Project Life 2015: Works Party

Hey everyone, these are some snapshots from my most recent process video, this documents a works party that I had with some collegues. All the pictures from the night were taken on my mini instax camera. It was great fun to use with all my friends and I gave loads of the film away. Before I gave them out to various people I used my phone to take some pictures of the instax prints so that I could include them in my project life album!

 

 

There were 3 cards that I had already done and finished before I even started the spread! The bottom three cards were already complete where I had tried to start the spread on a different day but just hadn't been feeling it! (sometimes that happens to me, hate those days when I lack inspiration!)

This spread has lots of little details on it like the addition of strips of washi tape and the die cut tag stamped with 'today' I had lots of fun creating this layout.

 

 

I did a full PL cards worth of journaling, I could count the number of times I've done that on my hand! So I'm pretty chuffed that I'll have more to help me remember the day in a few years time. :)

I included some of the original instax photos in this album too. I don't like to put too many in to one spread as I feel I have to use journaling cards to mount the pictures and it ends up way too busy for me!!

If you want to see my process watch the video on my YouTube channel link below:

Project Life 2015: Hadleigh Castle

This post is of a spread i did using pictures from a walk up to Hadleigh Castle. I love a good wander to clear my head on a Sunday, and as the wind was very brisk this weekend a walk definitely had the desired effect!

This is a fairly simple layout so I've kept my chit chat to a minimum! :) 

I used a printable sticker set I found on the Internet, bought some sticker paper off amazon and then cut some of the stickers apart for this spread. I'd really recommend doing this as it was cheaper and there are some nice sets available. I plan on doing a detailed post on this in a few weeks once I've found some more printable sticker sets! 

I managed to use up some stickers from some of my simple stories sets including this black and clear washi strip which I think looks really cool on this picture as it works with my zebra scarf! 

I matted the 2x2 pics on some paper from a 'falling leaves' paper pad I picked a russet coloured paper that drew from the table cloth in the picture above. 

I decided to outline the simple stories stickers from the I Am collection that said 'on my way' to really make them stand out from the backing paper. I was fairly pleased with the look that gave. 

See my YouTube video below for more details: 

 

12x12 Layout: Meeting Thea

 

Hello! Today's layout is a pretty 12x12 page for my project life album. This is the only picture that was taken the day I met my best friends baby Thea. I always use 12x12 spreads to document either my favourite pictures or the occasions when I was at some kind of event or important day where only one photo was taken. 

 

 

I used this pretty 12x12 paper from the kaleidoscope pad. It had flashes of pink, purple and teal on it. I absolutely adore the paper in this particular pad. I was also given the cute faun paper from a friend and the teal in that banner really brought out the teal in the background. I felt that all those colours together really pulled on the tones in the picture so I was pretty pleased with the outcome. I used a Becky Higgins project life card from the Fine and Dandy collection to write my journaling on, this is the kind of life event that I thought was worth a few words. The little butterfly is from the Kaiser Craft all that glitters set.

 

 

I used some off cuts of paper to die cut a selection of flowers from a sizzix set of die cutters. I decided not to layer them as such but to use them in a row along the base of the picture to add interest. Getting them out of the cutters was such a pain! I was pleased with the finished look (thank goodness, as it took about 35 mins just to get them out!!) I used some sequins to embellish the flowers and also above the photo to add interest, the 'delightful' is from my Amy Tangerine roller phrase stamp, I have now ordered another roller phrase stamp, as I tend to use this one in EVERY spread. The little arrow paperclip is from The Range it came in a set of paperclips for 50p I'd recommend checking out their stationary section as they actually had loads of different shaped paper clips that could be useful for scrapbooking.

 

 

Check out my process video below:

Project Life 2015: Sugar Hut

 

Heeeeeellloooooo! Today's spread is a Project Life spread from a trip I took to Sugar hut. I went down an incredibly sparkley route with this particular spread and used lots of die cuts from the 'all that glitters' Kaiser Craft pack of dies!

