Scraplifter Designs - PROJECT Life - 365

I began this blog to document my POTD (picture of the day) for our Project Life album in 2010. In Sept. 2011 I had our first baby and I plan for her to have the most documented life possible. I have continued each year with Project Life, but also have expanded my blog to include layouts and other creations. Life has gotten busy, so I don't post as often as I used to, but am still determined to try. I would love to have you join me on our journey! Thank you for visiting!

Monday, December 17, 2012

Fun in the Sun - Challenge Layout

Happy Monday - only eight days 'til Christmas! Here is a layout from Aruba of my DH and DD.

I created each side individually for different challenges, but designed both with the other in mind.

For the left side I used Sketch N Scrap sketch #22:

I also played along with Frosted Designs 12 Days of Christmas. This layout was for day 9: use 9 pearls or sparkles.

For the right side, I used another sketch from Sketch N Scrap sketch #23: I mirrored the sketch to work with my pictures.

I also played along with Frosted Designs 12 Days of Christmas. This layout is for Day 5 (use five gold things on your project! Both gold and yellow are acceptable for this challenge.) I used two different yellow papers, a yellow felt border, a yellow tag and a yellow oval frame.

Finally, I played along with Scrap Fit workout #81 to create a layout that is dedicated to something or many things we have to be thankful for. I am most thankful for my happy healthy baby and adoring husband. This layout couldn't say it any better.

Closeups:

Materials Used: Paper - Creative Imaginations, Reminisce & Authentique; pearls - Prima; felt border - Queen & Company; metal embellishments - CTMH; rub-ons - Making Memories, TLC, and Creative Imaginations; stamps - CTMH; ink - CTMH; tag - unknown; ribbon - unknown.

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Sunday, December 16, 2012

Project Life - Week 50

Welcome to Project Life 2012! If you are new to my blog, welcome! I hope you will stay a while. I'm Jessica, wife to Juan, mommy to new baby Maddie. I am also an electrical engineer by day and I am participating in Project Life, a different way to record our lives by taking one photo a day. This was inspired by the fabulous Becky Higgins who has put together a wonderful kit to make this challenge easier.

I am using the digital Cobalt kit, find it at http://www.beckyhiggins.com/blog/2011/10/new-product-has-arrived/ This digital version uses Shutterfly and is SUPER easy to use! See my completed pages for 2012 at http://scraplifterdesigns.blogspot.com/p/project-life-layouts.html

And finally, my POTW (pictures of the week):

Sunday -

Monday - We took Maddie to see the Trains at Northpark. It wasn't crowded at all, which was fantastic as Maddie just ran in circles looking at all of the trains. She was absolutely estatic and we just let her run around for about 30 minutes, see the video HERE. It was quite adorable.

Tuesday - Maddie loves to see what Mommy is working on in her scrapbook room. Anything within reach usually ends up on the floor. She is also quite the little helper. Daddy turned the chair over to fix the squeaking and Maddie was right there "helping" pick it up.

Wednesday - Daddy cooked dinner for us tonight, short-ribs, corn, potatoes and avocado. It was delicious and Mama got a break for the evening.

Thursday - I received some goodies in the mail today. I was the winner of the "Say it With Words" Challenge for both October and November over at Colorful Creations. This month's word is "Joy", so you should head on over and play along. Thanks so much Anne for such a fabulous RAK! I can't wait to use my new goodies.

Friday - Juan had an interview today so Maria came over to watch Maddie and brought us tortillas. Maddie is quite a fan.

Saturday - Juan spent the afternoon making fresh veggies to steam for Maddie. This evening my mom babysat Maddie while Juan and I went to dinner at Hibiscus and then to my company Christmas party. It was a wonderful adult evening! We also got an offer on the townhouse! It was a good offer, except for the Non-Realty items they added..."White Jeep in the Carport". What? Who asks for a vehicle when they make an offer on a house. It's not even our vehicle, the neighbors have been parking there. Hmmphh, guess it's not a very serious offer.

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Project Life - Week 49

Sunday - We got a lot accomplished today. We finished all of our holiday shopping, got the tree decorated and the rest of the exterior lights up. We went bare basics on the tree this year due to the little monkey. Within an hour of decorating the bottom half of the tree was bare. I have a feeling we are going to end up very top heavy by Christmas! All that's left is to buy presents for my hubby and get everything wrapped! Yeah!

