Make Ideas Happen: Project Life CT: March

Today I'm sharing with you a quick post about my March submissions. I'll blog about each layout separately & post more photos and tips soon (like I did with my past submissions) :)

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01: Caylabne Bay, Philippines

Album: Travel Highlights

Summer's almost here in the Philippines, that's why I thought of creating beach-related layouts in the upcoming months. I'm planning to write a separate post about different Becky Higgins kits that you can use for summer-themed layouts, and the first item on the list is the Heidi Swapp Dreamy Edition! The kraft cards and watercolored backgrounds complement the beach photos! This is the fastest layout that I ever made because 1) I used just one kit (made the decision-making process faster) 2) Most of my photos are 4x6" -- I followed the ideal simple/basic layout of Project Life that I often see on the packaging --(one title card, more 4x6" photos, 8 3x4" cards) 3) Only used few embellishments - letter stickers for my title and a cork geotag (inspired by Jennifer Lake). These are old photos by the way (taken in 2003!)

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02: Cover page
Album: Singapore 2013

Another quick layout. I followed Becky's tip: Don't overthink! Just copied the suggested placement of the first page cards closely, except for the bottom part where I replaced one card with a photo. Added a few embellishments (letter stickers, a DIY airplane icon, and printable date stamp (that I got for free, I can't remember where I downloaded this, must check the filename and share the name of the designer) Love how it turned out! Black-and-white photos (matched with the Midnight kit) never fails!

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03: Things I Love
Album: All About Me

I love using similar cards because they make my layout appear clean/graphic/simple. Printed the "I Love" card (from the Sunshine kit digital files) and changed the background colors on Photoshop. The tools I used were Eyedropper (to copy the exact colors of the other cards on the Sunshine kit) and Paint bucket. On the black "I love" card, I typed the text before printing because I have no white pen that wouldn't smudge on coated paper :D The best type of page protector to use for this layout would've been Design U (all vertical 3x4" pockets), but I only had Design A in stock so I had to make it work by pasting some of the 3x4 cards and photos together :)

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04: Singapore 2013 Highlights
Album: Travel Highlights

I mentioned in my Week in the Life post last month that you can use Project 52 cards in many ways. It's not just for weekly "everyday" photos. You can pair them with other kits, like the Lovely mini kit (designed by Shimelle) and make a travel spread! These are also printed from the digital files.

You might be wondering how I got square corners... I used a variety of tools on Photoshop to extend the backgrounds:
1) Clone Stamp - if the card has a textured background
2) Paint Bucket - for cards with solid background. I created a new layer and placed it at the bottom, used the Eyedropper Tool to get the right color and then filled the background with the Paint Bucket tool)
3) Pen tool / Brush - for cards with patterns like "Wander For A Bit", "N Boarding pass" and the map.

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Project Life 2015 Creative Team

March 30, 2015

Project Life CT: March

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