Put a Ring-On-It Organizing Embellishments

My huge goal this year is to work more on my Project Life Memory Keeping projects and get those pictures into albums.  I had to find a solution to organize all of my embellishments from the many enamel dots to all the designer embellishments, alphabets you name it.  My embellishments were sorted by type in drawers, containers, jars but I tend to forget what I have especially if I can't see them, I can't visualize them totally out of sight, out of mind.  So what I did I put a Ring-On-It!

Binding rings are a great addition to your stash of supplies. 7 Gypsies brought them out to hold together their book board books but you could use them for many other things. Since they open and close easily, hang samples together, or tags, even keys.  Pick a size and a color and bind all your dreams together.  Here are my little dreams of goodies.

Put a ring-on-it! Combined all my little stamps of Heidi Swapp, Ali Edwards for Project Life. 

Put a ring-on-it!  Collection of one little words

This is what the packaging looks like using the 7Gypsies Binding Rings 

at any local craft supply store.

Antique Brass 10 pc- Measures approximately 1.5" in diameter.  

Perfect for binding all of your custom creations.

Antique brass

10 per pack

Easy open & closePut a ring-on-it!  Stuffed a bag with little designer clips, cloths pins, Number clips

Put a ring-on-it! More stamps!

Put a ring-on-it!  Variety of enamel dots

Put a ring-on-it!  Die cut frames, patterned envelopes, Kraft and vellum envelopes embellishments

For me it helps to remember the manufacturer by saving the 
packaging... just put a ring-on-it!

Selection of single alphabets ... put a ring-on-it!

Your all set for the next crop and your embellishments will fit perfect in a 12" x 12" inch plastic scrapbook container or they can be placed nicely Easy-to-See in your Raskog cart.

Jazz up an old clip board with organizing flair buttons!



NOW on for a Blog Hop! I was asked by my SU upline  Brenda Keenan: Keenan Kreations - http://www.keenankreations.com/blog  to participate in a blog hop and to answer these questions:

What are you working on?
At the moment I’m working on a few things. It’s kind of hard when you have to work full time and work gets in the way but I look for the time.  Working on years of photos that need to placed into albums.  Project Life® is an ultra-simple, stylish solution for getting your photos off your phone and computer, out of boxes, and into albums - See more at: http://beckyhiggins.com/project-life/#sthash.dY3gDqFW.dpuf
How does your work differ from others in your genre?

I try hard to create pretty cards.  I try hard to create nice scrapbook layouts that I’d want others to like, hopefully, others will want to try it out for themselves. You can do it!
Why do you create what you do?

Don’t just create for others.  I create for me.  It makes my heart smile. 
How does your creativity process work?

Don’t say you don’t have enough time. We’re all busy, but we all get 24 hours a day. People often ask me, “How do you find the time?” And I answer, “I look for it.” You might have to miss an episode of your favorite TV show, you might have to miss an hour of sleep, but you can find the time if you look for it.

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Do something creative every day!

Celebration of Life ~ My Mom and Keepsake Project Life Memory Keeping Messages

I know it's been a while since you've heard from me.  For those of you that don't know,

sadly my mom passed away last month.

 

My mom:  Margarita Garcia, 94.5, an independent woman at the core, Margarita learned at a young age how to take care of herself.  Growing up in San Bernadino, California she faced struggles and being an orphan in the midst of the depression.  Through those difficult years, she persevered and eventually found contentment when starting a family with her husband, John.  Living the charmed life, Margarita enjoyed surrounded by her family, always loving and supported her loved ones.  She was an exceptionally strong, patient and precious individual who will be greatly missed.  She lived in her little White House, the one her and her beloved husband John, my dad, built together for them of 66 years.



Mom & I (Marian)

She know's I am trying to be creative again. 

 

I would like to share with you at my moms memorial reception I had all our guests family and friends write down some of their fond memories of my mom.  Later down the road I'd will document these lovely messages in a memory album traditionally or scan the memory messages for a digital memory book.  A few years back I created a book in honor of my dad and while I was creating it I found it to be quite theraputic and very healing. 

I specifically pulled out the Project Life 4x6 blank white cards.

Stampin' Up! Project Life has 4" x 3" Grid Cards #136528 white with gray grid lines.
Blank on back.

Love that it becomes a keepsake (below).

Lovely messages left from family and friends about my Mom.   

Ideas ...

What: Celebration of Life, Birthdays, Anniversaries,Wedding Guest Book & more!

Who: Together for our family & friends

Where: A sign placed at each table of the reception/party/gathering

Why: If it's for a wedding it’s a tradition to have guests sign in upon arrival, but how FUN is it in this format of combining pictures of the new couple with those notes of love + support – right!?

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Love Happy CA Goats! SU Project Life Pocket Pages/New 2014 Catalog is here!

