Project Life June Blog Hop

 Hi and welcome to our June Project Life Blog Hop for our Project Life Connection Group “Project Everyday Blessings”
We are comment to sharing with you each month where we are with our Project Life System, Albums & Techniques.
Its our hope that we will inspire you to capture memories and record them.
If you missed the full line up here it is:

  Katina Martinez {Loving Life's Little Blessings}
www.lovinglifeslittleblessings.com

Melissa Miller {Living Life Creatively & With Twins}
http://livinglifecreativelyx2.blogspot.com/

Deveney Stolk
http://deveney093.blogspot.nl/

Lisa Wilkinson
http://createfor7.blogspot.com/

Dionne Carter
http://www.deezcreativedesigns.blogspot.com/

Jenny Bamford-Perkins {This Every Day Life}
www.ThisEveryDayLife.com

Tiffani Paini {Crafting For Them}
http://craftingforthem.wordpress.com/


If you came from: Lisa Wilkinson http://createfor7.blogspot.com/ – You are on the right track

Here is my Project Life for this Month:
This month I got a lot accomplished. I do 1 month at a time and was able to get Mar. and Apr. done. Last year I started out doing a 2 page layout a week, and then went to a 2 page layout every 2 weeks. It felt like to much pressure, so this years goal was to get as much recorded each month as possible. I don't have a limit to how many layouts I do per month, but to tell the story of that month. I am feeling very little pressure, and am enjoying the process.  I still struggle with how much time it takes to re-size photos and do some editing if needed. That's the part I don't enjoy.

Please hop to – Jenny Bamford-Perkins {This Every Day Life}
www.ThisEveryDayLife.com

  Thank you for coming by

 Enjoy and CRAFT ON!

May's Project Life Blog Hop

Hi and welcome to our May Project Life Blog Hop for our Group “Project Everyday Blessings”
We are committed to sharing with you each month where we are with our Project Life System, Albums & Techniques.
Its our hope that we will inspire you to capture memories and record them.
If you missed the full line up here it is:
Katina Martinez {Loving Life's Little Blessings}
www.lovinglifeslittleblessings.com

Wendy Cranford -{Luvin' Stampin' Up}
http://www.luvinstampinup.com/

Cynthia Atkins {scrapinoma}
http://scrapinomaplb.blogspot.com/

Melissa Miller {Living Life Creatively & With Twins}
http://livinglifecreativelyx2.blogspot.com/

EE Wang Kachinski
http://www.eekachinski.blogspot.com/

Dionne Carter
www.deezcreativedesigns.blogspot.com

Lisa Wilkinson
http://createfor7.blogspot.com/

If you came from: http://www.eekachinski.blogspot.com/

– You are on the right track

Here is my Project Life for this Month:
I have a little confession. This month I didn't get much of anything done but taking pics and putting them in the right place on my computer. I've been a bit unhappy with my prints from ShutterFly. They sent me out two sets of prints and both sets are off size wise. Not a true 4*6 I also noticed that my post from last month never went live. So you get to see them this month. Things do go wrong, just breath and move on.

*** How I organize each layout  ***
1) Layout pic's on top of page protecters.
2)Pick out any paper or cards I need 
3) round corners and slide in all 4by6 phots

 This month(Feb) I have a 2 page layout and a 8 1/2 by 11 insert
4)Add the smaller photos to  cards, journal, and any extra cute stuff.(gems, washi tape, letter stickers, doodling)
5) Look at everything and decide if I need anything else. Done:)

Next Stop
Lisa Wilkinson
http://createfor7.blogspot.com/

Thanks for hopping with us
 Enjoy and CRAFT ON!!

