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.

Project life week 32 - studio calico-2-2

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