Felicity Jane Kit ~ Be Happy, One Day at a Time

Woohooo ~ It's FRIDAY!!!  I'm super excited today because my sweet girl is coming home today for spring break!!   The other day I started using the Felicity Jane London Kit & I just love it.  I made two 12x12 layouts and my pages went together so quickly.

My page today features a picture of my daughter that I took last summer in Alaska.  It's a little dark in this page photo, but it's much lighter in real life.   All of the supplies for this page were from the London Kit, except for the black enamel dots, the black cardstock and the white paper doily.

Here are some details on how I made my page:

• I began my page with the 3" strip of floral paper and I trimmed the word strip from one of the other sheets of pattern paper.  Each piece of paper has a decorative strip along one edge that works perfectly for 12x12 layouts or even pocket pages.  I used the black/white polka-dot washi tape so they would have a nice clean edge.   
• The black/white gingham heart was from the cut apart sticker sheet & the "my favorite" banner and seafoam green heart circle were both from the downloadable cut-apart file.
• The "Hello Lovely" tag was actually part of the packaging of the kit, but I saved it to use.  I used a seafoam green marker to color in the leaves and added a bit of the washi tape at the top of the tag.  Then I added some gingham ribbon at the top.  
• The date tab is from the cut-apart sticker sheet & I used the Becky Higgins date stamp.
• For the rest of the sentiment, I used the chipboard alphabet letters along with the "happy" chipboard and seafoam green arrows.  Then I finished the grouping with a white enamel heart.
• I added the "one day at a time" stamped sentiment with white ink and heat embossed it with white embossing powder.

I'm thrilled with how my page turned out and excited to use more from this beautiful Felicity Jane kit.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Project 52 ~ Week #08 & My PL App Process

Hi Friends ~ so many busy days that the weeks are just flying by & here I am with my Week #08 for Project 52.   This particular weeks was busy on the front and back end, so that's where my photos concentrate.  

For my journal and filler cards, I used the Explore Kit in the Project Life App and then added some photo overlays for the days & numbers of the week from App kits as well ~ Essential Overlays White & Project 52 Photo Overlays.

To make my weekly process go even faster for this project, I have gone into the App and worked ahead setting up weekly pages with the title, filler & journal cards.  I've also added the weekly titles and dates to a title or journal card.  Each week, I pick a different kit and stick to that one kit for all the cards.  Having these weeks already set up takes the decision making process go very fast once I go to work on that page with photos and journaling.  If the weekly cards that I set up don't work with my photos,  I simply move that page to another week and set up a new page that fits the theme.

Once I take pictures on my phone, they automatically update from to Google Photos.  This is great because once I'm connected to WiFi, I can see them on my tablet as well and then add them directly in my pages.  If I take photos on my big camera, I add them to Google Photos from my computer ~ easy peasy!  This process has been working fabulous for me so far.  

Here's a screen shot of my PL Album on my tablet where you can see both completed pages and the pages I have set up for the next several weeks.  When I have a few minutes here and there, I go in and set up more pages.

I hope my little walk-thru of my process was helpful.  While I love traditional scrapbooking with physical products, I really think this is a great option for my Project 52.

Have A Lovely Day!

Felicity Jane London Kit ~ Silly Pup!

We love having a golden retriever in the house... we've had 3 during our married life ~ Jessica, Kayla & Jazmine {Jazz}.  We love this breed of do because they are so sweet and they have been such great family pets.  The first few years of having a pup is a challenge, but fun too.  We have lots of puppy stories.  But when that puppy grows up to be an older lady... you don't really expect the antics to continue.   Except if you have Jazz... you just have to smile at that girl ~ and take a picture.  How can anyone resist that dirt covered face?

I cracked open my Felicity Jane London Kit for the first time and let me tell you, I LOVE these products!  OMW ~ such gorgeous quality and the pattern papers are amazing.    I used this kit for everything on my layout, except for the black enamel dots, a small piece of black/white twine, and the date stamp.