Project Life is a back to basics approach to memory-keeping.

This system is so simple it's revolutionary.

Project Life is a solution-based approach to scrapbooking that was created to simplify the process in order to allow you more time to enjoy life! It requires no glue, no scissors, and no skills of any kind. The design of our products takes the guess work out of layout design so that you can focus on recording your everyday moments through your photos and journaling. The simple design is stylish and makes it possible for you to complete more pages in less time. 

(left side)

We took a family day trip to Harley Farms Goat Dairy is a restored 1910 dairy farm, with 200 alpine goats on nine acres of pasture in Pescadero, California. The farm grew from six pet goats to today's herd, with their delicious, critically-acclaimed cheese.

A cute female goat kept kissing the camera lens. 

 

Typed the date with my new old manual typewriter. 

A cute birdie resting on a friendly goat enjoying some autumn sunshine. Four You stamp set #130535 stamped "Hello" with Stazon Jet Black ink right onto the photograph and the "woo hoo" is from the stamp sat Just Sayin' comes in wood or clear.

   Ready to step up your Project Life pages but still want to create quickly?  The SU Everyday Adventure Project Life Accessory Pack has exactly what you need to compliment and jazz up your pages.

Includes:

4 3” x 4” specialty laser-cut cards

4 Alphabet/number cardstock sticker sheets

4 element cardstock sticker sheets

1 acetate accents sheet

8 wood accents

2 epoxy stickers

4 arrow paperclips

1 roll washi tape (5 yards)

Project Life Point and Click #135787 $15.95

Project Life Day to Day #135785 $25.95

These versatile, all-clear stamp set makes is the perfect complement to any of our Project Life Card Sets and Accessory Packs. Filled with versatile designs for helping document your everyday events, this set will add that extra personalized touch to your projects. Created for reliability and reusability, you’ll find that our photopolymer is not only top-quality, but allows for perfect placement every time. Pair with our Cards & Labels Project Life Framelit dies for making easy labels.

Set Quantity: 42 stamps

Apply adhesive-backed dots to Candy Dots Brad Bases (sold separately) to create your own 3/16" colored brads. Or skip the brad base and apply them directly to paper.

* Available in color collections

* 100 pieces: 10 ea. of 10 colors

Display and protect your photos with SU 12x12 Project Life Photo Pocket Pages #135294 $6.95. These high-quality, crystal clear and archival-safe pages will allow you to easily add photos, Project Life cards and memorabilia all on the same page. Pair with our Project Life Album and Project Life Card Collections to create a complete keepsake.

Quantity: 12 pages (2 each of 6 designs)

Acid Free, Lignin Free

Works with most 3-ring binders

2 exclusive designs

It's here - the unveiling of the 2014-2015 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalog.

All supplies Stampin' Up! ... unless noted.

Recipe ...
                                                                                                                                                                                                     Stamps: SU Project Life Day To Day Photopolymer Stamp Set #13785, SU Project Life Point & Click Photopolymer Stamp Set 135787, Just Sayin' Wood, Clear and Word Bubbles Framelits available
Ink: Stazon Jet Black
Paper: SU Cardstock Vellum, Whisper White
Accessories: SU 12x12 Project Life Photo Pocket Pages #135294 $6.95, Everyday Adventure Project Life Card Collection, Everyday Adventure Project Life Accessory Pack 135301, SU Candy Dots Bright 130931, SU Project Life Journaling Pens #135304, Cards & Labels Project Life Framelits Dies #135707, Word Bubbles Framelits #132968, Dimensionals

New 2014-2015 catalog
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Project Life Wedding and BIG News SU partnered with Becky Higgins (starting May 1st)

Project Life is an amazing system of recording memories without the hassle, investment, or hours required to finish a typical scrapbook. Becky Higgins has created a revolutionary system to simplify the process of preserving your family’s history in a simple, yet stylish way that takes out all of the guesswork.

I've been a long time stamper, scrapbooker, a former Creative Memories Consultant and I said to myself "I can do this" and took the plunge.  A few months back I've put together my first Project Life album together a wedding theme.  I made two duplicate albums of the same, one for the bride and groom and another album for my daughter who was one of the bridesmaid and also the bride’s hair stylist.

Project Life is an amazing and simple scrapbooking system designed by Becky Higgins.  Lot's more news down below.

Take a look of Kelly and Ian's special wedding day ... Oct. 28th, 2012 ... it WAS a perfect fall day.


               Using Project Life Blush and Midnight Edition core kits.

Most photographs are taken my me and some by Honey, Honey Photography, California.

Beautiful bride!

 It’s a super simple, totally affordable way to get your photos into albums: you just slip your photos into Photo Pocket Pages and add designed cards.

