As you know, Project Life is designed to simplify the memory-keeping process. Our Core Kits and Photo Pocket Pages are the basic components to go in an album and really, that’s all you need. While I firmly believe that you can complete an entire scrapbook with just these items …

… we totally recognize that many of you have that desire to get creative and do more than the beloved slip-the-photos-and-cards-in-and-be-done method. This is why we have additional products – to support your need to create, and help you keep it all looking good together.

So let’s talk about the Project Life Cardstock. You don’t have to have full 12×12 cardstock for a Project Life album, but you asked for it, we listened, and so of course we have it. We have a collection of designer paper to go with each of our Project Life Editions:

Many Project Lifers have put the 12×12 Project Life Cardstock to good use with a creative spin. Today I’m sharing 4 recently submitted ideas. Tomorrow I’ll share another 4 ideas. Each idea comes from readers/customers who submitted their own pictures. We’re grateful for their willingness to share so that you can be inspired.

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{ Idea #1: Manila Folders }

Pedita in Newcastle, NSW, Australia: I covered some manila folders to brighten up my desk. (Papers from the Amber Collection are shown.)

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{ Idea #2: Mini scrapbook pages on one scrapbook page }

Megan in Nashville, Tennessee: I use the cardstock with Design E Photo Pocket Pages to do 4 mini layouts for each of my sons each month. I highlight what they are doing that month. (Papers from the Cobalt Collection are shown.)

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{ Idea #3: Chore System }

Regan in Texas: I used the Cobalt cardstock to make a new chore system for my two daughters, ages nine and five. My girls helped me cut the papers into cards, then we added a chore to each front and a gold star to each back, and then laminated them and punched a hole in the top. We hung them on our fridge on hook magnets. When the girls complete the chore, they turn it over to the star side and put it on the hook below (we love that the papers have such fun patterns on both sides!). Each day I select the chores that need to be done that day (the extras live in an envelope at the top), and at the end of the day they receive a tally mark for the completed jobs (and they lose a tally mark for the ones they did not finish). They also have the option to select additional jobs for extra marks. They have both set a goal for their reward when they reach a certain number of tally marks. It is extremely flexible, and more importantly, extremely cute! The girls each chose which papers they wanted for their own jobs. So far, so good!

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{ Idea #4: Wrapped Boxes }

Carol in Washington state: I think these boxes are great sizes and yet I just send them to recycling. SO … I covered them with cardstock (papers from the Turquoise Collection are shown) and keep the things I am working on in them. Plus, they match my Project Life album. From baggie boxes, to supply boxes …