Project Life | Week 15...

Hello Sassy Friends! Welcome to Project Life Monday.  Today I am sharing my PL2015, focusing in on Week 15 | April 13 - 19.  

  In my last blog post, I shared three simple methods of creating filler cards. Today I have incorporated these cards directly into my weekly spread.  

  This week I would like to also share with you, how I document sporting events or in our household...sporting obsessions! At the moment, we seem to be living, breathing and sleeping hockey.  The season is fully upon us and my two older boys are relishing it!  That of course doesn't exclude my husband or youngest son.  Hubby just happens to manage the 9-12 year old boys hockey team and even though our five year old is too young to play, he is constantly practising and  involved in the game. Heaven help me when I have three boys playing in three different teams, at three different times of the day.  Yep.  That's my every weekend gone form March through to September! *sigh*   Like most events where I have copious amounts of photos to chose from and limited space to share, photo collages come to my rescue.  My boys play in different teams and I always try to include details from each of their games.  And naturally I will try to have a photo capture of the two of them together.  That pipe dream however, is not always a success!

 

Hockey is so all consuming right now, that during this week I had to scrap on the go! I took my PL with me to the game and set up my project on a fold away camp table! I'm not even joking. If I hope to get any creative time over the weekends, this is what I need to resort to! *grin*

 

 

My Week in Review journaling is a little lacking this week. There are snippets of information filtering through about our daily life, but not a great deal.

 



 

What non-sporting photos I have, are clustered together in a series format and highlighted with a cohesive embellishment.

 



 

 

On page two, I've added Elle's Studio woodgrain alphabet stickers directly to the white space on my photo.  They help to convey the mini story in that pocket.

 



 

I've layered gold foil Studio Calico alphas on a gold label element to provide the weekly dates.

 



 

And documented our current hockey life on a Pink Paislee Atlas patterned paper card, cut down to fit the pocket.

 



 

 Sometimes it is also important to take photos from your point of view too. Especially if you find yourself on or around the sporting fields on a regular basis.  Most often when we take photos of sports it is the action we like to focus on.  Having taken this photo from my seat gives the reader of my PL2015 the perspective I have when I am watching my sons games.

 

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Pink Paislee Atlas - Life Journey Mini - Leonie Neal-Dawson

Hello, Leonie here today and I'm sharing a cute little mini album 

I put together using the Pink Paislee Atlas Collection. 

This little album was quite easy to put together using the Instagram cards and frames as a base for 

the album, I punched holes in the top left of the cards and used a hinge ring to hold it all together.

I always buy a pack of school photo's in various sizes every year 

but find I rarely scrap or use any of the photo's and

 they end up sitting in the draw.   

So I chose a set of these photo's and used 

one of each of the kids along with the group photo to include in my album today.

I then typed up lots of Life Journey quotes to add to the pages.

The instagram frames and acetate cards added a cute peekaboo

element to the album.

Once I had the pages of the album sorted I set about decorating it with

the Atlas collection ephemera and chipboard sticker packs, some of which also had 

inspirational quotes to add to the Life Journey theme. 

Thanks for stopping by the Sassy Blog today,

I hope you're feeling inspired.  Happy creative Wednesday to all our readers. 

Cheers,

Leonie Neal-Dawson.

Pink Paislee Atlas Collection items used from the Sassy Scrapper Store

Project Life | Week 14...

Hello Sassy Friends!  Welcome to Project Life Monday! Today I am sharing Week 14 | April 6 - 12.  The first week of our Easter school holiday's in Queensland and the week we decided to climb a mountain!  

  This week we had an awesome adventure.  Everything else was kind of mediocre but other than mention the main points of our daily grind in my journaling, my focus for this spread was all about the climb.

 

Mixing and matching, I've been playing with the gorgeous Crate Paper Poolside collection, Pink Paislee Atlas patterned paper, Elle's Studio alphas and Amy Tangerine Rise & Shine. Added to the mix are some Chic Tags wood veneer, Bella Blvd stickers and a lovely sheet of vellum.

 

 

Taking the vellum and trimming it and the Pink Paislee Altitude patterned paper to 3"x4", I've stitched them together to create a pocket for hidden journaling.

 



The pocket can then be embellished to suit your spread.

 

Another fun form of photo documentation when we go on bush walks such as this, is to include a landscape photo of our group in front of the landmark sign. It is an easy way to include extra details on your page, especially when it is a photo heavy spread.

 

 

Adding ephemera to pockets can help break up the monotony of too many photos.  I wanted to have a light hearted feel to this pocket with arrows pointing in many directions. It provides a subtle sense of adventure as well as serving the purpose of documenting my weekly title.

 

 

I used the wood veneers to link back to the outdoor/woodgrain style of the Elle's Studio alphas. The veneers also add a touch of dimension to the page without the extra bulk in the pockets.

 

 

On page two, journaling our adventure became priority. To me, there's no point in having lots of photos if the story isn't there to explain what happened! *grin*

 

 

I've kept it simple and to the point.  Next on the agenda were the pockets for my filler cards.

 

 

These spaces were also required to be simple. Colour coordination and premade/designed 3"x4" cards made this an easy task!

 

 

Finishing touches included Simple Stories I Am cardstock stickers, placed directly onto the photos.

 

 

Thanks for joining me here today.  I hope I have shared how easy it is to mix and match your supplies to create cohesive results...x

 

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