A Return to Project Life

Hello Everyone! Hope you are all doing well. Like lots of you, we are in the midst of ARTIC weather here in New England. It's expected but still shocking after a moderately mild winter so far. All my heavy duty winter gear is out and greatly needed to walk my dog. Yesterday was my regular day off and I only ventured outside for brief dog walks - business only if you catch my drift! In this kind of weather I'm sooooo very thankful for my auto car starter - it's a blessing. I hate to rush life, but I'm ready for the Spring!

Over the weekend I returned to Project Life 2014. I was so good about keeping up with my PL until the end of July last year. Along came other wonderful commitments and PL took a back seat. I completed week 31 | 2014 using some leftover papers and embellishment from Teresa Collins "Nine & Co." I love how this page came out, especially the folder type cards. I used Project Life Page Design A. Here's the whole page ...

 

Here's the title card - this is one of the file folders that coordinate with the collection. I added cardstock and chipboard stickers to dress it up a bit ...



 

Here's the inside pages of the file folder ...

 

 

 

 

The next card on the page is also from the file folder set ...

 

This is a great way to add more journaling, especially personal journaling ...

 

Here are close-ups of the remaining pages ...

 

 

Yes, I was excited about ceiling fans ... LOL!!

 

My last card - I fixed the typo after photographing ...

 

 

It feels great to return to PL and I hope to continue to catch up - I want to complete 2014. Hey, a Crop would be good for that!! Good thing there's one coming up in March!! Crop on the Cape 2015 - here I come!!! Have a great week - see you soon!

A Sketch is a Beautiful Thing!

Ever feel stumped when trying to come up with a design for a scrapbook page? Well, enter a sketch! A sketch is a great starting point for a design. You can alter a sketch in so many ways - flipping it right or left, up or down but it gives you a place to begin. Now, imagine a book FILLED with sketches! It's great to bring to a crop or if you want to crank out some pages to get "caught-up", whatever that means.

If a sketchbook sounds good to you, you will LOVE this one! Creating with Sketches Volume 3 is now available. Kristine Davidson has done it again. There are 120 sketches, 60 designers and TONS of inspiration.

The digital version of Creating with Sketches is currently available. If you use my Code V3LynnK you will receive a 10% discount. This coupon expires November 1st so don't miss out on some savings!! Click HERE to purchase. Today is the last day to preorder a hardcopy version. I'm beyond excited to say that I have a layout in the sketchbook and here it is ...

I loved the sketch Kristine gave me - and it really helped to put the page together. I used Teresa Collins "Nine and Co" for my layout.  Here's my code for your discount ...

 

Here's the sketchbook ...

Thanks for stopping by!

 



Happy Birthday Blog Hop!!

Hi everyone! I wanted to hop on today to share a Birthday card I created for a good friend of mine. I met her recently this year and she quickly became a good friend!! We are on the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge Blog team together and as a birthday surprise to her the team decided to each send her a card in the form of a blog hop! So without further ado ... HAPPY BIRTHDAY Rachel Kleinman!!! Here's my card for you!

 

I used Crate Paper's "Notes and Things" for the card base. The collection is so pretty and includes some fun accent stickers. The sequins and gold/white paper on top of the doily are from Teresa Collins "Nine & Co." collection. Here's a close-up on the card's center. I added some gold thread under the stickers...

 

 

You have probably arrived here from Lynn Adam's blog. Next stop Melanie's blog. (Here's the list of the "Birthday Wishes" team)

 

Donna Bowman

Lynn Adams

Lynn Kopas <<<you are here

Melanie Douthit

Lalo Ik

 

Happy Birthday Rachel!! Hope you have an extra special day!!! See you soon!!