Just popping in to do a little catch-up on posting recent projects. I've shared all of these on Instagram / Facebook, but I wanted to get all of my pages so far this year that I've done for The Documented Life Project posted here as well, including the cover that I did months ago.
I started this back in July of last year, thinking I'd start half-way through 2014 and then do all of this year. I did the cover, prepped all the pages in my 18-month Moleskine planner, and then did 4 layouts and never really got back to it. But this year I'm really trying to keep up because I just love the concept, and I like having a place to just jot down a few notes about daily life, even if I'm not writing a ton. So, here's the cover... and I have to say, I totally love it! (so much humility!)
Full view front / back:
I used the Elephant March stencil along with the small one from the June 2014 StencilClub set. And the front cover when the book is closed:
The first week, I did a start to 2015 page that I've already shared - this was done with DecoArt Media projects for a blog post on StencilGirl Talk.
The next one was the challenge to use gesso. I painted and stenciled the background, then used DecoArt Media black gesso to cover a lot of it up. The circle and background stencils were from the January StencilClub kit.
The next challenge on 1/17 was based on the Color Wheel. I decided to take this one pretty literally and used the Complimentary color wheel stencil by Pam Carriker to make my own color wheel. The butterfly is a stamp from Dina Wakely, and then I used the 4x4 dots stencil from the October StencilClub kit to finish it off.
I kind of skipped the Words with Friends challenge... I'll go back and do that page, but I might just do something besides the challenge. Then this week's 1/31 challenge was to use some of your under paper (the scrap paper that gets all junked up with paint as you work on top of it.) The piece I used reminded me of an underwater scene, so I painted a tropical fish on top.
In the bottom right corner, you can see some remnants from working with Carolyn Dube's Small Union Stencil, and I finished it by using the Bubbles Stencil.
So that's my Documented Life Project work so far this year... looking forward to keeping this up as much as possible. More catching up to come :)
Gwen, didn't realize you did DLP last year! Love love love these pages!!
Posted by: Anna | April 14, 2016 at 05:34 PM
lol, I don't know if I'd say I did DLP... I got behind and stopped trying to catch up pretty quickly. But I did some! And thank you!
Posted by: Gwen Lafleur | April 22, 2016 at 09:34 AM