Project Life 2014 W35-36

Week 35

Very simple this week. So many pics included tie dye shirts that I went simple with the embellishments. The missing pockets are for two pics from our mom's night out that I forgot to print. Will add those in later.

As for our activities, this week was all about parks and play. We visited two different parks (one new to us) and spent a ton of time at home playing.

Supplies:

PL Turqouise
SU Everyday Adventure stickers and embellishments
Random stickers

Week 36

Another simplistic week. Lots of pictures to showcase with some simple embellishments. I love my little labels and stars.

Another big park week. Pictures were from two big park days. Plus, I got a shot of Arthur destroying the wax paper. Cute even if that was half a roll wasted.

Supplies:

PL Midnight
My Mind's Eye die cuts

Fun 'n Crafty Blog Hop October 2014

Welcome to the Fun n’ Crafty Blog Hop for October. This month we will be showcasing project ideas from Stampin' Up's card kits. I haven't bought many of their kits, but I must say that the ones I have seen just keep getting better and better. I've now subscribed to Paper Pumpkin and am impressed. But for today's hop, I am highlighting cards that I've made from the Everyday Occasions catalog. The demos who attended the Unite and Excite events got the kit for free. However, now that I've seen it, I'm definitely recommending it to all my customers. Just check out all these beauties:

The leftovers! I still have enough parts to make at least three more cards. And look at all those dimensionals... they will be used soon enough.

Blog Hop Participants:

Sara G. of 1200 Some Miles
Tobe B. of The Craft Sea
Stacey L. of A Work of Carte
Jennifer B. of Northwest Stamper

Girl Birthday Cards

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 girls we know, but the first one could easily work for a boy also.

Card #1

Another card featuring PL cards from the Everyday Adventures pack. I loved this "Happy" card, but didn't see myself using in a PL spread. But I though it would work perfectly on a greeting card. I layered it on top of the rainbow stripe card and adhered both to a pumpkin pie layering piece. It still looked a little plain. A quick dig through my stash and I found these glittery silver stars. Because they are 3D, the stickers add that bit of visual interest the card needed.

Stamps: Birthday Cake (retired)
Inks: Primrose Petals (retired)
Cardstock: Melon Mambo; Pumpkin Pie; PL Everyday Adventures
Accessories: Random silver stars
Tools:

Card #2

For the second card, I pulled this gorgeous "wonderful" 4x4 card from the stack. It screamed little girl. Because of the unusual size, I cut my card base to be 4.25 x 4.25. I layered on pieces of another PL card featuring polka dots. Those pieces were cut using one of my patterned scissors to add more visual interest. Finally I found this great little Happy Birthday sticker in my stash to complete the card.

Stamps: Birthday Cake (retired)
Inks: Island Indigo
Cardstock: Bermuda Bay; PL Everyday Adventure
Accessories: Random birthday sticker
Tools: Patterned scissors

Boy Birthday Cards

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 W21-22

Week 21

Family Album: This was a quiet one, except for our Friday excursion. I dedicated the entire right hand side to our trip to the Oakland Zoo with friends L and L. The left hand sides highlights some of our usual baby playdates throughout the week. My favorite picture of the week is the one in the swing. That was Arthur's first time swinging and he loved it!

Again I primarily used SU's Everyday Adventure card set and accessory pack. I added a few quote bubbles and tags to highlight some of the activities. Other than the few additions, I kept most of the pictures unadorned.

Supplies:

SU Everyday Adventure card pack
SU Everyday Adventure accessory pack
Studio Calico alphas

Week 22

Family Album: Last week before the twins arrive and we spent it lounging around the house. I was sick and Arthur had fun becoming more and more mobile. Note the picture of him standing at the bouncer. Oh man, we are in trouble!

I switched up my card kits and used a bit of WRMK Memo. I stuck to the greens and blues for a nice serene color palette. I added a few stickers and tags here and there. I don't usually leave things so plain, but I really enjoy the blue polka dot card. I just added a few enamel dots and the one stamp in the corner. I like how it's off center.

