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Printable: Friday the 13th Project Life Scrapbooking Cards

Since today is Friday the 13th (the second one we've had in this very lucky year!), I just had to create a fun printable celebrating my favorite lucky charm: black cats. And what's luckier than a regular black cat? Why, a black cat with thirteen legs, of course!

This printable is for scrapbooking or journalling cards compatible with Project Life or other pocket scrapbooking sets. What sort of spread will you make with these lucky kitties?

Files:
• Download the Friday the 13th cards here (PDF) - Prints on 8.5" x 11" paper
• Use heavy card stock and photo-quality printing for best results.

Printable: Valentine Journaling Cards

I've been using the Project Life/pocket pages system of scrapbooking for a little over a year now, and I really enjoy it. It's a really simple and fun method of keeping my photos printed and organized, and, as Tony says, it makes memory keeping into a baseball card collecting game. Fun, right?

The only issue with Project Life is that I don't always find cards and supplies that fit into my aesthetic, so I decided to create my own. I played around with that a little bit at the beginning of last year, but I hadn't made any more cards since then. With my love of red, pink, and hearts, Valentine's Day seemed like the perfect occasion to jump back onto the designing bandwagon.

Files:
• Download Valentine Journaling Cards here (PDF) - prints on 8.5" x 11" paper
• Set your printer to photo quality for best printing
• Use cardstock

Project Life Printable

By show of hands, how many other folks are fully smitten by Project Life? I found this scrapbooking method late last year and have been enjoying it ever since. I love how laid back it is, like a simple photo album, but I still get to collect all sorts of papers and tapes and stamps and tools for it. As Tony puts it, it turns documenting your life into a trading card game. (With as much of my youth as I spent at comic book shops, that certainly resonates with me.)

When I was picking out an album for this year, I knew I wanted to have a fun opening page, but I couldn't find any papers or cards that captured what I was going for. Instead, I decided to make my own. What with trying to close on my house and moving and general busyness, it took me a little while to finish the project, but better late than never, right?

And, I thought, perhaps there are some other folks who are a tad behind on their scrapbooking, too, so I decided to share this card set as a free printable here on my blog.  Download your own printable PDF here!

The photos for the front page are from a little photobooth I set up for New Year's Eve. Tony and I spent the evening at home, just the two of us. We made a fancy dinner and enjoyed the heck out of one another's company. I even managed to explode champagne all over myself and the sofa. (And if that's not the sign of a fun night, I don't know what is.) I love having these photos to remind me of the evening.

These photos have been re-edited using the A Beautiful Mess actions. I love them so much I think I'll reprint a set for my scrapbook!