Week 44. The week of Halloween. To be honest, we don't usually do much of anything for Halloween these days, but that didn't stop me from digging out all of my spooky supplies and putting them to use on this spread!
I found a mix of super old supplies from Studio Calico, American Crafts, A Beautiful Mess, and more. Once again, it felt to good to get these bits out of my stash and onto a page!
And even if I'm not a huge fan of Halloween, I have to admit that these supplies are super cute. :)
Finally! The last week in my Project Life Catch-Up Challenge! I hope you enjoyed watching me catch-up and did some catching up yourself! Now on to Week 43...
For week 43, I decided to play along with Diane of Dearly Dee and do a Pick 5 spread. Basically, I chose 5 items from my stash and used only those items to complete this week's spread.
For my 5, I chose a couple items that were fairly new to me and that I really wanted to use, then picked other bits that coordinated with them, making sure to have options for embellishing.
It was actually a lot of fun to try something different and give myself a new challenge. :)
It was also really nice to get the items in my stash onto a page, instead of collecting dust.
And the spread didn't turn out too bad, if I do say so myself. ;)
Day 7 of the Project Life Catch-Up Challenge! Are you playing along?
Today I'm sharing week 41, which I have to say, was a pretty good week. There were hikes and fires and s'mores. What more could a girl ask for?
I used the Citrus Twist Kits "Little Things" Pocket Life Kit, and I can't get enough of these colors. Gorgeous!
I kept things pretty simple this week, just adding a few die cuts to each photo and keeping everything in the same color scheme. Simple but effective.
I had a bit of extra space this week, so I was able to create a little filler card using some of the elements from the kit. I really love how it turned out. It adds interest to the spread and ties all the colors together.
I. Love. Fall. I love fall colors and fall weather. I love sipping hot coffee and wearing warm sweaters. And I love fall colors. Which is why this has got to be one of my favorite layouts to date.
I used the The Little Things collection from The Reset Girl, which is a-freaking-dorable! So much fall-y goodness in this kit!
The kit is actually HUGE, so to help keep myself from getting too overwhelmed by it all, I stuck to a kind of recipe. I chose a label, a banner, and a circle for each photo and clustered them together. This adds a bit of continuity to the spread and keeps things from getting too busy.
For the other cards, I focused on keeping the colors balanced across the spread and repeating some elements, like the book paper and more circles.
I really love how it turned out. And the best thing about The Reset Girl kits is that they're digital, so I can print more next year. Woohoo!
I'm back today with week 39 in my 2018 Project Life album. You may have noticed that I've skipped weeks 37 & 38, and that's because we spent the majority of those two weeks traveling. Since I know I'll be making mini album of our trip, I didn't see any point in duplicating those pictures/stories in my Project Life album. Instead, I plan to print a full page photo to insert between weeks 36 & 39 and include a short note about what we did that week.
Now back to week 39. I chose a very tight color palette for this week, which seems to be something I do when I'm overwhelmed with the products in front of me. I tend to choose a card or embellishment that I know I want to use, then use the colors in that one piece to dictate the palette for the page. This time the colors were light blue and dark blue, and I added bits of yellow for contrast.
I cannot tell you how much I love the "week" stamp that came in our Citrus Twist Kits this month. It is a total lifesaver. I no longer have to worry about finding an alpha to match my spread, I can simply stamp the week's title in any ink from my stash. Perfect.
I loved being able to include a full itinerary of our busy weekend - even if I ended up too sick to enjoy most of it. I know I'll love looking back to this kind of detail.
We started the week still in Kentucky at my mom's. We had an amazing (and gluten free) breakfast, then saw a great view from the bridge while taking the long way home.
This may actually be one of my favorite spreads to date. I love the color scheme, and I used some of my favorite Citrus Twist Kits products ever.
Finally, I included some packaging from a tea infuser I bought this week. A cute little brew bunny - LOVE it!
It's time for Week 35! I didn't have a lot of photos from this week, so I took the opportunity to use some of the supplies I've been hoarding.
We took a short trip to Kentucky to visit my family, so that was the main focus of my journaling this week. I love that pink mug of my mom's and pretty much take a photo of it every time I'm there. :)
I'm also really loving this warm color scheme. That red and pink paper is my FAVE.
And while I managed to chop off the top of that enamel circle after I neglected to measure and didn't leave enough space for it above my journaling, it's not something I would recommend doing...at least not without some heavy-duty scissors.
Of course, that wasn't the only mistake I made in this spread. I had a real struggle with the bottom journal card too, but I managed to make it work.
Welcome back for day two of the Project Life Catch-Up Challenge! Today I'm sharing week 34 in my 2018 Project Life album.
For this week, I decided to use elements from the Fresh Start collection by The Reset Girl, specifically the Crafty Club Kit and Snippets. I love this collection, and I couldn't wait to use it!
I actually ended up printing everything three times. My printer was running out of ink, and instead of just changing all of the cartridges, I tried only changing one at a time. Basically, I was being cheap. ;) Eventually I just changed them all and finally got a true-color printing on my third try. But instead of throwing the others out, I decided to keep them and try to salvage what I could. A lot of the pieces didn't look too bad. It was kind of like they just printed in a different color way. Still, I wouldn't recommend trying this at home. :)
My pictures for this week were pretty bland, so I relied on the collection to bring some life and color to this spread. All of those fall colors were giving me all the feels!
Since I used grey ink in my stamping, I decided to handwrite my journaling this week using my grey Le Pen journaling pen. It's a little less harsh than the black of my typewriter, and I thought it worked well with the warm colors of this spread.
