These are the first two weeks of my project life 2013. I am LOVING the seafoam edition!!!

I have decided that I will not be sticking to a uniform layout this year. i.e instead of always doing the tile card in the top left corner, it will now be dependent on how the page looks. I have started using the 3×4 cards to do week dates on them as well to mix it up a bit more whereas in the past, these were only saved for journalling cards.

Another restriction I’ve taken off this year is to take a photo a day. I tried to do a photo a day last year, but i didn’t end up completing it because on some days it was just too hard with work. I did project life for about 4 months and then eventually missed a few photos here and there. Hopefully with the new flexibility, it means there will be less pressure and it also enables me to use lots of beautiful photos from the same day if I want to as I struggled with choosing only ONE on some days last year. My week’s layout will be photos from that week, and I would like to try and do less journalling cards and more photos.

I love using the kraft coloured cards as the colours always work so well with my photos. I have used the kaisercraft ‘alpha’ typewriter font stamps for the dates and weeks – these are my favourite stamps at the moment as the size works well on these cards and the typewriter font is just so cool.

I have kept it all simple without any embellishments for these two weeks just for a change. I have printed all the photos with a white border and then corner punched them all with my creative memories punch.

It will be amazing to see how this project evolves now that I have more flexibility – I think it will make this project easier and more fun for me since I always struggle to finish my projects.

Project life was created by Becky Higgins. It’s a project designed to make journalling and memory keeping easier by having beautiful journalling cards ready for you to just add in with your photos.

My project life 2013 title page is finished!!

I was so excited to have my new project life kit, I spent all day doing this. It was all guns blazing to get this complete and I even started the first 2 weeks which will be posted in the next couple of days.

Project supplies: ( It’s mostly all part of the seafoam project life kit, but I have added some embellishments for a bit of fun. )

CELEBRATE EVERYDAY: I coloured in the yellow and orange font in this as I wanted a muted colour palette. I just used a black marker, traced over it and coloured it in. Some of the yellow and orange has come through but it fits in with the rest better now. I also cut out a little flag from one of the other cards in the pack and stamped ‘the’ with the ‘alpha’ kaisercraft stamp collection. The flag has then been stapled onto the card.

THE ‘M’ BUTTON:  is literally a button. I stamped a ‘m’ onto some kraft paper, cut out a circle and stuck it into the middle of a button. It has been double sided taped onto the clear envelope on the outside as it was a bit too thick to stick inside the pocket. It gives an amazing 3D element to it.

{2013}: thickers alphabet by Amy Tangerine

I corner punched my photos using the creative memories punch. These photos are not from this year, but I wanted to use them just because I LOVE these photos. Look at the fairy lights in the bottom one, aren’t they beautiful? That photo is from our wedding, we hung fairy lights on the roof above the dance floor and we got to dance under them for our first dance. It looked like something out of a movie. LOVE.

I’m so excited! I finally have my project life in my hands! I decided to use the seafoam kit as I love the kraft colour through it, and also I love Elise Blaha Cripe who designed this. Check out her amazing blog here Elise Blaha :: enJOY it..

Check back soon to see my title page and first 2 weeks of this amazing project created by Becky Higgins. It’s a project designed to make journalling and memory keeping easier by having beautiful journalling cards ready for you to just add in with your photos.