a little bit of me.

{Studio Calico's May Kit: 35mm}

Studio Calico's May Kit - 35mm - is LIVE & still available! - and this is what I made with it... :)

...Hello There is my "Main Kit Only" layout this month - made completely with the 35mm Main Kit.  Love this little pic of Noah hanging on to me, snapped by my sister during our family session last month!  The hexies were created with the Hexie stamp in the main - stamped onto patterned paper, trimmed and pieced on the Studio Calico exclusive Hexie background paper.

...123FOUR includes a hold it out and snap style pic of the four of us from Easter.  Love these colors together - especially the way they pair with b&w photos!  I used the dotted ring stamps in BROWNIE to stamp around my circle design on this page.

...my DISNEY layout was my way of including LOTS of favorites from our trip last month on one single page.  I described how I put together the photo collage HERE.

...22 Months is another page for N's every month book.  Can not believe that we are THIS CLOSE to two.  YIKES!  ;)

And then I went on a mega-scrap-spree with card making this month....  WAHOOO (as Evan would say!).  Here we gooooo....

..."Hello There" is quite possibly my favorite stamp in a LONG time - included in the BROWNIE addon, and has already been stamped all over the Project Life weeks that I'm currently working on.... ;)

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...(couldn't resist using this stamp again!)

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...This HELLO card (above) also has a tag hidden that pulls out to say "& thank you!".

And THAT was May.

:)

{Project LIFE: Week 11}

catch up!!!!  This was week 11 (way-back-when like a month ago!):

Week 11 was St Patty's Day week, and full of lots of "info" from Evan on leprechaun's and "what will happen if you don't wear green on St Patty's Day" (I think he learned this at school?!), and the start of T-Ball games, OH and march madness too thrown in for good measure.  :)

I think my very favorite photo this week was Evan in his little leprechaun "mask".  He wore it home from preschool on wednesday of that week, and it totally MADE MY DAY.  ;) 

This is such a great example of a photo and little everyday memory that I probably would have snapped a pic of Pre-Project-Life, and it would have inevitably gotten lost in the piles of files of abandoned photo files on my computer.  AND I LOVE that it's going to be remembered NOW, right here in week 11.  ;)  Thank you Project Life.

The insert this week is a cut down Style D (available in this mega-pack).

...with just a few "extra" type photos from the week included.

Love to mix in the STYLE E 6x6 protector to my spreads, and this week it was a great way to include a bit of journaling on some of Noah's current "words".  So glad I jotted this list down that week, because he's added so many more in the past month.  I keep a little journal for PL out and about and usually jot about two pages of notes for each week, as the week is going on, so that I can refer back when I'm creating the spread.

After the leprechaun mask, I think my "favorite" from the week was Evan asking me to "recycle" his sippy cup when he was finished >> (another learned at school topic).  :)

And that was week 11!

:)

Products Used on Week 11:

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{Basic Grey}

Happy Monday everyone.  ;)

Wanted to share a few recent projects this morning --- I was super excited to have a chance to work with some of the newest collections from Basic Grey, as their guest designer this month.

My favorites from their most recent release are the what's up and pb&j collections - and so naturally I pulled those two collection packs out and went to work on these projects...

My raindrops page will go into the album that I keep for my nieces - love this pic that my sister snapped of Ellie!

I used this print from the What's Up collection as my background for the page and highlighted the burst pattern with machine stitching and an aqua thread.

My second project is a big collage of all of my favorite blues, greens, and grey prints AND a pic of my now almost-2-year-old, taken a year ago at ONE.

Used my stampin up heart punch to punch the background hearts, then machine stitched through.

A BIG Thank you to Basic Grey for letting me play with all of your pretty, pretty papers this month!

Products used on these projects:

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{Project LIFE: Week 10}

Week 10.  Here we go!

(have i mentioned lately how much i LOVE this project?!)  ;)

I used the mini chevron paper from new Classic Calico two 6x6 pad on my title card.  This pad has become my favorite go-to for Project Life - the 6x6 size makes it perfect from trimming down to 4x6 cards, or 3x4's - and the neutral patterns just fit my album so easily.

This week was a mix of "every-day" and then our trip to visit my sister and her boyfriend...

The left side of the spread is most of the everday beginning of the week stuff...

And then the right side is a bunch of favorite from our Orange Grove family photo session with my sister.  Love having them arranged like this at a glance.  Especially since I still haven't figured out what I want to do with them in our house...

