2013 Project Life Week 3

2013 Project Life Week 3 Page 1 With report

生活記錄第3週。這一週，小煤炭去了狗狗安親班。他們都會付上一張報告，真的是連鎖店的噱頭啦！但是他們真的都會記錄狗狗的一天，還有跟誰玩，真的是超可愛的。

I tried to include doggie's report from doggie daycare in this page.
I love how they always include comments about their day there. Super cute. lol

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Last week, I took doggie up to Villa Montalvo for a hike.
The weather was beautiful and the temperature is pleasant.
Both of us had a great time hiking together. Of course, I got some snap shots too.
Everyday in the afternoon, after hubby is home from work. We love to take doggie for a walk.
She is such a lucky doggie. She used to take one tennis ball home. She found them in the bush next
to the tennis court. And we probably have 80 tennis balls at home now. lol
上週看某一天天氣超好，忍不住帶著小煤炭上山去健行。她好喜歡山上的步道喔。
難得趁著這天天氣好，所以我們兩個猛拍的拍了不少照片啊！
每天下午老公下班回到家之後，我們都會帶小煤炭去散步。一家3口慢慢的散步、聊天交換一天的行程。我真的很享受這段恬靜的時光。家附近有個很棒的網球場，旁邊有草叢，小煤炭每天在散步的時候，會找出一個又一個的球，然後認真的把球帶回家，好似這就是她一整天的使命一樣，真的很可愛又好笑。

 2013 Project Life Week 3 Page 1 Without report

And here are some close ups.

因為我的照片實在太多，所以我把照片黏在格子的圖卡上，不黏死改成用紙膠帶來黏。然後把文字藏在照片後面。這樣就可以大方的說悄悄話了。嘻嘻

2013 project life week 2

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Having so much fun creating my project life spread as always.

I love, love to capture and document the everyday. In reality, project life helps to remember the details in the life for us in the future. I still enjoy to slip through my 2012 PL album. It seems to me that I did so much that I don't even remember. lol

這是我的第二週生活紀錄. 因為有了第一年的經驗了,所以我在做我的生活紀錄的時後,我加了許多小小細節的創意.例如配件,我利用了木質片,圖卡,和 徽章來結合我的照片跟文字紀錄,給予我的生活紀錄較多活潑的變化. 同時除了延續使用去年的Instagram來拍照之外,我也在印照片之前,用Photoshop改變了照片的顏色跟加上一些文字,好能夠更反應自己當下的心情跟製作標題,因為並不是每一張照片都有文字紀錄的啊. 因為今年開始玩One Little Word, 所以我也會在我的生活紀錄裡面加入一些我在這一年給自己的目標跟想跟自己說的話,例如第二頁左下角,我用字母的木質片拼出了Love life and it will love you back. (熱誠生活,生活愛你) 提醒自己珍惜自己手中擁有的也要努力認真生活.你呢?你有沒有一些想要對自己說的話,下次也可以加進來唷.

In my week 2 spread, I used a lot of wood veneers and I love them. The alphabet wood veneers from Studio Calico is so helpful to create titles and captions for my photos. And the arrow wood chips from Freckled Fawn are great frame and accents. They just make my spread to much fun. I also love the tid bits and journaling cards from Elle's Studio. I love to hoard them and I feel so much comfortable to keep them in my stash. lol

Project life spread using Gossamer blue kit

Hey all:
I was so bust lately and didn't realized I haven't share this yet. whew.
I am lucky to get a bits & pieces kit (Now it's sold out) from the fabulous Lori at Gossamer blue, so I decided to use this kit for my first week project life.

最近這兩週真的好忙啊. 都不知道時間怎麼已經悄悄來到了第3週了.這兩天趕快把我的兩週生活紀錄整理好,想跟大家分享我用套裝的組合來作我的第一週生活紀錄,沒有勸敗的意思,但是想要分享運用不同的材料來融入你的生活紀錄,不一定要訂購套裝組合,歡迎大家使用自己手邊現有的材料,用不同的巧思可以重新賦予你的作品新的生命.

