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PROJECT LIFE 2013 | Week Ten

This week's Project Life is 100% Midnight Edition. I'm in love! This new edition is designed by Liz Tamanaha of Paislee Press, who I have a big ol' design crush on. The kit will be available for purchase next month, but you can download it now over at ACDigitals.

Because this kit is primarily black and white, I found it really simple to pull everything together. I also happened to have a few images that went will the yellow accent color in the kit.

That top black and white photo is my Dad in the second grade. Love!

I punched out a circle from one card and layered it on another with a foam dot to make an accent card. So fun to mix and match from one kit.

I can't tell you how much I love these FaceTime photos between Maggie and my nephew Cole. Just precious moments.

I love combining text on photos with writing on photos. I just added an arrow on this one.

PROJECT LIFE 2013 | Week Eight

I put together my Week Eight exclusively with Studio Calico's Project Life Kit for March, Spencer's. Just lovely.

The spread started with the oversized image with the arrow paper and I coordinated all of the other elements from that pattern. I need to look back at how many times that white picket fence has made it into Project Life. It's a lot!

How much do you love that anchor envelope? I included our receipts for the week in this. Grocery store, Target, etc.

Taking that photo of my hand was a little awkward, but it sums up a big chunk of my time every week! Big love for the sequins too.

Here's everything that's included in Studio Calico's Spencer's Project Life Kit. Opening up this bag of goodies every month is such fun! You can subscribe to recieve these kits monthly over at Studio Calico here.

STUDIO CALICO | April Spencer's Layouts

Meet Studio Calico's Scrapbook Kit for April...Spencer's. You can purchase the kits in this line here or subscribe to receive kits monthly at a lower cost. Here are a few of the layouts I made with this main kit as well as add-on kits. 

These images are all sized pretty big, so click to enlarge. My Studio Calico gallery with additional, detailed images is here. Check out all of the amazing work by the team while you're there. Thanks for taking a peek!

ZOOOM! | Spencer's Scrapbook Kit

Big love for arrows on this one. The theme of this 8.5x11 page is about how the girls zoom around the house. The pitter patter of little feet happens here big time! One of my detail images in the gallery shows how the arrows are lifted off the page, about to take flight.

HER SONGS | Spencer's Project Life Kit · Daily Grind · Spencer's Scrapboom Kit · Front Porch Blend

The theme of this layout is my daughter Maggie and the songs she sings. She's a songbird!

The whole layout is based around the kraft circle mat that I dry brushed white. I did a mix of dimensions here. Some elements of the design are flat on the white background, so are attached to the lifted mat, some are lifted above the mat.

I printed a variety of song lyrics and a few images on the honeycomb vellum. I'm crazy about it!

CHARLYBOOBOO | Daily Grind · Front Porch Blend · Spencer's Scrapbook Kit

This page is all about my daughter Charlotte, for some reason I started calling her CharlyBooBoo at birth and I still do it. I am in love with this teeny tiny alpha set that I used for the title and this woodgrain paper just makes everything pop.

The cameras are actually cork that I dabbed with white ink for contrast. I also rolled the camera roller in the white ink as well. I love the texture of those ribbon strips too.

MIX TAPES | Daily Grind · Spencer's Scrapbook Kit

I found a big box of old tapes in my attic and got sucked into a twenty year time warp! I was especially struck by the mix tapes, they are so personal and tell so many stories. (Eye roll on the "Tired of Love" mix.) I thought they would make for a fun layout, something I'd want to look back on. I took my photo and printed it out at 8.5x11 and built from there.

FIVE STARS | Latte Add-On Kit · Spencer's Project Life Kit· Daily Grind Add-On Kit · Spencer's Scrapbook Kit

Tina Aszmus has these fabulous Currents Journaling Cards coming next month. Studio Calico had to do a little rescheduling, but you can get similar cards as a printable here. I had so much fun going black and white on this one, with just my trusty yellow highlighter for a contrasting color.

One of my favorite things here is the arrow stamp from the Spencer's Project Life Kit. Love how delicate it looks. I used a white pen to fill in a few of the arrow tips for an accent.

Studio Calico is a scrapbooking design company that offers monthly kit subscriptions which include the latest products with unique finds from a variety of sources. Kit subscriptions include a Scrapbook Kit, Project Life Kit and a Card Kit. I'm on their Creative Team for Scrapbooking and Project Life for 2013.