November and so close to Christmas

It just hit me last night that there are only about 35 days to go til Christmas and then it is all over for another 12 months.  I am prepared and sorted.. I have nearly done all my Christmas cards.. I just have to take the photo to attach to the card, buy a couple more special gifts and that is me done.  We are having a quiet Christmas this year.  My hubby is on Beach Patrol and I respect that as he did last year as well.  No one really puts their hand up yet is can be a very busy day of the year on the beach.  He always asks me first if I mind.. I dont.  Last year Corey and I spend half the shift with him down on the beach and we will again this year.  At least we are still together and loving the sun and the waves.

I am pretty happy to say that I am quickly catching up with my Project Life.  Last night I edited and printed out 3 weeks of photos and slotted them in their hidey holes.  It took me 7 months to work out this is a perfect way for me to be more organised.  Normally I will sit there at the computer editing one picture and then printing and then scrapping it.. I am the slowest scrapper to start with.  Doing it this way makes me procrastinate even more.. Hopeless.!!!!  So tonight I am ready to scrap my Week 43.  excited much..!!

Corey is looking forward to a break but wishes he could at the same time skip the holiday and start Year 6.  He is so excited to be starting year 6 and not to mention they get a new laptop for the year.  He seems to be keeping up with school and having no major issues or struggles.. Thats just awesome in our home.

Ok I am just going to share my last few pages and journal cards with you.. 

I dig these caravans below.. perfect for me.. I love caravans LOL

Lots of different papers and embellishments used here.. as always.. love to mix up my collections and use lots of colour..
I will be glad to put these two albums in the lounge in January for friends and family to read over… but starting the next one.. well we don't get a holiday do we.. December 31 into January 1st 2014.  I cannot believe I am already thinking about my 2014 title page lol.. OMG who does that !!??
That's all for today.. Thank you for stopping in and having a read of my blog..
Moonie x

Request for Support: A Letter from The Editor.

Request for Support: A Letter from The Editor.

Hello Dear Reader,

Firstly thank you so much for your support of LPS over the last year, it has meant so much to me. When I first came up with the idea in January this year I had no idea how the magazine would grow.
The first issue in March received just over 26,000 views in the three months before the next issue was released. The most recent issue received over 200,000 views in the first week of its release which is absolutely staggering growth for something that was just a bit of fun.

I adore putting the magazine together and being inspired by all the wonderful work that you all send in. I try to include as much as possible because there is so much talent out there and I want people to see it and draw inspiration from it. Scrapbooking is many things to many people but it is also a universal language that brings many people together through blogs, forums and magazines like ours.

As I mentioned before, LPS was initially just for fun but as it has grown it has also taken a lot more time to put together, it is now a full time job and as it is a free publication I am not in a position to hire and pay staff let alone any of the overheads that are involved in the operation. I would love to continue releasing the magazine as a free resource available to everyone in the coming year but as the workload continues to increase without funds to support the operation it seems unlikely that this will be possible. This is where I would like to ask for your assistance in some fund raising...

How you can help:
AUSTRALIAN READERS: You can support LPS by buying kits and supplies from theLife.Paper.Scrapbook. Shop. This shop was set up specifically for the purpose of keeping the magazine going. We have a small selection of items to choose from including our Summer Scrapbook Kit as well as additional embellishments, stamps, mists and more. If you purchase prior to 30 November use the code NOV10 to receive 10% off your entire order. (Shipping is charged at package rates. For items that can be sent as a letter I will refund the postage difference.)

INTERNATIONAL READERS: You can support us by buying our exclusive Day To Day Project Kit from our Big Cartel site. This kit can be sent anywhere in the world due to it's weight and flatness. The kit has been reduced from AU$32.00 to AU$25.00. This kit is absolutely packed to the brim and is worth over $60 retail. 

ADVERTISING: If you are a manufacturer, own a small crafting business or Etsy site we offer advertising in each issue to cater for every budget. We are currently offering 50% off for advertisments placed in the December issue. For more information email me at: lifepaperscrapbook(at)gmail(dot)com

DONATE: If you would like to donate a small amount to continue the publication of Life.Paper.Scrapbook. Magazine for free you can do so via PayPal.