This week's insert is a a 5x7 protector with a favorite family shot on the front...

...and then a collage of cute shots my sister snapped while we were there on the back.

And that was Week 10!

:)

Product Used on Week 10:

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{Wordless Wednesday: The three seconds BEFORE he threw a handful of sand into my L-Series Lens...}

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(naughtypants!)

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ETA (some words!) - The lens seems fine, and was due for a cleaning anyways, so all is well - probably just wasn't the best thing for it, but I'm on the beach ALL THE TIME with my camera (and mainly that lens) shooting, so these things are bound to happen!  I just thought it was funny that I had N's mischievious handful of sand captured on my card when I uploaded the pics!

{Project LIFE: Week 9}

Here we go - a little more PL catch up today...

WEEK #9 is totally what THREW ME on my now backlogged album.

We went to Disney World this week, and there were SO many shots that I wanted to include (because I knew that if I didn't, then #1 - the chances of them being processed would be greatly lowered, and #2 - they wouldn't ever end up all together in one album!).

I just counted and there are FORTY-SIX photos included in week 9.

The LEFT side of my spread is the first part of the week (including Leap Day and a comparison to Leap Day 2008), up until we left for Disney.

The Happy Meal is a staple in our lives here.  And when I opened it up to discover the new mini-fry + apples, it was a monumental moment.  ;)  Hence the story...

The RIGHT side of my spread is lots from Disney World.  And the first time I got to put these CUTE filmstrip fabrips to a good use!

After looking for disney cuts in the silhouette store and not finding anything, I welded some circles together in the silhouette software to create my Mickey head.

Included in the week's spread are THREE inserts.  The first is a STYLE E 6x6 that has Noah's 21 month update on the front...

...and an instagram collage of Disney phone snaps on the back.

After that I have a cut down Style D - with the top left photo spot stitched close (the only place I see them currently available is in this big multi pack - that I actually just ordered because I'm desperate for more of Style F!) with mainly Hollywood Studios pics (day 1)...

...and then a cut down Design F Page with more hollywood studios pics on the frontside,

...and disney on the backside.

And that was Week 9.

Who now feels like they went to disney with us after seeing my mountain on photos thrown into this week?!

;)

Products Used on Week 9:

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{at 22 Months...}

half a month later i'm sneaking in with Noah's 22 month update.

we hit 22 months at the start of our "spring break" week, and the week just got away from me - with easter, passover, a trip to savannah, and another to south florida.

this was snapped in savannah...  (i LOVE the little downtown streets there!)

(& honestly, I am just glad that I've managed to keep up thus far - and am almost through the 24 months that I wrote similar style updates for Ev...)

And so, at 22 Months Noah...

...still is hovering at around 24 lbs.  I just went back to check and he's gained all of 4 lbs this past year.  We're still rocking the 9 months infant sized shorts from target (bc that is all that will fit Mr SKINNY!).

...Makes lots of animal sounds on demand when asked.  horse, cat, dog, cow, sheep, bird, goat to name a few.

...Has busted out a plethora of words in the past couple weeks.  "beeee" (beach), "birrrr" (bird), "eh-an" (evan), "raffe" (giraffe), "wawa" (water), "bay-BEE" (baby), among more...

...Refuses to keep his shorts on at times, and makes a game out of taking them off when we're just hanging around the house.  Similarly enough, he also refuses to keep his shoes on in the car - they are off within the first 5 minutes of our drive.

...still naps VERY well.  usually from 2-4:30/5:00 every afternoon.

...LOVES toy story the movie best of all (and anything).  When i let him "watch a show" he is not ok with just a "show" he wants TS1.  And will say "no-no-no" when I try to select anything else.  And then hand me the TS1 box and clap and yell "YAYYYY" when i put it on.

...likes to "ROOOOOAR" whenever he sees anything dinosaur-related.  (or even a stuffed gecko for that matter!)

...will tell us "no.... no" (in the sweetest little soft voice) about anything that he's not sure he wants to do.

...LOVES gymboree class morning.  and participates in ALL the activities (which makes me SO happy since evan was never a "group-participation kind of baby" ha).

...is enthralled with a target $1 spot sesame street "Bubbles" book.  there's a part in it that goes "pop pop pop" where I make the point to pop pretend bubbles on his belly while reading, and i can hear (& see!) him entertaining himself on the video monitor in the morning after waking up in his crib) and saying "Pop Pop Pop" while poking his belly.  (and i love that)

...is always on the go.  and climbing SOMETHING.  hence his "naughtypants" nickname.  evan likes to ask me at preschool pickup time, what "naughtypants" things noah did during the morning while ev was away.

