Our Week 6 in 2012.

Journaling:

6. The new look of our staircase.

7. The boys are studying French. We have established new rules.

8. Lily returns sick from school. Drama around a major car crash in front of our house.

9. Lily stays home sick.

10. The boys’ ships are delivered via Amazon. Excitement all around.

11. Jimmy escapes from our garden. Scary moment! Here he is back home safe. Boris and I clean the Terrazzo in the staircase with some chemicals.

12. While Frederic is playing handball, Boris is teaching classes and Lily is at a birthday party, Nicolas and I do some groceries. We bought Petits Fours and Chocolate to celebrate an early Valentine.

And here is the coordinating double-page spread for Week 5 and 6.

‘February 2012, Week 6′ digital scrapbooking layout uses my Document It Bis Maxi Kit; Document It Maxi Kit; Document It Love SNAP Kit, Pin It Up Maxi Kit, ScrapHappy Brushes Midi: Grungelle all available for purchase here at Happy to Create.

Adobe Photoshop CS5

The whole project will be featured in the year-long event My Happy Life, The Real Story at Happy to Create. You will find some great tips about preparing your project here:

I will be writing a monthly blog post with tips and tricks to be successful with your documenting project. Find more details about the project here and grab the weekly free gifts created by a different designer each month.

Week 5 in 2012.

Journaling:

30. We are getting closer to seeing the staircase in full color.

31. What fun it is to play with our beloved Bomi!

1. Bomi is leaving home and Lily is sleeping at school.

2. Liichtmesdag. It was very cold outside but Lily was delighted.

3. Lily’s new books are here ‘Zoe Princesse Parfaite’.

4. Boris loves to take Saturday afternoon naps in the sunroom.

5. A gorgeous SUNday.

‘February 2012, Week 5′ digital scrapbooking layout uses my Document It Bis Maxi Kit, Document It Maxi Kit, Pin It Up Kit, ScrapHappy Brushes Midi: Grungelle all available for purchase here at Happy to Create.

Adobe Photoshop CS5

The whole project will be featured in the year-long event My Happy Life, The Real Story at Happy to Create. You will find some great tips about preparing your project here:

I will be writing a monthly blog post with tips and tricks to be successful with your documenting project. Find more details about the project here and grab the weekly free gifts created by a different designer each month.

Week 4 in 2012.

Journaling:

23. Frederic started with his homework outside at the front door.

24. This is what Nicolas buys when I send him to the bakery.

25. Lily painting for her friend Tim’s birthday.

26. My new book ‘Master and Margaret’ by Michail Bulgakow.

27. Nicolas always leaves clothes in the living room. Maybe this will help!

28. Cool chess app for the ipod. I took Saturday afternoon off and went shopping with my Mami. We had a Cappucino and a pastry at Namur.

29. Winter breaks in late this year.

And here is the coordinating double-page spread for Week 3 and 4.

‘January 2012, Week 4′ digital scrapbooking layout uses my Document It Bis Maxi Kit, Document It Maxi Kit, Document It Love SNAP Kit, Pin It Up Maxi Kit, Color Me Different Maxi Kit all available for purchase here at Happy to Create.

Adobe Photoshop CS5

The whole project will be featured in the year-long event My Happy Life, The Real Story at Happy to Create. You will find some great tips about preparing your project here:

I will be writing a monthly blog post with tips and tricks to be successful with your documenting project. Find more details about the project here and grab the weekly free gifts created by a different designer each month.

Our Week 3 in 2012.

Journaling:

16. We installed Nicolas’ new workspace. He’s busy building his TukiTuki.

17. The drywall in Frederic’s room is set up. Lots of cleaning to do.

18. I received my Etsy finds: 2 gorgeous vintage necklaces.

19. Frederic’s first night in his ‘new’ room. He’s all happy!

20. Visit at the Dr’s with my legs. Feeling tired.

21. Busy day working. I cleaned and de-cluttered my desktop.

22. Which colors to choose for the staircase?

‘January 2012, Week 3′ digital scrapbooking layout uses my Document It Bis Maxi Kit, Document It Maxi Kit, Document It Love SNAP Kit, Color Me Different Maxi Kit all available for purchase here at Happy to Create.

Adobe Photoshop CS5

The whole project will be featured in the year-long event My Happy Life, The Real Story at Happy to Create. You will find some great tips about preparing your project here:

I will be writing a monthly blog post with tips and tricks to be successful with your documenting project. Find more details about the project here and grab the weekly free gifts created by a different designer each month.

Second week in 2012.

Journaling:

9. First day of works for repainting the staircase.

10. The kids played a lot with the Lego in Lily’s room. The smallest space, the most fun!

11. Nicolas builds amazing machines with his Lego Technic.

12.Frederic is very much into creating his own comics at the moment. Way cool! Jimmy is sad that he can no longer play with his buddy.

13. It is getting dirty in the staircase.

14. Well deserved wellness evening for me. But who’s that in my bubble bath?

15. Lily is showing her painted nails to Papa.

And here is the coordinating double-page spread for Week 1 and 2.

‘January 2012, Week 2′ digital scrapbooking layout uses my Document It Bis Maxi Kit, Document It Maxi Kit, ScrapHappy Embellishment Template Midi: Mask Querade Photo Masks all available for purchase here at Happy to Create.

Adobe Photoshop CS5

The whole project will be featured in the year-long event My Happy Life, The Real Story at Happy to Create. You will find some great tips about preparing your project here:

I will be writing a monthly blog post with tips and tricks to be successful with your documenting project. Find more details about the project here and grab the weekly free gifts created by a different designer each month.