 

 

 

My title page is made from a Becky Higgins 4x6 card from the fine and dandy collection which I cut down to 4x4, I then used a set of Aqua Glitter Thickers to spell out 'Sugar Hut' before adding a roller date stamp and some journaling. I think the journaling added some texture to that page and breaks away from the glitter overload that was going on with that card!

 

 

Again, my favourite label stickers came out. This sticker set was from Amazon its a labelling set for folders but I love using them to add more journaling to my spread. I also used a my Sizzix to die cut the word 'friend' this is from the sizzix die cut set 'friend' which comes with 16 word die cuts that are so versatile! I absolutely love this die cut set.

 

 

 

The 'leave a little sparkle wherever you go' is my favourite card in the spread, my dress was super sparkly (hence the theme) so this die cut from the 'all that glitters' range was perfect, I just added a flash of pink polka dot washi tape and some pretty sequins to finish off the page!

 

 

If you want to know more about how I did this layout have a look at my YouTube video:

Project Life 2015: The Big Draw

This is one of my favourite spreads in a while, I love the colours and the way it all came together. This was from a trip to the British Museum where we took part in the #bigdraw we got involved by colouring in some masks in the Africa room, I picked the drawing of Head of an Oba, these are made out of brass and placed on the shrines of dead kings alongside ivory and other wooden and metal objects. I love the Africa section. My colouring was little more vibrant than the original as you can see from the pictures!

 

 

 

I found this die cut from my KaiserCraft Fiesta pack and couldn't believe how perfect it was for the day! 'Life is about using the whole box of crayons' and I EVEN USED CRAYONS! it was as if it were made for the spread!

 

 

 

I used this as the perfect excuse to get my sizzix out, I love these dies from the friends range it comes with 16 dies with various words and phrases including 'truth, friend, everyday, wonderful, hope, hello' and many many more! I find reason to use them in so many spreads they were such a good buy!

 

 

 

I added some journaling to this spread (in fact a little more than I normally do) I used the 4x4 card, a sticky label and a die cut shaped like a speech bubble to include some journaling of things I loved from the day.

 

 

 

I love this particular layout, these pocket pages are from We R Memory Keepers it's perfect for instagram pictures and the 4 2x2 pockets mean you can get even more pictures on to your page. Next step for these pocket pages is to work on shaker and see-through pockets (although I'm not confident I'll be able to pull these off!)

 

See my YouTube video below (It has a voice over on it!!! Took ages to work out how to do it effectively, so I'm pretty chuffed. Check it out and subscribe to my channel.)

Project Life 2015: Halloween

Here is a 2015 Project Life spread of my Halloween celebrations. I love the collection of pictures I took here and this spread was a fun one to put together. I took lots of pictures of elements of the day which is a new approach for me, my spreads normally contain lots of pictures of people, but it's fun to document the little things too like the decorations, pumpkins, our yummy midnight margaritas and my very first attempt at Pumpkin Pie (which was delicious by the way!)

 

 

I printed off all of my pictures, I use the beautiful mess app to get them in the 3x4 format, its easy for me to do with my phone and send it straight from there to my wireless printer! This way I could use lots of instagram photos too! I love the top left hand 4x6 photo I managed to get the date in too.

 

 

 

 

You'll see three of the folder label stickers which I used for journaling in this spread. I got the set pretty cheap off Amazon, I was so chuffed with this find! As you'll be able to see from the YouTube video this pack came with lots of different colours and there are hundreds of labels, this little set should do me for quite a while!!

 

 

 

The filler card is made from a Becky Higgins Project Life card, I'm afraid I have no idea which kit! I used this cute 'Week End' sticker as Halloween this year fell on a Saturday and I love these white letter stickers that I'd got off eBay - nearly run out now, definitely need to get some more of those!

 

I added lots of stickers to the layout and all of them are by Simple Stories, the tiny word sticker, and the black clear photo sticker that says 'this way to fun' as well as the small orange sticker and the grey one in the top right hand corner. I always find these sets so versatile and use them in almost every spread I do!

