Project life and my book of me......

I used to be an avid scrapbooker.  My daughter who is 13 now had about 10 scrapbooks before she was even 10.  I bought every little gadget, gizmo, embellishment, paper, etc that was out there and the in thing at the time.  Needless to say I was always broke from the amount of money I spent.   About 3 years ago I got the cardmaking and stamping bug and decided no more scrapbooks.  I had all the supplies I needed but then decided about a year ago that I wanted to advance further and use Copics etc to make my stamped images pop.. Well I weighted my options and went with the Spectrum Noir Markers and then pencil sets.  I have all and I am in love with both, but I find myself using the pencils more often then not.  Well I have heard and seen all this mumbo jumbo on Project Life and wondered what it was all about... Well it was a system that I liked but had no desire to sink money into.  I have paper coming out of my ears as well as embellishments etc, and a QK SIlhouette that allows for die cutting etc, so I felt investing the money into this new system was way too much on my tiny little crafting budget.  Well I was signed up for the Becky Higgins page etc on Facebook as well as her blog and low and behold... Project life iphone app!  Just up my alley.  The minute I downloaded it and started to play I was addicted.  I ordered a few of the extra sets of layouts and cards and have managed to start a book of me which when done I will print out and place in an 8x8 album.  Now that I have my BOM in mind and started I am looking in to the whole project life idea. I haven't taken pictures on my digital camera in forever.  I tend to use my iphone more, but I am heading to Orlando Florida in March for a much needed vacation with friends and I plan on taking my camera with me.  Between my phone and my camera and my friends I imagine that I will have an album done by the end of the trip.  Here are just a few pages that I have done using the Project Life App by Becky Higgins......

Title Page Book of Me.

Birth page Book of Me

School page Book of Me

I know the android version is not out yet, but if you have an Iphone and want to start doing this then now is the time.  Without this little app, I would still be sitting here thinking about that Book of Me like I have been for about 10 years now.

Look who won!

So super excited!!  Won the Perfect Pin-up title from The Stamping chef!  So excited!!   I love her images.. They are just super gorgeous and very very Sexy!  Pop on over and check her store and blog out.!

KISS Album

I haven't wanted to scrapbook in a very long time.  The last one I did was for the KISS concert we took my then 9 year old daughter to four years ago.  In looking forward to getting back into it once more and I am hoping that my Spring trip to Universal Studios will get me back into it. 

Happy Birthday Master!

From the moment I saw this digital stamp from The Stamping Chef I knew exactly who this was for.  My good friend John's birthday is coming up in October and we have a little joke between us concerning 50 Shades of Grey.   When I saw this stamp I ordered it right away and practiced up some colouring.  This image I used the Spectrum Noir Coloured Pencils.  There are 5 sets in varying shades so highlites and lowlites are easily achieved and they blend well together or over the Spectrum Noir markers.  I didn't want to place the uncensored image on here because I am entering it in the Stampin Chef's challenge on their blog.  The name of this image is 50 Shades Of Smexy.

Recipe:

Black Cardstock: Bazzill Basics

Satin cardstock: DCWV

Satin Ribbons: Unknown from stash

Colouring: Spectrum Noir Blendable Pencils

Thank you for stopping by.  

Christmas is coming...

Yes yes I know... It's only mid August and I am babbling about Christmas.  It's one of my issues... I am not a Christmas person. I love the lights and the music but I just can not get into the spirit.  So in order to get my cards made I have to start now or they won't be done in time.  So today I took one of my images that I coloured a few months back while working on sepia tones and places it on a card.  Well it has gotten me into the spirit and I am eager to make more.  

My life in a whirlwind!

Wow!  This Summer has flown by in such a whirlwind.  I am still shocked that it is mid August already and I am buying back to school supplies for my daughter and dreading the 5:30AM alarm clocks that will be going off Monday-Friday again.  So much has happened in this short summer that I can't even wrap my head around it all.  On June 1st I transferred to a store within the company I work for 5 minutes from my house and I have managed to go from just a cashier there once more to a coordinator again.  I only do it when others are on vacation, but it is a nice change of pace and my arms thank me for it.  Friday a friend I met on World of Warcraft invited a group of us down in 2015 for a WoW get together.  She is building a new house in Florida about 10 miles from the beach and Disney and Universal, so I asked my husband if he cared if I went.. To my surprise he said no.  So early March I will be hopping into a rental car with John and heading for a week in sunny Florida with the guys/gals of WoW!  I am super excited.. So much to do before then.  I need to hit the gym again, find a new swim suit, go shopping for some new clothes, and save up some spending money.  We are going to hit Universal Studios this time around and the Beach.  Let's not forget the holidays just around the corner..  have so many cards to make, but just can't get into the creative mood.  I haven't even felt like practicing my colouring with Kit and Clowder.  I have Spectrum Noir pencils to master as well as Spectrum Noir markers.  So much work to do.  With me working 5 days a week 30+ hours a week and at weird times I am finding it hard to find the time or energy to practice.  Right now, I am in my craft room blogging instead of working on cards.  I also have a lot on my mind that keeps me tense and stressed most of my day.  My mom who has been in and out of the hospital since early February has once again taken a turn for the worse.  If my Dad had not called the paramedics when he did they told him she would most likely not be here now.  How heart wrenching is that.  I am ok until the business stops and I lay down to sleep then the tears I am holding back fall and I cry myself to sleep.

Wedding of the century!

Forget Will and Kate! Paige Bedlion and David Allen exchanged vows on Saturday 21, June 2014... The ceremony was a simple Catholic ceremony but was stunning none the less.. Paige is an amazing girl.. Her parents raised her with amazing skill and she grew into a gorgeous young lady. Not only is she super model stunning, but all of it is natural and comes from the beauty that this girl possess inside. I was in tears when she told me that she had invited me and I was honoured to share in her big day. I sat down and after much thought I decided to go with a simple card that showed her faith in God and that of her future Husband's faith. He converted to Catholism for her and it amazes me of the shear love and devotion it takes to do that for someone. When I designed her card I felt that Precious Moments and a traditional Bible verse would be appropriate, but when the image was done... I felt it needed something more.. Thus off to the craft store I went and found the perfect paper and some simple yet beautiful crosses that I hung on a heart chain from the bow. After collecting all the pieces I assembled the card and thanks to a very ornery cat.. the bow on the front ended up not being a bow but a puff, but it still went well and still pulled it all together. At the reception I went over to look at her cake.. It was simple... White cake with black ribbon around the bottom of each layer then decorated with rows of purple roses. The cake topper... Precious Moments... Imagine the look on my face when the colours and image of her card went with her cake perfectly.

The cake 

The outside of the card.

Inside of the card.

Close up of the crosses.