  

Once again, thank you so much for your support over the last 10 months and for taking the time to read this letter.
Much Love,

Catching up… the story of my life LOL

Whew.. I can finally take a break to do some blogging. Life is always crazy busy and I am pretty well booked up for every hour of my day.  I rush from here to there to get to the next destination or activity that I am going to do.  But like Ive said before I wouldnt have it any other way.  Today I had an appointment for my back. I see a lady who uses a Scanner.  She is incredible and my body responds so perfectly to it.  I was about 20 min early so I sat in the car outside her lovely home for that amount of time and it was so so nice to just SIT!!!!! 
I am still 5 weeks behind.. It does not look like I will catch up any time soon.  I did say to the girls @ Daisys two Friday nights ago that I am going to go simple and catch up.. … It lasted for 3 journal pages. LOL.. I just can't put in flat and unembellished.. so I will carry on my slow pace and do it how I do it.
I just wanted to share these last 2 weeks I have completed with you.

I love to use a bit of a mix of papers and core kits… I have used some Pink Paisley frames here with Simple Stories.  Love my die cut of my paper girls

Love the filters using Leme Cam

 I have used this cute as Pebble Journal card here … We sell them @ Spotlight for $9.. It is crammed of cool journal cards.

Some Kaiser paper and Simple Stories again.

I love the little crochet flower my Mum made for me.  When she was here I asked her if she could make me some.. I bought her a roll of the crochet cotton.  She asked how many I wanted.. I said .. until the roll is gone LOL
And the cute flair button Michelle from The Stamp Spot made especially for me.. She knows what rocks my boat.  I have an awesome stash of my colours she sent to me.

I have purchased these extra inserts for weeks like this that I have a lot of photos.. So great!!!

My poor wee fella.. He got sick in the early hours of the morning.. Slept for 12 hours and the following day he was all better..Vomited and had a nasty temp.. All he wanted to do was sleep.  It was so nice that all the kids in the camp were hanging around waiting for him to get better so they could all go out and play again.

I must say I love these 4 x 12 inserts!!!!

Here is the example of my …. going simple to catch up.. I lasted most of the page but had to bling up the caravan card lol.. this is when I went back to the old me…. LOL

Another 4 x 12 insert

So that is it for me for a week or so.. I am trying to pump them out.. but with work and doing some nights as well at the moment due to the massive amount of stock we have in for Christmas, exercising, walking, family, housework and I am making cards for people at the moment.. I just have to do what I can.  
I must admit editing my photos takes an awful lot of my time.. but I do love to do this.  It is part of my creating.
Til then.. keep happy and keep on scrapping.
Moonie x

Life Paper Scrapbook Love

Good evening lovelies... Last month over at Life.Paper.Scrapbook our Project Life challenge was to use instagram photos or even just square photos of your choice.  I maily used my Instagram ones as I love the great range of filters on in Instagram.

I have also used a gorgeous kit from Gossamar Blue.  I love all the cute journal cards in this pack.

This month over @ Life.Paper.Scrapbook our November Challenge is SELFIES... AND ALL ABOUT YOU.... so if you have not done a page on yourself.. now is your opportunity to get out there and take a few selfies. They dont have to be just face shots of  yourself.... it can be a out your challenges in life at the moment, your feet, your family, your work, something about yourself that you love or hate...... anything.. just all about you!!!!
I think it is a great challenge to get yourself out there and scrap yourself instead of all the family for a change.  Make sure you submit your take here by the end of November.  I cant wait to see what you all come up with.
And the generous November Life Page Kit that Gossomar Blue have donated is simply to die for...Make sure you go over and check out what you could be in the winning for!!!

Thats it for me tonight,.... I am off to plan my page.
Moonie.... 

November Project Life Challenge - Include Yourself

November Project Life Challenge - Include Yourself

Welcome to the November Project Life challenge with Life.Paper.Scrapbook. We have some terrific examples from the Design Team and an amazing prize you could win. The challenge is to include YOURSELF in your Project Life (can you say selfies!). 

This challenge isnt only about including photos (although I believe that your kids will thank you for including yourself at least a little in your albums, they will want to see you!) it is also a chance to think of other ways to include yourself, your interests or challenges or mundanities. The writing or the ephemera or the photos, it is all a possibility for including yourself in the layout.

First the winner of last month's challenge, based on random.org is #9. That is 

Congratulations Petrice Sullivan! Please send us an email with your details so we can get the Gossamer Blue Life's Pages October kit posted out to you. It is a beauty!

