Project Life + Childhood Photos

 

 

When I discovered Becky Higgin's Project Life system I loved the look of all those pocket pages and the ability to capture all the little stories that I may not have time to scrapbook in the traditional way.

I am not a chronological scrapbooker and I am a die hard follower of Stacy Julian's Library of Memories approach to scrapbooking my life so the photo a day approach to Project Life did not apeal to me right away. But like most of us, when I see cool new products I want  to find some reason to buy them!

When my mother gave me all our old magnetic photo albums from my childhood and I saw that the pictures really needed to be saved from them because the books were falling apart I realized that the Project Life system would be perfect for these pictures.

 

these are all the magnetic albums I received

 

first book

 

prying the pictures off these gluey pages is not easy

 

my first completed spread using the Clementine core kit, Ali Edwards digital art and various stickers

 

 

Stay tuned later in the week for my completed January 2013 pages! 

 

 

 

 

Project Life Organization

So I have decided to give this Project Life thing a whirl. But of course the first thing I had to do was to find a suitable place to organize all the 3x4 and 4x6 cards that I have been collecting. I found that the CTMH medium storage box is the perfect solution for me right now. The box is currently on back order because of its immediate popularity but it will be available again at the end of the month. The plastic insterts are removable to I can change things up if I find my needs changing over the year.

I also made divider cards for each section so I don't have to sift through as many cards at one time.

 

looking down at a closed view of the box

 

 

looking inside at my collection

 

 

I removed one of the inside dividers here to I could put in my 4x6 cards. I purchased a full Clementine core kit to use in my childhood album project and I have half of a Cobalt core kit as well. I have also been collecting Simple Stories cards for a long time now. I have a category for journal boxes that is primarily where I store lined paper that I have already cut up. My Ali Edwards category contains digital artwork created by Ali that I purchased at Designer Digitals and have already printed out into a 4x6 card for future use. Behind the 4x6 cards I keep the Martha Stewart file folder labels, a must have for any PL album. They come in a bunch of different colours and they make it very easy to add journalling to your pages. The other divider just contains some pockets that I have had in my stash for awhile now and hope to use up if I can see them. I also keep my smash book journal pads here too.

 

 

My Clementine 3x4 cards spill over into the box behind it but hopefully I will be making a dent in this stash soon. The 3x4 journal blocks category contains any cards that has lines on it from a number of different categories.

 

 

Next I divided up my cards into quotes and fillers, seasons, boy and girl. I think these categories are pretty self explanatory. The half kit of Cobalt fit in nicely behind the rest of the Clementine cards.

 

I have officially started Project Life for 2013 but I am going to use CTMH paper lines. I am using the PL Clementine core kit for my childhood album. I will be posting pictures of these projects very soon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CTMH Spring/Summer 2013

It's finally here! Check out the new 2013 Spring/Summer Idea book!

Take a peek at the gorgeous new paper lines and workshop kits.

 

Buzz and Bumble

 

 

 

Canvas Art Kit Workshop

 

 

 

Chantilly

 

 

 

Chantilly Cardmaking Kit

 

 

Claire

 

 

 

For Always

 

 

 

For Always Cardmaking Kit

 

 

 

Later Sk8r

 

 

 

Surf's Up

 

 

 

Tommy

 

Contact me to get your own copy of this book.

 

 

Don't Miss This Ebook!

Storytelling with Stacy

In 2012, Stacy Julian over at Big Picture Classes completed 144 story-rich layouts in just 12 months, creating one layout for each of 12 key storytelling strategies every single month for her class Twelve. And more than 900 people joined her in her journey, including me! I talked alot about this class over the entire year and it truly changed they way I wanted to scrapbook my memories.

Now Stacy has condensed the storytelling insights and lessons she learned along the way into an exciting new eBook that features:

• 12 storytelling topics with explanations and examples for each
• 36 beautiful layouts from Stacy and 12 contributors
• 54 pages of insights, observations, and inspiration
• 144 concrete ideas for scrapbook layouts
• 13 bonus journaling and design tips

Sound magical? It is!

In this eBook, you’ll learn how to engage in an authentic storytelling process that will help you discover and share pages about: You, Holidays, Places, Everyday Life, Rituals, People, Personality, Things, Family Stories, Seasons, Fun, and Inspiration.

The timeless lessons and layouts in this eBook are inspiring and relevant, whether you joined Stacy in her 2012 Twelve class or not!

Are you ready to start collecting and curating amazing stories from your life?

Introductory Offer:
Enjoy Storytelling Strategies: How to scrapbook your life instead of your pictures at its introductory price of $9.99 through Monday, February 4th only. (Regularly $12.99.)

Alumni from Stacy’s Twelve. workshop can save 50% with code STORYTIME.**Coupon code will only work for students who registered for Stacy’s year long workshop, Twelve. It will work on the introductory $9.99 price through February 4 as well as on the regular $12.99 price thereafter. Code expires March 31, 2013 and cannot be combined with any other offer.

A New Class for 2013

I am really excited to announce that I will be participating in Layout A Day 2013 in February with Lain Ehmen.

Click here for more information

This project has been on my bucket list for awhile now and I finally took the plunge and I can't wait to get started.

I am also excited to challenge myself to use all of the new Close To My Heart paper packs to make my pages. Get your copy of the Spring/Summer 2013 CTMH Idea Book by contacting me right away!

HERE'S SOMETHING COOL! Earlier this year I became an affiliate of Layout A Day which means that Lain has given me a special discount for this class to pass onto to all my scrappy friends! Use code FUN at checkout to get $10 off, just because! But this discount expires Monday, 1/7, at midnight so don't miss out!!

 

I hope you will join me in this fun adventure in scrapbooking or at least follow my blog to see all the beautiful pages I will be creating with CTMH products.

 

Have a wonderful New Years Eve and I will see you again in 2013!!

 

Clearance Sale Starts Today!

Tons of product is marked down and these new products have been added!

SOPHIA B&T DUOS® PACK

FANFARE B&T DUOS® PACK

FANFARE L2 & L2 BUTTONS

MAYBERRY L2 & MY STICKEASE

DREAMIN L2 & HARVEST CHARMS

12" x 12" SOPHIA LEVEL 2 PAPER PACKET

12" x 12" MAYBERRY LEVEL 2 PAPER PACKET

MAYBERRY B&T DUOS® PACK

LUCKY L2 & MY STICKEASE

DREAMIN' MY STICKEASE® ADHESIVE SHEETS

LUCKY LEVEL 2 JOURNALING SPOTS

LUCKY LEVEL 2 ASSORTMENT

FANFARE MY STICKEASE® ASSORTMENT

MISCHIEF L2 & MIDNIGHT FELT SHAPES

LUCKY MY STICKEASE® ASSORTMENT

FANFARE LEVEL 2 ASSORTMENT

MISCHIEF COMPLEMENTS RUB-ONS

MIDNIGHT FELT SHAPES

To sweeten the deal even more, from December 1–31, all orders placed on my website that reach or exceed $50 will also include a free Bonding Memories® glue pen (Z553)—a $4.50 value! You are strongly encouraged to shop early, because these deals are only available while supplies last.

 

Happy Shopping!

 

 

Look What I Made!

I LOVE the Close to my Heart December stamp of the month "Year Round Cheer".

 

 

 

I made a card set for a birthday gift.

 

I even cut a box from the Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge to match.

 

The stamp set came with the Art Philosophy cartridge.

 

 

 

Don't miss out on this cute, all occassion stamp set, it is only available in December and then it is GONE!

 

Contact me to place your order and save on shipping or order online.

 

My last order of the year will be December 7th.