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Wednesday, September 10, 2014

December Daily 2013: Part 5

At this point I think I'm going to just describe the activity and the photos, otherwise it will take me forever to finish with this post series... LOL!! If you guys have any questions about materials and supplies just let a comment below...


Day 14 we had to "Visit Santa at the Mall" but we decided to stay home and enjoy ourselves...


Day 15 we had to watch a Christmas movie but we did that the day before; we watch Nightmare Before Christmas (my favorite). Instead we took Chloe to the Vet for her appointment.





Day 16 we did Christmas cookies...well I did the cookies.




Day 17 we had to decorate the cookies but instead we went to the airport to pick up a family member that came for a visit.



Day 18 we had to do gift tags for the Christmas presents...I printed some freebies I found online and the kids painted them with crayons and colored pencils.




Day 19 we had to colored pages, and all four of us did...it was really fun!
Again I used some free printables.



Day 20 we had the "Make a Gingerbread House" activity, this time to play it safe I bought the Wilton one that is pre-mounted... shhhh! The kids decorate it however they wanted.



Day 21 we head out to Downtown Raleigh to check the Christmas lights and we had a pleasant encounter with Santa...



Day 22 we had to do hot chocolate...



Day 23 we where supposed to do a cake for Jesus, we ended up doing something completely different and also I wasn't prepared to do the cake, oops!!




Well, I promise next post is the last one...
Thanks for watching!!

Monday, September 8, 2014

Project Life 2014: Week 36

Week 36...


This week I totally lost it!! I use the wrong number sticker on the title card...hahaha. I'm doing this post away from home so I decided to go ahead and do the post and then I'll change it once I get home. 

This week I work with the Project Life Happy kit, the letter stickers on the title card are Amy Tangerine, I used a Heidi Swapp stamp on the review car and the colorful stickers on the photos are a free printable from the internet.

Thursday, September 4, 2014

December Daily 2013: Part 4

The activity for day 9 was "make paper snowflakes" you'll see that photos on the back of this page. Here I used a MAMBI card, the sentiment is from the acetate pack and an Instagram photo of the temp of the day. 

This MAMBI cards are called Cards in an Instant and are meant to do greeting cards they come in a package with other designs, and some of them have glitter. 


On this side of day 9 I made a 4 x 4 photo collage and below I used a Project Life grid 3 x 4 card for the journaling, mount it on a pattern paper 4 x 4 piece and some wood veneers.

Day 10 title page is a pattern paper cut to size, the ornaments banner came on a pack with other designs, I also used a number 10 from the 12 x 12 sheet and a doily.


Day 10 activity was to read the story of Jesus; I picked this activity 'cause I definitely wanted my kids to learn about the meaning behind Christmas and the festivities. I have this kids bible that is illustrated and I thought it was perfect for the occasion so I used it for this activity.


For the other side of day 10 I did a collage with more photos of the activity...

For the title page of day 11 I used one of the dividers of the album, the number is from the 12 x 12 sheet and the sticker is from the Aspen Frost Christmas collection from BasicGrey.


The activity for day 11 is "make Christmas cards" that we later send by mail to some family members... for this page I used another shaker card that I made and a 3 x 4 from the Handmade Holidays Christmas collection from Simple Stories.


More photos on the other side...and for the title page of day 12 I used a pattern paper from the Aspen Frost Christmas collection from BasicGrey, the number is from the 12 x 12 sheet and a sticker from a 12 x 12 sticker page that I bought at Big Lots.


The activity for day 12 was to "Make Christmas Wreaths for the Bedroom Doors", for this page I used a MAMBI card, thickers, wood veneer, white cardstock and acetate die cuts.


Day 13; the paper is from the Aspen Frost collection, the number, well you know already! and the tree is a sticker from a 12 x 12 sticker sheet.


The activity for this day was to "make pop-corn" but I forgot the most important thing for the night; the pop-corn... I didn't have enough photos so I finally got to use this die cut 4 x 6 card that I bought at Archiver's along with Project Life 3 x 4 (the weather one) and the other 3 x 4 is from a cut out sheet.


That's it for today, stay tuned for the other part...thanks for watching!

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Project Life 2014: Week 35

This week was the beginning of the school year for the kids; 2nd grade for Alisha and 6th grade for Cedric...I was really nervous at first for them 'cause it's a new school for both, new teachers and friends and specially for Cedric in a new environment "Middle School" OMG!!
But so far so good!! 


For week 35 I used all Project Life Sunshine kit cards and I used smaller photos again, I realized that this' a great way to used my stash and save on paper/ink on the Selphy...

Friday, August 29, 2014

December Daily 2013: Part 3

This day forward was when the activities went out the window! Alisha was feeling sick and had a fever for a couple of days so we ran to the ER and of course didn't have time to do the activity of the night, we were supposed to decorate the house for Christmas...

On this page I used an insert that I bought at Archiver's, it came on a pack with other die cuts I just hole punch it and use a sticker. The red 4 x 4 card is from a pattern paper, the tag and Santa came from the Recollections die cut pack.