Here are the examples from the Design Team:

Sue Ko  

Bernii Miller

Ruth Bonser 

This month we are also including two examples from last month's submissions that were great inspiration for this month!

Another Paper Story

Mrs Crafty Adams

Click on the Design Team members name to hop through to their blog for more photos and information about their project example.

This month we are also featuring three of last month's submissions which included some great photos of the scrapbooker herself, to inspire you a little more!

We are extremely delighted to be partnering with Gossamer Blue for these challenges. This month's prize is the November Life Pages kit! I just love these kits. Check it out below!

Gossamer Blue (http://www.gossamerblue.com) is a monthly crafts kit club based out of California. We offer two kinds of kits on subscription. One is a traditional scrapbooking kit called the Main kit and the other is our Life Pages kit perfect for scrapbooking with divided page protectors. Both kits include exclusive Gossamer Blue products, including stamps manufactured just for Gossamer Blue by Elle's Studio (http://shopellesstudio.com/).


How can you win this amazing prize?
Here are the details:
- You can submit ANY kind of project that meets the challenge: layouts, cards, PL, off the page projects. Keep in mind that this is a Project Life challenge and your project should be relevant to your PL system, whatever that may be.
- You can combine the Project Life challenge with the other LPS challenges just make sure you link it up to each so you have a chance to win in both. 
- October Project Life Challenge runs until 11.55pm 15 November. (Don't forget we are in Australia)
- The winner of the prize will be randomly drawn
- We will also feature three of the favourite layouts and the selected layouts will be asked to guest design for the next Project Life challenge. 


You have to be in it to win it, so link up your project up on the right. Please make sure you link to the correct challenge, there are three challenges; project life, sketch and colour challenge to link up to. If you are linking to a blog, please link to the actual post the layout is featured in, not just the general address and make sure you link back to Life.Paper.Scrapbook. 

Most importantly have fun! We can't wait to see what you all come up with.

October Project Life Challenge - Square or Instagram Photos

Ladies you only have 3 days to go so make sure you get stuck into this tonight and give it a shot!!! We want to see your awesome take on this cool challenge over at Paper Life Scrapbook

Welcome to the October Project Life challenge with Life.Paper.Scrapbook. We have some terrific examples from the Design Team and an amazing prize you could win. The challenge is to use SQUARE photos or INSTAGRAM in your Project Life. We all love to use instagram, so lets see how you include your phone app photos in your project life.

Here are the examples from the Design Team:

Aimee Dow  

Lisa Wilkinson 

Michelle Stokes  

Ruth Bonser 

Click on the Design Team members name to hop through to their blog for more photos and information about their project example.

We are extremely delighted to be partnering with Gossamer Bluehttp://www.gossamerblue.com for these challenges. This month's prize is the October Life Pages kit! I just love these kits. Check it out below!

Gossamer Blue (http://www.gossamerblue.com/http://www.gossamerblue.com) is a monthly crafts kit club based out of California. We offer two kinds of kits on subscription. One is a traditional scrapbooking kit called the Main kit and the other is our Life Pages kit perfect for scrapbooking with divided page protectors. Both kits include exclusive Gossamer Blue products, including stamps manufactured just for Gossamer Blue by Elle's Studio (http://shopellesstudio.com/)

How can you win this amazing prize?
Here are the details:
- You can submit ANY kind of project that meets the challenge: layouts, cards, PL, off the page projects. Keep in mind that this is a Project Life challenge and your project should be relevant to your PL system, whatever that may be.
- You can combine the Project Life challenge with the other LPS challenges just make sure you link it up to each so you have a chance to win in both. 
- October Project Life Challenge runs until 11.55pm 18 October. (Don't forget we are in Australia)
- The winner of the prize will be randomly drawn
- We will also feature three of the favourite layouts and the selected layouts will be asked to guest design for the next Project Life challenge. 


You have to be in it to win it, so link up your project up on the right. Please make sure you link to the correct challenge, there are three challenges; project life, sketch and colour challenge to link up to. If you are linking to a blog, please link to the actual post the layout is featured in, not just the general address and make sure you link back to Life.Paper.Scrapbook. 

Most importantly have fun! We can't wait to see what you all come up with.

