Project Life Week 33, 34 and 35

Hi Friends, Happy Monday. I hope you had a good weekend. I have been busy trying to catch up with my PL. Yes again :))

So, here are weeks 33-35. Hopefully, this week I will be caught up. I hate to be behind on PL esp during November and December. LOL.

Week 33 - 

 Week 34 -

 Week 35 -

I have used a few filler cards from BH's Core kits, but mostly I have used Emily Merritt's Journaling cards that are available on http://the-lilypad.com/" target="_blank">The LilyPad

I have used,
http://the-lilypad.com/store/school-time.html" target="_blank">School Time
http://the-lilypad.com/store/transparency.html" target="_blank">Transparency
http://the-lilypad.com/store/selfie.html" target="_blank">Selfie
http://the-lilypad.com/store/tiny-quotes-no.-2.html" target="_blank">Tiny Quotes
http://the-lilypad.com/store/beautiful-you.html" target="_blank">Beautiful You
http://the-lilypad.com/store/big-bold-letters-color.html" target="_blank">Big Bold Letters Color
http://the-lilypad.com/store/headed-that-way.html" target="_blank">Headed That Way
Free and Proof Journaling cards from EM as well. :)

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Project Life Catchup - Second Round

Hello friends, Happy Sunday. I am back with my 2nd installment of Project Life Catchup. I am in love with the new Journaling cards from Emily Merritt.

I wanted to share Weeks - 30, 31 and 32 with you. I am only behind two weeks. YAY..Feels good to be caught up.

  

I have used a bunch of Studio Calico Journaling cards, a few of BH Core kit, a few from Cathy Z's designs and of course one or two of my own, but bulk of the journaling cards are Emily Merritt's designs. You have to stop by the Lilypad.com to check out her designs.

The Emily Merritt products that I have used are,

Beautiful You

Selfie

Summer Days Summer Nights

Big Bold Months

Ovals

Thanks for stopping by. I am hoping I can post on Tuesdays as usual from Next week. 

Project life Catch up Post - Week 27, 28 and 29

Happy Thursday....I had fallen a bit behind with my PL, but Emily Merritt's new designs were perfect for my Mojo. So I finally caught up with my PL. I wanted to share Weeks 27, 28 and 29.

It felt good catching up on PL and esp with the journaling. I was playing along with Kristin's Currently challenge of course. You should stop by at The Lilypad.com and check out Emily Merritt Designs.

I used the following designs from Emily Merritt,
Summer Days Summer Nights
Selfie
Hey There
Free
 Big Bold Months
Life Right Now Cards

I have also used a few of Becky Higgins core kit cards from Midnight and other kits, a few of my own cards, a few of old Emily Merrit's free cards and others.

Thanks for stopping by. Hopefully I will post more weeks tmrw.

ICR Scrapbook Challenge #6

Happy Thursday and Happy Independence day to all my Indian Friends. Scrapbook Challenge #6 is now live on ICR.

It is a simple sketch challenge and I love sketches and esp sketches which have 4x6 photos on them which makes the whole layout very easy to do.

Here is my layout. These are pictures of my friend's daughter and of course her friend. I just love these pictures of the girls together wearing same outfit. I remember wanting to have the same outfit as my friend's when I was a kid. :)

I used some papers from an old studio calico kit. I love the heart border punch from Fiskars. The best part of this LO for me is the Emily Merritt's new Journaling cards available on TLP called "Beautiful You". I used the Hello Beautiful Circle that I cut out from a Journaling card and the heart on the top right corner as well. I also used Emily Merritt's One Hundred Percent (the red circular tag near the heart). This is one of my most fav EM collections ever. Some SC Wooden Asterix and bird finished off my layout.

Hope you stop by ICR to check out our scrapbook Challenge and to play along with us.

Thanks for stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - none
Paper - Patterned Paper from Studio Calico Kit.
Ink - Memento Black, Ranger Vintage Photo
Other - AC Flowery Title letters, SC Wooden Asterix and bird, Emily Merritt Hybrid/digital designs, Fiskars Border Punch

Project Life Week 25 and Week 26

Hi Friends, a few days late and a few weeks behind, but here are my week 25 and Week 26 PL Pages. I used a bunch of Emily Merritt Products on my Layouts.

