Project Life Week 30

Can you believe it?! Five months till Christmas?! Nope. I'm so not ready to even think about it! My youngest just went back to school 2 weeks ago! Okay now back to our regular scheduled program...

Here is my spread for Week 30! And yes, I do skip around. Until I am caught up, this is what works for me. =) I used a bunch of different manuf. products on this one & love it! I did decide to just use the Project Life kit by Becky Higgins: 5th & Frolic. This cut my time down by half I bet! Instead of using a 6x6 paper pad and taking too much time to decide the perfect paper to back this photo & that. 

Yes there I am! I'm trying to include more ME in my PL pages. This way, my girls know mom existed when they look back years from now! How often do you appear on your pages? 

Gotta love sparkly Thickers & sequins!

I did journal quite a bit on this spread. I feel the need to explain the moment/details so when our girls go back to look through, they are not left wondering what/why am I doing this? I used a bunch of tiny stamps too by Citrus Twist Kits. Love.

This corner photo I split, simply because it didn't fit. I like using the 4x4 photos I print on my PictureMate Show PM300 printer. They're bigger & because I don't have many PL page protecters to choose from, I make my pictures & PL cards work! Have you tried splitting a photo yet?

I love how my journaling card came out! My globe was cut out by my Silhouette and stamped. Now my youngest can pull card out by tab and read all about her first day & her new school. 

I miss creating my Project Life spreads. Time and the fact, my Mac was out of order for nearly a month didn't help any. I'm back & taking time for me. Including massages at my chiropractor's office  and yoga DVDS my husband had bought me. This body so desperately needs it. 

Have a great weekend!

xo

Supplies: 

Project Life kit: 5th & Frolic, Silhouette: globe & heart tab, Flourishes: world map stamp, Stazon ink: Dove Gray, Heidi Swapp: Black ink & colored pencil, CTMH: corner rounder, Vellum on CTA journal card, Thickers: American Crafts Eric, @PaperIssues: May 2014 swag bag, CitrusTwistKits: tiny stamps, Spellbinders: feather die, Studio Calico: wood arrows, Amy Tangerine: roller stamps, Tim Holtz: mini stapler, Prima: flowers Misc: washi, brads, stitches

Project Life 2014 Cover Page

Time flies and then you post! {Yes I'm quoting myself off my Insta post!} lol I seriously cannot believe that it's April in a few days! So many photos to post, stories to share and maybe I'll skip all the pain I've been in lately. Not fun. It's all about our girls & soccer! So this makes me happy! Onto my cover page. (and yes it's been complete, photos taken... just not posted.) I need an editorial calendar just for my blog, my day to day happenings, dr appts... haha! I use my iCal and that keeps us in check but every day is a busy one. The year is still new & I need to schedule my posts & photos, as well as printing out my photos on my PictureMate! Sorry I got off track.

For my birthday this year, I bought myself a PL subscription to CitrusTwistKits! I love how they include a 6x6 paper pad every month! I used my Jan kit as well as some other supplies from my stash.

    The paper pad is by Studio Calico: Print Shop - wood veneer house: Recollections - label: October Afternoon - Heidi Swapp colored pencil over a Studio Calico kraft heart.

The parentheses are by Teresa Collins: Happy enamel shapes - Teal letter stickers I bought from Target Dollar Spot! Love them & the pkg also had a pretty coral/peach color as well! Gold doily from CTK & I added some stitching - OLW tiny stickers are by Authentique.

Those two are our Shelties: Hugo (L) & Harley (R), aka mama's boys! 

Enamel dots by MME - Washi from CTK - Label: own stash - #together stamp by Amy Tangerine: Sealed.

Gold PL card: Simple Stories - flair: Recollections - journaling strips: I cut up CTK PL card.

My girls from a impromptu photo shoot. Love the end result!

Bike label: Chictags - floral die: Spellbinders - cork numbers: LYB

So what do you think? I always want to keep pages real simple but I need to accept that is not me. I love all the tiny details & adding the layers, stitches & embellishments. This page was as simple as it's going to get. 

Perhaps one day.

xo