1984 Family Scrapbook layouts

The Groh boy books continue. This is a 1984 pocket page layout. My page contains Project Life cards by Becky Gibbons by American Crafts.

Turkey and Thanksgiving stamps are by Hero Arts.

Alphabet stamps by Lawn Fawn. The sentiment stamp and number stamps are by Close to my Heart. 

Circle punch is by Creative Memories with the Family sticker by Deja Views

This layout is made from scraps. There's a Project Life card, Gold paper by Creative Memories and I can't remember where the mustache sticker is from.

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1981~1983 Scrapbook pocket pages family album

There is a story that goes with these first two layouts. The short version is, there were family members that didn't want to look at these scrapbooks.
And I can’t make them. SO...
I had already finished the layout on the left. The 1982 page on the right was made after that occurrence.
Then I was told that I can't have my feelings hurt if people don't want to look at the Groh Boy books. I was only a jerk for the next couple of layouts. A friend strongly encouraged me to go back and add labels to these pages. I will when I'm ready to. 

The patterned paper in this layout are by Recollections, Craft Smith, Best Creations, and Carta Bella. The sentiment stamp is by Hero Arts. The name labels are alpha stamps from Lawn Fawn. The number stickers were by Pink Paislee. The Christmas trees and the arrow are cut out using my Cricut. The green rounded square is by Spellbinders which has been inked with green distress ink. The letter stickers are by Little Yellow Bicycle and word stickers were by SRM Stickers.

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July 2011 up north trip layout

I have another layout for my nephew's scrapbook. The Circle die cut is by Elle's Studio. The patterned paper is by Fancy Pants from 2011. H2O paper is by Splash of Color LLC. Fiskars border punch on the orange cardstock at the top.

This next picture is the pocket page card. 

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Pool Pictures in Arizona 2011 Scrapbook Layout

I wanted to do a more creative layout that used some mixed media for my nephew's scrapbook because the layouts were all looking the same. Spice it up a little bit. 

So, I used embossing paste and a stencil for the waves at the bottom. See my reaction below the photos.

The stencil is by The Crafters Workshop.

Embossing paste by Dreamweaver Stencils.

The colored powder, called Fx Metalic powder was used to make the paste green and blue.

The alphabet stamps are by Close to my Heart.

The vellum sentiment on the net is from Creative Memories.

The Cricut cuts:

>Large volleyball net

>Arizona

>Shorts (draw and cut)

and 

>Goggles

The patterned paper is by Colorbok

Here's the background that I made. I hate it. I didn't use the powder correctly.

 It's ugly but I used it because of all the time and effort I put into it.

To lessen the ugly background, I covered it with some die cuts. I love the die-cuts because they are so cute and appropriate but that made the layout too busy.

Here's the other side of the pool layout. It doesn't match at all and maybe that plays a part in why I dislike the pool page.

Some of the patterned paper is by Stampin Up.

The fireplace in the corner is a stamp (?) that I colored in with colored pencils.

I have to include my quote, 

"It doesn't have to be perfect, it just has to be done" 

Cindy Groh

Here is a link to my 2010 Arizona scrapbook layouts:

The much better Arizona Layouts

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Fishing Pocket Page and Scrapbook Layout

Today I have a Pocket page layout from my nephew's book.

I cut out the sentiment using my Cricut.

The cartridge is called Just Because Cards. 

Size 3.5 on GCD cardstock.

The fish die-cut is by Dies...To Die for.

The word "now" are alphabet stamps by Stampin Up.

This is another one with pictures taken at our cottage.

The title and anchor were cut with my Cricut.

Letter stamps by Lawn Fawn.

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Gabe 1st Bike Ride Scrapbook Layout UPDATED

I UPDATED THIS POST ON 10-6-21. I added the other half.
I have a layout today. Patterned paper by Reminisce. Border stickers are from Creative Memories. Die cuts-Cricut. Letter stickers are by Studio 112. Bike Sticker is by Frances Meyer

 2010 Pocket Page and Scrapbook Layout

I already posted the other side to this

The letter stamps are Close to my Heart

The Photograph stamp by Deep Red Stamps.

The set is called:

Vintage Photo Frame

The camera sticker by Creative memories

The patterned paper is by Sunborn

Sorry I haven’t been posting. I just don’t feel like anything I’ve done is anything different than all of my other cards or layouts.

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Manly Monday Joe in 3rd Grade in Germany Layout

Sorry I’m late. I was working on Easter cards, which you will see the rest of this week.

I also want to make a disclaimer. I’ve been editing this post for over an hour. There may be poor wording and punctuation. I tried. Lol

Here we go!

I have an old layout of my FIL as a child in Obervac, Yugoslavia where he was born and lived until 1953 at which time he and his parents came to America. They settled down and made roots in Detroit, MI where my FIL's parents lived until his father’s death. 

My MIL was born and raised in East Detroit, MI. She met and dated my FIL in high school. He was two grades ahead of her. A few years after the two were married in 1961 they moved to Grand Rapids, MI for a job opportunity for him with the IRS.

