Take 12 in 2012: March edition

Hello March. Hello spring. Hello busy days. Hello Take 12, which is the monthly challenge to take twelve photos on the 12th of each month (or sometime around there) and turn it into a layout or something like that. Check out Ella Publishing for more information and to post your layout as well.

This month I decided to vary the page protectors. I had been going with Design F and Design E, which you can see in my January post here. These 4x4 sized pocket pages from We Are Memory Keepers were so much easier to use with Instagrams. I just used some patterned paper to help fill in the spots and of course that giant number 12 as a title (I am using a set from Ali Edwards).

I also used a journaling card from Cathy Zielske, just modified it to work with my 4x4 size.

Here I used the journaling card to share a story from the day.

And I am continuing to use the metal office tags and another digital file from Ali Edwards. This one says 12 good times. I love using paper from my stash along with the kit. To number the photos I used the white numbers from my Clementine Project Life kit from Becky Higgins.

So there it is! Pretty simple but fun. I used some Instagrams and a few from my regular camera after I got home at night. I also borrowed some pictures that my husband took of their adventures at the park. I processed those and my DSLR photos in a fun Polaroid iMac app called Instant. It's the most fun I've had processing photos ever. I just love it.

The bluebonnets were from my iPhone. Took a few minutes on my way home to capture a bit of the fields of blue I drive by all day. It's really gorgeous right now and it felt really good to take time and enjoy a few moments. And if you are wondering about my February Take 12? Well, it's in process. Like a lot of my projects! But it's fun. I love adding this to my Project Life. Really really. 

Take 12 Challenge in 2012: January Edition

I decided to do Project Life as a more monthly project, but my goal is to do it throughout the month, and not just wait at the end of the month to do an overview. That may or may not happen, but for now it is working. As part of that, I wanted to take part in Ella Publishing's Take 12 project. It seemed like fun and would make a great addition to my Project Life.

The challenge: take 12 photos on the 12th and document it. (or somewhere near the 12th, or sometime in the month). The goal is just to have fun with it. The prompt this month was taking inventory. Also did some of the collections and just a mix of our day. Even my husband helped with taking some photos! Turned out pretty fun.

I used the 3x4 divided page protector on the left and the 6x6 divided page protector on the right from Becky Higgins. And on the right I am counting those as one photo (he took the bottom left one in an iPhone app called Grid Lens, and the top right one I did with Diptic. I used mostly Instagrams.

This is a journaling block that I adapted from One Little Word class 2011. Once I printed on matte photo paper, I stamped the date using a date stamp. 

Thanks for stopping by! See ya next time on or about the 12th for more Take 12 goodness!

Updated:

The big 12 is from Ali Edwards Rounded Corner 3x4 Number Cards Brushes and Stamps from Designer Digitals. 

The smaller 12 Memories is from her 2011-2013 Date Stamps Value Pack from Designer Digitals. 

The Good Times stamp is from Ali Edwards December 2011 Studio AE Stamp set: It's Ok from Technique Tuesday

Project Life by Becky Higgins. It's an awesome product, one that is easily customizable to your own needs, stories, photos.