Project Life: Week 6

Back again today with my week #6 of Project Life. It was another pretty ordinary week. You will have to excuse my less than perfect pictures.

Ordered some stamps. Mom's side of the family came over for dinner and cards. Had a photo shoot with Kori and her stocking caps. Played with Peyton and tattoos. Had a date with Chris. Ordered my promise ring!!

A bit more stamping this week. Plenty of journaling.

Love this Glitz date stamp! Paired it with a Unity clock stamp for a fun embellishment. Thickers washi and twine complete this week's title square.

A new SC date stamp + thickers. Love the pink on pink!

Used the new SC background stamp and one from Studio AE + washi thickers + Sassafrass letters for a quick embellished spot.

That sums up another week! I will return tomorrow for week 7!!

Project Life: week 5

I'm back with another PL post!

It was a pretty great week overall. We celebrated my Dad's birthday, the family had dinner at Grandma's where we took turns passing around Ellis and Kori, Mom and I met Beth and Emily for lunch at Cracker Barrel with Kori. We shopped afterwards.

I even had an insert this week! Chris gave me my Valentine's teddy early. In Time came out. I watched it 4 times this week!

Hero Arts doily stamp on my week title. Thickers. Washi. Echo Park banner label. Twine.

Stamped label. Tiny attacher on a lunch receipt.

Used a new Studio Calico weekday stamp in several colors on a card. Love the result. I will be repeating this again in the future. Might even make several up for my stash soon.

More journal card stamping. SC. 7 Gypsies.

Some cards for the insert. Such a classy timeless color combo.

Used an arrow stamp to bullet my fb and twitter updates his week. Would like to incorporate some of these in my album every so often.

That sums up another week! I am still totally in love with this project! Hope you will join me tomorrow for week 6!

 

Project Life: week 4

I'm back with another Project Life week spread. I totally love this project! I apologize, you will have to excuse my slightly grainy photos.. Didn't have a regular camera handy.

My brother and Heather have been bringing Kori and the kids over for regular visits, which I love! A very simple week as far as embellishing goes. I like that I can add little bits here and there but not spend hours stressing over adding pretty stuff. I'll save that for full 12x12 layouts.

A little washi and a bit of stamping is all I did this week and that's ok with me.

The biggest amount of my embellishing was on my week title. I really enjoy creating these. Another Hero Arts background stamp, AC washi and thickers. Ditto circle label, and a fiskars butterfly punch.

Another Marcy Penner journaling card and some washi + tiny attacher adorn a card about the malfunctions of my Instax :( not sure what the deal is there.

Thickers, twine, and SMASH card representing my obsessions with the campus Einstein's.

The family came over for a fun dinner complete with die cut mustaches and specs! They had so much fun with this.

 

I had this speech bubble die cut with my silhouette, however the color didn't match. Instead used it as a stencil and traced around it. Created a fun sketchy look.

Simple and fast is what is making this project work for me. What do you love most about it? I'll be back tomorrow for a run down of week 5! Hope you'll join me. Feel free to leave a link to your albums, I'd love to take a look!

 

Project Life: Week 3

I'm on a roll here with these posts! Hopefully I can keep this up all the way through!

I liked my balance of pictures and words for week 3. Neither overpowering the other. it was a pretty normal week for me with the exception of my parents anniversary that we celebrated at Kobe's Steakhouse. 30 years! I hope one day to have a marriage as loving and rewarding as theirs has been all of these years!

I left my embellishments pretty minimal on the spread, leaving the focus on the pictures and stories.

More washi and my silhouette for e week's title. I love this method of diecutting my title so that I can make the letters large and bold. I also used ine of my all time favorite Hero Arts back ground stamps. This wood grain pattern is trendy and versatile.

Plenty more journaling cards by Marcy Penner. Totally loving these! Some thickers and a heart punch finish off the last one.

Cut a circle from my coffee's cardboard sleeve to embellish my square on missing daily Einstein's at school. Another Marcy Penner card and October Afternoon sticker finish it off.

