week 7: Then

 This layout features a lot of stamping, but not a lot of 3D embellishments. My pages are generally a little lumpier these days, but it's fun to do it this way, and you can fit more pages in an album if they are flatter. Remember, if you click on the pictures, you can see them a little larger.

 By Week 7, I was really cognizant of all the very cool Project Life geared stamp sets out there, but I still didn't have any. So when I made this page, I used a lot of stamps from my stash, and it was really fun. I like that paperclip peeking out from the other side of the card.

 Most of the hearts are from an A Muse Studio heart set. It's nice because it has lots of different sizes, shapes, and styles of heart stamps. The arrow and doily stickers are from my original Becky Higgins Amber Edition. They don't come with the newer sets, but now the cards are so. much. cooler.

 That's a K&Co tag, but I don't remember who made the frame stamp. I'm thinking that both of these cards are the backs of the cards from the page before. I do that quite a lot if it works out.

 Those are a|s hearts, but I'm not sure about the "love" stamp. On the right, I typed directly onto the photograph. It's fun to do, but don't try it if mistakes freak you out. Imperfection doesn't bother me, so I do it all the time.

 The "special" stamp came from the same set as the "love" stamp, I'm thinking Inkadinkado. A lot of the time, I'll cut a few coordinating solid cards to match the patterned cards I'm using in a layout. It looks a little less busy.

I just stamped right on a shipping tag from Office Max, and stapled the ends down for coolness.

We got a tiny bit of rain today. I was better than nothing, but I'm hoping for more. We haven't had more than a couple of tenths of rain in the year we've lived here. It's pretty bad.

Best Wishes

 This set of cards is a continuation from the last set of cards I posted. I had this stuff out on my desk, so it's what I used for a few days. That Victorian flower basket is from an old SU! set called Memory of the Heart. The sentiment is Waltzing Mouse. There's also Crafty Secrets, Prima, Maya Road and MAMBI.

 On this one, I added a K&Co Naked Tag, plus diecuts from A Muse Studio.

 This one has all the same supplies with the addition of a Melissa Francis resin cameo. I love those things, but they are a little expensive for use on a card, so I don't buy them very often.

 This one features a K&Co Anna Griffin Flora Collection tag. The little epoxy stamps are by The Paper Studio. I have a ton of those, even after I stuck them on dang near everything.

Ah, PSX. I am selling ALL of my wood mounted stamps in my Etsy shop. I am tired of storing them, and I much prefer unmounted stamps. These PSX botanic stamps are gorgeous, though, and fun to color, so I have been using them off and on before they sell. I know I can replace any of them with equally beautiful unmounted stamps. Flourishes makes the prettiest floral stamps on the market, in my opinion, so I know right where to go if I decide I need a detailed flower stamp.

It's only 98 here today, which feels refreshing compared to yesterday. We are supposed to get some rain today or tomorrow. I hope we do, we're in a bad way here.

Project Life Week 6: Now

 Only two pictures this week, and both from the same event! I was already loving Project Life at this point, but I still hadn't made it a habit to take pictures with any kind of regularity.

 I used two different alphabets here, some ribbon, some washi, and some stitching. I continue to stitch on all my layouts. I just love the way it looks, and I enjoy the process.

 This is the receipt for one of my typewriters. I can't quit buying them. I adore them. so. much.

 I actually used filler cards on this layout. I'm not sure if I've done that since then.

 I've gotten away from doing my Week in Review cards, I think I'll try to remember to add one in Week 23, which is what I'll be working on today.

 I took these pics with my cell phone and used Google Cloud Print to print them. They came out way too small, and I don't know how to fix that, so I just went with it. Now I email myself all my pics so I can edit them. It works better for me.

These are some K&Co epoxy stickers. They make no sense here at all, since this isn't a sporting event. Well, no one ever accused me of being able to use sporting vernacular correctly.

 I've been making cards like crazy lately, so I hope you'll stop by tomorrow to see my latest batch. I hope your summer is going well. I think it goes without saying that things could be better in Colorado.

Thank You Kindly

 Of all the thousands and thousands of dollars of papercrafting supplies I've amassed over the last 13 years, Crafty Secrets' Image & Journal Notes Booklets are probably in my top 10 favorite products. I love these booklets, and used the Birds & Botanicals booklet on all five cards here. I have five or six different versions, and I love them all, but this is the one I use the most. I used my favorite thank you stamp, from Waltzing Mouse Stamps. I love every single stamp from that lovely company. The green striped ribbon is from my Cocoa Daisy kit. I used every scrap of it.

 Here I added some K&Co goodness, a Maya Road velvet flower, and some Art Glitter. No stamping on this card, except for the envelope, where I used an old SU! set. The tiny piece of green trim is from Prima. I got mine from Creative Play Stamps, a very nice store with excellent service.

 Same ingredients here. I tend to use up the stuff on my desk, because I am too lazy or I can't unearth anything else in the disaster area that is my "studio." I used A Muse Studio dies for the butterfly and swallow. I messed the swallow tail up, so I just cut it off. The full die is beautiful.

 More juicy scraps from my desk here. Are you still using your mulberry flowers? I am. They are bought and paid for, that's pretty much my criteria for using things. And that I like them, of course. And yes, I have bought things I don't really like. I don't know why.

The "my apologies" stamp is also from WM. The buttons are vintage. If you click on these, you will be able to see larger versions, and admire the incredible shimmer of the Art Glitter. Love that stuff!! If you stop by tomorrow, you'll see Week 6 of my Project Life album. I'm a little behind right now, but not panicking just yet. It's all for fun.

Project Life Week 6: Then

 More getting dressed shots, and shots of the church before the wedding. Have you considered making a PL style album for older events? I have been loving getting our wedding documented. I don't spend quite as much time on this side of my weekly layout, but at least I'm getting them into an album!! I think it's kind of cool to have an almost 25 year old event right along side our current life. I'm going to keep using this method until our daily life will fill a two week spread every week. We aren't there yet, and I still don't always remember to take pictures.

 I added an acrylic sticker to this pic. I love the shine and dimension it adds, and since the wedding was on December 17th, and the church was already decorated for Christmas, I enjoyed adding a few Christmas products.

 That's a Martha Stewart punched snowflake, but why bother mentioning it? You have that punch, don't you? Those are vintage sequins, and a snowflake brad I bought about five or six years ago when shopping with Noelle at Joanne's.

 Another one of those epoxy stickers. I'm sorry these pictures are so bad. I am trying to improve my Project Life photography, but I'm finding it difficult. I think each week gets a little better. There's lots of room for improvement!

 On the left I have a vintage to/from sticker, a vintage cupcake topper, and a piece of plastic vintage greenery. On the right is Noelle in her Southern Belle dress. It was a doozy! Check out that perm, pure 1988!

 Adhesive ribbon from Joanne's. I'm pretty sure I bought that at the same time I bought the snowflake brads. Noelle has talked me into more stuff over the years. Some of it has been great, like the brads. Some, like this ribbon, are not so hot. I loved burgundy back then, though, I confess.

You can see I added a Making Memories silver brad to this cluster. I love those things, and still have a few for Christmas 2013. I hope you can stop by tomorrow, I'll be sharing some cards I made recently.