12/28/18 - "I Like Big Buns..."

Hi there!

Today I am sharing a layout inspired by 3 different blogs!

• One-

I loosely followed the December 1st Sketch at the Sketch-N-Scrap Blog though it definitely was what inspired the overall design of my layout.
I rotated the sketch to the left and switched the side where I placed my (sub)title :

• Two-

Challenge #60 at Scrap Yourself : "Your layout can be about anything you like, as long as there is a photo with YOU in the frame somewhere on your page".
This layout is all me, baby!

• Three-

Challenge #72 at Scribbles Designs: The Challenge is called "Year in Review" and you are allowed to choose any of the challenges that had been presented throughout the year.
I chose Favouring the Feminine: "Make your project girly in some nature--use florals, laces, ribbons or other items suitable for a feminine card or project."
I went w/ pink, hearts, and flowers on my layout.


Here is my layout
My journaling is also my Title: "I like big buns and I cannot lie..."

 A nod to Sir Mix-A-Lot
::wink::
This is a "Selfie I came across recently that I took way back in 2014 and loved, but never scrapped.

I'm so glad I found the 3 challenges listed above to inspire me to finally get it in my album!

12/19/18 - Project Life Weeks 38 - 42

Before I started mixing it up again I had left off on PL Week 37.
I mentioned I would jump back in time to share previous week's layouts...
so let's keep on going!


Week 38:

When I took a couple of the photos, I purposely left space for me to add journaling spots to add some handwritten journaling.
And though I didn't realize it at the time of it's creation, that "enjoy" circle mimics the Pistachio Oreo really well.
BTW - I want to express just how much I LOVED those Oreos!
I was pleasantly surprised at how well they nailed the Pistachio flavor...
If you do not like Pistachio, avoid these!




Week 39:

This one was tough to scan because of the bulkiness of some of the stickers... the colors are not 100%  true to life.
For example: the "MON" chipboard sticker is a darker cornflower blue, the pig's body is the same color as his face, and the cookie photo is brighter (the pain of bulky scans!)
Moving on...
As the journaling says, this week was short on "everyday-style" photos due to us taking a vacation.
But if we can scrap "1 photo" traditional layouts, why not 1 (or 2) photos on a Pocket Page/PL
Layout, right?


I have already shared week 40: PL Week 40
And as I went to scrap Week 41 - I realized I had only taken 2 photos that week and I that had already scrapped and shared them as a regular layout:
So I just added a tab to the side that says Wk 41 so those paying attention while flipping through my project life album won't think I skipped it:

(remember this layout?)

Finally Week 42:

A mismatch of subjects...but then aren't all PL pages pretty much that way?
Notably: Our first visit to Oak Glen for the 2018 Autumn Season,  David and I saw the original Halloween for the first time, finished book #20 (of my 25 book goal), and won and received a prize from Elle's Studio.


-Speaking of Elle's Studio... there's lots of Elle's Studio (and Studio Calico) goodies on these pages! -

Can't believe I've made it this far!
Only 10-ish weeks to go!

12/15/18 - "Proof"

 

Today's layout inspired by the December 2018 Let's Get Sketchy sketch:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Proof"

Journaling:
"Madison is not a girly-girl; she hates pink! She also hates pants; she wears shorts 365 days a year. But here's proof she used to wear BOTH!"

As you can see I changed the sketch just slightly. Besides using a vertical photo, instead of a horizontal photo, I also changed the direction of the bottom triangle.
I've mentioned before (a couple of times) I'm not very good w/ using triangles as a design element so I felt the need to switch the bottom triangle around to make it more appealing to me.
So, you're probably wondering why I chose to participate in a Sketch Challenge w/ triangles as it's main element?
Your guess is as good as mine!
But I'm glad I did because I love the layout and I scrapped a photo that has been sitting on my desk for nearly 4 years!

