Sillies - Scrappy Saturday

Cris got he and the girls matching Vern t-shirts then they all proceeded to  be very very Silly.  For this layout I used a base page/pre made page.  I had gone thru an older K&Company paper pad and used it all up to create a bunch of pages.  I have a few left.   Whenever I'm feeling stuck or just need a quick win I pull one out and add the photo a title and some embellishments.  It's the greatest thing for quick scrapping. 

 

Thanks for  stopping by today.

Blankets - Stash Scrapping

 

All blankets in our house belong to the dogs.  Vienna especially loves the people blankets.  I mean dog blankets are fine but if you have a blanket she must join in. 

 

I did get an opportunity to use a giant doily punch to create this background.  I also used up some old rub ons for the title.  Very proud of that I have so many old rub ons if I find some that still work I'm excited.

Thank you for stopping by today to take a look.  Have a Great One.

Virtual Crop Weekend - The Scraperbowl - Sunday Pages

Today I didn't get as much done as yesterday but still better than nothing.   The first layout is of Emily at the Strawberry patch when she was little I think she ate more than she picked of course.  I created the title with the Silhouette and some red paper with black dots and strawberry seeds.  The strawberry paper is Imaginiece it's an older line.  I did find a wood veneer strawberry which was really exciting.

For the this layout I used American Crafts papers and some various dies to create this layout.  The bunnies and carrots are Spellbinders, the swing is memory box, the suns are IO and the title is Scrapbook.com.  The pictures are of the kids and their cousin playing in the back yard on one of  the first nice days we had. 

So that's 7 layouts complete this weekend.  Not too bad usually one of Victoria Marie's crops offer you challenges for up to 9 or 10 layouts/projects.  Sometimes I get them all done sometimes I get a few done it just depends on what else is  going on, on a daily basis.  The only bad part of cropping at home is that I still have to cook and take care of other things while I'm cropping.  But it's still so productive.  At a crop I would be talking and shopping and getting about the same amount of pages complete so I'm happy.

Hope you had a great weekend.  I can't wait for the next crop weekend.

Scrappy Saturday - The Scraperbowl - Virtual Crop 4 layouts Complete

 

Day 2 is here of the Scraperbowl over at Victoria Marie.  We've been enjoying online zoom chats while working and a great list of challenges.  Today I was able to finish 4 layouts.  The first one Precious Girl is Abbi all dressed in her fancy Holiday dress and posing on her new bunk beds.  She loves them.  I used  Simple Stories North Pole from my Scraproom Kit, Memory Box dies(alpha, poinsettia and holly), Scrapbook.com stamps, and Thickers.  There is also some gold dots and gold glitter paper to mat the photo.

 

  

This layout is of my Dad in high school.  The devil and winged shoes I created and cut with my silhouette as well as the title.  The black and white papers came out of my scraps.  Then I just added a black and red photo mat.

 

 Teddy was Emily's boyfriend at the times new puppy,  he came to visit us a couple of time and was just the sweetest.  Not sure Vienna and Gracie agreed.  I used a base page I created last year with K&co paper ten added Thickers and felt flowers from my stash.  Super quick page.

Lastly is the Halloween Mermaid page.  The picture is from a Halloween party my brother had and it's hard to see but I used all kinds of Halloween punches on the background.  I punched them in black and created a layered background paper with them.  The black and white paper came out of my scrap bin.  I also added Thickers.

YAY 4 more layouts created!  Getting closer to my goal of 25 projects I'm a little behind but catching up.  Thank you for taking a look. 

 

Scrappy Weekend Recap 3 Layouts

 

Catching up on some kits I made for Fall crops.  I always kit more than I need so I have a bunch of fall themed layouts to catch up on.   Which you'll see here in this recap.   I did put together this quick layout from  a pumpkin patch visit down in Leipers Fork while we were down in TN a few years ago.  Most of the pictures are of my Mom, isn't she cute!   I'm sure that last photo was her saying why are you still taking pictures.

 

This layout used a turkey I colored with my markers.  Bob and I look very excited while Emily works on her Thanksgiving Day craft project.  It's funny to go back and see old photos.  I remember that furniture and kids stuff in the background.

 

 

Last one for this weekend.  Here I used a base page I created awhile ago.  The paper is K&co from a pad I think.  The kids were enjoying lunch I made them some turkey dogs and they thought it was amazing they could eat them off of sticks. 

I'm hoping  I can pick up the pace for 2021 to get going on my yearly goal.  Thank you so much for stopping by.  Have a Wonderful Day.

 

 

Scrappy Saturday - Sister Snap Love

 

Trying really hard to get into Valentine Mode.  I've started making my cards and had all my heart supplies out, so I grabbed  my Scraproom February Kit and some other scraps that matched Echo Park Cupid & Co.  to punch hearts out.  I then laid them out in rows on black cardstock.  There are some Glossy black and shimmery red hearts in there as well.    I love love how the background turned out.  The photo got matted a couple of times and popped up with foam tape.  Happy to use some older tools to create a fresh looking layout!

 

Thank you for stopping by hope you're all getting exciting for Valentines Day.  Hope you have a Wonderful one!