Week 25
Left Side

Right Side

Week 26
Left Side

I ended my Vol 1 Album at June 2013, It was just perfect that June 30th was Sunday it worked out great for me. Here is my End Page of Vol1.

Here are some of the Emily Merritt Products that I used.
Free
Tiny Quotes No.2
Hashtags No.3
Ovals
Hey There
Make Today Amazing
Proof (Available at One Story Down)
Sweet Summer (Available at One Story Down)


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Christmas Owl

Hi Friends, How are you doing? I have been a bit late with my Project Life Posts. Life has happened LOL..I will be back tomorrow with a couple of spreads of PL.

Meanwhile, I did a few Christmas cards over the weekend. It is never too early to get started on your Christmas cards.

I did this card for,

A) July Christmas Cards Challenge on SplitCoastStampers - To create a card with Red, Blue and White Color Scheme and to use something sparkly on the card.
B) Challenge #27 on A Blog Named Hero - To create a card or project using your fav Hero Arts Stamp. I used this Holiday Owl set from Hero Arts.
C)Merry Monday Merry Monday Month Long - Anything Goes Christmas Card challenge.

I kept the card simple with red card base and some old Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses Paper. I stamped and colored the hat of the Owl with Blue Copic Marker and then add the sentiment to a white punched out paper. Overall, just a simple card, but loved how it turned out. I also added some red gem embellishment on the corner of the card to add something sparkly.

Thanks for stopping by,
Supplies
Stamp - Hero Arts Holiday Owl
Paper - PTI Pure Poppy, Enchanted Evening and White CS, Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses Collection Patterned Paper
Ink - Memento Black and Blue
Other - EK Success Border Punch, Circle Punches, PTI Pure Poppy Saddle Stitched ribbon.

Project Life Week 24

Hi All, I am back with another Project Life Post. YAY, I am caught up and it makes me feel happy. We were visiting Corpus Christi this past weekend for my cousin's Graduation Ceremony. So I have an insert this week as well.

I used Emily Merritt's newly released - Hey There Journaling cards on my LO this time along with her Water Play Collection that is available at One Story Down. It is an awesome collection of journaling cards along with some labels as well.
I also used Emily's Hey Daddio and Big Bold Months as well. Loved all the burst of color on the LO.

For the insert, I punched out a few labels from the Water Play Collection and added them to the photos along with the Journaling cards from the same colleciton.

I used a few filler and other cards from SC Kit.

I hope you stop by at The-Lilypad.com and One Story Down and Check out Emily Merritt's Collection.

Thanks for stopping by.

Project Life Week 23

Hi Friends, I am back with my Project Life Week 23. I am officially One week behind. :)) I guess it was too good to be true when I was on top of my PL. But Life happens and now I am one week behind. Hope to catch up soon.

I really loved how this layout came together. I used Emily Merritt's Hashtags No.1 (available at One Story Down where Emily is Guest Designing), Thumbs Way Up, Sweet Summer(again available on One Story Down), My Inventory Journaling cards, Dotted:Love Edition and of course Ahoy :)) I just love her products.

I also used a journaling card from BH's Cinnamon Edition and also bunch of stuff from Studio Calico June Project Life kit.

Here are some close up's,

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you stop by at The-Lilypad and check out all of Emily Merritt's Designs.

Scrapbook Challenge #4 on ICR

Hello Friends, Hope you had a great weekend and ready for the new week. I was down with a bit of fever and cold, but feeling much better now. So, my project life is a bit late. Hopefully by Tuesday I can post both weeks.

Here we are with our 4th Scrapbook challenge in ICR Forum. It is a sketch this time and we would love for you to play along with us.

Here is my layout. These are pictures of my niece Gauri and I just loved the expression on her face. I printed the black and white pictures and they were perfect for this bright pink background paper.