Here are a few of my thoughts about the kit:

• Every single item in the kit is Exclusive to Felicity Jane... you can't find any of it in stores.  I love that!
• Each double sided piece of pattern paper has a strip at the bottom that can be trimmed off and used on your projects.  I love that little extra detail.  The double sided papers are a nice heavy weight and the designs are not busy at all.  STUNNING!  There is even one sheet of cut apart Project Life cards with a pretty pattern on the opposite side.   I may just have to buy the paper add-on kit because the papers are that gorgeous!!
• There is a cut-apart sticker sheet (above I used the tag, banner, date tab, "laugh" circle) that provide a nice grouping of extra embellishments. I kind of wish they were already cut; however, I did customize a few with punches and dies, so I did like that I could customize them to fit my needs. 
• The chipboard embellishments are sturdy and the colors match perfectly.  I wished there we a few more pieces... but then I always do ;)   There is also sheet of labels & I used one behind the chipboard "smile".
• With the subscription, you can download a cut apart PDF with additional designs.  I didn't use any on this layout, but I did for another one.
• There is also a full size acrylic stamp set with each kit with very usable images and words/phrases.  I didn't use any on this layout, but did on the next one. 
• This particular kit included the awesome chipboard alphabet, a full roll of washi tape & a sheet of enamel hearts and stars (5 of each).  They change up some of the embellishments each month, but it appears you always get a chipboard alphabet.  

In my opinion, this kit is a keeper!  I love it and after completing two full layouts, I still have tons of products to use for future projects and the fabulous stamp set.  My layouts went together very quickly because I was so inspired by the products.

Have a Wonderful Day!!

Spring Break 2013 ~ Fabulous Photo Shoot

Hello Peeps!  I hope you've had a great beginning to your week.  I was out of town all weekend and never got around to photographing and editing photos, so a post for yesterday never happened.  But I'm back today with another full page layout from our Spring Break 2013 trip.

I used the Simple Stories Posh Collection for this layout.  I just love the blush pattern paper with gold polka-dots... oh so pretty!  I added touches of gold accents and the "fabulous" gold title to coordinate.   Then "sparkle" sentiment is from one of the pocket cards that I trimmed with a stitched circle die.

Supply List:
Simple Stories Posh Collection (pattern paper, sparkle sentiment)
Lawn Fawn - Stitched Edge Die
Stitched Circle Die & Banner Die - Taylored Expressions
Gold Hearts - Studio Calico
Gold "Fabulous" Title - American Crafts Thickers
Blush cardstock - Stampin' Up!
Photo Corner Die - Technique Tuesday
Alphabet Stamps - Hero Arts
  * journaling was typed on the computer, printed on blush cardstock and trimmed

 Have an Amazing Day!

Spring Break 2013 ~ More from Cozumel

Happy Friday!  Today I'm back with a few more pages from our Spring Break 2013 trip... it's been fun looking through these photos again & seeing how much my kids have changed ~ especially my son.  Goodness, he has sure grown up!

Once again, I used the Simple Stories You Are Here Collection for these pages and used the standard Becky Higgins Design A page protectors (although I don't photograph the pages in them).   I love adding all the bits and pieces in the collection to my photos.

My second coordinating page ~ I added some washi tape and enamel dots.  I typed all of my journaling on a typewriter.

Have A Wonderful Weekend!

Hip Kit Club ~ Sweet Moments

Hello my crafty friends!  I love taking pictures... but you already know that, don't you?  My family is pretty good about posing for photos when I ask, but my daughter is my best model.  She is always happy to smile for the camera ~ seriously, how can you resist her beautiful smile?  Now and then she will send me sweet photos from college with friends or her boyfriend.  When these arrived in my inbox, I knew I wanted to create a layout using the January Hip Kit. 

I used a variety of supplies from the various December & January Hip Kits (see supplies listed below).   I angled the black & white polka-dot paper and then stamped an Ali Edwards stamp along the edge.  I felt like it needed something to finish the edge of the paper.  The clip, banner stickers and heart were all layered bits and pieces that add a cool touch to that corner.

I knew I wanted to used the acrylic gold "Sweet" as part of the title & then added the sparkly foam stickers for the "moments".  I'm loving all the layers of arrows, flowers and doilies around the photos that highlight but don't over power the focus of the page.

December Hip Kits:
Cardstock: American Crafts – Parfait Cardstock (cardstock add-on kit)
Clip - Project Life Kit
"Sweet" Acrylic Accent, Open Heart, and Silver Foam Letters - Embellishment Kit

January Hip Kits:
Black/white polka-dot (HKC Exclusive January paper add-on)
Arrow, Floral & Banner Stickers - American Crafts/1 Canoe 2 – Hazelwood  - January Project Life Hip Kit

Other:
Stamp Set - Ali Edwards
Gold Box Letter Stickers - Studio Calico
Gold Enamel Dots - Doodle Bug
Doilies - Wilton Cake Supplies
Ink - Earl Gray Taylored Expressions

Project 52 ~ Week #07

It's Wednesday already!!! Goodness, those Monday holidays really mess me up for the rest of the week.  LOL!  But here I am again with my Project 52 post & week #07.  I love being able to keep up with this fun project on the Project Life App because it's Easy Peasy!

