Project Life ~ Week 20

Although I don't take a lot of family photos for my project life and sometimes I don't have enough photos I am still enjoying putting together my pages and writing down just some of the things we did during the week.

I forgot to take a shot of the two page spread and was too lazy to go do it again.  

This week was Mother's Day and I showed in last weeks pages the stamps I got from Justin. The card in the upper left corner shows the post he did on Facebook on my timeline wishing me a Happy Mother's Day. 

The card on the upper right side is Justin's movie ticket stub from seeing Iron Man 3 and the today lined circle is a new digital from Mari at Stamp Your Life.

Pay no attention to the crazy weird lady in the lower left corner, it was a really bad hair day and my normal routine of no makeup and my favorite hoodie. lol

Here is the other side of Week 20

A shot of my messy desk, Justin took a couple photos while he was at the dentist with Joe for a check up, a trip to the post office, my weekly weather shot, Micah's new shoes, Powerball tickets (lottery was over 600 million) we didn't win, Justin came down with a temp on Thursday 103 degrees it lasted for about 3 hours before we got it down to 101. Ended up being cellulitis which he gets once a year in his leg, the last card is a mini book I made during my online workshop "fold it in".

Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me.

 ~ hugs Sherry ~

Project Life Week 19

Almost forgot to post my Project Life this week. Things have been a little crazy here.

Two Page Layout.

Side One

Not many people pictures this week. Justin got his Lynx season tickets which I did a two layer spread on. I cut my paper to 6x8 and adhered my stuff to it and then I cut it down to fit the three different pockets it would go on.

Side Two

For my pages I used April and May Studio Calico kits, stamps from Stamp Your Life, LLC and my stash.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me.

 ~ hugs Sherry ~

Project Life ~ Week 17

I am still enjoying my Project Life layouts each week even though some weeks I feel like it looks the same as the last week.

Here is the full two page spread. 

The left side. I took a road trip up to North Dakota to visit my sister who is currently in a nursing care facility recooperating after falling a few days prior. Our weather was crazy that week we had one day in the 80's after getting tons of snow a few days prior.

Here is a close up shot of my week 17 card along with that great winter card that I got from my friend Smitha Katti on Facebook. This definitely shows a pie chart of the Minnesota Seasons.

Micah is learning how to roller blade and really enjoys it. I like to sew on a few pages of each of my Project Life spreads and usually do it to the alpha stickers I use. Notice Dad in his t-shirt with the snow in the background.

The drive home from my sisters was a little scary as I drove through a blizzard that lasted about 30 minutes. It came out of nowhere and then was gone. I couldn't see the cars in front of me and the semi truck/trailer in front of me was wobbling all over the place.

I got the most wonderful stamp from my friend Mari who owns Stamp Your Life, LLC., It was one of her custom wooden stamps. I had mentioned to her once that I would love to have a stamp to use in all my Project Life albums at the beginning that said The Eckblads est. 1975 and she sent me one.

Here is the right side and you can see the picture with all the snow. And my weekly weather shot that I take on my phone. This side also shows Elsie Rae's birth announcement and of course pictures of Micah and Cassie who spent the night so their Mom and Dad could have a date night.

Here is a close up of the 9 or 10" of snow we got.

My Nephew Ben was in Paris this week for work and sent us a post card of the city. It was too long so I cut it apart and put it into 3 of the 3x4 sleeves.

Well that is all I have for week 17, but will be back again next week. Justin and I are heading out to Sioux Falls, South Dakota tomorrow for a Little People of America Spring Regional convention.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me.

 ~ hugs Sherry ~

Project Life ~ Week 14

I am still going strong on Project Life and just finished working on Week 14 which included Easter. I did a full two page spread along with an insert that had all the photos from Easter.

Sorry that my photos are so dark. We have been gray and gloomy here and as I write this post we have a major snow storm headed in for the next 48 hours.

Here is the two page layout along with the insert.

Here is side one. 

I used papers and embellishments from my stash as well as the April Studio Calico Project Life kit.

Side Two uses more stuff from my stash, Studio Calico and stamps by Mari over at Stamp Your Life, LLC., I love using stamps on my photos and pages. 

Yep, that dork in the middle row is me. I am taking a class over at Studio Calico called 'this is me' and I need to just get over my photo shyness and take some photos of me.

Here is a look at the Easter insert that sits between these two pages.

