12/26/18 - 2018 Project Life/Weeks 43 and 44

For the day after Christmas I thought it would be appropriate to share some Halloween layouts...

Okay, not really appropriate but it is where I left off on my Project Life Journey, so here we go:

 

 

A Traditional Pocket Page

-PL Week 43-

 

Documented:
-- Watched the New Halloween
-- Another yummy dessert made by my husband
Journaling:
"My husband surprised me w/ these homemade Pumpkin Spice Mousse desserts. My daughter likes them too; darn!"
-- A yummy Plant Based lunch I meal prepped for work
Journaling:
"Vegetarian Eating doesn't have to be boring:
 >Beyond Meat Feisty Crumbles
 >Sun Vista Jalapeno Pinto Beans
 >Chipotle Rice-a-Roni
 >Asian Style Mixed Vegetables"



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This was also my Birthday Week and I have a separate layout w/ the photos of/pertaining to my birthday.
Traditional/Hybrid Layout using the Project Life App w/ real life embellishing:

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And here is week 44, also a Traditional Pocket Page...
This is the back of the Week 43 page:

As you can see, learning how to do the "film-strip" style print came in handy!


Documented:
-- I cleaned and reorganized my scrap room
-- Halloween Selfie
Journaling: "When you want to be professional at work and celebrate Halloween"
-- "Mom Bite" - if you don't know what this is look at this previous shared layout***
-- Funny Pig Meme
-- Move over Pumpkin Spice, the Christmas Flavors are here!

***check out the top 2 middle boxes

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!

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!



10/08/18 - "Use Your Stuff" Challenge #333

My first DT Project for the "Use Your Stuff" blog!

The theme this week is: "Autumn/Halloween"...

   pretty easy huh?!

The challenge is live now...

     so stop on by and play along!

Use Your Stuff Blog

Here's what I was inspired to create, going more in the "Halloween" direction:

"Halloween Horror Nights"

A Pocket Page of my husband and daughter at Universal Studios Hollywood Horror Nights, last month.

Journaling:
"David and Madison went to Universal Horror Nights. I stayed home because I don't like being scared! They had a blast! Their favorite part was the 'Poltergeist' Maze.
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"It was Madison's 1st time so we splurged for front of the line passes"
-Sept 21, 2018

I had a lot of fun mixing up different types of embellishments, including actual ephemera from that night: the yellow wrist band and the title, which was cut out of the brochure.
I was going for a collage effect w/ my Title pocket.
Besides the ephemera, I added this to the Title card:

• a piece of washi
• a button
• a chipboard sticker
• a (date) stamp
• alphas
• a "day-of-the-week" post-it / came from a pack I bought at the $1 spot at Target
• a see-thru/orange self-adhesive enamel circle
• and a furry 3-D self-adhesive spider embellishment.

I added 2 more of those enamel circles and spiders to the lower half of my layout to create a visual triangle.
Most of the items on this layout have been in my stash for many years...but the winner of the "Oldest Item Award" goes to that polka-dot PP;  it's older than my (16-year-old) daughter!!

I absolutely love this page!
And the seal of approval came from my husband in the form of this comment: "Very Festive!"
LOL
I don't have a lot of Halloween-type embellishments or papers so it was a huge compliment, even though he didn't know it! ::wink::

07/14/18 -PL Catch-up Post (Kinda)

It's been a while...

I've been scrapping up a storm but haven't been feeling the blogger vibes. Truthfully my blog doesn't get a lot of attention, and honestly I'm okay w/ it...

but it's stands to reason why I would not want to spend much time on it...

especially when I share my projects on other platforms:

Instagram and SB.com for example.

There has actually been some discussion of this on IG now that IG offers You Tube style video uploads.

I think that unless your super popular, Blogs are pretty much going by the way-side.

 

Anyway, here's a bit of catch-up, though just Project Life Related.

 

Last PL spread I shared was Week 18, so here are:

19, 20, and 21

 

Though I technically have completed all the way up to Week 24.

I'll share those and some of my Traditional/Non PL pages on other posts.

 

 

 

 Week 19

Traditional/Digital Hybrid

Journaling done on PL App directly on photo before printing it out

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 20 

Traditional/Digital Hybrid

Journaling done on PL App directly on photo before printing it out

 

 

Week 21/Page 1

Traditional

Week 21 

Traditional/Digital Hybrid

Journaling done on PL App directly on photo before printing it out

 

 

 

I'm still enjoying the process and finding ways to change it up so that it's not the same look over and over again...cuz otherwise, I'll get bored, LOL

 

TFL!

 

 

05/31/18 - "Capture" and More About my PL Journey

 

Not all my Project Life Pages are "Pocket Pages"

or even "Digital Pocket Pages";

some of them are Traditional Pages.

 

When I first started Project Life I was having trouble deciding how I wanted to do it but just dove in thinking I would (hopefully) find my rhythm as I went...

It took a bit longer than I thought it would, and mistakes... (LOTS of mistakes!) but I think I'm finally about there (but don't quote me on that)!

One thing I did learn early on is that I needed to mix it up..

mixing it up would keep me from getting bored and hopefully encourage me to

ACTUALLY FINISH A PROJECT!

As the self-professed "Queen of Unfinished Projects" this is a big deal to me,

which is where the Traditional Pages come in.

 

Here is a recent layout I created that, just by looking at it, by itself, would not seem like a Project Life layout...

and it's not, not in the way people think of Project Life.

 

But I'm making it a "Project Life" layout because it's chronologically inserted in the album right before/during/after the correct week the date of the layout falls into.

