this life & project life

here's the other layout i want to share...

and for the deetz...

i just can't get enough of the "heart" Ali Edwards Story Kit & Stamp Set that i used on this one. those word stickers and tiny stamps are da bomb!  loved using it for random journaling plus it kinda added a nice looking touch. don't ya think?

a little doodled border and glitter glue added the final touch and i was done with it.  love how this turned out.

and here's something i finally started for a going away gift for someone special...this is the title page for a new project life album i'm hoping to finish before this July....

the front...

the back...

used the good times value kit and rain core kit.  I'm so loving those purple doilies i found on sale at michael's.  (i use to not be into doilies until recently when i used white ones for the Zumba pre-valentine's party i had last month...so into them now.).

and oh my... i am a big fan of inspire lovely's stuff.  i have bought a few things from her in the past 3 months.  the starburst and xoxo moment stamps are from her shop, they came as freebies with my most recent purchase.  wink!  hmmm.... i think i still have a discount to use from her....  i'll have to check and use it soon.

i can't wait until tomorrow morning.  i wanna do some project life stuff.  until next time... xoxo.

HAWT + A + Zumba

a few things to share....

"HAWT!" layout...

 used a stamp from the ali edwards story stamp set "old & new".  did i already say how much i love her story kit/stamp set?

 went for the gold look here, ranger crackle paint, small punched star using a Fiskars star punch and those lines are done with a gold sharpie marker.

and another stamp "Then|Now" from the same ali edwards story stamp set.  and currently my obsession are the new clear letter stamps from christine herrin i used for my title "HAWT!"  i love her style and recently purchased the Wander Edition Project Life Core Kit she designed.  can hardly wait to use them.  definitely planning to use it for when we travel this summer.  woot woot!

and now for a V-day card i made for one of my daughters and has already been mailed out to her....

those hearts and the "hello heart" stamp are from the ali edwards story stamp set "heart."  i embossed the hearts with pink Zing. i'm getting back into embossing now.  I have so neglected them for so long.  thank you ali edwards for the inspo!

created a border with that "hello heart" stamp...just love how it completed this card.  when i first saw the size of these tiny stamps in the set...i thought, shit, these are tiny, how am i gonna use these?  wtf!  well came up with this idea for this card and did the same on a layout i shared here.  i'll be using this technique a lot more especially with these tiny cuties.  lol.

and lastly, some cards i created as a thank you attached to Zumba prizes for a Zumba Pre-Valentine's Party i'll be teaching this coming Saturday...

 used a bunch of project life cards in colors of pink, red & white (blush edition & cherry edition, which are no longer available), stamped them, punched holes and wrapped them with twine around each prize.  it just made these goodies more special as prizes for my students.  nice cute touch. they are gonna love them.

can hardly wait to give these out and see their expressions on their faces.  this party is gonna be FUN!

on another note, i am currently doing the one little word prompt for this month.  so far i've been doing good, missed a couple of days and that's ok.  i've accepted that.  "strive for progress not perfection." loving this process.

and have been doing the 52 lists by moorea seal too.  i'm actually not doing it on a weekly basis.  i have been doing it randomly when i can.  luckily i found a journal i bought a LONG time ago.  it's a journal i could never figure out what to use for and put it away and forgot about it.  it just so happened i was looking for something to use for the 52 lists and found it on my scrap table in one of my caddies.  not sure why i never noticed it before until recently.  it now has a purpose in my life. YES!  if i remember, i'll share one or more of my lists here.  or i may not and keep it to myself.  hmmm.  stay tuned.

it's already been a busy week!  well gotta get off this and get my butt off this couch! scrapping? sweeping the floors? more laundry?  hmmm...i may multi-task.  LOL. until next time...xoxo.

Project Life 2013 - Vol 3

wow!  volume #3?!!!!?  oh yes!  and from how things are going with this one, there may be a vol 4!  please excuse the background of these.  i had to take these outside on the carport ground.  the natural and artificial lighting in our house isn't the best to take photos of this sort.  AK is currently overcast and dang cold!  but here it is...

used the Cherry edition (it was on major sale + love the red so i had to get it
before it was gone, it's now retired.  so happy i got it)

date stamp: 7gypsies

 letter sticker: american crafts, puffy sticker: evalicious

honey edition core kit on left

jade edition core kit both sides

those shiny triangles are from an old cocoa daisy kit

jade edition core kit again...one of my faves...

sentiments: october afternoon

these layouts are from mid-june thru almost the end of august.  hoping a shutterfly deal will come about so i can print the rest of 2013 otherwise i may just go ahead and order anyway to finish this year up and move forward to 2014 & 2015.

