Homemade project life card

Because I do have limited supplies and storage, 

I don't have a lot of room for pre-made project life cards.

And I love them.

However, making my own and customizing them

is a lot more fun and I've gotten so much

better at making them.

This is a Sissix thinlet die that has a bunch

of sea creatures on it.

I use it a lot.

As you may know if you read my other posts

I have a love/hate relationship with

those dies that have ITTY BITTY pieces.

Like a puzzle 😐

I am not fond of puzzles.

Oh that "stitching around is a Technique Tuesday stamp.

They have 6 different ones - A fav!

I found because of the way I do things that 

whacking everything out all at once

and then trying to figure out 

where everything goes.

That is not a plan you want to employ.

When I made these I cut ONE CRITTER at a time

AND THEN,

I actually put it together RIGHT THEN.

Of course you have the packaging close at hand to

check out the photo of more than occasionally.

IT WORKS WWAAYY BETTER.

And don't get me started on those itty bitty little dies. 😐🤣🥸

 

Homemade project life cards

 I love making my own project life cards.

They are so much fun when Tim Holtz and his oxides and distress inks 

are at your fingertips.

I added the coffee cup which I drew was added.  I

fussy cut that adorable house from one 

of those embellishments from the Pink Fresh paper pad

which I have to admit that all the cards came from there.

Finally used some really really old Studio Calico washi tape

and that stamp on the circle where I attempted a

concentina fold with tissue paper.

The butterflies are a Michael's stamp - like in the $1 bin

and that card was made with shimmer powders.

Love them.

Also just between you me that circle with the conentina fold

is covering up and hole that said Good times.

I thought if I cut it out I'd like that "look" and

because the card I used it on had journaling and those

itty bitty grey dots covered the writing 

AND

therefore a repurpose of that premade acrylic card that

I whacked up because it seemed like a good idea at the time.

The struggle was real.

3x4 size

Travelers Notebook - Gertrude & Boardwalk

 My pal Holli gifted me Gertrude and of course,

once it came in the mail I had to put

her together. She, too, has

a lot of moving parts and can be quite

the puzzle to put together.

I had leftovers.

Just sayin...

Gertrude totally fits in this 4x6 PL card and using

ephemera - my card that got me on the sky ride

is perfect for Gertrude to embrace.

 

 ON the backside is a cool PL card "take note"

where I added my journaling.

I printed the photos 1.9x1.9 to get them all on 4x6 photo paper.

Added a couple of bits.

Love it!!!

It was fun to document our girl's night on the boardwalk.

We were soooo wild. 

LOL.

Traveler's Notebook - celebrating going into year 2 on the road

So during all the hubbub of COVID-19 we

have reached either our ONE year anniversary on the road

in the books OR

we're celebrating going into year TWO.

We are excited about year TWO. 

We'd be even more excited

if we could reach our first destination in KY on time,

however, we're gonna hang in place until

the hubbub dies down.

It'll be fun.

 Some really old Studio Calico project life cards

and some Tim Holtz going on.

And yes I handdrew the 2020 (pencil lines are your friend)

and you are gonna see more handdrawn stuff

because it gives me the illusion that I can draw stuff.

On the back side of the card, I made a pocket

 to inse rt a tagfor journaling that talks about our fun year

that we had and are gonna have.

Travelers Notebook - Hello Beautiful

This started with multiple project life cards

that totally fit this particular photo.

And it didn't quite need an entire page to celebrate.

Actually it's quite fun.

I also made that fuzzy paperclip - because it's fun.

 And there's the flip side - OUR NEW FRIDGE!

Which is beautiful.

And a long time coming.

We left last week to zip up to Lazy Days in Wildwood to

get a new fridge installed.

It was supposed to be 2 days - we stayed a week.

Of course.

The fridges that they make for RVs are really bad - 

REAL BAD.

They are tiny.

They don't keep a steady temperature.

They ruin food.

They make you crazy because they aren't reliable.

SO....

we had a residential fridge installed.

Yay!

However, because of that we also needed a new inverter

to keep the fridge cold when we are not plugged in.

It had to be ordered.

It had to be installed.

It happened to be the wrong part.

It had to be reordered.

It had to be installed.

It had taken a week total.

BUT, we were able to camp in the parking lot.

And we did whatever we wanted during the day and had

a spot overnight.

This fridge is a game changer.

It's the little things or in this case the big things.

Really old Studio Calico, Tim Holtz, WM puffy hearts

Traveler's notebook - I'm in the mood for...

Ice cream.

And who isn't.

I try not to eat a lot of ice cream - but I do love a great cone.

So this is the beginning of the new TN I made here

I have had that project life card forEVER and well as

the Studio Calico paper. 

It's good to bust the stash.

