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A scrapbooking catch up

One of the biggest things that has been bothering me lately is my lack of scrapbooking, which has resulted in a drought in scrapbooking posts. I don’t feel like myself if I am not fiddling with paper. I was telling Kita that this weekend when we met at Big Summer Potluck when we discussing our hobbies. She was saying that she was itching to get back on her mountain bike after a day off on Friday & Saturday. At least last week I did quickly make the two of us little scrapbooks. But I have not been working on layouts. Sure, I’ve been slowly continually working on Project Life but not enough on dedicated to completing the weeks so nothing to post on here. I guess I just need to carve out some time to get creative, but it is so hard when we are always busy/away on the weekends and then playing catch during the week. #firstworldproblems

I love sharing what I make so I decided I needed to buckle down and finish some posts that have been in the ‘almost done’ pile. I had to wrap up my journaling or do some little finishing touches to these layouts and it feels good to get them done and slide those layouts in my albums.

First Game– ugh these are old pictures. Look how short my hair is! I created this in response to a Studio Calico Sunday Sketch but since this has been in the ‘almost done’ pile for so long I have no idea what sketch it was!

I Love You This Much– I really liked doing this layout. It was fun to link winter : knit accessories : thread & sewing. I just wish I picked a darker thread or a shimmery one for the ornaments since that thread there gets lost against the patterned paper. I made the ornaments from circle stickers and then I put washi on them.

The Big Move– A simple double page layout. Also really old photos since these are from our move last year. I love simple pages like this with lots of alignment and plenty of photos. Nothing too special going on here but it is just nice to have our move documented.

 

1,2,3 Dance LO: Day 9- KP’s Sketchbook 4

{Day 9}

This might just be my favorite layout I have made in a while. I loved getting to pull out all different random pieces to work with this sketch. I have tons and tons of fun embellishments but I don’t use a lot on my pages for some reason. I have to shake that habit since it was a lot of fun to pull out all these brads, tags, stickers, and clips. It seems like I did a little bit of everything on this layout (except washi tape.. crazy!) , and I’m okay with that. I have the stuff… I should use it!

The biggest shocker to me was using such a dark solid piece of cardstock for the base of my layout. Softening up the color and adding some ‘pizzazz’ with the Mister Huey’s Opaque White really transformed it. I am getting hooked on Mister Huey’s… umm hello… I used it on all of these recent layouts that I have posted.

My Instagram Birthday LO: Day 4- KP’s Sketchbook 4

{Day 4}

I’ve been struggling with printing photos lately. In fact, I created this layout a good week before adding the photos in. I’ve been doing that a lot lately. Blocking in place holders so I can keep working and when I have the time to crop, edit, and print photos I just slap them on the layout.

I had no idea what to do with the sketch when I first saw it. The circles and circular design had me scratching my head. I knew that circles would not work for me so I decided to focus more on the overall layout and keep going. So I pulled out some big stamps I had just gotten decided they would represent the circles in the original sketch. I used the stamp as a frame for each of the photos I would use. Since it was basically a square image I decided to use square photos and the first thing that came to mind was using Instagram photos. Whala!!! I just didn’t feel like doing any journaling. I wanted the photos to tell the story vs having text do it.

Relax LO: Day 2- KP’s Sketchbook 4

{Day 2}

This layout took FOREVER!!! It made me remember why I don’t sew on layouts. But… at the same time it made me wish I did it more often. I like the final outcome of the handmade look of it. I think I will have to try it more often… maybe not just so much!

I really enjoyed this because I don’t typically use circles in layouts. I have tons of circle punches but I never seem to grab them. In this case I created a 1″x1″ grid on the backside of my paper, then I centered a 1/2″ circle on each point, and then outlined each circle. That gave me my guide for where to sew and the pattern to create. I then created each design using  different color threads. Pretty simple but effective.

 

Project Life 2012: Weeks 9 + 10

So Project Life has taken a bit of a back seat to REAL LIFE. Things have been so hectic since we put an offer on a place on the 25th. It was countered and we accepted that and then things started to get a little crazy. We had our inspection on Tuesday the 27th, the appriasal was on the 30th, and we signed the P&S documents last night. crazy!!!

I enjoyed this past week since I was able to play around with Project Life a bit more. I’ve been relishing the fact that I got to trim fun paper, not filling out papers with our info. Slipping photos and paper into the page protector pockets… pure bliss. I always feel a sense of accomplishment when I fill a pocket.

So real life is taking us to CT this weekend. I’m looking forward to seeing family and having more fun things to add to Project Life!!

Week 9

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Week 10

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Ooh La La LO

Ruffles, butterflies, sequins, and angled… how is it that I made this page?!?!?!?? This is so unlike what I normally do. Most pages are very simple and regimented like this or this. But I am trying to do things I would not normally do. That is the only way to get better at something you do. So that is why I made this page documenting the ‘Ooh la la’ necklace from Kate Spade that Pricer gave me for my birthday.

 

I love the Dear Lizzy Neapolitan line from Elizabeth Kartchner because it is so pretty but that prettiness makes me a bit nervous because I don’t want to wreck anything! But I lept and had fun with this. I was playing around making swirls with the sequin ribbon and that make me think about using it for the O’s in Ooh. Then I just decided to make the whole title with it. Looking back on it I wish I would have pulled out my Cricut and cut a title first to use as a guide but I still like it for what it taught me to do.

