My Thoughts on Project Life and Project from Bella Blvd

Hey there, do you do Project Life? What do you think about it I would love to hear your thoughts!
Today I'm going to share my thoughts with you :) I love the concept and I'm so happy that Project Life is creating a way for people to document their memories because I know traditional scrapbooking isn't for everyone! I love the divided page protectors and I love that you can make it your own by embellishing or you can simply use the card and the photo.  

BUT

(you knew it was coming) Project Life just isn't for me! I tried, I really did! I told myself that I would do Project Life for the summer and I successfully did...for 2 weeks and then I quit. I quit because it was a "task" for me not something that I got to do for myself that I enjoyed. As a busy mom I didn't want to create another task for myself and I certainly didn't want to make my creative release of memory keeping into a task. So, with that being said. I do use Project Life products and I love the journaling cards that most manufactures are creating, I use them all.the.time.

Bella Blvd's latest CHA releases are full of 3x4 and 4x6 journaling cards. I've only had their new collections for a couple of weeks and I've already used almost all of them..oops. I'll be placing an order for some more soon!

 

I really would love to hear your thoughts. Leave a comment and let me know what you think! Thanks :)

Guest Designing for American Crafts

Hey there! I've got a LOT of projects to share with you today!

I was asked a few weeks ago to be a guest designer on the American Crafts blog (before I knew I was on the Design Team). Of course, my reply of "YES" couldn't get sent fast enough! Patterned paper is the focus for these projects, which, I couldn't have been happier with. I get giddy over patterned paper, the smell of a new pile of patterned paper is so yummy!
I created 3 layouts, 1 card, and 1 mini album with the American Crafts goodies.

Get ready for some photos.....

Here's the first layout. For this layout I just used a whole bunch of strips of patterned paper adhered to two-thirds of the page on the diagonal.

This next layout demonstrates that even though you are using patterned paper as a background you don't have to skimp on embellishments. Just pick a more neutral/tone on tone pattern...then embellish away :)

On this layout I added some hand stitching to the background and lots of hand cut hearts. (side note *I love being a mommy and having my little ones crawl into my bed first thing in the morning. It's the BEST way to start my day)

 The card that I made is SUPER simple and I just used the scraps I had from these projects. I love how it turned out.

For my final project I made a mini album with a fabric base. I wish that you could see this album in real life. It turned out so cute and it was so easy and very inexpensive!

Thanks so much for stopping by and thank you American Crafts for having me as a Guest Designer! Have a fantastic day :)