I die cut the adorable title using my Silhouette and used some Thickers from Studio Calico Kit,. In fact the papers are also from an SC Kit,. I used some washi tape, some MME Buttons and flags and some labels as well. I also used Emily Merritt's Thumbs Way Up also on my layout. Just love her designs.

Supplies:
Stamp - MFT Captured Memories
Paper - Studio Calico Kit
Ink - Memento Black
Other - Recollection Washi Tape, MME Buttons and flag accents
Digital - Emily Merritt Thumbs Way Up Design Collection

Happy Always

Hi Friends, Happy Sunday. Hoping that your week went well. We had a good weekend and I am here to share this layout that I did of my friend's daughter. This was just a impromptu picture she got on her mobile phone camera, but the emotions and the smile on her face was just priceless, so I had to create a layout with it.

I used Emily Merritt's Big Bold Letters Color to create the Title and added the always (a silhouette die cut). Of course I had to use Emily's Thumbs Way Up. Just love the sentiment that says "100%B Awesomeness". Some hodge podge of patterned papers from Stash and some chipboard buttons completed the page. Easy layout, but feels so good and happy just like the Girl.

You can stop by at The Lilypad to check out more Emily's designs. She has a new one for Summer. Watch out for a layout using those journaling cards.

Thanks For stopping by.

Traditional - a scrapbook layout

Hi Friends, Happy Friday. I hope you are having a good day and looking forward to the weekend. I am excited on Fridays :))

I wanted to share this quick layout that I did of my friend and her daughter in Traditional Indian Outfits. I just loved these pictures and they were perfect with this Blue and Pink Polka Dot paper that I had.

I kept it simple with the colors of the papers and the photos speaking for themselves. I had to add some butterfly embellishments and I am in love with the bottle cap stickers lately. So, I had  to use this one that says Girls Rule. I also used the 100% Awesomeness label from Emily Merritt's Thumbs Way Up Collection.

Here are some closeup's,

I used Studio Calico's new 12x12 Grid Paper as my background. I am in love with these papers. They make the perfect Nuetral backgrounds. And I am totally in love with the my new Silhouette blade. It makes cutting welded letters such a joy and Making my layouts look so much nicer.

Thanks for stopping by.

Project Life Week 22

Hi Friends,

Again sorry for the delay in my Project life weekly post. I wanted to use some of Emily Merritt's June BYOC Elements and so could not upload it earlier. You should stop by at The Lily-Pad to check out the latest Emily Merritt Designs.

I have used Emily's Shine and Bright Papers. Loved these two products and I had so much fun working on my PL this month.

I used Emily Merritt's Big Bold Months to create the filler card that says end of May and Start of June. Loved it.

Did not capture any closeup's this time. The weather has been cloudy and rainy this whole week :(

I am linking this up to The Mom Creative Blog and of course I am playing along with Kristin's Currently challenge.

Thanks for Stopping by.

Galveston Layout

Hello Friends, Happy Thursday. I wanted to share this layout that I did of our recent (well a few months ago) Galveston Trip. It was during my Birthday and Anniversary.

I used one of the sketches from the 28 days of Sketches from Lisa Day class on BigPictureClasses.com. I love Lisa's sketches and this came together very quickly. I have also used Becky Higgins Photo Love stamp on the tag, some wooden flair from SC Atlantic collection, some sequins etc.

The Ocean Cures Everything Journaling card, Road Trip and Breathtaking Journaling cards are from Emily Merritt's designs. I used Ahoy and Headed That Way.

Here are some closeup's,

I love how Emily Merritt Designs go so well together with Studio Calico Atlantic Collection. I hope you stop by at The-Lilypad and check out her designs.

Thanks for Stopping by.

Project Life Week 21 - A few days Late

Hello Friends, I am back with Project Life Week 21 layout. A few days late. I have tried my level best to stick to my schedule of Tuesday PL posts, but life does get in way sometimes. :))

Without further ado, here is my week 21 of PL. I used Studio Calico's May Project Life kit and also the a few of the Emily Merritt Products. Ovals - which is one of her new release. I am in love with this. It is perfect to highlight a photo and fits perfectly in the 3x4 slot of PL Page protectors. I also used the Stay Classy card from Make Today Amazing Cards.

