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Week in the Life | 2014 – midweek roundup

31 Friday Oct 2014

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So yesterday was the midway point in this year’s Week in the Life Journey and, as is normal for me in all parts of my life, the midway point was the hardest. Wednesday’s are always the worst at bootcamp – I have no energy – and the same goes for this project. I took less pics than usual (though I still had tons!) and I wrote less on my daily sheets. I just hit a wall in the middle of things!

But today is a new day and it’s Halloween so I’m sure there will be too many pictures today to make up for yesterday!

Here are my favourites of the week so far:

On Monday my mom’s cousin sent her some old pics:

witl - monday1

My grandmother – Molly is named after her. She’s Molly Nora.

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My grandfather – the best man, best person I’ve ever known. He was truly one of a kind. So was my grandmother, they were two incredible people.

Tuesday, according to Gabe, was the worst day ever:

witl - tuesday

I love that he took a selfie while keeping the pout, ha!

Wednesday

witl - wednesday2Love it when she’s silly.

witl - wednesday1

Love it when he stays in his footie jammies all day – makes me feel like he’s still a baby. ๐Ÿ™‚

Thursday

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Week in the Life has brought out some camera smiles with Molly – normally she’s a definite no to pics!

witl - thursday1

Would have missed this moment if not for WITL – I was waiting to take a pic of him going to school so had my camera when I normally wouldn’t have.

And that’s it so far. Three more days left and then putting it all together happens. I’m lucky to work from home so whenever I get a chance I upload and edit pics. I also add times and a few words to each one in Photoshop before printing. By the end of the night I have the day done and I send them off daily to be printed. It keeps them organized for me and I don’t feel overwhelmed at the end of the week. I just need to add some bits and bobs then and I call it done!

How is your week going? Let me know if you’re still snapping and writing!

Cheers!

S.

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Week in the Life | 2014 – supplies

27 Monday Oct 2014

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Week in the Life

It’s back! This is the week each year that I really look forward to and then kind of hate by the end! ๐Ÿ™‚ Also, my kids kind of hate it by the end too – having a camera in their face 24/7 gets to be a bit much.

If you don’t know what Week in the Life is all about, check out Ali Edwards – this is her baby.

I’ve done this the past two years and I can’t even explain how much I love the finished product. Going through those 6×8 albums and seeing all aspects of our days and lives for that week is amazing.

I’m kind of behind this year in that I have no prep done – usually my album is set up and I have an idea where I’ll go with it to finish. This year, well, I have some product pulled and we’ll have to see how it all comes together!

Here’s what I have so far:

witl - album

Simple Stories burlap chevron album in red

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Bo Bunny, Simple Stories, and Shimelle papers (I also have old Halloween Scenic Route that I’ll use)

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Simple Stories alphas and stickers

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Sn@p pouch for bits and bobs (I used this last year and it was great!)

Plus lots of different page protectors so I can do whatever I want in terms of photos and the 6×8 daily sheets from Ali. I’m sure there will be lots more added as I go!

And that’s it. Pretty simple – you truly only need a camera of some kind and a place to stick pictures and journaling – Week in the Life doesn’t need to be, and shouldn’t be, complicated or about the product. In its essence, it’s a photo journal about the nitty gritty details of your life for one week.

Are you playing along? I’d love to see what you all are doing so let me know! Post a link in the comments so we can all go have a look.

S.

P.S. My friend Cathie posted her WITL supplies this morning – go take a look!

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Spiders and bats and Halloween fun!

23 Thursday Oct 2014

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I love Halloween. Love. It.

I love Christmas more but don’t like the crafting aspect as much – weird.

There’s just something about making ghosts and bats and spiders that makes me happy so the other day we made some creepy crawlies while the kiddos had a Professional Development Day off school.

kids and bats

See how happy Molly is about getting her picture taken? Haha!

Here’s the three of ours together (Poppy had already taken hers home):

bat trio

I went with regular googly eyes but the kids wanted coloured ones, of course! I’ve almost run out of my round coloured eyes but found some oval ones the other day (for you local peeps who have been asking, I found them at the dollar store in Mount Pearl!) and I think they look pretty awesome! We obviously used egg cartons, black paint, and googly eyes. For the wings I had some sticky back felt but paper would work just as well.

We also made spiders but I only have a picture of mine:

spiderIsn’t he cute? I had the idea and wanted to make him *now* but had no pipe cleaners so we painted wooden skewers and broke them up for legs – I actually like how it looks that way! He and Mister Bat:

bathave become two of my faves! Now, to come up with a new ghost idea….

Cheers!

S.

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Birthday Girl

21 Tuesday Oct 2014

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One of the fun things I’ve been getting to do for The Paperie is design some project kits. These come with everything you need to complete at least two layouts and two cards (or more) and very detailed, full colour instructions. Lots packed into a $30 kit! I showed you one a few weeks ago – Back 2 School – and here’s another one!

Molly had her 7th birthday in August so I had the perfect photos waiting when Wendy mentioned a Birthday Girl kit. The first one highlights how old she turned, a typical birthday pic that I try to take each year:

hello SEVEN

The fun parts here came from the title and embellishment cluster on the top of the LO. I added doodling to the alpha stickers, some fun sequins and wood veneer, and some taps of shimmer mist:

hello SEVEN title

The next LO is all about cake because, come on, who doesn’t like cake?

it's all about the cake

I wanted to add pictures of all Molly’s past cakes so I made a little mini album that’s hidden behind the main photo:

it's all about the cake mini

My favourite part of this whole kit is the sticker cake:

it's all about the cake sticker embellishment

Yes, I admit, I patted myself on the back for that one – love how it turned out!