Febuary Project Life Blog Hop

  
Welcome to our February Hop, "Preserving The Moments: Not only the events."
Project Life Blog Hop for our Project Life Connection Group “Project Everyday Blessings”
We are committed to sharing with you each month where we are with our Project Life System, Albums & Techniques.
Its our hope that we will inspire you to capture memories and record them.
If you missed the full line up here it is:

Katina Martinez {Loving Life's Little Blessings}     http://www.twochicsandacricut.blogspot.com/

Wendy Cranford {Luvin' Stampin' Up}
http://www.luvinstampinup.blogspot.com/

Cynthia Atkins Cindi Atkins {scrapinoma}
http://scrapinomaplb.blogspot.com/

Melissa Amick {1 Pirate & 2 Princesses}
-http://1pirate2princesses.com/

Melissa Miller {Living Life Creatively & With Twins}
http://livinglifecreativelyx2.blogspot.com/

EE Wang Kachinski
http://www.eekachinski.blogspot.com/

Dionne Carter
http://www.deezcreativedesigns.blogspot.co

If you came from:  EE Wang Kachinski
http://www.eekachinski.blogspot.com/ – You are on the right track

Here is my Project Life for this Month:
Last year I started doing weekly layouts, and then went to bi-weekly. My aim is to capture as much as possible but not to add tons of filler cards just to take up space. I felt pressured to keep up and not fall behind, and it started to be a bit much. So,like Becky Higgins says this is your memory keeping system so do what works for you. This year I have decided to do a Month in one layout and add an inserts if I have more.  I printed all pics from home this month. I tend to go back and forth on this. I notice that when I print from home I never get behind, but when I wait for prints it interrupts my flow and throws me off. Are their others out there who feel the same way?
 Some special moments this month include a pair of ankle boots my daughter has been wanting for over a year. Her cuddling with her new baby cousin, and her and I working on art journals together. Just the everyday.
 January's layout.

 Thanks everyone I'm the last stop on this Hop.

 Enjoy and CRAFT ON!!

Organized for Poject Life 2013

Hello Everyone,
Last year was my first year for Project Life and boy did I have a lot of fun. After looking at how I did things, I have made some changes to make it work better for me. I have learned that doing weekly layouts is to much stressful and for me. My plan is to do bi-weekly or monthly layouts with a two page spread. The whole idea of project life is to make it work for you. I have also made a Project Life planner to keep everything in, and to sketch out my layout plan,I did go back and add a label under the Pr in Project so you can read it better.This was not my original idea, all thanks goes to Mish Mash  check her out she is truly talented. Here are some pic's of my planner and my storage of PL.
Enjoy and CRAFT ON!!

# 2 of Top Five Projects

Hello Everyone,
I have been working a lot with my Silhouette Cameo machine and I tried my first print and cut. It was a lot easier then I thought and I love the results. I printed a Studio Calico file of labels that I bought, and cut them with my machine. Pull up you print file in the Silhouette program. Now trace these images and set it to cut outer edge. Turn on your registration marks and now click on the print button in the program. Make sure to check your printer settings for the type and size of paper you are using and click print. Next line up the print out on the mat the same way it appears in the program. Load and press cut.
 If you have any questions leave me a comment.

 Enjoy and CRAFT ON!!

My 5 top Projects

Hello Everyone,
I am so happy to be posting again. I needed a long break to get back my mojo. I never stopped creating but this time it was just for me. My goal is to post once a week to keep you up to date with what's going on in my creative mind. Here is one of my top 5 projects I have been working on. This is my Project Life page for wk 44-45. I decided to combine two weeks on one layout and this is half of the layout. This is also the first time I did everything digital. I will print this as a 12by12 and add to my PL album. I most say it was really nice not having a complete mess on my desk while doing this layout, but I know i love the fell of paper and all the products so I will never go completly digital.

 Enjoy and CRAFT ON!!

Steam Punk Blog Hop

Hello Everyone,
 Come Hop with us as we explore the world of Steam Punk with these digital stamps from CopicmarkerScrapbooking. They were drawn by the owner Colleen. My special letter for this Hop is G so make sure you go to all the hops in order to get the special word and  you will have a chance to win the new set of Copic Colors. Everyone who completes the hop will win all the digital images.
These images are very playful and fun to color. I started with the gorgeous Owl. Owls are my daughters favorite so she had to have some input on this project.She gave her full approval on the card and colors used. I used   these colors: E44 with Atyou spica clear on top for the metelic feel, E23,E25,E29 body of Owl,C1,C3,C7 gears,E31,E33,B97,B99 for the belly. I was really happen with how this turned out.

 The next project is this really cool hot air balloon.I used these colors:RV95,RV93,BG70,BG45,W3 for Hot air balloon and basket E44 and clear Atyou spica for trim.