The BG is from Bazzill Basics, the date spot is a digital from Elle's Studio, the journaling spots are Avery self -stick file labels and the Emoji pieces are from Simple Stories.
EVERYTHING else is from Nikki Sivils.
Who else remembers Nikki Sivils?
I still have quite a bit of her products in my stash!
Which just goes to show you, though I'm constantly buying new stuff...
I do make it a point to go through and use my stash also.

12/12/18 - "Last Day 2017"

Lately I've been feeling very creative and very productive in that creativity.
Sometimes I think I may be scrapping too much!
But then I think, well I don't know when that next wave of Scrappers Block will hit (we've all been there) so I keep going until I can't!

Here I have for you a layout I created a couple of night's ago
(click on image to enlarge and read the journaling):

"Last Day 2017"

*Note this was before I became a full-fledged vegetarian

A 12x12
Traditional Paper Layout
(only the "celebrate" and "cheers" pieces are a digital that I printed on a piece of paper)

As I was going through my Dec Daily photos from 2017, cuz you know I'm still trying to finish it ::wink::, I stumbled across these photos taken on the very last day of 2017.
Since the very last day of 2018 is around the corner, I felt inspired to scrap them!

I know it's a simple layout but... I really love the way it turned out!

All product, except the BG paper, the 2 enamel dots, and the "2017" alphas are from a mix of my Elle's Studio (monthly) kits.
The celebrate digital is also from Elle's Studio.



And to show you just how wild and crazy we get on NYE, let me show you the other photos from that night in this (previously shared) layout:

#PartyAnimals NOT!

LOL

Do you ever feel like you scrap too much?
For those of you who cannot respond here, please feel free to respond on my Instagram post:
Last Day 2017

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12/10/18 - "Use Your Stuff" Challenge #340

A new Challenge is up at the "Use Your Stuff" Blog.

The challenge is called -Inspired By a Book-

This is what I came up with:

(it's a shame the "copper" colored strips didn't photograph better)

 

 

I was inspired by the book "Twas the Night Before Christmas". I used a line from the book as my title: "...a long winters nap".

This is another page for my December (Not-So) Daily 2017

I like that it's not overwhelmingly Christmas-y. Really the only hints of it (maybe) being a Christmas Page is the use of Red, Green and White.

Not everything done during December Daily, or Not-So-Daily, is necessarily Christmas-related.

 

 

I hope you'll come check out the challenge and maybe even play along!

TFSB!

11/26/18 - "Use Your Stuff "Challenge #338

"Use Your Stuff" Challenge #338
is also a Collaborative Challenge w/ the "Double Trouble Challenge" Blog.


The challenge is to use this Mood Board from UYS:

and select one (or both) of the following Challenges from DTC:

-Include a Sweet Treat on your project
or
-Include something sparkly



My layout took inspiration from all 3
- Mood Board
- Sweet Treat
- Bling


It is a page I created for my 2017 December (Not-So) Daily.
Yup, I'm still trying to finish it!
(More on that in a later post)

This page not only a great mix of the challenge but a great mix of old and new product!
I actually really love the way it turned out!
Hoping it motivates me to work on more Dec Daily pages!

Also hoping to see you play along w/ one or both of the challenges, however it inspires!

11/17/18 - CKC Nov/Project #5 (PL Week 40)

I'm going out of order w/ my Project Life sharing.

Not my first time nor my last, and you probably won't even notice it, because really it's not like you're  keeping track, LOL

I used my November Counterfeit Challenge Blog Kit for this one so that's why I'm sharing it today:

12x12 Traditional Layout

"Week 40"

I messed up a little on the journaling, to be more exact  the placement of my journaling on the journaling spot (not sure where my mind was at that moment), that's why the asterisk and arrow... fancy fix right?! ::wink::
Not the best of solutions but it's something I can live w/ since I'm happy w/ the rest of the layout.

Journaling:

- October Snack Box
- I made the "Use Your Stuff" Design Team
- Food* White Chocolate Ding Dongs
*Aesthetically disappointing but the flavor was amazing, and I'm not a big fan of White Chocolate
-National Vegetarian Awareness Month

I tried a new printing technique w/ a couple of the photos; a filmstrip style print...which, I really like the look of!
One thing I really love about PL is you have 52 weeks to try new things!
If it doesn't work out, well...next week is a new week!