The "May 1949" stamps are by Close to my Heart

The arrow sticker pointing out my FIL is by Becky Higgins

The die- cuts are by Cricut (for the 3rd) and Quickutz (word grade)

The patterned papers are by K and I Memories, Die Cuts with a View, and Colorbok

I’m entering this layout into not a card challenge at 

The Male Room

Next, is the opposite side of this layout is a pocket page with some information about the family.

If you look at the bottom right pocket, you will see the photo of Joe and Opa with words next them. Those were the words written on the back picture.

So what I did to preserve this part of the family’s story is, I scanned the  backside of the photo and then printed it on photo paper to place next to the photo. Problem is, I’m not sure how to tell people looking at the scrapbook what that is. 

I’m open for suggestions. I started doing this early on with my MIL’s photos because honestly having old photos that are labeled are hard to come by.

The problem with my FIL's pictures, many of them are written in German.

You know what, Oh well. I think it's pretty cool and I hope the next generation will too. (And maybe learn German. Lol)

Here are the two layouts side by side. They sort of match each other. To me sort of is close enough.

I will now share with you my own personal quote:

"It doesn't have to be perfect. It just has to be done"

-Cindy Groh

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1962 Family trip to FL Scrapbooking Pocket pages.

In 1962 my MIL's family and only the family went on a vacation to FL. Here are a few of the many photos from that trip along with some cute photos that I wanted to include in this book.

This is the right side of the layout. See the bottom for the two sides together.

Alphabet stamps are by Close to My Heart

I cut words FUN and CUTE with my Cricut

The smile sticker is by Studio 112 and Family Vacation sticker...My guess is from the Current catalog.

The die-cut border is by Martha Stewart and the bottom center card has a square in it by Elle's Studio. There is a brad after the letters FL inside the square.

Patterned papers are by October Afternoon (Squares with a pop of red) and Poppy Stamps (polka dots)

(((This is terribly confusing)))

Maybe just look at the pictures

Here they are together and they're not totally the same but for me, they are close enough.

LINK TO LEFT SIDE LO IS HERE

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1981 Family Times Scrapbook Pocket Pages Layouts

I kind of like this layout 

I used stamps by Stampin Up and Lawn Fawn 

Patterned paper by Die Cuts with a View, The Paper Studio (horse embellishment on top of a Spellbinders die cut) and Making Memories

Border punch by Tim Holtz

Stamps are by Clear Dollar Stamps (graduation) and Inkadinado (horse)

There are a bunch of random stickers on these layouts.

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End of 1980 and into 1981 Pocket Pages

This isn't the most exciting 2-page layout but I need to keep going.

I used a lot of the same supplies as the previous layouts.

The patterned paper is by Stampin Up (left) and The Paper Studio (right)

Funny things:

The left side, the Christmas tree inside the house photo. My MIL always loved big Christmas trees and she got one this year. I bet you the heckled her for that. But she loved decorating for Christmas.

Then on the right side, there is a paper in dad’s hand that says HELP. It saddens me that no one else in the family finds that as funny as I do.

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1980 Summertime Pocket Pages Scrapbook layouts

Today’s layout starts with a disclaimer:

For now, the left side layout is plain and needs something before its deemed as finished. It does need some labeling but I’m holding off until I know what I’m going to do with the rest of the page.

I had two ideas and made those ideas into embellishments just as I had envisioned them.

Problem: the embellishments looked good alone but not on the layout.

Sometimes you have leave a layout and come back to it. Time to move on to the next pages. Things will fall into place just not yet. 

  

The other side is my husband’s maternal grandparents 40th wedding anniversary.

The  grandkids were left at Grandma and Grandpa’s house 

There’s a picture of them in the top left. 

Crazy to me, how that picture was overexposed or something.

You look at that picture and the ground looks like snow. It’s not snow.

Their anniversary was at the end of June and everyone’s attire points to summer or at least warm weather.

The patterned papers are by Me and My Big Ideas

Some labeling stamps by Lawn Fawn 

A few label stamps were from SNP, which is no longer in business.

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1980 Power tools and Brick Back porch Pocket Page Layouts

I think this 2-page spread is before yesterday's post. It's close enough.

The saw blade and 1980 were cut with my Cricut 

Label stamps and Utensils stamps on the bottom middle card are by Lawn Fawn

Black letter stickers by Tim Holtz

*Note-If you see those stickers anywhere in my room, please point them out to me. I can't find them. Ugh!

The shovel sticker is by Forever in Time

Music notes and fishing stickers from Stickabilities

Border stickers by Creative Memories

Embossing folder by Darice

Patterned paper by Stampin Up, Me and My Big Ideas, and My Mind's Eye

I inked the edges of the saw. He received a power tool as a gift for most occasions. Birthday, Father's Day, and Christmas.

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1980 Building the back porch Scrapbook Pocket page Layouts

There are a lot of pictures in 1980.

I used stamps by Lawn Fawn Harold for name labels and Riley for 1980.

The stickers by Echo Park. It's a Christmas sticker sheet.

