My First Project Life Layout!

Yes, I need to add some photos, but I couldn't wait to share that:

I CAN DO THIS PROJECT LIFE THING! :)

I had so much fun creating these journaling cards and arranging them "just so" in the pockets.  This is for Week One-I am going to try to finish Week Two's cards today, too, so I will only have to print my photos and tuck them in the pockets at the end of the week!

January Counterfeit Kit

I am so excited that I had time today to pull together a kit for this month's Counterfeit Kit Challenge.  The inspiration kit is so fun-lots of red, pink, and aqua.  The kit is called Merry Winter, and it is from a cute little Etsy shop called Paper Issues.  Here is the original kit:

Love, love, love it!

And here is my counterfeit version, called "Cold Hands, Warms Hearts":

It looks like I included a ton of patterned paper, but there really isn't that much because most of the sheets are from 6x6 paper pads or are scraps.  I had lots of fun making the die cuts and handmade embellies for this kit.  I absolutely loved the deer print paper from the inspiration kit, so I went with that idea and cut some cute deer embellies using the Cindy Loo cartridge and my Cricut.

I did some other substituting, too, such as my glitter ribbon instead of sequins and the button/music note accents for the rosettes.  I also didn't have the calendar paper from Studio Calico, so I added a date stamp from AC and a calendar die cut to one of my tags.  Here's a larger photo of my embellies:

I am also determined to do more scrapbooking this year.  I LOVE to make cards, but I miss having finished scrapbooks to share.  I have wanted to do Project Life for a couple of years now, but I admit I am overwhelmed by the thought (and the COMMITMENT!)  Inspired by a lot of other frugal scrapbookers, I decided to make my own version of Project Life.  Here is my Project Life Add-On:

Baseball card protectors from Dollar Tree, my own plain white cards that I will embellish using my monthly Counterfeit Kit, one large alpha stamp set, some old calendar rub-ons, and 3 Smash pads.  Total new investment to try Project Life: $1.00!  This format will also allow me to scrap my preferred size (8.5 x 11) when I want to do an entire layout, and still include it in one album.  Fingers crossed that this approach will work for me!

I am off to play with my new kit now-I can't wait to make some little journaling cards and accents to use in my new PL!  Thanks for popping by today!

Sending Sunshine

One last share before I head back up to my craft room-er, I mean to do some laundry and vacuuming (insert *snicker* here!)  Oh, my poor, neglected house.  But, hey-I got in some crafty time during this vacation!

Here's my COLORFUL entry for The Craft's Meow December Sketch Challenge:

Love my little owls!  This one was designed by my friend, Jenny Suchin.  Cuteness, I tell you!

Here is the sketch-I stayed pretty true to it:

Thanks for stopping by today!  Time to get my laundry caught up! ;)

Well, it does...

This next share is VERY cheeky-but I hope it makes you giggle!

I used my fiesty gal stamp from Unity's March 2011 KOM.  Love this stamp!  It goes perfectly with this sassy sentiment from {ippity}.

This pretty new paper is from Basic Grey's "Fiction" paper pad, and the Best/Worst journaling card is from a Smash pad.  Chipboard flowers from Sassafras Lass.

This is my entry for the December KOM Sketch challenge over on the Unity blog.  Here is the sketch:

Check it out! 

Warm Wishes

I was inspired by the FRIGID temperatures today to create this little CAS card.  It's a great day to stay inside, do some stamping, and have a hot cuppa. :)

I love this cute little mug from Paper Smooches' "Hot Concoctions" stamp set.  I also love this new snowflake embossing folder that I just picked up from Darice.  What a bargain-only $2.99 at A.C. Moore!  I can see myself using this on lots of winter cards.

I am also entering this card in the current Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge: Anything Goes.  Just click on the image below to go right to the current challenge!  Thanks for visiting my blog!

I Love You...Like a Love Song, Baby

Oh, how I have missed scrapping and blogging!  I've made a few projects over my little Christmas break.  Some of them I can share now-others I can't share until later. :)

My first card today is a CAS card that I made for the recent Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge.  I missed the deadline to post, however, and was a bit grumpy about that. :(  This morning, though, I saw that the latest Sparks Challenge was "Anything Goes."  Woo-hoo!  Now I can still enter this card!

This super-cute jukebox is from the "Perpetual Bliss" stamp set.  I paper-pieced it using some new papers from Basic Grey's "Fiction" paper pad.  It's hard to see the embossed sentiment on the left of the card in this photo, so here's a detail photo:

See the "love you" sentiment?  The top two are more subtle, but the bottom "love You" is a deeper emboss.  

This is one of my entries for the current Paper Smooches Sparks challenge: Anything Goes.  Just click on the image below to go right to this challenge!

Thanks for popping by-come back later-I have more projects to share! :)

Tree Trio

Yup-more Christmas cards!  It's my day off from school and I am celebrating by wearing my pajamas and getting inky! LOL

 

Here's what I'm sharing over on the I Heart {ippity} blog today:

 

I created one basic card design (on the right), then "stepped it up" by using slightly different stamping techniques on the other two cards.  I also caved and cut into a piece of embossed cardstock that I have had since 2007!  I LOVED this Love, Elsie paper so much that I have been saving it, LOL!  But I caved today because it matched my olive chalk ink so beautifully, and the embossed trees looked fabby with my {ippity} tree stamps. :)

 

Thanks for popping by today!  I am working on the World Cardmaking Day challenges posted over on the Unity blog-hopefully I will have more shares later!