2012 Project Life | Week 9

For this week’s Project Life, I tried a different approach.  For my regular 2-page spread, I did it a 24x12 digital layout first, then I cropped 4x6 pieces to print out.

Here’s my layout in progress in Photoshop.


And here’s the finished 24x12 digital page.  {Click to see bigger version.}

{Credits for digital products used are at the end of the post.}

After I printed out the 4x6 pieces onto Canon Glossy Photo Paper Plus, I put the 4x6 pieces into the top and bottom of my Design A page protectors.  Then I further cut the pieces that go into the middle row into 3x4 pieces and put them in.  Here’s what the 2-page spread ended up looking like. 


I thought doing it this way would go faster for me, but that’s not necessarily true.  But I loved doing this experiment and really enjoyed the process of creating it.

Left-hand page. 


I used a 4x6 journal card from the Project Life Clementine digital edition for the week’s title page.  I tried to make it look like my usual weekly number cutout!


Using digital journal cards from Designs by Lili and One Little Bird. 


Instagram photo combined with digi elements.


Right-side page.


Dinner at Tofu House.


Instagram photo on top of doily.  All digital printed on photo paper!


More journaling.  Somehow Todd’s boss put Todd in charge of a double-baby shower for two of his coworkers.  He organized the catering and the money-collecting for the gift cards, and did great!


I found this photo of Todd on his computer and I laughed so hard I had to include it in Project Life!


I had a couple of extra inserts this week.  The first one is Todd’s account of completing the Tough Mudder race.  This is the front side of the 6x12 insert.


And this is the backside.  I posted a tutorial on how I printed the title and journaling out on 8.5x11 cardstock and then converted it into a 6x12 layout.


Todd’s bib number and wrist bands for Tough Mudder.  The bib number accidentally went through the wash and survived.  It’s TOUGH!  :p


The back of the race bib has a map of the 11.5 mile race route, along with markers of the obstacles. 


And since it was the end of February, I took my Month In Review blog post and turned it into an 8.5x11 insert.  This is what it looked like.  I printed the photo collage on a 8.5x11 Canon glossy photo paper.  I copied the journaling from my blog into my layout in Photoshop.  Then I printed the layout front and back onto Bazzill white cardstock.


Then I cut up the photo collage so they’d fit into the blank space of both the front and back of my page.


Front of the page adhered and all done.


Back of the page.


Inside my album.

Phew, it took me a LONG time this week to complete my Project Life, that’s why I’m blogging about it on Saturday night!

2012 Project Life | Week 9 Supplies:

Retrospective Kit by One Little Bird	Retrospective Journal Cards by One Little Bird	Doodled Cards No. 1 by Designs by Lili	Valorie Wibbens | Today Journal Cards	Mega Label Pack by Amy Wolff
Days + Months Hand Drawn Brushes	Simply Said by Gennifer Bursett	Vintage Cameras Kit by Kitschy Digitals	Digital Clementine Edition Journaling Cards	Project Life Core Kit | Clementine Edition
Project Life | Photo Pocket Pages - Design A	Becky Higgins 6 x 12 Page Protectors	LD Survivor font	Impact font	Stamp font
Strangelove font	Font - Clementine Sketch	DJB Jenna font	Claire Hand font	Aunt Jana font
EK Success Cutter Bee Precision-Cut Scissors	3M Scotch Adhesive Dot Roller	Fiskars - 12 inch Portable Rotary Paper Trimmer - Blade Style F	Canon Photo Paper Plus Glossy II, 4 x 6 Inches	Canon Photo Paper Plus Glossy II, 8 x 10 Inches
Canon MP620 printer	Adobe Lightroom 3

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