Once the kit was completed, I discovered I had enough left over for a bonus LO, a 6×8 this time featuring an outtake picture:

hello birthday MONKEY

I added my usual touch to the sticker title, by doodling:

hello birthday MONKEY title

Of course, there are some birthday cards too!

celebrate

The first one is pretty simple, with the touch of some glossy accents for the balloons, but the second one is a fun window card:

hbd

Aren’t all those stickers and alphas great? This is an awesome kit and I still had stickers left over to make more cards!

Hope you enjoyed and if so, keep your eyes open – we have some ideas for future projects kits too!

If you want more information about the kits, or to get one, check out The Paperie.

Cheers!

S.

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A Super Star

17 Friday Oct 2014

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Are you going to The Paperie Retreat? If you live anywhere close to St. John’s area or like to travel, scrap, and have fun then you really should come. It takes place at The Wilds Resort and we basically have the run of the place from Thursday to Sunday – it’s a blast! Trust me, it’s worth the money and the trip…

The Paperie sets up a pop-up store with a ton of new product and retreat exclusive kits, the designers and staff do demos (Cathie and I will both be demoing brand new products!), we have Make ‘n’ Takes, and there are a few classes to take, if you want. This time around, I’m teaching a fabulous Star Mini Album.

hanging

Isn’t that fun? With the kit you’ll get instructions for that one, plus the papers and stickers for these pages:

snowman joy house garland

And as a bonus, I’ll include measurements for two bigger stars as well so you can have a hanging cluster for decoration this Christmas, if you want!

three stars

The mini is a great Christmas present too, since it comes with a stand to hang your finished album on. If you decide you just want to leave it closed, it’s got a super cute cover to display!

frontHave I convinced you to come yet? Here’s some more! Rae Lynn will be teaching an ornament Make ‘n’ Take and on display will be the ornaments all the designers have created for our Holiday Hoopla class in early December. I’m still working on mine but here’s one that didn’t make the cut for this year:

sparkle snowflakeSuper sparkly but a bit too finicky for this class – I have some more ideas though!

If you want more details on the Retreat, or to sign up, check this out!

Cheers!

S.

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12 on Twelve – October 2014

14 Tuesday Oct 2014

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Another 12 on Twelve! Before you start I should forewarn you of baby overload – my best friend had a baby on the 12th and my brother is home with his new baby. Enjoy! And to all my fellow Canadians – I hope you had a great Thanksgiving weekend full of food, family, friends, and good times.

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1. Playing games on Daddy’s iPad.

2. Morning drive home through Terra Nova Park from Central Newfoundland.

3. Porch selfie.

4. Sweet Baby James! He’s only about 15 hours old. ๐Ÿ™‚

5. Happy parents.

6. Old friends, new baby.

7. Baby Maya is home for a visit!

8. Molly loves her new cousin.

9. Harvest bread for Thanksgiving dinner.

10. Birthday cake!

11. Laundry time…

12. My bed buddy.

Cheers!

S.

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Simple Scrapper Show & Tell | October 2014

07 Tuesday Oct 2014

Posted by Sara in Mixed Media, ScrapBook, Simple Scrapper

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ColorShine Mist, Mixed Media Layout, Show & Tell, Simple Scrapper

showtellIt’s Show & Tell time at Simple Scrapper again and the Creative Team knocked it out of the park again! It’s really amazing how different styles use the same sketch – I love seeing them all! Go check out the Team Gallery.

My Story Starter layout this month was about one of my favourite spots, Salmon Cove:

the sands

I added some texture while re-enforcing my title by adding mist to translucent embossing paste and spreading it through a stencil:

the sands embossing paste

And I had fun with the subtitle by throwing in an ampersand clip:

the sands subtitle

My template LO used an instagram pic I took of Gabe and his new friend, Holly:

casestrickland-oct14-#4

We were walking home from school and though they didn’t listen to a single word we (her grandmother and I) said, they were still pretty much the cutest ever, holding hands and running. I added their initials to a vellum circle and stapled it over the picture:

new friends vellum tag

I added the same vellum across the bottom of the photo, over the mist drips. It anchors the photo without covering up all that drippy goodness!

new friends vellum layers

Now it’s your turn! Check out the Show & Tell post and then link up to any work you’re done this month. Make sure you look around at everyone else’s art and leave some love along the way!

Also, do you love sketches? And a supportive group of friends? We’re having a Creative Team call! Try out, you won’t regret it!

Cheers!

S.

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Seasonal Canvas | Fall

03 Friday Oct 2014

Posted by Sara in Canvas, Classes, Mixed Media

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Last night was the final in the Seasonal Canvas series – those people who did them all now have a gorgeous collection of four 6×6 canvases to display!

I have to admit, this fall one is my favourite – I love how it turned out!

fall canvas

A closer look at the quote most of us used:

fall title

And look at that shine! That’s pearlized Stampendous Mica Fragments with some fall colour added – isn’t it fabulous?!?

fall tree closeup

And that’s it – all the seasons done! Now, I just have to find somewhere in my house that will fit all four of them!

Cheers!

S.

P.S. Missed some of the canvas posts? You see them all here: Winter, Spring,ย Summer

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