Project 365

Today – The Collection

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Mari Koegelenberg has a new collection out today and I am so excited to share it with you!

It is chock full of great bits and pieces to make your P365/Project Life come together much more easily! My favorite parts are the arrows, the days of the week, and the journaling cards. But I love it all!! 🙂 Last year I fell behind on my Prohect 365 and I have over 20 weeks that haven’t been scrapped yet. So I decided to get back to it in my spare time and get as much done as possible, and here’s my Week 33:

P365/2011 Week 33

Credits:
Today collection by Mari Koegelenberg
Font: CK Noah

Here’s a closer look:

P365/2011 Week 33

This was the week we were in Alaska, and luckily I had all the photos already edited and ready to go.

P365/2011 Week 33

It feels so good to have one more week done for my P365/2011 album!

The January BYOC Is Here

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Finally! The January BYOC is in the shop! I know many of us have been anxiously awaiting this new collection, and I know you won’t be disappointed! The products are all revolving around Project 365/Life/52 and they will really help you to stick to the project you choose throughout the year. This year, as I already mentioned, I will be doing a physical Project Life album. In 2011, I started and haven’t completed a digital P365 (but in fact it was more of a Project Life than P365 since my intention was to scrap the photos, not just take them). I have been doing 2-page spreads for each week, but have fallen behind. When I saw these templates by Emily Merritt, though, I have felt the urge to go back and try to finish my pages:

I started scrapping the latest page, Week 52 – the last week of 2011.

P365/2011 Week 52

Credits:
Fonts: Pea Pumpkin Peters, Traveling Typewriter

As you may notice, I am having way too much fun with my RadLab – and this from someone who openly disliked editing photos! I love the format of Emily’s template – having square blocks for pictures make it easy to fit most pictures, be they horizontal or vertical. I am now debating whether I should go back and finish my missing pages using this week in a page format or stick to the week in 2 pages that I had been doing. I do like to keep my photos kind of big, plus in 2011 I had modified the P365 concept to include multiple photos per day if necessary, because keeping just one was too limiting, so it would weird to have multiple photos for the first part of the year and just one for the rest. I am still undecided… But let’s move on to more BYOC goodies! If you’re doing a digital version of Project Life, these page protectors are a must have!!

and these little bits are really useful too:

Then there are these cards, that are essential for both digi and hybrid:

I have already printed out a bunch to keep handy for my Project Life album. 🙂 In the meantime, though, I’ve also scrapped with them! 🙂

Mom's Visit Day 15 - The Good Life

Credits:
Good Life by Lauren Reid
This and Thats by The Tattered Pear
Kraft paper from Highlight of the Week Templates by Emily Merritt
Fonts: Pea Pumpkin Peters, Traveling Typewriter

All the BYOC products work perfectly fine even if you aren’t doing P365/Life/52, and I especially loved these templates by Sara Gleason:

And this paper set by Amber Clegg:

Perfect to scrap a bunch of photos easily!

Mom's Visit Day 15: Lunch

Credits:
Pansy templates by Sara Gleason
This and Thats by The Tattered Pear
Wet Paint Alpha by CD Muckosky
Font: Pea Pumpkin Peters

Well, as you can see, I am still working on finishing up the album about my mom’s visit last spring – only 7 more pages to go! They will be a breeze to scrap with these new products! 🙂

ETA: I got a GSO for my P365 page today!! 😉

Still Behind…

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My mom is coming to visit in just a little over 2 weeks, and I just realized I’d really like to be all caught up with my P365 by the time she arrives. She will be here for 2 weeks and I won’t be scrapping while she’s here, so I don’t want to find myself with too many P365 weeks to catch up with when she leaves. I finished another spread last night, but I always seem to be 4.5 weeks behind… 😉 But I am committed to catching up now!

Credits:
Chasing Rainbows by Dani Mogstad and Jenn Barrette
Fonts: CK Noah, Pea MeeMee

We’ll see how that goes! 😉

A Week Late…

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I’m a week late in showing you this amazing kit by Jenn Barrette:

It is such a stunning kit, and as soon as I saw it I knew I had to get those pretty papers printed. Putting together this card took some time, but I love how it turned out:

Our Love Keeps Growing card

Credits:
Growing Something Good by Jenn Barrette
Font: Pea Stacy’s Doodle Script

I might use it as this year’s anniversary card, unless I get inspired to do something else. I also used this kit for a P365 spread:

Credits:
Growing Something Good by Jenn Barrette
Font: CK Noah

Yes, I am positively in love with that wood paper! 🙂
ETA: I got a GSO on the ScrapMatters GSO blog!

Prioritizing

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I’ve been trying to catch up my P365 pages and making this a priority. I love to have these pages done and can’t wait to be caught up and start thinking about getting them printed!

Credits:
de*light kit by DeCrow Designs
Serendipity Alpha and Suzy Q Alpha by CD Muckosky
Font: CK Noah


Credits:
Photo Splits – Doubles by DeCrow Designs
Free as a Bird by Jenn Barrette
Font: CK Noah

Credits:
Font: CK Noah

Week 10 is already halfway done, so I have about 4 weeks to catch up with.

Photo Splits

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Have you seen the new photo splits by Molly DeCrow??

