Project Life Album 2012 Update - 12 x 12 layouts

Hi Everyone! Hope you are all having a great weekend. Mine started out awesome on Friday - I was part of the first ever GLF Magazine flash mob in NW Houston at Vintage Park! That was so much fun!
My zumba teacher was in charge and she did an awesome job with the choreography. She made it fun and easy to remember :)
It was so exciting and I am sure there are more to come. Until then, I will continue to Zumba!

Anyway, I know I promised to post my Project Life (PL) February pages this week but this was a CRAZY week for me. I pretty much had something going on every evening this week after work.
I did make a video last weekend showing my February pages using some of the Studio Calico PL February kit - did you guys check it out?
I think I am going to stick to making videos for my Project Life updates. It is a lot easier to show my pages and explain via video.
The biggest problem with my videos is keeping to a shorter time limit :) Still working on it.

For this week's post, I want to share a couple of 12 x 12 layouts that I did yesterday evening for my 2012 Album that I have yet to finish.
I am still trying to work with the pictures that I took on our office cruise last year in September.
And yes, these layouts will be going into my PL album - my album is a mix of the PL photo pages and 12 x 12 layouts.

One of the pictures is from our excursion in Cozumel. The excursion included going to Mayan ruins which I highlighted last month in my Project Life 2012 update. At the end of the excursion was a trip to a private beach called Playa Azul. We were able to get some lunch by the beach and then went for a swim in those beautiful aqua blue crystal clear waters.

The second layout has pictures taken during our putt-putt tournament on the cruise which was so much fun!

For these layouts, I used some patterned papers from the new Glitz Uncharted Waters and the March Studio Calico kit called Neverland. Yes! I finally am starting to use my kits :)

What I ended up doing last week is rummaging through last year's kits and taking out all the embellishments that I can use with my Project Life album pages. I placed them all in a box on my desk in order for easy visualization and access while crafting.
I took all the left over patterned papers from the kits (whole ones and usable scraps) and placed them in a separate folder. I plan to use them in combination with other kits/collections for layouts.


Well onto my layouts......

My background paper was actually created by me and my friend Amie using mists. I was showing her my new Heide Swapp color shine sprays so we decided to use them on cardstock paper. We used the Gold, Tropicana Teal, and Primose colors on white American Crafts textured cardstock. I really liked the design on the paper so I kept it to use on a layout.

Most of the embellishments are from previous Studio Calico kits (enamel dots, puffy stickers, etc) and from the American Crafts shoreline collection.

This sentiment is from the February Ali Edwards/Technique Tuesday stamp set. I thought it pretty much described how we felt that day sitting there.



Here is my 2nd layout:

We had a putt-putt tournament on the last day of our cruise after it was postponed due to rainy weather on our first day at sea. The final round was Brooks vs Andy but to tell you the truth I don't remember who won :)

I did a lot of stitching on this layout and used different colored threads - navy blue, fuschia, and gold metallic.
Embellishments came from both the SC Neverland kit and AC shoreline collection but I also used ones from previous kits and some Studio Calico wood veneers.

I really enjoyed doing these layouts. I wanted to get some photo pages done but only had a few hours yesterday.

For those of you that are interested in Project Life - check out HSN this evening at 11pm. Becky Higgins will be showcasing Project Life for the first time on HSN. They will be selling 2 of her new PL collections, Blush and Jade.
I will be tuning in tonight as I have my eyes set on the Jade collection :)


Now, I want to highlight a couple cards that were made for my birthday 2 weeks ago. These were made by some of my fellow crafty friends.

The first card was given to me by my friend/colleague Amie. Here is a pic.......

She did a great job and I love the colors! She loves to emboss so everytime I see her cards, I want to dust off my cuttlebug and do the same :)


The next card is from my friend Melissa........

I also thought she did a great job. She did some heat embossing which looks great!

Thank you so much ladies! I really loved your birthday cards and they made my day.


Well that is it for this week here at P&P Creations. Thank you all for stopping by again.

Stay tuned next weekend for another project blog post here.

Have a great week!