Project Life Week 6

Week six was a little slow to start since the weekend scrapbook retreat pretty much derailed my Project Life endeavors as I completely focused on the vintage album.  All told, we were able to create 46 layouts over the weekend.  Most were vintage pages that I created with my mother by my side.  She writes the stories and I do the design.  Super excited that it is nearly complete - though every time I think I am done, we find another story to tell.  But that's a whole other post.  

On to Project Life.  I caught up with no trouble as I am printing at home and I am keeping a calendar with my thoughts, quotes and ideas for the week.  The other good part about this week, on the way to the retreat which is about 3.5 hours away, I got to stop at Archiver's and get some new goodies.  Hence the cute Amy Tangerine Ready Set Go happiness below.  

Still doing some close ups each week of any inserts that have more than just a photo.

I hate pea gravel!  There, I said it.  Finally captured my hatred on a cute Amy Tan piece of paper and some My Minds Eye letter stickers from the Lime Twist collection (so old I couldn't find a link!).

More MME letter stickers and the branding strip from the AT paper.  I hate to waste it, cause it's always so darn cute!  

New AT letter stickers- orange.  More MME letter and some MME washi from The Sweetest Thing collection.  The green is just card stock with the branding strip and a touch of washi.    

We literally were speeding as we came back in to town from the retreat to make the 7pm show of "Catch Me If You Can" at The Hobby Center.  It was a good play, not amazing, but the sets were fun.  On the right -  I'm a huge fan of Wonder Woman, have been since I was quite small.  Mom got me a set of WW mugs for Christmas and let's just say, they are getting A LOT of use.  They start my day off right.

Here's a close up of a date card.  I'm still using a hand cut banner, the calendar and my good ole blossom dies.  The backgrounds are all kraft cardstock that I have run through the big shot with an embossing folder.  Most of mine are from Stampin' Up.

I love a clean cabinet.  Here is a photo to capture a recent clean up.  Just added some washi and the rest of the branding strip.

Cardstock and a small piece of AT Ready Set Go paper - simple and it filled the space I had empty. The other card is the thank you from the baby shower.

This one totally made me giggle.  Wyatt was so engrossed in this drawing project he could barely stop!  This is me trying to get him to get in the bath!  More AT goodness.

The scrapbook nerd in me is totally coming out in this photo - I won a challenge at the retreat with this layout "She Love's Her Wheels" which used something like 11 techniques.  Such fun and unlike lots of challenges, I really enjoyed this one since I could incorporate it into what I was working on vs. making something simply for the challenge.  The white part is the inside of the card that my DH snuck into my bag before I left - he's so sweet.  I really am lucky.

Another cute piece of paper and an exclusive {heart} you stamp by Kelly Purkey from the December Cocoa Daisy Kit.  What they did while I was gone - park time!

The last one - a little more AT paper and a cool art photo.  And that's it.

Project Life Week 5

And on to Week 5!

I have had this paper from Scenic Route for, well, forever!  I have always loved it and was super excited to use the bits and pieces I had left over for a new project.  Love the oranges and greens, sadly the company no longer exists . . . 

So now for some close ups.

I used a journaling card from the Clementine Core kit that I got last year.  The color matched perfectly and I like including these "The Week" cards to capture what happened in an overview sort of way.  The card on the right is the shower invite that I cut to fit the pocket - honestly, it was just too cute to toss.

Some washi and a die cut from the Scenic Route collection and I was done with this photo.  It just needed a little something to brighten it up.

I still laugh when I look at this picture.  That cauliflower was freaking huge!  Arrow, paper and "a typical day" all from that same SR collection.  I think Scenic Route was ahead of their times with this one - it feels like it was designed for Project Life.

Love the quotes that Project Life helps me capture.  This card displays two funny things Elsie and Wyatt said this week.  I always think I will never forget the cute things they say, until the next week and I have no clue.

So Elsie had to go to the Dr. this week due to some constant tummy trouble.  She is fine, but we got to take an x-ray and have an entertaining conversation with Dr. Cook.  Journaling card from Studio Calico, letter stickers are from October Afternoon and Lilybee Designs.

