Project Life 2012 | Week Two + Free Download

Welcome to Project Life 2012 | Week Two.

I've got a free "one little week" download for you today that includes both a PNG and a Silhouette file (both are included in a zip file - for more on downloading go here).

Click here to download One Little Week.

Enjoy!

Here's a look at Week Two:

Lots and lots of photos this week.

Sometimes it leans heavier one way or the other (more or less photos) and I tend to just go with it. My Mom was here with us from Tuesday through yesterday helping me paint my office. It was a big job and I'm so thankful she was here to help.

I used my new Rituals & Routines word art set ("Tuesday Ritual") on the bottom left photo. A Jillibean Soup Corrugated Heart is on top of some word art from my For The Love Of Love word art package. The little flag on the top photo is from Elles Studio.

For the insert this week I used a Design D page protector and cut off the outside pockets (I like when the inserts are smaller than the main pages for the week).

I loved doing the little 4x3 photos (tutorial available here) and including a couple vertical photos. I almost never take vertical shots (just not how I look through the lens) but since my Mom was here she shot a few with my camera. The photo of the crab I took with my iphone.

I really want to include a few more "peek through" elements like the one I did on my title page for 2012 throughout the year. The Silhouette works great for that - I was able to cut out this word element and stick it right in the pocket (download it for free at the beginning of this post).

The fact that you can't read it from the back doesn't bother me at all.

You might also notice that I placed two, 4x3 photos on one 4x6 canvas and added that into one of the vertical pockets vs. cutting them all out (and a good option for someone like me who takes more horizontal than vertical photos).

An Avery Self-Adhesive index tab along the edge of the insert. I don't add these every time I include an insert, but a lot of the time.

Notes From Today tag is from Elles Studio.

SUPPLIES | 2012 | WEEK 2


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Project Life is a product and a system created by Becky Higgins. It can be anything you want it to be. The pieces used in my album are available here. If you live outside the US check Becky’s site for more information on sources. View all my posts about Project Life (including all the spreads from my completed 2011 album) here.

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  1. amy says…
    01/17/2012

    Thank you for the freebie Ali - your week looks really good. I was wondering in one of the pictures simon is playing with his legos in clear plastic bins that look sort of flat, there is also another smaller close up of those details. what type of storage bins are those and if you don't mind where did you pick them up? thanks!

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  2. Sylvia says…
    01/17/2012

    Cool freebie!!! Thanks so much, love it! And your PL too of course LOL!

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  3. Catherine says…
    01/17/2012

    Thank you for the freebie. I can't wait to use it!

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  4. leanne says…
    01/17/2012

    Thanks so much for the download - I am totally going to use this, printing as a 5x7 and inserting it all by itself.

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  5. Amanda says…
    01/17/2012

    LOVE the download!! Thanks :) LOVE this week's layout, makes me want to DO mine instead of think about it!! thanks-

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  6. Sandra K. says…
    01/17/2012

    Thank you for the download, Ali. Your pages are very inspiring, as always.

    Sandra:)

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  7. KSW says…
    01/17/2012

    The image of S writing; the light casting its shadows. Lovely.

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  8. alison says…
    01/17/2012

    Ali, if i wanted to successfully use products like your digi ones and do hybrid scrapbooking am I better to buy full Photoshop rather than elements? i am about to buy our first Mac and need to get software at the same time. Any advice appreciated! regards Alison

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    1. Ali says…
      01/17/2012

      Elements will be perfect for using my products and for hybrid scrapbooking - you will be happy!

  9. Scrappin' Annie says…
    01/17/2012

    Thank you for the freebie - love your pages

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  10. Ginger says…
    01/17/2012

    Oh my word! Love your ideas, and thankyou so much for the freebie!!

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  11. Nicole says…
    01/17/2012

    Love the idea of cutting up a D page. I have lots of those and this idea is perfect.

    Pinning this! :)

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  12. Karen says…
    01/17/2012

    Thanks, Ali, for the download. I'm really enjoying your take on Project Life, simple yet combining some digi & hands on creative bits here and there. :>

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  13. Erica Hettwer says…
    01/17/2012

    Thanks for the little freebie! I'll probably cut out quite a few at one time and keep them in my stash of PL goodies. Gotta keep it easy, you know? :)

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  14. laura g. says…
    01/17/2012

    thanks for the freebie! i don't have PS or a fancy cutter so i printed it off onto regular 4x6 photo paper...hmm...i am thinking i could cut around the letters with a craft knife or print it out on printed paper...or leave it as it is...