Loving Echo Park Relections

 

Hi girls ... I have been so tied up with Project Life this year I have not had as much time to fit in layouts.. I do miss them.. and it was lovely to put this layout together using the lovely Echo Park Reflections Collection.. It is such a versatile collection.. Vintage... Masculine, boy, girl, Grandparents.  I love it.

I was going through my photos and this one I picked out as the filter I have used on this one was perfect.. Soft touches of greens, blues and a touch of vanilla.

Someone pointed out to me that I have actually used 9 different papers on this layout.. Ohh I do love the layering but I have indeed used 3 different shades of card stock and the other printed paper from the collection.

I have added a few mini alpha letters to the crossword.. love that... and a strip of fine hessian under the title.

 

I had lots of paper left over as I had the whole collection so I put together these two little cards for a special occasion.. I have lots more left so I am going to pop another layout together or even make a few Fathers Day cards.

The card below I have added a splash of Heidi Swap Color Shine which is stunning... a Tim Holtz button, Freckled Fawn Potty Peoples and twine.. Love how the Echo Park Stickers look so gorgeous all together..

There is a few papers that are perfect for Project Life too.. Add a few natural looking embellishments or Wood Veneers to the pages and your pages will shine!!!

Thats all from me today.. I have a day off and I am happily sitting in an air conditioned gorgeous cafe about to edit some photos for my weeks I am behind in with my Project Life.. 

Keep happy and love life to the fullest

Moonie x

ISSUE 3 IS OUT!

ISSUE 3 IS OUT!

So excited to announce that issue 3 is out now. It went up in the middle of the night due to my stellar internet connection here. It is absolutely PACKED with inspiring work from our DT and most importantly our readers. You are all so talented that it was so hard to put this issue together from all the amazing submissions, I wanted to include everyone but had to stop around the 150 page mark :)

We also have two great articles about project life from Ruth and Aimee and the lovely Jen Ritchie as our featured designer. 

I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed putting it together. 

You can see the issue HERE

PS. Don't forget to stop by our badge page to get a badge for your blog if you were featured in one of our magazine (or we have one if you just love us too).

Make sure you check me out.. You will find me on pages 134 & 135

Take care xxx

Moonie x

October Project Life Challenge - Square or Instagram Photos

Welcome to the October Project Life challenge with Life.Paper.Scrapbook. We have some terrific examples from the Design Team and an amazing prize you could win. The challenge is to use SQUARE photos or INSTAGRAM in your Project Life. We all love to use instagram, so lets see how you include your phone app photos in your project life.

Here are the examples from the Design Team:

Aimee Dow

Lisa Wilkinson

Michelle Stokes

Ruth Bonser

Click on the Design Team members name to hop through to their blog for more photos and information about their project example.

We are extremely delighted to be partnering with Gossamer Bluehttp://www.gossamerblue.com for these challenges. This month's prize is the October Life Pages kit! I just love these kits. Check it out below!

Gossamer Blue (http://www.gossamerblue.com/http://www.gossamerblue.com) is a monthly crafts kit club based out of California. We offer two kinds of kits on subscription. One is a traditional scrapbooking kit called the Main kit and the other is our Life Pages kit perfect for scrapbooking with divided page protectors. Both kits include exclusive Gossamer Blue products, including stamps manufactured just for Gossamer Blue by Elle's Studio (http://shopellesstudio.com/).

How can you win this amazing prize?
Here are the details:
- You can submit ANY kind of project that meets the challenge: layouts, cards, PL, off the page projects. Keep in mind that this is a Project Life challenge and your project should be relevant to your PL system, whatever that may be.
- You can combine the Project Life challenge with the other LPS challenges just make sure you link it up to each so you have a chance to win in both. 
- October Project Life Challenge runs until 11.55pm 18 October. (Don't forget we are in Australia)
- The winner of the prize will be randomly drawn
- We will also feature three of the favourite layouts and the selected layouts will be asked to guest design for the next Project Life challenge. 


You have to be in it to win it, so link up your project up on the right. Please make sure you link to the correct challenge, there are three challenges; project life, sketch and colour challenge to link up to. If you are linking to a blog, please link to the actual post the layout is featured in, not just the general address and make sure you link back to Life.Paper.Scrapbook. 

Most importantly have fun! We can't wait to see what you all come up with.

Moonie x