Project Life with Christine and Valentine Decor by Natalie

Christine is a girl after my own heart! Organization AND cuteness. Who could ask for more? Have you caught the Project Life bug like many of us? Check out what Christine has done and maybe make a few of your own. Be sure to hop over to her blog because she has great instructions and pictures to help you make your own cute organization. 
I’m working hard at doing a Project Life style album this year for my family.  I have to say that it is very different than the way I normally scrapbook.  Everything from the product, information documented, style, and organization.  So I thought that I would tackle a couple of these issues before it got too late and I was overwhelmed.  I really like to be organized so this was a top priority for me.  Since I don’t have any official PL supplies besides the page protectors, I am having to make everything from scratch.  (I am actually waiting for the Lori Whitlock Honey Collection, Love It!)  (have to say, so am I)
When I can, I have been cutting journaling cards or design elements and I needed somewhere to store them.  I came across this Crate with Handle Box file in Lori’s store and thought it would be the cutest box to keep all of those cards in.  They were also so easy to put together.  

Here are a couple of things that I have been collecting for future weeks of Project Life.  The die cuts that you see are called 5 Chevrons and are new in the shop!  
Natalie has created an amazing chalkboard decoration for her home.
As Valentines Day gets close, I get more and more in the mood to make hearts, cookies and just fun stuff.  The other day I went to Home Depot, looking for “something” to make a Valentine sign for my front porch, but, came back with a giant chalkboard.  They had pre-made chalkboard and even dry erase boards that I knew needed to come home with me.  So this project was born.
Since I didn’t have to cut wood or paint, this came together really fast.  I just picked some of my favorite Valentine files from Lori’s shop, and cut them out of hot pink, light pink and white vinyl.    This thing is big, 2 feet by 4 feet actually.  So my vinyl shapes were big too… I took out the you from the phrase file, and added a little heart to the O.  It turned out so cute, and my kids loved it when they saw it, and lots of little pictures and words have already been drawn all over it.  I plan on changing it once a day until Valentines.  I’ve already been asked numerous times when it’s their turn to be on the board!  Happy Valentines!
All the files I used were from Lori Whitlock’s store:
I love you because phrase found here
Valentine borders 2 found here
3 Banner set found here
11 Hearts found here

New Files at Jessica Sprague and Layouts by Lisa Barrie

Today at Jessica Sprague Lori has a few kits available, Four Season Layouts Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall, as well as the entire collection. These kits will be on sale at Jessica Sprague throughout the weekend, so be sure and grab them while they are 25% off, which makes them $1.87.  You can buy each one individually or as the entire collection.

FOUR SEASON LAYOUT WINTER

FOUR SEASON LAYOUT SPRING

FOUR SEASON LAYOUT SUMMER

FOUR SEASON LAYOUT FALL

FOUR SEASON LAYOUT COLLECTION

Lisa also created a few adorable layouts using these kits.  
be sure to check out her blog for more info about her projects. 

 

Treat Box by Corri and a Layout by Amanda

Two of our creative team members are here today sharing some great projects with us. Corri has a lovely treat box to share… 

Hi everyone!  Lori Whitlock recently added some new files for Valentine’s Day!   I knew right away I wanted to cut this love scottie dogs file.  So adorable!  The file has two little scottie dogs facing each other but I decided to use one of them on my treat bag. 

I used the heart from the file and cut it at three different sizes.  I added some glitter to the hearts and the color for a little sparkle.   I cut the Heart Handle Tote from this pretty pattern paper from Echo Park – Love Story Collection.

Thanks so much!
Corri

Next up we have Amanda. She has created this beautiful layout.

Vintage borders
11 hearts
Love you more
Arrow Spinners
Love Story collection by Echo Park

 

One Dollar Wednesday

Today is One Dollar Wednesday at Jessicasprague.com!

That means from now until midnight (Pacific time) you can pick up a couple of digital kits for a steal… First of all is the 2013 planner. It is on sale for 50% off, which makes it only $6.50

2013 PLANNER

TODAY for JUST $1 you can grab the popular: Office Oriented Frames.

OFFICE ORIENTED FRAMES

And, you can snag the following awesome product for half off… which makes it ONLY $3.50 (that’s a real deal): Christmas Eve Collection

CHRISTMAS EVE COLLECTION

While you are at jessicasprague.com getting your kits, be sure to check out the samples made with each of these kits in the “more images” tab at the bottom of each listing.

Wedding Layout by Mendi

I seriously cannot get over how cute Lori’s “Love Story” line by Echo Park is, so when I saw this adorable layout by Mendi I was already in love. I have mostly boys and don’t like the ruffly girly look all the time but this collection and layout totally rock in my eyes. Mendi says…

For today’s layout I turned to more wedding photos that were just begging to be scrapbooked after over a decade of sitting in my photo box!  Lori has so many great heart shapes that I had fun mixing and matching in different styles and sizes.  I was excited to discover that the damask heart set is nearly a perfect match for the black and white patterned paper found in the Love Story paper collection!  Check out my blog today for more tips on getting extra mileage from border cutting files like I did on this layout.”
For this layout I used the following cutting files:
3 Tabs (silhouette store)
2 Borders (silhouette store)