...is a bit obsessed with pointing out all the babies ("bay-bee") and water ("wawa") he sees.

...will pull out 12 (or more!) different books, pile them into the big rocker chair in his room, and then climb in and "read" them all to himself.

...and seems to know exactly when to grin & flash his little dimple at me.  His timing is impeccable.  :)

xo, mr. naughtypants.  we love you.

:)

{SC Blog Hop!}

ETA - winner info: congrats AMBER!  email me with your info asap.  :)

Love this layout, I just love how you are using the die cuts! Thanks for the chance to win that lovely pack.

Posted by: Amber Lee | April 09, 2012 at 10:59 PM

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Hippity Hop and welcome to my little stop on the SC Blog Hop!

For our little "blitz" today, I made this...

...with one of my very favorite photos of the boys (taken a few weeks ago).

I'm currently a bit wrapped up in the new tags & badges.  LOVE them!

Please leave me a comment by the end of Thursday night - I'll draw a winner to receive the COLLECTION PACK OF CLASSIC CALICO 2 - i ADORE these papers (love how easy they work into my Project Life spreads, too!).

Good luck!

:)

ps - be sure to hop on over to TINA's blog next!

Products used on my "Beachdays" Project:

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{Project LIFE: Week 8}

Catch up, Catch up (on the blog posting of Project Life) >> here we go...!

This was week 8.  :)

Highlights from the week had to be our "Light Saber Bathtime" (as we ended up calling it) >> a pinterest inspired find which was really just a bath in our big tub, in the dark, with two packs of Target $1 spot glow bracelets floating in the tub!

...and Toby's 10th Birthday (Toby is our poodle!) - this ended up getting it's own insert:

Eric and I also attended a preschool fundraiser for Evan's school - from which I included the invitation and also a few photobooth photo strips that we posed for (after a few drinks, ha!).  I just cut down and stitched up the side of a 12x12 protector for the invite.

Overall, I'd have to say that the week was AWESOME.  ;)

Now just to (finish the) catch up to where we are right now...!

Products used on Week 8:

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{Bella Blvd}

I have even MORE projects to share on the blog today.  ;)

but since I don't want anyone to think that's all I've got lately - I'll also post a pic of Mr-newly-turned-22-Months-Noahpants from sunday night.

He LOVES the beach SO VERY MUCH right now (which is good bc we are there a lot!) and always wants to run straight into the water.  Could not be further from how Evan was around this age (he used to scream that the sand and shells hurt his feet and also refused to go near the water for a good while!).

And now back to the crafting.  :)  I was thrilled to be asked to guest design for Bella Blvd this month.  I have always ADORED their papers and embellies.  THEY ARE TOTALLY ME & MY SCRAP STYLE!  :)

This is what I made with the very generous assortment of product that they sent my way...

...Hello Sweetpea is collection of photos from Noah's "6 month" half birthday.  "6 Months" for him fell at the beginning of the month of December - and while i took a TON of photos, I think I've processed all of two.  :)  ha.  (STORY OF MY LIFE!)  So when I knew that I wanted to use Bella's Baby Boy line as much as humanly possible on these projects (bc I adore it THAT much!), I immediately went back to his 6 Months photo files and found a few shots I loved to process and scrap.

 

The faux "photostrip" was created by sizing three pics to 2.5 square at 300dpi then arraning on a white background (also at 300dpi) and printing on excess space on one of my 12x18 prints at costo (make sure to leave white around the edge too, so that you can trim like a photostrip.

This "Baby Moments" page is a mix of the Baby Boy line and the Spring Collection.  LOTS of little favorite b&w snaps of Noah.  The title was cut with Bebas Neue & Japan (fonts) from my silhouette.  I just ADORE this little border strip print paper - so many possibilities and the alligator is my FAVE (no surprise!).  ;)

...I mixed in the baby boy chipboard embellies here & the baby boy stickers.

 

...I can't believe my "baby" is almost two!!! :)

And I cleaned up my project mess by creating this card with the scraps!  I'm hoarding that cloud print paper and have already cut up my scraps as 3x4 pieces and stuck them in my Project Life stash.

:)

Hope everyone is having a great week - we are enjoying lots of spring break fun here!!!

 

Products used on Bella Blvd Projects:

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