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PROJECT LIFE INSPIRATION AT FROSTED DESIGNS WITH SIMPLE STORIES

Friday, June 13, 2014

Hi there everyone, today I have another Project Life Inspired project that I did for Frosted Designs.

Today I want to share with you a double page a made with pictures taken at Jonathan's newborn photoshoot. He was only 6 days old in these photos. The pictures I used on this page are some of my favourites from that day. I just love the blue blanket and the white and red hats really looked stunning with the blue.

Products Used

Simple Stories Homespun 12x12 Collection kit

Simple Stories Homespun Bits&Pieces

Simple Stories Homespun 6x12 Chipboard stickers

I used the Homespun collection from Simple Stories for this page. I loved the colours in the range and just love how the papers complement the pictures. Here are some pictures of the detail.

For all the pockets I used papers from the Homespun collection. I included stickers and chipboard elements on the cards as embellishments. I also used some photo-overlays to add some dimension to the photos and the one card I used Tim Holtz distress stains to decorate the white cardstock.

This is really an awesome range from Simple Stories and once again so versatile!

All of the products I used is available in the Frosted Designs store. Don't forget to head on over to the store and fill those shopping carts!!!!

Friday, March 21, 2014

Hi there ladies, I really hope everyone in the Northern hemisphere is having an awesome spring and are excited for the summer! Here in South Africa, we have really been having some crappy weather with LOTS of rain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But enough about the weather, today I am here to share another two single Project Life inspired pages with you, that was made for Frosted Designs! The pictures were take on the same day, but some were taken in the morning and the rest were taken in the afternoon, after Jonathan was bathed and changed.

Here is the first page, the right hand side.

Products Used

Simple Stories Vintage Bliss 12x12 Collection kit

Project Life Jade Core Kit

Buttons, bling and felt heart from my stash

These pictures were taken in the afternoon and early evening, after we bathed Jonathan and changed him into this blue and white outfit.

I included a Project Life card here which I embellished with a felt heart cut from my Cuttlebug, some staples, buttons and bling.

The journalling on this card reads:

"Thursday - our last day in hospital. After your bath that morning, mommy dressed you in the blue & white babygrow. Even though it was "newborn" size it still seemed too big for you. these were some of the first pictures mommy took of you being awake."

I used bits and pieces of the Vintage collection from Simple Stories to finish the page off with.

And now on to the second page!!!!!!!!!

Products Used

Echo Park Reflections Fall 12x12 Collection kit

UmWow Layered Banners Chipboard

Heidi Swapp stencil - Honeycomb

Kaisercraft Hidden Treasures collectables

Kaisercraft Rub-ons

Project Life Midnight Core Kit

This one is so far my favourite and I had tons of fun with this page!!!!!!!!!!

So, dear Mr Tim Holtz (huge fan over!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) was in South Africa during March and I was lucky enough to be able to attend his class....... One of the awesome things he bought us and that we worked with was his brand new 1" distressing ink pads, and oh my word, they are stunning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So what did I do when I got home, you guessed it, used the mini distressing ink pads!!!!!!!!!!!

I covered cardstock with old book paper, and did some stencil work with Tim Holtz distress ink on it. Once this was done, I included some chipboard elements, a rub-on and some die-cuts I had lying around.

For this card, I cut a piece from the Echo Park Fall collections, added some die-cuts and stitching.

So that concludes my Project Life pages for this week! I hope you enjoyed them! But wait, I am not done...........................

We have some Project Life inspired products on sale this week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ALL Project Life Type products are 30% off. This includes the Becky Higgins brand new Project Life Kit and Transparency Overlays as well as Simple Stories Homespun Collection and all the new lines from Elle's Studios! Project Life products can be found HERE!

Be sure to use code PL30 at checkout to receive the discount!

So head on over to the store and fill those shopping carts!!!!!!

Friday, February 7, 2014

Hello ladies, it is Friday again, which means it time for another Project Life Inspired post over at Frosted Designs.

I have two single pages for you today. Even though they will be next to one another in the album, I wanted to created separate layouts for the pictures.

The first layout is about the day we took Jonathan home from the hospital, and these are the only two pictures I have from that day. I used bits and pieces from the My Mind's Eye - Cut&Paste collection, as well as some Project Life cards to which I added some journaling and embellishments.

The journaling reads:

After being in hospital for 3 nights, both you & mommy were able to go home on Friday, 7 September.

We dressed you warmly that day as it was a bit chilly.

Daddy came to fetch us at around 10h00.

We went home for the first time as a family! You had your bottle & went to sleep for the first time in you own room & your own bed - what a champ you were!

Mommy slept a bit in the afternoon while daddy looked after you.

That night you had your fist visitors - Aunty Marine & Uncle Nick.

