Saturdays and Project Life Ideas with Biker Chick Tania Willis

How about some ideas for using Little Bicycle Products in your everyday albums? Biker Chick Tania Willis has been working on her Project Life pages with LYB's gorgeous Saturdays collection.

Hello, Little Yellow Bicycle fans!

I, like a whole multitude of scrapbookers, have decided that this is the year I will tackle Project Life. Not long ago, I made the decision to start out my project by purchasing a Core Kit---choosing the Cobalt design.

When first starting to populate the divided page protectors with photos and journaling cards I was disappointed at how visually flat everything looked. It didn’t take long for me to realize I wasn’t going to be satisfied with just photos and words on lined journaling cards. I decided I still want all the layers and the look of dimension, just without all the bulk of my typical layouts.

So what does all that have to do with Little Yellow Bicycle?

Well, in order to add layers and visual dimension without the bulk I will be combining my Cobalt Core Kit along with some of my favorite Little Yellow Bicycle products---the Favorite Pieces & Fresh Verse sticker sheets, Patterned Papers, Tear-Out Ticket Booklets, and Clear Cut Shapes.

For Week 1, I noticed lots of beige tones along with pops of red and blue in my photos, so I decided to spice up my Core Kit pieces by pulling from the brand-new Saturdays collection. The colors went together beautifully!

Here’s a look at the whole week together.

Now that you’ve seen the whole spread, let’s take a closer look at each side and how I was able to blend the Saturdays embellishments in without being so blatantly obvious. We’ll look at the left side of the page first.

In the overall view you can see that I tried to balance color in both the product usage and the photos so it is visually appealing. When in doubt, scan your Little Yellow Bicycle products for neutrals like beige, cream or white tones. These neutral colors help add visual interest, but not visual weight allowing the eyes to rest.

You can see in the image above how I added both a Fresh Verse sticker and a Clear Cut Shape, both in neutral tones to add interest to the photo without adding visual bulk.

As you’ve seen throughout all the collections Little Yellow Bicycle has released, there are always some lovely tone on tone patterns that work well outside of their intended collections. Those are the types of papers I plan on using in the upper left corner from one week to the next.

Bits and pieces from the sticker sheets, ticket books and clear cut shapes packs are the perfect products to pull from to spice up your lined journaling cards. You can see a little closer detail on how I’ve done that in this photo. At the top of the photo you see the “take it easy” chipboard piece. For some of these thicker/bulkier pieces, I am inserting the photo into the protector, and then attaching the chipboard on the outside of the protector. That way I’m assured that the bulk isn’t going to cause a weak seam within that pocket.

Okay, let’s move to the right side details. Here’s a closer look at the right side all together.

And let’s take a closer look at the Saturdays product in action.

Just because an embellishment is layered and dimensional in the original packaging doesn’t mean you have to totally discount it for use in your Project Life album….or any other project you want to make less dimensional for that matter. With just a few minor alterations, you can make a layered piece flat; such as I did with this “today” banner ribbon. It was originally sandwiched with two layers of foam, so I simply pulled apart the layers, removed the dimensional foam and reassembled it together with a thin glue dot. Then, I even cut the banner short, removing the phrase as you see here. The phrase is still intact and ready to use on another project.

On the photo above I could have just as easily left it plain with nothing on it, but a few little Fresh Verse stickers add just the right amount of detail. I love that the Fresh Verse stickers always have a handful of generic phrases and words, regardless of which collection they are for, making them perfect for Project Life

When deciding on how to layer products for this spread I made to sure look specifically for empty space within the photos. If you go back and scan through all the detail shots in this post you’ll see what I mean by that, but I think in the photo above it’s most obvious. By embellishing the empty space you are simply covering space that has no meaning to the overall photo or memory you wish to retain.

So whether you’re on the Project Life bandwagon or just doing your own thing, I hope you’ve found the details of my Project Life:Week 1 useful for how to stretch the use of your Little Yellow Bicycle products!

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Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Liz