The Scrap Room April Shots of Life Kit - Week 20/2020

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Today I am up on The ScrapRoom blog with the layout that I created using the April portion of the Shots of Life kit. Here is a look at the Shots of Life Kit - which I believe is still available at The ScrapRoom:

For my layout today, I have use the cut apart paper from the PinkFresh 'Keeping it Real' collection to document Week 20 of 2020. It is perfect to document any of the happenings of last year - or even just documenting about a bad day.

Here is the left side of the spread:

Week 20 was Abby and Ada's last week of school and it looked a lot different last year thanks to the pandemic. We were a few weeks in with Scott being off of work and at home with us. We were settling in to staying home all the time. Really this wasn't too big of a change for us,  we do not just go - go - go all the time anyway, but having Scott home during the week was different and it took Shane a little time to get used to the routine being changed.

Here are a few close-ups of the page:

I thought the card that said "one day at a time" was perfect for my title card this week. So much was unknown and we were staying home and staying safe. I die cut the sentiment into a circle and I added the day by day puffy sticker to it and added it to a piece of grey patterned paper that I had in my scrap bin.  

Abby took a photo of Ada on her last day of  kindergarten. It makes me a little sad that Ada missed out on so many of the fun things that kindergarteners do. Abby also needed to go to the school to make sure her classroom was in order before the summer break, so I met them at the school to pick up Ada and take her to our house while Abby worked. It was kind of eerie pulling into the school parking lot on the last day of school and there wasn't a soul around. No buses, no excited kiddos, just emptiness. 

I wanted to add a little color so I die cut another circle out of a scrap of pink paper and then layered a couple of stamped labels on top of it for my journaling and added another puffy sticker.

While we were waiting for Abby to come pick up Ada, we went for a walk down the road. I had just gotten a new phone and was wanting to see how the camera was on it so I snapped a photo of Ada on Pops' shoulders.

The bottom photo is of Shane with his new Signing Time video. He had been asking for a specific one - number 10, I think - and we finally found it! He was so happy and went right to watching it - on his tiny dvd player for some reason - and signing right along with it. He used to watch these videos at school and picked up a lot of the signs for different things and is happy to show us what the sign is for certain words - mainly food words!

The multi-colored heart paper was one of the 2 inch squares on the cut apart sheet. I die cut it into a heart and added it to a circle. I kind of wish I had off set the heart on the circle, but it is done now. 

Ada was happy to be able to spend some extra time playing with Pepe! I added another label and puffy sticker to this photo.

Here's a look at the right side of the spread:

I created a journaling card that touched on the "highlights" of the week. I divided each different topic with tiny hearts that I punched from the different papers I used on the spread and finished it off with another puffy sticker.  

The top journaling card talks about how with all of his extra time off - Scott has been looking for old Johnny West toys to collect. They were his favorites as a kid and he has a lot of fun looking for them and reminiscing about the ones he had. 

I stamped the word "currently" at the top of the journaling card and the added the cut apart that said - "look at the bright side." If we're going to be stuck at home we might as well be looking for things to brighten our day!

I had given Ada some money specifically for the ice cream truck. Something for her to look forward to on those long summer days. Abby said the first time she heard the ice cream truck coming down the street she went running out to wait for it to get to their house. It was right before lunch so she had to take it in and put it in the freezer until after she ate her lunch.

I added another die cut circle with the ice cream puffy sticker added to it to finish off the card. 

The photo of Ada above is her painting my fingernails. She decided to turn my scrap room into her spa and she did my nails and gave me a massage. She's pretty darn good at taking care of her Nana!

The photo of  Shane shows just how happy his signing time video made him! He was happy to give me a genuine smile and he kept that smile on his face all day long!

I fussy cut the 'enjoy' banner piece out of the cut apart card sheet and added it to the top of the card. I also added another puffy sticker to his photo. 

I snapped this photo of the sunset one evening. Some days the weight of the unknown was almost unbearable. There was something about this sunset that brought me comfort. Pictures never do justice to sunrise/sunset photos, but I needed the reminder that the world was still turning and things will get better. I think I need to add that little bit of journaling to this photo!

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Week 36/2019 - The ScrapRoom Shots of Life Kit

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Today I am sharing my Week 36/2019 spread using the September portion of the Shots of Life kit from The ScrapRoom. I know I always say this - but the September/October Shots of Life kit has so many great pieces in it and I know I will be putting them to use soon!