Products Used

My Mind's Eye Cut & Paste - Hey You Journaling Card

My Mind's Eye Cut & Paste - Hey You Trend

My Mind's Eye Cut & Paste - Carefree Relaxed

My Mind's Eye Cut & Paste - Decorative Brads

My Mind's Eye Cut & Paste - Chipboard Stickers Carefree

My Mind's Eye Cut & Paste - Decorative Chipboard Buttons

My Mind's Eye Cut & Paste - Cardstock Stickers Carefree Labels

Color wash cold pressed watercolour tags

Project Life Jade Core Kit

Here are some close-ups of the detail.

The second layout has pictures of Jonathan sleeping in his cot the following day, 8 September. Here I also just had these two pictures. I really love the contrast with the red and white, so wanted to use paper that emphasized that, hence my use of the Beautiful Life collection by Echo Park.

The journaling reads:

Mommy dressed you in a lovely white & red outfit when you woke up that morning.

Here you were taking a late morning nap. In the afternoon mommy & daddy's friends came to visit, meet you & watch the Springboks play Nieu Zeeland.

Products Used

Echo Park Beautiful Life Collection Kit

Project Life Jade Core Kit

Here are some pictures of the detail.

I really had so much fun creating these two pages and love how they turned out!

All of the products I used is available in the Frosted Designs store. You can purchase it HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Don't forget to head on over to the store and fill those shopping carts!!!! There are some awesome specials going on!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you buy for more than $50 you receive free US shipping ($50 before tax & shipping). Use code FREESHIP at checkout! This offer expires on February 10th, 2014.

For international shipping, if you buy for more than $50 you receive $8 off international shipping ($50 before tax & shipping). Use code SHIPSAVE at checkout! This offer expires on February 10th, 2014.

Have an awesome day!

Thursday, February 6, 2014

Hello there, today I will be sharing the latest challenge over at Black with Two.

The rules are VERY simple, use BLACK cardstock along with TWO colours from the mood board. to tantalize your creative MOJO. The colours this month are HOT PINK & AQUA. Along with that you must use the sketch as inspiration and included DREAM in your journaling.

Here is the sketch and the new mood board.

Here is my take on the challenge.

Originally I wanted to use on the aqua colours in my layout, but then I saw the cards from the Project Life Brush edition core kit and I decided to use a little bit of the pink colour as well.

I used the black cardstock as my background, as well as to matt my picture in. Instead of using pattern paper to bring in the aqua and hot pink, I used the Project Life cards.

I used a bingo card with the word dream on as my title and added the bird rub-on, buttons and bling.

The little white heart I cut with my cuttlebug and the flowers I made with stamping and distress inks.

Thank you for stopping by and having a look!

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Lately there is this huge excitement in the scrapbooking world about Project Life. I know Project Life has been available in the US for quite a while, but unfortunately here in South Africa, it is still relatively new. it is only recently that we have been able to get the products here.

I have been very lucky that Barb from Frosted Designs have decided to showcase Project Life Inspired projects to showcase some of the products we have in the store and to show you how you can use your Project Life products along with your other scrapbooking stash.

So first things first - What is Project Life? And what is it all about?

Several years ago Becky Higgins had a hard time keeping up with the memory-keeping that she wanted to do. So she solved the problem by developing a system that works, and now Project Life^® is available to everyone, everywhere. Project Life provides an ultra-simple solution that helps us get those pictures into albums without draining out time, energy and wallets. The idea is simple: photos + memorabilia + journaling together in an album - everything slips into pockets. No requirement to cut or glue or embellish a thing. And yet - the results are stunning! Project Life is back-to-basic scrapbooking at its finest.

What I wanted to do is to use the Project Life concepts but incorporate other scrapbooking collections as well as techniques that I use in scrapbooking everyday. Some of the collections that work awesome for Project Life is Simple Stories, Echo Park and even Kaisercraft! By ding come cutting, their papers fit right into Project Life pockets.

I decided to start with Project Life because of our little boy. He has just turned 16 months old and I have TONS of pictures (I took 11 402 during 2013.....................). I would really LOVE to be able to scrap them all, but I just do not have the time.............. So I decided on Project Life to showcase his first year day by day.

So here is my very first Project Life layout which is the first page of Jonathan's Project Life album. These are the two first pictures that were taken of Jonathan at his birth. I include his name, some journaling about how we decided on his name, along with the statistics of his birth on this page. I also used some stickers and decorative brads.

Products Used

Echo Park Bundle of Joy - Boy Journaling Card

Echo Park Bundle of Joy Alpha Stickers

Echo Park Bundle of Joy - Decorative Brads

Project Life Baby Boy Mini Kit

For my next page I used pictures of all the flowers and gifts we received with his birth. Along with the papers I also used some other scrapbooking techniques. These include washi tape flags with a pearl finish; hand stitching; I cut out one of the sayings from the Simple Stories papers and added that to a Project Life card.