Need Family History Inspired Cards? I've Got You Covered!

You know what I just haven't seen much of out there in the digital scrapbooking world? Pocket cards themed around family history.

So what did I do? I made some!

Introducing the Family Tree card collection!

This card kit includes over 30 cards to help you document your family tree—starting with yourself!

There are information cards for you, your parents, your grandparents, and your great-grandparents.

Here's a page I made using the Grandfather and Grandmother cards (I blotted out the sensitive information). 

These cards come pre-filled with the Name, Born Location, Died Location, Parent, Spouse, and Children items on the card. You can just fill in the information for your relative.  If you want what you type to match what's already part of the card design, I used a font that looks like a typewriter called Silk Remington which is available on Dafont.com (at least at the time of writing this blog post), and you can easily download that font yourself and use it in the Project Life App.

Also included in the kit are cards with familial words on them - first in English centered on the card, but in other languages in the background. Cards include; Family, Father, Mother, Grandfather, and Grandmother. The cards in the kit are sized 4x6, but should work in 3x4 and square pockets as well.

An example of the "Father" card used in a square pocket.

Any finally, there are some pedigree chart cards, and some cards with quotes about family history—some with my own brand of quirky humor!

I'll be creating more kits in the coming weeks, so check back here for more photos or the kits, cards, and pages I make with the kits! And be sure to check out my shop where all my cards kits can be found!

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A New Kind of Card Kit - Focused on Journaling!

Man, who knew that this card marking thing could be so fun?!

I've decided to try a little bit of a different approach with this next kit, which incidentally is available now!

I'm calling this approach, the 4-3-2-1 journal card collection:

4 Designs

3 Sizes

2 Bucks

1 Theme

So here's the first kit: 4-3-2-1 Seaside!

A little card kit with just a few sizes of journaling cards, with a ocean/seaside theme. Lots of versatility with multiple orientations and sizes--that work perfectly in the card pockets in the Project Life app.  

This kit has four cards: a card with a surfboard and a matching border, a card with a a coconut drink, a card with flip-flops, and a card with palm trees in the background. 

Just journaling cards. That's it!

Here's a couple of pages I made with cards from this kit:

I'll be creating more kits in the coming weeks, so check back here for more photos or the kits, cards, and pages I make with the kits! And be sure to check out my shop where all my cards kits can be found!

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The 50 States Card Kit

 I've created another card kit which I'm calling The 50 States!

This card kit is HUGE! There is a card for each of the 50 US states in each of the following sizes:

• 4x4 square
• 4x6 vertical
• 4x6 horizontal

That should fit just about each and every journal card pocket option in the Project Life app! Plus, I've also included a card for the District of Columbia, and the continental US, too!

You can use the state-shape cards as journaling blocks, or as filler cards. It's all about super versatility!

This kit also includes a set of 3x4 filler cards (in both horizontal and vertical orientations) with the state shape, and names of the 60+ most populated cities within each state!

Here's a couple of pages I've made with these cards, showing off different ways you can use them:

3x4 filler cards shown in the middle pockets

4x6 journaling cards shown in the bottom pockets

I'll be creating more kits in the coming weeks, so check back here for more photos or the kits, cards, and pages I make with the kits! And be sure to check out my shop where all my cards kits can be found!

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My Very First Card Kit!

 Well folks, I finally did it!

I made my own digital pocket-style cards that work perfectly in the Project Life app.  I've been wanting to do so for the longest time, especially when I couldn't quite find the right card within the app itself that I wanted to use. 

Oftentimes there was a kit that, in my opinion, was just so-so for my page-making needs. Maybe I didn't like the color scheme, maybe there just was the perfect card I wanted to use.

So, I made my own! This first kit is called Out to Eat, and has a TON of cards in 3x4, 4x4, and 4x6 sizes--and both horizontal and vertical orientations. There's journaling cards, filler cards, and this particular set has cards you can use to rate the food at the restaurants you visit!

Here's a sneak peak at some of the cards included in the kit:

These cards are available in my shop: From the Duck Pond right now!

They are easy to use in the Project Life app, too! Here's how I do it.  I make the purchase from the shop on my computer. I know you can do it from your phone, but I find that doing it from my computer is just easier. When you make the purchase, you are given a link to download a zipped file. I double-click that zipped file to open it's contents, and then move those files to a folder I've created on my desktop.  After I've gotten all the zipped files opened and the contents saved in a folder on my computer, I then save a backup copy of the files to Dropbox. I use Dropbox to store all my photos and digital card kits--and it's easy to access things saved in Dropbox from the Project Life app.

Once I've saved the files in Dropbox, I open the Project Life app and put in my photos from my page as normal. When I want to add a card saved in Dropbox, I tap on the pocket, click the button as if I was going to add a photo, and when it takes me to my Photo Albums options, I select Dropbox.

Then I navigate within Dropbox to find the folder where I've stored the card I want to use.....

...and select the individual card. 

That pulls the card into the Project Life app. Then I can add text to the card, if needed, using FFT (the Free Form Text feature).

Repeat as needed to add additional cards and photos to finish off your page! Super simple!

I'll be creating more kits in the coming weeks, so check back here for more photos or the kits, cards, and pages I make with the kits! And be sure to check out my shop where all my cards kits can be found!

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