Plenty of signs of spring on my walk by the river yesterday. The subject for Photo Art Friday is macro so I zoomed in and then cropped them even closer back on my computer.
I love the red on the new growth and buds.
In each case I duplicated the image and then went through the blending modes for one that I liked.
I’ve been ‘doing’ Project Life since the beginning of the year but only consolidated all of the pieces into an album last week.
Back in December, when I was deciding to embark on this project, I knew that I would not be able to create the album each week. For one I was in New Zealand throughout January and did not intend to carry the whole kit with me. And then the page protectors were not available to purchase in the UK in December. In the end I was away from home for another 5 weeks in February/ March so I needed a system that meant I could partially create each week on the go.
Creating the photos ready for inclusion was easy because I always travel with my laptop and I have PSE loaded onto it. So each week I would choose the photos to use, add words and decoration and make any 3 x 4 items that I wanted. I wrote most of the notes that I wanted onto the photos or created a text piece digitally. I also took some 4 x 6 and 3 x 4 cards with me so that I could write some on the go.
I took my favourite elements from Ali Edwards and Cathy Z to use on these pieces. The top one uses Ali’s Hand drawn thick frames and Cathy’s word art. The bottom one uses Cathy’s tiny templates.
When I was sharing a story on this blog that I knew I would also include in Project Life, I created the Project Life image to use on my blog – rather than writing the blog and then incorporating it into the Project Life format. One example is the glimpses of Bangladesh images which I created as square collages and then put into the Design E page which has 4 square pockets.
And I had a big envelope to collect ticket stubs, menus, brochures etc for inclusion too.
I used a rough sketch in a notebook to record what I intended to cover on each page and to note which I had already created, ready for printing.
Putting it all together once I was back home was easy and then I added some decoration here and there – like these foam letters I stuck on the outside of the pockets.
Mostly I have one side per week, rather than the 2 sides of a double spread that most people do. But I don’t always stick to the week divide, depending on what I am doing. So when I was visiting friends in New Zealand I have a side per visit, whether it was 4 days or 8 days. For the two week workshop I used 2 sides but had no chronological order across the pages. I have also included some inserts for traditional scrapbook layouts and to include full documents, like my e-ticket.
I don’t intend to share each week as I create it, because most of the items appear as posts anyway, like the last 2 posts – March in numbers, and Storytelling Sunday. Instead I think I’ll post on techniques or subjects that I’m enjoying using – look out for my next project Life post on using banners across several photos.
Another month end and another summary in numbers. I’m really enjoying these summaries and including them in my Project Life album, printed out as a 6 x 4 photo.
I’m linking up with Julie’s month in numbers again – I enjoying the varied ways that people are presenting their month in numbers – check them out at Notes on Paper
[The number stack is from Penny Springman’s New Year word jumble]
Sian’s Storytelling Sunday has come around again. Her addition this year of a story told with a photo and a few words suits my story-telling style so that’s that I’m posting. I enjoy the mix amongst the stories others post, some with a photo, some not, some long and some short, check them out here.
To my story – I was looking through old photos that Dad scanned and picked out the ones where a story immediately came to mind for use over the next few months. I’ve created the story on a 4 x 6 so that I can include it in my Project Life album as well as here.
I didn’t texture the photo – the original had been damaged by water when my parents’ house flooded (but that’s a different story).