Our first week in 2012.

Journaling:

2.Lily brought her darling Christmas crafts from school.

3. New profile picture for my social media accounts. We receive a letter form the US with 3 colorful stamps. Frederic is delighted.

4. A busy working day cleaning the house and organizing my studio.

5. Thunderstorms and rain all day long. Scary! Snuggling with Lily in the evening.

6. Frederic wins the crown at school for 3 King’s Day.

7. Sports for the whole family in the morning. Moving furniture in the afternoon.

8. More moving and installing Frederic’s bed in Lily’s room.

‘January 2012, Week 1′ digital scrapbooking layout uses my Document It Bis Maxi Kit, Document It Maxi Kit, Pin It Up Maxi Kit, ScrapHappy Embellishment Template Midi: Mask Querade Photo Masks all available for purchase here at Happy to Create.

Adobe Photoshop CS5

The whole project will be featured in the year-long event My Happy Life, The Real Story at Happy to Create. You will find some great tips about preparing your project here:

I will be writing a monthly blog post with tips and tricks to be successful with your documenting project. Find more details about the project here and grab the weekly free gifts created by a different designer each month.

A lovely addition to the Document It Maxi Kit and the Document It Bis Maxi Kit. Add some hearts and LOVE to your layouts documenting the happy moments of your everyday life, especially those around Valentine’s day. This add-on SNAP kit is perfect for your 365, 52 projects and for our ongoing event My Happy Life, The Real Story.

Document It Bis Maxi Kit includes the following:

• 1 white paper with red hearts,
• 7 love related embellishments like hearts, arrow, …,
• 1 love related word art.

For layout samples and to purchase please go to my shop at Happy to Create.

The perfect way to start off my project 52. I will try to take 365 photos (365+1 for this year) and create 52 pages documenting our family’s everyday life. I will mostly use my Document It Bis Maxi Kit for my scrapbooks to keep a certain consistency for my album.

‘Our Story 2012′ digital scrapbooking layout uses my Document It Bis Maxi Kit, Document It Maxi Kit, ScrapHappy Paper Templates Midi: Texture Classics 2, Pin It Up Maxi Kit all available for purchase here at Happy to Create.

Adobe Photoshop CS5 | Lightroom 3

The whole project will be featured in the year-long event My Happy Life, The Real Story at Happy to Create.

Find more details about the project here and grab the weekly free gifts created by a different designer each month.

Week 2 - COLD

COLD … difficult. We are not really facing COLDness over here at the moment. No snow, no ice. But we had a few COLDer days last week and the sun even peeked out. In the evening, due to the COLDness, the sky was beautifully colored at sunset. Well I guess that’s the best shot I can offer for this week’s challenge.

This will be my 3rd take on a photography project. After failing twice I will use these themes as inspiration and take a photo a week. I don’t seem to be able to keep up with the pace and the pressure of posting in other galleries, therefore I will set up my own guidelines and do it just for fun here on my blog.

This will be my 3rd take on a photography project. After failing twice I will use these themes as inspiration and take a photo a week. I don’t seem to be able to keep up with the pace and the pressure of posting in other galleries, therefore I will set up my own guidelines and do it just for fun here on my blog.

Week 1 - NEW

A lot of things and thoughts could have been the subject of my first picture regarding what is NEW in 2012. But my NEW fashionable shoes keep popping up in my head. Shoes and bags are part of what superficially defines me, so I believe that this photo is quite reflective. I love taking pictures of my shoes/feet standing on the beach, in the snow, in the woods whenever I take walks or travel. When my husband Boris saw the picture posted as cover on my facebook timeline he asked me: ‘Do you want to show off your NEW shoes or our NEW tiles?’ My reply: ‘Both!’

I am continuing what I started last year, inspired my my friend Mandy Steward.

PERSISTENT is my word for this year 2012.

• Persistent in creating my art, pursuing my dreams and goals.
• Persistent in what I started and cherished last year.
• Persistent in pursuing happyness, cherishing moments spent with my family and friends.
• Persistent in being who I am and staying faithful and true to myself!

I will print this card to keep one in my purse and one on my desk close to my computer. As the year moves on I am sure it will motivate me to move on and pursue my goals.

Card uses my Document It Maxi Kit and Document It Bis Maxi Kit both available for purchase here at Happy to Create.

This collection has been designed as a complement to the Document It Maxi Kit. It is perfect for all your 365, 52 and yearbook projects, especially for the ongoing event My Happy Life, The Real Story. The frames can easily be assembled to include lots of photos on your layouts. Use the journaling spots to tell your story or use them simply as photo masks. The fresh colors of the elements work well with your everyday pictures to memorialize your adventures throughout the year.

Document It Bis Maxi Kit includes the following:

• 16 papers including translucent pockets fitting the frames and journaling spots of the Document It and Document It Bis Maxi Kits, notepapers, bordered papers, ledger, notebook pages and fun patterns like dots, houndstooth, lines, twill and diamond,
• 1 page of fun alpha and numbers including punctuation,
• 3 pages of documenting and weather related embellishments including various frames, journaling spots, scribbles, borders, rings, arrows, strings, sun, cloud, raindrops and snowflakes,
• 2 pages of yearly, monthly and daily documenting related word art including strips for the months January to December (28 and 29 days for February), 2011 to 2013 and letters for the weekdays.

For layout samples and to purchase please go to my shop at Happy to Create.