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Before we get to our fabulous page today, I thought it would be fun to announce our winners for the new Just Add Color Silhouette class! By the huge response, it looks like y’all are just as excited about it as I am!

I also loved reading all your color choices! Lots of red and teal in there. Blue too. And I’m with y’all, my favorite color is just about all of them. Depends on my mood. Today I’m sporting a green sweater with my favorite staple….black. Black is so forgiving in fashion. And I need all the forgiveness I can get. :)

So, for the winners of the spot in the Just Add Color class. They are:

SUZ – SEPTEMBER 24, 2012 – 8:41 AM
Suz from Washington…and I love PURPLE! Just ask my kids. :) And if it is glittery, too…

MICHELLE MAC – SEPTEMBER 24, 2012 – 12:38 PM
This class sounds awesome – I am so in love with my Silhouette!
I’m Michelle from New Zealand and my two favourite colours are pink and lime green together.

CHERYL :) – SEPTEMBER 25, 2012 – 7:54 AM
Sounds like so much fun!!!
Cheryl / Keytesville, MO

Congratulations ladies! Email me at kerribradford.com with your JessicaSprague.com login name and I’ll get y’all hooked up!

Now, to the page by Miss Laura!

Sometimes don’t you wonder what you did all week? You know you’re busy, but when you look back, you have no idea what you did? Have you ever thought to record it? You know, my great grandfather used to keep a tiny little journal with bullet points about what he did every day. Nowadays we can record it with photographs along with text. Love that. I’m sure that when he kept those notes that he thought his life was so boring and ordinary. But believe you me, his posterity has enjoyed hearing about his life!

I think that’s what’s so great about Project Life. Simply journaling with photographs–the day to day or monthly events.

But if Project Life is a little much for you, try breaking it down into bite-size pieces and record a week in your life once in a while. I did that for a CK assignment waaaaay back when. Like nine or ten years ago. I love that I captured that little moment of time.

Well, that’s what Laura has done here in her page. She talks about and photographs what she does in a week in her life of daycare. One day I’m sure she won’t be doing daycare anymore. Can you imagine how precious those photos will be? And to all her posterity?

Very important.

Let’s take a look-see, shall we?

[ Shapes | Today (weekdays) / This & That: School (clock) / This & That: Family (frame) ]

( Just have to add a little p.s. here. I recently made an arrow for a project, similar to the one she used. I thought it was so weird when I saw it on her page! So when you see it come along, just know that what she used here isn’t the same one–but it looks a lot like it! lol )

I love how she used the days of the week for this page! It all looks so fun together!
A fabulous creation, my dear Miss Laura!

Here’s what Laura hast to say:

When Kerri came out with her Today kit, I knew exactly what I wanted to do with the days of the week words. I thought they would be fun to use on a layout about my work week. I cut each day of the week from a different pattern paper, and arranged them on my page. I also cut some frames from Kerri’s This & That: Family kit, and sized some photos to fit under each frame. I adhered the frames using mini pop dots for a bit of dimension. I wanted to use the “It’s A Good Day” sticker on my layout, and thought that the viewfinder look of the sticker would look perfect added to the center of the clock from the This & That: School kit.

By the looks of things, it appears you are all enjoying the party!
I loooove it when friends come together. :)

Shall we see some Laura goodness?
She has a ‘party favor’ to share today!

Check out this darling page!

[ Shapes | School Years ("seventh grade') / Graduation ('these friends') / The Ol' Ballgame (stars) ]

Ahhh, Laura did one of my favorite things — a white background! How fabulous are her color choices on that white?? Don’t they just pop? Love it!

And I love that she’s taking photos from her daughter’s electronic devices.
That’s true teen material there.

Here’s what Laura has to say:

I’ve been holding onto these photos of my daughter and her friends that they took at school, when a firetruck had visited the school for saftey day. I’m always grateful when they take pictures with their cell phones or iPod’s, because they help capture moments in their lives that I would otherwise miss out on. I choose the “these friends” title from the Graduation kit, cur from two coordination patterned papers, and added the “are the best” subtitle with alphabet stickers. I wanted to add the school year on here as well, so I used the “seventh grade” from the School Years kit. I wanted to add a few simple embellishments, so I used a good standby star shape, from The Ol’ Ballgame kit, adding some threaded buttons to the center of each star. 

And now for the randomly drawn winners of the Silhouette class of your choice? Well, those would be . . .