Besides white chocolate, I'm also not a huge fan of wood embellishments, but I found this packet of (I think) 5 different styled wood ampersands in my stash and I'm determined to get them used..
A layout with a "list" of different items on it seemed like a good place to start!

Hope you're enjoying your Sunday!

11/12/18 - "Use Your Stuff" Challenge #337

Good Morning!

Welcome to a new week and new challenge of "Use Your Stuff" .

This week we challenge you to use stars.

I created a layout of our Mini Pig Hamlet sleeping, using a star patterned BG.

This layout was very difficult to take a good photo of because of

the shiny gold stars.  

"Dream Big" 

Here is a photo of the layout at a different angle so you can see how absolutely gorgeous that BG paper is … Mega Heart Eyes, amirite?!

Hamlet is a black pig, well all black except for 1 white hoof … the front hoof on the right side (not pictured).

Because he is black, it's really difficult to get a good photo of him without great lighting, and in this case, it was night time so the lighting was at it's worse...that's why he looks brown.

I love this photo so much and I knew, even if the lighting wasn't the best I needed to scrap it, and I needed to scrap it by itself and in a large size; this is a 6x8 that I ordered through the PL App.

Pretty sure I'm not fitting ALL of 2018 into one album... but I'll deal w/ that problem when I get to it, LOL

Also, I used 99% of my November Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog Kit to create this.

Yes, I strayed a bit. I couldn't help myself! When I found that BG paper I just HAD to use it, it was too perfect for the photo! So I used it, but EVERYTHING else is from my kit so I'm counting it!

I know for a fact the CKC Blog is a bit flexible w/ their challenge so it will be just fine; the goal is to get your stuff used and photos scrapped, and I did both!

This makes Project #3 w/ my November Kit.

BTW - poor Hamlet always seems to be scrapped in pink... Oops, LOL

Thanks for stopping by and please play along w/ us at "Use Your Stuff"!

-Products: Studio Calico, Heidi Swapp, Echo Park, Jillibean Soup -



11/03/18 - CKC November Kit Reveal

Hi there,
Welcome to another installment of the Counterfeit Kit Blog!
This is the inspiration kit for November; it's from Citrus Twist.
It is their October Kit and it is called "Little Things":

Here's the link to the website where you can see more photos of it: Citrus Twist Kit
BEAUTIFUL, right?!
I'm fighting w/ myself NOT to buy it, LOL
(Yes, it's still available!)


I always start creating my kit by making a list of what stands out to me.
Some of these ideas came from the actual papers, some from the embellishments.

• Flowers 
• Animals 
• Coffee (because of the "coffee rings" paper, bottom left) 
• Music Notes 
• Vines 
• Clouds 
• Stars 
• Cameras

Before I show you my kit I want to tell you I cheated just a little...
But it wasn't intentional, and whether it's cheating or not depends on your personal opinion.

Here's the story.
Last year a "Tuesday Morning" store opened up in a nearby city.
I had heard great things about their scrappy deals and had wanted to check it out but never seemed to have the time or, when I did, remembered to go.
Yesterday I made time, I actually wrote it on my To-Do list (along w/ about 7 other items).
What I heard about their scrappy area as correct; lots of great stuff at low(er) prices!
I was pretty proud of myself as I only spent about $25.

Fast Forward to my drive home when I was looking at my purchases, at a red light of course, and realized that one of the kits I bought would work perfect for my counterfeit kit because it had:
- Music Notes, -Vines, - Clouds, - Stars and - Cameras
It wasn't something I planned I just bought what I liked and it worked out!


So here is my Counterfeit Kit (papers):

Top Left hand side is the kit I was referring to.

Here is a photo of it by itself:

Back to my Counterfeit Kit:

On the right-hand side you will see a Flower PP. That, and the 2 "cut-apart" papers underneath it were also bought at "Tuesday Morning" yesterday. They are from a huge Amy Tangerine Paper Pad I bought for only $6.99!

