Project Life 2013 Week 34

Week 34

Time at the lake with my dad and my sister, Mom's birthday, superhero fun and ordinary days made up Week 34. 

Yes I know I skipped a bunch of weeks but I just couldn't wait to share Week 34.  I used the September Life Pages by Gossamer Blue.  The kit was awesome and I killed it! I had no mercy!  I just loved the color combo and how well everything coordinated.  I did include an alpha or two from my stash as well as some enamel dots.

The kit includes a printables file and a .cut file for the silhouette.  Because my printer pretty much hates any paper thicker than printer paper I printed on vellum instead.  It worked well with the darker colors.  I also printed the .cut file on vellum. Sorry no photo!

We spent the day at Canandaigua Lake.  It was our first time at the lake and as you can see we really enjoyed it. The enamel dots are from Freckled Fawn and were not in the kit.  My circle punch is broken and I cut the 'this was awesome' circle by hand. I need to improve my cutting skills! 

Funny story: My son likes to run around the house with a blanket for a cape calling himself a superhero.  After I put the cape on he insisted on wearing the boots, when I asked him why he needed them he said 'Superhero's wear boots!'  It is generally difficult to understand what he says but he said that very clearly for me to understand!  The 'Just an extraordinary' is one of the printables on vellum.  One of my kids took the bottom right picture. It is dark and blurry and I LOVE IT because it captured an everyday moment that I would have otherwise missed.

TIP: Buy a Gossamer Blue LP kit because it is FABULOUS! I'm looking forward to next months kit as well as the December Daily kit.

Today I'm linked up with Jessica at The Mom Creative

Project Life 2013 Week 22

Week 22

Memorial Day festivities and underwater fun! 

It was one of those weeks where I documented only 2 events.  It seems like a pattern lately and I like it! Documenting this way helps reduce frustration that comes with having too many pictures and deciding which ones to include.  Our 'daily' life has been very routine for the past few weeks and I am not feeling the need to document everything (those moments are already documented in past weeks and there will be future opportunities to document the daily happenings).  I am enjoying highlighting the bigger events with more than just one or two pictures.  That is just what I did this week.

 

Week 22 two page spread

As you know my son is a member of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) and on Memorial Day his Squadron marched in the parade.  We were a very proud family that day.   I kept this spread simple.  Can you spot the photo bomb?  My boys are ALWAYS doing that...At first I was getting upset then I just accepted it.   I used my very first Scraptastic kit on this spread. I tried an ombre effect with markers on the words RIB FEST as well as on the "Places we go" card.

 Aren't these pictures cool?!  They were taken underwater with my brother in laws camera.  After using it I was so tempted to buy one. But I resisted because the truth of the matter is that I am NOT underwater very frequently. HA. I cut a 4x6 Studio Calico card in half to fit across two 3x4 pockets.  I like that effect.  Again very simple with big impact.

IDEA: Use a 4x6 card across two 3x4 pockets for an eye pleasing effect. Keep in mind that after cutting it in half you may have to trim the card again to fit in the 3x4 pocket. If you need to do this don't trim the middle part of the card because it will make the design awkward,  trim the outer edge instead...yes I speak from experience.

How are you coming along with your Project Life Album?

I have printed all my pictures except those from this past week and the pictures are in the pockets ready to be embellished.  I am determined to get'caught up'! I want to start my kids school albums.  Currently, I am working with the September Life Pages kit from Gossamer Blue...I really like it!  

Thanks for stopping by.

Marisol

Gossamer Blue Life Pages Kit

I got this in the mail today!

By Gossamer Blue. And let me tell you that the kit is so AMAZING!  ALL of the cards have a horizontal and vertical orientation!  I love that!  The kit is packed with goodies and includes printables and cut files.  I printed them on vellum and am so impressed with the results.  The colors in the kit are so well coordinated and are very trendy.  Pink and Aqua...what's there not to love!  The stamp set is perfect for embellishing pre-made cards AND for creating custom cards.  So glad I subscribed!  

Go here for more information.

Thanks for stopping by!

Marisol

Project Life 2013 Week 21

Project Life 2013 Week 21

A camping house, hot weather, reading, and a birthday!

I love the randomness of this weeks left side.  I LOVE using alphabet stickers on my project but I didn't have the right letter stickers to create my daughter's quote and so I turned to my alphabet stamps! I  recently purchased  Lawn Fawn Claire's alphabet stamp set and used  it in the speech bubble to quote my daughter. I love all of Lawn Fawn's alphabet sets because the actual stamp is cut into a rectangle and all the letters line up perfectly with each other giving you the perfect amount of space in between each letter!  AND the newer sets include more than one stamp for the most popular letters in the alphabet.  This allows for creating an entire word with multiple letters and/or vowels.  I'm slowly purchasing all the sets.  I currently have 3.  They are the perfect size for pocket pages. I'm not sure why more companies haven't created similar alphabet stamps!

My son turned 9 this week and I devoted the right side of the spread to his party.  I didn't have any birthday related cards in any of my kits and so I turned to my stash! I used an OLD DCVW birthday paper pad to create the cards on this page.  I handed the pen over to him and let him fill in the prompts.  I love that he agreed and now I have his handwriting in the album.

IDEA: Turn to your stash!  Create your own journal cards when you don't have premade cards to match your story. Use alphabet stamps when you don't have the right letter stickers for your project.

Thanks for stopping by!

Marisol