This week's page features filler, title and journal cards from the kit called Dear Lizzy Neapolitan Edition.  It is available for purchase in the PL App & it's super sweet.  For my journaling, I decided to just add highlights for a few of the photos & added overlays from a few different kits.

Have an Amazing Day!!!

Spring Break 2013 ~ Our Day in Cozumel!

Hello Crafty Friends! I'm back today with a few more pages from my Spring Break 2013 Album. Sorry if I'm giving you all whiplash with jumping around all over the place, but with my new crafty goals in scrapbooking, I'm scrapping what I want, when I want (vs. scrapping chronologically). I finished this trip album last month & I'm finally going back to photograph the pages a few at a time so I can share them.  FYI ~ photographing scrapbook pages & editing the pictures is one of my least favorite things to do... but I'm working on getting better.

For this project, I am using the Simple Stories collection called You Are Here.  It is perfect for a tropical vacation.  For my journaling, I used a typewriter and I added words and dates with my Hero Arts alphabet stamps.

I love using the phrase & alphabet stickers on the various blocks.  Again, I used a typewriter for the journaling because I can add a lot more details.

If you want to see more pages from this album, here is the link to that album >>> Spring Break 2013 Album.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Studio Calico ~ January Highlights

Welcome to a new week!  Since today is President's Day, many of you may have an extended weekend, so I hope you're enjoying a fun day off with your family.

My page today uses supplies from the January Studio Calico Documenter kit called Roman Holiday. I had placed all of the pocket cards and the white "January" title inside the pockets when I first got the kit, but I hadn't decided what I wanted to do with them.  I pulled the page protector out the other day and it dawned on me that it would make a fun monthly highlight page.  Since the Studio Calico kits come with that script month title each time, I may continue to do this all year since my Project 52 pages are in the Project Life App & I have all of these amazing physical products.

I love the colors on these cards ~ especially the floral ones... so bright and cheery for the dreary month of January.  I carried out a few themes through out the page ~ I dated each photo, used hearts, printed a few black & white photos, and I used gold elements.

Almost all of the supplies are from the Studio Calico kit, unless otherwise stated ~ here are the details for the cards.  

Top Left: I glued the white "January" title on the floral card and then added the gold "stories" sticker under it. Then I used some gold Studio Calico number stickers.

Top Right: I printed the photo in black & white because the color photo version had way too much color going on for this layout.  I added the coordinating heart sticker from the Ali Edwards Numbers Story Kit.

Middle Left to Right:

• To continue a bit more black and white, I printed a 2x2 photo of Tim & I and added it to a mat of coordinating cardstock. I added the gold "You & Me" title and date stamped it.
• This filler card & the white circle were both from the kit.  I trimmed the cardstock with a stitched circle die (Taylored Expressions) and then added a gold Studio Calico chipboard heart.
• I printed the photo of Matt in color since it coordinated nicely with the layout.  I just added a piece of the cardstock and date stamped it and then added these gold mirror dots from My Minds Eye to the side.  Confession... it covers up the neighbor's trash can.  LOL
• The card is from the kit & I printed off the 2x2 photo in color.  I added the gold mirror heart from My Minds Eye and then the gold "This".  It actually said "Needed This" but I cut the other part off.  Then I added the date stamp at the bottom.

Lower Left: I typed up my journaling on the computer and trimmed it to fit the bottom of the card.  I added the washi tape to cover the edge.  The gold mirror heart is from My Minds Eye.  For the photo flag, I trimmed a piece of cardstock & added the date stamp to one more black and white photo.

Lower Right: The chipboard pencil is from the kit and I added some quick hand journaling & the date stamp.  

Now that I'm looking at the photographed page, I may switch the lower two photos so the color photos aren't all grouped together... that's the nice thing about pocket page protectors!

Have a lovely day & thanks for stopping by!!

Hip Kit Page ~ New Year's Getaway

Happy Friday my friends!  I hope you have some fun plans this weekend.  I'm excited to see my sweet girl this weekend and take my son to a college visit on Monday... OMW!  How did they grow up this fast???

Yesterday, I worked on a few pocket pages with a few different kits.  The supplies are mostly from the December Hip Kit with a few extra things from my stash.  I let the cards guide this page and decided to use some photos from our most recent vacation since that's how we rang in 2017.  