True Love LO- 3.18.12 Sunday Sketch

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–3.18.12 Sunday Sketch–

So I am a slacker. I’m not talking about my constant feet planted approached at taking the LEED test, but a craft/blogger slacker. My love for Studio Calico’s Sunday sketches is should be no surprise at this point since I have a whole page on the blog devoted to linking my take on the sketches on there. Well, if you noticed it’s been barely lately. I am good about doing the sketches but I don’t have the consistent follow through on scanning, photographing, posting, linking… hmmm I wonder why?!?!

Well this is a brand new Studio Calico Sunday Sketch so I rushed to do it, and actually follow through and post it. As soon as I saw the sketch I knew which layout I would use it for so I just dug through my ‘to scrap’ photos and got to work. It came together really quickly and I love when that happens. I made a mistake but shit happens so I made myself work with it instead of tossing the whole thing in the trash. Do you see it?

 

One of my favorite things about this layout is my use of FabRips. This was my first time using Studio Calico’s FabRips. I just never felt the need to use the product before. Mainly because I didn’t know how I would want to use it. I felt just needed to give it a try once and for all so I cut a strip and scrunched it up. I think I’ll def be exploring more with the pieces I have, but I know I definitely need to get this filmstrip FabRips!

Project Life 2012: Week 8

I’m in a mad dash at this point to catch up with Project Life.

I took today off from work because our dishwasher has to get repaired and the service window was 10-1. Since that kills getting into work, back home, then back to work, I figured taking the day off would be best. Plus, I am going to a book signing tonight for the new release of The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food from My Frontier.Yes, that means I get to see Ree tonight! Now, I can’t wait to add that to Project Life! Perfection!!!

I spent today working on 3 weeks of PL. I’ll be finishing those weeks soon when I finish them off but for now this post is all about Week 8 (2.19-25). It was such a busy week that had some great moments in there like an Ingrid Michaelson show, a town hall meeting, lots of wine, and a great date night. I actually had Pricer write up some stuff to incorporate his thoughts and I know I will have to do that more often since this is about our ‘adventures’ just as much as it is about my day to day stuff.

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Project Life 2012: week 7

I felt a bit rushed putting this week together since I’m falling a bit behind. I am making it high priority to get week 8 and 9 done this week… umm yeah, I’ll fit that in while looking at a house, concert, rep dinner, cookbook release party, dinner out… I really have something planned for every night this week. It makes for fun PL documentation but it can make me fall behind. Oh the juggling act!!

Week 7: 

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I like the butterfly embellishment because I first took a piece of patterned cardstock, stamped over it, add dimensionals to the butterfly, put the brad in the middle and then put it on the stamped paper.

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The letter circles on the central journaling box are cute hole reinforcements for binders that I picked up at the Container Store. They came in a ‘carnival theme‘. Well as cute as they are I am do down right pissed about them. I peeled them off their backing and put them on my edge of my desk to grab easily once I had the cardstock trimmed. I do this for my Thickers as well to plan but thickers are nice sweet alphas that don’t rip the laminate off my perfectly fine Ikea desk like this little SOB’s did. So take my advice and don’t stick them on anything but paper!

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Project Life 2012: Week 6

Oh week 6 of 2012… I loved you so much! So many fantastic things happened! First off I took a cheese making class, then I watch the Giants beat the Patriots (AGAIN!) at the Super Bowl, and heading down to CT to go into NYC to see the parade. At that was just Sunday- Tuesday!

One of the thoughtful things I captured was that Price left a Cadbury Creme Egg in my coat pocket and I discovered it on my way to work. I think moments like that are often overlooked but they really matter. At least they do to me. So that is why I am glad to be doing PL so I could capture that sweet gesture.

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Not sure if I am going to add more photos from the parade on the back side of the 6×12. I keep debating it. We’ll see how I feel looking back at it in another week.

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One of the things I like most about getting up really early for work has been seeing the sunsets. I didn’t so much for adorning that photo besides some alphas and the patterned paper but I love it’s presence on the page.

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I enjoyed playing with the pattern of the paper for my journaling. It made that 2×3 piece of paper a lot more fun.

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Project Life 2012: Week 5

Oh thank you so much Presidents Day! With the extra day off I was able to actually get some scrapbooking in. I was able to do Project Life for Week 5, most of Week 6, and half of week 7. Woohoo!!!

Week 5 was filled with some quality time with my brother and sister, cupcakes, a spiffy new Starbucks Gold card, movie viewing, and being horribly sick. I actually approached the day that I stayed home with ‘sweet, I feel like shit but at least I can scrapbook’ by my body had other plans and I laid on the sofa ALL day. no lie. Clearly I needed the time for my body to recover from the nastiness that was inhabiting my body but it was so disappointing that I didn’t even get to utilize my day off with some fun.

I think my favorite thing about the week is the old timey telephone sticker that I have on the left side page. I wish I could say I strategically put it there but no, I was just tired of journaling so I copped out and decided to put the sticker there so I would not have to write anything in that 3×4 rectangle. In case you were wondering it was going to be about my Monday night being great with picking up a new pair of shoes and having dinner out with Price. I think the phone works just fine instead.

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Project Life 2012: Week 4

I am head over heels in love with Project Life.

I have been so busy at work that getting to work on PL has been getting pushed aside a bit but I’m determined to work on it a bit more this week. I am constantly thinking about taking photos, which ones to print, and what size. Plus I think about what goodies can I slip into those pockets. What shall I journal? I can’t see myself getting bored.

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