And as I'm sure you noticed, the "Eclectic" kit was only $5.99.

Yup, deals alright!

You want to know why they're so cheap? Because it's old product.

The "Eclectic" kit is from 2012 and the Amy Tangerine is from 2015.

I don't mind because TBH I miss a lot of the old style of my favorite manufacturers!

I saw some kits for sale that I have already owned, and that I loved, and almost bought them again...but then decided I should get some new (to-me) stuff.

I bought a 2011 Echo Park Christmas Kit ($5.99), some alphas and a few random embellishments as well.

Anyway, let me stop before this turns into a complete "Tuesday Morning" commercial, LOL

All the other papers are from my stash; isn't that Cat Unicorn paper adorable?! That's from Websters Pages

I also have Bella Blvd, Jillibean Soup, Doodlebug, and Crate Paper thrown into the mix!

The mug paper is also Amy Tangerine but it's not new.

Here are my embellishments:

The details:
I found a book printed paper in my stash to mimic the one in the kit.
I pulled out some wood embellishments. I don't even like wood embellishments but they're in the kit and having them in mine will push me to use them! BTW - the "&"s I didn't even know I had until I cleaned my scrap room!
Lots of Coffee and Animal themed items...including cat, dog, and coffee washi tapes
I pulled out my current favorite Gold Alphas, trying to use those up, yet not... (cuz I love them, LOL)
I pulled out 4 stamp sets - Alphas (never been used), Animals (only 1 has been used), Food, and a random fun one with popular Instagram Hashtags like "Taco Tuesday" and "Sunday Funday" (next to the alphas)
A few random enamel shapes and puffy stickers (puffy stickers are Heidi Swapp and are from "Tuesday Morning" also)
A set of rub-ons that are so old I don't even know if they are going to work!
A date stamp
A few other alpha stickers
My Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher
Word Stickers
Random Project Life (like) cards
Journaling Labels
and of course all of my circle making items


Finally -
Not pictured:
-Cardstock in Black, White, Neutral AKA: Beige/Kraft
-Project Life App
-(1) 12x12 Piggy PP that I forgot to put in my paper stack ::doh::!!

I absolutely love my kit, it's one of my faves so far!
Can't wait to get started.

BTW - cast your vote below if you think I "cheated" or not, LOL
(I truly won't get upset if you think I did ::wink::)

11/02/18 - "Penguin Luv"

Hello!
Happy Friday, or Saturday, when you will (probably) actually see this post!

Did I tell you I recently cleaned and reorganized my scrap room?
I know I mentioned it on Instagram but IDK if I did so here...
BTW if you want to check out my Insta, my user name is Mrs_David_Vasquez

Anyway, as I was saying I cleaned and reorganized my scrap room and I am very happy I did... it is easier to find/access my stuff which means it's easier to scrap, yay!
Speaking of "find"ing, I found an old photo of my daughter, and just had to scrap it!

"Penguin Luv"

 

Journaling: Madison went through a huge penguin phase. Here she is wearing the slippers she received for Christmas. I think this may be the only photo I have of her "Penguin Phase", Bummer!'

 

 

As the journaling says, my daughter went through a Penguin Phase. She was obsessed w/ them! And as I also mentioned, I don't think I have any photos of that phase except this one. I'm really bummed about that, that's why even though this may not be the greatest photo (what is she even eating/drinking?!) it was important to me that I scrap it.

 

Do you have any "photo regrets"?

Let me know in the comments

 

BTW - my daughter is now, and has been for many years, a huge fan of pigs. Good thing we hadn't bought her a Penguin ::wink:: (for those who don't know, we have a pet pig)!

 

- I am entering this in the "Any Holiday" Challenge over at the Hiding in my Craft Room Blog.

 

Most of the products here are Echo Park and Studio Calico.

 



Thanks for your visit!

