Project Life: Week 1 - January 1 - 7

Welcome to my first week of my first Project Life! I am very excited about starting this and I absolutely love it and have been able to keep up with it, which I'll be honest, I wasn't sure I would be able to!

First I'm going to share all my planning details with you! I think without all the planning, it would be a tough thing to not only do but to keep up with!

Planning

 I plan my pages out on Friday night for the previous week and I print my photos on Monday. 

I bought this cute little folder at the 99 cent store to keep track of everything. They have some super cute binders!

 I use these Project Life Printables that I found on Hello Forever blog, you can find them, HERE.

I traced the outline on the back also, so I would have the backside of the protector on the backside of the paper. Easy peasy!

I have monthly dividers and I have a colored divider so I know which page I'm working on.

  

After I complete a page, I put a small piece of washi tape on the right side so I know it's complete.

 So here it is! My first page of Project Life!

All of my "week" cards will be the same. I'll use the same letter stamps and the same Elle's Studio's "Number It" Stamps, which you can find, HERE.

 

Printables I used... 

• 2013: Smiling Colors Blog
• Twenty Thirteen is gong to be awesome: A Bit of This + A Bit of That

 Every week, I'll also share my favorite card on the page. For week 1, it's this receipt/title card!

 

 I hope you enjoyed my first week! I can't wait to share more with you!!

I'm in Paper Crafts Magazine!

I'm always excited to get my Paper Crafts Magazine, but this issue was especially exciting for me!

It's my first time being published in print! If you don't remember, I was one of the World Card Making Day winners for the Birthday category! If you missed my announcement post, you can find it HERE.

 

There's my card! Page 68.. go check it out, go go go!

Just in case you didn't get a fill of my face from the pictures above, check out page 14 where you can see me and all the rest of the World Card Making Day winners!!

It still didn't seem real but then I was about to throw the envelope away that magazine came in and heard something else in the envelope. It was my card. For some reason.. that made it real. My eyes filled up and I couldn't stop smiling!

Thanks for following my blog and sharing this super fun achievement with me! Happy Valentines!

Just add love!

 I made this card for a customer who needed a card for her husband for Valentine's Day!

I bet you're thinking... Valentine's... Circus... what!?

Check out her blog here, Only In The Circus!

 I used Stampin' Up!'s "You're Amazing" collection. I added some Gun Metal stickles on the inside of the Circus letters. I added some scrabble tiles to create the word love so it reads "Love the Circus".

 For this card, I used the sketch I made for the December Card Challenge, which you can find, HERE.

I used My Mind's Eye Love Me collection with their "Pink Hex" paper.

 I used washi tape over a Heidi Swapp ghost letter to create the U.

The cute flag is from Elle's Studio's "True Love Pennants".

I stitched around the edges to finish it off.

Cofee, Coffee, Cofee!

 I got two requests for Valentine's Day for cards with coffee! Since I didn't have a coffee type stamps, while we were at the Scrapbook Expo, I bought The Life Of Stamps "Coffee 4 Two" stamp set.

 All the paper on both cards are from My Mind's Eye.

I think it's safe to say that My Mind's Eye is my favorite!

 

With the coffee cute stamp, I layered all the pieces with pop dots. I don't know if you can tell by the photo though.

 

 How cute is that doily patterned paper?

I used a couple hears on this cup and attached them with Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher!

February Card Challenge - Theme & Lift

 For the next 4 days until Valentine's Day, I'm going to share some Valentine's Day cards a day with you!

I made this card for the February Card Challenge for the Lift category. We lifted Andrea Ewen's "Be My Valentine" card. You can see her beautiful card, HERE.

Purple and yellow were requested for this card! Can you tell? 

I used Pink Paislee's "Inspire", "Junque" and KI Memories "Holly Jolly".

The cute little note circle is a Chic Tag from Elle's Studio.

The xoxo is also from Elle's Studio's new line called "You & Me", from their Lil' Snippets: Labels.

