Project Life 2014: Week 51 (and that's a wrap!)

I'm so excited to say my 2014 Project Life album is complete! It feels so great to have stuck it out all year and have it finished before January is over. Now to do a final printing and slip them in the album.  I used a new collection from Digital Design Essentials, which was just the push I needed to get this final week scrapped.

created with Winter Break collection, DOTW Wood Veneer freebie, and Holiday Spots word art by Digital Design Essentials; The 52 Weeks by Heather Joyce

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I always love the DDE collections! Gina is always right on trend and with her designs, and they have just the right amount of everything for a PL spread. Here's the new Winter Break collection I used:

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Project Life 2014: Week 50

Week 50! Do you realize what this means?! I'm only one, yes ONE, week away from completing my 2014 Project Life album!  I've kind of been scrapping my weeks out of order- I actually did week 52 a while back and I just have week 51 left.  For this spread, I was surprised to see I didn't have many photos to choose from despite a pretty busy week. Sometimes when life gets busy, I just forget to pull out the camera.  Especially at big gatherings - I'm the worst at remembering to get photos! I am a bit bummed I don't have a photo record of some of these things, but at least I have things recorded in the journaling. And the photos I do have a fun, plus I kind of like a simpler spread sometimes. Here's a look at week 51:

created with Memory Pockets Monthly: Joy collection; Joyful Elements by Amber LaBau designs; AniTypewriter, Bebas Neue, and CK Jot font

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For this spread I used the Memory Pockets Monthly: Joy collection, plus a few things from Amber LaBau's Joyful elements:

Project Life 2014: week 52

This was Christmas week.  I had SO many photos! That can be a real scrapping block for me.  Of course, I could just do more pages, but in the interest of just getting my 2014 PL album DONE, I chose to limit the week to just one spread.  I can always go back and scrap more of my Christmas photos later, either in pocket or more traditional form.

So, how did I choose which photos to include?  First, I went though them all and picked out the ones I loved most. Then, I asked myself - which ones tell the story? I found I had several that, although beautiful and unique, all told the same story.  Baking and decorating cookies, for example. I had several photos of kids decorating, photos of cookies fresh from the oven, photos of decorated cookies on plates.  I simply chose ONE from that group to represent the story of baking cookies. I find this approach and the simple question of  "which photo best tells the story?" really helps me to quickly narrow down my options.  I did the same with sledding photos, Christmas Eve, Christmas morning photos, etc. In the end I fell like this is a great representation of our week and the stories are there.

For this spread I used the December subscription kit, Joyful, from Pixels and Comapny. It's no longer available via subscription, but you can find all the various products in the P&Co store.

created with Joyful mini kit and Joyful journal cards by Deena Rutter; Joyous kit and Joyous journal cards by Jen Allyson;Joyful mini kit and Joyful cards by Meredith Cardall; Be Joyful kit by Gennifer Bursett; Joyful kit by Celeste Knight; Not So Joyful kit by Shirley Polk; Bebas Neue and CK Jot fonts

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Now, to just go back and fill in those missing three weeks, and 2014 will be done. Almost there!

Project Life 2014: Week 47 & Hunter Storyteller Collection

This was a fun spread to create! I'm always nuts about Jaimee's pocket page templates, and the color palette for the Hunter Storyteller collection is so fresh and fun! This collection is a lot of  fun to work with. If you make it all the way to the end of this post, you'll see I also created a traditional scrapbook layout with the collection as well. Here is week 47:

created with Hunter Storyteller Collection by Just Jaimee; Wisdom Script, Bebas Neue, CK Jot fonts

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The Storyteller collections have undergone some changes for 2015, including a new subscription option which is really exciting! You can find all of the changes detailed on Jaimee's blog. Here's my other page - this page design was created using one of the templates in the collection as well, which I always love!

Here's a preview of the whole shebang:

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Project Life 2014: Week 44 & January MPM

I'm reaching back and sharing an older week today - week 44. I've got week 47 done as well and will share that in another post. This week is a bit odd because it was Halloween week, but I chose to use the new Janurary Memory Pockets Monthly collection which has a fresh start/new year kind of theme.  But here's the deal: I had already placed the photos for the spread, and had just downloaded the new MPM which I was dying to play with, and realized that I could get this done quick if I just put the two together. It's not the most natural choice, and I didn't use a whole lot from the collection, but again, it's DONE. Another week documented, which in an of itself makes me really happy. And you can bet that I'll use this collection again on another weeks spread - it's gorgeous!

created with January Memory Pockets Monthly collection

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Here's a peek at the MPM collection I used:

Also- I hope everyone had a very happy holiday! This year we created so many fun Christmas memories & photos, I'm hoping to get some of them scrapped very soon.