10/21/18 - CKC October/ Projects #3 and #4

Hi there!

2 more projects from my Counterfeit Challenge Blog October kit

(projects #3 and #4)

 

 

My first page is a 12x12 Traditional Layout

 

  

"Void"

Journaling: "Void: a Star Wars themed Virtual Reality experience. David really wanted to try it! I was afraid to try it because I'm not any good at video games but it was a lot of fun!"

This is part of my 4 page spread covering our visit to Vegas this past July; this is page 3 of 4.

My favorite things about this layout:
1) the color scheme...
2) the cluster of embellishments around the bottom photo
3) the inclusion of our bracelets... I'm trying to remember to save and include ephemera in my layouts more often

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My second project is a 2-page Travelers Notebook layout for my Pet Themed album.

"Hello Happy"

Journaling: "Hamlet enjoying a yummy apple. Nobody tell him what usually happens to pigs who get whole apples. 03.31.17"

I'm also entering this layout into the "Dotty About Dots" Challenge  over at The Studio Challenge blog seeing as both my PPs have dots on them!

All of the paper pieces on the TN Spread are scraps, including the "Hello Happy" which is from a cut-apart paper that I had already cut into.
That sticker border under the photo is a scrap also.
In my "Void" layout you will see a green butterfly and a circle word sticker: "cherish" (and the other half of the border sticker).
Those came from the same sticker sheet that I got the border sticker from...and it is an old sticker sheet that I bought in May 2016.
So glad I included it in my kit this month!

For having such a shaky start to this month, I feel like I'm accomplishing a lot w/ my kit!

10/15/18 - "Use Your Stuff" Challenge #334

Today is the start of a new week (well I guess technically yesterday was) and a new challenge is up at "Use Your Stuff" .

The challenge this week is enamel dots.

IDK about you but I love enamel dots!!

I actually use them quite often.

 

This is how I used them for this challenge:

"Project Life Week 32"

A collage style Project Life Page that includes 6 Enamel Dots.

This is the week I found out that Starbucks was no longer serving their "Skinny-Recipe" drinks.
Hence the "that totally stinks" Simple Stories sticker.

Did you notice I used 3 different patterned washi tapes?
Each matches the topic of the photo I placed it on.
Which is awesome because I have so much washi I need to use!

For those who are new to my blog:
- The food is my August Box from my monthly subscription to Snack Nation. I receive a box of 6 snacks each month for $1 (+2.99 S&H)… so 6 snacks for $3.99.
Each month's box is different and I have tried a lot of new food items because of this; lots of new food items I have absolutely loved! Also I have priced a lot of the food items in stores and let me tell you I am getting a great deal! December will be my 1 year anniversary w/ them.

-Book 17 refers to the amount of books I've read this year...
My goal is 25.
I am currently reading book #20...so close!


BTW  - Much like my Project Life Layouts are not necessarily created in order, neither is my sharing of those pages...
so stay tuned for Project Life Pages for weeks prior to this one!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you'll play along!

10/13/18 - CKC October / Projects #1 and #2

My first 2 Projects using my October Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog kit

 

Both are 12x12 Traditional Pocket Pages:

 

 

 

"Happy 16th Anniversary"

This is about our dinner out at "Pasiano's Italian Restaurant" at the Pechanga Casino in Temecula last year for our anniversary.

This was our first visit to both.

(This was BEFORE I became a vegetarian and when I had blonde hair)

 

That Green Heart paper is from Nikki SIvils and has been in my stash for a long time!

Glad to have found a place for it... and I still have scraps of it to use since I only used a portion of it for the pocket.

I really like using papers for my pockets! 

 

And yes I realize I spelled "anniversary" wrong … LOL

Luckily it's just stickers so I can fix it!

 

 

 



"Truly Madly Sweetly"

Also a first for us: a visit to the "Truly, Madly, Sweetly" Bakery in the Temecula Mall.
We had spent the night in Temecula and visited this place the next day.
My husband loves ice-cream and I love... EVERYTHING else, LOL
so we ordered a few different items and shared them because, "sharing is caring"
::wink::

Another old item/items I want to highlight is that "SWEET" PL card, which has been in my stash...probably since Project Life became "a thing"! The heart is cut out of a PL Card from the same set.


