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Project Life 2013 |week 2|

note about these pics:
I brightened 'em up when my laptop was on dim...haa haa...so I over-birghtened. Whoa. ;)

lots of StudioCalico's January Project Life kit was used

my bar code stamp can be purchased here

That MAKE SOME THING TODAY card^^ is my favorite thing about the SC PL kit.  It features my one little word for this year, and I predict it being one of those inserts that I pass from spread to spread. You'll see it popping up in weeks' pages to come. :P 

...and what about that adorable doodled iPhone insert?! If those two above 3-by-4s don't make you want to jump on the StudioCalico Project Life waiting list, then I don't know what would. Tee hee hee.

That's all I got to show for |week 2|.

I'd love to peek yours.

Have a happy rest of your Sunday!

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For more of my past Project Life spreads, go HERE.

For more on Project Life itself, go HERE.

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PL 2013 |opening pages| & |week 1|

It's bold. It's graphic. It's exactly how I want to approach this brand new year.

For the above title page, I printed my 2013 ball stamp on white cardstock from PSE.  I also made a quick 3x4 insert to highlight my one little word for the year, and finished with a sequins heart...

...that you see on the other side of the PL page.  I did this a few times in the first few pages of my 2013 album.  I like the 'other side of the looking glass' effect it has.

Me, with my iPhone in hand.
I used this photo because it's pretty much how my Project Life album gets filled.

Intro page: tons more glitter, a shot of me on New Year's Eve, and some fun embelishments.

I love these Rock, Paper, Scissors clips that I found at my local mall's Madewell shop.

I included them because it reminds me not to take any decisions I might make too seriously, because life's half chance anyway.

One of my New Year's Stamps that didn't make the final cut, but I still adore it.

Above is the spread for |week 1| of 2013. Typing that feels so weird.  Seems like yesterday I was posting about my first week from last year.

My cute DIY one little word frame project made its way into an insert or two.

Get your own New Year's Res rockin' stamp HERE.

I also managed to use my tiny little 2013 bar code stamp.  It's the cutest boop ever. Really.
You can purchase one from my STAMP SHOP.

I made a middle insert of the happenings of January 1st.  Read about some of it here.

The back are just some IGed shots of the week.

The right side includes an awesome quote (equipped with typo) I stubbled upon on a facebook page:

...a visual representation of how solo I feel entering this new year.  "ADMIT ONE" please.

...my sweet guy gazing at me on a Friay night, and some pretty paper:

...my Saturday evening, watching Away We Go.  I love this movie to the end and the death of me:

Finally, part of the first week of January 2013's spread is the notion I fell asleep with Saturday night and woke up with Sunday morning.  Something hit me like a lightning strike the first week of January, and I'm wondering if I should make a move on it.  It was incredibly unexpected, but seems awesome.  ...and heck!  My resolution for this month is to MAKE JANUARY AWESOME INSTEAD OF NOT AWESOME...

I guess I've already answered my own question. ;)

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To state the obvious: I love Project Life.

This will be my second year with the project, and
this year I plan to make it better than I ever thought I could when I started it last year.

Won't you follow along?

May you have a blessed conclusion to 2013's first weekend!

I'll catch you here tomorrow, lovies!

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For more of my past Project Life spreads, go HERE.

For more on Project Life itself, go HERE.

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my New Year's Stamps are in the shop!

Go get 'em while they're hot, ya'll!

Also remember the 29th is the last day to get the PAPER ISSUES special 'Buy 2, Get 1 Free' on all my stamps -- NOT INCLUDING -- my New Year's stamps.  Details for that special offer are as follows:

1. Visit the STAMP SHOP to peruse the sweet selection.

2. If you're interested in purchasing, and want the above offer to apply, send me an e-mail [amandaroseblog@yahoo.com] telling me which stamps you would like
*in the subject line of the email please write PAPERISSUES

3. I will follow up with an e-mail and a Paypal invoice applying the discount.

4. Once I receive payment on the invoice, I will happily ship your items.

PLEASE NOTE:
For the offer to apply, all transactions must be done through e-mail.
If you attempt to purchase the stamps with the 'Add to Cart' button on
the STAMP SHOP's website, the offer won't apply.

