Project Life - The catch up :)

Good afternoon,

I wanted to hop on here and share 3, yes THREE, PL layouts I did today.  None of them have videos as I did my "lay it out, work on it on breaks" method of getting them done.  All were done today in a likely time of 30 mins or less each layout.

The first I used up the last of the scraps of my Simple Stories "I Am" collection 6x6 paper pad and sticker sheets (still have some stickers and other embellishments as you get TONS).

These 2nd two are using up the scraps and embellishments from my May Citrus Twist kit.  I have my June kit and definitely had enough left to do more layouts but as I really wanted to get my PL done first... I used it up for this.  I have about 1/2 a 12x12 sheet left of one pp and the rest are little bits.

Hope you enjoy! I will be back soon with some news and a new schedule for my You Tube channel.

Jen

Taking inspiration...

Evening all.  I have a confession.  My little happy morning routine (almost every morning) is to grab a cup of coffee (or when I'm super lucky my hubbie BRINGS it to me!) and sit in bed and watch YouTube videos about scrapbooking.  I'm not a rise-and-shiner.  I don't wake up ready to face the day and JUMP out of bed ready to take on the world. What I am is a slow-to-wake, need a bit of time to get my brain functioning, person.  I need some caffeine and I don't need someone talking at me.  Well, at least not so I have to talk back at least.  So this little routine for 10-20 minutes sipping my coffee and soaking in some scrappy inspiration works very awesome for me :)

This morning I was watching the Two Peas videos (hurray there is a new one almost every day... special request for a Sunday one too, please...LOL) and today's particular one wasn't my "style" but I am learning to watch them anyways as while I might not want to do an exact scraplift (which I am completely incapable of... but that's another blog post in itself...) I do always pull something from each and every video I watch.

So, I super hope she doesn't mind (or take offense) but I wanted to post todays and what I pulled from it. Here is today's layout from Celine Navarro (see it HERE in the 213 in 2013 video series).

And here is what I pulled from this layout (which is a LOT when I typed it all out):

1. 6 horiztonal photos in a collage taking up approx 1/3 of the page.
2. Could print two sets of these on a 12x12 print and save $$ but also get 2 layouts from it OR a double layout.
3. This would be a very easy convert to a double layout.
4. Mixing the colour and B&W shots looks really cool.  Need to try!
5. Layering PL-style cards.  Would be a very easy layout to get done and/or to use up extra PL cards.  While watching I had an immediate idea to do this top and bottom and layer my title over it.  Must try!
6. BIG title on the Silhouette is super striking.  Like the mix of fonts too.
7. Not a colour scheme I might have tried on my own but love the mix of bold green, yellow, black, white, grey and hints of the teal.  
8. The camera welded onto the title lettering is super cute.  Can't say I would have thought to do that.
9. Mating the entire layout on that red background.  Rather than centering it she's justified it to the left and just see the red top/bottom/right.  NEVER done that but like it. 

Think that's it but likely later something else will fly into my mind when I least expect it :)  If it does, I'll try to come back and add it.

***EDIT: Sept 3, 2013

Ended up having a brain wave with a layout that has been sitting out for a while and used elements from this to finish it.  Can you see what I pulled?

Happy scrapping!

Jen

Sorry, it's been too long!!

I have been posting TONS but only on Facebook groups or company challenges so... I promise to get back to posting here too.  I have so much I could share but thought I'd share the BIGGEST change in my scrapbooking to date.  Yes, I did it, and I swore I wouldn't... I started doing Project Life!  Now, I wouldn't say I'm doing a picture a day or even doing it the same as many people do.  For one, I am not doing a separate Project Life album.  I am mixing it in my regular chronological albums.  And two, sometimes if I cover it in Project Life, I still do a 12x12 "regular" layout about it too.  Or I don't :)

I was watching a video over at Two Peas yesterday by Nancy Damiano HERE and she called using PL-style pocket protectors "Pocket Scrapbooking" rather than Project Life.  She did 1 - 12x12 layout of an event and then had a TON of extra pictures to scrap.  Rather than doing a double layout (or two or more!) she used pocket protectors and just did a bit of embellishing.  And she mixes these into her regular album too.

I'm just doing both :)  haha.  For example, my boys had a double party for their summer birthdays in June.  It is super hard to get kids during the summer so we did the weekend before school got out so they could have all their friends.  I put their invite and pictures of their cakes on my PL spread for that week and then did a double layout too.  (pictures aren't great, sorry. I snapped quick on my iPad as I just really wanted to get this blog post UP!!)

Spread for that week (note: I also included an insert to hold their belt certificates!)

Close up

Double layout of their party (Note: this layout scraplifted from Crop & Create delivered - believe Vicki Boutin's layout - small changes but VERY close)

AND, as I said, I have also done PL the other way.  I went on a trip to Whistler with my hubbie and friends in early June and I just really didn't want to do 5 different layouts about it.  Especially as we met family on the way home and did a couple things with them.  I put the highlights into a two-page PL spread and was happy it was done!!  

I have two "flip-ups" on here too (bottom right of L page and top right of R page)  I guess I could have done layouts as I had a lot of pictures but I really didn't feel I wanted to with these and am super happy about putting it in this format!

I also happened to have all I wanted done prior to this page so knew I'd have a blank "back" of my PL spread.  I had this picture I had really liked so blew it up to 12x12 and used it as a "title" page.  I may do this again as it is striking but I may also try sewing a  blank 12x12 and a blank PL together if need be!  But really, I'll more likely just put stuff in slightly out of order :)  Sewing and me... yah, not great :)

One last PL to share is these two different weeks I did of camping.  I was doing a challenge for the crop they had over at Noel Mignon a few weeks ago to use woodgrain so I did both these camping trips at the same time.

That's it for today but PROMISE, I'll be back soon :)

Jen