And just for fun-sies let me share  a layout I created last year about this same night...
-some of you may have seen it already -
*NOT created w/ my Counterfeit Kit*

 

Not a bad start I think.

I've been feeling a bit more productive, and like myself lately... ::crossing my fingers:: it continues!



10/10/18 - CKC October Kit Reveal

October has been a rough month for me so far!
Nothing specifically bad, I just can't seem to focus...
I'm thinking it was that darn vacation...LOL

Hopefully, it's just temporary as my brain tends to do that every once in a while, a huge side effect from be a sufferer of both depression and anxiety #TruthBomb

Anyway, because of my lack of focus I am a bit behind in getting my Counterfeit Challenge Blog Kit put together for the month.
I like to have it done by the first weekend of the month so I can get scrappin'



Here is the inspiration:

And this is what I came up with (you may recognize some of this stuff from last month):

What I pulled from the inspiration:

- Papers (14 total)

• Flowers

I have 2 flower paper: white BG with large colorful flowers and dark blue BG with small red, light blue, white, and yellow flowers (top row, far right)

• Pink

I have 2 of those: one with stars and one, a darker shade of pink, with polka dots

• Green

Mine has brown hearts on it

• Words

I have 2 of those: one Fall Themed and one Colorful/Everyday themed (the emoji paper)

• Stripes

The Green/Yellow/White Paper - could also fall into the Green Category

• Cut Aparts  

I have 2 sets: a Fall Themed set and Colorful/ Everyday set

• Colorful Multiple Patterned BGs

Everything else, LOL

BTW - I was going to include a wood grain but forgot ::DOH::!


- Embellishments:

• Black and White (square/rectangle) medium and small Letter Stickers
• Word Phrases - though mine are black
• Frames
• PL Cards - to mimic the words w/in the frames embellishments
• Lots of brown
• Buttons - to mimic the sequins because I cannot work w/ sequins, LOL

What I added to play w/:

• A few sheets of misc, partly used, embellishments and alphas - gotta use that stash!
• Scraps - always try to include some of these
• Gold Thickers - cuz currently obsessed
• Washi - because I have so much I need to use
• Cat, Dog, Pig papers and embellishments - cuz, you know, fur-babies/hair-kid ::wink::

-1 is a cut-apart, most are colorful

• 1 Brand New un-opened package of MAMBI stickers -I want to see how much of it I can use
• Date Stamp and Ink
• Black Mist - I always try to use it but never do...maybe this month will be the month ::crosses fingers::

Added Essentials (though I didn't photograph them):

• Black, White and Kraft card stock
• Black Sharpie
• White Gel Pen
• Circle Punch and Template
• File Labels - for journaling
• Adhesive
• The Project Life App

My goal was to mimic the colorfulness of the inspiration kit but also bring in a few darker colors and embellishments because if the fact that it's currently Fall (hence Fall-ish papers and embellishments). I will probably use up a lot of those colorful items but I wanted to have a bit of wiggle room...

BTW - sorry about the bad photos.
The lighting was bad but I knew if I didn't take the photos while I had everything out, I would procrastinate in taking the photos...
I think the only things I do not like about playing along w/ this challenge is trying to get good photos of my kit and having to put away whatever I don't use after the fact, LOL

09/25/28 - CKC September / Project #6

This is my 6th and final project for the September Edition of the Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog.

I will be going on vacation soon and will not have time to scrap any more for this challenge (if any).

I made 7 last month so w/ one week to spare before the end, I feel like I did pretty good creating 6 layouts this month!

 

This is a 2 pager in my "Food Themed" Travelers Notebook.

It contains lots of journaling!

