Project Life® 2014 | Title Page
I'm starting 2014 and working on 2013.
And I'm happy!
This project still has my heart. I love looking back through the albums. Right now as I work my way through the last couple of months of 2013 I'm inspired. It's fun. It fills me up. I want to do it so I'm making time for it.
Here's a look at my title page for 2014 :
Mixing it up a little this year having the photos of each of us in the 4x6 pockets + one photo of my One Little Word.
I'm not using a specific core kit in 2014. I decided that I have so many supplies here - including a bunch of cards left over from the Seafoam kit and products from past and current Studio Calico monthly Project Life® kits that I'm going to just use what I already have.
On each of the photos of us I added a metal-rimmed circle tag + white letter stickers for our initial and age (for most of this year).
On top of the gold foil on navy pattern paper (from the Blue Note Scrapbook Kit) I added three phrases from this sheet great sheet that was included in the Antiquary Scrapbook Kit. I stitched a square around the phrases with my sewing machine.
Hello Life 2014 is a PNG file available here that was traced and cut with the Silhouette. This set is on sale 30% off through the 10th along with all my other brush sets. You can learn how to trace my PNG files using the Silhouette software here.
The "3" is from a wood-veneer set that I painted white and stitched on top of a star pattern transparency and star pattern paper (both from Blue Note). Stars just make me happy.
The "Fly Me To The Moon" overlay was part of the Union Meadows PL add-on kit. I stitched that on top of some wood-grain pattern paper that was included in the Copper Mountain 4x6 paper pad and placed the transparent stars between the overlay and the pattern paper.
And I'm still rounding corners using the Corner Chomper. I like it like that.
I also started Week One last week and wanted to share a look at what I'm doing with my weekly date cards:
Rather than using a pattern paper card for 2014 I'm going to use a photo in that top left pocket. Most weeks I have more than enough photos to select one that can include the date.
I'm using this brush set that includes all the weeks of the year: Messy Weekly Lines Brushes (also on sale 30% off through Jan 10th). The package includes each week with the phrase to both the left and to the right so you can choose the one that best fits with your photo. The font I'm using for the date is Sentinel.
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Here's a little walk down memory lane with a look at my past title pages:
I feel the same about my scrapbooking. It so has my heart too. I just pick a story/pics and go. Am intrigued by Project Life though. Oh, just received your Technique Tuesday Fun Flair stamp set and just love it! So relevant to my pages and pics and style. Having so much fun with them! Best scrapbook purchase ever! Thanks! Michelle t.
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Love the new weekly card brushes - I have been using extra photos in that space for most of 2013 as I found the title card stumped me and made me not want to do the whole week, excited to use these brushes!
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Lovely Ali!
I picked up the messy weeks brushes. For 2013 I used a combined title page with week, photo of the weather, via iPhone, and an outdoor photo.
Am enjoying PL, and this month will help my mom finish her DD album. (Mine is "good enough".)
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Love this title page, especially adding the ages to the photos.
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Lovely!!
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Thank you for the inspirational postings this week. Love the idea of using up stuff on hand. It's easy to become over whelmed with the excess of supplies. I lost my favorite uncle this past July, at the time of his death I wasn't able to document that week. One week became two and so on. Life has a way of taking our breathes away and crushes are hearts. I'm not sure how to go back and finish that week. I decided to work backwards and that helped me complete two weeks in December. The hard stuff is tough to document.
I don't do project life so I can't give advice on that. (New to scrapbooking). But I do know that documenting, or scrapbooking or even journaling about difficult times is very hard. It will come. Pick up your supplies and photos and do what feels right at the time and don't give up. Sounds like you have a great strategy in place. I'm so very sorry for your loss. Michelle t
Just put a photo of him, or the funeral program and leave that time until you can go back....or don't go back. Looking at the times when I was in your spot and just having the "reason" for the silence in journaling says enough.
And work backwards as you can....but don't stop working with today and moving forward.
This is not really a one year project, it is your life journey and there will be highs and lows....and that is life.
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I seriously gasped when I saw Anna and Simon's ages. There's no way they can be that old!
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Thanks for sharing this and all the previous title pages too. I love comparisons. The date over the photo is a good idea. Inspiring as always!
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For 2014, my word {even though I'm not doing OLW - something had to give. :( } is Challenge. It's perfect on so many levels and I'm incorporating it into my Project Life. The first challenge is using as much of my stash of supplies. I'm going to include the week dates in some different places and ways. Like everything, my PL's have evolved over the last few years.
Ali, Thank you for continuing to inspire and encourage. I hope you, Simon, Anna and George the Cat have a wonderful 2014!
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what a great idea to use a photo for the date card, and using up your bits you already have, might have to do both of those next year - already started and got project life kit for this week...I love seeing your pages
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LOVE the Messy Weekly Lines brushes! Would you be willing to design a set for those of us doing monthly PL? Maybe something that uses the name of the month or "month one" or a combination of the two?
Hi - they are actually already available here: http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/17140
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Can digital things be printed and used on regular scrapbook pages or is it just for digital scrapbooks?
Hi Michelle - they can definitely be printed. You can learn more about Getting Started with Digital Scrapbooking products here (including downloading, adding to word, etc): http://aliedwards.com/2010/01/getting-started-digital-scrapbooking.html
Thanks!
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I absolutely love your word for 2014, I may borrow it. And comparing 2013 to 2014 Project Life I see so much growth in your amazing family! I am loving that you are using what you have, I have worked at this amazing store called Archivers and we are closing, so depressing. Each day at our store is like going to a funeral, the lives we have touched over our 7 years is a bit overwhelming, the connections, the joy, we love these customers. Our store motto, CHOOSE JOY! That one statement can change the world. I know that I can always stop by your blog for that push to take the next leap, thanks for being here!
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Thanks for sharing your awesome title page, I was looking forward to it!
I'm so happy to hear you will be doing a post about unfinished projects (your comment above). I'll be checking for that, as I have so many as well, and hoping to complete some this year!
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Love how everyone is now adopting pictures as Weekly title pages! I have been doing that for a while now, and it makes so much more sense to me then using it for just a week number!
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Ali I love your title page! So beautiful. Love the colors too.
Question for you- so you plan on doing day in the life and week in the life this year?? When's the first one planned?
No plans for Day In The Life right now but I will definitely be doing Week In The Life again. Not sure of the dates yet. Katie and I are having a planning meeting soon.
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LOVE that photo of you Ali. You are totally glowing and the happiness is oozing out of you
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i know what you mean about this project still having your heart. i've never been so excited to work on a project for 52 weeks, and still look forward to what it will bring next. thanks for sharing your layouts!
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Lovely and creative pages.
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