2016 PL Week Five

Hi, everyone! I'm back with my Week Five spread! This week is a two-page spread, separated by a monthly divider, so I used a different style on each side! Read on for more!

The left hand side has a bright poppy red/yellow/teal/green color scheme. That sounds like a lot but I think it works. It was so fun to use bright colors!

This page is an homage to women I admire. I used an Amy Poehler quote/picture and a picture of Beyonce performing at the Super Bowl that I found on google images. I also added a shaker pocket with a "star" wood veneer The patterned paper on the left was a random find from the crop I attended a few weeks ago and it dictated the color scheme for this page.

 This yellow card just happened to be the back of last week's card and it was pretty perfect! I used an ombre ink pad to color on the Citrus Twist script work "cheeky" and layered on some stamps and a puffy sticker. "Cheeky and brilliant" indeed! I needed some pops of the poppy color, so I dug deep in my stash and found these chipboard phrase stickers from Studio Calico late last year. the added just the right amount of color and texture.

The green 6x6 marble patterned paper in this pocket is from the CT January PL kit. I used my silhouette to cut out a feather and inked over it with some pigment inks in coordinating yellow and green. It didn't turn out exactly how I had hoped, but it has an "art journal" quality to it and it fits the look of this page, so I'm happy. I sewed through the middle of the feather and pulled up the edges a bit to give it some dimension. I got this feather idea from Dearly Dee. I love her blog and the way she uses the CT kits! Check it out if you're a subscriber, she's awesome!

The right side of this page has a navy blue color theme. The top right card and the quote for the week were chosen because my dad had a medical emergency. I always struggle with how to journal "real" feelings. So I added some song lyrics from a song that perfectly captures my feelings about the situation. It's not intentionally vague, but it's a reminder of an event that was painful without being painful to see in my album. 

I used another google image of "The Martian" (an awesome book and movie! Check it out if you haven't seen/read it!). that quote in the book made me laugh out loud while I reading so I was happy to add it, salty language and all! I really liked how the card on the left turned out. I got it from Amy Jo Creates. The white dots on the navy background looked like stars in the night sky and the "adventure" die cut from an old SC kit echoed the bronze/gold round helmet he's wear in the photo. the banner says "you got this" which is the perfect sentiment for someone trying to survive on Mars, don't you think? I added some journaling to the right of the photo about how much I liked the book and movie.

For some reason, I took a lot of pictures of my feet this week. More than usual, I mean! So I added three of me in different places- work, gym, casual. I added one of the journal cards from Amy Jo Creates. On top of that is the heart that came off the Citrus Twist kits bag. I stick it on the jounral card. I like how the vertical heart is on top of the "love" and it echoes the shape of my feet in the pictures surrounding it.

I also finally decided how to deal with the back of the baseball card dividers I am using to seperate each month. I ordered the Basic Grey warehouse box and it came with a bunch of 12x12 sheets that I don't have much use for! So I cut them down to back the calendar page and add a little bit of interest. Here is the spread with the month to the right....

... and to the left with the Basic Grey paper backing it. I like how this looks a lot!

Thanks for reading! i hope you liked it!