Free Cut Friday

Hello!  As a part of my new features, I want to include Free Cut Fridays because I LOVE making cut files for my Silhouette Cameo!  I love making cards for my Project Life, too!  Here is a special card for your Project Life.  Feel free to use it, but, please, link back to here!

Download here: Love This Arrow

Enjoy this card!  I hope you can use this!

Crafty Fun

This weekend was a blur of craftiness!  So many projects and so little time.  However, to my amazement, they all got done thanks to my lovely hubby who allowed me to much needed "play" time!

First of all, today is my mom's birthday!  Happy Birthday, Mom!!!  We decided to celebrate last night with dinner and some fun times together!  I made my mom a card (naturally!) and a necklace.  I also got her a box of chocolates from Sublime with her favorite pieces in it!  

The necklace was a big hit (as was the chocolate!)  My mom said she had a great birthday celebration!

After my mom's birthday crafts were completed, I worked on several other projects.  Some I will show now and some I will save for later!

First up, I discovered Some Odd Girl Digital Stamps back in 2011 when I saw a sample on Splitcoaststampers that used "Kiss a Prince Tia."  I was so smitten, I bought that digi right away and made a card for my hubby for our anniversary.  I have always called Hubby my Frog Prince, so this is perfect.  I didn't want it to be too girly, so I stuck with some simple, natural colors!

Well, I recently rediscovered Some Odd Girl on Instagram and fell in love again with the cute stamps.  I bought a few more digis!  I colored these new ones, but I experimented with just using Prismacolor Pencils and the colorless blending pencil.  Long ago, I decided Copics were too expensive for me to obtain.  I have experimented with other ways to get that awesome, real-life color look.  Here is what I came up with:

I "fussy cut" her out and layered her on some patterned paper and vellum snowflakes.  I knew I wanted to use the 'my world is brighter because of you' sentiment because of the lights she is holding!  I had everything laid out, but wasn't totally sold until I added a few sequins.  Then, my card came together easily!  What do you think?

My last and final crafty thing this weekend was a Project Life spread.  This was the week of April 28 through May 4.  It was my first time to try out the "A Day in the Life" project that Ali Edwards created.  I shot pictures throughout the day.  It was really cool!  I also used some of my Studio Calico kits again.  I love using these up and seeing how great they look!  Here is my spread and some close ups!  

Left side

A Day in the Life close up

Right side

Thank you for looking at my accomplishments.  I will have more up later in the week with the Social Media Butterflies Blog hop!  See you then!

Project Life Week 17

Last Saturday was supposed to be my catch-up with Project Life!  Haha!  What is the saying. . .something about when man makes plans, God laughs?  That's how I felt.  It was a such a big mess at work, I don't want to go into the details.  Ultimately, I got called in a few hours on Saturday.  Not a huge deal, however, I wanted to use those hours to catch up on Project Life.  Oh well.   I did get one week finished before I got called in.  

Yes, and that week was . . . .wait for it. . . . .WEEK 17!!!!!!!!!!!  (Trumpets fanfare!)  Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I am woefully behind and just finished Week 17 when we are WAAAY past that.  Oh well.  It really doesn't bother me too much because I'm proud of each week I finish!

Would you like to see?  Naturally!  I think all of you who come to see my blog do so from scrapbooking sites or because you follow me (thank you my three followers!).  Here is week 17!

Left side

Title card!  I was inspired by Jen on instagram (who, by the way, has the two cutest boys you ever saw!).  She posted a picture of her Title card (which can be seen on her blog!)  I decided to use it as a springboard!

Again, I used up some more of my Studio Calico Project Life kits.  I just can't get over how they manage to pull the pages together!!  I LOVE them!!!!  (Their current kit, Marks & Co is still available!)

If you don't already know, I work at a chocolate shop called Sublime Chocolate where I am Production Manager and Assistant Chocolatier!  Yes, that means I made chocolate!  Great job!  The chocolates in the upper left photo of this page were ones I created.  My boss gave us a time to experiment with making whatever we wanted.  I made a blackberry piece that was very well liked!!

Right Side

I will admit my journaling on this spread was sparse at best.  I had so many photos I wanted to include that journaling came second.  Is it sad- a little, but I did discover 'writing' on photos.  Before I print them, I add a caption or short description.  That helps the viewer to see and understand more of the photos.  It also helps me to remember more of what happened those weeks!

There you are!  Project Life Week 17.  I still love the project!  I love recording everything!  Even though I just have three dogs and my hubby, I still have my own stories to tell.  So for those of you who think you are too boring for Project Life- Guess again!

A little catching up!

Good morning! First of all, I am hoping to blog more often and either share my projects or inspiration! I hope to blog weekly and possibly twice a week. Anyone going to hold me to that? Anyone? Anyone? 

In my attempt to blog more, I shot some quick photos of my latest creations with my phone. They are the best photos, but it will allow me to share my creations now with the idea of doing better photography later! :) 
First off, I've been working on an initial for a friend of mine. Her last name starts with an M, so I wanted to create something she could hang in her house. I have other plans up my sleeve, but this is the only one that has gotten mostly finished in my last few crazy weeks! 

What do you think?  I still need to add a hanger of some sort to it, but otherwise, it is done!  I am pleased with it!  I hope she will be, too!

Second, I've been dabbling in jewelry making!  Yes, me!  I'm usually more of a paper person- it is cheaper and easily fixable should something go wrong.  Well, I decided to jump into jewelry making.  The idea was to get into Christmas craft fairs this year to earn some extra money, however, I soon discovered craft fairs are expensive AND most of the deadlines have past!  WHAAAT??  Yeah, so no craft fairs. . .THIS year.  Watch out for me next year!  Here is a sample of a necklace I made.  Yes, it is plain, but I like it.  I might play around with the design some more.  The edges may need something. . .hmm...