To create the insert I cut down a Becky Higgins size D insert to fit the pictures I had.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me. 

 ~ hugs Sherry ~

Project Life - Week 10

Here is a quick look at my Project Life pages for Week 10. I am still not good at remembering to take pictures, so thankful that Micah's Mom sends me some or we would all be bored here.

Here is my two page spread. I still cannot figure out how to not get the glare on the left side of the page without the photos being to dark. Will continue to work on that.

Here is a look at Side One. I absolutely love the photo at the bottom where Micah is making the heart for his Mom to take the photo for me. 

I used Washi tape and stamps from the Stamp Your Life Etsy shop which you can find here. Mari has great prices and she ships fast.

Here is side two. As you can see Birdie is back to laying eggs and when this photo was taken she had laid two eggs in two days.

I am also going to take a few pictures around my house showing things that I love each week and this week I am showing in the upper right photo some of my counted cross stitch which I used to be addicted to before I discovered my paper addiction.

If you have questions on anything please send me an email or leave a comment.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me. 

 ~ hugs Sherry ~

Project Life - Week 10

Hard to believe we are already 10 weeks into the new year. Here is a look at my Project Life pages.

I am trying to keep the two pages similar so they flow together not only as a week but for the entire year, which to me means using lots of the same colors throughout. 

Lots of family in this weeks layouts as we were up in Wahpeton, North Dakota visiting for a couple days.

Here is a closer look at side one. I enclosed in the bottom right pocket a card I received from my BFF Judy. Love that I have a place to store memorbilia. I used some stamps this week that will be coming to The Stamp Your Life Etsy store soon as well as some flair badges that are already in stock.

The today and heart flair as well as the "photograph by" stamped image are from the SYL store.

Thanks for stopping by to look at my Project Life layouts. If you do Project Life I would love to come over and have a look, just leave me a link to your blog below in the comments.

If you have any questions about Project Life or how to start, I would be happy to help you.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me. 

 ~ hugs Sherry ~

Project Life ~ Week 08

So far, so good. Things are going smoothly with project life, I just need to take more photos of the family. You would think it would be easier since I have been doing it for 14 months now, but nope it is not.

This week I was thankful for some Project Life cards that my friend Mari sent me from the Studio Calico kits as well as the printables that Studio Calico sent to all of us STILL on the wait list.

Lots of filler cards this week as well as my normal, calendar card and weather card. The Take Note card and the Grow where you are planted are both cards that my friend Mari sent me.  

I am trying to stick with the same color palette  every week in my Project Life so it all flows together.

I did recently get some of the Becky Higgins Seafoam collection as I split it three ways with Mari and one other girl. Love the colors in that collection and they fit my color theme for this year perfectly.

I used flairs this week from Stamp Your Life etsy shop, along with some from my stash, wood veneers, Studio Calico printable labels and alpha stickers from my stash.

Are you doing Project Life? If so leave me a link to your blog so I can come over and check it out.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me.

 ~ hugs Sherry ~

Project Life Week 07

I really enjoy doing my Project Life layouts each week especially when I have enough pictures to complete it.

I used lots of different products this week on my layout. My friend Mari gave me some of her Studio Calico Project Life cards, I used some that I made myself along with washi tape, and wood veneers from my stash as well as new stamps, washi tape and flair badges from Stamp Your Life, LLC.

My favorite card on this layout is the 3rd one in on the middle row. Micah painted that while we were watching Dora. Lots of snow pictures this week because in Minnesota in February it seems like it snows almost every day.

I love the new clear stamps that are going to be available in the store in a few weeks. The 'cheese me' one is all about cameras and instagram, which just sings 'project life' to me.

If you have questions about a certain card or layout on my project life just leave me a comment or email me and I will get back to you with the information.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me. 

 ~ hugs Sherry ~

Washi Wednesday

It's my turn up on the Stamp Your Life blog today for Washi Wednesday.

First up I created this card using The gold star washi tape available in the store here and I used one of the new clear stamps "we are family" that is due to arrive in the shop soon. The wooden star is from my stash and I used some gold zing glitter embossing powder on it.

Next up I used a few more of the new clear stamp sets that are coming soon to the shop to make some Project Life journal cards.

This card uses the new 'cheese me' clear set. I absolutely love the all the little cameras on it and the sentiments. Perfect for anyone who does Project Life or scrapbooks.

