Project Life 2013 - Week 25

Hi there! Just a quick post tonight between power outages - we're braving the remnants of Tropical Storm Flossie here on Maui and have had tons of rain, wind, and lots of lightning and thunder - all of which combine to mean our power has been in and out for the last several hours. Luckily, the storm has been weakening for most of the day and although Maui took a pretty direct hit, it wasn't nearly as bad as everyone predicted so I don't think we'll wake up to too much trouble around here tomorrow. Although there's bound to be a lot of flooding (thanks to our terrain) and it was a bit of a pain for my MIL's flight from the mainland to get cancelled today (she was due to arrive for a nice long visit), it definitely could have been worse!

So moving right along to share my Week 25 layout - June 16 - June 22, 2013:

I used a mix of Seafoam and Jade Core Kits as well as my standard Emily Merritt Printables and a few goodies from Studio Calico. Pretty typical. 

On the left side of the layout, I used Emily's Hashtags No. 1 as well as some tags / labels from her Summer Play collection. I also used one of my favorite Atlantic Arrows / Chevrons Cork Stickers from Studio Calico.

On the right side, I used a few different printable cards from Emily's Water Play kit as well as more tags / labels from her Summer Play collection. I added a tag from a new neon pink shirt I bought at the Gap that week - ya know, since Neon is making a comeback. ;-) I liked that the tag said both "Neon Dye" and "Summer '13". Journaling done.

Quick and easy.

And now some stats, because I think it's fun when Elise Cripe does this, so I thought I'd start as well:

Ratio of photos taken by Jen to photos taken by Joel: 7 to 2 
Ratio of Galaxy S3 Phone Photos to "real camera" photos: 9 to 0 (I should really just stop doing this one because I hardly ever pull out my "real camera").

I will be sharing a link to this post on The Mom Creative blog.

Project Life 2013 - Week 24

Aloha! Thank you so much for the sweet comments on my last post - it's great to know there are a few of you out there actually reading these posts! ha! And please, if you happen to stumble upon my blog and like what you see and you also blog your Project Life layouts, leave a comment with your blog address - I'm always on the lookout for inspiration!!

Ok, so moving right along to Week 24 - June 9 - June 15, 2013:

I really love this layout. I mixed and matched cards from the Seafoam, Jade, Midnight, and Honey kits along with LOTS of Emily Merritt printables this week. I also mixed in little embellishments and tags from Studio Calico and Elle's Studio here and there. Here's a look at the left side of the page:

That Sunday label on the top right 4x6 card with the 2 instagram photos from our Twin Falls hike is from the Days of the Week stamp set by Evalicious. Pretty much all of the printed 3x4 cards on both the left and right side of the layout are from the Hey There collection by Emily Merritt. And just because I think it's a really cute story (and you might not be able to read it), the journaling on that speech bubble card reads: "Joel was trying to explain the concept of ethnicity to Dean (b/c he seems convinced that Mario is Japanese". After, to gauge Dean's understanding, I asked him if he knew what his own ethnicity is. His answer, without hesitation: "English and Hawaiian". Yeah. I think we totally nailed that lesson."

The right side of the layout is more of the same really. I love the top right photo that I took of Dean's Andy Warhol-inspired portrait of Buckminster Fuller he created at his first week of Art Camp. We saved the original painting to frame, but simply taking a photo of it worked perfectly to include in Project Life!

Some stats, because I think it's fun when Elise Cripe does this, so I thought I'd start as well:

Ratio of photos taken by Jen to photos taken by Joel: 8 to 3  
Ratio of Galaxy S3 Phone Photos to "real camera" photos: 10 to 1

I will be sharing a link to this post on The Mom Creative blog.

Project Life 2013 - Week 23

Ok, backing up a few weeks to share my Week 23, which was the week of June 2 - June 8, 2013. (Just for the record, because I'm pretty excited about this, I'm actually totally caught up on my PL albums right now and have through Week 28 completed - I just find it much harder to stay caught up with blogging. Mostly because I'm not really sure anyone actually reads these posts?):

I used a little bit of my Studio Calico kit this week along with several printed goodies from Emily Merritt.

On that left side of the layout, those "sweet" and "summer" cards are from Emily Merritt's conveniently named Sweet Summer collection from One Story Down (so is the "I Love Summer" chalkboard card on the right side of the page).  I also added a few Elle's Studio bits and pieces to both sides of the layout.

On the right side of the page, that fun #momentscaptured hashtag card is from Emily Merritt's Hashtags No. 1 set of card (I'm loving all of her new hashtags card sets - she has another one at The Lilypad that is also adorable!!). I also used my Days of the Week stamp set from Evalicious on that Lazy Summer Day 4x6 card. I definitely don't use that stamp set enough!

