Retiring Project Life Card Collections

Good evening,

I've got half an hour to kill before setting off to my Watercolour Pencils workshop so I thought I'd do a quick blog post about the retiring Project Life card collections and Accessory Packs. 

These are only available until the end of the month, so you may wish to stock up if you already own one if the collections, so you can continue your albums with the same cards, or if you fancy a change, why not try out a new collection before they have gone forever. 

The cards are so easy to use, just choose what design you want, the cards come in both landscape or portrait and they come in various sizes depending on which collection you choose. Just slip them in the pocket pages to add colour, design or journaling space to record your memories. 

Here's the selection of card collections and accessory packs still available. 

 

 

 

  

 

 

Please get in touch if there's any that you'd like to order before they retire. 

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Why I run Project Life workshops

Good evening,

I hope you've had a lovely day. I've just climbed into bed, after a long day at work, and then home to preparing for a Watercolour Pencils workshop tomorrow evening. 

My post today is to share with you why I love holding Project Life and Memory Keeping workshops. It's made a big difference to my business, and also to the friendships I have made with the ladies who come along. It also allows non crafters to join in, and get involved with something that anyone can do. 

Business

As I mentioned above, running memory keeping workshops has increased sales, and also attracted new customers to my classes. What really matters to me when I receive an order form is that I have inspired someone to buy a product that they want to have themselves, that they think they can use and will produce beautiful creations. I'm really excited to share with people the many different ways that they can use their products, and love seeing their Project Life albums come to life over time. 

Friendships 

When ladies bring their photos to a Project Life workshop, they are not just bringing an image. They are bringing stories and tales, memories and names. I always look at their photos and ask about the event or moment, and sit back to listen. We've had laughs, giggles and even tears! One of my ladies on Saturday was talking about her beloved dog, who passed away. It's important that these memories are recorded and kept, and written down to pass to future generations, or for ourselves when we are older and memories are hard to recall. 

Crafters and Non Crafters

Memory Keeping can be what ever you want it to be. I bring along all my inks, dies and a selection of stamps for the ladies to use in their pages. They can do as much or as little crafting and embellishing as they choose. There's no right or wrong way to do it, it's their pages to keep simple or glam up to their liking. It's a perfect hobby for non-crafters, as all you need is some photos, pocket pages and a card collection. 

 

Don't forget that the Project Life products will no longer be available after the end of this month so please head to 

www.alexspence.stampinup.net to place your order. 

Please call back tomorrow, I'm going to be sharing the card collections and accessory packs. x

Project Life

Good afternoon,

Don't you just love Bank Holiday weekends? That extra day off really makes a difference. In my "proper" job, I get up around 05:30 each morning, so it takes its toll! I don't have as much time for crafting in the evenings, I'm too knackered! This is one of the reasons why I love pocket scrapbooking, as it's so simple to sit for half an hour and achieve something memorable. 

This week I am going to blog everyday (that's right, I've written it down so I'll have to stick to it!) about why I love Project Life, memory keeping and pocket scrapbooking. Stampin' Up! are ending their partnership with Becky Higgins and Project Life at the end of May, so there's only a month left to purchase the lovely products that are still on sale. 

I went to see my sister, her boyfriend and niece yesterday, and my Mum and Step-Dad came up from Bedfordshire too. I brought my Project Life album to show them my pages, and I had recently started one of my niece. For me, the most important thing is getting photos printed off, and the important memories written down. My niece loved flicking through the pages, touching things and in years to come, she'll love hearing the stories over and over again. 

 

 

 

Later on we went to the park, and for the first time I got to push her on the swings, and she had a great time! I took lots of photos and I can't wait to get these printed off to put in my album. 

 

As I said earlier, the Project Life products from Stampin' Up! are retiring at the end of this month, so please do get in touch if you'd like to order any of them before they are gone forever. 

Come back tomorrow to read all about why I love running memory keeping workshops. X

Stampin' Up! Project Life Classes in Leeds

Project Life Monthly Class

Do you have hundreds of photos on your camera, phone and hard drive? Have you been meaning to do something with your latest holiday,your wedding photos, or photos of your kids? Would you like to record your memories?

I am holding a monthly Project Life club. Come along to find out more about Project Life and have a few hours to yourself to get your projects started and enjoy friendly company!

You can join anytime, and your first class will cost £28.00 and you will receive the following:

1 x Variety pack of 12" x 12" photo pocket pages (value £5.95)

1 x Card Collection of your choice (value £13.50)

1 x Accessory Pack to match (value £8.95)

I will bring along my punches, dies, Big Shot, Ink Pads and Stamps which you can use on your pages.

