{ simple or creative – it’s ALL good }

I’ll emphasize it again and again – Project Life is designed for simplicity. If you need a pep talk about this, be sure you see my recent post: Project Life in its Most Basic Form.

However … anyone who has been following my blog + facebook / twitter posts has noticed a flurry of creative idea-sharing. While I strongly promote the simplicity of Project Life, I am also fully aware that many do love to embellish and personalize and add their own flair as a creative outlet. I have personally evolved in kind of a full-circle way, in that simple is my personal style and I don’t add much of anything. And yet – I do love that so many enjoy the creative aspect of scrapbooking as well. Project Life is completely flexible that way.

No matter if you are using Project Life in the most basic form or you’re seeking for creative ideas, you are sure to feel inspired as you see what others are doing. Today we’re sharing some recent layouts from our Creative Team.

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{ but first! }

Please help me welcome our newest Creative Team member – Jessica Sprague!

Heard of her before? Yep. It’s the same Jessica Sprague that carries the Digital Project Life elements on her website. And guess what? She is actually doing Project Life this year and we are so pleased that she’ll be sharing her layouts with us. It’s so fun have Jessica join our Creative Team and I know many will be inspired by her work.

In case you’re wondering (I have a feeling the question will come up) … yes, we are considering adding another digi Creative Team member or two, to represent the digital side of things.

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{ on to the inspiration }

 

Layout by Jessica Sprague. Layout template is Design A. Most elements are from the Clementine Edition.

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Title page by Cathy Zielske, using her 6×12 template – available to anyone for FREE. The red damask print is from the Digital Clementine Edition Paper Pack and she put it in our 6×12 Page Protector (which is expected to be back in stock early Febrary).

All patterns you see in Cathy’s pages see are part of the Digital Clementine Edition. The Scrapbook Divider (clear bookmark) shown will be back in stock early February.

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Pages by Deb Duty using the Turquoise Edition (currently sold out; not sure when it will be back in stock yet). She used a Design G Photo Pocket Page (back in stock early February) to combine horizontal + vertical photos to the full-sized Design A layout. You can see the front + the back of that above.

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Layout by Jennifer Woodbury, using the Amber Edition. Also used: Classic Calico Scrap Pad from Studio Calico; Ali Edwards 365 Photo Overlays; C-Line Flip Pocket 4×6 Page Protectors.

Jennifer’s comments: “This is a layout that illustrates something I love to do in my Project Life albums, which is to show connections across time. Current photos often remind me of moments and photos from the past, and when that happens I like to try to incorporate the older photo in the layout as well. In this layout, the photo I took of my #2 & #3 daughters going down the slide holding hands reminded me of a similar photo from two years ago of  my #1 & #2 daughters. I used a flip up page protector to showcase the older photo. This layout also shows how I sometimes incorporate current events into my Project Life album, with a photo and journaling about Steve Jobs.”

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Pages by Liz Tamanaha. Do you love, love, love how she implemented her girls’ art? She used kraft paper from paper source; striped journaling card from her then & now journaling card kit by paislee press + three paper peonies; vintage label stamp from purple onion designs.

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Pages by Marcy Penner, who brilliantly pulls little bits + pieces from her stash to mix and match and always implements little Instagram prints.

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MaryAnn Perry used a Big Envelope Page (back in stock again in early February) to keep lots of memorabilia from the month of December. She created the 4×6 insert with one of the papers from the Original Edition of the Digital Project Life Paper Pack. Also used: Ali Edwards Brush for the title Holiday Word Art Vol. 03.

Pages by MaryAnn Perry. She did a little mix + match because her title card is from the Turquoise Edition and her journaling cards are from the Clementine Edition. In addition to the Design A Photo Pocket Page (coming back early February like almost everything else that is sold out), she used Design E as well, and trimmed it down to 6×6. She also used the 6×12 Page Protector. Also used: Ali Edwards Templates (December Daily Template Package Vol. 04); Cathy Zielske Templates + 6 x 12 Photo Templates; Avery Small + Large Adhesive Tabs; Technique Tuesday Stamps (December Daily 2011 by Ali Edwards); Cosmo Cricket Tiny Text TX903; Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher.

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Pages by Michelle Wooderson. You’ll notice she used a 6×12 Page Protector (coming back early February) to add some extra highlights, like a handwritten list and her husband’s warning (oops!).

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Pages by Monica McNeill, who included her boys’ “Guess How Many” journal cards from the party (she set out Amber Edition cards for them to write on) and also included pieces from the Turquoise Edition. She trimmed down Design F to accommodate the number of cards that she had, and worked this in with Design A and Design G. Also used: Decorative Paper Tape Numbers + Vintage Numbers Rubber Stamps from Cavallini & Co.; Star Banner Yellow Stickers + Border Stickers Brown from Jenni Bowlin; Tiny Type from Cosmo Cricket; Graph Paper Bag from MishMash; Wood Grain Tag + Honeycomb Tag from Banana Fish Studio;
Scrap Pads from Studio Calico; Mini Market Stickers Red&Cream from October Afternoon; Tickets from Tim Holtz; Smash Pad Entertainment from K & Co.