On a roll...Weeks 16 - 20

Here are my most recent pages that I've completed. The best part was getting them all done in one day. I find that I work better when I let 4 or 5 weeks pile up so that I can't remember what happenned. NOT! It was hard because I didn't journal much for weeks 16, 17, & 18 so those weeks just got one page. I think its more simple that way, but I'm missing out on the details! So to my future self: use my PL journal (the super cute one I got on Etsy) and write a recap of every day. That way I've got more things to journal about! This was me at the start... should've taken a pic of it at the end! It was so clean LOL.

Also, I finally found an app for Windows 8 phone users that really helped me create the 3x4 sized photos. I made a collage with 2 photos on a 4x6. Super easy, I will share a step by step on how to do that in my next blog.

Week 16

Week 17 (excuse the blurry pic!)



Week 18 (using products from my first Gossamer Blue Life Pages kit!)



Week 19 (Gossamer Blue)





Week 20 (Gossamer Blue)
Lots of LO's for this week, my sister graduated college and my grandparents and I went on a road trip to get there! Tons of photos! I took all of these with my phone. I still have at least 2 more LO's for my sister's grad pictures, just waiting to get them from my Mom because we took some on the digital camera.

So that's all I've got for now! Happy scrapping! 

- the crafty love girl

Burlap alphas

Hey everyone! My Week 7 is finished, I made 3 pages for this week. I used a new page protector layout, Becky Higgins Design G for page 1 and 2 which are the 8.5 x 11 size pages. When I was shooting photos for my blog I got a few of Ollie! She was helping me out on set ;) To reduce glare from the page protectors, I have been taking the photos and cards out and setting them on the floor. I read this blog that said to use white poster board as a background when taking photos for your blog. So I tried that this week.

Other than my pages this week... I am very excited because I ordered the Big Shot from Sizzix! I have been eyeing it for over a year now and am super excited! I went to a friend's house to stamp Christmas cards and she had one and I was amazed at its embossing abilities! Now that I realize it can also cut, I had to have it! This will be so much fun and will probably get me on a card-making and stamping kick...grreatt!

Also, I joined a 2nd monthly kit club from a company called Freckled Fawn. Their kit is called OH DEER ME, (isn't that cute!). Their kits are solely embellishments, which is what I need most of the time. I haven't received the February kit yet even though I joined almost 2 weeks ago but tracking shows I'll get it tomorrow (which is today because it is 2:42 AM. I guess I'm still on that night shift time. I've been off for 3 days!)

All of the cards on page 1 are from the Maggie Holmes core kit except the "Live Out Loud" 3x4 card. The washi tape & bow are from Studio Calico.

Front:

back:

Design F 12x12:

So that is all! I've been busy learning new techniques for both my blog and project life and started using GIMP (a free software almost like photoshop). My freeze has melted...I haven't been good. The facebook PL groups are enablers!! Once I get my big shot I should be set, I'm gonna have 2 monthly kits to use and maybe some swaps... so my spending freeze is starting again, this time I'm going to try harder! (I was good for 2 weeks which is a long time in the scrapbooking addict's world!) Until next time!

-the crafty love girl