 

 

"Rolled Ice Cream"

"July 29th, 2018 -
David and I tried rolled ice cream for the first time... and I loved it!
This one is "The Chocolate Monster": Chocolate Cake, Nutella, and Kit Kat - Number 9 on the menu at "The Roll Ice Cream" in Huntington Beach.
I loved the flavor and the texture; the fact that you could chew it a bit before it actually started to melt.
I wasn't a fan of the price though: $7.99!*
IDK if that's the going price or if it's because it's by the beach but yikes!
Anyway, something I would definitely have again, just not very often.

What Is Rolled Ice Cream?

Choose your ice cream and add-ins.  The liquid ice cream is added to an anti-griddle that chills anything  that touches it to (-)4 degrees farenheit. The toppings are then mashed in and just as it all begins to freeze, it's spread into thin layer which is then rolled up and added to a cup. More toppings can be added on top.
Originated in Thailand."

The description of how rolled ice cream is made was paraphrased from an online article; shortened/re-phrased in a few places to help make it fit in my condensed space.

*TBF - the price includes unlimited toppings.
But you wouldn't be able to tell by mine because I kept my toppings minimal...
as a person who suffers from anxiety, when I have too many choices I panic and wind up choosing...nothing, LOL



Coincidentally my very first counterfeit challenge layout for this month included a photo of this ice cream also:

As much as I loved this layout, I felt like I wanted to explain more of what exactly rolled ice cream was, especially after I had a lot of inquiries.
So, I printed another copy of the photo, yes I scrapped the same photo twice, and added a few bits and pieces from my kit, some doodling, and a whole lot of journaling!

BTW - if you recall I was contemplating replacing the "mangled" sticker on my 12x12 layout...
I wound up doing it... it just bugged me WAY too much!
The rest of the stickers will be used so it's not exactly like I wasted money.
Besides, my sanity is priceless, LOL

09/23/18 - September "Ugly Paper" Challenge

I skipped August, and I don't think I posted July...

I will have to check and if not, post later..

But today I bring you my creation for the "Ugly Games" challenge for September 2018.

 

 

A re-cap of the rules:

 

1. After signing up, the host gives your name and address to another participant

2. The other participant sends you 2 "ugly" papers and at least one ugly embellishment

3. You MUST use both papers; the embellishment(s) is optional

4. You are allowed to use other items as well, as long as the 2 "ugly" papers are included in the layout

5. You are allowed to alter the papers and, if used, the embellishment(s) but they must still be recognizable  

 

 

Uglies:

 

 

 

 

 

My   

12x12

Traditional Layout

 

"Love Is Love"

 Journaling:
"As long as my kids are happy, I'm happy and Joseph is VERY happy right now!"

My son, Joseph, is the one w/ the glasses.
This is him w/ his fiancée
I stole the photos from his Instagram Stories, LOL

The wedding is in May 2019.

Ugly Papers are the BG and the blue flowered paper and the ugly embellishment I used, out of the 3 given to me, is the "Patriotic Top Hat".

I used the top hat for 2 reasons:
1 - Matches my son's Captain America shirt, which BTW was a total coincidence; I didn't even notice he was wearing it until I printed the photo!
2 - Same Sex Marriage is legal in the USA

TFSB

09/21/18 - CKC September / Project #5

Hello,

Just dropping by to share my latest:

a page I made w/ my September "Counterfeit Kit Challenge" blog kit.

 

Before I do, some background...

I have Food-Themed Traveler's Notebook (no big surprise there, right?! LOL)

And it's been a while since I created anything in it.

I pulled it out a couple of nights ago to add to it and as I flipped through previously completed pages I was not liking what I saw.

Oh, I still loved the pages I created! But what I didn't like was the blank pages that proceeded/followed them. For the most part I create 1 page layouts in my journals.

I rarely fill in the other side unless the theme (w/in the theme) corresponds well w/ the other page.

And generally I'm perfectly okay w/ the look of it.

 

 

But this time,  flipping through my journal, I felt like the blank page made the book look empty, even...ugly.

So, using my counterfeit kit, I spruced up the other side.