I love how the Studio Calico May PL Kit and Emily Merritt products are going together so well. I used some Washi tape from an older Citrus Twist kits and Enamel dots are also from the same kit.

Here are some close up's,

You can stop by at The Lilypad to check out more of Emily Merritt's amazing products.

I am linking this up to "The Creative Mom" Blog and I am playing along with Kristin's currently Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by.

Project Life Week 20

Hello, I am back with another Project Life Layout - Week 20. I have primarily used Emily Merritt Designs on my layout this time with some embellishments from Stash.

I used Big Bold Letters Color to create my Week Title card as well as the Life Filler card. I just love these letters. I used NuevaStd-Regular font for completing the Week Title as well as the Life word.

The journaling cards for this week's layout is from Emily Merritt's Project 365 Journaling Cards. I just love the design of these cards and loved how Cohesive and elegant the layout looked.

I also used My Inventory Cards to write about the Star Trek movie. I love these prompts and they are so easy to use. All the circle embellishments are from the Dotted: Love Edition. This might yet be my favorite so far. I also used a few elements from Thumbs Way Up.

I used a few embellishments from Studio Calico Project Life Kit and a journaling card of my own design. The other filler card is from BH Blush Core kit.

Here are a few Closeup's,

I am linking this up to "The Mom Creative Blog" and I am also playing along with Kristin's Currently Challenge. Please do stop by The LilyPad to check out more of Emily Merritt's Designs.

Thanks For stopping by.

Scrapbook Challenge #3 on ICR

Happy Wednesday Friends. Half of the week is over or so feels like it. I am back to post on the 3rd Scrapbook Challenge that is live on ICR right now.

It is a simple Sketch challenge this time. So, please do stop by ICR to check out the sketch and to play along with us.

Here is my layout. This is a two page layout of our pictures from the trip to Space Needle in Seattle. I just flipped the sketch for my right hand side page. I created a mirror image.

I used a bunch of travel papers from Stash (Mamma Razzi, making memories etc). I also used two of Emily Merritt Designs on my Layout - Journaling Cards from Headed That Way Collection and also of course Thumbs Way Up (Which has become my favorite collection).

Here are a few close up's:

I loved using the Circle Accents and the journaling card. The Alphabet Stickers are form Stash and I also used Ali Edwards Photo Love Stamp set on this Layout.

Thanks for stopping by,.
Supplies:
Stamp - Ali Edwards Photo Love
Paper - Pattern Paper from Stash
Ink - Memento Blue
Other - Digital collection from Emily Merritt Designs

Project Life Week 19

Hello Friends, Happy Tuesday. I hope you are having a good start of the week. I have had a very productive two days so far. I wanted to share my Week 19 Project life LO with y'all. I used Becky Higgins Blush Edition of Core kit for my LO this week along with a few Emily Merritt Designs from The LilyPad.

I used Emily Merritt's One Hundred Percent and Thumbs Way up in my LO. I am totally in love with these Journaling cards. The rest of the cards are from Becky Higgins Blush Core Kit. I have used a bunch of Studio Calico Stamps, washi tape and some other odd and ends (Mostly from Studio Calico PL kits). The stickers on the 3x4 pictures are from Citrus Twist May PL kit.

Here are a few close up's,

I am linking this up to "The Mom Creative" Blog and of course I am playing along with Kristin's Currently Challenge as well.

Thanks For stopping by.

Project Life Week 18 and some Exciting News

Hello Friends, Happy Tuesday. It is May. I hope you are enjoying some Spring weather. Weather in Texas has been wavering between cold and hot. All fun!!!!

I am very excited to share some very happy news with you. I am absolutely thrilled and excited to let you know that I am joining Emily Merritt's Creative team. I had always loved Emily's designs on The Lilypad and now so excited to be using all her fun products on my PL and other layouts.

Now to my Week 18 PL. I am very happy how this Layout turned out and loved all the small details.

