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March 23, 2015

Project Life by Stamping' Up - capturing the moments of our lives

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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Mar 23, 2015 5:00:00 AM | Project Life, Scrapbooking, Stampin' Up! Project Life

May 30, 2014

Excitement in the Air!

Today's post is simply personal. Yesterday John and I attened our very last Awards Ceremony at our sons' school, a total of 15 years has been spent at this school. It will feel odd to drive past in the Fall and realize we no longer have anyone attending.

It was a lovely ceremony recognizing the achievements of these talented young men and women. We were immensely proud of Pierce as he was recognized as a National Merit Scholarship Finalist and received an award for an essay he wrote analyzing John Steinbeck's East of Eden. The faculty commented in the presentation that this was not an assignment rather written out of his desire to explore the themes of the novel at a deeper level. Not bad for a Science and Math kid!

Today we prepare for Graduation with much excitement in the air. We are beaming with pride.

When your children are young people tell you the time goes by fast and enjoy each moment. At that time in your life, you are juggling so much you cannot imagine it going by fast, yet it does. I am so pleased to have captured the many moments of our lives through scrapbooking. As we flip the pages of the scrapbooks we see the rich tapestry we have woven as a family - priceless!

Today will mark the end of one chapter of our life and the next chapter begins. I look forward to watching the story continue to unfold. It has been amazing so far!

Have a wonderful day!

Michelle

May 30, 2014 8:17:05 AM | Celebrations, Congratulations, Scrapbooking, Stampin' Up! Project Life

May 29, 2014

Something Old and Something New

The Something Old is the Happy Congratulations stamp set from the Occasions catalog which will be retiring on June 2nd. This stamp set was not carried over to the annual catty. The Something new is the Moonlight Designer Series Paper Stack and the new In-Colors, Lost Lagoon and Hello Honey.

I used the Project Life framelits to create the rounded corner rectangle focal point. I love this framelit collection and it is clearly not just for Project Life!

I hope you are having a great week. I am off work for the rest of the week. My dad flies in today from Phoenix as we prepare for graduation on Friday night! It is bittersweet. I am blessed with two amazing sons. Now they will both be off chasing their dreams. So proud.

Reminder yesterday Stampin' Up! started a Hot Promotion to join Stampin' Up as a demonstrator for only $50! If you missed this information, click here for yesterday's post and all the details. This is for all you hobby crafters like me, this is a GREAT deal and a super opportunity to save money and be on top of Stampin' Up! news and trends.

Michelle

Happy Congratulations

$12.95

Cards & Labels Project Life Framelits Dies

$24.95

Moonlight Designer Series Paper

$6.95

2014-2016 In Color 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock And Classic Ink Pads Kit

$29.95

Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad

$5.95

Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad

$5.95

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May 29, 2014 5:00:00 AM | Card making, Celebrations, Congratulations, New Arrivals, Stampin' Up! Project Life

May 21, 2014

More Project Life by Stampin' Up!

Over the weekend I was able to get two scrapbook pages completed. My scrapbooks are a combination of Project Life pages and traditional 12 x 12 pages that include photos, embellishments and journaling. I wanted to show you another Project Life page where I used Stampin' Up DSP and My Digital Studio (MDS).

The pages are not elaborate. The key to Project Life is to get the the moments captured and to tell your story. I will show you one of the pages that captures Father's Day 2012 (I know I am behind).

The Project Life Pocket Page I used is Design F which includes one 4" x 6" pocket and ten 3" x 4" pockets. This page design used to throw me off because I did not know how to get more 4" x 6" photos in the layout. Simple - you chose photos where you can slice it down the middle. Your eye naturally looks at it as a whole photo. You can see I did that twice.

Let's take closer look...

I am an MDS novice yet the program is fairly easy to work with and there are many great Stampin' Up! tutorials and You Tube vidoes available to get you started. The Happy Father's Day card in the center was completely designed and printed from MDS. I set the size of my project (3 x 4), purchased a Father's Day stamp set, and then added the stamps to my project, selected the colors I wanted and then added text. It is fairly simple and fun to play around in.

You can see I even added text to my photos and print those as well. The text added to the photo below is a brush added to Photoshop by Ali Edwards. I love her style. The "Recording Moments" in the photo at the top of the page is another Ali Edwards brush.

I do hope I am inspiring you to document the moments of YOUR life. Our lives are not about the things we accumulate rather the accumulation of our experiences. As the years go by I am more and more appreciative of the time I have invested in documenting our lives.

Remember you can try MDS for FREE for 30 days and if you like it is is only $19.99! It is an amazing tool whether you want to capture memories, make cards or create invitations! If you have any questions I am just an email away.

Tomorrow is another Pals Paper Arts Sketch Challenge, see you then!

Michelle

Stampin' Up! products used:

Variety Pack 12" X 12" Project Life Photo Pocket Pages

$6.95

Kaleidoscope Designer Series Paper

$10.95

Mds Free Trial - Digital Download

$0.00

Mds Download - Digital Download

$19.95

Fathers Day Stamp Brush Set - Digital Download

$5.95

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May 21, 2014 5:00:00 AM | Celebrations, How To, New Arrivals, Scrapbooking, Stampin' Up! Project Life

May 15, 2014

Moonlight Bliss!

I am so in love with the new 2014-2016 In-Colors that I had to use them for this weeks Pals Paper Arts Sketch Challenge. The sketch by the oh so talented Margaret Moody is clean and very versitile. I will be adding this sketch to my Pinterest layouts!

Let's check out the card...

Clean and simple...the base of the card is Hello Honey - oh and it is yummy! The Whisper White looks so crisp against the golden yellow. The DSP shown is from the new Paper Stack DSP called Moonlight. The designs are all wonderful. This is one of two DSP Paper Stacks in the new catty.

The DSP is matted with Blackberry Bliss. This is a rich velvety purple and looks black here.

The ribbon is also new for the In-Color collection in Hello Honey, and sentiment is from the new Something to Say stamp set. The sentiment was punched out with the Large Oval punch and then layered on one of the framelits included in the New Project Life Collection framelits.

The Blackberry Bliss shows up well in this photo.

I hope you will play along with the Pals this week. It is a very fun sketch. Let me know what you think of the new In-Colors and the Moonlight DSP!

Thanks for stopping by!

Michelle

May 15, 2014 5:00:00 AM | Card making, Celebrations, Congratulations, Masculine, New Arrivals, PPA Sketch Challenges, Stampin' Up! Project Life

May 12, 2014

Using Stampin' Up! Project Life

Those of you that follow my blog know that my crafting roots are in scrapbooking. So I was thrilled when I saw Stampin' Up! teaming up with Becky Higgins and Project Life. I have used Project Life and enjoyed using it to quickly catch up on capturing my memories. However I am partial to the paper and all the accessories I use with Stampin' Up. So my Project Life box of goodies has been collecting dust and will continue to collect dust now that I have SU Project Life accessories!!!

Check out this layout I did on Saturday with my new Stampin' Up Project Life framelits and Card Collection!

Here are some close up shots...

The card in the top left is from the Stampin' Up PL Card Collection. The colors in the cards coordinate with all the other SU products. I used Cajun Craze card stock as background for a couple of photos I cropped. The SU Project Life framelits made sizing everything a breeze.