Scrappin' Daisy

Catching up slowly but surely. Here's my Week 17 for you. I kept this week pretty basic. Partially because I am playing catchup and partially because it's a very photo-heavy layout and I didn't want to clutter it up too much.

And here's a closer peek at the left side...The photo of Liam in the pack looks like it was run through some sort of filter, but in reality, my printer was running out of black ink. I liked the look of the print, so I decided not to reprint it and just use this one. The "Life is to be enjoyed..." card was a freebie off Becky Higgins web site that I just recolored to match the Turquoise Edition.

And the right side...This one is pretty equal in regards to digital and traditional supplies. Also, the photo in the upper right is mine, not a postcard. I just took the zoo logo from the web site and added it and the date to the photo in PSE before printing. Sadly, this was the last photo I snapped with my Zoom lens before it fell on the concrete and broke. :(

Week 17 was a week of highs and lows. Personally, we had a very god week but it was a very depressing week as far as current events went, most notably the Boston Marathon bombing. I am a firm believer that Project Life is about documenting "life" - the good, the bad and the ugly. So, I wanted to make sure I included some sort of tribute to that day.

And here's a closer look at the left side...I love how the ghost U looks overlapped with the green "love" on the photo of Andrew and I. And the photo of Liam in his crib - a new favorite for sure!

And a better look at the right side...To pay tribute to the marathon bombings, I chose what has become one of the iconic images of the day and simply added Boston/4.15.13 to the corner using PSE. Then, the tricky part came in what to put next to that serious image. I didn't want adjacent to the 4x6 rectangle holding my friend's wedding invitation - that didn't seem right. So I elected to place it next to the photo of Liam in the yard with the passing storm looming in the background. It seemed like a good transition photo. Then I placed a very clean and simple weekly title card below it and across the page gutter I placed the weekly recap.

As always, thank you so much for looking! I'll be back tomorrow with Week #17!

Okay, I am still behind in Project Life. But, I am really not that far behind. I have through Week 20 scrapped. And Weeks 21 and 22 have the photos narrowed down and the weekly recaps written. I will be doing the same for week 23 tonight. So I am not doing too bad. But, then I realized I haven't shared a Project Life layout here since week 14...whoops. Forgive me and let's remedy that now.

So here's a look at my Week 15 spread...

And a closer look at the left side. I finally figure out this week that I can partially fussy-cut elements on the Core Kit journaling cards and tuck my photos behind them. Ummm...duh. So, I did that twice this week.

And here's a better look at the right side. I am in love with this wide angle shot that the Timbers photographer got at the San Jose game, so I had to swipe it off of FaceBook. The wood veneer umbrella and rain drop rhinestones came from my May Birds Of A Feather Kit. The photo collage in the lower right in honor of our special dinner features only one photo that I took - the wine. All the rest came from the restaurant's web site because I didn't like any of the others I took. I obviously have no problem swiping photos from elsewhere to document our week if I don't have what I need in my stack of photos.

Thanks for looking and I promise I WILL be back tomorrow to share Week 16. TGIF!!

Hello all! It's time for another Birds Of A Feather June Kit Reveal. If you haven't gotten a kit yet, go grab one now before they are gone and also be sure to check out the kit extras - they are all so much fun and you will see lots of the extras on my reveal projects since I got, um, all of them!

So here is my favorite (so far) layout created with this kit. I really took liberty with the bold patterns and colors on this one. I figured it was only appropriate to match the bright colors and fun patterns of my photos taken at Islands of Adventure's Seuss Landing in Orlando. I inked the edges of my photos in black StazOn to help them pop a bit off all the bright papers. I knew right away that I wanted to use this particular vellum quote from the Maude Ashbury collection as soon as I saw it because I felt it was most appropriate considering the subject matter of my photos. I adhered it to white cardstock, trimmed it down a bit and inked the edges. Then I used foam adhesive to mount it with all the other elements in the lower left corner. Speaking of which, I also love how the Canvas Corp burlap looks in the Jillibean polaroid frame. And I really had fun with the Maude Ashbury 3D flowers too!

And here are a couple closeups...

My next project is another Project 12 catchup layout. And I figured it would be appropriate to scrap last June's Project 12 page with this June's Kit! I really wanted to use the two sheets of bright pink cardstock, available as part of the extra cardstock add-on, for my background but knew that two sheets of it right next to each other, with a lot of the pink exposed, would be too bright. So I muted it a bit by use the Maude Ashbury Memories paper on the right side. I also pulled some yellow vellum from my stash to use as photo mats to help the photos stand out. I lightly brushed the corrugated shapes with paint and then added the very appropriate "Hello Sunshine" flair to my sun. :)

And here are a couple closeups...

Thanks, as always, for looking! I'll be back later in the month with one more reveal with this awesome kit!

I am thrilled to say that Sally Cranney is the June/July Member of the Month at Memorable Seasons! In honor of her being Member of the Month, we asked her to share a little more about herself and some of her favorite layouts. You can check it all out HERE on the Memorable Seasons blog. And, as usual, we are issuing a monthly challenge to scraplift on of Sally's beautiful layouts from her Memorable Seasons gallery. All you have to do to participate is chose any layout from Sally's gallery, scraplift it, then upload it to the gallery and link it back to the challenge thread by July 31st!

I chose to lift this gorgeous layout of Sally's, which I also happened to pick as Layout Of The Week awhile back...

And here's my take on it using my Simple Stories 24/7 June kit...

Congratulations Sally on being the June/July Member of the Month!