Santa Cruz Mini Album

Hi everyone!! :) Hope your week is off to a great start!It is SO nice to be feeling good again and getting my MOJO back. Hes been lost for a long time while I went through some hard times. But its made a good return and I have been busy busy creating with Project Life, a Mini Album and designing some new stamps that you will be seeing in the next month or two. I have some BIG announcements coming in July and August and I can't wait to share with you. It's eating me up holding them secret. lol
Today I am sharing a Mini Album I did of our trip to Santa Cruz, CA area. We had so much fun on our trip. We visited Santa Cruz, San Jose and San Francisco. 
All the supplies I used will be listed 
Album Cover:

I used the album from October Afternoon 9 to 5 collection. I love this album. 

Travel Record. We are heading to Santa Cruz RV Resort in Felton, CA.

Our Pomeranian Prince was having fun driving us to the yard to pick up our trailer. LOL! He was so sleepy he passed out! (We were parked for this picture)

The second day on our vacation we drove to San Jose to visit the Winchester House. While my daughter and hubby toured the house I went to a local Scrapbook store. It was a great day!

For dinner on this day we went to Buca di Beppo! YUM! Was so good!

Third day we hung out at camp all day to check out the campgrounds. I went for a walk around the camp while hubs and kid went to get her a scooter since we forgot our bikes (oops!)

Fourth day was the BEST day! We took a trip to San Fran!! It was so much fun!! We drove over the Golden Gate and then we drove around and checked out the town. We had lunch at The Original Buffalo Wings ... omgosh it was SO SO good!! We drove down Lombard St. and it was so neat! Then we headed to Pier 39 to check out the shops and sights. The pups got the most attention at the pier! We stopped and picked up Joes Crab Shack for dinner then went to the park and ate. While we were stopped me and my girl spotted some super cute Owl hats and we HAD to have them!

LOL! Such a blast!

Fifth day I stayed at camp to rest my back from all the fun in San Fran. I was so sore. So hubs and kiddo went to the Roaring Camp and road the train. So fun!

Then they went down to Santa Cruz and played at the Santa Cruz boardwalk. They had a BLAST! I wish I could have gone too. The kiddo got a bracelet and rode a TON of rides over and over. She had so much fun! Then they went mini golfing. And for dinner they brought me fish and chips and clam chowder from the boardwalk. It was so amazing!

The next day we headed back to Santa Cruz to do some antiquing and shopping. I found an AMAZING art store called Palace Art Supplies. It was HUGE and had so much great stuff. I got some great goodies there. Then we drove down to see the lighthouse and the ocean. We had dinner at a little greek restaurant, it was amazing.

Almost everyday my hubs made us pancakes, he makes the best! They were so good! We watched some movies together and relaxed. Enjoyed some smores over the campfire YUM!

It was just a great, great vacation!! We had so much fun! So sad that its over but we were all also homesick. Kinda glad to come home! :)

I hope you enjoyed my mini album and thanks for letting me share with you my fun and amazing vacation with my family!

Next, when I get time, I want to do a mini with this daybook. I just love Amy's stuff.

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I will be back soon with some Project Life updates. Trying to get caught up after vacation on everything! Missed everyone and will be getting around to visit tonight and tomorrow.

Off to blog hop and work on some art!

Thanks for stopping by!

Jenny

Project Life Week 18 and updates!

Hi friends! How are you?Hope you all are having a great weekend! I am enjoying this long weekend. So far I have spent the weekend with my nephew and watching/hanging out with him. We have had so much fun.
It is SO nice to finally get my MOJO back and get back into my routine. After 2 surgeries for a lumbar epidural steroid shot in my back for me, my Dad going through 2 surgeries on his heart, taking my daughter to the ER last weekend to find out what was going on with her because she was coughing so much and was having chest pains and couldn't breathe very well ... just with everything thats happened in the past two months I have been very stressed, depressed and worried. But now that my Dad is doing better, I am doing better and my daughter is getting better I feel so much better without all the worries on my mind. 
I just want to say thank you to all my wonderful friends who have been so great through all of this and have given me so much support and lifted me up when I needed it so badly. Thank you so much! I love you all.
To get my mind off the worries and onto the fun hobby I have been neglecting I decided to work on my Project Life. And I have to say I am having a blast with it! And I would love to share with you all!! (: (:
If you haven't heard of PL ... where have you been? Just kidding. If you want to check it out, go HERE to the website. But beware you might get hooked! (:



I have been working/starting with Week 18. I am going to try and get most of week 1-17 done but it will take a bit to get caught up so I am going to make those weeks pretty simple. 
But for week 18 I just love embellishing each card and picture. It's so much fun.
Left side wk 18 pt 2:

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This is wk 18 pt 2. This week my daughter and I went shopping for her for some new clothes. We had a blast at the mall then we came home and she modeled for me. (: (: So cute!

My theme for wk 18 part 2 is Heidi Swapp. I used allot of her new collection. Also used some Studio Calico stamps and accessories, washi tape, and The Crafts Meow stamps.

Here are the details of each piece:

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Here is my next page, right side wk 18 pt 2:

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This is my favorite page, I love all these papers by Heidi Swapp and these new stamps by Studio Calico and Ali Edwards. This side is more of our shopping trip and her first time sewing. Great memories. I also used the Jenni Bowlin Composition notebook stamp to make a little book detailing our trip.

Hitting the road to the mall :)

The little diary of our trip I did and a pic of my goofy kid while we were having lunch at Red Robin.

Donating stuffed animals. She wanted to document her favorites. 

So cute! And goofy!

My little crafter. Just like mama. Her first sewing by hand project. (: LOVE IT!