Offer does not apply to the New Year's stamps.

Offer valid until Saturday, 12-29-12.

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Happy almost 2013!

I've got PAPER ISSUES, and they've got me.

The lovely ladies at PAPER ISSUES have got a hold of my stamps,
and boy did they do wonders wth them:

Take a closer look at the art above by visiting the blogs of: Judean, Missy, Kellie, and Aimee.

Oh. Em. G.

Until December 29th, PAPER ISSUES will be hosting a giveaway of some of my stamps.

See the PAPER ISSUES post HERE for details on how to win.

Also, HERE is the PAPER ISSUES shop and follow PAPER ISSUES on facebook HERE.

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However, lover duckies,
if you can't wait until 12/29 to see if you've won,
you have the next 2 weeks to take advantage of a

BUY 2 STAMPS, GET 1 FREE

offer at my shop.

Details are as follows:

1. Visit the STAMP SHOP to peruse the sweet selection.

2. If you're interested in purchasing, and want the above offer to apply, send me an e-mail 
    [ amandaroseblog@yahoo.com ] telling me which stamps you would like.
    *put PAPERISSUES in the subject line

3.  I will follow up with an e-mail and a Paypal invoice applying the discount.

4. Once I receive payment on the invoice, I will happily ship your items.

PLEASE NOTE:
For the offer to apply, all transactions must be done through e-mail.
If you attempt to purchase the stamps with the 'Add to Cart' button on
the STAMP SHOP's website, the offer won't apply. 

Offer is valid until Saturday, 12/29/12.

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Thank you, as always, for visiting.

I am very excited about this collaboration,
and I hope I'll be shipping loads of stamps!

Yippee!

UPDATE (again) on my New Year's Stamps

Yes, I originally started with eight designs for the New Year's edition of my stamp-a-roonies, then shrunk the number down to seven designs after believing a week ago that I had finally figured out how to get them from my head, to the correct PSE format and dpi, to the website for a clear and successful upload, to a pretty sweet wood-mounted rubber stamp. Uhhh...I've done all that before.

However, it did not work.  Whatevs.

Not wanting to give up, as it is #1 on my December Manifesto list, I worked on the designs more this morning. The only three I'm comfortable listing are the three you see above.  So sorry, for those of you interested in any of the others.  I'll have a whole year to refine and perfect them for next New Year's. ;)

Anyway, the very limited quantity of these New Year's Stamp of mine will be available in the next couple of weeks.  When I get them in, they'll be in my STAMP SHOP the very next day...I'll let you know.

In other not-completely-unrelated-news...TOMORROW at noon Paper Issues is conducting a BLOG HOP where scrappy ladies will display work they've created using my stamps, and a giveaway of some of my stamps will be taking place.

Come back tomorrow for more details!

See ya then.

**Must also note: what happened yesterday morning in Connecticut is just sad, sad, sad.
Thinking of the victims this morning and the rest of this year.
There are no words, just tears.

December Daily | Dec2 to Dec8 |

Unexpectedly, on Sunday, December 2nd, I got a new iPhone 5.  My sister lost her iPhone the Friday before in a cab or something, and because I was the only one due for an upgrade, she took my old phone, and I got a new phone. Heeeeyyyyy!

I expected Christina Perri's "Something 'Bout December" to go here, but this song was my carol last week.

I couldn't add anything else to the below spread. Quiet and wishing.

our glitter circles...

#2 on my December Manifesto shown below

It was inspired by elise's recent PL recording of #mileaday

get your own selfie stamp here

That little guy was meant for this Secret Santa page. What's he up to?

Finally, my 'Gifts To Buy' page is just a place to jot down the presents I still need to buy, wrap, and get under the tree.