但是我自己實在很喜歡訂一些套裝的組合來作我的相編跟生活紀錄,因為不同的套裝結合了每家不同的產品,雖然風格都不相同但是卻巧妙的可以在一起使用,我想這也是一種訓練配色跟搭配的技巧囉.

Look at this. Isn't this kit so fabulous?

I cut my 3X4 and 4X6 filler card from the Portofolio 6X6 paper pad. And use the Heidi Swapp Buzz Words
Dear Lizzy Accent & Phrase stickers to decorate my cards. Of course, I also use some of my goodies from their December main kit, that you can see it HERE. 

I love to use the kit for my layouts and project life spread. Not only they are trendy products from the fabulous manufacturer. And also Lori is awesome when selecting the products for her monthly kits. I never disappoint when I get them in the mail. of course, I also use the kit to work with my own stash. Those kits are so versatile. Would you like to see their look book for February?

 上面這張照片是我第一週生活紀錄裡面使用的Gossamer blue的Bits & Pieces 套裝,我使用裡面的Portfolio 6X6 紙張,來裁成3X4 跟4X6的尺寸,放進我的生活紀錄的保護套.當然我也使用了我手邊現有的材料在裡面,大家可以看得出來木質片真的是我的新歡嗎? 嘻嘻

Pieces of me mini album reveal

This is my second project being publisheb in the December issue Create: mini album idea book by Northridge Publishing.  I was so thrilled when I got the happy mail by them saying they want to publish my project. Even till this day, I am on my way to 6 projects with them,  I am still very excited about this. :P



Here is the cover of the mini I created with the Pieces of Me kit from Two Peas in the Bucket. They also offer the same class aught by my favorite talented Maggie Holmes.

差點忘記來分享一下我第二個被登在雜誌上的作品.這是一本小書,有別於一般的小書都是每一頁有一樣尺寸的底版, 這本小書是每一頁都不同大小的,有點不規則的小書.我用的材料是套裝的材料包,在Two peas in the bucket買的,這個套裝也有搭配的課程,教授的老師Maggie Holmes是我的最愛之一.這個作品/課程的名稱是pieces of me.(關於我的點滴)

When
we are creating our projects, often times we create for other people we love and care. So I am very excited about makings this ALL ABOUT ME album.

所以封面都然要用自己的照片,
 其實大部份時間我也不太愛拍照,所以這張剛好味道我很喜歡.這本小書可以使用自己剩下的紙張,它每壹張都是不同尺寸.可以憑著自己的喜好來設計它.

And of course, my most favorite pooch is in this book too. Isn't she just darling? hee hee

當然這本小書裡面一定會有我最愛的小煤炭啦,希望大家不要看膩,因為她真的是我的百憂解,常常覺得還好有她可以給我釋放一些多餘的母愛.哈哈

And I love to include some of my passions, such as photography, scrapbooking, movies...etc.

我的愛好除了手作之外,還有攝影,烘焙,跟園藝.其實以前我是個沒有自信跟不快樂的人(很難想像吧),是我在手作的過程當中找到了情緒的抒發,找回了自己的自信.我才發現其實我自己是個康樂股長型的人,哈哈 我記得上次回台灣的時後,有幾位手作的朋友跟我說,常常看我的文章是個感性的人,怎麼實際上這麼會搞笑.其實不要懷疑,這兩面都是我,感性,深情的那一面是處女座的我,樂觀,搞笑的那個是我上昇星座射手座搞的鬼.嘻嘻

And the special thanks to my dear husband, who is always here for me with 100% supports. So I'd love to delicate this mini to him. Even he doesn't like being in the photo, but he still put up with it most of the time. XD

當然說來說去,還是該感謝我老公.真的~如果不是他,今天不會有專注在手作的我.若不是他的鼓勵,也沒有敢嘗試投稿的勇氣.常常都覺得如果沒有他,我會是個什麼樣的我.原生家庭沒有給我的,他都給了我,我想我也沒有遺憾了.雖然他真的不愛拍照,但是為了我的愛好,他也會偶爾配合一下啦.