On the back there's more pictures of Alisha feeling sick and of Chloe who was hiding under Alisha's bed (I thought it was funny)...

The title page for day 5 is another of the albums dividers, I used a tag, the number is from the 12 x 12 sheet and the flowers came from the dollar spot at Michael's.


Day 5 we didn't did the activity either which was "play games" (we did that on day 6), Cedric had a school event on Barnes and Noble where they were showcasing the class artwork (that was Cedric's). For this photo I used a 6 x 8 page protector and wanted the photo as big as the pp, back then I print my pictures at Walgreen's and the cost of a 8 x 10 it's $3.99!! For me, that's too much so I decided to print them on two 4 x 6 photos. At first I didn't mind the line in the middle but now looking at them I think it looks kind of funny, at least on this one (you'll see what I meant in the next pic). 


On the back there's more photos of Cedric doing a scavenger hunt and the artwork. For this photo I also used two 4 x 6 but because is a collage I was able to include a glitter tape and tag in the middle of it. 

For the title page of day 6 I used pattern paper, washi tape, a dollie, the number came from the 12 x 12 sheet, etc. 


The activity on day 6 was to do a gift for the teacher but instead we play games (the activity of day 5); I made a Christmas bingo (you can see the cards on the pocket at the left) and when we finish with that we played Scrabble.

On this page I used another shaker card (that I also made myself) and the 3 x 4 card was from a 12 x 12 sheet. Inside the shaker card I used a lot of sequins, the snowflakes I punched from a vellum sheet and the barn came from a Martha Stewart Christmas die cuts.


On the back you can still see the shaker card to the left and the "oh what fun!" is an acetate die cut with glitter letters. The day 7 page is a 12 x 12 pattern paper, another piece of the die cut page from the title page of the album, the snowflake is similar to the sentiment on the other page and again the number is from the 12 x 12 sheet.


On day 7 the kids were supposed to take a bubble bath but that didn't happened, instead I took pictures of them playing Infiniti on the PS3.

The 3 x 4 on the top is from the Project Life Christmas Mini Pack and the tag on the bottom is from the Martha Stewart Christmas collection.


On this page the "Joy to the World" is from the same pack as the previous acetate. The title page for day 8 is one of the albums dividers with a tag and the number from the 12 x 12 sheet.


Day 8 there were no activity either, we were supposed to read a Christmas story but I remembered I don't have any Christmas books oops! We had to take Chloe to the Vet so, I took pictures of that.

There's another of my shaker cards, on this one I used a cardboard snowflake that I found at the dollar spot at Michael's, sequins and again the snowflakes are vellum and the green 3 x 4 is from Recollections.


The title for day 9 is a vellum sheet, I used a label that came in the pack I bought at Big Lots and some letter stickers.


Well, that's it for now...again I will continue with this December Daily 2013 series on my next post...stay tuned. Thanks for watching!!!

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

December Daily 2013: Part 2

On my 2013 DD I used an overlay on one of the photos per day, I found it online (you can find it here; http://www.avegasgirlatheart.com/2013/12/freebie-december-2013-overlays.html) 
this overlay have the day, month and year. I think it look so cute!! This photo on the left is from day one like I explain on the previous post, I used the page protector front and back for the photos of each day. 

The title page for day 2 is a divider that came with the album (6 x 8 Snap), the banner came on a pack of die cuts that I bought at Big Lots, the number two came as a full 12 x 12 sheet that I cut down and the tree is a gift tag that I found at Dollar Tree.


The activity for day 2 was to write letters for Santa; I gave to each of my kids a grid Project Life card and ask them to write 5 things they wanted for Christmas, then I insert them on this Tim Holtz envelopes and used letter stickers with the initial of their names to differentiate them. I also used an Elf die cut that came on a Recollections pack and the 3 x 4 tree card is from a 12 x 12 sheet that I got at Archiver's.


On the other side of the page protector I included a picture of my kids holding their letter to Santa...This was my first shaker card, it came out great and it was really easy to do (maybe I'll do a tutorial later), the 3 x 4 card on the bottom it's just a 12 x 12 sheet cut down to size.

The title page for day three is a vellum 8.5 x 11 sheet cut to 6 x 8, the scalloped circle is from the die cut pack from Big Lots I cover the center with some pattern paper and used Thickers for the number word.


The activity for day 3 was to make ornaments for the Christmas tree, made a collage to document that. The deer is from the Recollections die cut pack and the 3 x 4 card is from the Becky Higgins Project Life Seasons mini kit.


And on the other side a picture of the kids hanging their ornaments on the tree...

The envelope is from the stationary package I bought at Michael's, the title page is a 12 x 12 sheet of pattern paper cut down to size, the number four is from the 12 x 12 sheet that I used earlier.


And that's it for now, stay tuned for more on th next post of my 2013 December Daily...
Thanks for watching!!