 

 

This final picture shows my 12x12 layout next to the standard Project Life spread (which you can view here) , I love the way they look next to each other, so pleased with the final look of this spread! Yay!

To see what I used watch the YouTube video below, don't forget to subscribe to my channel! :)

Throwback Thursday Album: Pirate Party

This spread is comprised of photos from 2007 and is part of my 'Throwback' album. I do this album every now and then, stealing pictures off my Facebook albums. This one was a party I went to at Uni so it's a pretty old one.

I picked out the Red from the pictures when choosing the additional cards to use in the album and the spread really ended up focused around Red, Black and White and I like the finished look.

I used this as a real opportunity to use up as many of the Anchor stickers I have as possible! I did a pretty good job I think, these are all from the 'I am' collection by Simple Stories, I have no idea when else I would have used these stickers but they were perfect for this!

I used a few stamps, one from a Heidi Swapp stamp set and the 'Oh Goodness' Is from an Amy Tangerine roller stamp, I love the phrases on that particular roller stamp and end up using them in almost every spread!

See my video on how to create this here:

Do you have a 'Throwback' album?

About Me Album: Favourite Food

This post is the first of my 'About Me' album. After reading some blogs I came across various mini album projects such as the #myselfiescrapbook and decided to create my own version of this. I purchased the Simple Stories 'I am' collection set and a 6x8 album. My intention is to include a number of pocket pages with pictures of friends, family, cats, cakes, food, TV and music, career and hobbies as well as the odd selfie to depict some of my favourite things in 2015 and return to the album this time next year to see what has changed.

The page I started with was this 'favourite foods' spread (worryingly this was the easiest spread for me to come up with because of all the food pictures I have taken over the last year!!). In the end this spread doesn't contain much from the 'I am' collection but lots of other items from my stash.

For the title page I used a Project Life card from the Becky Higgins 'Fine and Dandy' collection. I toyed with the idea of a black and white card but it just looked a lot better with the Green, I think it drew on the colours from the bottom left breakfast picture.  The letter stickers used here and on the bottom left card are from the Simple Stories 'I am' collection 12x12 sticker set, I love the teal coloured ones! I used a washie tape sticker that I picked up in Lidl and a star punch from Tiger to make the red patterned star on the title card. I used a pale blue and pink La-De-Dah card to journal a list of my favourite food, the colours on the card really draw across the pinks and blues from the pictures on the right hand side to make the spread more cohesive.

I took the opportunity to use plenty of the stamps from the Clearly Kelly stamp set 'Food Coma' on this page, in fact the set was made for this kind of spread! Loved the #delicious stamp which I can't believe I hadn't used until creating this!

Finally I used my circle punch and a roller stamp to embellish the Coke picture, I punched out the circle using some of the off cuts of paper I have from cutting down 6x6 pads, stamped the phrase on and added some short journaling before attaching it all with my tiny attacher! Job done. Can't wait to get the family pages done now! That's my next job for sure.

I created a YouTube video to show the process of putting this layout together, have a look, any feedback or tips are welcome.

Organising Project Life Cards

I had one of those relaxed weekends, did some cleaning visited the 'rents and generally chilled out. I was looking through my scrapbooking stash and I got over excited and decided to colour co-ordinate all of my project life cards. Only a total geek admits that?

I have a fairly small range of cards in comparison to a lot of people I'm sure. But it was a fiddly job sorting through them and as I like to colour coordinate spreads or match cards to specific colours from my pictures, it made more sense to organise them by colour. I buy my cards from ebay, I buy partial sets as I've never really committed to a particular card pack; I'd definitely get bored of a specific set and 400 odd cards of one particular colour or style is too much for me! I don't bother to arrange them in sets and if I'm honest I have no idea what named sets they are from, I just pick the ones I like and use them when they fit.

I started off quite simply arranging them in to colour piles and then stood them up in a small box labelling them with post it notes. Straight forward. I haven't used them yet so goodness knows if they'll work out for me! I'll keep you posted.

How do you organise your Project Life cards?