今年我們就要慶祝10週年的結婚紀念日了,真的想用這本小書來表達一下我對老公的感謝.(請大家忍耐一下). 哈哈

喔,忘了提到這本小書有幾頁適用舊的原文書來創作,是不是很有感覺啊.因為這個作品,我又特地去逛了二手店買了一本硬封面的原文書,做了一本結合多煤材的創作,希望等我稍稍最後整理,完成之後再來跟大家分享.

And I just love his grumpiness. Ha!

 

 Soon, we will being celebrating our 10th anniversary. I still feel like it was not long ago when he proposed. And I am so glad we are still the one for each other.

Create your own Memory file/mini album

 Hello all:
Happy Tuesday!! Have you ever seen or used the Heidi Swapp's Memory files? Aren't they just so clever and adorable? Today I'd love to show you how to make your own memory file/mini album. And the photo above is my cover.

哈囉,大家好. 這是前兩天答應大家的Memory file 教學分享,抱歉晚了兩天,因為急著趕快把跟大家交換的PL寄出去,這樣才趕得上你們月中的聚會呀. 上面這張照片是我的封面, Memory file是Heidi Swapp的系列之一. 是利用相辦公室裡面的檔案夾的行事來作相編跟小書.他旗下的Memory file系列非常的可愛.今天來跟大家分享怎麼用你現有的美編紙來作一本.

First, use your scoring tool to score at 5.5'', 6'' and 6.5''.

首先先用摺線版在5.5'' , 6'' 還有6.5''的地方劃下摺線.

 

Turn your paper to cut at 8''. So your paper will be 12'' wide and 8'' tall.

然後把美編紙轉過來,裁成12'' X ''8的大小,當然尺寸的設定可以自己決定,要大要小看自己.

Then fold them to look like in the photo.
 This will give you some room later when you include more pages.

然後把摺線折成相照片這樣,這是讓你增加頁數時,有足夠的空間可以放.

 Here is my page 1. I cute some paper into 1is 3''wide and 4''. 2 one is 3''X4.25'' and the fourth and fifth one add 0.5'' more. I used my washi tape to secure the papers and I can still flip them later.
這是我的第一頁,由於我是想要放我的日常生活照片,所以我的照片大小不是4X6,因次我在設計我的頁數時,就朝著小照片的形式設計,當然若是只洗4X6照片的你,也可以隨自己的需求來調整頁數的尺寸. 這一頁的左邊我把幾張紙裁成3X4, 3X4.25跟3X4.5,這樣就可以黏貼成瀑布的樣子,可以翻開抗照片或是文字紀錄.

 Here is another look of my page 1.

 

 I also cut my paper into 12'' X3.5'', then score them 3 times at 4''. I also stapled a ribbon on the side.

然後 我用12''X3.5''的長條行美編紙,用摺線在4''的地方摺3次, 邊邊用一小段緞帶訂起來,

 

So I can pull it to open them.

這樣就可以把這一頁像這樣拉開.

 

 Here is my other page.

這是另外一頁,

And I also use my page protector for my project life and cut them into a smaller size. And include them into my memory file. So I can just stuck my photos or journaling cards into my pocket.

我也把我作ＰＬ分格的保護套, 裁成3''X4'' & 4''X6''的保護套放在這裡面,這樣照片跟文字紀錄也可以直接放進來.

 

Here is my finished memory file. TFL.

希望大家可以照著這麼模式用字己的創意來作一本, 希望能夠看到大家的作品.