Monday - I tried a new Pinterest recipe today, Quiche. It was super simple and quite delicious! This is definitely going to be made again soon.
Recipe: Just use a pre-made roll-out pie crust, then whisk together about 5-7 eggs and 1-2 cups milk, and pour it into the pie crust. I add about 1-2 cups shredded cheese (my fav is a mexican blend), about 1/4 cup parmesan cheese, and 3-5 slices of crumbled bacon. Pop it into the oven at 350 degrees for 40-60 min, until a fork poked into the center comes out clean.

Tuesday - Maddie loves playing with Daddy. She loves to climb and will instantly climb up on you if you are laying on the floor. Maddie decided to let Daddy be her horsie. She very much loves her Daddy.

Wednesday - Maddie was helping me wrap Christmas presents today and decided she needed to try everything on. Silly girl.

Thursday - Today Juan turned 52! The only numbers that I had on hand was 53, so that had to make due. We got him a White Chocolate Rasberry Cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory and his present was a new pair of Puma tennis shoes. He loved the shoes and Maddie loved her first taste of cheesecake. She ate almost an entire slice (small). She was also in a very kissy mood. Happy Birthday baby!

Friday - We took Maddie to Santa's Village in Richardson. It was beyond packed, and the lines for every house were way too long for us to wait in; but the huge Christmas tree was lit beautifully and the kids had a BLAST running round and round it. My sister, Vanessa, even brought her daughter, Ashlyn. I've never seen so many kids running around a tree and having such a ball. Maddie had no fear of the big kids and jumped right in. This is a video of her and how much fun she was having.

Saturday - We took Maddie to see Santa today. Juan tried to take her to Santa at Northpark earlier this week and it was quite a disaster, so we decided to go low tech this year. We took her to see Santa at Niemen Marcus downtown and only had to wait for about 20 minutes on a Saturday at 11am. I'm not really happy with Santa's crazy shirt, but they really did try to get her to smile. She didn't smile, but she definitely wasn't scared and crying this year.

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Maddie & Santa - Challenge Layout 2

Happy Sunday - take 2. This is another layout of Maddie with Santa last year. This one has the famous photo of her screaming uncontrollably. She was definitely NOT happy to meet Santa. I decided to scrap this page to make sure I captured her true feelings that day!

I am playing along with Colorful Creations "Jingle Bell Blog Hop". Other than visiting the design teams amazing creations, you are to create a project with the following colors (at least 3). I used all the colors.

For this layout I used the sketch from C'est Magnifique December sketch challege.

I am also playing along with Apron Strings "Wrap it up #7". This challenge was to draw inspiration from the following photo. I used the frost on the berries as inspiration to add snowflakes and bling.

Finally, I am trying to play along with the Frosted Designs 12 Days of Christmas challenge. This is the challenge for day 7, to use 7 sparkly snowflakes. I used way more than 7 snowflakes, but for 7 of them I used bling to add "sparkle".

Here is a closeup of my page:

Materials used: paper, stickers, chipboard, tags - Basic Grey "Jovial" line; twine - MME; sparkle snowflakes - K&Company.

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Maddie & Santa 2011 - Challenge Layout

Happy Sunday! I can't believe it is almost Christmas. Thankfully, I have been done with all the decorating, shopping and wrapping for days. Now I can just relax and enjoy the remaining season and maybe get a little scrapping done!

This is my layout for Maddie last year on her first visit with Santa!

This layout

I am playing along with Colorful Creations "Say it with words" for Dec. The word is "JOY" and I used a clip with the word "Joy".

I used a sketch from Sketchbook 365 Dec. challenge:

I'm also playing along with Frosted Designs 12 Days of Christmas Day 4. This layout has "4 pattern papers", all from the Jovial Basic Grey line.

Finally, I'm playing along with Apron Strings "Wrap it Up #8". This challenge is to pull inspriration from the following picture. I knew instantly that I wanted to use this photo of Maddie with Santa from last year. The white chocolate covering reminded me so much of this Santa's beard that I knew I had to scrap it! It also inspired me to create layers on my layout to replicate the layers of yumminess in the box.

Here are a couple of closeups of my page:

Materials Used: paper, paperclip, office tab, chipboard & sticker - Basic Grey "Jovial" line; punch - Creative Memories and Fiskars; quickutz alphabets - Abigail & Finale; twine - MME; ribbon - CTMH.

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