Project Life Week 5

Happy Friday!
Thanks so everyone wishing me well with my terrible day and my car. I am please to say that it was just a coil and I am picking it up today after school.  When a repair is under $500 I am doing the happy dance!! 

I have not been in my scraproom now for THREE whole days and I am going CRAZY!!  Hopefully things will settle down and I can get in there tonight.  I am having withdrawal symptoms- shaking, not sleeping because I am dreaming of scrapping, constantly on the internet looking at scrapbooking supplies--I am a mess!!!! (lol!!)

Here is week 5 of my Project Life--This is the last batch of bad photos.  So hopefully next week will look much better!

Left Side

Right hand side

For Groundhog's day I found a cool photo from the internet and used that and I also had this cool photo of me and Michael.  This photo was the inspiration for a layout I did. You can see the layout HERE

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I will be back on Monday.  Have a wonderful and scrappy weekend!

-mp

A Terrible Day!

Hi,
Can I tell you how terrible my day was yesterday afternoon--I left work and started my car and I thought it sounded a bit funny.  As I was driving on Interstated 75 North heading home my check engine light kept flashing and the car wasn't driving well.  I called the dealer and they said to pull over right away because this was bad.  So I barely made it to the rest area and then there I sat for close to 2 hours waiting on the tow truck--YUCK!!! My whole day done with.  My mom picked up the kids for me and then I had to get a loaner card--so by the time I got home it was close to 6:00 pm--and all I kept thinking about was --NO SCRAPPING TIME for me-LOL!!!!

I used up some of my October Afternoon scraps to make this cute card.  I love their playing cards.  I am not usually a ribbon person but i loved this one.

Have a wonderful and crafty day! Thanks for stopping by!
-mp

WOYWW

Happy Wednesday,

How is your week going so far?  So far so good here, but I just haven't had enough crafting time!  I brought my sketch pad to work yesterday and made 5 sketches for future projects but I didn't have time to work on them.  Don't you just hate it when your life gets in the way of your scrapping time!  It is driving me crazy!!

So I am once again linking up with Julia over at the Stamping Ground for another WOYWW.  I always find it so fun to peek into other people's scrap rooms and see what fun inspiration is going on.  I do have to say that my scrap room  always looks a tad boring compared to the many others.  I am a HUGE fanatic about cleaning up in my scrap room and I never leave stuff out- Just the products that I will need for my project.  So today on my desk you can see one of the sketches that I sketched out for my project and the paper and embellishments that I will be working on.  I need to make a display for Cord Scrapbook Studio with this collection.  It is the Simple Stories Documented line.  It is brand new from CHA. I really like this collection and I am already to go-- I just need to find the time to do it!!  Wednesdays I never have time to scrap-- after school I go to the grocery, do 2 loads of laundry and cook dinner.  My big day and then Thursday I have night conferences (YEAH my last one of the year!!!!).  So hopefully on Friday I will be able to get to this.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I will be back tomorrow with a new project.  See you then!  Have a wonderful and crafty day!!
-mp

Tuesday Card Layout

Happy Tuesday,

What do you do with the cards that your kids make and give to you?  Well, last year was the first year that Jack made me a card in which he wrote in the card.  I had this card saved on my scrap room shelf but I decided to take it apart and save it in album.

To make this layout, I simply took apart the card and then added it to a pretty October Afternoon paper.  I added some tags, a title, "The best card ever", some journaling and I was done!! Now I have saved it forever!!  When I showed Jack the finished layout he was so happy that I made a layout of it!!

The Best Card Ever!

supplies

paper- october afternoon

cardstock- kraft

twine- the twinery

most important item- Jack's card!!!

I hope everyon has a great day today!  I will be back tomorrow!! See you then!  Have a wonderful and crafty day!

-mp

Monday Football

Happy Monday,

How was your weekend?  Mine was pretty good!  Got some work done on Saturday and then on Sunday was able to clean up, relax and work on project life.  I have fallen into a great routine with working on it on Sunday afternoons!

I realized when I was putting work into my albums that I hadn't shown a lot of projects.  So this week I am going to catch up on that.

Are you ready for some football?

Jack played flag football this year again and these are pictures of his season. 

supplies

cardstock- bazzill

paper- american crafts chaps

tags- american crafts

brads- american crafts

twine- the twinery

I hope you have a great day.  I will be back tomorrow with a new project.  Thanks for stopping by.  Have a wonderful and crafty day!
-mp

Project LiFe Week 4 and a Fun Blog Hop

Happy Friday!
I am so happy it is Friday.  I am in the mood for a little relaxation!!  Do you have any plans.  I do not really.  Errands in the morning and the I also get my hair cut and then a quick stop to drop off some projects at the store!  Sounds busy but I know I will have plenty of down time!

Here is a look at my wee 4 of project life.  sorry for the glare once again!! 

Left side-
This week I decided to save some weekly receipts etc and I included those. I also added some October Afternoon stickers for some added journaling just to spice things up a bit. 

Right Side

Blog Hop Information

Over at Practical Scrappers they are holding a Linked with Love Blog Hop.  There has been a lot of talk in the scapping world these days about scraplifting other people's work and not giving credit where credit is due.  For example if you see some awesome layout and you want to use part of it  for your own personal use that is fine, but if you want to post it on your blog, use it for design team work then you need to give credit to the original person!!!!  So over at Practical Scrapppers they are having a linked with love blog hop where you will see one layout by Liz Qualman (I love her work) and then you will see the Practical Scrappers design teams interpretation of it and then link it back to Liz.  This hop starts today and goes till March 4th.  There will be prizes along the way.  So I would love for you to head on over to Practical Scrappers and check out this amazing hop. ( I wish I could have particpated in it but I was swamped with work and my little one has been sick!)

Thanks for stopping by today.  I will be back on Monday with some new work!  See you then.  Have a wonderful and crafty day!

-mp

Thursday Moments and Some Sneak Peeks!

Happy Thursday!

I am so happy that this week has been pretty uneventful, but I still haven't done a lot of crafting time. I did the first part of the week but I have just been a bit slow--but that is ok with me.  I do want to finish up this project that has been on my desk for the last couple of days.  It drives me crazy when I have an unfinished project sitting on my desk.  I am hoping to finish it tonight and tomorrow night. 

I wanted to share this layout that I made with the February kit from Burlap and Buttercups.  This kit sold out but I wanted to share with you my layout that I created.  If you happened to catch my Project Life 3 post (Here) I mentioned about a photo.  Well, I am loving the concept of Project Life in capturing the everyday moments, and these pictures were for my project life, but I loved them so much that I needed to devote a 12x12 layout to them because I fell in love with my hubby doing the awesome things that he does with the kids like reading a story or reviewing vocabulary word flashcards.  Sometimes when I scrap I look at the "big" events and I overlook the smaller things.  Now I am looking at both and I am loving it.

supplies

cardstock-bazzill

paper- lily bee, crate paper, october afternoon

alphabet-american crafts thickers

stickers- october afternoon

mist- tattered angels

misc- martha stewart punch, paper trey ink die

Now on to some sneak peeks at the March kit from Burlap and Buttercups.  This kit is just so bright and cheery. 

Oh, I am so excited for this kit!  You know I am a sucker for butterflies and this just looks so fun!  The kit goes live this week so be sure to head on over to the Burlap and Buttercups site to pick this one up.  I am sure it will go fast!

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I will be back tomorrow with a look at my Project Life week 4.   Have a wonderful and crafty day!

-mp