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  15. Tinka says…
    01/17/2012

    Thank you for the download! And it is all your fault that I HAD to buy the Cameo in order to actually use it...at least, that is the excuse I gave my sister when I sent her an email about my purchase! Don't want her thinking it was due to my compulsive spending habit! ;o) So looking forward to all the neat things I will be able to add to both my PL and my OLW projects, as well as my regular scrapbooking!

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  16. Libbi M. says…
    01/17/2012

    Question... i am using a Mac with Photoshop Elements. When I used a P.C., I had no problems putting some of your digital word art onto one of my photos for printing. After I import a photo into P.E and import one of your digital word arts into P.E., I will use the move tool to drag it onto my photo. Now when I drag it onto my photo, nothing happens. It's like it has vanished behind the photo. Can you give me any suggestions?

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    1. Ali says…
      01/18/2012

      Hi Libbi - is it on a layer behind the photo? Look in the layers palette and see if there is a new layer under the photo?

    2. Libbi M. says…
      01/17/2012

      guess what? i figured it out. so very happy it was a simple solution.

  17. Monica L. says…
    01/17/2012

    Can't wait to have those page protectors to become available. I've been collecting memorabillia, writting notes in a blog to remember what happened during that day and still have pics in my camera that I didn't print yet until I get the page protectors. Every single time I see your pages I get more and more inspired with this
    wonderful project. Thanks for the inspiration Ali!!! :D

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  18. Courtney says…
    01/17/2012

    Thank you so much for the freebie, Ali. I am planning on using it this week on my Project Life.

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  19. Jenni Hufford says…
    01/17/2012

    really love that photo of you watching anna--- and i think it's so cool your mom took that photo. such sweetness on each side of the lens... and a really neat perspective of motherhood.

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  20. Mallory says…
    01/17/2012

    Great week Ali! I especially love the photo of you watching Anna at ballet class. She looks so darn cute! Thanks so much for the freebie. :)
    Quick question: Do your page protectors stick to your photos and look smudgy? I constantly have to lift it off the photo when I want to photograph my work.

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    1. Ali says…
      01/18/2012

      They don't stick Mallory - I know what you are talking about. Do you print your photos at home? Might be that they are still wet? I've had that happen in the past with different printers -

    2. Mallory says…
      01/18/2012

      I do print them at home and I thought that maybe why, but I've left photos overnight before sticking them in the page protector, and they still stick. :( Must be my photo paper? Or printer. It's an older HP model. Hp photosmart 7960

  21. kate adderley says…
    01/18/2012

    Hi Ali, once again your pages are just beautiful, love that George Washington Edwards has settled in and simon looks so happy in the photo, pets are just so wonderful, this is my first year doing project life and lm absolutely lovin it, l dont think l will ever do a 12x12 again, just maybe do a few 8 1/2 x11 and keep it simple, thanks for always sharing

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  22. Sabrina Friduss says…
    01/18/2012

    Wonderful page Ali. You are inspiring as always. Thanks for the free download. I am sure I will be using it at some point!

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  23. Carol Hinrichsen says…
    01/18/2012

    Thank you for the free download!

    I´m very excited to start project life...as soon as it arrived!

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  24. Heather Crawford says…
    01/18/2012

    Hi Ali..thanks for the download..I'm loving PL!

    I need some sports brushes..wish you would make some with sports sayings ..and I can't find anything for cheerleading? Got lots of sports pictures for PL, and would love to have some brushes or overlays or something for them...my kids play baseball, softball, basketball, cheer, football..so maybe one with all types of sayings or something? that would ROCK@ :)

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    1. Heather Crawford says…
      01/18/2012

      Ok, Ali..will work on that :)

    2. Ali says…
      01/18/2012

      Hi Heather - thanks for the suggestion (I'm always open). If you'd be willing to email me a list of words you'd like to see related to sports - just a big brainstorm is fine - I'd love to add those to my list of upcoming digital products.

  25. Sandra says…
    01/18/2012

    Ali, What do you do with the cut off piece of page protector? I suppose I am too cheap to "waste" something like that without knowing what to do with that piece. Maybe not creative enough...Just curious. It is a great idea though.

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    1. Ali says…
      01/18/2012

      Hi Sandra - this one I just threw away. Sometimes I save them thinking I will add them to a layout (like stitching them on for some pockets) but I haven't made that happen just yet.

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