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Title2

I mentioned last week that I was going to be starting a second Project Life album. I have decided to break the year up into three albums so I can be sure everything fits and I am not limited on inserts. The best part of this is that I got to make a new title page.

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I wanted it to mesh well with the first album's title page which meant I stuck to the same color scheme. Happily, Paul and I are back together so the photos (taken by Driver Photo) show us both in them instead of each of us separately on NYE 2012.

Titled

Just like on the first album, I included a quote and a grid journaling card. I stamped the four months that this album will hold on a piece of kraft paper. Those E & P buttons were custom ordered from Ormolu.

Sidebyside

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Above is a side by side comparison of the two title pages. Because this is album two, I added a number stamp "0000002" (Yes, I got a little carried away with the zeros) and then went back to album one and added a "0000001" so they match. The "2012" pieces are from my Stendig calendar and were cropped to fit and adhered to the plastic page protector that comes with the albums.

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I also had to create an "end-page" for the first album and that was a bit more difficult. I wasn't quite sure what to say so I didn't say much. Just two photos and then simple embellishment flaps. The only text was "on to the next…" handwritten on a grid card.

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Simple, simple! I am excited to say even though I have been keeping up with this project for four months, it's still exciting each week. That's a rare thing, I think. I'll be sharing weeks 18 & 19 next weekend.

All embellishments on these two pages are from Ormolu and Banana Fish Studio. Paper is American Crafts (big zig-zag), Crate Paper (little zig-zag), Project Life (grid & text), wood pattern c/o Scrapbook Circle & Recollections (polka dot). Today and you are here stamp are both from the stamp shop. The script text was painted by me last fall on computer paper.

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19 responses to “project life : end & title page.”

  1. Jess Avatar
  2. Amanda S. Avatar

    So cool!! I was looking forward to seeing how you transitioned from one album to the next within the same year — love it!!! 🙂

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  3. Chelsey B. Avatar

    I love your color scheme! You never know you might be grateful you put all those zeros down in about 20 years when you have 38729 albums! 😉

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  4. Monika Avatar

    Your title and end pages are amazing! I love the colour scheme! After four month I haven’t finished my title page in my PL album yet (I have a DIY album). Maybe it is time to make some thoughts about the layout!

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  5. casey @ campfire craft Avatar

    Love coming to your blog at the end of the day to see what you have been up to. Your end and title pages are amazing. I love how you do simple. My simple always looks like it is unfinished..

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  6. Jill Avatar

    Love these pages, Elise. So visually rich and interesting. Is the gold polka paper Recollections from Michaels? I need to check that out. Looks like it could be glitter dots 🙂 A little bit of glitter is always interesting.

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  7. elise blaha Avatar

    yes! It is from Michaels and does have glitter dots. 🙂

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  8. Skye Avatar

    I’m so impressed with the way you are tying the multiple 2012 binders together- I think I wouldn’t have bothered to put an end/beginning in each of the three, but it looks great and they match so well! It’s so exciting how much you have to look back on already!

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  9. Pink Ronnie Avatar

    Wonderful idea to tie the colour scheme together. Works so well!
    Ronnie xo

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  10. Heather B Avatar
    Heather B

    Love the quotes that you have sprinkled throughout your pages. Where do you find them all? And do you print them out in advance, or wait and print a good one for a particular week?

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  11. elise blaha Avatar

    Thanks! I find them all over online, mostly pinterest. Usually I find and print just one per week.

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  12. Michele Avatar
    Michele

    How do you print them? jus on cardstockl adn then you cut them to the right size???

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  13. Chrystina Avatar

    Definitely a rare thing. Glad that you found something that you love so much 🙂

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  14. Libbi M. Avatar
    Libbi M.

    i adore your project life post. you are do a fantastic job. when you first started this project, i think you mentioned you were going to change the album cover. i think you got one of the becky higgins 12×12 orange albums. do you still plan on recovering your album or just leave it as is?

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  15. elise blaha Avatar

    I have decided to just keep them orange. 🙂

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  16. Renae Avatar

    Thanks for all the inspiring project life posts! I just jumped on the bandwagon – little late 🙂 I love what you are doing with yours! You have totally inspired me to start (I linked your cover page post on my blog too.)

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  17. love status Avatar

    it is lovely, and simply awesome.

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