For this week, I will only share a few cards here instead of the 2-page spread – let’s call it a highlight of the week. 🙂 Just trying to keep the page sharing / blogging manageable.

I used a paper from the Studio Calico Sundrifter 6×6 paper pad here.

This card is from the March Studio Calico Project Life kit. I stamped on it with the Amy Tangerine calendar stamp in Versafine Smokey Gray ink. The butterfly is from a chipboard set by Basic Grey (Fact + Fiction), layered on top of washi tape and glitter tape.

This card was fun to make. 🙂 I used a Studio Calico chevron mask and sprayed Cameo Mister Huey. The stamp is by Studio Calico from a past kit (Mama’s Porch), and I stamped it with Versamark ink and embossed with copper Zing.

I embossed a stamp from the Jan. Studio Calico Project Life kit with with Versamark ink and copper Zing on top of a banner from a chipboard set by Basic Grey (Fact + Fiction).

And that’s it!

I am a bit behind in posting my Project Life on the blog.. Here’s Week 8.

The color scheme this week is orange, blue and pink, inspired by the new Sundrifter and Here+There lines by Studio Calico. I used the Studio Calico Project Life kits too, and some other bits and pieces.

The left page uses Design F photo protectors, while the right page uses Design E.

Here are the details.

I was inspired by one of the challenges in the February Bright Ideas class at Studio Salico to make this title card using my typewriter. It was fun to make, and I love the result! The alpha is from the Feb. Studio Calico Project Life kit, and I made the banner out of vellum, colored with an American Crafts stamp marker. The washi tape on the right is by My Mind’s Eye, The Sweetest Thing collection. I used my Pebbles date stamp throughout.

This was a momentous week – I had a breakthrough that solved something I had been working on for months… and that will likely make me graduate. Yay me!! At the same time, I kept hearing this song at the radio, so it inspired me to use it on this card. 🙂 Card, washi and note stamp are from various Studio Calico Project Life kits. The alpha is micro mono by Basic Grey (awesome for Project Life!!), and the sticky arrow is from an old Sticky Pad by Studio Calico. The background paper is from the 6×6 Studio Calico Here+There paper pad.

Just a fun story about DH wearing a “black” shirt that was in fact green.. 😉 Alphas by Basic Grey and Jillybean Soup. The arrow stamp is from a sold out Black Friday Studio Calico set.

Washi and arrow stamps from the Jan. and Feb. Studio Calico Project Life kits, respectively; exclamation marks stamp from a sold out Black Friday Studio Calico set. I added the washi tape on the corners of the card to match the look of the journaling card below.

I used a card from the Studio Calico Yearbook journaling card set since the colors matched my scheme so well!

The background is from Basic Grey 6×6 Fact paper pad. I added some mist drops using Sweet Cherry and Primrose Color Shine by Heidi Swapp.

The background is from the Basic Grey Fiction 6×6 paper pad, and I added some washi tape by My Mind’s Eye. I stamped the “YUM” on the banner using my Stampendous tiny alphabet.

Background paper from the Studio Calico Sundrifter 6×6 paper pad.

Used up more of the same scraps of papers here, and a free calendar card from Studio Calico. I smeared some Heidi Swapp Sweet Cherry Color Shine to mark the days this week spanned. And that’s it for this week! 😉

I have been experiencing a weird effect this year when I work on my Project Life album. Each week I make, I feel like it’s my favorite week ever. 😉 Then a new week comes by, and I forget about how much I loved the previous week, and fall totally in love with the current week. 🙂 It happened this week as well, but I have to say, I really love how this week turned out. 🙂

Most of the cards are from the February Project Life kit by Studio Calico. I also used a few bits and pieces (die cuts) from past card kits and add ons from Studio Calico. The color scheme for this week was red, pink, and a couple touches of blue.

I started working on the right page first (I knew which photos had to fit on that side, and quickly found which cards I wanted to match them with), but I struggled a bit with the left page at first. I had many little stories to tell there and the design was puzzling me. But then I picked a few red embellishments from my stash, and created the painted heart background card to add some pink to match the photos on the right page, and everything came together so well!

OK, here are the details.

The big 6 coaster was in a Studio Calico grab bag and I was so happy when I got it, because I was just about to start working on my week 6! 🙂

I love glitter tape! The heart embellishment was cut out with my Silhouette cutting machine and painted with acrylic paint.

I love how this card turned out! I simply painted a heart with acrylic paints onto white cardstock, and added some stamps by Studio Calico.

Die cut folder tab from Studio Calico, some punched out hearts and a sequin.

Another word cut out with my Silhouette cutting machine and painted with acrylic paints. I used my tiny attacher to attach that vellum bubble.

