Project Life - April 2013

I am going to share a bit of a different project here today using a lot of different products. I had a stamp set from Whiff of Joy that really made me think of Project Life and then there was that 3x4 heart pocked page die that just spoke to me. So what I decided to do for this Whiff of Joy post was to make my own project life cards using these products. I really wanted to show a different way to use the stamps and dies and how versatile they really are.

I made it pretty simple by just stamping the images in black ink on white paper and then trimming the papers to 3x4. I then added some more embellishments by using washi tape, enamel dots and so on.

I really like the way the cards turned out and of course I had to make a project life spread using my new cards. I ended up making three pages for April 2013 (yes I am still really behind on the whole thing). So here is the final spread that I made.

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Supplies used:
Whiff of Joy - Birthday Phrases 
Whiff of Joy - 2014 
Whiff of Joy - Tiny Hearts - Pocket Page Die-Light - 3x4'' 
Whiff of Joy - Pearl Brads - Blue Basics 
SN@P - Cardstock Stickers - Love 
SN@P - Stickers Typeset 
Studio Calico Wood Veneers - Tiny Hearts 
My Mind's Eye - Boy Crazy - Enamel Dots 
Archival Ink - Jet Black

Project Life - Jade Core Kit
Project Life - Date Stamp
My Minds Eye - Washi Tape
Silhouette Cut Files

Catching up on PJ

Förra året påbörjade jag ett "Project Life"-fotoalbum för att få ett lite enklare sätt att hålla ordning på alla bilder man tar och dokumentera vardagen på ett lite mer intressant sätt. Normalt sätt så är väl tanken att man ska göra en eller två sidor för varje vecka, men i vårt liv händer det dock inte så mycket. Så det finns inte direkt någon möjlighet att dokumentera så pass mycket varje vecka, om man inte vill visa vad man ätit varje dag eller att jag suttit vid datorn idag med etc. Så jag kör mest lite som det blir och försöker i alla fall se till att det blir minst två sidor varje månad, det räcker bra så.

Jag ligger dock lite efter och håller just nu på med februari 2013, så jag har lite jobb framför mig om jag vill komma i kapp och börja på januari 2014 snart. Men det spelar kanske inte så stor roll att jag gör albumen i efterhand.

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Last year I started doing Project Life so I could document my life in a more fast and simple way. The whole scrapbooking thing really overwhelmed me and I could never seem to finish a page. So Project Life is really more my style. I will still make the occasional scrapbook page and have that as an insert in my album, but I do not feel the need to do a lot of pages anymore. 

Usually the whole idea is to make a spread for each week of the year, but our life isn't very eventful and we don't have any children so unless I want to document what I eat everyday and have the same "I sat by the computer"-image for each week I need to do some changes. So what I decided to do was to make about a spread or two for each month. We take photos of the things we feel like we want to document and then I print them all and if it ends up being two spreads or four doesn't really matter. My albums will be very thin and a bit boring at times, but I don't really care.

I am still way behind on this whole thing though and I am just about finished with February 2013. I am trying my best to catch up now and I'll hopefully be able to make a month everyday until I am caught up.

Here's a photo of my work in progress. This month ended up having two spreads and I was exclusively using the Becky Higgin's Kraft Core Kit.