2012 Project Life | Week 6

This week’s Project Life could be subtitled, “The One With All The Cameras”.  I had processed all my photos and picked out the ones I wanted to include, when I realized that the photos came from FIVE different cameras!  I used photos from our Canon DSLR, Canon point-and-shoot, iPod Touch (Instagram and Hipstamatic apps), Blackberry, and my Fuji Instax 7S Mini.  This is what I love about Project Life… capturing life with whatever camera is most convenient.  :)

This week there was running along Harbor Drive and eating lunch at Point Loma Seafoods.  There was Super Todd party.  I visited my friend Sally, who is on bedrest, pregnant with twins.


Left-side page.  I started printing my photos with white borders a couple of weeks ago and I  really like the look.  I made more photo collages in Adobe Lightroom. 


I designed the "6" in my Silhouette Studio software and cut it out with my Silhouette SD digital cutter.  Then I drew in the stitching outline with a white pen.  The camera embellishment is a stamp called "Lovestruck" from the Amy Tangerine collection by American Crafts.  I stamped onto black cardstock with Versamark ink, then heat embossed with American Crafts Zing! Embossing Powder in white.  Then I adhered to the page with foam dimensional adhesives.


This week I journaled a little bit right onto the photos in Photoshop before printing them out.


The left is a Instax photo.  I adhered it to the 3x4 card using washi tape.


This photo was taken with the Hipstamatic app on my iPod Touch.  I journaled on it in Photoshop, then printed it out 3x3 on glossy photo paper.


Right-side page. This page was all about "Super Todd" party, with a cute photo of Noodle thrown in.  :)


I created the orange "Super Todd III" in Photoshop and printed it out onto Bazzill white cardstock in orange peel texture.  I did all the journaling digitally in Photoshop using "Labeled Journalers No. 4" by Katie Pertiet (I recolored them orange) and then I put both of the 3x4 sheets onto a 4x6 canvas in Photoshop and printed it out onto an American Crafts 4x6 white cardstock.  Then I just trimmed them and put them into the page pockets.


And of course, a really CUTE photo of Noodle, taken with my iPod Touch using the Instagram app.  I printed it out 3x3 on Canon glossy photo paper and adhered it onto a Project Life Clementine 3x4 card. 


I had been spending a TON of time each week putting my Project Life pages together. (Like more than 5-6 hours.) Too much time for my busy schedule. It was getting un-doable for me and I needed to get it done faster in order for Project Life to stay a priority in my life. So this week, I thought I was going to have an extra insert with additional photos from "Super Todd". But I really wanted to keep it simple for myself and make it less work, so I just made lots of photo collages and fit everything into the standard two-page spread. This makes me happy. This year I don't want to have to do extra inserts every week. I take a lot of photos and I need to remember that this is NOT a comprehensive look into my life, but more of a "best of" the week and the month.

2012 Project Life | Week 6 Supplies:

Labeled Journalers No. 04 by Katie Pertiet	Project Life Core Kit | Clementine Edition	Project Life | Photo Pocket Pages - Design A	Strangelove font	Ostrich Sans font
Typewriter Scribbed font	Fujifilm Instax MINI 7s White Instant Film Camera	Canon MP620 printer	Canon Photo Paper Plus Glossy II, 4 x 6 Inches	American Crafts | 4x6 Cardstock in white
Bazzill White Orange Peel Texture Cardstock	Bazzill Basics Kraft Cardstock 12x12	3M Scotch Adhesive Dot Roller	Tim Holtz Tonic Non Stick Micro Serrated Scissors	Fiskars - 12 inch Portable Rotary Paper Trimmer - Blade Style F
Silhouette America - SD Digital Cutting System	Martha Stewart Heating Tool	Amy Tangerine Love Struck Stamps	VersaMark Ink Pad	Zing! White Opaque Embossing Powder
Jenni Bowlin Dye Ink Pad: Fountain Pen	Adobe Lightroom 3	Uni-ball | Signo Broad UM-153 Gel Ink Pen - White Ink	Sharpie | Fine Point Pen, 6 Colored Pens

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