Layout for Project M.E. Challenge #3: In the Next Decade

Here it is–my layout for Project M.E. Challenge #3.  To review, the challenge was:

What’s the one thing you want to accomplish in the coming decade that you’ve not been able to accomplish in the last one?

Here’s what I came up with:

Materials:

• Notebook paper packet
• Notebook My Stickease
• Notice the Details stamp set (Dec. 09 Stamp of the Month)
• Tiny Typewriter Alphabet stamp set
• Noteworthy stamp set
• Bamboo, Desert Sand and Black stamp inks
• Layout pattern: Reflections – Sidebar Understated (p. 49)
• Edge distresser
• Ribbon
• Cricut Die-Cut Letters: “Plantin Schoolbook”

Obviously this was a journaling-heavy layout for me.  The one thing that I want to accomplish in the next decade is to focus on being healthier.  In my thirties, my health was something I took for granted.  Now that I’m 40, I realize it’s imperative that I manage it better–from making better food choices to exercising.

The original layout pattern suggests a 5×7 photo.  I replaced the photo with a journaling block to contrast what I did in the ’00s with what I intend to do in the ’10s.

In the strip on the right side of the page, I used generation stamping to show passage of time.  The early years of the decade are stamped lighter than the more recent years.  I also used the direct-to-paper technique to ink the edges with Desert Sand.

Lastly, one of the neat features of the Notebook paper pack is that it includes two sheets of vintage labels that you can cut out and use as accents.  Since I wanted to showcase the journaling on this layout, I needed something that would support a small photo.  This cut-out did the trick.

The other accents on the page are from the Notebook My Stickease and the Notice the Details stamp set.

Don’t forget that Challenge #4 is up.  Check it out!

What do you think?  Have you tried Project M.E. yet?  What’re you waiting for?  Make it a scrapbooking goal for the new year to document yourself.  That’s what Project M.E. is all about.

Drop me a line below.