My pal Sharon took the photos and I actually look good

so yeah I'm spreading that bad boy EVERYWHERE.

Because I'm vain that way.

I found I'm extremely bad about getting me and Tom in photos.

Sharon is really great at it. 

So glad I'm gonna try and do better because

why NOT?

More with grid and whimsy!

Loving the grid and actually used my sewing

machine for this one.

And as you can tell I am one straight stitcher.

LOL.

I also need to erase my pencil lines.

DOH!

 Tossed some mists in the background because I could.

 and then it was fun decorating all the PL cards

and again, still not worrying about does it pertain.

Love that!

I believe this is the end of this kit although

I suspect some papers lurking about.

This was a fun day with friends at the seafood festival

and then a visit to the north jetty.

Studio Calico.

Double pocket page spread

I have been wanting to do these pictures for a long time

but couldn't quite make myself do a 2 page 

spread because frankly they baffle me.

So these pocket pages worked out perfectly.

(and my title is crooked. Sigh)

And on a somber note - NONE of these photos were marked

with the kids names (and I did know every one of them)

however since I'm just getting around to scrapping them now

some 25-some years later, I only remember a couple of names.

So mark your photos and ID them right away, just in case you

can't get to scrapping them right away.

I did round the corners and in hindsight I'm not crazy about it.

This is Nick's kindergarten class and every year the put on 

a muscial/play and this year

was Jonah and the whale.

The kids and parents had so much fun and I never

laughed so much in my life.

(and yes I know Jonah and the whale was serious)

but they made it fun for everyone.

So they're lining up and the spotlight was getting into position,

well Nick wasn't happy the light was in his eyes

so mom got a picture of him pointing to the light and

waving his hand in a "move that" direction.

After they lined up to everyone's satisfaction, musical 

instruments were dispensed and in the course

of that, one boy just fell off the stage - then popped right up again.

Needless to say it cracked everyone up.

THEN

there were the action moves while singing.

The entire school did a delightful job and I really didn't

want to have to pick and choose these pix.

Scrappin' the Scraps

My scrap box was getting out of control at the same

time my mojo was at a low so I

broke out all my diecuts and punches and scraps

(oh my)

and went crazy.

Also, this mini album arose out of the scraps as well.

And it is meant to be lighthearted fun.

 Using a lot of scraps and diecuts I decided

the book would be sorta about me.

Mostly favorite friends and events.

One of my favorite pix with my honey slurping

down a most delish ice cream cone.

And my favorite bird stamp. 

 Got some PL cards in there as well and that

pile is slooowlly dwindling.

 Also got rid of some leftover embellies and

added them for no reason.

 Couldn't NOT have some selfies going on and of course,

snap chat that I can finally get through

without the help of 10 year olds and younger LOL.

 There is even A LIST in there.

Gasp.

 Love the edge that the "notebook" papers give.

They are leftovers from the smash book

I used on my "leaf peeping tour" that didn't quite

make the cut. (It was a wedding planner album after all).

 And I totally had to scrap about me and Holli's at

home crops. Mostly meeting at her house 

because she HAS A TON OF ROOM and TONS

of STUFF IN THE ROOM.

And of course the punch!! had to be documented.

I know you've heard me whine about losing this punch.

It was not only a favorite but the first punch I ever bought.

So my pal would punch different colors for me to use at home

and then for Christmas my pal not only gave me

one, but there's a smaller one!

And of course those adorable critters.

 Wouldn't be a complete album without my

Crossfit adventures and family.

I have been trying to get that heart on something

for like EVER.

Shane doodled on everything and I have made a page

about those way in the past.

Couldn't find said page, so it must be way in the past.

 Finishing up with some PL cards.

Love how it turned out. Very fun, goofy and eclectic.

Tags that can be Tree Ornaments

Hopefully!

Hoping the grandkidlets will love them as they

did the ribbons and maybe think about hanging them

on their trees!

Had a fun time making these - mostly all hand 

and fussy cut and really so easy to do.

The trees were made from various project life cards that

sort of had "Christmas" colors and

it was easy to just slice on the diagonal.

The "Merry Christmas" was a stamp I found when cleaning

out my stamps. (Who knew).

My thought was to layer up different size tags, 

thus the gold color but it looked

well goofy and cluttered

so I just fussy cut the sentiment out and ditched the 

multiple tags idea.

Stamped the date with a library stamp from Studio Calico-

love that stamp by Shimelle and use it ALOT.

 Those MAMBI alphas that I didn't think I'd love

seems to be appearing on ALOT

of projects lately.

The stars are punched from some gold glitter paper I picked up

and love having on hand so I'm not running

out of enamels AND I use them with my heart punch

or with any punch which is not only very cost effective and unlimited uses.