**New SOUS** Project Life Challenge

Hello Everyone!
So glad to have you stop by for the latest Stuck On U Sketches Project Life challenge:

I must admit I was feeling a bit challenged with this, thinking these are Halloween colours but I would be using them for summer photos.

As you can see see I opted to use charcoal instead of black, lots of white elements and a happy orange with a small touch of sky blue so this page feels bright and not theme-y.

Remember with a challenge of any kind, you can interpret it in a way that works for you, especially with a colour challenge, there are many different shades of these colours you can use to make them fit with your photos.

Please link us up with your take on this challenge over at Stuck On U Sketches, thanks for stopping by!

**New** Stuck On U Sketches Project Life Challenge

Hello and once again welcome to the latest and greatest Stuck On U Sketches PL challenge!

I am loving these challenges, how about you? They get me pulling out items that us scrapbookers have in their stash but don't use as often as we'd like ;)).

This week's challenge is:

I have a button jar in my scrap room and no it's not orphan buttons from clothing it's buttons mostly from scrapbook monthly kits, it's pretty much impossible for me to use them all but I can't bear to throw them out as some of them are so cute!

That's where this week's challenge comes in and here's how I used the buttons:

The bling on the upper left card is a button from my button jar, I glued it to the outside of the pocket with Tombow Mono MultiLiquid Glue. Adhering it to the outside of the page protector keeps the pocket nice and flat in my scrapbook.

I also used some cute shaped buttons as an accent on the journal card and here's a detailed photo of that:

A little side note about this layout, you can see I only had 2 photos for this week so this was the perfect opportunity to include some artwork from my kindergartner, fills out the layout and gives the future reader a great glimpse of this guy's life as a little one.

I would love to see your Project Life spread for this challenge so link us up at SOUS. This will also give you the opportunity to win this wonderful prize package from our very own SOUS Sponsor Coordinator, Helen Gullet!

Thanks for stopping by!

**New** SOUS PROJECT LIFE CHALLENGE!

Hello and thanks for stopping by for the latest Stuck On U Sketches Project Life Challenge!

I don't think I can say it enough times, this challenge is helping me keep on track with Project Life and feel like each week isn't the "same-old, same-old".

So, here is Week 17 incorporating this challenge:

{supplies: PL Midnight Core Kit, Thickers, Prima Gems, butterflies Jenni Bowlin Studio}

One of my favorite things about this spread is the yellow arrow I created out of cardstock to point out my little guy among the group of kids in the photo.

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to play along with this or any other June SOUS challenge for a chance to win a prize from our fabulous June sponsor

Project Life 2014>>Week 6

Hello Project Life Week 6!

Boy the days feel like they're flying by! We're well into the 2nd month of the year and I'm still excited to be doing this project again. I must be honest though, I do usually hit a time of year where I question why I started this project but I'll stay positive and hope I stay enthusiastic the entire year. Starting the year as a member of the Stuck On U Sketches Project Life team sure helps with motivation and really the Project Life Challenges at SOUS are a great way to stay motivated with this  year long project.

Here's my week 6 spread

For this spread I used a variety of items, a filler card from the PL Midnight core kit, SN@P journal cards, MME enamel dots, a Studio Calico mailer card I cut down to 4x6 and the front cover of the program from our church service this week. I also added some word stickers from a past Scrap Shotz kit. One of the interesting things I did here was to cut a 4x6 photo into two 3x4's and place them in side by side pockets. I've seen other people do this and I really like the look.

Thanks for looking!

Stuck On U Sketches Project Life Callenge

It's time for another SOUS Project Life challenge and this week's challenge is

I had an odd number of photos this week, too many to fit on one page but a little skimpy for a two page spread. That's the beauty of "filler" cards, they can fill in the space and keep the spread visually appealing.

The pocket is created from a 4x6 journal card that I folded in half and stapled around the open side and bottom.

The "do it" card is a SN@P journal card I trimmed to fit in the pocket and I punched the top edges with my WRMK envelope punch board to create the pull tab portion. I journaled some of the items from my "to do" list for the week.

That's it for week 5 and the SOUS Project Life challenge. Remember you have a chance to win a great prize from

by completing this challenge or any of the SOUS challenges from the month of February and submitting your project at the SOUS blog.

Thanks for stopping by!

Project Life 2014 Weeks 1-3

Hello and welcome to my Project Life!

This is my 3rd year doing this project and I will be using the PL Midnight core kit primarily with some bits and pieces thrown in from my stash. 

You can see my title page here and view my past Project Life posts by clicking on the "Project Life" tab at the top of my blog.

Let's get the 2014 edition going with a two page spread combining weeks 1 & 2.

The numbers on this spread are Tim Holtz kraft which I rubbed with InkaGold. I added some yellow washii tape to the journal cards to keep the gold/yellow colour running through the spread and used piece of yellow/white patterned paper as a filler card on the right side of the spread to tie both sides together. 

I purposely chose not to specify which photos were from which week as I didn't take that many photos the first 2 weeks and I had not journaled the first 2 weeks daily either. This way I was able to capture the highlights of the start of January without stressing about specifics.

Week 3

PL Midnight & Clementine Core kit

I had a number of photos I wanted to include on this page so I added the journaling directly to the photos in PSE and handwrote some journaling with my Smash pen on the photo of my electric pressure cooker. The 4x6 title card is frm the PL Midnight Core Kit and the "everday life" piece is a 3x4 filler card cut down and layered over top. The heart paper clip is from a Studio Calico kit.

I hope you'll pop in next week for a look at my week 4 and a brand new Project Life Challenge from Stuck On U Sketches!

SOUS Project Life Challenge-2014 Title Page

Hello and welcome to the latest Stuck On U Sketches Project Life challenge. A quick reminder that we have a great prize up for grabs from our January Sponsor...

submit your project to this challenge or any of the January challenges for a chance to win all this:

Now on to this week's SOUS challenge...Embossing.

This challenge worked just perfectly for the title page for the 2014 edition of my PL. Is a title page necessary? Absolutely not, but I loved the idea when I saw one done by a couple of years ago so I've included one for my last couple of years of PL.

I kept the page simple using a Design C Becky Higgins page protector with all 4x6 pockets. The embossed element is in the lower left pocket, the cardstock a 3x4 precut card that coordinates with the Midnight Edition. I embossed it with a Cuttlebug embossing folder then layered a flair badge and die cut from an old Studio Calico kit.

The top 2 & bottom right filler cards are from the PL Midnight Core Kit. The days stickers on the top left card are from the PL Clementine core kit. The year are gold Thickers and the frame on the bottom right card is a polaroid frame by Kaisercraft. The "the adventure begins" card is from a piece of Glitz Design paper in my stash.

You can do this project with items you have in your stash, Project Life core kit, or any of the pocket scrapbooking products offered by a variety of manufacturers. I can't stress enough that you do what works for YOU!
I am planning to use the Midnight core kit predominantly this year but we'll see where the SOUS challenges take me!

I'm happy to answer any questions you may have so feel free to comment!

Thanks for stopping by!