Hello friends!
Today we’re jumping back to January 2023 and finishing the month in my 9×12 Project Life album. In the first part of January, my brother, my dad, and my niece were visiting, we went to Paris and I dropped them off at the airport. If you need a refresher (it has been a while!), you can click check out the January 2023 Part 1 blog post where you will find the info and the process video. In this part of January, we were going back to a more normal routine for us.
I printed most of the photos using the Canon Pixma Pro-100 on Costco Kirkland 8.5″x11″ photo paper both of which have been discontinued. For the other photos, I printed them using the Epson PictureMate PM-400 on the Epson paper that comes with the ink and paper pack. I’m using a black [faux] leather 9×12 album from Studio Calico.
On the sunrise photo, I used a Studio Calico chipboard sticker from one of the Documenter Kits that says “so epic,” on a Paper Person label. I stamped the date using the 1 Canoe 2 roller date stamp (discontinued) using Studio Calico Clean Slate Color Theory ink.- The 2023 journal card was part of a gift with purchase from Everyday Explorers back in January 2023.
- The hello photo was stamped with the date using the 1 Canoe 2 roller date stamp and “the best part of today” from the Sunnyside stamp set which has been renamed to 6×8 Relax + Enjoy by In A Creative Bubble. The physical stamp set is currently sold out but you can be notified if it is restocked. The Sunnyside digital stamp set is still available. I used Memento Brilliance Moonlight White ink.
- The orange January journal card was part of a gift with purchase from Everyday Explorers back in January 2023. The stamps on this card were from the Studio Calico Lots of Love stamp set (now called “6×8 Just Having Fun by In A Creative Bubble“). The physical stamp set is sold out but the digital is still available.
- I stamped “This makes me happy” from the “lots of love”in Spiced Marmalade Distress Oxide and the heart and the journal lines with Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide. I stamped the date with the 1 Canoe 2 roller date stamp and Studio Calico Clean Slate Color Theory ink.
- On the first snow photo, I stamped “a true wonderland” in Studio Calico Chambray Color Theory ink and the physical stamp set is now called 6×8 A Little Adventure by in A Creative Bubble and it is sold out, however, the digital Alpine Valley stamp set is still available.
- The “Snow Day” journal card is from the Hello Winter journaling cards by In A Creative Bubble. Anything offered on the In A Creative Bubble website is a digital purchase.
- The “Bundle Up” stamp is also from the 6×8 A Little Adventure by in A Creative Bubble and it is sold out, however, the digital Alpine Valley stamp set is still available. I also stamped this using Studio Calico Chambray Color Theory ink.
- For the happy birthday circle, I purchased the Good Day Sunshine digital printable journal cards from Studio Calico, then I opened the digital card in Silhouette Studio. I made three copies. I made two different size circles and I traced the third and added an offset area. I did then did a print and cut using the Silhouette Cameo 4.
- The number balloon die cuts were from Felicity Jane.
- I used foam circles and squares to add dimension to the happy birthday circle and the balloons.
- I added the journaling in Adobe Photoshop.
- The journal card and the Fresh start acetate are from the Ali Edwards Begin story kit.
- I added a bit of red line tape to the back of the acetate to adhere it to the inside of the pocket so it wouldn’t slide out.
- The red journal card is from the Paper Person Made from Scratch kit. I stamped the date with the 1 Canoe 2 date roller stamp and Studio Calico Clean Slate Color Theory ink.
- I stamped “this was super yummy” from the Feed Your Craft Let’s Eat stamp set and I used StāzOn Jet Black ink on the vellum sticker circles from Heidi Swapp.
- The “This & That” card is from Ali Edwards unfortunately, I don’t remember which kit it is from.
- The dates were stamped in Studio Calico Chambray Color Theory ink using the 1 Canoe 2 roller date stamp.
The blue label is an old one from Ali Edwards. The “quality time together” is from the 6×8 A Little Adventure by in A Creative Bubble/Alpine Valley stamp set which is sold out (the digital set is still available). I used StāzOn Jet Black ink.
- The “currently watching” journal card is from the Now Watching kit from Paper Person Shop.
- The chipboard sticker that says “so grateful for this” is from an old Studio Calico Documenter Kit.
- The grey star paper is from the Postcards paper pad by Lora Bailora, the instant camera is from the You’ve Got Mail Documenter Kit by Studio Calico, I don’t remember where the “ugh” puffy sticker or the “here’s the story” label are from.
- The N + ticket stamp were from the New Episode stamp set from the kit with the same name by Paper Person Shop. The ink used was Tomato Soup also by Paper Person.
Here is the process video… let me know if you have any questions!