Tutorial | Using Project Life® Cards on a Scrapbook Layout with Geralyn Sy

The Studio Calico Project Life® kits make it so easy to put together Project Life® spreads, but often times I am left with a lot of remaining cards. The nice thing about the kits though is that they are versatile enough to be used for any project. Today I’m going to show you how I used some of the leftover cards on a layout. Here’s my process:

I went through my leftover Project Life® cards and chose ones that I thought would work well for the idea I had in mind (which would be a grid layout).

I used my 2” circle punch to punch out circles from the cards I had chosen.

I cut out 2.25” circles with my Cameo and layered my punched out circles on these larger ones so that they would have a white border.

I also chose three photos and punched them out with my 2” circle punch. Then I repeated the process of layering them on larger circles, but with foam adhesive this time to add a bit of dimension.

I laid out my circles on my kraft cardstock background, creating a simple grid design. I had 8 circles (5 Project Life®card circles and 3 photo circles), so I added one more plain circle for the middle.

Instead of leaving the middle circle blank, I used the fruit transparency from the Far Far Away Scrapbook kit in the middle. It fit perfectly in the circle and adds a fresh element to the page.

Using the Far Far Away Project Life®stamp add-ons, I decorated some of the Project Life®card circles with the stamped designs.

I went through the kits and chose chipboard embellishments to add to some of the circles for more interest and dimension. I love the gold flecks on the hearts!

Underneath the circles, I stamped one of the sentiments from the Everyday Moments stamp set and wrote my journaling underneath it.

To finish the layout off, I added a strip of patterned paper to the top and a little printable label.

Looking at the layout, you can’t even tell I had used Project Life® cards on it! It was quite simple to treat the cards as little pieces of patterned paper and the designs and patterns on them make them versatile enough to use on other projects. Hope this gives you some inspiration to find alternative uses for those Project Life® cards!

Supplies: Far Far Away Project Life® kit – Project Life®cards, chipboard words, chipboard hearts; Mirror Mirror Kit – Project Life®cards; Far Far Away Scrapbook Kit – patterned paper, chipboard ampersand, fruit transparency; stamps – Shine Stamp Set, Everyday Moments Stamp Set; printable – Far Far Away Printable by In a Creative Bubble; ink – Versafine, Color Theory Blush Crush; Pen – Muji