Project Life 2014: Week 49 & and sadness...

Ugh. Sadly, I have lost my ENTIRE scrapping stash. I did everything I was supposed to - I had it all on an external hard drive which was backed up to my CrashPlan account (cloud back up service) - or so I thought. My hard drive died over the Thanksgiving holiday, which was confirmed by the Geek Squad guy at Best Buy. So I got into my CrashPlan account and my files aren't there. My computer hard drive is all backed up (but I didn't keep scrapping stuff there), and some of my external drive, but it looks like the last few years aren't on there. I'm still dealing with CrashPlan to figure out why it wasn't continuously backing up my EHD, but I've pretty much lost hope of recovering those files. Needless to say, this has been a HUGE mojo killer.

I had a ton of Pixels & Company stuff, and now with most of those designers gone and setting up shop at The Digital Press, I can't just go back in and download that stuff. (That includes my PL template, by Laura Passage.) Luckily, I will be able to recover everything from the designers who stayed at P&Co, since they keep your download links forever.

I also had a TON of product from The Lilypad. They only keep download links for a month though, so I was only able to re-download a few things. I had to re-download the collection I used for this PL spread.

And of course, I had various other things from all over digi land, much of it kits for sites like My Scrapbook Art that only offer them for a limited time before they're gone forever. :( I'm just really bummed about it. I'm trying to keep it all in perspective- this is SUCH a first world problem - but it's still pretty disappointing. I've also spent countless hours organizing and tagging my product in ACDSee and it all feels like such a waste.

Le sigh... anyway, I'm still trying to scrap, despite my loss. I made the template myself, with square corners because I'm lazy but I do like the rounded better. Being on Jaimee's team, I am able to re-download things if I need to use them again, so I grabbed the December Storyteller to use on this spread. Isn't that card with the animals and trees the cutest? I also love the cut out words cards in this kit, and had to use one. It's beginning to look like Christmas around here!

created with December Storyteller Collection by Just Jaimee; template by me, The Reed and Bebas Neue fonts

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So, thanks for reading/listening to my sob story! Maybe go check your back up, just to make sure...

Project Life 2014: Week 45

Hi - I'm back with another week of Project Life to share. I recently signed up for the Memory Pockets Monthly subscription at The Lilypad and this is my first PL spread using this fantastic collection!

I really had a lot of photos and stories I wanted to add this week; I feel like it's a bit crowded but I like how it turned out nonetheless. Here is week 45:

created with Memory Pockets Monthly - Gather collection by Allison Pennington, Designs by Lili, Sahlin Studio, Sara Gleason, Stolen Moments Design and Valorie Wibbens; Everyday Life vol 1 templates
by Laura Passaga; CK Jot and Bebas Neue fonts

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Thanks for looking :)

Project Life 2014: Week 46

Hey. So I'm behind a few (three) weeks again... but I sat down last night and put last weeks spread together. When I'm that far behind I like to start with the most recent week and work my way backward until I fill in the gaps. For this spread I decided to use the HUGE We Are Storytellers collection that was given away by The Lilypad earlier this year. I don't think you can purchase it altogether, but each designer has a contributing part you can find in their store. Here is a look at my week 46:

created with We Are Storytellers Collection by The Lilypad designers; The 52 Weeks by Heather Joyce; Everyday Life vol. 1 templates by Laura
Passage; Bebas Neue and CK Jot fonts

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Project Life 2014: Week 40

Hi there! I'm sharing a Project Life spread today, this is the last of my "forgotten weeks" that I've been trying to catch up on. I'm still just a couple weeks behind but I've filled in all the gaps and now I just need to scrap the past two weeks.  Here is week 40:

created with Every Little Bit: Grateful Bundle by Deena Rutter; Everyday Life vol. 1 templates by Laura Passage; Bebas Neue, CK Jot, and Cookiesandcream fonts

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You may notice that I like to use different designers from week to week, but I generally stay within one collection per week just to keep things simple.  I really love working with a collection that has coordinating papers, elements and cards.  For this week I used Deena Rutter's Every Little Bit: Grateful collection. All of here Every Little Bit collections are just gorgeous! The really fun part is that during this week I got to hang out with Deena and several of the other P&Co designers and team members (see bottom left photo), so I found it very fitting to use her products on this weeks' spread.  Thanks for looking!

