Project Life Week 13: NOW

 This was the first layout where I had any special Project Life products besides my Amber Edition. I used my very first Cocoa Daisy kit here, which I think was the April kit If you haven't checked out CD, you are missing out-it's a fabulous kit club.

 On this card, I used the little camera shutter circle and I embossed one of the stamps in gold. I also used the gorgeous washi tape from the kit. I think it's still my favorite washi.

 This one is Amber Edition and snowflakes from my stash. This photo cracks me up because my husband is an incredibly intelligent man, and there's this giant brain on the front of the section he's reading. He had no idea I was taking his pic.

 I had to add a little dab of my new washi to this card.

 This one has some wood veneer and one of the cards from the CD kit.

 Just a photo-I did type on it, though. The kitten paw is just a bonus for you;)

 A final photo collage.

 Gollum. (He used to hide a lot, and was all eyes when he was a baby.) Now, he is the most social of the bunch. He even forgoes food for attention. There is never enough petting and love for him. Never.

Sparrow. Oh my word is this kitten sweet! He's so gentle, he always keeps his claws sheathed.

Blessed are those...

 Except for the card base of SU!'s Sahara Sand, this card is all Gina K. Designs Signs of Autumn Stamp TV kit. I used three different A Muse Studio inks for the wheat. a|s does have a lovely selection of brown inks! I added one of my vintage buttons to the little flower. I think vintage buttons add a wonderful touch to a card.

 Here's another version of some cards I posted the other day. You can get a lot of cards done very quickly if you use the same sketch. I did four of these in well under an hour. The frame, the flowers, and the sentiment are three different stamps, making them super versatile. I used GKD Organize It! & Picture It! for this card.

 Here's another Signs of Autumn card, using the gorgeous pumpkin trio. I used only kit supplies for this card.

 Same stamp set. Are you seeing how big and versatile it is? Here I embossed the sunflowers in copper on copper paper, then colored them with Copics.

Same stamp set, and another all GKD card. The new Stamp TV kit comes out on Thursday, and I am pretty excited about it. Gina has already shown a small peek over on her blog, I can't wait to see all the rest.

 In the meantime, I placed a large order from WPlus9's new release, and it just might show up today! I can't wait to get my hands on those gorgeous stamps and dies! I really think Dawn outdid herself this time, although I pretty much love the whole shop, so it's no surprise I think so.

Project Life Week 13: THEN

 This layout is a bunch more wedding reception pictures. This is the simplest PL layout I have done to date. I had already done twelve weeks of wedding pictures, and there just wasn't that much more to say. So, I slapped the pictures on some cardstock, inserted them into the pockets, and called it good. There really aren't any rules when it comes to PL.

 You just do exactly what works for you as you are completing that pocket in that moment. No need to worry or fret about any part of it. It's all for fun, and you won't believe how much your family will enjoy looking at your album. It makes it worth every bit of the drudgery of printing pictures. If you love printing pictures, then you really have it made!

 I don't start having fun with PL until I am walking from the printer to my studio with a stack of pictures. That's when the fun begins, and I love every second of it. If PL isn't your thing, don't worry! I'll be back tomorrow with more card pictures!

365 Cards Super Sketchy Sunday Day 223

 Hello! Thank so much for stopping by! Today I have another fabulous sketch from Wendi to share with you. For my card, I mixed the old with the new. My old stuff is the American Crafts patterned paper, which is at least five years old. The new is my WPlus9 Fresh Picked stamp set and dies.

Here's a close-up of the cute font in this set.

                                
Best of all, the sketch!!! I can't wait to see what you do with it; I really hope you can play along! Check out what the other designers came up with on 365Cards.

Birthday Wishes

 I used a card sketch from over at Stamp TV for three of the five cards here today. I mixed Gina K. Designs Picture It & Organize It! for all three. It's a quick and easy sketch, and flat enough to mail with one stamp. I stamped the images with my Versafine black pad and embossed them in clear. Then, I colored them with my minuscule supply of Copics.

 This one is GKD Signs of Autumn and Thanks A Million; the ribbon is GKD also. I stamped the rooster in Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink, and the ink really pooled up on the stamp. I thought I'd go ahead and stamp it to see what it looked like.  I decided it looked pretty cool and distressed and fit in just fine with this sort of French Provencal card.

 Same supplies as the first card. One thing I wanted to mention: GKD are so closely trimmed, that I don't have to use a stamp positioner to get three images like this stamped straight. I just stamped the frame, then the flowers, then the sentiment and then embossed them all. No fiddling around.

 I quilted the background. It's such a good way to use up little bits and pieces. This card has the same supplies as the rooster card, except I added a PTI frame and die cut.

Another view. I hope you can stop by tomorrow for tomorrow's 365 Sketchy Sunday!

Project Life Week 12: NOW

 Only four photos this week. I still wasn't very good at remembering to take pictures, although I already loved the process of Project Life.

 Amber Edition Week card. This is a horizontal card, but I used it vertically because I'm a rebel that way. I added a little chipboard "celebrate" here, because this was Ross's birthday week. I can't believe I am the mother of a 22yo. I also added some hand stamped presents along the bottom of the card, and some sewing.

 All I did to embellish this sweet, goofy pic of Wilson was add an old label maker title.

 To emphasize that these pics go together, I used the label maker here, too.

 Sky and Wilson playing Legos. Sky was home for Spring Break. This photo is from Dec., though, because I forgot to take a single pic of Sky while he was here!!! *SIGH* (What is the matter with me?)

 This typed card is my journaled confession. I added a strip of vintage orange ric rac.

 This card tells the story of W being sick, and I added some sewing, and a strip of patterned paper.

 This is my week in review card, with one of our sweet kittens' head in the way. I love having these little cuties around, and they play a pretty big role in current PL pages.

Here's Ross and Yizhen in New Orleans on his birthday. Yizhen moved to San Francisco after graduation, and Ross just moved there this week to be with her. They are so happy and so adorable. I've had this little banner for years and years, and I think it came in a kit, but I'm not sure which one.

Happiness is having...

 ...a friend like you! This is another all Gina K. Designs line-up today. The mouse card is from the Stamp TV Spring Mix. The entire card is GKD, except the ink and copics. I love the soft, Spring colors in this kit! I have used this circle frame a lot lately, I love sticking stamps in frames!

 This one is from the Signs of Autumn kit, and the sentiment and circle frame are from Spring Mix. See how good that frame looks on totally different cards? This card is all GKD, except the vintage button.

 I used Organize It! and Picture It! for this card. I did not buy the full Organize It STV kit. At the time it came out a few years ago, I was much too busy, and had fallen away from STV. This was the first kit I missed since they began. So, only the stamps here are GKD. I love using this frame. I like all of the frames that have been in various STV kits. They really add something to a focal image. You can take a small stamp, which might get lost by itself, and use it as a focal image, just by adding a frame.

 Same story as the card above for this one. I don't know how I would use this gorgeous silhouette stamp without the frame, as it's a little small. But add that frame, and it's perfect. These stamps are pre-cut so closely that I don't have to use a stamp positioner to line them up, even though they are red rubber.

This one is all GKD Spring Mix kit. That kit includes a circle and oval frame.