Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Project Life - April flowers

I feel like April always gets a bad rap.  Yes, it can be pretty rainy in April sometimes...but overall it is a great month.  The flowers on the trees are at their peak.  And, some days the weather is perfect.  So perfect that you are in a good mood and can't figure out why.  Those days.  May has flowers, but just the kind on the ground.  Cherry blossoms, dogwood blossoms, even crab apple blossoms, are all about April.  It's possible that I'm biased because of my birthday.  Then again..

This week was mostly just us running around Houston doing our thing.  Going to the museum.  A special event at Avi's school.  But, we headed up North for Easter and had a weekend of gorgeous weather (before the rainy weather started).

This is the week I'm sharing today. Silver glitter thickers, a letterpress card and a chap paper rosette.  We just got back yesterday so I was pushing myself to finish this week (technically last week) so I don't get too far behind. Luckily I had already printed my photos out at home. I had lots of new stuff to play with. Fun, but it took a while to go through everything.
The first page.  Lots of Studio Calico wood veneers,  new Smash pads, washi tape and new Amy Tangerine papers.

Love this blue watercolor paper.  It looks so rich in person.  Of course I'm still hoarding all the gorgeous paisley prints. 




The middle row is all about the stop action movie Avi made at the museum.  For the card on top of the view finder paper, I used a sheet from the top 10 Smash pad.  The other sheets are very colorful and fun.  This is definitely my favorite smash pad.  I also added wood veneer stars, camera and some Amy Tangerine die cut tickets.

The butterfly card is one of my own.  I felt it apropos to the caterpillar even if the color is a bit girly for an Avinash story.  That tag is another Amy Tangerine die cut.  A couple of strips of washi and a wood butterfly on top for good measure.



The second page.  More Smash washi at the top.  Plus the hot mess date stamp for good measure.  At this point I had to keep things simple.  Pasting photos on to the back of whatever was in front with washi.  Little label stickers and a square cut from a kraft paper sack.  I may go back and add an Avinash quote from the week.  Or I may save it for next week. 

Stay Tuned!


Linked up with The Mom Creative and One Happy Mama for Project Life Tuesday. The PL kit I am using is the Clementine kit. Thank you so much to everyone in this wonderful community. I love all the feedback and looking at everything people do each week. It definitely keeps me motivated. And, please, link me up to any of your inspiring pages this week as well in the comments!

17 comments:

  1. Your PL is looking great! I need some of those tiny stars!

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  2. Your PL looks wonderful. That Smash oad just arrived in my Studio Calico kit last night so I must remember to use it in my PL. Perfect size!

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  3. Gorgeous, gorgeous pages. Love the colour - it all looks so vibrant!

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  4. I love your pages!!! The colors and all the details are amazing! Really love that title card with the tiny print :)

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  5. Your PL pages are looking wonderful. WOW...How do you print your pictures? Do you print them at home or outside? I am getting so inspired by you.

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  6. Great PL pages! I always love all the details you add, that itty bitty camera is so cool!

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  7. I just love seeing your pages each week, cannot believe you find the time to add all these little pretty things. Hard to pick a favorite but think it's the HOT MESS STORY, love love that you have this little memory of him. How cool your made the photo look with all the tape!! How pretty the title card is also.
    Enjoy your week!

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  8. I forgot to mention that I totally agree with you about the April month, sometimes after all the rain and the sun finally comes out and you feel all happy again and excited about the month. It's always pretty seeing all the new blooms growing!!
    We have lots of April bdays also and Easter and our anniversary!

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  9. Such fun colorful layouts this week! Love it. The washi tapes look awesome too.

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  10. I love seeing your pages! That hot mess stamp is adorable, and I think your title card is beautiful.

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  11. the outer flower, the stamped on washi tape and the 1" of photo in one protector and the other 3" in the other...I'm in love!

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  12. love it all, as always, love the washi tape patchwork.

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  13. My, you are one crafty momma!! I love scrapbooks like these that have more than just sweet memories going for them!

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  14. Wow! I think this is my favorite PL page so far. ;) Really great stuff! I especially love the movie bit.

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  15. As always, I love how colorful & cheery your pages are! Makes me smile!

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