Supplies:

WRMK Memo
Michael's stamp
Studio Calico enamel dots
Heidi Swapp stickers
Chic tags
Flair from Take Ten Kit

Project Life 2014 W19-20

These two weeks were my challenge to use the new Stampin' Up Everyday Adventure Card Collection and Accessories. I did cheat just a bit and included a few non-SU stamps.

Week 19

This week was dominated with pics from our first trip to Deer Hollow Farm. I got some pictures of the animals, but most importantly a few pics of Arthur enjoying the trip. My favorite is the picture of him sitting on the sheepskin rug. So cute! I especially love that his hat was askew; just feels right.

I added some stickers, washi tape, and wood veneers to coordinate with the SU cards. I'm loving the bright colors and geometric patterns.

Week 20

This week included a few pics from Arthur's 7 month photo shoot. I had to include the one where he's laying across the chair. Too cute! I added some stickers and stamps to a few of the photographs, but kept it mostly simple like usual.

Supplies:

SU's Everyday Adventure Card Collection
SU's Everyday Adventure Accessory Pack
Heidi Swapp Stamp Set
Stamp Set from May's Take Ten Kit

Sunday Haul #1

Warning: This post is incredibly long and picture heavy. I may have a bit of a crafting supply addiction...Every Sunday I will be highlighting the crafting products that I bought/received from the previous week. This first haul encompasses the craft purchases from the month of April and the first part of May.

Obligatory Michael's visit. I run in to get snail, and look at all the stuff I bought! (Not shown: Door prizes for my crafting open house a few weeks back). I grabbed a cute desktop organizer that fits some of my PL cards, snail, pack of Amy Tangerine designed cardstock (really good weight), and the Inspirational PL Theme Pack.

I also received two RAKs in the mail. I'm especially loving the alphabet stickers. Can never have too many of those.

I received my PL Rain partial that I ordered from the FB group. So pretty! Finally I have some cards with purple in them. And I finally picked up a partial Midnight kit.

This past month I became a Stampin' Up demonstrator. That also means that I had to order my starter kit. $125 worth of product for $99! I got my total down to having $0.25 left. I'd say that I spent my money wisely.

Island Indigo Ink Pad -- How do I not own this ink pad yet? I have the marker and adore the color.
Glue dots -- I use these a ton.
Glue sticks -- Bought for classes and workshops.
Embossing Buddy -- I have no idea where mine disappeared to...
Polka Dot 8" x 8" Album -- Thinking about making this my Daily December album for this coming year.
Green Dot 6" x 6" Album -- Not sure what to do with this one yet, but it was on clearance for a great price.

Letters to Santa DSP -- Clearance and retired, but such a cute pattern that I couldn't resist.
Epic Day This and That Stickers -- To go with the journal. I already own the washi tape.
Blender Pens -- Been wanting these for awhile. Figured I should finally buy them.
Basic Black Ink Pad -- My black ink pad is one of the old designs. I know they've reformulated the ink, so I thought it was time for a new one.
2013-2015 In Color DSP -- I really need to highlight these gorgeous colors more.

I also put in my April club order to snap up some retiring items. All the items from my April club order are retiring and all but the markers are now completely gone.

2012-2014 In Color 12x12 Cardstock
2012-2014 In Color 8.5x11 Cardstock
2012-2014 In Color Markers
Primrose Petals Reinker
Gumball Green Reinker
Summer Starfruit Reinker
Midnight Muse Reinker

I made another $150 order to get my 30% off in the first 45 days.

Birthday Cake Stamp (Retired)
Rich Razzleberry Ink
Calypso Coral Ink
Mosaic Madness Stamps
Mosaic Punch
Dimensionals
Daydream Medallions Stamps
Subtles 8.5x11 Cardstock (2 packs)
Project Life Card Collection -- not pictured
Project Life Accessory Pack -- not pictured
Project Life Stamps (both sets) -- not pictured

i stopped in at Big Lots randomly one day and snapped up some glue runner and paper packs. My total for three paper packs and glue runner was $10. Very cheap!