The die- cuts are made by my Cricut I inked the edges and put the bricks inside 

I used the negative of the bricks as a stencil in the upper left corner

I used red and green scraps of paper and some square brads

I used the Deep Red Stamps 

Brick Background stamp 

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1980 Easter Scrapbook Pocket Pages

This top part is short and sweet, rather to the point.

Whereas the bottom layout description is lengthy. You've been warned.

I used stamps by Lawn Fawn Harold's ABCs for name labels as usual 

I also used these Lawn Fawn stamps:

Violet's ABCs for the first card #1 and #5

Riley's ABCs for the word Easter

The arrow stamp is by Heidi Swapp. 

I would stamp the first time when the ink was its wettest on the outside

Then I'd huff on the stamp and stamp it again moving in toward the center

I think this technique is called generation stamping. 

Please correct me if I'm wrong.

These planner stamp sets are the perfect size for my pocket pages.

The diamonds, squares, and Ampere sign are stickers by Creative Memories

The gold number stickers, 1980, are by Stickabilities (7/8" Hand Drawn)

The cross sticker is by Recollections

Next.

The Brick background stamp is by Deep Red Stamps.

I stamped the above on off-white cardstock and then onto a Lawn Fawn die cut

I lined the bricks up on the paper and the die cut

I was trying to give it a dimensional feel.

My list of Lawn Fawn stamps for this page include:

Of course Harold for the labeling people

The word Easter and the egg are from one of their planner stamp sets

The word birthday is from the Everything stamp set.

The 1980 number stamps are by Stampin Up

I used some square brads in a few cards.

I labeled some of the photos with labels from the computer. 

When there are more people, the stamped labels are too big to fit on the cards. 

Plus I don't have their names already stamped out in different colors on different colored cardstock like I do with the intermediate family. 

When I make one name label for a family member, I make a ton of them.

Honestly, the names are relatively short-Joe, Dan, Paul, Oma, and Opa. 

When I do a Mike label, I switch out the last two letters and do Mimi.

Steve and David are the longest names and sometimes I switch out letters for their names since they both have a v in their names.

Moving on, the green border stickers in the middle row and center bottom row are from Creative Memories

I was pleasantly surprised that I was able to stamp the word birthday on the sticker.

The arrow sticker is by Becky Higgins Project Life.

So here's my WTH rant.

The brick sticker in the corner is by Forever in Time 

I bought at Dollar Tree

This one little pile of bricks sticker is the only one that I could find in my stash.

I have a folder of just "Tools"

I have a Creative memories 3" thick binder of just "Boy Stickers" 

I have a binder with a folder of die-cuts for the male gender

I have a folder for Manly Monday, more masculine crap 

Plus I can't forget all of the other folders and binders that

I went through looking for some damn bricks!

And this one cheapy dollar store sticker is the only one I found.

Thank you for looking and listening to my silly rant.

I looked for and did not find a wheel barrel sticker

This causes me to get more creative in the coming pages.

I'm not sure if I've ever mentioned this but Opa was a bricklayer. 

Hence, the more than usual bricklaying projects in these photos.  

1979 Christmas and 1980 Snowstorm Pocket pages

It's 1:35am and my head bobbled and I woke up to see WWWWWWWWWWW

on the screen. Why a W? Not sure.

I will say it's a good indication that I need to go to bed.

The patterned paper is by Echo Park

Spellbinders die cut in the center if the first card

The year is Cricut cut.

Lawn Fawn labeling alphabet Harold

On the second page, the four large 4x6 photo spots are patterned paper by Echo Park.

The 6x6 pad of paper came in handy

The bottom embellishments are from my Mom's stash

The word Dan on the left is a Quickutz die 

 The center square uses most of the 1980's stickers on a sticker sheet.

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Have a great week.

1978 Snow, Family and Friends scrapbook layouts

This layout is different for me because I used a lot of the same product line/collection called Everafter by Cosmo Cricket. 

Normally, I go thru my stash, make a huge mess, and match things up as I go. That works for me because I like to rediscover products. 

The base patterned paper on both layouts is by Crate Paper

First square:

I used 2 journal cards from the set, a date alphabet stamp by Stampin Up, and eyelets on each end.

The second square 

I used alphabet stamps by- Lawn Fawn called Harold

The black alphabet stickers on this layout are all by Tim Holtz 

Third square card 

It uses a journal card from the set

The letter stamps are from Oriental Trading Co

The fun kitchen die- cuts are by Cricut

Border stamp on top and bottom are by Inkadinkado

Next layout:

I was able to use a large amount of the borders from the set to frame the patterned paper (by Craft Paper)

I used a border in the center to separate the top and bottom 

The top half is the actual moving into their new house and the bottom photos show the surrounding areas of the new house plus 40 acres.

I used two journal cards for the set.

The one on the top and center  and the other is bottom right.

I used the Lawn Fawn alphabet- Harold on: Moving Day, the address in the center and Steve's name at the bottom

I used the Lawn Fawn, "Say Cheese, Too" for the word August and 1972 in the bottom right card.

Lawn Fawn's Riley alphabet stamps in the bottom right corner, "Honda 600"

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