The snowflakes are from the Studio Calico Wonderland ephemera pack. I wrote on one of them with a fine point slick writer.

I made and arrow out of glitter tape, used a stamp from the February kit, and added an adorable printable by Geralyn Sy.

I have to say that I probably love the January kit more than the February one, but I love these cards right here so much! That “love” bubble from the 34th Street card kit went with them so well!

I hope you enjoyed this week! 😉 Leave me a comment, I’d love to hear from you!

I am behind in sharing my Project Life album! I let myself get a bit behind with the album because I’m taking the Bright Ideas class at Studio Calico so I’ve been doing a lot more paper scrapbooking than usual, but this past weekend I finished up weeks 5 and 6, and I am working on week 7. I love this project so much! OK, so here comes Week 5. 😉

I got my Studio Calico Project Life February kit as I was finishing up this week, so I used it along with the January one. I also used some digital elements from The Lilypad – several from the February BYOC, the ever present photo collages by Designs by Lili, and one card (the yellow chevron with the speech bubble) from the Today Journal Cards by Valorie Wibbens. I also used some digi stamps by Studio Calico.
The photo protector on the left is by We R Memory Keepers, while the one on the right is the Becky Higgins Design C.

The color scheme for this week features pink and yellow, and a touch of blue. The yellow came from that “5” paper from the Heyday collection by Studio Calico – one of my favorite lines ever!

The camera on the bottom right is cut out from a paper from Amy Tangerine Sketchbook.
And here are a few details!

I wrote the “week” on a Becky Higgins 4″x6″ card with a clear embossing pen and a stencil, and then embossed with grapefruit Zing. I made the splatters with Buttercup Mister Huey mist — I love this color!! The paper is from the Heyday collection by Studio Calico.

I used the Baxter letter stickers by Amy Tangerine, and some Amy Tangerine stamps (stamped with black archival ink and with versamark+grapefruit Zing). Oh, and I bought a new date stamp with just the date, by Pebbles – I love it!!

All digital here – I love the colors of the  February BYOC at The Lilypad!

Stamps by Studio Calico.

Here I used a paper and Sticker from Dear Lizzy Neapolitan. I bought Amy Tangerine’s perpetual calendar stamp and I love it!

The hearts are by Pink Paislee. And that’s all for this week! 😉 Week 6 is all photographed and ready to go, so expect to see it soon. 🙂 How is your PL going?

Week 4 is done, and Week 5 is in the works. I find myself working on my Project Life in spurts. Towards the end of a week, I put together the first half of the spread rather quickly, and then I do the second page during the following week. This week was easy to put together.

The theme for this week is red + green – inspired by 2 washi tapes. I used the Studio Calico Front Row Project Life kit (that’s where the red washi tape comes from; the green one is from Etsy seller In the Clear), plus a few other bits and pieces (see below for details). I also used some 4×6 grid cards by Becky Higgins (some cut down to 4×4 to fit in the square pockets).

This week the photo sleeves I used are all by We R  Memory Keepers: the 9 4″x4″ square slots for the left page, and the 6″x4″ and 4″x4″ combination for the right page. I love to use those square pockets for instagram photos – either left full pocket, or made smaller to add journaling and embellishments.

Alpha stamps + Thicker letters (American Crafts Kringle).

I used a printable from the Day by Day class at Studio Salico as a journaling spot on this card. The photo collage template is by Designs by Lili.

Four weeks down – I cannot believe that January is almost over already! Here’s my Week 3.

I went with a bright color scheme this week. 🙂 It was inspired by the big 3 card from the Studio Calico Block Party Project Life kit, and that gorgeous floral paper from the Basic Grey Fiction collection.

We had some pretty snow this week and the large vertical pockets of the Design D photo page were perfect to showcase two photos I took. I added touches of yellow throughout the spread, and the floral washi tape by My Mind’s Eye matched the floral paper. The 3, HELLO and dotted card on the left page are all from the Studio Calico PL kit, as well as the yellow star stickers and several stamps. The yellow tag and the X sticker are from Studio Calico.

For the right page, I used a photo sleeve page by We R Memory Keepers. OK, here come the detailed images.

The photo in the top left pocket was taken with my Canon 50 mm f/1.4 lens – I rarely put it on my camera (my go to lens is the 28 mm f/1.8, which is the perfect size for my crop sensor Rebel XSi) but I took it out to take some pictures of the big fluffy snowflakes that day, and I’m so glad I did!! It’s such a gorgeous lens.
I used the Smash date stamp as usual, and wrote “week” on the title card using a Sharpie poster paint marker. Journaling pens: Micron 03 and American Crafts slick writer. The yellow arrow is from an old Studio Calico sticky pad, and I attached it with the tiny attacher.