Trying to figure it out :) :)

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This is Wk 18 pt 1. Documented my weight loss. I have lost 41 lbs. so far! YAY! Feels so good. Also on the this page is art time with my buddy (my nephew) he drew auntie some pictures that I saved. And movie night at the bottom. Week 18 pt 1 theme is Amy Tangerines new line. Love it! I also used my new Studio Calico stamps and accessories again, some things I printed on my new Silhouette Cameo, and washi tape.

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His cute drawing, hes such a good artist. I saved the original behind the picture.

My weight loss pictures. Before and after. And showing my MC Hammer pants LOL they are so big now.

Another weight loss picture. 41 lbs gone! (: 

Movie night!! We watched Thor.

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Week 18 pt 1 right side. Documenting movie night, Amelia and her Dad went to see the Avengers. And then her best friend came over to spend the night. On this page I used Amy Tangerine, Studio Calico stamps, Ali Edwards stamps and some other SC goodies.

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Such a cute picture of them in her room. BFFS!

Went to see The Avengers!

So cute!

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Thanks for stopping by! I will be posting more this week. AND I WILL BE DOING SOME BLOG HOPPING AROUND TO VISIT EVERYONE ... I miss visiting everyone, I havent read blogs in a long time. Cant wait to see what you all have been up to.

If you have room, I would appreciate some prayers/healing thoughts for my daughter, my dad and me. We are still healing from everything thats happened. But I am so glad to be feeling better enough to start crafting again, I have missed it. Also working on some new illustrations for TCM, Unity and YNS. Watch for those releasing soon.

And please let me know if you have bought any of my stamps designs. I would love to share them on my artist Facebook page and here. Just email them to me weememoriesblogATgmail.com

Have a fabulous week!!!

(: (: (: Jenny

The Crafts Meow April Blog Hop Reveal Day!!

Hi friends!! Its REVEAL DAY!! WOOHOO!!!
I am so excited to share with you all the brand new releases for APRIL over at The Crafts Meow!!
You should have arrived here from Jen Cuthbertson blog. If you started on my blog be sure to head back over to The Craft's Meow Blog and start from the beginning ... you don't want to miss anything!!
So first I will share with you my creation today:

I used my new set "OWL JOURNALING" and my last months set "Spring is Here". You will just LOVE Owl Journaling .. I hope so anyway :) :) Here it is...

LOTS of elements for any journaling you love to do!!! I would LOVE to hear your thoughts!! (: (: You can see me use it for Project Life in yesterdays post HERE. I put allot of thought into this set to make sure it had lots of elements perfect for journaling, scrapbooking, cardmaking and more.

You can see ALL the new set reveals over on The Craft's Meow Blog.

And don't forget, with your $50 or more purchase you will get the "GIDDY UP" stamp set FREE!!
YOUR NEXT STOP ON THE HOP IS - Jessica Fick.
Here is the whole list of design team members and guest designers in our hop today:

The Craft's Meow Blog
Amy Tsuruta
Amy Wanford 
Ivana Camdzic
Geri Freeman
Iwona Palamountain
Jackie Rockwell 
Jean Martin 
Jen Cuthbertson
Jenny Suchin
Jessica Fick
Gini Cagle
Julie Ranae

Karen Baker
Lindsay Amrhein
Michelle Bertuzzi

Nina Brackett

Thanks for stopping by today!! DONT FORGET TO LEAVE YOUR COMMENTS ON THE BLOGS FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN THE FULL RELEASE!!! (: (: (:

Have a great weekend!!

:) :) :) Jenny

The Crafts Meow April Sneak Peeks Day 4!!

Hi everyone!! I wish I could have posted the last couple of days for the sneak peeks but my back has really been bothering me and I couldnt sit that long to make cards. But I was able to manage a couple of projects today using my newest set design for TCM called "Owl Journaling" and "Vintage Rides" by Nina Brackett.
First one I would like to share is a page I did for my Project Life using some pictures from Winter CHA 2012.

Sneaks from my new set "Owl Journaling" on this page are the Banners, Notebook, Polaroid, Banner, Date Circle, Scallop Edging, Numbers and of course the big Owl! :) The rest of the goodies are from the new Amy Tangerine collection that I just LOVE LOVE LOVE! I love the bright colors!! 

You will just love my newest set ... this is PERFECT for all you Project Lifers, Scrapbookers and Smashbookers! (: It has plenty of goodies for all your journaling needs! I cant wait to show you the whole set!! (: (:

Here are some close ups:

I just love this fun page! And this was such a great day with GREAT friends that I got to meet for the first time except Ashley which I have met before. In the picture on the bottom, starting from the left, is Ashley Newell, Vera Yates, Ayana Posadas and Laurel Beard. LOVE these girls!!

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Next project is my card using Vintage Rides by Nina Brackett:

This set is very cool with lots of fun transportation and sentiments. You will love it! The paper I used on this card is Studio Calico.

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And I thought I would share a picture of my mess after doing some Project Life and cards! LOL

Nice big fun mess! (:

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Today's featured set is Giddy Up by Nina Brackett. This set will be free with a $50 purchase.

Be sure to check out all the previews for this set over at The Craft's Meow blog HERE.

And dont forget to leave your comments on the DT blogs and The Crafts Meow blog for your chance to win this set! You have until 9pm PST tonight to leave your comments. And dont forget about my giveaway happening during our release (you can see the details in the post below this one), be sure to leave your comments here as well to enter for your chance to win!!

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I would love to know what you love about my latest set for TCM!! I hope you love it!! Tomorrow you will get to see the full set along with all the new TCM releases!! YAY!!

Have a fabulous day!! (: (:

Jenny Suchin