I used some washi tape at the top and then the potty people and sentiment are from the new clear set 'we are family'. All these sets are due to arrive in the shop soon. 

My last card uses the gradient black chevron washi found here and the 'we are family' stamp set.

There are wood mounted stamps due soon in the shop and the clear stamps will be right behind them. Just keep an eye on the blog or watch here on my blog or you can keep track of us on facebook.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me. 

 ~ hugs Sherry ~

Project Life ~ Week 5

I am sharing a look at my Project Life for Week 5 and I must admit that I didn't very many photos. If my niece wouldn't of sent me photos of Micah there would be none of them here. I need to try and be better about taking photos. You would think after a year of doing this I would have it down pat.

Side one

Side two

I am trying to keep with some of the same colors throughout my books this year. The colors will be a light blue, yellow, black and maybe some pinks and greens. Not sure of the color combo yet so will see how the next few weeks go with using it.

I also used printables from Studio Calico and Stamp Your Life, LLC on my layouts as well as other miscellaneous stuff from my stash.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me. 

 ~ hugs Sherry ~

Love Always

We have a new challenge for you over on the Stamp Your Life blog and our challenge is "Anything Love".

I used our stamp 'love always' along with the heart cloud washi tape that you will find in the shop here. I took some valentine confetti along with some big chunks of snow like glitter and put it in a plastic bag then stapled it to my heart embossing folder.

My card came together pretty quickly. Please make sure and stop over at the blog and see what the rest of the design team has come up with.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me. 

 ~ hugs Sherry ~

Project Life ~ Week 3

Happy to report that I am still keeping up with my Project Life and I think it is because I have set deadlines for myself. I think I work much better when I have a deadline.

I need to apologize for the dark pictures this week we aren't getting a lot of sun in the rooms I usually take my photos in this week.

If you saw my post yesterday "washi wednesday" I shared the details on some of my journal cards with you. I used washi tapes and stamps from the Stamp Your Life shop.

Once again this week my husband and son have managed to stay out of the photos. I told them we all have to be in this book whether we want to or not so I will try again next week.

It has been a joyous week for us with the birth of my newest great-nephew Braydon and some sad news too regarding my Uncle Davids cancer. I made the decision to put everything in this book so some things will be harder to write about and some things will probably be hidden journaling but you will see most of it.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me. 

 ~ hugs Sherry ~

Stamp Your Life, LLC. ~ Washi Wednesday

(this is my 2nd post today, please scoll down for my Artful Delight post)

It is Washi Wednesday over on the Stamp Your Life blog and my week to show you what I created with one of my favorite products out there.

Here is a look at the 3x4 journal cards I created for my week 3 Project Life this week using Washi tape and stamps from SYL.

Here is a closer look at each individual card along with the products I used from the store.

On this card I used Freckled Fawn Arrow washi tape along with this 'remember stamp'.

My next card uses the 'made with love' washi tape along with one of the circle stamps from 'hello circles' (these are currently on sale in the store) and one of the arrow stamps from 'this way please'.

My next card does not use washi tape but I wanted to show you one of the new flair badges that are also available in the shop. As well as my newest great-nephew Braydon.

My last card uses the 'heart cloud' washi tape and the week day stamp set is from the 'dated' set.

Stop back tomorrow when I will share my week 3 Project Life with you.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me. 

 ~ hugs Sherry ~

Week 2 ~ Project Life

So far I am keeping up with Project Life and I think it helps that I have decided Thursday on my blog will be my day to show the previous weeks layouts.

I am really enjoying this project and even more so this year. Maybe because I am sharing it here on my blog. Getting braver about having our lives a little more out there.

As I was putting this two week spread together I realized it was mainly about my crafts and Cassie and Micah. I didn't have a single shot of my husband or son. I told Joe we will have to fix that next week.

I am doing a few things the same each week, like the calendar card with the week number on it, the front page of one of our newspapers, and the weather shot. I think it will be nice to be able to look back and see what was in the headlines and also what the weather was like.

I also added this little envelope so I could put in a card from a friend as well as a note from my sister/best friend.

I am trying to use more of my stamps in Project Life this year as well as Washi Tape. I used Stazon ink this week to stamp on that picture of Micah in the lower left corner. Love Today stamp is from Stamp Your Life, LLC.

Okay, that is a look at our week two. I will be back next Thursday with Week three.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me. 

 ~ hugs Sherry ~