Project Life 2014: Week 16

Spring is officially here! My pictures this week really seemed to reflect that so I chose one of my favorite "spring" kits, Roots & Wings by Deena Rutter. It was the perfect thing for this week's spread.

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created with Roots & Wings collection by Deena Rutter; Everyday Life vol.1 templates by Wishing Well Creations;
The 52 Weeks by Heather Joyce; Just Realize font

Thanks for looking!

Project Life 2014: Week 15

This week was a bit overwhelming to scrap, just because I had SO many photos. We took a weekend trip and I had a hard time deciding what to include here, and how to balance it out with the rest of the week. In the end I only added a couple photos from the weekend, and I hope to create pocket pages for the rest of the trip that I can either put in as inserts in my Project Life book, or put in my separate 2014 album. I haven't decided which way to do it yet. For this week's spread I used the new "Because I'm Happy" collection that released last week at Digital Design Essentials. (And I apologize if the song is now stuck in your head!)

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created with Because I'm Happy Collection by Digital Design Essentials; Everyday Life Vol. 1 Templates by Laura Passage; The 52 Weeks by Heather Joyce; Just Realize font

Thanks for looking!

April Layouts

This month has been a busy on and I haven't been able to scrap as much as I'd like, but I do have some pages to share today.

First off, is a tribute to 80s music. I think the 80s threw up on this page...

created with Real Life in Pockets - Old School by Just Jaimee and Mommyish; Stitched Down Vol. 3 Templates by Laura Passage

I did this page for the template challenge at My Scrapbook Art. Go snag your FREE template and play along!

created for the MSA template challenge: http://www.myscrapbookart.com/blog/?p=5241
using Suncatcher papers and elements by One Little Bird; bracket from Project Mouse kit by Sahlin Studio; Fuss Free: My Scrapbook art Template 8 by Fiddle Dee Dee Designs

 I created this one last month, but couldn't post it until now because it was part of the Digi Morph game over at Pixels and Company - sort of like telephone tag for scrapbooking.  Layouts aren't revealed until everyone is done.

created with Love, Me collab kit by the Pixels & Company designers

I took some photos of my cute girl when she got a new haircut that just had to be scrapped:

created with Every Little Bit: Blue Skies Papers and Every Little Bit: Blue Skies April by Deena Rutter

 This was made using the templates Katie the Scrapbook Lady provided for this month's Digi Night Out. I was SO SAD I had to miss it! It's the first time I haven't been at Digi Night Out. I also used a kit from Michelle Coleman from Digi Night Out last fall.

created with Fall Fest kit by Michelle Coleman; Scrapbook Lady Shifted templates

 And lastly, this was created with the April BYOC products by Just Jaimee.  I was inspired by this awesome page.

scraplift of no carbs=little butt by AnneofAlamo
created with Ice Cream Painted Papers, Ice Cream Papers, and Ice Cream Elements by Just Jaimee;

That's all for now. Thanks for stopping by!

Project Life 2014: Week 14

Over the years, I've been very lucky to be on some pretty amazing creative teams. It seems like I've always had at least one or two teams at any given time. The last year or two has brought opportunities to create for a store (Pixels & Company) and an inspiration site (My Scrapbook Art), plus I recently joined the awesomeness that is Just Jaimee. I've been so happy with these gigs, I didn't think I'd ever create for another individual designer again. These three keep me plenty busy, and I love it!

A few weeks ago that changed. I saw that Digital Design Essentials was having a creative team call... and I could not resist! This is seriously a dream team for me. I've been a big fan of Gina Cabrera (DDE owner) almost since I began digital scrapbooking way back in 2005. (Crazy that it's been almost 10 years!) Back then I purchased CD's full of her kits, and many of  my 2005 and 2006 layouts were created using her products. I've remained a big fan over the years and it's been inspiring to watch Gina's designs grow and change with the industry. She has remained one of my very favorites all these years! So, needless to say, I was excited to see the call and applied the very first day. It was thrilling to get the email a couple of weeks later accepting me as part of the team!

I will be creating both pocket-style pages and more traditional 12x12 layouts.  This means that many of my Project Life spreads will feature DDE products, and I'm starting with week 14. For this spread, I used items from the Happy Place collection.

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created with Happy Place Collection by Digital Design Essentials: Happy Place Flairs, Happy Place papers, Happy Place journal cards, Happy Place word art, Paper Flowers, Wood Veneer Talk; Everyday Life vol. 1 templates by Wishing Well Creations; The 52 Weeks by Heather Joyce; Just Realize font

Thanks for having a look! Happy scrapping!

Wrapping Up March

April is here!  It's crazy to think we're 1/4 of the way through 2014... I'm still dating things 2013 half the time. I just wanted to share a few more pages I scrapped this month.

This is a pocket page I made using the April Storyteller Collection by Just Jaimee. Also, it was featured in her Storytelling magazine, which you can view for FREE. So much inspiration!

created with April Storyteller Collection by Just Jaimee

I dug into the archives for this one - some spring pictures of my son in 2010.

created with Spring Fling kit by Robyn Meierotto and Creashens; Word Art | Random Words by Robyn Meierotto; Lucky Duck templates by Amber Morrison

This layout was inspired by a paper layout by Shanna Noel (view it here) for the scraplift challenge at The Lilypad. It's showing up darker here for some odd reason... that background paper is actually more white than gray.  A better version can be viewed in The Lilypad gallery.

created with How It Began papers and elements by One Little Bird; frame from Diptych kit by Paislee Press; Motherload alpha by Digital Design Essentials; Yellowtail and Adobe Caslon Pro fonts

That's it for now. Happy April!

Project Life 2014: Week 13

When I saw all the beautiful products in the April Company Stash at Pixels & Company, I knew I wanted to use them for a Project Life spread. I love the soft, springy feel of this stash - but my photos don't generally have that soft feel to them. Enter RadLab! I use RadLab on nearly every photo I scrapbook, and for this spread I applied a faded photo effect to the pictures to give them the soft, springy feel that would match the products.  I really love the results.

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created with April 2014 Co. Stash items at P&Co:Renewal Journal cards, Renewal paper pieces, Renewal paint brushes by Laura Passage; Sunshiney Spring paper pack and sticker elements by Kelleigh Ratzlaff; Playful Spring Spots by Amber Morrison; Softly Spring journal cards by Amber Shaw; Springtime tapes by Anita Designs; Shabby Stacked flowers and Honeycomb Stitches by Mommyish;Everyday Life templates vol. 1 by Laura Passage

Other things I'm loving about this project:

-I'm staying on top of it!! I usually have my spread completed a day or two after the week finishes up.
-Not feeling too pressured to document everything. Some weeks I have a lot more photos than this, and not everything makes it onto the spread.  But I'm okay with that - in the end it's more about documenting little snippets of life, not documenting EVERY snippet.
-I really like mixing black and white with color photos.
-layering the current week over a photo in the top left corner
-using the same page design each week - really keeps things simple for me
-one card devoted to journaling (usually the top row, second pocket over)

Thanks for taking a look!

p.s. for some reason, blogger is making this spread look a lot darker than it really is. You can view it in my flickr gallery for a more accurate representation.