 

 

"Capture: Man's Best Friend"

Let me show you what I mean.
If you flip through my album this is what you'll see:

 

 

"Capture: Man's Best Friend" - 04/09/18

 

 

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"Life is Ruff Ruff" - 04/12/18
(PREVIOUSLY SHARED)

 

*the 2 traditional layouts are back-to-back *

 

 

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"Week 15 (04/08/18 - 04/14/18)"

(PREVOUSLY SHARED)

 

 

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"Week 16 (04/15/18 - 04/21/18)"

(PREVOUSLY SHARED)

As you can see the 2 Traditional Layouts would fall into the Project Life Week #15, the Pocket Page that comes directly after them in the album.
Doing it this way keeps everything fairly chronological while still allowing me room for extra photos that didn't fit into the pocket page and/or that I want to showcase separately, and allowing me to be a little more creative.
I never want to stop doing Traditional Pages, but I do like having a mix of other types in my albums; hence the Pocket Pages, Digital Pages, and Travelers Notebook pages.


When I started Project Life I binged watched You Tube Project Life Process videos.
I discovered that the overall idea of Project Life is the same, but there are so many different ways to do it; it's not so "by the book".
And one particular channel I watch, when I commented that I love Project Life but it seems like it's going to be a lot of work, the artist had given me the advice to "keep it simple in whatever way that means to you".
In other words there are no rules, much like general Scrapbooking.

05/27/18 - Project Life Weeks #15 and #16

2 More pages for my 2018 Project Life

 

Both are

12x12

Traditional Pocket Pages

 

I like the way these came out.

Now that I have identified some of the problems I have w/ Project Life I feel a bit more "in the zone"!

I hope it continues.

*Read my previous blog post for my "dislikes" about Project Life*

 

Week 15

 

Journaling (PL Card):

"Our friend/neighbor Heather had a birthday.

David baked her coconut vanilla cupcakes and made alcoholic gummy bears and Birthday cake shots (in the jar). 04/14/18"

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"Panera brings back my favorite Seasonal Salad:
Strawberry Poppy Seed Chicken.

I also tried a Peach Blueberry Almond Milk Smoothie. 04/09/18"

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(For those who doubt that I actually do eat "healthy" foods, LOL
BTW I am working on creating a TN page going into more detail about the salad. For those who want to know more about it, stay tuned!)
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Journaling (pancake photo):
"That moment when you can make more than 1 pancake at a time!
Using my griddle for the 1st time (a month and 1/2 after buying it) 04/14/18"

Other highlights:
>> Finished book 7 of my 25 book reading goal for 2018
>> Photos of my fur-baby, Spotty
(Still loving being outside despite his limitations)
>> Received my April Monthly Snack Nation $1 Snack Box

 

 

Week 16

 

Journaling (on cereal photo):

"Being a Food Hoarder means Pumpkin Spice in April"

 

Journaling (under Spotty's photo):

"THIS PHOTO represents our new normal"

 

Other highlights:

>> Spotty's Arthritis Meds
>> Bought "The Greatest Showman" on Blu-Ray
>> Taco Tuesday
>> We went to the Riverside Tamale Festival

Still behind but also still chugging along!

 

"Taco Tuesday" stamp from Kelly Purkey: Kelly Purkey Shop/Fri-Yay Stamp Set

05/23/18 - PL Week 17

 

12x12

Digital Project Life Pages
done through the Project Life App

 

Did I mention I was doing Project Life?

If not, know you know! :0)

...
As I navigate this journey of my first year of Project Life I have found some things about it I don't like:

1) it can be time consuming, which means it's easy to fall behind

(And as you know I do not have a lot of free time these days!)

2) I have difficulty with the journaling aspect of it.
Seems like there is a lack of journaling space when telling all the different stories of all the different photos of the week.

That's where the PL App comes in handy:
1) can do it on my phone, any time, any where.
+ I don't have to worry about having my supplies on hand

2) W/ their new feature of "Freeform Text" I can journal directly on my photos!

I know what you're probably thinking... it doesn't allow me to use my own handwriting.

And I agree w/ the importance of using my own handwriting, but... I have used my own handwriting on PLENTY of other layouts, in fact it's my main way of journaling, so I think it's okay if there are a few layouts/projects I don't use it on.

BTW - another testament to it's quickness and convenience... I finished these but still have Week's #15 and #16, which I'm doing in Traditional Format, sitting unfinished on my scrappy table, LOL

It will never completely replace traditional but, I like that it helps me catch up/keep going and I like the look of digital mixed in w/ traditional.

 

 

 

Week 17 -PG 1

 

 Week 17 -PG 2

 

I just realized other than 1 Random Pocket Page,

I have not shared any of my PL pages here...

though I have done so on Instagram.

 

You know what that means...

Expect some TBT  (Throw Back Thursday) posts!

 

Just a heads up as I get more used the Project Life, I can tell you right now some of my older pages I'm not as happy with...

But it's a learning process!

::shrugs::

04/11/18 - St Pattys / Christmas in January

2 different types of layouts

2 different years

2 different holidays

 

Both created this month:

 

 

12x12 Pocket Page w/ (1) digital PL card printed from the PL App: "So Much Fun"

 

"California Irish Festival"

(click to enlarge and read journaling)

 

I've gotten into pocket pages this year and I'm really loving them!
I also am learning new techniques as I get used to the format and I'm finding THAT fun.

I'll definitely be sharing more, even going back to my earlier ones... eventually.

Also - I've gotten into stamping...
Most stamps on this page are from Kelley Purkey.

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12x12 Traditional Scrapbook Page
(Yes, the large circle is supposed to fall off the page)

"Whoville Xmas Time Celebration"

- Date 01/24/16

I'm hosting an Amusement Park Challenge and a Christmas Past challenge over at SB.com; this satisfies both the challenges.

Thanks for stopping by...
Hope all is well!