Monday, July 29, 2013

Project Life 2013: Simple as Cherry Pie

I got sidetracked by making "real" scrapbook layouts and put off this Project Life spread for a while.  I had a little crafty time to myself this weekend, thanks to hubby and I trading off. He got a motorcycle ride and car show with some of his buddies and I got a couple of uninterrupted hours in the craft room all by my not-so-lonesome. Bliss.

A few months ago, I came across a Craigslist ad for a Project Life Cherry Kit, including binder, page protectors, dividers and most of the cards for a screamin' deal. M and I went to pick it up while Big Sister T was at preschool. I think it was one of the older style Project 365 kits, as the cards are smaller than in the newer kits. 

This week I wanted to use my *actual* Project Life cards instead of matching and cutting down patterned paper, so I decided to stick with that Cherry kit, and mixed in a few coordinating cards from a Clementine set I bought from someone who was splitting her kit. So the color palette ended up yellow, red and orange, which is great for mid-summer.  Click for larger photos.

July 1 - 14: Phone photos, holiday, baby photo shoot

July 1-14: Card made just for me by T & assorted Instagram goodness 

I also went through my stash and reorganized everything, and found a couple of sheets of rub-ons from my friend J, with whom I exchange cast-offs and extras. Something I've realized from making non-PL layouts is that I like a lot of repetition to bring disparate elements together. So I tried to use a LOT of the rub-ons, not just one or two like I'd normally do.  

Rub-ons are also *fantastic* embellishments to put directly on photos. I don't like manipulating them in Photoshop to add funky text or digi stamps, so I can get a similar effect this way.

July 1-14: Magformers (best toy ever!), phone photos, tons o' journaling

I am all about the stories, and am often too long-winded even for all the slots in Project Life.  This week, using the Design F page protector with all those 3x4 slots was super fun - enough for lots of little photos AND lots of journaling.  I also embraced the photo collage this week, and just used Lightroom to create my own templates.

You saw it here first: Pom pom bullet points

I did my usual "bullet point" summary for the week.  (You can take the girl out of Microsoft, but...) This time I used tiny 1/4 inch craft pom poms to add a little dimension. So if this becomes a huge trend in scrapbooking, remember you saw it here first. Hah.  The words on the flower are from those rub-ons I mentioned earlier. It was a Thanksgiving set, but there were plenty of non-holiday words to use.

And I didn't have to mess around with wet glue, I just used my favorite Micro Glue Dots. They are awesome for every tiny embellishment, including sequins, beads and now tiny pom poms!

I've got lots of interesting photos this month since I'm taking the BPC Phone Photography class. It's been great inspiration to really *see* what's around me as I go about daily life and not wait for some dedicated photo time that may never happen. I'm looking forward to starting the layout for the second half of the month with all these fun mobile phone photos!

Here's a slide show of all my 2013 pages, including close-ups.  If you can't see it, click here to view my entire 2013 Project Life gallery.



Project Life @ The Mom Creative

14 comments:

  1. Adorable pages!! Love the colour scheme and how everything flows so nicely!

    ReplyDelete
  2. These are wonderful! I have yet to get into Project Life....

    ReplyDelete
  3. Fabulous pages! They look greats. Congrats on your great deal. Cherry is one of the first kits that Becky created. :)

    ReplyDelete
  4. Will you please come over and do this for me? Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Actually, I totally could, without coming over! But you'd have to do the writing about the photos, unless you want me to make up stories :)

      Delete
  5. YOu've got some fab details on these pages - especially love your little one's writing!

    ReplyDelete
  6. Great color scheme, and the photos are amazing!

    ReplyDelete
  7. OH MAN, I love this spread of yours the most so far, such gorgeous details (love the pom poms!!!)

    PS pse, pse, pse will you tick the email block in blogger so I can mail you back when you comment :) Thanks XXX

    PPS thanks so much for your lovely comments on my pics. I totally think you should take an hour and go take non-kid pics :) It is something I LOVE to do.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Marcia - I have NO idea where in Blogger to set this since I use Google+ for my profile page :( I promise I've looked for it!

      Delete
  8. Love your spread! Such a trendsetter;) I need some micro glue dots I think. I love the photo heavy side too by the way

    ReplyDelete
  9. I love how you have mixed the two kits together!! they look awesome!!

    ReplyDelete
  10. I think you've done such a beautiful job with the Cherry edition!
    Ronnie xo
    p.s. Visiting from The Mom Creative

    ReplyDelete
  11. Oh I adore the pages - lovely. And I love bullet points too. I also have a Cherry edition but bought it electronically and yes, they are a tad smaller - but lovely designs.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Ooh, interesting that the Cherry digital set is also the smaller size!

      Delete

I love comments, so please leave me your thoughts. Thanks in advance!

sharing is nice

Related Posts with Thumbnails