I'm finally catching back up with my weekly spreads. While I'm still chugging away, once this year is over I'm going to month sections with however many pages I need instead of weekly spreads. The pressure might just be getting to me...

Week 25

This week I went with the basic Design A layouts with few embellishments. The pictures basically speak for themselves. They didn't need much. I love the little epoxy stickers that I added to some of the pictures (hearts, houses, arrows). They look so much cuter in person. As for the week, I highlighted Arthur's 8 month pictures one day late and trips to the park, pool, and arcade. Definitely a typical week during the summer.

Supplies:

PL Kraft
PL Baby Neutral (stat card)
Amy Tangerine Thickers
Epoxy stickers
Washi tape
Random other stickers

Week 26

This week was so full of events that I had to add an insert (Design G). I went with some nautical themed cards for our visit to San Francisco Bay and animal themed cards for our visit to the Oakland Zoo. Other than the cards, I added some Basic Grey alphas to label some of the pictures. I kept the embellishments extremely sparse because the pictures were so busy. Including the insert allowed me to highlight some great pool pics and some around-the-house shots. The pic with Arthur eating paper features some graphics from the Little Moments App. I liked how it turned out, but know I don't have time to edit each one of my pictures.

Supplies:

PL Nautical Theme Pack
PL Animal Theme Pack
Glitter alphas
Basic Grey alphas
Washi tape

Week 27

For the week of the Fourth of July, I used the Americana Theme Pack, but made sure to pick cards that would coordinate with beach pictures as well. I love how it turned out. Thankfully I had enough vertical pictures to fill the Design D page from last week. I then added some gold sequins throughout the spread to help tie in the firework theme. Even the sun wood veneer looks a bit like an exploding firework. I like the random nature of the embellishments for this week.

PL Americana Theme Pack
Random wood veneers
Epoxy stickers
Studio Calico gold sequins

It's birthday season around here. My mom's group is comprised of mostly summer to fall 2013 babies. That means that they are all turning 1! Just this month and early next, we have four birthday parties to attend. Parties mean presents and cards. I've bought the presents, but I can't just buy the cards. Nope, I need to make them! Today, I'm highlighting two of the cards I made. These two were for the two boys we know, but they would totally work for boys or girls.

Card #1

I decided to look through my SU PL Everyday Adventure card collection for inspiration. I had seen a few greeting cards using the PL cards and I wanted to try it out. I found this great "Best Day Ever" cut out card and layered it on top of a orange patterned card. From there, I found cardstock to match the colors. It was still a but plain, so I dug through my stash and found these great silver stars. Placing those as a background really improves the card. On the inside, I stamped a birthday cake and wrote a little inspiration. In fact, all four of the cards have the birthday cake stamped inside in a coordinating ink color.

Stamps: Birthday Cake (retired)
Inks: Pumpkin Pie
Cardstock: Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black, Pear Pizzaz, PL Everyday Adventure Card Collection
Accessories: Random silver stars from the stash
Tools:

Card #2

Another little boy card. This one's recipient is having a lion themed party and loves to growl/roar at everyone. I came across two great PL cards from the Animal theme pack and had to use them. In their original form, the cards were too big and bulky. I cut down the lion card and completely cut out the quote bubble from another card. Much better. I added the animal print alpha stickers as a makeshift background to complete the look.

Stamps: Birthday Cake (retired)
Inks: Pumpkin Pie
Cardstock: Pumpkin Pie; Garden Green; PL Animals theme pack
Accessories: Random alphabet stickers.
Tools:

Project Life 2014 W25-27

Boy Birthday Cards