I embossed a flower and added a rhinestone brad to the middle. I stitched around the edges to finish it off.

 

 I LOVE THIS CARD!

This is one of my favorites I've ever made.

I used The Sweet Stop's Sketch #196 for this card.

Do you love that arrow paper as much as I do? It's from My Mind's Eye Lucky In Love collections and it's called "Cupid's Arrow".

The pink polka dot paper is from My Mind's Eye's "The Sweetest Thing" 6x6 pad.

 These people stamps are from Autumn Leaves and it's called "Family". There's even a dog in the set! I embossed it with copper embossing powder. I overlapped their hands so it looks like their holding hands.

The I adore you is also from Elle's Studios You & Me collections from their Lil' Snippets: Labels.

These awesome wood grain Pennants are from My Mind's Eye collection, "Miss Caroline" and their called  Howdy Doody Baby Stamps. It's a super cute stamp set, check it out, HERE. I sewed it together to make a little banner and used pop dots underneath to give it some dimension.

I as always stitched around the edges!

Scrapbook Expo goodies!

Last Friday, my Mom and I went to the Scrapbook Expo in Anaheim, California. If you don't know, a Scrapbook Expo is where local stores sell last years merchandise for super cheap! It's awesome! Check out if there's one close to you.. it's well worth the drive too! Check HERE.

So, I had the plan of not getting too much paper. I wanted to get embellishments. You can see below how well that worked out! It's hard when paper that's usually $1.25 is .25 each or 6 for $1. How do you just walk by? That's right, you don't.

I think like 57 of them are My Mind's Eye too! One of my favorites!

A couple sticker sheets!

 

 Guess how much I paid for this Paper Pack, Chipboard and embellishments? $5!! The paper pack alone is $5.99! All together I saved over $7.00! Score!!

 Some fun new stamps! This is my first stamp set from The Stamps of Life.. very excited about these!

How cute are those people?!

 As I've said I love me some My Mind's Eye! I got these for $2 each! They're $5.99 each!

 I love these stickers from Jillibean Soup! The one in the middle .. the "Keep Calm and Ask Mom" is my favorite.

How cute are the little pin flags from Bella Blvd?!

 

 This card measures 3x4 and I want to make some for my project life. I will be taking it apart to see how it's made!

 I don't use a lot of ribbon on my projects anymore for some reason, so I tried to limit how much I got. All of this was $3.50! I was thinking I could use Smooch Spritz on the ribbon on the top and turn it any color I'd like!

 Come join us!

 Have you heard of Peachy Cheap? It's a deal a day site for crafty goodness! That's where I got these 4 packages of buttons for $8! They go for over $5 each!

Check out these Deal a Day sites!

• Peachy Cheap
• Crafty Steals
• Scrapbook Steals

2 Cards, 1 Sketch & 1 Paper!

 One of my favorite sketches I've made for in July of 2011.

And here it is!

 

I made 2 cards with the same sketch and paper from Hambly Studios "Sweet Tooth". This paper is full of candy jars, some filled with candy and some not.

I used some GCD Studios, Pink Paisley, Fancy Pants & Bo Bunny. I added some stitching, a metal button and some twine.

I also added some Sepia Accents on all the candy, to make it stand out and looks shiny.

For this card, I misted the background with Smooch Spritz in "Sun Kissed".

I used Basic Grey, My Mind's Eye for this card.

I finished it off with stitching and some Trendy Twine called "Sky".

YOU ARE THE BEST

 For this card I knew two things... I wanted to use washi tape and I wanted to use some hearts I had previously cut out! 

I made this card for the February Card Challenge for Theme. This months theme is Love!

The pink background paper is from Echo Park's "Everyday Eclectic" line.

The ledger paper is from KI Memories.

Do you love washi tape too? I'm loving it right now! I used 3 different tapes on the background and one on a paper, just for some more color. I stapled the hearts on with Tim Hotlz's Tiny Attacher.

I added some stitching around the edges and added a Jillibean Soup "Soup Label" Sticker.