Future classes will cost just £5.00 and you will bring along your products from the first class to continue working on. If you order products worth £35.00 to use in the class, you will get the class for free!

The class will be held on the second Tuesday of the month.

The venue for the class is The Garden Gate Public House, in Hunset, South Leeds.  It's a lovely old heritage pub serving food and real ales.

Visit www.stampinup.com/projectlfe-uk for more information.

For anyone who can't make it to the class, you can still get the products for the reduced price of £28.00, I can order them for you and send them to your home for just £3.00 extra.

Dates booked - 14th April, 12th May, 9th June and the 14th July 2015. All classes are held between 19:00 - 21:30.

Please sign up to confirm your attendance at the class at https://www.facebook.com/mycardsandcrafts/events

Project Life - Hen Do Title Page

Good morning,

I hope you're all having a good morning so far.  I have a busy day ahead at work, but I'm looking forward to some more crafting this evening.

I have been doing some Project Life this week.  I did a couple of pages at a team training event a few months ago, and loved it straight away.  I didn't go into to much detail with it, and I just slipped a few holiday photos in the pockets, and some of the journalling cards.  I was hooked straight away, so bought a few more bits and pieces.  I ordered lots of photos, and sat down one Sunday evening while I had the house to myself and started working on photos from my friend Tamsin's hen do in 2011.  I did the same with these photos, organised them, put them in the pockets, and decided where I was going to embellish the pages with extra detail by stamping or using the stickers from the accessory pack.  I really enjoyed that nothing was fixed, or stuck down, and I could move things around as many times as I wanted until I was happy with the layout. I realised there were a few gaps, so I ordered a few more photos.  This is how is stayed for weeks!

I've had some more free time this week, and after two evenings of tidying my craft room last week, it feels like a luxury to be able to come up to the attic room which is actually usable!  I know where everything is, and there's space on the floor, and on the desk! I hope it stays that way.  I've done more up here in the last two weeks than for months!  I decided to get out my Project Life folder, and do some crafting.

I used the Skinny Mini Alphabet stamp set, which comes in the new stamp style called photopolymer.  They are clear, see through stamps which cling to the clear blocks.  This is great for placing letters close together, and there's no need to use the stamp-a-ma-jig.  I used the colours from the Happiness Is Card Collection, Lost Lagoon, Tangelo Twist, and Hello Honey.  The apostrophe is from the Back To Basics Alphabet stamp set, also in photopolymer.  

The Hen Do letters are from the Happiness Is Accessory Pack, which co-ordinates with the card collections.  I stuck these on the outside of the photo pockets.  

The last card was stamped using the Project Life Day to Day stamp set, which contains dates and days and numbers for years, and then used the Back to Basics Alphabet stamp set for stamping Wales.

As you can probably tell from the photos, the hen do theme was 'glamping' and we stayed in yurts.  I won't tell too much about what else we did that weekend, as I'll be sharing more photos as I finish the pages.  Here's one photo / card that I will share though, so you can see what fun Tamsin had from the minute she arrived!  I've used the washi tape (or squashy tape as a little friend of mine called it at the weekend!) to attach the photo to the card, so it creates a flap underneath, where there's some details about the photo.  I need to stamp or write on the front "Lift Me" so I remember the notes are underneath.  I used My Digital Studio (MDS) to create the writing, and once I get the hang of it, I'll do a tutorial.  I had a few mishaps with printing things upside down, but it will just take practice. That's what the hearts are for, to cover up a little mistake! No one will know!

Have a great day, and if you want to find out more about Project Life, please let me know.  I'm starting a Project Life monthly club in October, and if you want to find out more, please head across to my Events Page on Facebook for more details.

https://www.facebook.com/mycardsandcrafts/events

Stampin᾿ Up! Supplies

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Design 1 12" X 12" Project Life Photo Pocket Pages	Happiness Is Project Life Card Collection	Happiness Is Project Life Accessory Pack	Skinny Mini Alphabet Photopolymer Stamp Set
Back To Basics Alphabet Photopolymer Stamp Set	Project Life Day To Day Photopolymer Stamp Set	Hello Honey Classic Stampin' Pad	Lost Lagoon Classic Stampin' Pad
Tangelo Twist Classic Stampin' Pad	Clear Block C	Clear Block E	Stampin' Dimensionals