Project Life: January 1-January 7

Woohoo!

It's done!

I am sorry that I didn't have this posted yesterday when I promised but like I said here, growing a human in HARD WORD!

When I started my layout for this week I decided right away that it was important that for each week I had a title card. I also decided that I wanted to use as much of the layout I could to include scrapbook elements and techniques that I have been wanting to use for quite some time.

I will apologize however for the lighting. Getting home after dark each day makes it extremely hard to use the natural light to capture good pictures.

So let's get started:

Week 1 of Project Life, the full spread:

You can see that it looks mostly like a traditional layout, the only difference is that I am not taking a picture a day, but doing a weekly overview.

The left side:

The "Hello 2012" came from one of Ali Edwards brush set that you can find here. The font is a free Ali handwriting font that you can find on her blog. I also used a SmashPad journaling card from the Blank Collection. I love how they fit just perfectly into the journaling spots.

The right side:

I love how the title card turned out! I used a bunch of different elements to create a very vintage feeling look with that bold burst of blue.

I used some of the Clementine Cardstock for the base of the page. The blue ribbon was from my stash but I'm exactly sure where it is from or what the color is. It was the perfect color though! I used some Kraft Cardstock from Hobby Lobby for the pennant and the date was stamped using a stamp that was included in an older Project Life kit. I inked all the edges using Crumb Cake ink from Stampin' Up! The tag was made using a small creative tag from Recollections. The paper that I collaged onto the tag it from the Linen Closet collection mat-stack from DCWV.

I wanted to include another small mini-layout so I used one of the 3x4 journaling cards from the kit and added a Tim Holtz stamp from his The Journey stamp set, stamped it in the same Crumb Cake ink and then used a new Stampin' Up set called Vintage Fresh {not available yet} to stamp a little flower in the corner using Baja Breeze Stampin' Up Ink. The heart is from Hobby Lobby and I couldn't find the packaging but I know I got it during Christmas time in the mini-tree section.

The last little extra that I included was two journaling cards that included 2012 goals from both Landen and myself. I love that both of our handwriting is stuck right there in the first pages of the book.

I LOVE how my first week turned out! I've already started preparing my pictures for this week. Be on the lookout for extra inserts though since my first Baby Shower is this weekend {can I get a woot woot?!}

And now for the fun stuff:

The thing that I love most about Project Life is its versatility. My album already looks so different from last years album and yet I love them both in different ways.

I hope you all have a great weekend and good luck with the giveaway!

A GIVEAWAY

In honor of Project Life and how much it has done to renew my love for scrapbooks and documenting my memories, I am giving away a $25 Amazon giftcard! This will cover the cost of any of the Project Life core kits. Shipping is free too if you select the free super saver shipping option!

Here are the rules:

1.) Please follow my blog. I work hard to keep this thing updated and somewhat interesting and I love to meet new people.

2.) Leave me a comment telling me your name, where you are from, and what you look forward to most about doing/starting Project Life.

3.) Cross all your fingers and toes and check back Tuesday, January 17 to see who the lucky winner is.

All comments must be submitted to THIS post by 12:00 midnight EST on Monday January 16, 2012.

So good luck finishing up week 2 of your albums! I hope things are going great and that you are enjoying it just as much as I am!