You're just my type!

 Today I'm off to the Scrapbook Expo in Anaheim with my Mom! I can't wait! I'm going to try to not get a lot of paper this time.. but I said that last time too and I got more of it than anything else!!

I used Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #176 for this card.

The white paper as well as the kraft chevron is from Stuido Calico's "Classic Calico" 6x6 pad.

The block letter paper is from DCWV.

 

 

The cute typewriter stamp is from We R Memory Keepers and it's called "Be My Valentine".

I added some Valentine Cherry Cupcake Trendy Twine with a dark red button.

For the rest of the sentiment, I used Rockabye Thickers in white.

 As always,

Card Challenge - Theme & Favorites

 Hello Hello!

I'm not feeling the best this week, so I'm sorry posts have been slow! I caught a cold on Friday, thankfully it wasn't all that nonsense that's going around right now!! And now my legs are killing me.. when it rains, it pours =]

I did want to share that I jumped on the Project Life Bandwagon! I've been going back and forth for months trying to decide if I wanted to add yet something else to my project list. I finally decided to and I'm glad I did! I will share my first page soon!

On to the cards!

Both of these cards are the for January Card Challenge on Scrapbook.com. This card is for Theme, which is Retro this month. 

Those cute Salt & Pepper Shaker stickers are from Echo Park's "Happy Days" Collection. There's so many yummy retro stickers on this sheet!

I used Clean & Simple's Sketch #224 for this card.

I used some Amy Tangerine's "Prime Time" from Ready, Set, Go along with My Mind's Eye's "Nostalgia".

 I put some pop dots under the stickers and finished the card up with a sentiment I printed on my computer and of course, some stitching.

This card is for the Favorites category, to lift a card you've had in your favorites. I found this card on Pinterest months ago. It was made by J. Day Designs, check it out, HERE.

I used some Strawberry Shortcake Trendy Twine and added a button and some faux stitching.

Happy Valentine's Day!

I've been making lots of Valentine's Day Cards and this one was ordered by a friend of my boyfriends.

She wanted a buffalo on the card for a personal reason, so that's what I made happen!

I will admit, I panicked at first thinking about putting a Buffalo on a Valentine's card, but at that same time, the ones that challenge me, I usually love the most!

For the Buffalo, I simply searched it on Google and printed it, easy peasy!

 I used a 2 1/2 circle punch to punch a circle in my wood grain paper. I adhered the Buffalo and used pop dots on the wood grain paper for some dimension.

 

 How cute is that heart doily paper?! So cute, right? It's from Crate Paper's "Paper Hearts" collection.

I of course finished it off with some stitching!

Until next time!

I'm LOST without you

Did you watch that crazy show called LOST? I did, and even though every week I had more questions than the last and the fact that I still don't quite understand the ending, I loved the show! Not to mention, Matthew Fox shirtless. Need I say more?!

 What in the world does that have to do with my card today? Well.. I'm a little obsessed with fonts. Especially free fonts! I got the Dharma Initiative font HERE.

I printed it in a light grey so it would be subtle yet you'd still be able to see it.

I used some washi tape, added some stitching and that was it!

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!

 Hello Hello! I submitted this card for the July/August Issue of Paper Crafts Magazine, using their sketch, but wasn't chosen. But that means, I get to share it with you, NOW!

I was really proud of this card.. I thought it was pretty clever!

The Winner stamp is from Stampin' Up!'s "You're Amazing" Stamp set.

I head embossed it Ala Mode's red embossing powder.

That's really a turkey. Shh, don't tell! It's from KI Memories' "Fall Icons".

I stamped it on the white cardstock, then again twice on American Craft's "Prime Time" paper. I cut it out, adhered it and then used pop dots with the wing.

For Dinner, I used American Craft's Ginger Stamp set. One of my favs!

I used Studio Calico's "Classic Calico" behind the white cardstock. 

I finished it off with some stitching, a metal button and some Berry Red Trendy Twine.