Here's a look at the Shots of Life Kit:

For my layout today I have used the Amy Tangerine Late Afternoon cut apart cards and heart stickers, and Elle's Studio labels and acrylic stars from the kit.

Here is the left side of the spread:

This side of the layout is just random little bits from the week - a selfie of me and Shane before we went shopping, crafty goodies, a selfie of Matthew with his name tag for the 2019/2020 year, Shane's current obsession, and Ada on her very first early out day ever! I had more pictures that I wanted to use to tell a couple of stories so on this side I have used two flip-flap pockets - which you will see better in the close-ups below:

For my title card, I used the backside of the cut apart paper. I fussy cut the flowers from another one of the cut apart cards and used some old Amy Tangerine alphas that I had in my stash. The colors matched perfectly. I also added a couple of word phrase stickers.

This shows the traveler's notebooks that I received from Felicity Jane and Shane's latest obsession - these white tile letters. In these photos, he has three containers...I won't even say how many he has now that it's been a year later! I'm sure you'll be seeing updates along the way! This is where I used one of my flip-flaps - I had too much journaling that I wanted to add!

These next photos show Matthew's selfie and the journaling card with the story behind it - and more crafty goodies:

I journaled directly on this photo of the enormous box that I got from Michaels with two rolls of cross stitch fabric at the bottom. Surely they could have found a better box. This is where the second flip-flap came in:

When you flip it up you see the box filled with air packs and then the photo with the fabric.

The last set of photos is of Ada's very first early out day. They get out at 12:45 the first Wednesday of every month and this was her first!

The right side of the spread is all about Grandparent's Day at school. With Shane it is hard for both Scott and me to attend certain functions - especially school functions, so we asked Ada which one of us she would rather have come to her program and, of course, she picked Pops! Scott was very good and took a ton of photos for me!

Here are a few close-ups of Ada and Pops at Grandparent's Day:

And the last pocket on the spread:

When Abby and Ada went shopping on Saturday they picked up the rest of Ada's Halloween costume. When they got home they tried it all on and Abby was kind enough to send me these photos. They are all ready for Halloween!

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Week 26/2019 - The ScrapRoom Shots of Life May Kit

Hello, everyone! Good Monday morning to you! I hope that your week gets off to a good start!

Today I am sharing the layout that I created using the May portion of the May/June Shots of Life Kit from The ScrapRoom. The last time I checked this kit is still available but they tend to sell out fast and you don't want to miss out on this fun kit! Here's a look at the kit:

May/June Shots of Life Kit

This kit is filled with all sorts of summery products and for my Project Life spread I used the Pebbles Sun and Fun Quotes cut apart sheet and washi tape. The cute cut apart cards were perfect to document Week 26 of 2019 - a week filled with lots of pool time and summertime fun:

Here's a close-up of the left page:

This left side shows what happened in the first part of Week 26 - Ada marked another item off of her summer bucket list by going to the splash pad, I found an old cross-stitch pattern leaflet that I had been looking for since getting back into cross-stitch, Scott trimming the lower limbs of the trees to make it easier to mow around them, his nightly routine of taking a quick swim when he gets home from work to refresh and enjoy the rest of the evening, and photos of our neighbor's field filled with the prettiest wildflowers! These pretty purple flowers open up in the morning but by dusk they have closed back up and you can't even tell that there are flowers in the field. When they are open the field is a sea of pretty purple flowers!

Here is a close-up of the right side:

This side is documenting the last half of the week. Scott's vacation started on Thursday afternoon and on his way home from work he picked up a couple of pizzas, Ada stayed with Pops while Abby and I went to town shopping. We had to bring her home a little surprise of the new series of the Disney Doorables, Friday was spent in the pool. Ada was having fun jumping off of the pool deck into the pool and one time when she jumped in she came up and said - "Hey! Hey! I did it! I touched the bottom of the pool!" The last two photo pockets show what our family room - or should I say Shane's room - looks like on a daily basis. VHS tapes, DVDs, and video games scattered around the floor in front of the tv. And don't even think about picking them up! He knows exactly where each one is in that pile! On this day he was watching Toy Story while playing Crash Bandicoot on his DS while lining up his white tile letters all in a row. 

This photo shows where the story of Ada touching the bottom of the pool will go. I just need to write it all out to see if it will fit if I just write it or if I need to type it up.