They are gorgeous! I love rounded corners! 🙂 I decided to use them for a P365 spread, and they worked beautifully!

Credits:
Photo Splits – Doubles by DeCrow Designs
Eastern Whispers by DeCrow Designs
Alpha from de*light by DeCrow Designs
Alpha (recolored) from Passion Fruit Bundle – Designs by Kat and DeCrow Designs
Rabbit from Easter Salutations by Studio Tangie and Britt-ish Designs
Font: CK Noah

Playing Catch Up

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No news here, I’m behind on my P365. 😉 But this year I’m going to keep at it. It’s too important to me to document these little things! I am 2 weeks behind now. I think this new idea of keeping in multiple pictures per day is making it really time consuming to edit and fit in all the pictures. But I do like to have many pictures to tell the story, so I’ll try to keep doing it. 🙂

Credits:
Background paper from Whimsicality by Jenn Barrette
Snowflakes and chilly wordart from Feeling Frosty (retired) by Jenn Barrette
Chocolate wordart from Snipettes: Easter by Sahlin Studio
Poinsettia from Hustle and Bustle by Britt-ish Designs
Spoon from Breezy Holiday by Britt-ish Designs
Goose epoxy, newspaper hearts, typewriter, alpha and wordart from Silly Girl by Jenn Barrette and Valorie Wibbens
Penguin from Say It Ain’t Snow by Erica Zane
Red heart from Robot Love by Jenn Barrette and Jenna Desai
Crocheted potato from 5 a day by Erica Zane
Flowers from Early Bird by Erica Zane
Font: CK Noah

Having many pictures and a ton of journaling makes it really hard to be creative on the design, though.

Credits:
Best Birthday Ever by Jenn Barrette
2 Cute Alpha by Penny Springmann
Font: CK Noah

But I really like how page 2 of my Week 5 turned out. 🙂 Oh, and have you noticed another rule I’ve decided to break? I am including pictures not by me this year, so I finally get to end up in the P365 book. 😉

Shabby Sweetheart

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Jenn Barrette has a new collab out today (20% off!) with ScrapKitchen Designs:

Seriously, the preview doesn’t do this kit justice, because it is soooo pretty! The papers are to die for, and the elements are adorable – let me say just this: doilies!
I used it to make another 2 pager for my P365:

P365/2011 Week 3

Credits:
Shabby Sweetheart by Jenn Barrette and ScrapKitchen Designs
Unseamly Alpha by Jenn Barrette
Font: CK Noah

Yeah, I kind of see myself doing an all-Jenn P365, with the rhythm of new kits she’s been putting out lately! 🙂

P365/2011

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New year, new decisions… In 2009 I did Project 365, and I loved it. Last year I started it again, but fell off the wagon. This year, I am committed to doing it again. I love my 2009 books and want to keep at it. To make things easier for me, I have decided to keep in multiple pictures for every day. My P365 isn’t about taking a good picture each day: it’s about writing my life, so I will use as many pictures as I see fit. I might get bored of scrapping so many pictures throughout the year, so we’ll see how it goes, but the first 2 weeks have been fun so far. 🙂

P365/2011 Week 1

Credits:
New Year: New Me by Jenn Barrette
Font: CK Noah

 I got a Twitter LOTD (layout of the day) at DST (DigiShopTalk) with this page! 🙂
For Week 2 I used a beautiful new collab by Jenn Barrette and Lauren Grier, which was just perfect:

P365/2011 Week 2

Credits:
Everyday Moments by Jenn Barrette and Lauren Grier
Heart paper and nearby elements from Blah Blah Blah by Jenn Barrette
Font: CK Noah

P365 – Trying to Keep up!

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I’m a bit behind on my P365 pages (no big news here ;)) but I realized I’m behind with blogging them too, so let me show you what I have so far! Weeks 3-6:

Credits:
Love Blooms by Jennifer Barrette Designs
Snowflakes, snow and alpha from Feeling Frosty by Jennifer Barrette Designs
Fonts: JH Kari font – Designs by Jeni Hopewell, Old Typewriter

Credits:
Friday Flea MarketScrapMatters collab
Fonts: JH Kari font – Designs by Jeni Hopewell and Old Typewriter

Credits:
Fly Free by Jennifer Barrette
Painted Grunge Alphas by Studio Tangie
Alpha from Around the World by Britt-ish Designs and Sahlin Studio
Fonts: JH Kari font – Designs by Jeni Hopewell and Old Typewriter

Credits:
Orchid Elixir by Studio Tangie (some recoloring)
Alpha from Sweet & Simple Kit #2 – Elements and Celebrating Color – Red Painted Alpha by Gina Marie Huff
Fonts: JH Kari font – Designs by Jeni Hopewell and Old Typewriter

I really love this last page especially! I used one of the kits Tangie Baxter created during her March guest spot at ScrapMatters:

I also used it for this page about a painting I saw in Washington, DC.

Credits:
Tuck n Wave Templates v1 by Sahlin Studio
Orchid Elixir by Studio Tangie
Font: Pea Olson

 I’m afraid that’s all for my P365 for now.. I have quite a few weeks to scrap, but I’ll catch up as usual. 😉 The real problem is how to scrap all the pictures from Washington – that will take me forever!