I later filled in this empty square with a little embellishing. A new Studio Calico background stamp, house shape stamped with that same wood grain stamp, rhinestones, and American Crafts thickers and rose ribbon to finish it off.

Did some stamping on a plain white card. Loving these days of the week stamps! They will definitely be making more appearances in my album. A picture of the cute little jacket I bought for Kori at Target this week. A little big now..but it was on SALE! She'll grow into it right?!?!

That sums up week 3! I'll be back tomorrow with an overview of week 4!

 

Project Life: Week 2

I'm back to share my second week of Project Life!

 

This was an exciting week for my family! My brother's fiancé gave birth to a beautiful baby girl, Kori Nisa Smith! The spring semester of classes also started for me this week!

I was still on my streak with those fringe scissors, creating that little celebrate square. My silhouette still getting plenty of use, die cutting phrases. I left the square blank so the "one little week" from week one remained partially transparent. The backwards text doesn't bother me, I think it's interesting. Other little bits and pieces here and there.

 

Here I used a journaling card by Marcy Penner, October Afternoon label stickers, and a Hero Arts typewriter stamp. More pictures from the hospital with Kori. Making an elaborate blanket tent in the living room with Chris and my niece and nephews. 4 knitted hats from etsy I ordered for Kori!

I used a Hero Arts background stamp for my week title+American Crafts washi+silhouette word and number. Love this color combo!!

A little square with Kori's birth details.

That sums up another week's spread down! Swing back by tomorrow for an overview of week 3! Slowly working my way to being caught up day by day!

 

Project Life:Week 1

I didn't take a large amount of pictures the first week this year. I was still deciding between projects to take on this year..I didn't actually start putting together my Project Life until late February-ish.

There was still a lot going on the first week though. New Years with Chris at my Uncle Kent's then his parents to learn pitch. My Silhouette Cameo came in the mail. Trip to Archiver's and dinner at Elephant Bar. Renewed my plates. Ordered Scrapbook Trends subscription! Mom hand stitched boots for my niece expected later that month.

My new silhouette got a lot of use this week! Another Marcy Penner journal card for my week title + beloved washi.

Absolutely in love with these travel mug image from the Silhouette Studio! Office supply date stamp in the middle. Journal card from Smash. Loving splashes of Mr. Huey's here and there.

"One Little Week" quote freebie from Ali Edwards. Left it in the pocket alone so the next week peeks through. Love that!

This pretty much sums up week one! Thanks for stopping by! Tomorrow I will continue the series with week 2!

 

Project Life: Title Page

In the next few posts I am going to share my Project Life 2012 album with you thus far. I am going to start with my title page, which I absolutely love! These posts will be much less wordy than the last 2, filled instead with mostly pictures and a few brief descriptions here and there! Here we go....

 

I love how bright my title turned out...despite having a white base! I hope to continue the bright, cheerful feel thought the album...it reflects my overall personality and view on life, which I love! I think this title is so "me."

 

I loved the idea of the year being large across the span of the page so I diecut it using my Silhouette Cameo at roughly 4x12(slightly smaller) and glued it to a piece of white card stock. After embellishing that area with sewn on fringed scraps using Martha Stewart fringe scissors and Mr. Huey's mist, I cut the piece into two 4x6 squares to fit in the pocket!

 

I further titled my page with thickers, stitched across, more fringe (loving those scissors that day), and some stamping+more stamping! Next, I had extra scrap fringes that I cut across to make quick confetti for a pocket+a butterfly punch here and there thrown in. An "S" for Smith atop a journaling card by Marcy Penner...love this set..pretty sure they are the root of my now full-blown journalist card obsession! These cards were my first..and still favorite purchase for this project! That completes the first row.

The next row starts with a Smash journal sheet discussing my reason for starting this journey. The house stamp is by Unity, embossed with Zing (my favorite color!) The "remember" journal stamp is from an old Scarlet Lime kit. Finally I ended my title with a quote card by Smitha Katti.

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you will return tomorrow for my post on week 1!