Documenting Life

Documenting Life........ A Chaotic Life :) 

I love the idea of Project Life. Absolutely think its the best idea yet to document those little moments in life that we forget about as time moves forward. I am also completely overwhelmed by it. LOL. So of course, I had to find a small scale way to do it. I have completed daily daybooks for all months up to and including June. But I also find that I get creative block, or complete memory loss. I either forget to take pictures, or I forget what I did on certain days. (They say once you have kids your memory is not what it use to be.....Me, personally, I think that actually happened in my teens, but I will gladly blame the kids lol) So of course, I had to find a way to take the idea and make it smaller. Something I don't have to be so committed to. SN@P Studio by Simple Stories has a colorful and fun line of binders, colorful pages, insert pocket pages, and of course stickers galore. (YAY!!!) I have used their products in my daybooks, scrapbook pages and smash pages. Recently with my coupon in hand, I purchased a Sn@p binder. LOVE IT!!!! Then I got an idea. (luckily, I was back at the store before I could forget what I was there for again!!) I bought a second one and additional insert pocket pages. I put all the protector insert pages in my red one. And I now use that one to document my every day life. (If I skip a day...oh well) And I put all the pretty and fun pages in the second book (orange) and that is now my All about me, whatever I feel like book, Welcome to my chaotic life book. I will still make daybooks. Because well, I am addicted to all things paper. But on those days, I just don't have the time......or energy....or the memory......well.....I only need to fill a 3x4 space, and that is so much less intimidating.

I used Heidi Swapp's Color Shine (primrose) to spray the Hello Journal card with a gear back ground. 

Still a work in progress but my Top 5 Guilty Pleasures Page

The above pictures are all from the orange Sn@p binder I am using for my "All about Me" Chaotic life book. I hope to upload pictures from my Red Sn@p binder that is more like a project life book in small scale soon.  I also have pictures to upload from my May and June Daily's and my daughter Alyssa's Memory file book from her 14th Birthday. 

Happy Scrappin everyone!!!!!

Cloud "Mini" Daybook..

For my May Daily, I decided to do a mini version of the day book. I went to my first ever crop night and met a lot of really nice ladies. Learned a few new techniques and was actually able to finish sewing a daybook. This book is slightly smaller then I am use to making and working with.  My goal is to post updates throughout the month on the progress I make in my book. Here is the daybook I made that I will be using throughout the month.

Cover

Hello page was made using Silhouette Cameo.

Banner Page also made using Cameo

My favorite new page to do, a white graph or writing paper page cut to resemble a cloud.

 

 

 

 

 

Happy Scrapping everyone :)

Pastel Colors Daybook. Getting ready for Spring....

Spring is in the air. Well, sort of. It's been kind of chilly here, even in North Carolina. (They tell me it is unseasonably cold........all I can say is BRRRRRRRRR)  So what else is there to do on a chilly and rainy afternoon but lock myself in my craft room and get to work. Trying to keep up with my March Daily. And of course, feeding my daybook creating addiction by making what else....a new daybook. If you get a chance, tell me what you think.

Happy Scrapping!!!

Happy Accidents

So a few months ago, while buying my cinch, I decided to add some chipboard and other binding items in to my purchase. After all, what good was a cinch if you couldn't use it. One of the things I ordered was a Heidi Swapp memory folder set. I threw it in a drawer and forgot about it. It resurfaced months later when I was packing up my craft room to move from NY to NC. It made the trip and ended up in another drawer. I began watching many videos, craft channels and came across a tutorial on using Memory files. How lucky that I already had them????Well now all these months later I finally decided to try my first "attempt" at making one. There is one thing I hate doing, GLUING paper to chipboard. Its not that I can't do it, it FRUSTRATES me to no end. (insert multiple cups of coffee here). Yesterday I had made two really cute tags with no real "game plan" in mind. Many people ask to see pictures of my new home, and I figured, well........nows my chance. Still not sure if I enjoy making these as much as I love making daybooks, but here's a peek at my latest project.

Altering Tags

Today, I am playing around with Tags. ( I am suppose to be catching up on laundry and cleaning, so of course I am in my craft room hehe) Here is a peek at what I am working on today.

The Capture the Moment tag book is made with five tags that are bound together using my ATG gun and Washi. It is the perfect size to add instax pictures from the Instax Mini. The second tag (hello) is for the cover of my next day book.

Happy Scrapping :)

Washi journal book

Here is a quick little project. This is my latest Washi Journal/Daybook. For each 4x6 card I ran a strip of tape from my ATG gun down each connecting side of the pages. Then put a coordinating strip of washi over it. After building the book up with pages, the outside edge became tacky, so I ran a strip of camera film tape down the center and folded over the edges. I like these little mini books. I can document a single event in them, they are small and easier to store. And the tape/washi combo makes them pretty strong so they survive in my purse. Its like having your own mini brag book - Daybook style.

Tag is there to show size. Book is 4"wide by 6" tall.

Washi Film tape used with ATG for binding

My favorite page

Happy Scrapping

WORKING WITH DISTRESS INKS