stamping | i scrap my world

I celebrated my birthday this week…and I had lots of photos to choose from, but decided in the end, to focus on who I am right now…little bits about how I spend me time and who I spend it with. I also incorporated the card Mike and Emily made me! Love it!

I used papers from Close to My Heart as well as their stamps and inks. I also used my cameo and cut out tags with all my little headings – wife, mother, baker, designer, listening, reading…etc.

Here are a few close-ups of the cards. I absolutely love how it came together. I usually don’t scrapbook me – but the fact the Project Life is more about documenting the week – I feel like there’s a freedom to do whatever fits the moment.

I’m still (ha! I’ve been at this for about three weeks, right :)) enjoying the process. Being able to select/edit my photos a little bit over a few nights after I put Emily to bed and wind down a bit allows me to start visualizing my layout. I get a few days to think about the colors and what papers/embellishments I might like to use before my I run to Costco and pick up my photos. I only print the photos I plan to use. Then, I get to do what I love the most: cut and paste and create.

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So, this layout just makes me smile. I used all Close to My Heart products and did a TON of hand-stamping on everything from the background paper, the circle frame, to the home-made bingo card (yes – I cut out all those little squares and stamped on them!) This is a photo from when Emily was two – and it’s so fun to go back and revisit things from so long ago. We spent quite a bit of time tonight on homework. And, even though she’s NINE, she’s still just a kid – and I need to remember that. We need more moments like these where she’s happy as a clam out on the front porch, making a giant mess – and nobody cared she was making a giant mess. In fact — I thought it was a great scrap-worthy moment!

At what age did we start saying “Don’t make a mess”? and “Work first, play later?” and “Stop whining?” (well – yeah, ok — we’ve ALWAYS said that) — but my point is – we expect so much from our kids and sometimes it’s good to remember that it’s TOTALLY ok to make a mess — and to get messy — and to love every minute of it. To find the joy and the bliss in the simple things.

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