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Week 34/2018 - The ScrapRoom Shots of Life Kit

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Today I am up on The ScrapRoom blog with my layout using the April portion of the Shots of Life Kit. Here is a look at the kit:

The Fancy Pants and Pink Fresh cut apart cards in the April portion of the Shots of Life kit were perfect for my Week 34 spread for 2018. Yes, you read that right - 2018 - I am that far behind on my Project Life albums! 
The Pink Fresh cut apart sheet had so many great quotes that went perfectly with my photos for this week, and the same can be said about the Fancy Pants cut apart sheet. The colors were similar enough to mix and match throughout my spread.

I had so many photos from this week that it was hard to narrow it down to a manageable amount. It always seems to be feast or famine with my photos - way too many or not enough to fill the spread! I picked out the photos that best told the stories of the week that I wanted to tell. 

Here's a look at the left side of the spread:

This was the second full week of Ada coming back to the house while Abby worked and we were finally settling back into a routine. We made chocolate chip cookies and watched Finding Nemo one afternoon, made a trip to town for groceries and McDonalds, and this is the week that one Scott called me on the way to work telling me that one of the houses that I lived in for a while was on fire.

Here are a couple of close-ups:

Here is the right side of the layout:

Ada and Shane were getting along so well this week! They generally tend to mind their own business and give each other space, but this week not only found them watching Finding Nemo together, but Ada was also enjoying watching Shane play video games - and he was pretty happy about that! I also captured an awesome photo of the sun rays on our walk one evening and at this time the neighbors had moved some cattle into the field next to us. That always brings back memories of living on the farm as a kid!

Here are a couple of close-ups:

This Fancy Pants cut apart card was perfect for this photo of Ada enjoying her ice cream cone while watching tv.

Everything I used on this spread was from the kit - with the exception of a doily, wood veneer hearts and arrow, and some Elle's Studio stamps. 

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Week 16/2019 The ScrapRoom Shots of Life Kit

Hello, everyone! Happy St. Patrick's Day to you! I do hope that you are having a good week.

Today I am on The ScrapRoom's blog sharing my Project Life pages that I created with the March portion of the Mar/April Shots of Life kit. This kit is perfect for documenting some springtime fun. Here is a look at the kit:

 

I am documenting my Week 16 of 2019 - which was Easter week. I have a ton of Easter photos and those photos will get their own double page spread a little later on. This spread is full of all the things leading up to Easter last year. 

I think I managed to use every one of the cut apart sheets somewhere on my spread! The colors from all the different collections just worked so well together. The only things I used that were not in the kit were some stamps, puffy heart stickers, and white cardstock.

Here's a look at my complete spread:

This week was a pretty full week for us - no really big happenings other than Ada's kindergarten screening - just the ordinary, everyday things.

Here's the left-hand side of the spread:

I loved the rainbow card that was on the Photo Play cut apart sheet and I knew I would be using it for my title card. I stamped the Week 16 using a stamp set from Elle's Studio and added a couple of puffy hearts. 

This side is filled with photos of the outdoors - our kildeer's eggs, our pear tree in bloom, and some of our flowers. Ada and I had to get ready for spring with freshly painted toes! 

Here's a look at the right-hand side of the spread:

This side of the spread focuses on Ada's kindergarten screening and a Saturday family get together. 

Abby called the morning of Ada's screening all worried because she had forgotten to practice cutting with scissors with Ada for her screening. Pops to the rescue! He helped Ada practice while Shane and I headed to do some grocery shopping. You can see her hard work in the photo in the upper left corner. Turns out Abby had nothing to worry about - Ada can use scissors like a boss AND they didn't even test her on that after all! Ada scored very well and is all ready for kindergarten!

I really wanted to use that "hanging with my gnomies" card but needed to create a flip card to also fit in the photo that goes with it. You can see that in the photo below.

I used some more stamps to create a journaling card to tell about Ada's obsession with playing one of Pops' video games - Red Dead Redemption 2. She doesn't play it the way it is meant to be played - she just rides the horse around the countryside. She does a really good job until she runs into a bear or a "bad guy" then she is ready to turn over the controls to someone else!

Another week for 2019 is in the books! I am so happy to be getting these spreads done!

Be sure to check out The ScrapRoom to see all of the kits they are offering for March, and be sure to check out The ScrapRoom Blog for more inspiration using this month's kits.

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