Top 15 of 2015 :: A Year to Remember!

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Welcome 2016!

Today, I'm taking a look back at some of my favorite projects from last year. Fifteen projects, to be exact!

2015 was a huge year for me, creatively speaking, and I have my position on the Paper Issues Design Team to thank for that. I started off the year just planning to continue on my way with Project Life but, ended up making more single pages layouts than I have in many years, had a lot of fun with my planner and did a few pocket pages here and there. I cannot to see what 2016 has in store!

documenting life with a bit of swag...

Happy Sunday! I have a new pocket layout to share today using my new favorite product line. As soon as the sneak peeks of the Simple Stories Life Documented collection were released a few months back, I fell hard. Hearts, wood grain, bright colors and coordinating pocket cards made it a necessity. As soon as the products arrived on my doorstep this past week, I was planning my first project (and several more). For this page, I used the Life Documented 2015 card pack, the Icon Sticker Pack the Bradz Brads (which, by the way, are adhesive! No more prongs!) and the fabulous February Swag Bag. That's all!

This pages focuses on the two big events of the last week of January - Amalia turning ONE and the now infamous blizzard that wasn't for our area, Juno. While this collection has nothing to do with winter or birthdays, it worked perfectly to document both events on one page. 

And, can we just pause for a moment to marvel that this baby is one? She amazes me every day, my sweet girl.

Here's an overview of the Life Documented line available now. It's stocked in the Paper Issues shop and you can have it all for 20% off with code JENBOOM. Enjoy!

amalia at 11 months :: sunday swag

Good morning! Today I have a post up on the Paper Issues blog highlighting projects using the PI Swag Bags. Not having much in the way of crafty shops around here, I love getting an envelope packed full of new cards and embellishments each month to use along with my existing supplies.Here is a photo of this month's bag. Swoon...

Today, I'm sharing a project I made using the January Swag bag to document Amalia's 11th month. ELEVEN. We are in birthday planning mode. My last baby, my sweet, tiny girl is on the verge of toddlerhood and I wanted to capture all that is her right now.

Paper Issues Swag Bags are available one at a time, as demand allows, or as a subscription. You can use code JENBOOM to take 20% off your entire order.

I hope you'll stop by the PI blog to see how others have used the Swag Bag goodies. Have a fantastic day!

pop-ping the cork: new year, new issue!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Last year was incredible for our family with the birth of our beautiful daughter and moving to our forever home. 2015 has a LOT to live up to and I'm ready to make it even better!

I'm thrilled to be starting this year off with another round of Project Life. This will be my 5th year of pocket scrapping, yet this is my first time actually completing an opening page. Yes, really! I'm participating in the first Issue of 2015 on the Paper Issues blog and was so inspired by the awesome Hello 2015 line by Elle's Studio that the title page took shape easily!

Here are two close up of how I used the Elle's Studio product. And, with the, I'm jumping in to Project Life 2015 with both feet!

Want a chance to win an awesome goodie bag of product from Elle's Studio? It's easy! Simply create a project that fits into the theme (SO many options!) or, even use an existing project, then LINK UP to the Issue post on the Paper Issues blog HERE. Here are the details:

Issue link up runs from January 5th through January 18th.

Project theme(s): New Year's Eve celebrations and traditions, champagne toasts/glasses/embellishments, blowing bubbles, make colors pop off the page, cork embellishments, soda pop bottle, what's your favorite canned beverage (they have pop tops), do you like movie popcorn?, baseball pages (hit a pop fly), engagement stories (popping the question), grandparents (called Pop, Pop Pop), do you like pop music?, have you visited Ireland (County Cork), do you collect wine corks or have you used them to make an altered project, favorite wine, what's on your corkboard/Pinterest boards?, camping (pop up tent)/day camp/sleep away camp, use Elle's Studio products

Have fun with this theme. Can't wait to see your projects!

Jen