My New Favorite Way to do Project Life...

Hey there friends!  I have another week of Project Life to share. It's the week of September 10 - 16, 2012... This week was a mix of Michael's sobriety anniversary, scrapfest, and everyday stuff.  Life has been very busy lately!!!Left side closeup...  Ephemera here includes the black square Scrapfest sticker in the top right corner.  It was stuck...

Project Life Update - September 3 - 9th...

Project Life is still FUN!!! This is so amazing to me.  I am usually the queen of switching systems, but there's something about this format that is so fascinating.  I love filling the little pockets, and I love the way it tells the story of our life in a visual and colorful way.Here's how the week of September 3rd thru 9th turned out...Closeup of left side...  since...

Yearbook Committee...

This is my last project for Noel Mignon's Back to School Crop.  It's the Yearbook Committee assignment, which was to use a school photo on a layout.  I chose to use Michael's 9th grade school photo...Here's how it turned out...I used my Noel Mignon Summer Wind kit for this one.  Instead of painting the title right on the page, I chose to paint it on white cardstock,...

Chemistry Assignment...

I'm still working on assignments for Noel Mignon's Back to School crop, and this one is for Chemistry class.  The assignment was to make your own patterned paper background using mists and chipboard or diecut pieces.  I didn't have chipboard so I used some paper doilies.Here's what I came up with...I ended up doing the misting in layers with different shades of blues,...

20th Century History...

I'm still working on Monday's assignments for Noel Mignon's Back to School Crop - eek!  I'm behind! Monday's night school class was "20th Century History," and the assignment was to do a layout with a photo from the 20th century, featuring the year it was taken prominently.  Here's what I came up with...I love this photo of us three girls (my sister Renee, mom...

Beginning Band Assignment...

Hi there everyone!  I'm participating in Noel Mignon's "Back to School" themed crop this week, and having so much fun!  The challenges are set up like classes.  Each day there is an a.m. class and a p.m. class, and sometimes night school.  There are games and prizes.  Tonight we played bingo and I won! The Monday morning "class" was Beginning...

Lily Bee and Doodlebug Scrapfest Projects...

I'm excited to share with you three layouts that I actually finished during Scrapfest!!!  This almost never happens, since the classes are only 45 minutes long.  Sometimes you feel like you barely get started!  But these three I managed to finish during the Friday and Saturday night crops.Lily Bee's "We Are Family" Class...This is the class description and photos...

Scrapfest was Fabulous and New Scrapping The Music Layouts...

I'm back from Scrapfest at the Mall of America and I'm feeling so INSPIRED!  I took 12 classes and my girlfriends and I participated in two crops and it was FABULOUS!!!Here's a photo we had taken at the Largest Scrapbook Page in the World...Left to right: Anne, Christina, Lynn and Me.I will do a post all about as soon as I get things a little bit organized, but in the...

Oh my goodness, time is flying by...

Hi everyone!  I never intended to go this long without blogging - it's been a week - eek!  I have a good excuse tho - Michael and I went to visit the Rocky Mountains to celebrate his 18-years of sobriety anniversary!  I'm working on my project life page for last week, but it's not quite finished yet.  Here's a sneak peek of a few of the photos from our...

Project Life: August 26 - September 2, 2012

Here we go with another week of Project Life!August 26 - September 2, 2012...Closeup of left side...  Michael's birthday was this week, so included a photo of the birthday card I made for him.  One new thing I tried was leaving a pocket blank, so that the back of last week's card shows through.  It's the second one down in the middle.  It's an atc that...

Scrapping The Music Takes on The Stray Cats and More...

 With the September 1st challenges, we are excited to introduce two new design team members at Scrapping The Music - Jessica Sporn and Herma!  They are both regular participants and members of our Hall of Fame.  Jessica is an awesome mixed media artist and painter; and Herma is the queen of upcycling and using thrifty techniques to create beautiful layouts. ...