Project Life 2014 | week 5

Week of: 27 January to 2 February 2014

What happened this week: The big thing this week was the traditional Chinese New Year in Singapore – lots of food, family, and friends.

Techniques: I ran an Amy Tangerine Cut and Paste 3×4 card through the printer for my week in review, trimmed down a the gold ang pao packet with the horse motif and included it in my spread, since it was Chinese New Year. I used the Becky Higgins nested die set to make my own 4×6 cards with patterned paper from the Basic Grey Fresh Cut collection. I also purchased a Tim Holtz tiny attacher this week and happily stapled all the embellishments in sight.

Thoughts: Since Chinese New Year is also called Spring Festival, I thought of flowers and chose to use the Basic Grey Fresh Cut patterned papers for all the pretty floral prints, which coordinated nicely with the occasion. I’ve found that using paper from one collection for one spread helps everything to coordinate easily.

I bought the new Studio Calico Essentials gold chipboard and sequins, as well as the Tim Holtz tiny attacher this week. As you can see, they feature heavily on this week’s spread because I was just so excited over them.

And surprise! No enamel dots this week – just lots of gold and attaching with staples.

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Supplies: Basic Grey Fresh Cut collection, Amy Tangerine Remarks stickers, washi tape, Studio Calico Essentials gold sequins, Studio Calico Essentials gold chipboard hearts, stars and geotags, American Crafts thickers, Amy Tangerine Cut and Paste mini kit, Amy Tangerine Plus One mini kit, Becky Higgins Project Life Sunshine edition 4×6 textured cardstock, Kaiser Craft clear stamp, Amy Tangerine roller date stamp, Project Life Midnight edition, Studio G clear stamps, October Afternoon alphabet stickers

Tools: Becky Higgins Project Life Design A page protectors, American Crafts white cardstock, Becky Higgins nested metal die set, Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher, EK Success 1-inch circle punch

Project Life is a memory-keeping system created by Becky Higgins. I’m embarking on this year-long project to document all my memories in 2014. You can see my other Project Life posts here.