Project Life 2013, Week 28

Week 28: July 7 - July 13, 2013:

Backing up again - sorry for posting these layouts in such a random order!

This was a fun week around here. Dean was at Art Camp at the Hui again, we celebrated Joel's 31st birthday (yes, I'm a cougar! LOL), and we enjoyed a few fun crafty / artsy projects at home together.

I used cards from my Seafoam core kit, which has been standard for me every single week this year - it really has been my "core" for 2013 - and added cards from Studio Calico's Project Life kit as well as cards from the Jade core kit and a printable from Emily Merritt's Check The Box Summer Edition kit.   You'll also see that fun striped label stamp from Reverse Confetti's Arrows 'n Elements stamp set as well as a fun circle tag from the Real Life Miscellany Tags by Evalicious.

One thing I love about Project Life is that it gives me a place to keep some of the cute little things Dean draws and creates. That yellow cat? It was part of a bigger drawing that I just trimmed down and slipped right into the pocket. I also love taking photos of some of his larger artwork, like the water balloon dart painting canvas that's in the bottom right photo. These will be so fun to look back on in 20 years!

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: 6 to 1
 Ratio of Galaxy S4 Phone Photos to "real camera" photos: 7 to 0

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

Project Life 2013 Week 35 - Reverse Confetti September Release Blog Hop

Project Life 2013 Week 35 - Aug 25 - Aug 31, 2013:

Hello September and Hello REVERSE CONFETTI Fans!  I'm so excited to be hopping along again with the Reverse Confetti Design Team and Special Guests in this month's New Release Blog Hop from Reverse Confetti! I received the Count Your Rainbows stamp set to play with this month and at the time of this post I've already placed my order for the Forever Fall, Lighthearted Letters, and Spooky Sentiments sets - all of which I think will work perfectly in my fall (and some other times) Project Life layouts! As usual for me with these Blog Hops, I'm sharing another Project Life layout - I'm loving how easy it is to incorporate the RC stamps into my weekly PL spreads. (To see other examples of how I've used the Reverse Confetti stamps in my Project Life album, see THIS POST and THIS POST). 

The hop started over on the Reverse Confetti Blog and you should have made it here from the amazing Heather Pulvirenti'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 all of Reverse Confetti's new stamp sets!

For my layout, I used the previously mentioned Count your Rainbows set along with my old fave Arrows 'n Elements. Here are a few more photos of both sides of the layout so you can see how I combined these two stamp sets:

Of note, I also used some fun new Back to School printables (School Time and Graded) by Emily Merritt, which coordinated perfectly with the pictures from Open House at Dean's school. And in case it isn't obvious, I used the numbers from the Count your Rainbows stamp set to number a few of the photos and then created a sort of "Week in Review" card (below) to explain the details of these particular photos. I'll definitely be using this set again in the future for this! The arrows used throughout the layout as well as the "awesome" and "oh, hello" sentiments are from the Arrows 'n Elements set. (Don't worry PLers - I've already been bugging Jen to create a follow-up to this set with similar sentiments and element stamps!!).

You can also see another example of how well so many of the RC stamp sets coordinate for use in Project Life on this 4x6 card about Joel's new adventure into Grad School. I combined some element stamps from the Arrows 'n Elements set with sentiments from the Count your Rainbows set. And yes, I really did make my husband pose like that for a "First Day of Grad School" photo using the same chalkboard we use every year for Dean's First Day of School photos!! He's such a good sport...

And for those of you interested, here are graphics of the complete stamp sets I used on this week's layouts. Remember, the Count your Rainbows set is just 1 of FIVE new stamp sets releasing today - you'll definitely want to check out the other sets!

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 Crawford'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.

A few things before you hop along though, just to keep you "in the know"...

SKETCH FOR YOU TO TRY (SFYTT) - Play along each month for your chance to win the ENTIRE NEXT RELEASE and to be invited to play along with the Confetti Crew as they sneak peek and hop with all the new stamps. Click HERE for more details and link list.

'FETTI FINDS - Link your Reverse Confetti creations to the link list posted on the Reverse Confetti blog each Monday (Note: Reverse Confetti stamps are required for 'Fetti Finds.) A 'Fetti Fave will be announced on the Reverse Confetti Blog from that month's entries. The 'Fetti Fave will receive the ENTIRE NEXT STAMP RELEASE and be invited to play along with the Confetti Crew as we sneak peek and hop with all the new stamps. Click HERE for more details and link list.

Celebrate the creative side of you!

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And now for 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: 6 to 1 (and 1 image downloaded from the internet)
Ratio of Galaxy S4 Phone Photos to "real camera" photos: 7 to 0
I will be sharing a link to this post on The Mom Creative blog.

Project Life 2013, Week 26

I can't believe it's been nearly a month since I blogged! August was just crazy around here. My MIL was here for most of the month reupholstering our living room furniture - it turned out great and I love it, but the process was a big mess for several weeks and sort of turned life upside down (I didn't realize how hard it is to live without furniture!). My son also started school (2nd grade!), I have big changes happening at work (we're moving into a new clinic in a few weeks), and my husband Joel also started back to school (grad school to get his Master's in Social Work) - so August seemed like one big adjustment period for all of us! Things finally seem to be settling down. I'm VERY proud of the fact that even in the midst of all the craziness, I somehow managed to stay caught up on Project Life!! YAY! So, let's see if I ever manage to catch up on sharing my layouts here on the blog...

Week 26: June 23 - June 29, 2013

What was happening this week: One of my good friends from high school, Alanna, who I hadn't seen in like 15 years!!, came to visit for a week with her sweet family. They stayed at my Mom's house in Kihei while my Mom was vacationing on the mainland. I took off work the week they were here and we had so much fun playing tourists. It was awesome seeing our boys interact and getting to know each other's husbands in real life (Facebook doesn't seem like "real life", ya know?). I really can't put into words how GOOD this week was - every bit of it. 

I used a little bit of the Midnight Core kit and the Jade Core kit by Becky Higgins in this layout as well as lots of bits and pieces from Elle's Studio.  That "Hello Vacation!" card is from the Saltwater Journal Tags collection, which I've just about completely used up. I also used a bunch of white Micro Monogram stickers throughout the layout.

The right side of the layout is really more of the same - photos of our Staycation adventures with Alanna's family, lots of Elle's Studio goodies.

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: 6 to 0 (plus 2 taken by Alanna, 1 taken by Alanna's son Micah, 1 taken by Alanna's husband Curtis, and 1 taken by a stranger at the spa)
 Ratio of Galaxy S3 Phone Photos to "real camera" photos: 9 to 2

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