And that's it. I'll try to share more layouts soon and get caught up with my blogging.  Please let me know what you think!

Some stats, because I think it's fun when Elise Cripe does this, so I thought I'd start as well:

Ratio of photos taken by Jen to photos taken by Joel: 10 to 2
Ratio of Galaxy S3 Phone Photos to "real camera" photos: 10 to 0

I will be sharing a link to this post on The Mom Creative blog.

Project Life 2013, Week 27 - Reverse Confetti Blog Hop

Hello REVERSE CONFETTI Fans! I was so excited when my friend Jen asked if I'd like to play along as a special guest for this month's new release! The wait is finally over, and it's time for another new release from your favorite new company!  That's right, it's time for Reverse Confetti's second release and it's even better than the first one.  Another 4 new stamp sets are being released TODAY!  We know you all are excited to see what's new, so start by hopping along with the Confetti Crew, along with some other special guests.

If you're one of my regular blog readers, I'm skipping ahead a few weeks in sharing my Project Life because today I'm participating in a special Blog Hop with the Reverse Confetti Design Team. I've been loving ALL of their stamps, but this new Arrows 'n Elements set in particular is absolutely PERFECT for Project Life!! Take a look at how I used it throughout my entire layout this week..

The hop started over on the Reverse Confetti blog, and you should have made it here from Heather's blog.  It would be worth your while to start at the beginning of the hop, so you don’t miss a thing.  We have tons of inspiration for you to see using Reverse Confetti’s second release of 4 brand new stamp sets!

Here's a look at that amazing Arrows 'n Elements stamp set that I used so much of this week (and I just know I'll be using throughout my Project Life layouts in weeks to come!). Today is Release Day, so that means this set, along with 3 other fun new stamp sets, are available NOW in the Reverse Confetti store:

And how about some closer looks at my layout? Week 27 covered last week (June 30-July 6), which was a busy week around here. One of my good friends from high school, Alanna, was here visiting (most of her trip fell during Week 26, which I'll be sharing in the near future) and the first few days of the week covered the end of her visit. Our kids had a blast at the beach together! Then mid-week Joel and Dean enjoyed a fun day at the pool.

You might notice that my date card is hand stamped this week with a fun background stamp - that stamp is also a Reverse Confetti stamp releasing today - Whole Lotta Dots. So fun to create that 4x6 date card myself! And that Arrows 'n Elements set is seriously so versatile. So many mix & match stamps and I had a blast creating a few 3x4 journal cards.

And here's a closer look at a few of the pockets where you can see how I used some of the other stamps. The sentiments fit perfectly into the striped rectangle, but I also used that rectangle as a little journal tag - something I never seem to have enough of! It's the PERFECT size to add to a corner of a 4x6 photo as you can see on that beautiful photo Alanna captured of a green sea turtle at Ho'okipa Beach Sunday afternoon. I also stamped directly onto that photo, something I've decided I don't do enough of. As you can see on my "just sayin'" 3x4 journal card, the striped flag-ended stamp is designed to align perfectly with the striped rectangle stamp, but it also looks super cute as an extra little embellishment (seen at the top left of the "pool time" 4x6 card).

The right side of the layout mostly covers the 4th of July. And it's mostly self-explanatory I think. The top right pocket holds a trimmed down piece of artwork my son Dean made for the 4th (that may or may not have been purposefully color-coordinated specifically for my PL layout. {wink}).

I mixed in a few cork circle stickers from Studio Calico as well as the printable "life is in session" card from Emily Merritt's True Statement Cards No. 1 (recolored). The Summer 2013 card on the left side of the layout is from Elle's Studio. I absolutely love how effortlessly this stamp set coordinated with all the other products I reach for when working on my Project Life layouts each week. It's definitely earned a permanent spot in my "go to" pile on my desk!

Thank you so much for stopping by today! I hope you’ve enjoyed hopping with us today.  Be sure and hop with the Confetti Crew on the 8th of EVERY MONTH for more REVERSE CONFETTI inspiration!  Now it’s time to hop on over to Kimberly's blog.  If you get lost along the way, you can find the hop order and list of all the participating designers over on the Reverse Confetti blog. Celebrate the creative side of you!

Some stats, because I think it's fun when Elise Cripe does this, so I thought I'd start as well:

Ratio of photos taken by Jen to photos taken by Joel: 4 to 3 (and 2 taken by my sweet friend Alanna Bird, 1 taken by my Mom)
Ratio of Galaxy S3 Phone Photos to "real camera" photos: 8 to 2
I will be sharing a link to this post on The Mom Creative blog.