May Scrapping

This was a busy month for all things scrap-related. Part of that is International National Scrapbook Day... the Superbowl of holidays for scrappers. I honestly feel like the luckiest person ever to be able to work with some of the most amazing designers on a regular basis. They are all so talented and create so many wonderful products, it is a creative joy every week!

Here's what I was up to this month. 

Project Life -- Still loving it

I'm so in love with Jaimee's Storyteller 2016: May collection, I just had to share. I am not typically a fan of yellow, but this was just too much fun, and I hope to use this collection again and again.

More Project Life

I've been slowly getting my pages done. I'm still keeping track of weekly events/happenings, but I'm not working in the "present" time (for some reason), and am working mostly on 2014 and 2015. I started my 2016 in the app, but only have the cover done so far. Being on creative teams makes it simpler to go back in time than to scrap ahead/current.

I can't imagine ever being "caught up," but I was excited because I had the first quarter of 2014 printed in a 8x8 Shutterfly book. Now I'm trying to get the remaining weeks of the second quarter finished, so I can print that as well. I've got several weeks done, but there are gaps in between.

Here are some of the pages I've been working on recently.

This set of Disney pages used Sahlin Studios and Britt-ish Designs' Project Mouse Classic Bundle.

Project Life Continues

It is the middle of April, and I have about a million things on my to-do list. At one point, I wasn't even keeping a list because the thought of putting most of it down on paper was overwhelming. But I bit the bullet and started a list so I could try to better manage my time.

I'm also going to try to get into the habit of using a planner. Miss Tiina has a great planner (and un-planner) at The Digital Press. Wishing Well Creations also has a terrific planner for Project Life pages. So I think I need to start using those as well. I've been documenting everything my three-year old composition book, but I don't plan out, per se, just do some bullet listing of what happened each day.

I'm not "keeping up" with my Project Life albums. Yes, albums, because I'm still in-progress on 2013, 2014 & 2015. LOL. But I am still enjoying the process and spending less time on embellishing. I think a simpler look/page makes things go quicker for me. Another thing that I am finding is that Project Life makes me appreciate and love my life more because I'm documenting all of the little things. I did a blog post about it here at The Digital Press.

So I'm working on two different sets of pages today. But here are the latest pages I've done. I'm sharing along with Day to Day Design's linkup.

Storyteller Collection 2015 | Raine by Just Jaimee

Storyteller Collection 2015 | Raine by Just Jaimee

30 Days of Gratitude

We just got back from Disneyland yesterday, and I could not believe how exhausted I was. I also couldn't believe that we'd just stepped into November. I always love October, but November is fun in a different way.

National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) kicks off on November 1st of each year. I am sort of excited for it this year because I just took part in Novel in a Day last week, and it made me feel like I accomplished something, writing a fairly decent chapter in just a few hours. I realized that I might just be able to get a book finished at some point.

Digital Scrapbook Day is the first Saturday of November (so it fell on the first this year). So many fabulous things, so little time and money. My Paypal is screaming! Not to mention... the Lilypad has kicked off a new monthly subscription for pocket scrapping. Ugh. It is simply divine... and going to hurt my bank account. Seriously I am beginning to wonder if Laura (TLP owner) is trying to break me. Hahha.

AND I usually start my 30 Days of Gratitude practice in November. This year, I am also doing something different. I've signed up for a "detox" program through Rebelle Wellness so I can try to maintain some sanity from now on (I know... good luck with the whole sanity thing).

Just Jaimee released her November Storyteller (amazing kit). I love her kits because she includes fun page templates that make things so easy for me. And they are always chock full o' goodness. So many good things, I never get to use them all. But I managed to get a page spread done before we left for California last week. This is Week 44 from 2013. I am officially under the halfway mark for 2013! Only 25 weeks left to go. Bwahhahahahhaha. Maybe I can finish up 2013 before 2015 arrives and then I will only always be one year behind *wink wink*

Oh how I miss my furry friend. :( It has been five months since he died, and I'm still heartbroken. But I'm so thankful to have had him in my life.

Speaking of thankful...

Day 1: So glad to have arrived home after a crazy whirlwind trip to Disneyland and California Adventure. So thankful to be going to sleep in my own bed. So happy to be loving my sweet kitty (Isabella), and that the dogs were so happy to have us home. Also thankful that my mom watched out for them while we were gone AND she helped clean up the house too. Such a nice surprise.

Day 2: Thankful for an extra hour of sleep that came as a total surprise since we didn't know that daylight savings had ended. LOL. Grateful for a day to rest and recover after our trip. Glad to set aside a wee bit of time to write. Grateful for a home-cooked meal and all of the coziness of family.

So what are you up to this November?  Do you have any non-holiday traditions you participate in each year?

Project Life Tuesday: Now & Then

Well, even though the title of this post is "now & then" it is really more like "then & then." No 'now' involved. Hahaha. But this post includes a page from 2014, and one from 2013... so it is sort of a now & then... if you count all of 2014 as 'now.'

I'm not sure if the Mom Creative is doing her PL Tuesday this month, but I thought I'd be ready just in case.  My computer has been acting up, so each page takes me literally hours, and I always end up wanting to tear my own hair out or banging my mouse against the desk. It is totally frustrating, and I desperately need a new CPU, but that isn't in the cards at the moment. So I'm just looking at this as a sacrifice for my art. Hahaha.

Here are my pages for Week 16 in 2013.

 

And here are my pages for the same week (16) in 2014.  I'm not sure that I'm sold on the background for these pages, but they are what they are at the moment. I might change them later.

My credits are insane. I used so many different things. But here is a list: VW - Pockets 6, Sprinkles 24-28; Caylee Grey - Bad Day Freebie; Amie Lamm - Boston freebie; Amy Martin - 4x6 stitched, Project Grids: Sixtytwelve 2 & 3; Becky Higgens - Polka Dot Party, Flea Market, Guest Book; Allison Pennington - Super Duper Big & Bold; Just Jaimee - April, May, June, August, September &
October Storytellers; Lily - 4x6 Templates 6; Paislee Press - Today Is, In Progress, Eternal Sunshine; One Little Bird - Love List elements, story unfolds, Hopscotch; Sahlin Studio - Documentary; The Distressed Duchess - Heather Joyce.  Hopefully I didn't miss anything!






Have a fabulous week, and I will be excited to see what you have been up to!