SHERYL – JULY 31, 2012 – 10:00 AM
I would so love to win a class. I took the first one and ready for the next in the series!! Thanks for all your great ideas and inspiration!

MARI – JULY 31, 2012 – 11:03 AM
Happy birthday! :) I’d love to take a class! Sounds like so much fun… and I *know* I don’t use my Cameo like I could…. Mari in Longmont, CO.

SUE BONE – JULY 31, 2012 – 8:45 AM
I live on the little island of Jersey off the coast of France, after which New Jersey was named.

Congratulations ladies! Email me with your JessicaSprague.com login name and tell me the class of your choice and I’ll get you all hooked up!

Are we having fun yet? :)

And if you’re just poppin’ in today and missed Monday’s (or yesterday’s) post? We’ve got a bit of this goin’ on this week:

Use the code BIRTHDAY to save 25% on orders of $15 or more!

Oh, and you know what. One more thing here. If you’re new, you may want to check out my Facebook page. I’m trying to reach the next marker of 1600 Likes. When I do, I’ll give away 1 $25 gift card for ever 25 new Likes I have. Started at 1500 and now I’m at 1529. So spread the word, because the more Likes I have, the more I’ll give away. And to be entered, just look for the post on my page and enter your name. You know me and givin’ stuff away. I looooove to give stuff away! The more the merrier. :)

As promised, here’s another lovely goody from Miss Laura!
(this is the page that she refers to in yesterday’s post.)

[ Shapes | Picture That: Squared / All About You (title) / XOXO (hearts / Life Additions: Backgrounds ]

So really take a good look at that page. Laura does a fabulous job at mixing patterns–in both design and texture. Notice how she mixed the solid dots and the open circles backgrounds from the Life Additions kit with embossed cardstock, patterned papers and borders. Great combination!

I also love how she added a ripped journaling piece over the large square of the photo template.

mmmm….eye candy.

Here’s what Laura has to say:

I wanted to use one of Kerri’s storyboard templates for my photo collage, but didn’t have quite enough photos to fill up the spaces on the one I choose to use. I played around with the layers, deleting one of the openings, and making two of the openings a bit larger to fill that empty space in. For the upper left corner photo, I wasn’t happy with the crop on it, if I had used the entire large opening. So I adjusted the photo to how I liked it, leaving a bit of empty space in that opening. I then printed out my journaling on a piece of graph patterned paper, and adhered it over the empty space next to the photo. I also wanted to add a little interest to my pattern papers on the layout, so I used a few background shapes with circles (I’m slightly addicted to circles these days ;)). Since my collage was being adhered over the strips of pattern paper, I only needed to cut a small strip of paper to go on either side of the photo collage. The Life Additions: Background kit worked perfectly for this, with the small sized background pieces.

Soooo many things to do in the summertime.

Whether you’re staying at home and playing around town or taking a bit of a vaca,
there’s always lots of photos to be taken . . . and scrapped.

Take a look at what little Miss Laura did.

[ Shapes | This+That: Summertime (sun) / Summer Lovin’ (‘park’) / Escape (‘summer escape’) / Say What #2 (quotes) / TwentyTWELVE (2012)

What a great combinations of embellishments and details!
love.

Here’s what Laura has to say:

My girls took a day trip to Great America themepark a few weeks ago, and they took lots of pictures with their iPod’s throughout the day. I was really happy that they captured bits and pieces of their day, and wanted to work them onto a layout. Because the photos off the iPod Touch’s aren’t that great, I decided to print them fairly small (2×3 inches). Because I had so many to choose from, I went with a two page layout. I went through Kerri’s kits, and found several different words/titles to use on my layout, along with the sun and the year circle. I thought the “Quote” and “End Quote” pieces would be fun to incorporate into my journaling, which I had the girls write.

Ahhh . . .  something wonderful today from Little Miss Laura. :)

Check out these darling kids from her daycare!

[ Shapes | This+That: Freedom (sunburst) / Say What #2 (title)

Love how Laura used the square sunbursts as a mini color blocking accents on the page!

Here’s what Laura has to say:

I had these photos of my daycare kids printed out, and as soon as I came across the “Every Photo Tells A Story” title from the Say What #2 kit, I knew it was perfect for this layout. I love using Kerri’s titles that have a mix of fonts, with a little bit of cursive mixed in. I think it adds so much interest to the titles. Because I was using square photos, I decided to use the sunburst shape from the This & That Freedom: Shapes Only kit, but in a small, compact size. By adding a quick embellishment to the centers of each sunburst, it made creating this layout super quick and easy.