day by day

Hi everyone.  Marcy Penner here with a peek into my Project Life Album... and more specifically... how I used Studio Calico kits and printables on my weekly pages.

I tend to fill up my pockets with a lot of journaling and photos.  Other than that I gravitate towards little bits and washi.  Quick and easy.  For this week I took out my Central High kits and add-ons, extra die-cuts I had left over (most notably the labels and tabs) and printed off fresh sheets of the printables.  I used a LOT of these.



(Supplies: kits- Central High, Style Guide, Capital Avenue, Road Show; die-cuts - labels , tabs; ticket - My Mind's Eye; mist - taxi, leaf; staples - tiny attacher; ink - versafine onyx, prima ladybug, prima rock moss; pen - American Crafts;  date stamp - Dear Lizzy)

I started by filling up my pockets with photos and popping in journaling cards (between the two printables this past month I had four journaling cards) where I needed.  From there is was just a matter of embellishing.

Often... as I did in the first pocket... I'll fit in two photos.  I like white borders around my photos, so I've discovered that if I print my vertical photos 2.75x3.75 they'll either fit two in a 4x6 perfectly... or if I change my mind on placement they fit perfectly into the 3x4 pockets.

The days of the week stamps that came in the main kit were the perfect addition to my 4x6 photos and the journaling cards.  I love how those turned out.  A little switch from the date stamps, although I used those too.

The printable files and the die cuts from the main kit worked really well together.  I loved filling up awkward spaces with them, like on the card below.

The die cuts worked great to layer when I had only a little space to work with.  Thicker embellishments add a lot of bulk and cause the pockets to pucker so this was a great way to add interest with the extra weight.  They are my favorite way to embellish my photos and journaling cards.



The arrow washi in the Style Guide add-on is one of my favs.  I trimmed off three of the arrows and added it to my photo.  I love that it looks like I used a photoshop brush on my pictures.

I had to try really hard to not put the mistable arrows in every pocket.  Love those!

Using a kit to complete my Project Life week made everything look cohesive.  That's hard to do when all your photos are individual moments.  I LOVE how it turned out.  I'm going to make it a point to dig out kits for future weeks.

-Marcy Penner

Comments

[cosplay costume]

Amazing project, love these photos!

[Pam Sohan]

Love the Loki tee shirt your daughter has on ! Mine would love that shirt. I really like your Project Life album too !

[moi]

Nice. I love you PL album so cute