Any week that involves new shoes is a good week in my book.  These babies were an uncanny perfect match to a dress I had but had never worn due to the lack of proper footwear.  Yeah! for amazing shoe deals at DSW!  Letter stickers are October Afternoon mini market.

Yummy bottle of wine we got at the gala and a fun card from Jillibean Soup - just added a touch of washi to keep things feeling cohesive.  

Dreaming of a new truck . . .  after I wrecked my ten year old baby this past summer due to a really dumb driver who decided to turn left from the right lane of a one way street, good times.  Oh well, a girl can dream.  Thanks to the hubs for getting a photo of ME to include in Project Life!

We tried some new pasta this week - that packaging was too cute not to capture.  And I am now completely addicted to the Paperclipping Roundtable (PRT) so I took a screen shot of that while I was listening.  Noell and Izzy are awesome and do such a good job each week.  Wish I had time to comment more on the blog!

So that's the week.  Really need to get back to some actual layouts.  All I have been able to accomplish these last few weeks is Project Life, life and work.  But I am off to scrapbook retreat!!!  I have a feeling I will get back on track over those three and a half days!  Yippee!!!

Cocoa Daisy layouts

I have said this before here, but I'll say it again - I do adore Cocoa Daisy.  I use bits and pieces of the kits for almost all of my pages now.  I hardly ever get supplies nearby because a steady stream of scrap happy arrives at my doorstep each month.  Oh what a happy day it is when the brown box arrives at my door. 

So I have been working on a few things and Just posted these over at the Cocoa Daisy Gallery - which is a completely awesome source of inspiration and ideas. 

OK - back to more playing in the scraproom before I have to pack things up for work and the gym!

Project Life Week 4

I have had all of these ready to go for ages, but it's always dark when I have time so I have been unable to get any good photos till today.  Thanks goodness for Sunday afternoons with sunshine and clouds.  Anyway, here is week 4.

Here's the left side.  Still sticking with the simple week card - same format for the whole book - this really seems to help cut down the time it takes me to get started.  The "4" is from the blossom alpha on the Quickutz (Now Lifestyle Crafts) on my Revolution die cut machine. It's retired so I can't post a link, sorry, but it is one of my all time favorites.    

And the right side . . .

Lots of Simple Stories SN@P supplies this week - most of all these came from my Cocoa Daisy Kits (as usual).  And now for a few close ups.  I really like these on other folks blogs so I decided to give it a whirl here.

The "today" card is cut straight for a Simple Stories sheet. I added some washi tape from My Mind's Eye "The Sweetest Thing" collection.  The igloo letters are from Jillibean Soup.  The igloo was in Wyatt's class at school - made from a table turned on its end and dry eraser ice blocks.  So cute!

More Simple Stories stickers and paper.  The orange paper and the blue paper above are from Heidi Swapp's "No Limits" line.  

I actually used my computer to type journaling this week.  Not sure if I will do that again.  It was a pain, but I do like that I can fit a lot of words on one card.

We had a surprise date day on MLK day and this card tells the story about letting go and being spontaneous.  Wanted to preserve that memory since it doesn't happen very often.

The picture is an original by Wyatt.  He was drawing pictures so I asked if he would draw one for our book and he agreed - so cute.  Love his image of our family.  Unusually warm weather - even for Houston.  Wanted to include a phone image anyway.  They are so "today" and I am sure will be fun to look back on years from now.

Had to capture this one - more simple stories stickers and Jillibean letters.  We were playing UNO and Wyatt was having such a hard time handling his cards - we grabbed the chip clip and it helped a lot!  We have been playing a lot of games as a family recently - trying to appreciate the learning to loose thing - it's really hard some days for them, especially Wyatt.

So that's it.  The week is done.  I am not really using a core kit this year, relying more on my supplies and the Cocoa Daisy kits that come each month.  I kind of like the mismatched feel of the pages as you turn them and that each week is coordinated unto itself.