Project Life Layouts - Cinnamon Core Kit

How lucky was I to receive a portion of a project life kit to play with.  Awesome right?  I got to play with pieces from the Cinnamon Core Kit.  To be honest this is really not my style, but some great things come from stepping out of my comfort zone.  As it turns out I had some great pictures that were perfect to use with this collection and it is great for lots of different themes.

 

Beach Theme

 

 

First up is a beach themed spread from a trip we took the coast a few years ago.  My daughter's shirt adds a splash of color, and this collection complements these pictures well.   You'll notice I rounded all the corners with a 1/4" corner rounder to match the rounded edges of all the project life cards.

 

 

Here's a close up of page one.  For the top left slot I cut out a square from one of the cards in the kit and stuck in in the middle of a square on the card with the stripe down the middle with pop up adhesive.  Then I layered that on top of a the larger 4 x 6 card. 

 

 

Close up of the second page.  The rhinestone flourishes I got at my local Craft Warehouse and cut in pieces to use on different areas of the layout.  I love using flourishes like this, it's very rare that I need a large flourish, so I often them cut them in smaller pieces,  I get more for my money since I can use them on more than one project.

 

 

Wedding Theme

 

 

I've had these pictures from my brother's wedding for awhile now.  I never really did anything with them because they weren't of my wedding and at the time these were taken I was just starting to get into scrapbooking.  I'm so glad I got this collection so I could utilize these photos in a meaningful and creative way.  Again, I used small pieces from larger flourish pieces.  I used thickers to add my brother and sister in laws names to one of the larger cards.

 

Graduation Theme

 

 

Finally I created this layout with pictures from my college graduation.  Again this core kit is great because of the neutral colors, it works for so many things.  I thought the wood veneer stars were a nice touch to this simple spread.  Simple, quick and as easy as choosing your pictures, Project Life cards and a few embellishments.  I'm loving Project Life!  I'll definitely need to get my hands on more of these Core Kits.

 

Supply List

 

Project Life - Cinnamon Core Kit

Project Life Page Protectors

Crystal Flourishes - ZVA

Glitter Chipboard Letters - American Crafts Thickers

Wood Veneer Stars - Studio Calico

 

All product available from Craft Warehouse

 

 

Thanks for looking!

 

Project Life Layout

I've been hearing a lot about Becky Higgen's Project Life lately.  The little I new about it, I really didn't think it was for me.  I love the creative process of making a layout and picking out premade coordinating cards and sliding them into pockets takes most of the creativeness out of it.  But then I attended a demo at Craft Warehouse during one of their scrap club meetings and let me tell you, my outlook changed.  Jeanean Brown did an excellent demonstration of how basic Project Life can be and how you can incorporate the creative aspects of scrapbooking to make quick and easy layouts. 

 

Each month for club we are given a challenge to create a page using at least a piece of everything provided.  This month's challenge was to create a Project Life layout.  Everyone received one page protector, a Project Life pen and five cards (we got to choose our own).  Here's my very first Project Life layout.

 

 

 

I selected cards from two different kits and I added a variety of things to the different cards.  The top left, I added ribbon, brads and pins.  The pink flowers on the left middle section is a rub-on.  I added acrylic flowers to the "Love This" card and the butterflies are actually attached to the outside of the page protector.  I really enjoyed creating this spread and I love how quickly it all came together.  It helped that I had pictures that worked with the paper. 

 

Thanks for looking!

Project Life Giveaway *WINNER*

Hi Everyone and happy Friday!  Hope you all had a fun and safe 4th of July!  Welcome to all my new followers, I hope you enjoy what you see here at Memory Garden Designs. 

 

Now for the news you are all waiting for....

 

The winner of the Project Life Holiday Mini kit was selected via random.org.  There were 24 comments and comment number 13 was selected as the winner.

 

 

 

Congratulations Jeana - you are the winner, please contact me at wofford_mm (@) comcast (dot) net

1. JeanaJuly 3, 2013 at 2:27 PM
2. Great giveaway! I'm a new follower of your blog :) Thanks for the chance to win :)

 

 

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Project Life Giveaway!!

 

Happy Friday everyone!  It's time for another giveaway. 

One lucky fan will win a Project Life Holiday theme mini kit.

 

To be entered to win become a follower of the Memory Garden Designs blog and leave a comment on this post that you are a follower.  For a second entry "like" the Memory Garden Designs facebook page and leave another comment that you are now a fan. 

 

You have until 11:59 pm on Thursday, July 4th to enter.  I will randomly select a winner from all the comments.  Good luck!!! (Open to US residents only)