Layouts & Project Life Week 3

I was so excited to see Shimelle's Sketch to Scrapbook Pages challenges, happening again!  I love these challenges! I used her most current sketch for this layout below.  I also used up almost all of my Sassafrass Lass Foldie Flowers. Eeekk!  I hope someone comes out with something similar soon!   I also used some of my new Studio Calico and Simple Stories products.  Those aqua glitter Thickers came from Marshall's.  I got them for a $1.00!   Score!

This is a Christmas layout  using some Studio Calico Yearbook and My Dear scraps and labels.  There is also some paper torn out of my Smash Book.
* On a side note...I wish Smash Book would do a 3 Ring Binder System, instead of the coil binding.  (Just saying.)  

 My sweet girls.  Gosh they make me feel old, looking at them all grown up!  Another  layout for my Journal Your Christmas Album.  (Its getting closer to being done).

My un-embellished Project Life Week #3.   This is my first year doing Project Life.  I just don't know how I feel about it yet.  I don't want to quit, because I know it is always awkward doing something for the first time.

Here is the deal, for some reason I just don't get the creative release doing PL that I do when I scrap a layout.  I don't know why.  Maybe it is the pre-defined areas of the page protectors?  I feel confined?

I am not knocking Project Life at all... it is just different for me.  So, I am going to give it some time and see if I get into a groove with it... or not.

 I do like seeing a photo recap of my week, though.  Ha !  See... I am still undecided.

 I am feeling pretty relaxed knowing that I have two more scrappy days ahead of me, before work starts again.  I am off school for the Martin Luther King holiday tomorrow!  Whoot! Whoot!   Now...off to scrap!

JYC 2012 Preparation

It's December 1st, 2012 and I am so excited!  I have been eagerly anticipating this day for over a month!  Today is the first prompt from Shimelle's annual Journal Your Christmas class!  Whoot! Whoot! This is my second year to participate.  I must say, I ADORE the album that I completed last year during JYC. 

I have done a little more preparation this year.   I gathered my supplies and decided to stick with the same 8x8 album/layout format that I used last year.  

Created a calendar page.



















Decided on and assembled my numbering format.

Put together a couple of pocket pages with journaling cards:

Lastly, I found some cute tags online and printed, cut, and inked those.

I feel a little more prepared this year and am ready to go!  Now, to check my email for Shimelle's first prompt of the year!

Happy Holidays!