The cutest Project Life Kit!

How stink'n cute is this kit... BY FAR "MY FAV"!! 

More information on this kit is available on Heidi Swapp's blog.

I haven't been around on the blog in a really long time... Guess I need to dust off the O'L blogging ground and get back to it! 

I ran out and bought this kit like every other excited PLifer' I know!!! I was so excited to get it home and work with it I almost called off work... but I had a deadline so I waited... 

On Friday night I sat down with this lovely baby and took all the cards out... smelled them... flipped through them I didn't want to miss one detail! and then... My mom came to my home with a surprise... THE VALUE KIT!  

So with that said... Lets get down to business!

Supplies:

1- Piece of 4x3 card stock (Base)
2- 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 squares of pattern paper (Layer 1 and 2)
1-2x3 (ish) tag
1- Chipboard Arrow
1-Chipboard heart
2- blue brads
1- Enamal dot (or melted bead)
White and black ink!




* and all of your normal crafting supplies! i.e. scissors, adhesives, glue dots, etc.

Before you start cutting! Please look at the back of the zig-zag card... Notice at the top of the card there is a saying... (Look at the saying on my PL card) make sure to cut that card down to a 2 1/2 square without cutting into that sign! Also, save your scraps! I will show you were I used them on the rest of the spread!

Next, use your corner rounder (I love my Crop-a-dile). If you choose to round great if not That is alright as well! Its PROJECT your LIFE...

After you have cut your paper to size its time for inking! I fill that ink just finishes off any piece of paper! In the picture you will see that I have inked the black background with white and the other colors with black... Using the black on the colored papers brought the bold black theme across the entire spread!

I used very little black because I didn't want it to take over the color of the pattern paper!

I adhered the patterned paper to the page offsetting them just a bit from one another and NOT centering them on the background! I knew at this point I was going to place the arrow and such on the other side so I knew it would be "heavy" enough! 

 

In order to achieve the look I have with the tag coming out both sides of the sign as well as the arrow coming out of both ends of the heart you will have to cut both the arrow and the tag in half! (ITS OK... Breath... IT IS OK TO CHOP THE EMBELLY IN HALF...)

Once this is complete I would suggest laying the elements out so you can see how they are going to look when you glue them down! Make your adjustments now...

I have also used a curvy piece of transparency tucked behind the saying... I am pretty sure that came in a Basic Grey embellishment pack but I am not 100% sure... If you are reading this and know where I got it please comment below! I will update to provide the link! 

Thats it! Done... Here are the other parts to this layout!

 

The Card inside the protector! and 2 very lovely ladies next to it!

 The "Favorites" is a transparency from Heidi Swapps "My Fav." value kit! I put a piece of washi tape and a star clip to pull the black to this side and AND DONE!

Remember the scraps I mentioned... I have used a Timmy die cut and Sizzix tag with another chipboard circle from the value pack. In my project life I like to journal about each of my children so that when they are reading this in 30 years their is a piece of each of them not just a jumble of "the event".

 

So this is my daughter Dion and she HATES the beach sand... She prefers to shop with her Moui (Grandma)! 

 

AAAAAAANNNND the finished project layout looks like this!!! (The brown background is not part of the book it is my tile flooring)

Personally, I think that Heidi knew that my family would be at the beach in lovely shades of pink and blue... So she designed this kit with me in mind!

Hope you enjoyed!

Feed back is key! Any and All!

Cacie

An Elf name Rita!

Day 1: We have read the book we understand the meaning behind the Elf and we have official named her... Let the season of new traditions and fun games begin! 

 

Meet "Rita"! She is the newest addition to our family and my children are already in love! She brought 2 soldiers back from the North Pole and served up cookies and milk! 

The 2 Monkeys are the floor and special little treats that don't come off the shelf very often... My oldest daughter was very excited to see them join her for donettes and milk this morning!

Door headboard and est. sign all in one day! What more could I ask for....

I was on Pinterest and found this big rave for "door" headboards... I didnt think much about it because typically I am not a trendy person... However, I was at my moms house and seen her old front door on the side of her house. It was dirty, old, dry, and pretty much UGLY when I got to it. But I seen beyond the weather stains, bird shnew, and dirt. She told me to throw it out it wasnt worth the time and effort I wanted to put into it. Now that it is all finish and painted and mounted to my bed... ITS BEAUTIFUL! I love it and it turned out GREAT!

It started with some late night pinning!

The nasty old door!

PERFECTION!

Lettuce Wraps!

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons oil
• 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 1 cup water chestnuts
• 2/3 cup mushrooms
• 3 tablespoons chopped onions
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic
• 4 -5 leaves iceberg lettuce

Special Sauce

• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup water
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
• 2 tablespoons ketchup
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1/8 teaspoon sesame oil
• 1 tablespoon hot mustard
• 2 teaspoons water
• 1 -2 teaspoon garlic and red chile paste

Stir Fry Sauce

• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon rice wine vinegar

Directions

• Make the special sauce by dissolving the sugar in water in a small bowl.
• Add soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, ketchup, lemon juice and sesame oil.
• Mix well and refrigerate this sauce until you're ready to serve.
• Combine the hot water with the hot mustard and set this aside as well.
• Eventually add your desired measurement of mustard and garlic chili sauce to the special sauce mixture to pour over the wraps.
• Bring oil to high heat in a wok or large frying pan.
• Saute chicken breasts for 4 to 5 minutes per side or done.
• Remove chicken from the pan and cool.
• Keep oil in the pan, keep hot.
• As chicken cools mince water chestnuts and mushrooms to about the size of small peas.
• Prepare the stir fry sauce by mixing the soy sauce, brown sugar, and rice vinegar together in a small bowl.
• When chicken is cool, mince it as the mushrooms and water chestnuts are.
• With the pan still on high heat, add another Tbsp of vegetable oil.
• Add chicken, garlic, onions, water chestnuts and mushrooms to the pan.
• Add the stir fry sauce to the pan and saute the mixture for a couple minutes then serve it in the lettuce"cups".
• Top with"Special Sauce".

I got the recipe off of food.com! Enjoy!

The Lemonade Stand!

 

So... Before Christmas a local photographer put out a "Call for trade" she requested that someone create a lemonade stand in trade for photos with it! The photo on the left is the lemonade stand "she wanted" and the one on the right is the one I produced for her. If you know me in anyway you know that I am over the top with crafty ideas and so therefore I went crazy. I looked on Etsy for the bunting and it was extremely expensive (Like $75.00). So I decided I could make it... AND I DID! (click bunting for the pattern I used). I seen a cute idea on Pinterest (what isn't cute on that site right?) for cake plates you will notice on the right side of the photo there is a cake in the air. This cake is being held up by a glass plate I found at the swapmeet for 50cents and a martini glass (Cake plate tutorial). This project took me just over 3 months to build, paint, and create the decor but it has to be one of the funnest projects I have done! Now I will share so more of her amazing work... AND MY CHILDREN! 

Guess who was mistaken for an egg?

This morning after we dyed the easter eggs my husband (a kid at heart) decided that we shouldn't waste the dye!

Meet "Britches" (please do not forget to pronounce the "R") she was a very beautiful white poodle... this morning that is! She is now a wonderful shade of EASTER EGG BLUE!

Happy Easter!

I had such a fun time making the little coin bags that I decided that I would make one for each of the girls I work with!