At the moment Project Life and other similar concepts seem to be taking some of the scrapbooking world by storm..
So what is project Life I hear you say.. basically it's a simplified way to document your everyday life , week by week or month by month using pictures, journal cards and other bits and bobs..
This week I'd love to show you how i used some of my stash to make a weekly layout for Project Life, and a little challenge....
First up the "Just for Fun" challenge I have for you this week is to use a current photo (no more than one month old) with some of your old stash. It does not have to be in the PL style however you should give this a go, it is a really quick and easy way to get your photos into an album and scrap them while you still remember what they are about
If you're anything like me, you have dies, and border punches sitting and not being used, well now is the time to get them out , dust them off and have a play.
First things first, You'll need some divided sleeves for your layout, We R Memory Keepers have a great 10 pack, with 9 different layout style dividers in them, So I've started with one of those
If you keep the packaging that they come in, you'll have a handy reference to the sizes of the pockets in each sleeve, just match out your layout with the pictures and sizes.
Next I've gone through my paper and picked out a few pieces, and journaling cards from the gorgeous Prima Zephyr range, along with some white card stock, and cut these to the sizes of three of the pockets in my sleeve these become our base pieces, now comes the time to make them a bit more interesting...
Using my die cutting machine, I die cut a couple of pieces of my chosen paper, a tattered banner , cut my journal cards in half and arranged those onto my base pieces and stuck them down. I've also cut the butterfly out of one half of one of my journal cards.
My next step was to sew around all my cards, you don't have to do this, but i just like the feel it gives it.. doesn't seem finished to me with out a sewn border. I then used my corner chomper to round all the corners.
. My base cards are now ready to add photos and journal on.
Next I added the photos.. I went through my weeks worth of photos , which is normally way to many, chose the ones I wanted to use, cut them to the needed size, rounded their corners as well, and stuck them down.
I then added in any last little things to just finish them off, which could be a fussy cut flower or a label sticker, or even a stamped image.
To finish the whole thing off, I stamped the month, week number and date on my title card. Put them all in the sleeve and I'm done!!
Products:
Prima - Zephyr Gramercy
Prima - Zephyr Angelus
Prima - Zephyr Parfait
Prima - Zephyr Note Cards
WRMK Corner Chomper
WRMK Photo Sleeves 10 pack
Tim Holtz Washer Border
Maya Road Milk cap stamp
Tim Holtz Tattered Banner Die - currently out of stock
Seeing as this is a 'just for fun' challenge, I'm going to offer a RAK, made by me, of some base cards to one lucky person at the end of the month, just load your entry into the Just for Fun Folder...
I love theidea of documenting daily events over the months. Just wish there was more hours in the day LOL!