Decorate your journaling cards for Project Life

Did you remember those grid journaling I pre stamped last year? Today I'd like to share some colorful journaling cards with you.
親愛的朋友們：妳們記得去年我分享的單色格子文字圖卡嗎？今年我要跟大家分享的是用些色彩來妝點你的文字圖卡。




Are you guys all ready for a brand new round of project life yet? I know I am. And this year is going to be a big and great year.
As the new year just begin a few days ago, I'd love to share some tips on how to make your grid journaling cards prettier.
今年要跟我一起玩生活記錄的朋友們，你們準備好了嗎？趕快跟著我裝飾一些文字圖卡然後把它們用在你的生活記錄裡面。




All you need is some stamp (any one you like), corner rounder, circle punch, border punch pattern paper and any embellishments, such as miscellany, washi tapes...etc.
As you can see in my photos. Use some stamps, washi tapes and embellishments and stickers will definitely help your Journaling cards stands out more.
You can also change based on season, holidays and any special occasion. Aren't those grid journaling cards so versatile?

你只要準備印章（圖案或是字章）、紙膠帶、圓形的打洞器法、花邊打孔器、美編紙、格子的文字圖卡、貼紙和任何其他的配件就可以了。
裝飾的方式就隨意的在格子文字卡上 作裝飾或是蓋蓋樂。這些圖卡除了拿來寫文字記錄之外，或是把相片洗小一點也可以貼上去也是別有一番風味。




還有這些是4X6的樣本。除了可以把裝飾後的格子文字卡貼上去之外，也可以直接用美編紙貼上照片。甚至是直接把照片黏在格子文字卡上，但不要黏死，這樣文字部份可以藏起來。

Here are some samples for 4X6.
Valerie~Love life.

2013. My One Little Word:Believe

 

Finally decide to give One Little Word a try. So I signed up Ali's new class as my new year gift for myself.

I need to be inspired and motivated. 

Are you ready? What's your One Little Word?

BELIEVE

verb

[with object]

• 
  1accept that (something) is true, especially without proof: the superintendent believed Lancaster’s story [with clause]: some 23 per cent believe that smoking keeps down weight
  
  


• 
  accept the statement of (someone) as true: he didn’t believe her
  
  


• 
  [no object] have religious faith: there are those on the fringes of the Church who do not really believe
  
  


• 
  (believe something of) feel sure that (someone) is capable of doing something: I wouldn’t have believed it of Lavinia—what an extraordinary woman!
  
  

• 
  2 [with clause] hold (something) as an opinion; think: I believe we’ve already met (believe someone/thing to be) four men were believed to be trapped
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  

  
  Synonyms: accept, buy, credit, swallow, take, trust, set store by (or on)

  
  

  
  Antonyms: disbelieve, discredit, reject

  
  

  
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2013. Goodbye 2012. Hello 2013.

 Project life Week 51-1/生活紀錄第51週 之一

 Project life Week 51-2/生活紀錄第51週 之二

Project life Week 52-1/生活紀錄第52週 之一

Project life Week 52-2/生活紀錄第52週 之二

Just finished upload my last two weeks of PL in my page.

Please visit HERE to see them all.

I am super proud of myself. Goodbye 2012. Hello 2013.
終於把2012年最後兩週做完了,真的很開心也很驕傲自己能夠有始有終.
大家可以在這裡看我完整的2012足跡和點滴.
這一年的心情一路走來如履薄冰,以下是我在2013年前在Fb寫下的一段話:
豐碩的一年。回顧2012年，我列的清單只剩下兩個未完成。但是有一個不在我的控制範圍之內，另外一個還在努力當中。其他的我都ㄧㄧ完成。去年年底決定開始作project life/生活記錄，如今沒有一週倦怠。決定要把我的作品嘗試投稿，很幸運的第一次投稿的第一個作品就被選中。接觸手作這麼多年,今年的作品量創下了高峰。面對2013年，我還有新的目標，也要挑戰我自己。在精神層面我更是有了學習，從去年底的怨懟與不滿到現在順服神的意念去領受祂給我的安排，這條路我總算走過。我衷心希望我的2013年更加充實與滿盈，我要更珍惜我的所有，也感恩每個在我身邊給我溫暖和正面能量的人。
再見了2012年,2013年請多多指教.