Life is Good

I love it when I get to spend so much time in my room crafting.  Yesterday it was rainy, and today it is well into the 90's and humid.  So I am taking advantage of this time and getting some much needed crafting done!

In my blog hopping this morning, I happened to notice that Simple Stories is having a challenge to use their elements to create a project.

I actually used bits and pieces from 5 different elements to create this card.  It was so much fun to cut banners from here, a ticket from there, and so on.  This is one of their older lines, Life Documented, but I really like this one for distressing.  What a different card from the one I posted this morning, right?  I love that different papers can take us in different directions!

Life Documented

I am at my retreat now, and I am anxious for the sun to come out tomorrow so that I can take pictures of the surroundings and show you!  I have wireless here, so I'll be posting as always.  In fact, I think you may even see more from me than normal!
The first thing I want to show you is kind of fun.  Jerry received his 20-year watch from his employer this past March.  I wanted to showcase the letter he received with it, but I didn't want to use a whole page.  So I used this nifty product from Close To My Heart called a Flip Flap Memory Protector.  I'll show you a couple of pictures so that you can see how it works.

Isn't that fun?  You just pull the adhesive strip and attach it to the memory protector.  I wish I had had these when I did my Italy book.  They would have been perfect!  These little flip flaps come 8 protectors to a pack: (4) 6"x12", (2) 4"x12", and (2) 8"x12'.  They are a very inexpensive little addition to a book at $3.95.  Now I used Cherie's sketch from Sassy Lil Sketches for this layout.

I left out the blocks because the paper already had so much design.

Items used:  Simple Stories Life Documented; CTMH Bamboo Waxy Flax; CTMH Basic Buttons; i-Rock gems

Sending You a Little Happy

This is great sentiment stamp from the Unity May 2010 kit of the month.  It could be used for any happy occasion or even a thinking of you card.  I love when I find a verstile stamp!  I made this card for the All Things Unity challenge using the sketch that was provided.

I used the Simple Stories Life Documented paper to create my card.

Simple Stories is a part of Memory Works, and the kits can be purchased at Archiver's, through many online stores, or through a consultant.  They are also going to be co-branding with Unity soon to have matching stamps.  Gotta love that!!  The little spoke-like images are from the April 2010 kit of the month.

Sisters

I won the Life Documented kit from Simple Stories (Memory Works), and it was delivered to me hot off the press a few days ago.  My goodness, I didn't even know where to start with this yummy kit.  So much goodness in it!  I took out pictures of me and my sisters from last September.  I am always so happy to have individual pictures of me with them.  They are so special in a way that I can't even describe.

The journaling reads, "My 4 sisters...These women mean so much to me! And each of them for very different reasons.  No matter what or where, I constantly hold them tight in my heart."

This is all from the Life Documented kit except for the few flowers (Prima), buttons, hemp, and brads (CTMH).