Thanks for visiting!

Stay tuned for more!

Link to yours in the comments.  I want to see!

Christmas kitty boops

these two, cat clothes, and christmas...

...gotta love 'em.

 

Happiest Sunday!

 

P.S. -- This was my Saturday afternoon ya'll...right before I took a nap. Pathetic.  

UPDATE on my New Year's Stamps

Howdy, and hello, readers and peepers!

I know it's been over a month since I first posted about these stamps coming to my STAMP SHOP, but literally -- that's how long the process has been taking. I got a batch that were imperfect, had to figure out why, made several other copies of my designs, sent them to the company, waited for a response, was told what to do, did it, still didn't work, tried this, did that...haa haa!

Bottom line: I think I got it right just yesterday (crossing my fingers)...and hopefully, I'll be placing the order for the bunch by tonight, and by this time next week or so, they'll be in my shop...just in time for a December 16th Blog Hop with Paper Issues.

Yes!  You read that right!  A Blog Hop -- featuring my stamp-a-roos -- starting on December 16th, and going for two sweet weeks.  There's a chance to win some stamps from my shop, and it should be an awesome time!

If you have a particular liking to any of the stamps above, TAKE THE POLL in the middle >> column and let me know which is your favorite!

You can also let me know in the comments or in an e-mail to amandaroseblog@yahoo.com as I am going to be ordering a very limited quantity to list in my shop.

 That's all I have to tell you for now. :)  

I hope everyone who's December Daily-ing is having as much fun with it as me.  

 

Happy almost-Friday!

first few days of my DecDaily2012

I decided to start my December Daily from Thanksgiving, and do it all the way until New Year's.

Here's Thanksgiving - November 22:

My [I ate this.] Yum. stamp is sold out at the moment from Amanda Rose's STAMP SHOP, and will be restocked with the release of my New Year's stamps in the next weeks.

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Black Friday - November 23rd:

Home, home, and home.
You won't ever see me out in the crazy on Black Friday. 

We went all-out Christmas decorating...anythin to get my mind off it.

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Saturday, November 24th:

Shrunk this in PSE, and adhered it to the back of a paper strip.

...and there you have it so far, folks.

If you've started your December Daily already, I'd love to see it!

Link to it in the comments.

Off to a field trip today!

 

December Daily during Hurricane Sandy

Today is the first day back to school since last Friday!  Hurricane Sandy hit us Sunday night, and all public schools in the five boroughs of New York were closed all week.  I still can't believe all the devastation Sandy caused.  Nothing major in my immediate vicinity, but all surrounding neighborhood blocks have down-trees and power lines...my family near beaches will not be able to return to their house until...who knows... it really is unbelievable.

I stayed home, mostly. ...and crafted. 

Plenty of crafting.  
Halloween seemed to skip over my neighborhood this year (I guess I felt like I had my fair share of ghoulish fun a while ago with this post anyway) and instead of dressing up, I Christmas crafted.  
I breathed my December Daily journal into life.  ...and although I have a crystal clear vision for it in my brain, the unknown-ness of December is going to add the perfect amount of spontaneity to the project.

My front and back cover are cardboard, with a white woodgrain cardstock adhered to it.

I've made my own glittered polka dot pages with Martha Stewart's glitter glue.
I love Martha Stewart's Glitter Glue, like whoa! 

Above is how I plan to document the date on each page.  
Simple and low-key, simple and low-key, simple and low-key, repeat repeat.

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Below are my December pages from last year when my depleted creativity was resparked...when my year 2012 for |movement| was ignited. It was important for me to include them.

...and they actually were what dictated the size of my December Daily album.
>> 51/2 by 81/2  <<

The rest of the pages...

...and that's all for now.

More pages have been added since these photos were taken, but those'll be for next time.

With it being November 2nd, journalling in this puppy begins in twenty days.
Twenty days until Thanksgiving.

Will you be ready?

I'm such a paper nerd. ;)

Thanks for being one with me.