Project Life: Weeks 41 & 43

I've got two new spreads to share today! I'm kind of scrapping out of order, but I'm ok with that. Sometimes I want to work on what's most recent, and then I go back and scrap older weeks when I get a chance. Both of these spreads were created with new Digital Scrapbook Day releases. First is week 41, created with a beautiful new collection by Digital Design Essentials, Grateful Heart. I pretty much stuck to my usual formula, but I went with a different journaling font this week.

created with Grateful Heart collection by Digital Design Essentials; Everyday Life vol. 1 templates by Laura Passage; AniTypewriter font

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For week 43, I used the brand new November Storyteller Collection by Just Jaimee. It's jam-packed with goodness as usual!

created with November Storyteller Collection by Just Jaimee; The 52 Weeks by Heather Joyce; Everyday Life vol. 1 templates by Laura Passage; CK Jot font

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I switched up my templates this week and used the ones included in the November Storyteller, which I like to do when I'm using the Storyteller for a PL spread. I really liked splitting the big photo on the right page over the four smaller pockets.

Hope everyone had a happy DSD weekend! See you next time!

Project Life 2014: Weeks 39 & 42

Yes, you read that right - I'm all out of order.As soon as I finished week 39 I started on week 40.  But for some reason I just wasn't feeling it so I jumped ahead to the most current week (42) instead.  Weeks 40 and 41 are still waiting to be scrapped. Week 43 is actually finished, but I won't be posting it yet because I used product that won't be released until tomorrow. (The November Storyteller from Just Jaimee, in case you're curious.)

Week 39

created with September Storyteller Collection by Just Jaimee; The 52 Weeks by Heather Joyce; Everyday Life vol. 1 templates by Laura Passage; CK Jot font

created with September Storyteller Collection by Just Jaimee; The 52 Weeks by Heather Joyce; Everyday Life vol. 1 templates by Laura Passage; CK Jot font - See more at: http://www.myscrapbookart.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=753461&ppuser=4013#sthash.N9a3Kp6F.dpuf

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For week 42 I used the lovely new fall collection from Digital Design Essentials. I love that it's not a traditional fall palette - it's blues, browns and gold - yet it is perfect for fall.

created with Happy Fall collection by Digital Design Essentials; The 52 Weeks by Heather Joyce; Everyday Life vol. 1 templates by Laura Passage; CK Jot and Danze fonts

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Thanks for having a look - and hopefully I'll be filling in the gaps very soon.

Project Life 2014: Weeks 37 & 38

Hi there, today I'm sharing weeks 37 & 38 and you know what that means?  I'm totally caught up! I wasn't sure I'd get there, but I found some extra mojo and cranked these two out earlier this week. It feels good be on top of it.

For week 37 I did something I almost never do... I clicked on my "journal card" folder in ACDSee (my organizing software) and just pulled cards to fill in the spaces without photos. I think everything I used is from a different source, so it's all very mix & match. I also wanted to try keeping it a bit more simple with minimal embellishments and I really like how it turned out.  Even though I didn't use a ton of stuff, the supply list is still probably the longest I've ever had, ha!

created with Storyteller collection by The Lilypad designers; Rainy or Sunny? filler cards by Little Butterfly Wings; April Storyteller collection by Just Jaimee; Real Life in Pockets: iCaptured by Just Jaimee and Mommyish; Journal Card Stitched Overlays by Just Jaimee; Happy Day journal cards by Mari Koegelenberg; Everyday Life 2014: Chalkboard Month Cards by Laura Passage; Brush Script stamps + cards by Miss Mint; newsprint paper from Lucky kit by Valorie Wibbens and Micheline Martin; The 52 Weeks by Heather Joyce; Everyday Life Templates vol.1 by Laura Passage; CK Jot font

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For week 38, I went the opposite route and used just one collection, including the template, for my spread. This was created with the October 2014 Storyteller Collection by Just Jaimee.  If you've been following my blog you know I LOVE the Storyteller collections for my PL pages, and this was no exception. I generally always use the same template, but every now and then I like to mix it up. Jaimee's templates are fun because they offer more of a guide like the cards that have frames and photo spots and element guides.

 

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