For the top left title card, the printed card, the chipboard alpha letters, 2017 flair, cheers circle & remember this are all from the December Hip Kits.  The rest of the script letter stickers are from Heidi Swapp. The other two printed 3x4 cards are also from the Hip Kit and the circles on the bottom two photos were cut with a circle punch from another coordinating card in the Hip Kit that I decided I wouldn't use.  I typed the titles on them and then punched them out & added some washi tape and the little black heart.  I really like how they turned out & that they coordinate with the rest of the page.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Hip Kit Page ~ Dreamers Gonna Dream

Hello Friends!  I'm still working my way through my December Hip Kit... there were so many fabulous pieces in this kit that I can't stop using it.   Plus, I am finding that all of the pretty items coordinate nicely with the January & February Hip Kits also.

These photos are from her first day of her sophomore year in college... I've trained her well that she still take pictures on her first day & sends them to me!  She's such a good girl :)  The papers and embellishments are from Pink Paislee they are so soft and pretty which is just what my daughter loves.

In the upper left pocket, I used some of the ephemera included in the Main Scrapbook kit.  I stamped the title with gold ink and the date.  Then I added a few of my prayers for her this year ~ btw, she always works very hard, which is why it wasn't first.   For the next pocket, that was actually a 3x4 card that I trimmed to a stitched oval.  I just added it to the pocket without putting it on anything. The phrase stickers on the photos are from the February Hip Kit from Maggie Holmes Chasing Dreams Collection.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Project 52 ~ Week #06

It's Wednesday already & that means it's time for my next Project 52 story page!  Once again, I am continuing this project digitally on my tablet with the Project Life App from Becky Higgins.  If you don't have this App, it's pretty fun to play around with and so easy to create great pages.  It's available for $2.99 for both Android and Apple devices (both phones & tablets).  One of these days, I will document my process using the App and show you how easy it is to use.

Week #6 was pretty busy and there was lots and lots of music!  Matt is busy playing all the time and he wouldn't have it any other way... and he looks pretty awesome in his black suit too!   We also had a wonderful surprise last weekend when Megan and her boyfriend showed up to see Matt play.  That was pretty awesome!  And the, of course, I love the picture of Jazz being a naughty puppy!

Each week I try and add photos of the things going on; however, sometimes I don't have one.  That means it's time to do a Google search and find something... that's what I did for the Super Bowl photo.  I often do that for trips as well if I didn't get that perfect photo of a place we went or something we saw.  The App is great because I can search and download right on my tablet, and then add the photo directly into my page from the gallery.

So that's my latest Project 52 page... if you want to see more of my Project Life App pages, check out this link ~ CLICK HERE.

My Family ~ My Heart

Happy Valentine's Day!!!  

I decided that since today is a day all about Hearts and Love, I would share some pages I finished of my family.  These pages are from the same Spring Break 2013 Cruise that I've been sharing lately, so the photo are almost 4 years old.  However, I just started working on this album this past November and finished the entire album in under 2 months... so I'm pretty happy with that bit of progress! These photos were all taken by photographers on the ship, so they are 8" x 10".  I didn't really want to do full 12x12 layouts for each one and decided do very simple 8 1/2" x 11" coordinating layouts and put them in that size page protectors. I have several different sizes of page protectors in my album & I love mixing it up.

For these pages, I used the Be Fearless Value Kit by Becky Higgins along with some gold metallic cardstock, then Poppyseed & Earl Gray cardstock from Taylored Expressions.  I didn't use red, but there's lots of gold and hearts sprinkled throughout the pages.

Here's me and my sweetie!

I kept each layout very simple and in the same color palette.

The kids with their uncle.

My pretty girl!

Our whole group!

And here's a pocket page using the same collection.

Have a Happy {Heart} Day!

Spring Break 2013 ~ Picture Perfect

Good Monday Morning!  I hope you had a fabulous weekend & you're ready for this new week!  I can't believe how busy the weekends have been ... and will continue to be over the next several months.  But... it's all good stuff!  So since the weekend was so busy, I didn't have a chance to break into my new scrapbook kit & decided to post some more photos of the Spring Break 2013 Album layouts that I haven't had a chance to post yet.

This sweet picture of my daughter and her good friend, was taken by the ship's photographer.  They did a whole series of photos, but I just did a few layouts with them.  I'm sure I'll do a few more at some point because they all turned out so cute!  For the supplies, I used the Simple Stories Posh Kit along with some wooden embellishments.

Here's are some close ups of the journaling...

Have a great day & thanks for stopping by!