Finally, yes, I am kinda keeping up with Project Life!  I am several months behind, but I'm still doing the best I can!  I had a whole bunch of pictures printed, so I am ready to get going.  Here are the last two week spreads I've recently finished:

April 7-April 13 Left side:

Right Side:

April 14-April 20 Left side:

Right Side:

Sorry about the bad photos.  I'm going to work on that!  However, like I said, I just wanted to share!

I've been using up months and months of my project life kits.  I have been very free in allowing myself to use whatever I want from the kits.  Usually, I'm very timid to use things out of the kit for fear that I might need them later.  I decided that was the dumbest reason to not use things.  So, I used whatever I wanted.  The cards go so well together, it really brings my pages together.  Considering they are just a mass of random life photos.  I LOVE using the kits.  Duh!  I wish I'd used them sooner!  Oh well!

Enjoy your week.  I'm off to work shortly!

Social [Media] Butterflies and Paislee Press

 

 

 

Welcome to the Social [Media] Butterflies blog hop!  This month, we are honored to feature Liz Tamanaha of Pasilee Press.  You can find her work on her site as well as at The Lilypad! We were asked to feature just one of her sets.  It was so hard to choose; her minimalist style is so captivating and awesome!!!  I eventually settled on her Dayplanner Jounral Cards!

 

Aren't they fun???  I was so excited to get started using these great products!  I was ecstatic that these cards were a perfect fit for my Project Life.  With all the crazy things going on in my life, my Project Life has taken a back seat.  I'm so far behind!  I printed them up immediately and got to work.

 

Left side and insert side 1

 

Right side and insert side 2

(please excuse the funny shaded pictures.  it was so cloudy when I shot these and I had trouble editing them.)

 

Do you see what week this is?  Yep, March 24- 30.  I'm THAT behind!  Oh well. 

 

For those of you who don't already know, I work at a gourmet Chocolate shop!  I make chocolates as well as sell espresso and chocolate!  Fun job!  I never thought I'd be a chocolatier!  This week of PL was the week just before Easter.  That is a major chocolate-holiday!  (Did you know that some holidays are 'chocolate-holidays'?  I didn't until I started working at Sublime Chocolate!)  We were very busy preparing chocolate for the weekend!

 

So not to bore you with all the details, I'll let the photos do the talking!  I used Liz's cards on both pages in the center as well as using one along with a picture of my husband on the top left of the left page!

 

Left Page

 

  
 

 

 

 

Insert Side 1

 

Insert Side 2 (yes, that IS my husband!)

 

Right Page

 

 
 
 

 

 

 

 

To continue with the hop, please visit Suz's Blog.  Also, if you follow my blog, start the blog hop at the Social [Media] Butterflies blog!  Thank you so much for visiting my page!  I'd love to hear from you! 

 

Project Life Love

If you have been following my blog, you know I started Project Life.  I LOVE it! I love all the little things we can add to the simple set up!  Fun stuff. . .

Anyway, I wanted to share my week 2 of Project Life.  (For the record, I don't like this "week thing." I know it helps to keep track of where you are and what you are working , but I don't like that label on every page.  I'm trying to find ways to differenciate my weeks, but I'm striking out.)

 

I had so many pictures this week, so I decided to make collages using the PicFrame app.  It is really cool.  You can do collages in either 3x4 and 4x6 in either landscape or portrait.

 

 

I loved adding the extra cards to my layouts.  They are quite fun.  In an attempt not to use the "week" thing, I decided to add a quote and a calendar. I decided to look on Pinterest to find quotes.  Check out my Quotes board for inspiration!

 

 

This card was just fun and simple!

 

 

I also use a digital version of the Cobalt Core Edition.  It is nice to be able to print the cards I really like and not worry about the cards I'm not too excited about.  Plus, I added some day of the week stamps from Studio Calico.

 

 

To make this flip-up card based on this tutorial.  Fun and a way to include more photos/journaling.

 

 Thanks for checking out my PL spread.  I'm loving this, and I look forward to doing more and more weeks!



Currently Blog Hop

The Currently Journaling Challenge takes five minutes out of your week to document your story.

8 Questions. 52 Weeks. Embracing Right Now.  Currently is a weekly journaling challenge created by Kristin from rukristin papercrafts. Currently fits in perfectly with Project Life and can easily be tailored to whatever your needs are. Every Friday, Kristin shares her Currently list journaling card on her blog, as well as on various social media sites like Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Join the Currently community, use the hashtag #CurrentlyList to share your list and find great inspiration from others.

I added my Currently list as part of a flip-up page.  It is under the Hunger Games movie poster.  That way, I could include the movie poster and a picture of the rain.  I love the way it turned out.

 

 

 

Ways to play along:

• Start by downloading the Currently journaling cards, Color Edition Journaling Cards, or write out the list on your own
• Share your list on Instagram/Twitter using the hashtag #currentlylist
• Share your link in the link widget below
• Grab a Currently button/badge for your blog

Enter for a chance to with the Currently Journaling Cards: Color Edition. Each blog on the hop is giving away one set of journaling cards to a lucky reader!  These journaling cards come in both an easy to print .pdf file and individual high res .jpg images for use in digital scrapping. Leave a comment below for your chance to win a set, or purchase the cards here for $1. 

Look for new sets of Currently Journaling cards each month; each set will retail for only $1 and will be available in the rukristin papercrafts shop. 

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out the Currently Journaling Challenge blog hop. Make sure to hop along to all the other participants for more inspiration and more chances to win a Currently Journaling card set. 

In case you get lost, here's a link back to rukristin papercrafts and the entire list of blogs participating in today's blog hop.