I did the title on the left with this handy type rubber stamp set and the number 3 from the Basic Grey micro mono alpha stickers. The arrow and the flair are from Basic Grey Fact+Fiction. I bought the flair set thinking I’d never use this particular badge, since I love math, but it worked out well to go with this story! 🙂

I loved these two cards from the Studio Calico PL kit, so I kept them simple and accented them with a stamp also from the kit, and an adorable little sticker from Amy Tan – I love this set! I stayed home most of this week, so that explains the @home card. 🙂

I stamped a heart from the Amy Tangerine Ready Set Go stamps on a little piece left over from one of the sticky arrows I used. The washi tape is by My Mind’s Eye.

This pretty calendar was included in the Studio Calico PL kit, and I trimmed it down to a square to match my pocket size. I stamped the days with a stamp from the Day by Day class kit at Studio Calico and Colorbox ink. The background cardstock is from LCI Paper.

The camera stamp is from the Amy Tangerine Ready Set Go stamp set – it was my first time using this particular stamp and it stamped so well! I used jet black archival ink by Ranger. The washi tape is by My Mind’s Eye.

For this pair of cards I stamped a stamp from the Studio Calico PL kit onto a little ticket from Basic Grey Fact+Fiction and layered it with some washi tape and an enamel dot by My Mind’s Eye. I don’t usually do a week in review card, but I decided to include one this week to journal about a few random things that didn’t have a photo to go with them.

Embracing some messy stamping with the  Smash date stamp. 🙂 The washi tape is by My Mind’s Eye.

I cut a bit of Weekdays Glass Tape (Freckled Fawn) to put the day on the photo. The butterfly is from Basic Gray Fact+Fiction. The washi tape is by My Mind’s Eye. As usual, I got to the end of the spread with not pockets left so I condensed the journaling for 3 days on one card. 🙂

And that’s it for this week! 🙂 Week 4 is already in the works – I was on a roll yesterday and I am already over halfway through. 🙂 I love this project! Do you do Project Life? Leave me a comment, I’d love to see your pages!

I finished my Week 1 a couple of days ago, and it feels so good! I became a subscriber at Studio Calico for their Project Life kit, and I am so glad I did! The January kit is sold out. I love what I got: lots of journaling cards in different shapes and orientations, stamps, labels, washi tape and a cute little alpha.. Perfect for PL! I didn’t use much of it this week because I started working on my spread before the kit arrived, but I think that the touches I did add are so pretty!

This week I had a lot of photos (we made a short trip to visit some friends), so I added an insert (Design G photo pocket). I’m sorry but I won’t be sharing the second half of the week online for privacy reasons, but I have plenty of details to share for the first half of the week. 🙂

Other than the Studio Calico kit, I used Becky Higgins’ grid journaling cards (both 3″x4″ and 4″x6″), and one card by Valorie Wibbens (Today Journal Cards – I have a bunch printed out and ready to go, they’re so pretty and versatile!).

I went with red and green accents this week. The red came from the Studio Calico kit (the big “1” card and the washi tape), and I added green just for fun. As you can see, this year I decided to add a .25″ white border to my photos – I love this look! OK, here are some detailed shots.

I love to number my weeks, and as soon as I saw the number cards included in the kit I knew I’d be using them for this. 🙂 The stamps I used are by Studio Calico (stamped with Colorbox pigment ink), and the puffy sticker is by Amy Tangerine. I use a Micron pen for journaling.

The photo in the top right corner of this page kept falling out, so I added a penguin paperclip to keep it in place, since it went well with the snow theme. 🙂

This is the back of my confetti pocket from the title page – love it!

I love making simple cards with a photo, some washi tape + stitching, and  journaling. My favorite part of Project Life is sitting down to journal on the cards. 🙂

The arrow stamp is by Dear Lizzy.

With the pretty embellished Today Journal Card by Valorie Wibbens all I had to do was add a photo and journaling.

More Studio Calico stamps, plus a camera stamp by Amy Tangerine.

I embossed the stamp (by Amy Tangerine) onto vellum using watermark ink and Rouge Zing embossing powder. Then I used the Tim Holtz tiny attacher to attach it to my photo. In case you were wondering, embossing directly on photos just plain doesn’t work… 😉 I tried it twice on two different photos (this one and the one of DH and me on the title page) before I finally convinced myself that it cannot be done. 🙂 The powder just turns small dots and doesn’t fill in the whole stamped area. Using vellum is a great option for me- I just love the look of embossing on vellum!

And that’s it for week 1! I hope you enjoyed this (lengthy) post! 🙂