btw... i have already started my PL 2015 since snapfish had a $.01/print for 100 going last week.  just got them the day before and have now placed all of them in pocket pages.  i've created the title page and oh my, i'm in love with it.  i used the everyday edition core kit for my title page.  and i'm thinking of using it for this year too along with PL mini kits:  good times and lucky charm. oh so lovely ones!  i love the simplicity of them but yet a splash of color of the everyday and lucky charm kits.  good times is very neutral:  grays, blacks and whites.  LOVE LOVE LOVE.

i'll share my title page lata playaz!  until then...xoxo.

almost a year...what a record? LOL!

oh my!  it's been almost a year since my last post...  bad jenn!   life has been extremely busy.  i have been teaching more Zumba almost everyday, subbing and my own classes.   the girls' activities have also been on my calendar as well.  gymnastics, volleyball, etc.  but now i get these next 4 days off!  especially since it's my 44th birthday this saturday!  i'm so excited!

i have not scrapbooked anything not even a card for almost 5-7 months...and i'm not sure exactly when and what...i think it was my girlfriend's going away album that i made for her...and i think i deleted those photos...shoot!  (no pun intended)  but i recently got so inspired at my hubby's squadron's holiday party last week...

so i started blog surfing some of my fave scrappers/project lifers... ali edwards, amanda zampelli, rachel delgrosso...to name a few to get inspiration.  i'm also participating ali's one little word 2016 to jumpstart my creativity and to start of the new year on a good scrappy note.

after all this blog stalking... i mean surfing... i decided to do a day in the life album too....had over 40 photos but chose only 35 of them...not all of course are shown here...just wanted to show my fave layouts in the album...

i used the project life midnight edition core kit.  this is one of my fave pl kits.  I have a collection of PL kits but i seem to go back to this one (and the seafoam kit too!).  they are just more neutral in color and tone, so versatile.  plus i am changing my approach to doing PL now, more the minimalistic way.  this is not to say i won't use my other kits...wink!

so...my goal is to start focusing and doing my PL albums, and finish them!  right now, i'm still working on my PL 2013 and am doing lots of layouts for may & june '13.  i have a printer that can print photos, but it gets costly with the ink.  so whenever snapfish & shutterfly have photo print sales, i go for it!

i'm still working on uploading and sometimes editing photos for 2015.  i'm gonna be doing april soon.  yes, i'm that behind.  oh well, it will get done, on my time.  i so admire those who are doing current PL's, but...it just hasn't been that way for me with my schedule.  I haven't even done a scrap page, which i miss doing, in soooo long!  blame it on Zumba!  hahahhaha...

i have had a busy Zumba teaching schedule the past 2 months now... but it will be one class less in january 2016, a nice break (but man i love to teach!)

BUT.... i did some scrapping during the first half of this year...

wow!  only 2 scrap pages and the rest cards... pretty good for someone who hasn't scrapped in awhile.   

i traditionally do a birthday layout either the day/night before or the morning of my birthday.  and yes...i'm doing one!  i have 2 photos printed out and the supplies i plan on using for it. i plan on using about 5 different cocoa daisy kits for it.  i am thinking i'm going to keep it simple this time.  i usually go all out but like i said before, i am gonna try to be a minimalist this time, something different.  in fact, i think i may start it after this post.  lol!

for 2016 i hope:

• to keep teaching Zumba 
• finish up my 2013 PL album
• start up a PL album for selene's 0 to 5 (maiya has one for 0 to 8 yrs)
• scrap a page or a card every other month
• keep up with my blog posts
• pass my ACE personal trainer certification in May 2016
• be a better military spouse (especially now that hubby has recently ranked up)
• keep improving on being a better mom & wife too (there's alway room for improvement, if you say not so, then you're lying to yourself)

a few things i want to do next year...not a long list but these are things that do take time....and i can hardly wait to tackle them.

what have you been up to?

2 months later....sheez!

omigosh!  wtf! 2 months has been too long!
well a lot has happened since then...
I started teaching my own Zumba classes, started on jan. 13, 2014!
ever since then i've been non-stop, Zumba-wise.
i've subbed twice at dance plus fitness and just recently at the elmendorf gym on base.
gonna sub again soon on march 26th at the buckner gym on base too.
gonna start saturday classes starting april 12 at the arctic oasis community center...
also gonna do one saturday per month at the elmendorf gym.
zumba life has been good but without the haterz too.
oh well, brushing it off my shoulders.

my current zumba page profile pic

got back into scrapbooking again, layouts, cards..yes!
i'll post photos of those in a future post.

completed my project life 2012 album!

waiting for game of thrones season 4 to start, 23 more dayz til GoT 4.6!!!!!

and waiting for hubby to come home so we all can go on a mini-vacay.

can hardly wait to visit my family and friends in WA this coming june!
can hardly wait to Zumba it away with my sis and the Z-gang in WA...

photo courtesy of my sis Jo (the whole gang not shown here)

i have been losing weight and keeping it off successfully..

working out and eating clean.

nutrition is the key...

you can find out what these all are on my instagram.
i love instagram!

life has been good to me.
looking forward to more and moving forward.