 

I used Emily Merritt's Thumbs Way Up  and also One Hundred Percent. Loved these products and I think they look really neat with my pictures.

Here are a few closeup pictures,

 The best quality filler card is also from Emily Merritt's One Hundred percent collection. Just loved it. Printed so well too.

I am linking this up with "The Creative Mom Blog" and I am playing along with Kristin's Currently Challenge as well.

Thanks for stopping by.

Emily Merritt Designs - Circle It No.1	Emily Merritt Designs - My Inventory Journaling cards	Emily Merritt Designs - My Inventory 4x6 Journaling Cards	Emily Merritt Thumbs Way Up
Emily Merritt One Hundred Percent

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ICRC29 - Elements and a "Theme" Twist

Hello Friends, Happy May and hoping to see lots of May Flowers :))

May means new Challenge over at ICR.  Here is the Challenge for the month of May ICRC29 – Card with Elements and a “Theme” Twist.

You'll be using ELEMENTS on your cards that you'll find on our DT Blogs.  That's right...you'll have to visit each of the five DT blogs listed below for the elements.  You only need to put three of the elements onto your card, but you can use more than three if you'd like.

Finally, you must visit the ICR Blog for the TWIST!!!

My Element is FLOWERS :)) (Yup..Gotta have some flowers for May).

Here is my card,

It was fun working on this CAS Card. The sentiment is from Verve stamp set. I love to create Monochromatic card - cream and white in this case with some Pop of Red and Pink Colors.

So you have some visiting to do!  Have fun, and I look forward to seeing your projects on ICR! Be sure to list the three elements that you've used, when posting your cards. If you have any questions, please reach out to any of the DT members!

DT BLOGS:

Nupur

Gopi
Sheetal

Smita

ICR BLOG: 

 ICR Blog

Thanks for stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - VERVE
Paper - PTI White and Vintage Cream Cardstock
Ink - Memento Black
Other - Recollections Paper Roses and Petaloo Flowers, Gemstone Embellishments

Project Life Week 17

Hello All, Happy Tuesday. I am back with my Weekly Project life Post. It is week 17 and end of April. Time is flying by so quickly. I am loving all different PL products out there - in the stores and in digital world. For this week's LO, I used the Citrus Twist Kits April Kit. Loved the soft pink and green colors.

I used a few Simple Stories Filler cards and a few Studio Calico PL kit cards as well. I was a bit busy this week, so did handwritten journaling instead of computer one and not sure if I am 100% happy with it. I will have to decide later.

We had a movie/TV night on Sunday. We watched quite a few Episodes of White Collar - Totally hooked to this and also the movie Django Unchained. So, I had to include posters of those two movies this time. :)

I am linking this up to "The Mom Creative Blog" and of course I am playing along with Kristin's Currently Challenge.

Thanks for Stopping by.

Project Life Week 16

Hello Friends, I am back with Week 16 of Project life. The weather here has been a bit of cold, dreary and cloudy. So, not great pictures of the layout.

I used mainly Becky Higgins Digital Kraft kit journaling cards for this week along with a bunch of Studio Calico April PL and Noted Stamps in Digital format. I love this month's stamps from Studio Calico. Something I see myself using over and over again.

The home image, the coffee cup, the camera, lately, all those are part of the Studio Calico Digital Stamps.

I had a bit of Page Protector Dilemma -  Last week on the right hand side, I had used Design D page protectors (With Vertical Photos) and I completely forgot about and printed the photos for Design A page protectors. So, this week I ended up having an extra layout - which I call the Bonus Layout. For the left side which was Design D - I used a 12x12 picture of Bella..Love this idea. For the right side, I used a bunch of Studio Calico PL kit fillers which I normally do not get to use and also some packed by cards and other misc stuff. I loved this concept and once in a while it would be nice to do something like this.

I noticed that one of the cards has kind of slid out..Oh well :))

I am loving PL and enjoying it more and more esp with Studio Calico PL Kits. I used a free for personal use font called Cutie Patootie for my journaling this time.

I am linking it up to The Mom Creative Blog and of course I am playing along with Kristin's currently Challenge as well.

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