30 Days of Thankful: Week 1

For the month of November I am embarking on a gratitude journey! I am using Cathy Z's, Thirty Days of Thankful Templates. I have attempted this little project last year, but never got around to it. SO this year I was a little more pro active. I bought a 6 x 8 binder at Michaels with a 50% coupon, decorated it and put the page protectors in it. Then when November 1st rolled around, I really had no excuse. It is easy to think of something I am grateful/thankful for each day! SO I am really enjoying this project...yay Cathy! I take a quick picture, jot down my thoughts about it and pop it all into PSE and print it out. Here is week one:

The cover which I painted, splattered, put some ribbon and used the wooden tag from Studio Calico 

Opening page

Pages one thru 7

 Now all the pages are 6 x 8, so they do have a white border around them. It looks very clean and sleek, I like it : ) You can't really tell because these are files taken from my computer. SO below is a picture of my book open, so you can get a better idea.

I will be linked up every Friday with Cathy on here blog! Check her out, she's pretty awesome and will make you chuckle at least twice.

Project Life: October 20 thru November 2

Hello everyone & Happy Fall! Loving these cooler temps, finally! The 75/80 degree weather just wasn't cutting it. So I have 2 weeks of Project Life to share. You can learn more about Project Life here. For the week of October 20th I used the Rain Edition. I LOVE how you can now run out to your local Michaels and AC Moore to get these kits!! Love it! Well, that is if you live in the US. For the title card I used Doodle Bug'sTeensy Type Letters. I got these in every color. They are fabulous for adding a title of a little word onto your journal cards or title cards.

I also used a Cathy Z's overlay on Sunday which you can get here.

I've only used the Rain Edition once or twice, and I don't know why. I really love the flow of the cooler colors. I guess when I think of Autumn, I think warm colors, reds, oranges...but the Rain Edition suited this week quite well I think. I used the "day" stickers from the Cobalt Edition on a few of the journal cards.

The following week was a busy one in the Rozinski house. We had our anniversary & Halloween. This year Bryan and I went to Atlantic City for a few days. The girls stayed at with my parents. I have to say Atlantic City has changed in the past decade!! But on the creative side: I used the cards from the Seasons & Holiday Editions. I used plain grid cards for the journal cards. I added orange, green & purple wash tape to the edges to pop the colors. I added a few stickers that I got in the &1.00 bin at AC Moore.

For the first half of the week I used Cathy Z's templates. I changed the colors to match the current weeks palette. I love how the colors all flowed. 

I also added an extra page Design G. The first side is Atlantic City, the other is Halloween.

Here is the week in its entirety. Hope everyone has a great week! I am linked up with Jessica over at Mom Creative Blog.

Here are a few pictures of my girls from Halloween. Natalya was Fiona from the show Adventure Time. Paulina was the Mad Hatter. Enjoy!

Project Life: September 29 thru October 19

It has really been a busy fall season so far. I might just start blogging every other week...that seems more do-able! So let's jump right in, I have 3 weeks to share with you! Week September 29th thru October 5th. I used Becky's plain lined journal cards. I decorated them with Bella Blvd. Snapshot tabs. They come in a variety of different tabs and only cost $1.25! So I was able to write the days of the week on each card....which you all know I LOVE doing this for continuity! I also used the Bella Blvd. Snapshots paper for the date card . It was a simple week that took minutes for each card : ) and that makes me happy. As far as that week went, we added a new family favorite to our menu: Lasagna roll-ups! I am so happy my hubby cooks, can I just put that out there now? Also Bryan & I had a date day, which is always lovely.

The week of October 6th thru the 12th I used the new Christian Edition from Digital Project Life. Paulina had her two solo's in the choir at church on Sunday. So I started with the "I will praise Him" card on Sunday. Then just figured it flowed nicely and the colors were simple. So I just continued the rest of the week. I do have an added page which is "Page Protector G". We started an awesome tradition this week. We have a "Daddy and Natalya Night" & a "Momma & Paulina Night". We did dinner and different activity. The girls LOVED it! It was an awesome way to spend quality time with the girls individually. My husband journaled the entire night he spent with Natalya. We look forward to next month when we swap! That was the entire extra page from that evening. This week was also Paulina's first Junior high dance...it was quite an exciting week for the Rozinski family!

Last week, October13 thru the 19. I used the "Just Add "Color" Edition from HSN. LOVE, this Edition!! The girls had a birthday/Costume Party to go to. I did a little photo shoot of them. So I got to add an extra page with all those fun funky squares! On the other side I did a layout of the latest craze the girls are currently in to. Love the extra pages in a week, it kinda perks up the ordinary. On the second half of the week, I used Elsie & Emma's the Sunshine Edition's journaling cards. I loved the fun colors and figured it would be a perfect addition to any of the kits I already have! So that is the past 3 weeks of my life. Thanks for stopped by and checking out my blog. I am linked up with jessica at Mom Creative Blog. Check her out on Tuesdays for tons of inspiration!

Project Life: September 22-28th

This may have been one of my favorite weeks to do! It was probably only the second time I have created my own title cards AND journal cards..yay me! I used an old autumn line from Imaginisce. I did this due to the first day of autumn falling on the current week : ) I also used a few autumn cards from Becky's Season's Edition. I am in love with the fall colors to begin with, but I love how they all fell into place. And considering it was a few lines mixed, I was happy with the results. I also added, for the first time, some of the "Just Add Color" Edition! Oh, how I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this edition! I couldn't wait to use it. But I had already made up my fall cards for this week...so...I did what any other crafty girl would do.... I added another page for the week : ) Yay me again! I had gotten my 2 girls a few new outfits for fall since they are growing like weeds! I asked them to try them on to make sure everything fit. Then I glanced outside and the sun was just starting to go down. You know, that part of the day when the sun glows that beautiful orange? My FAVORITE time to take pics. So I asked the girls to do a quick fall photo shoot. It took about 15 minutes and the pictures were gorgeous! That me me happy! AND it even made me happier because I needed to add an addition page to my week...yay! SO that is how I got to squeeze in "Just Add Color" to my week.  I used mostly orange and yellow for my daughter Paulina. Then used Yellow and green for my other daughter Natalya. They blended perfectly with my fall layout too.
Hope everyone has a great week. I am linked up with Jessica at The Mom Creative Blog!

Here is the "Just Add Color" Edition....love it!

Here is my week using the Imaginisce 

 A few close ups of  the "Just Add Color"