 

Take a look:

Before

After

All of the items on the left-hand side are from my kit and since it is the only page I created this go-round it still counts for the counterfeit challenge.
Also because it references a "Fall-Themed" food it counts for their current challenge:
- "Do a project about Fall -Anything Fall related - leaves, apples, cold weather and so on"

BTW the "Forever Autumn " was 2 separate stickers.
The word "Friends" proceeded "Forever" but since I don't have any friends, I cut it off, LOL
And since I was eating a Pumpkin Spice dessert in March what I changed the phrase into was perfect!
Oh, and just a reminder of my kit name, in case you forgot: "You Had Me at Pumpkin Spice"! ::wink::

TFSB!
And feel free to let me know if you've ever done something similar...
(Added to an old layout).

09/15/18 - CKC September / Projects #3 & #4 and Use Your Stuff

I have already shared 2 layouts made from my September 2018 Counterfeit Kit (as inspired by the Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog)...

and I am happy to share... 2 more!

I created these this past week.

Both are Traditional 12x12 Layouts:

"Saved"

Journaling: "Starbucks almost ruined my Fall when they got rid of their "light" menu; no PSL for me...until this:

-Grande - Blonde Americano

- 2 Pumps Pumpkin Sauce

- Splash of Almond Milk

and -1 Sweet - N- Low

A substitute recipe suggested by my co-worker. Just as tasty and saved me 145 calories and $1.40

-YAY- "

 I didn't name my counterfeit kit "You Had Me at Pumpkin Spice"; for nothing, LOL

Back Story: Starbucks got rid of their ready-made light recipe line of drinks, both hot and cold …

so I thought it would be no Pumpkin Spice Lattes or Pumpkin Spice Frappuccinos for me this year, since I ONLY drink light... but then my co-worker shared how she orders her drink and "saved Fall" for me!

See, I'm not good at recipes in any shape or form (LOL) so I really thought I was going to have to do w/out! I'm so glad that's not the case...though I still need to figure out a Frappuccino alternative.

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This second layout was also created from my Counterfeit Kit and is Pet Themed so I am entering it in the current challenge over at the "Use Your Stuff" Blog since their challenge this week is Animals!

As an animal lover and fur-mama, the challenge was right up my alley!

"Trying"

Journaling: "Trying to organize my scrap book albums...trying ::eye roll:: "

Our cat Panini decided to plant herself on one of my albums while I was organizing...
cuz Cats Are Jerks, LOL

- The Title Alphas are actually Gold -

I really, really, REALLY, love this layout!

I think a lot of it has to do w/ brown being my favorite color...

Of course the cute subject doesn't hurt! :0)

Thanks for stopping by!

Hope you're having a great weekend so far!

09/13/18 - Another PL Catch-Up Post (Weeks 25 - 29)

Hi...

Project Bomb!

 

Just sharing some more Project Life Pages

 

- Week 25

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- I shared week 26 in a previous post:

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- Week 27

-Remember I told you I intermingle PL w/ Regular Layouts?

My  previously shared "July 4th"  and "Chunky Dunk" layouts are also part of this week:

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- I shared week 28 in a previous post:

 

This week includes a few Vegas Layouts also, 2 of which I have created and previously shared and 2 that I have not yet created:

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Week 29

 

 

Sorry if this is too much but I thought you might like to see how it is going to look in my album w/ the mixture of different types of layouts!

If you haven't already figured out the LARGE photos are of layouts I'm sharing for the first time and the SMALL photos are of layouts I have already shared previously. 

I am enjoying this PL journey... but I am behind, both in creating and sharing.
Not giving up on either though!
I think a lot of my PL Pages will be digital since it's something I can do on my phone an it allows me to include lots of journaling which is something I struggle w/ on traditional layouts.
I also like the cleaner look of them.
I spruce them up w/ stamping (sometimes) and stickers & doodling (all the time) so I'm still getting in some hands-on creativity and it gives the layouts a more personal feel.

 

BTW - Pretty sure all the future generations are going to think all I did was eat, LMAO!