Monthly Moments -- January

I shared several weeks ago (click!) that I started my own version of a "Project Life"

type album that I was planning to make using one spread per month.

Well, this project has been ignored somewhat due to my determination to participate in the 

Papertrey Ink Anniversary festivities as much as I can.

However, today, Papertrey Ink must have known the guilt I was feeling

regarding this project and helped me out in two ways:

#1. They shared a whole bunch of new products on Nichole's blog today geared towards this
pocket scrapbooking trend AND issued a challenge to create some 3x4 journaling cards
(just the motivation I needed to get my first month done!)
#2. They came up with a great name for this new line,
which also fits really well with my project: Monthly Moments.

So, I pulled out the Basic Grey binder, page protectors, etc. that I won and
am using for my album and got to work.

Because my plan is to do just one spread per month,
I'm thinking that I'll be able to store several years in one binder.
So, I decided to start with a "title page" of sorts for the year.

There are four pockets on these pages: two 3x4", one 6x1.25" & one 6x4".

I used some Papertrey Ink card stock (aqua mist & white) and pinking border die.

The stamp is from Inspiration Ave, which I stamped in versa mark and heat embossed in white.

For this card, I used some Basic Grey Carte Postale patterned paper & MME enamel dots.
I die cut some aqua mist card stock with my PTI double-ended banner die & stamped
on it with a sentiment from PTI's Fabulous Frames.

For the centre band, I used another sheet of BG patterned paper and another stamp
from the same Inspiration Ave set.

For the bottom card, I again used some BG patterned paper (it's a nice pad!),
along with the heart die from Bubble Talk, on which I stamped "our" using stamps from
Wonderful Words Additions.
"Fabulous" is from an Ali Edward Technique Tuesday stamp set.
"Life" is die cut using aqua mist card stock & their Bookprint dies.

My next page contains my spread for January.
My plan is to use the divided pockets for one page and to use a 6.5x9.75" page protector for the second page, on which I include a 6.5x6.5" photo collage and some journaling.

And here are some close ups of the four Monthly Moments cards.

 For this card, I started with a base of soft stone card stock  on which I typed my
journaling with my typewriter.
Then I stamped some snowflakes from PTI's Two Feet Deep in versa mark
and heat embossed in white.
I stamped the "snapshot details" stamp (Elle's Studio) onto stamper's select white card stock
and adhered it to my card.

For this one, I used a Two Feet Deep stamp and die for my sled, which
I adhered to my sweet blush embossed with PTI's woodgrain impression plate background.
The banner die cut is Wplus9 & the "together" sentiment is from Wonderful Words Additions.

Here's the monthly moment card where I include highlights from the month.

I typed this on my typewriter onto some Crate Paper patterned paper.

(I'm thinking I might be happier with this being typed on a computer instead, but we got a new printer

and I haven't seemed to be able to print on journaling cards as well as I used to with my old printer

so we'll see if I can figure something out or stick with the typewriter.)

I used PTI's pinking border die to trim the BG patterned paper.

And lastly...

Here I layered a Fancy Flakes die cut  (cut from SSS woodgrain card stock) 

over some soft stone card stock and popped a MME enamel dot in the centre.

Well, I have to say that this took quite a bit longer than I'd thought it would,

which makes me glad that I am only doing one month at a time!

Thanks for looking!