Project Life: Weeks 19 - 21

The ScrapRoom's May kits were so full of pretty papers and embellishments that I decided to create five Project Life layouts instead of four.  That means that I have three to share today.  Woo hoo!  More pictures IN albums makes me happy, happy.  Hope you enjoy!

Week 19

For Week 19, I decided to focus on my son's fifth birthday, which had a cowboy theme.  I was able to use the leftovers from my Little Yellow Bicycle Fern and Forest kit along with my Silhouette.  

The wooden circles in the centers of the stars are actually the tops of the Little Yellow Bicycle stick pins.  I used my wire cutters to clip off the metal part and ended up with "buttons."  

Week 20

Week 20 focuses on my little guy playing in his new swimming pool in our driveway.  I chose those photos because I thought they worked with the theme of the Bella Boulevard Love and Sun papers.  After putting it all together, though, I'm not sure if I like the combination.  The blues just don't work together for me.  I think I should have turned the photos black and white.  I'm trying to convince myself to leave it alone.  I mean, really, who has time to redo scrapbook pages once they are IN the album?

For the above filler card, I used my Silhouette to cut out a phrase from a coordinating patterned paper.  And how fitting that the cut already included a little heart for the dot of the i?  The card below includes some stickers from the Simple Stories Vintage Bliss 12x12 Sticker Sheet.

Week 21

For this week's layout, I decided to break down the 12x24 spread into two 12x12 layouts.  Mainly because my photos just didn't work together and because I really wanted to use more of the feminine patterns in the Simple Stories Vintage Bliss kit.  

Week 21:  Left Side

These photos are of my kids doing their last bits of homework at the patio table in the backyard.  My youngest insisted that his froggy friend join them.  It didn't phase my oldest one bit.  Ha ha!  The colors in these pictures worked well with the Fancy Pants Park Bench papers.  This week, instead of using the week number for my title, I used a traditional title and added the week to a filler card.  I like that variation.  

Week 21:  Right Side

For Mother's Day, my sweet husband sent me this beautiful bouquet of flowers.  I love having pictures of the pretty blooms that he sends me on occasion.  I was so excited to get to use such feminine colors and patterns and stickers on this page.  With two boys, that just doesn't happen very often.

Thanks for stopping in to see my layouts.  I hope you find some inspiration for your own pages.  See you soon!

Project Life: Weeks 17 and 18

Hi there friends!  SO excited to be sharing my May pages with you today.  Excited because that means I'm almost halfway through my 2012 photos.  Excited, too, because school ends this month.  I haven't been off for summer in a few years now, and I am looking forward to spending some quality time with my family.  And in my scrapbook room.  Anyway, on to the pages.

Week 17

This spread is all photos from a day in my mom's yard.  The boys got filthy playing with their trucks in a dirt pile.  Too cute.  And the colors worked so well with the Little Yellow Bicycle Fern and Forest kit.  In fact, I liked the papers so much that I didn't really do much embellishing except for on the title card.

Week 18

Week 18 includes pictures of my oldest son's 6th Grade Awards and Graduation Ceremony.  What a proud day!  I thought the colors of the Simple Stories Vintage Bliss Project Life cards worked well with the colors in my photos, especially my son's plaid shirt.  The coordinating 12 x 12 Vintage Bliss Sticker Sheet was perfect for embellishing my cards.  Quick and easy.

Thanks for stopping by today.  See you soon with three more pages.  Happy May to you!

Project Life: Weeks 15 and 16

Hi everyone!  Just popping in today to share the next two weeks in my Project Life album.  This week I have lots of lovely spring colors, a few Silhouette cuts, and a ton of great product from the ScrapRoom's kits.

Week 15: Studio Calico Here & There

Since this week's layout was our Easter pictures and since the Studio Calico kit wasn't Easter themed, I pulled out my Silhouette Cameo to cut an egg and a bunny.  And then I just kept on going.  Ha ha!

I used another insert page protector for this spread.  Same as last time -- Becky Higgins' Design F cut dow to 6" x 12".

Right Side: With Insert

Right Side: Without Insert

I just had to figure out a way to include these three brads.  What I came up with is pretty simple:  two strips of washi tape (from previous TSR kits) topped with the brads.  

Week 16: My Mind's Eye Unforgettable

This layout is another example of photos from just one event, a day trip to New Orleans.  And with the right combination of page protectors (Becky Higgins Design A and Design F), I was able to include fourteen photos.  Gotta love some Project Life.  

Left Side

Title Card

Did you notice that this card is also based on the Project Life sketch that I created for April?  It's such an easy and versatile sketch.  

Right Side

Filler Cards

I really liked the floral journaling card, but I honestly didn't have much to write.  Instead, I used some Thickers to add New Orleans' nickname, The Big Easy.

Journal Card

For the Notes card, I cut down another 3x4 to give it a little more color.  The journaling itself is really just a list of some of the sights that we saw while on our trip.  I put number stickers on the different photos to correspond to the list.  What an easy trick!

Project Life: Weeks 13 and 14

Happy Spring, Scrappy Peeps!  I hope that you are enjoying a little sunshine and a little warmer weather in your part of the world.  As you can see from my two Project Life spreads that I am sharing with you today, we have some sunny Spring Breaks here in Louisiana.  I used ScrapRoom's Flavors of the Month and Project Life Add-On kits for these two spreads.  With so many different collections to choose from, I am always able to find patterns and colors that work for me.  Ready to see?  Don't forget that you can click on any image to see it larger.

Week Thirteen:  Crate Paper Maggie Holmes 

This spread doesn't actually include a week's worth of pictures.  Instead, it includes twenty photos from a day trip to a plantation that my kids and I took last Spring Break.  In order to accommodate so many photos, I cut down a Becky Higgins Design F Page Protector so that it ended up being 6" x 12".  

Left Side

For my title card, I used the wood plank paper.  I loved the soft neutral color with so many bright pictures, and the pattern seemed appropriate for all the pictures of the plantation home and grounds.  For the actual title, I used a mixture of Thickers from my stash.  This came about as an accident since I didn't have enough of any one style to create the whole title, but I really love how it turned out.  That happy accident will be happening again.

Title Card

Journal Card

Right Side (Without Insert)

For my Week 14 spread, I had a handful of random photos from our time at home the week of Spring Break.  

Week 14: Elle's Studio and Teresa Collins

Since I couldn't find any sort of unity for these pictures, I decided to treat the left and right sides separately.  For the left side, I pulled out the corals and I pulled out the reds and blues for the right side. Once I had a color scheme in mind, it was easy to sift through all my goodies to find the colors.

Left Side

Title Cards

Right Side

To create this heart, I attached two small strips of the striped sticker strip to a piece of scrap white paper and then punched out my heart.  And how cute is that wooden button from the Flavors of the Month kit?

The last card is based on my April Project Life sketch.  Instead of using it for the title card, I used it for a journaling card with large sticker alphas.  You can see the sketch used for my title card on my Week 16 spread, which I'll be sharing next week.  In the meantime, here's the sketch if you'd like to give it a try.

April Project Life Sketch

Thanks for stopping by today.  See you soon with Weeks 15 and 16.