You should have come from Dianes Blog and your next stop is Guy's blog.  If you get lost along the way the Hop starts at Making Our Mark
Have fun.
  Enjoy and CRAFT ON!!

This is My Life

Hello Everyone,
Just wanted everyone to know that I'm still alive but have had a lot come up lately. My husband caught a major cold. It took him two weeks to get over, but then my daughter got and i took care of her. you guessed it I caught it next and have been feeling like a sneezing, snoting, stuffy, blub. Oh and the worst is my laptop decided it needed to retire with little warning to me of course. I have been working on a few projects in the middle of all this ,but nothing is finished.So, that's what's been going on in my life.
Enjoy and CRAFT ON!!

Jinger Adams Design Team Submission

Hello Everyone,
I made this layout to submit for the Jinger Adams call.  My mother-in-law took these pics of my kids one Sunday morning and I had to have them and make a layout. I had so much fun making this layout. I did a few things that were lurking in my mind dieing to get out. I wanted my title/journaling to be a major part of this page. I double cut the small script in blue and a green pattern paper, and the large print was cut 4 times and layered with the top cut being colored with my Copic markers to complement the page. This was somewhat time consuming but well worth it in the end. I made a mat for the page by cutting an 11 1/2 square out of the kraft card stock and using the outer frame. I sewed this to the patterned background and distressed and curled the paper back a bit. The butterflies were made by layering vellum, patterned paper, and twine for the large, and 3 layers of vellum layered and stapled for the small. The top 2 layers of the small are colored with Copics.

Enjoy and CRAFT ON!!

American Girl Doll

Hello Everyone,
I started keeping a list of layouts I want to do this year and here is one completed. These pics. were taken in 09 and I really wanted to get them in an album. My brother bought my daughter this doll when she was 5yr(he was really leery because it was an expensive doll for a little kid), and this is what it looked like 6yrs later. She took really good care of it.

Enjoy and CRAFT ON!!

Project Life 2012

Hello Everyone,
Here are some more pics of my project life. I'm actually pretty impressed with myself.  I havn't fallen behind and I truly enjoy it.  What I like the most is how my family enjoys it too.  My daughter had some friends over and she had them look at our project life album.  My husband and son have alsohave been snapping pics with there phones and sending them to me to print.I have noticed that I really like to print my own pics. I printed a two 6x6 that fit together to make a bigger print. Soooo fun.

Enjoy and CRAFT ON!!

CopicMarkerScrapbookings New Digital Stamps Feb.27th,2012

Hello Everyone,
Here is the new Digi release from Copicmarkerscrapbooking. This set is called Under The Sea and was drawn by Kathie Zaban. A fun world of sea creatures and mermaids.
Here is a book I covered with an altered image. I had a hard time capturing the sparkle in the picture.  I combined parts of three different stamps. I love the freedom to play around with digi’s.  I was inspired by Colleen’s Smash book and this is what I came up with for myself. I also did this card. The horses are behind acetate and I threw in some iridescent confetti.
 Enjoy and CRAFT ON!!

CopicMarkerScrapbookings New Digital Stamps

Hello Everyone,
Time for another awesome stamp set from Copicmarker Scrapbooking  called Mythology. This set was designed by Guy Gondron, and is really unique, and will challenge your coloring skills. So follow the link and check out the projects by the team. I made a book marker and a card out of two of the images.
Enjoy and CRAFT ON!!

Project Life 2012

Hello Everyone,
Here is some of my project life. My goal is to post at least once a month, maybe twice. I won't be showing every week, just some of my favorites.

Enjoy and CRAFT ON!!

Winter 2011 Slumber Party

Hello Everyone,
I try to have a get together for my daughter over every winter and summer break. This time it was a sewing slumber party. I found a project that I thought would be very useful for the girls and some what easy for beginners. I got the ideal from KwernerDesigns. She had done several of these and I thought these would work great for our conventions and sleep overs. The girls were all here by 12pm on a Fri. an we started prepping things about 2pm. I took them through the whole process, from cutting material down to the finished bag. Two of the girls have never sewn before and two had made dresses before. I was very proud of all the girls, it was a long day, but by 10pm that night everyone had a finished bag and could go off and just be silly for the rest of the time. They worked their little fingers off. Here are some collages of the pics.

Enjoy and CRAFT ON!!