We get a point in calvinball for every day that we blog. So you can bet that there will be a lot of posts from yours truly this month. Not all of them will be about calvinball. It's going to be a whole lot like the blogboost challenge I did in January.
Today, I am sharing my February Project Life layouts. There were a whole lot more than in January. I am still developing as a PL participant. I think that each month, I will give myself a little critique of what I liked and what I did not. Hopefully, this will help me examine my process and develop little cards that I think rock versus the so-so PL cards I usually make.
This month, I combined my February JBS Mercantile kit with the PL Seafoam cards. I really liked how the colors worked well together. Looks like PL is going to be a great way to use up some scraps.
My plan was to insert the worksheet directly into an 81/2 x 11 page protector which I would add to my album. I didn't have any and I was too impatient to wait for a trip to the office supply store. I tried cutting the page into cards for the pockets, but this failed. I am bad with measuring despite numerous tools. I ended up placing it along with the cards inside a 12x12 page protector and sewing some faux pockets.
Lesson learned: Next time I will either print the worksheet on 2 separate sheets of cardstock or I will not cut it apart prior to placing it in the 12 x12 sheet protector. I might still try to smaller inserts, but I do also like the idea of customizing a page protector for my work. Ali had headings on the worksheet for week in a life. Since this was a day in the life, I decided to cover them with Washi tape. I like how it looks.
In some cases, I decided to work directly on the back of the PL card. The biscuit card is an example of that. The story was kind of long, so I left out a lot of scraps and chose just a header and a photo. I think I may plan out my journaling more ahead of time in the future so that I can make more detailed cards.
My favorite card in all of my layouts this month is the Time to Craft card. I used a few scraps to make it and stitched. I think it is a beginning to the layering I desire for the PL cards.
My favorite thing on this page is the green shimmery chocolate bag from Graycliffe Chocolatiers. I almost want to buy more chocolates just to get more of those little bags.
Overall, I am happy with my project life layouts. I still want to improve and the only way to do this is to practice. Practice comes in the form of participating in PL. It's a journey and just as my layout style has improved, so will my PL cards over time. I do know I will be participating in future day or week in the life challenges. With those worksheets Ali Edwards provides on her website, it's super easy.
Calvinball total so far this month:
Daily Blogging- 3 points
Layouts- 4
Scheming- 1 point
cleaning up after yourself- 1 point
shopping- 1 point
scrapbooking past my bedtime- 1 point
Total: 11 points
Christy, I love your project life album and how you're incorporating so many things into it. Gave me some ideas too!
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