The above photo "Cute" stamp set by Ali Edwards 

It’s a back-to-basics approach to documenting your life.

Leaves are punched with a misc leaf punch, perfect for a Fall wedding album.

I stamped the sentiment right onto a few photographs using StazOn Jet Black ink which is a solvent-based ink.  I love this ink!

Midnight Edition Core kit

To the right I stamped the camera image from the Stampin' Up stamp set

Around the World (clear) #131083 (not on the retired list). 
Last year when I saw this set I knew it was perfect for Project Life.

Heidi Swapp Epoxy word stickers

Misc. letter stickers

Misc. doily

So Totally Happy clear stamp set by Ali Edwards

Everyday Words clear stamp set by Ali Edwards

Again, stamped the sentiment onto the photograph using Stazon Ink Jet Black.

Print Shop Gold Stars rub-on's by Studio Calico

Heidi Swap Epoxy Word stickers and

Stampin' Up! Candy Dots #130933 page 170 Annual catalog

The rotary date stamp by Stampin' Up! Remember This #130133.  

Nostalgia meets journaling. Classic rotary date stamp with 12 clever and useful phrases for all of life's events. Turn dial to change phrase and date.

 

The LOVE tag below is from a former SU Artisan Embellishments Kit (retired) but you can make your own.

More SU Candy dots and I love this arrow clip called Hung up Cute clips by Stamp' Up! 

It's on the retired list so grab them fast #129389. 

 

 

I didn't do any journaling.  I will leave this blank for the bride to do. 

Most photographs are taken my me and some by Honey, Honey Photography, California.

    Kelly and Ian, the bride and groom had made the sweetest wedding favors that I've have ever seen.  They were a mason jar filled with delicious oatmeal cookies adorned with beautifully laced & ivory satin picot edge-ribbon draped all around (photo on the left).  The center photo showing I made a mason jar cut with the SU Perfectly Preserved framelits (unfortunately retired) filled with a punched leaves, covered with SU cardstock vellum and adorned with the ribbon from her favors.  Stampin' Up!'s high-quality vellum is great for overlays and creating soft illusions.  Misc. Round Doily.

We surprised Kelly and Ian with a wedding gift a photo album I made filled with

photographs taken of their special day on their one year anniversary. 

One their one year anniversary.

           Ian, Kelly (the bride & groom), Damon my daughters sweet fiance, Matthew (my son), me (Marian) and Mandy (my daughter).

 

Now for the Big News! 

 

So excited to let you know SU partnered with the amazing Becky Higgins to bring you the real deal—authentic Project Life products, now in exclusive Stampin’ Up! colors and designs. If you’ve somehow missed the Project Life craze and are wondering what it’s all about, we’ll fill you in: it’s a super simple, totally affordable way to get your photos into albums: you just slip your photos into Photo Pocket Pages and add designed cards.          It’s a back-to-basics approach to documenting your life. In a nutshell, it’s all about spending more time making memories and less time scrapbooking them.

You’ll be able to order a selection of Project Life products starting May 1!  
And with the launch of our new annual catalog on June 2, you’ll be able to buy from our complete line of Project Life products.

Can’t wait that long? Stampin’ Up! demonstrators will be able to order the limited selection starting April 21. So if you’re a demonstrator make sure to check the demonstrator website that day; if you’re not a demonstrator, sign up and you can order the products early too!

Click here for details on Joining!

Here are the items you’ll be able to purchase on May 1:

I can't wait to see what other Project Life kits will be available in the new SU catalog! If you want a catalog, feel free to contact me for one June 1st when they come out!

Get ready for a scrapbooking revolution with Project Life! It helps busy people (so basically all of us) document life using photos and journaling in a quick, simple, and fabulous way. Stampin' Up! has partnered with Becky Higgins, creator of Project Life, to offer a complete line of elite products.   "Becky explains, "It's called Project LIFE because it's about YOUR LIFE.  Whatever your life is. Whatever your stage of life. Whatever your family circumstances. Whatever your lifestyle. Project Life is designed to help anyone and everyone get their pictures into a book."  In a nutshell, it's all about spending more time making memories and less time scrapbooking them."  I'm IN!

You will be able to order a selection of Project Life products starting May 1 and with the launch of Stampin' Up!'s new annual catalog on June 2, you'll be able to buy from the complete line of Project Life products!

• It’s a super simple, totally affordable way to get your photos into albums: you just slip your photos into Photo Pocket Pages and add designed cards.
• It’s a back-to-basics approach to documenting your life.
• In a nutshell, it’s all about spending more time making memories and less time scrapbooking them.  I did it and you can too!

Project Life Product Availability

• You’ll be able to order a selection of Project Life products starting May 1st!
• And with the launch of our new annual catalog on June 2, You will be able to buy from our complete line of Project Life products.

 

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