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Garden in Bloom for PPA 267

I love how this turned out. I was inspired by a card created by one of the talented Stampin' Up! Artisan Design Team members Kaitlyn Zumbach. You can see her card here. 

I used the colors for this week's Pals Paper Arts Color Challenge. 

I was not certain how I would like the colors together. I think they went together beautifully.

I used watercolor paper and stamped the solid images for the flowers and the leaves. Then I spritzed it with water and allowed the color to bleed. Because I wanted to keep moving I blotted it with a paper towel and then using my heat gun fully dried the paper. 

Then I stamped the outline images of the flowers and leaves. The card came alive when I did that.

I finished it off with an image and sentiment from the Awesomely Artistic stamp set. It was cut out using a framelit from the Project Life Cards & Labels Framelits.

Have you tried this technique before? I would love to hear from you! Don't forget to stop over at the Pals Paper Arts site and see what the design team members did with these fun colors.

Michelle

Here are the products used for my project:

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On Sunday I talked about getting back into my desire to get back into memory keeping.  While I have traditionally done scrapbooking the last couple of years I have been intrigued by Project Life.  I was thrilled when Stamping' Up! added the Project Life lineup.  The PL cards coordinate with the SU color palette continuing their commitment to coordinating all the elements of their product line.  LOVE!

As I mentioned I am going back to the summer of 2012 to pick up where I left off.  The next event to capture was a trip John and I took to Quebec City.  It was a wonderful trip and the pictures captured all the fun and adventure.  It was great to relive this week.  Here are a few PL pages to capture some of the events.

This page is the first page and captures a few of the unique and beautiful images we experienced while in this very European city. 

We also did many adventurous excursions...a Tree-to-Tree obstacle course, ziplining and Via Ferrata. 

 

These are photos of me ziplining. Can you see the ledge I am standing on?  It is a leap of faith to just jump off and a great opportunity to scream with delight.  I need to add some journaling but I think the pictures truly tell the story.

When I first starting using Project Life pages I struggled believing I needed to resize the photos to fit in the pockets.  As you can see here I used four pockets for one photo.  I no longer feel bound by the pockets.  I used the Adventure Awaits and Amazing Birthday stamp sets here.  Perfect!

Are you inspired to start using Project Life by Stamping' Up yet?

Thanks for stopping by!

Michelle

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This is a tree in our front yard.  Each March these beautiful trees bloom across Southwest Florida.  The trees and flowers mark the changes in our seasons.  I hope Spring is around the corner for all our northern friends and family.

Recently, I have been missing my mojo for creating.  With a little reflection I realized I had strayed from what I love doing - capturing the moments of our lives through memory keeping.  Last weekend I pulled out my scrapbooks and project life pages and began creating.  I keep my books in chronological order so I needed to pick up back in the summer of 2012.  Yikes! I am behind.

I have a hard time limiting the photos on my pages especially when there are so many that capture the memories of the event.   As a result many pages don't have a lot of design work on them.  What I do like to do is journal.  When I go back to pages I did years ago my favorites are those where I told the story of the event.  The little details we forget are quickly remembered when reading the journaling.

So you will see me sharing some of my memory keeping along with cards and gift ideas.  I hope to continue to inspire you and your creative journey.

Michelle

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As I write this blog post I just said goodbye to Conor who is heading back to Gainesville.  Yesterday I took Pierce to the airport at the crack of dawn to head back to Chicago.  You might think this gets easier rather it seemed even harder.  Yep, I broke into ugly cries.  We had three great weeks together - we celebrated two birthday's (Christmas Even and New Year's Day) as well as Christmas and New Year's.  

I really wanted to be fully present while they were home.  As a result, I did not capture as many photos as I would have liked.  I did capture important pieces and have been working on my Project Life - Hello December album.  

I love this smaller album (6 x 8) and the Variety Pack Photo Pocket Pages provided a nice assortment of layouts. If you have not tried Project Life it is the perfect time to start.  The concept is to document not just those special occasions rather all the everyday moments that create our lives.  I love that concept.

While I am still working on journaling and adding embellishments to the pages I wanted to give you a bit of inspiration to get YOUR Project Life album going.

 

 

I began my album with Thanksgiving - isn't that when the holiday season begins?  I will add photos from our holiday parties as well.

 

 

 

Below I captured Conor's 21st birthday.  It was a fun evening.

 

 

 

 

 

Now for a few Christmas morning pages...

The process of capturing these memories reminds me of my many blessings.  While we each go back to our individual lives I have these memories to look back on again and again.

January is the perfect time to begin using Project Life by StampinUp (PLxSU) to capture the everyday.  I am pledging to make more of an effort to capture the everyday in 2015.  Won't you join me?

Michelle

Don't forget to stop by tomorrow for the launch of the Occasions Catalog and Sale-A-Bration event.

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