Project Life 2012...Week 45 & Week 46

A little something for the card makers.  I shared these Christmas thank you cards over at the October Afternoon blog a while back.  Here's the link to that post in case you missed it.  

I also have have Week 45 ad Week 46 to share from my 2012 Project Life album. This is Week 45.  I used almost all pre-made journaling cards that I had created for my stash this week.  I was able to add lots of photos and type my journaling for some quick pages.

I added a few embellishments and a few found objects like this sticker from when I voted.

The pre-made journaling cards were very mixy matchy but so were my photos from this week so it all worked out just fine.

I used lots of typed labels to add some quick journaling.  I was gearing up for holiday mode so I knew I didn't want to take a lot of time on this simple week.

For Week 46, I reached for more of my pre-made journaling cards.  These all coordinated but I wanted to tie them all together in some way.  I used blue strips of patterned paper to do the trick.

I machine stitched the blue strips to all of my journaling cards so that it looked like I created them all specifically for this layout.

Here's the 2 page spread for Week 46.

The left page which uses 2 of the revamped journaling cards from above.

And the right right side which features another of the revamped journaling cards. I used some of the same patterned paper and colors for the rest of my inserts to tie everything together.

I love how that blue strip of patterned paper draws the eye to each insert.

A little more stitching and some Washi tape for further embellishing.

I typed right on the journaling cards + added date stamps.

This week also had a 6 x 12 divided insert.

I had made this recipe card previously of my mom's scalloped potatoes and weenies.  The original is in my recipe book but I took a photo of the recipe card and used it for my Project Life album.  I made several copies of this also to hand to friends and family.  I used one on a cookbook gift for my mother-in-law for Christmas.

The recipe card flips up.  I created a handmade page protector for it by trimming a page protector down and adding stitching.

This is the page with the recipe card flipped up.  The top photo is actually the back of the recipe card flipper portion.

I used more of the blue strips of patterned paper to tie this insert to the main Project Life pages.  Some stamping adds lots of embellishing but keeps the inserts flat.

Two more weeks in the books.  I'll be photographing and blogging the rest of my 2012 Project Life weeks all through February.  I'll be back tomorrow to share an October afternoon project with you.  Thanks for stopping by.

Note:  I'd love to hear from you......if you're doing Project Life this year, how are you going about it?  Strictly kits with simple journaling?  A mixed approach?  Digital?  Let me know what's working out for you this year.  :)