Documented Life Project Planner Page and a Sweet 16 Birthday Card

Last week's Documented Life Project Planner challenge was to do something monochromatic - use shades, tints and hues of one color.  Here is what I came up with.  It's not green!  I decided that I would use different shades of blue.  I used my new Crafter's Workshop stencil called Retro Bursts.  I also used my new Tim Holtz Sizzix Frameworks Honeycomb die.  Along the left side I laid down
some deli paper cut into a scalloped pattern.  Around the rest of the edges I used blue washi tape with white stars.

All in all, I like the blue.   But I must confess . . . it's not near as much fun to create using just one color.   I really prefer to use lots of colors!

On Sunday my older daughter turned 16!  Wow!  This certainly felt like a big birthday.  Here is the card I made for her.  It was fast and fun!  I really like how the enamel dots coordinate well with the polka dot paper.

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Documented Life Project Planner Pages

Hello!  In this post I am sharing three of my Documented Life Project Planner pages.  You can read about this project/challenge here.  The first week of January the challenge was to incorporate your front door into your page.  My front door is bright and colorful so this was a fun one.  I also have three brightly colored birdhouses that hang just to the left of my front door.  Here is the page I created using a photo I took.  In addition to the photo I used some gelli printed deli paper, a stencil with green paint, some stickers, and some washi tape.

The second week of January we were given the challenge to incorporate a selfie into our page.  I swear I don't really take selfies, however my younger daughter says I do.  Well, she was right.  On Christmas day I downloaded a timer app for my iPhone.  I was having fun taking some pictures with this new app and got this shot of my dog, Yogi, and I.  I ended up sticking the photo onto a scrap of homemade wrapping paper that I made.  I added some washi tape and had fun with my white and black pens and a stencil.  I was determined over the holidays not to buy any wrapping paper so I kept painting and stamping on paper bags.  I really enjoyed seeing all those gifts covered in my homemade wrapping paper under our tree.

The third page you see is the page I made last week.  Last week's challenge was to cut something out of a magazine and incorporate it into your planner.  I opened up an old Real Simple magazine and cut out the hanging wicker chairs and then, from another page in the magazine, the beautiful sea glass in shades of my favorite color - green.  I added some stickers spelling out "Smile - You're in Paradise" and then stuck down some washi tape around the edges.  That was it!  No paint.  No stencils.  Super easy!  But I love it!  Maybe if I stare at it long enough I will find myself relaxing in one of those beach chairs at a quaint little cottage on the seashore.  I like how easy and simple it was to create a little bit of paradise right at home in my planner!  

Thanks for reading!  I hope that you manage to enjoy a little bit of paradise in your life whether it be through some art or in Bali!

Documented Life Project: Last Week's Page

 I finally found some time this weekend to work on last week's Documented Life Project Challenge.  The challenge for last week was to draw, photograph, or collage a bird onto your page. 

I've been wanting to try out my new Grand Madison Window die and Grand Flower Box die (both by Poppystamps) so I decided to use these new dies and incorporate a bird onto the page.  I used some stencils and Golden acrylic paints to create the background on a piece of brown paper sack.  The tiles above the window were something I cut out of a magazine.  The flowers in the window box are from Tim Holtz Alterations Tattered Flower Garland.  The green leaves in the window box are die cut using Sizzix Branch with Leaves.  The plant below the window is die cut using a Savvy Die called Leafy Branch.  The bird is a Martha Stewart Crafts Stitched Bird sticker.  I finished it off by putting little stick-on pearls in the center of the flowers and using some yellow striped washi tape around the edges.

                                                                             
This week's challenge is to cut up a magazine and add it to your planner.  This sounds like a fun challenge!  We shall see what I come up with. 

Here is a close-up of the flowers, bird and window.