Scrappy Saturday - HAWK (scraplifting yourself)

 

Scrapping again.  Following a challenge to scraplift ourselves.  I had this old layout with strips and the title with rub ons and circles stamped on the background from long, long ago?  It was in my gallery at TwoPeas.  I did something similar but stamped the title on circles and layered with foam tape over the scallop circle stamp.   I also did some additional stamping all around the page.  I'm generally happy with the way it turned out.  The papers are Photoplay from a Scraproom kit.

 

Below is my original layout.  I chose to type the journaling and didn't apparently notice the typo.  Oh My I guess that makes it even more handmade and special(ie. in a, does your Mom know any grammer? kind of way)  HA I do love the precious photo, this girl is 18 now and it's so hard to believe she will be leaving us to go to college in the Fall.

 

 

 

Thank you for stopping by hope all is well in your world.

Birthday Girl - Scrappy Saturday

 YAY the first layout of the year.  This is from an older kit that was put together.  I get why I put of working on this one. During this birthday party I seemed to have a problem taking pictures I was so busy making rainbow cake, fruit salad, jello and  cupcakes with rainbow picks I remember being exhausted.  The pictures visible were the best pictures.  Behind the photo on the top left and middle left with the heart I created pockets with all of the really bad dark and blurry photos that still told the story of Abbi's birthday.  Each photo has a tab to make it easier to pull out and look at.  I may go back and title each photo with little stamps.  That would be cute.  Now that I've posted this I need to go back and change it a bit.  

Okay so one layout but a double page not to bad for the beginning of January even if it is the second weekend.  Hopefully I will get some more motivation.

Thank you for stopping by have a Great Day.

 

 

Take a Bow - Scrappy Saturday

More dance pictures this one of when they were little.  Emily saw this layout and informed me this was her favorite costume of all time and since she has at least 2 every season that's saying a lot.

Here I used a single shot kit from the Scraproom and a few little embellishments from my color boxes.

Yesterday was the funeral so we are taking it easy this weekend.  Thanks so much for stopping by to take a look.

Senior Prom - Scrappy Saturday

Awww I am in love with this photo of Annie and Emily at their Senior Prom.  

I had a lot of fun using gold and white things in my stash here.  I did go a little nuts and make it a tad to 3D with those flowers I've had in my stash forever.  But I love it so I'm going to make it work in the page protector.

Things are still a bit rough here but we are getting thru it day by day.  Thank you for stopping in, hugs.

1st Day 7th grade - Scrappy Saturday

Here is the day Emily really came into her own.  She went to 7th grade and took charge of everything.  She looks so excited in the pictures it makes my heart warm to see them again. She's 20 now which is so hard to believe.  I had a great time scrapping these and taking a walk down memory lane. 

Still diving deep into my older photos and stash.  Trying so hard to use up my old Studio Calico kits.  This is pretty much all Studio Calico.  Just a couple things here and there out of the stash and the title is some Tim Holtz letters I got from Tuesday Morning.

Skies of Blue - Scrappy Saturday

Another song title layout challenge along with a sketch.  I had more than one of these in April and May.   The pictures are of a lovely Spring sky with all the pinks and blues.  The tag which is the main embellishment is from a day when I sat down to use my stash to create some embellishments.  I love digging into my premade clusters every once in awhile. 

I need to sit down and make some more embellishments it's a good way to zone out and use up scraps.

Thank you for taking a look today.

Splish Splash - Scrappy Saturday

Digging in to some old photos I found these adorable ones of Emily when she was little in a bathing suit in the water where she loved to be.  She is totally my little mermaid. 

I did start this originally for a challenge that included a sketch and the need to use a song title.  I think I have 3 song titles on this layout.  I got to use my Counterfeit Kit along with one of my Spellbinder dies(the mermaid) to create this.  I did find the sketch challenging so it took me too long to do.  But it doesn't look as bad as I think it did in the beginning.

Hope all is well.  Hang in there!  Hugs everyone!

Sweet Sumertime - Scrappy Saturday

Adorable girl chilling at her favorite ice cream shop eating her favorite food. I took the picture off of her Snapchat which is why the word Chill is cut off.

I had to use Doodlebug for this one!  The title is Queen & Co. letters and the buttons are from my stash.

Hope everyone has a Safe and Happy 4th of July!  Thank you for taking a look.

Vienna Love - Scrappy Saturday

This is "my dog" which is how everyone refers to her.  She is the sweetest girl and this is her favorite spot in the mornings when the sun hits the house right here.  She is a sunbather for sure.

This layout is from an older layour kit I put together.  I love to have a bunch of these on hand I grab a handful and work on them when I have time.  The paper is from Studio Calico and the vellum leaves are Basic Grey most everything else is from my color boxes or my old Studio Calico stash.

Have we all slowed down as restrictions start to ease up and we can start going places again?  Hope everyone is well!  Hugs

Controversy/Conspiracy - Scrappy Saturday

This is a cute pic of the girls with their new palettes from Jeffree Star.  Emily is the best big sister she went and got them for both she and her sister.  It was an exciting day.

For this layout Dianne and I decided to do a 80 embellishment and mini mixed media challenge with each other.  For the mixed media part we picked a Missy Widden layout to guide us since she is the Mixed Media queen and I need a lot of guidance.  Unfortunately mine is  a straight up scraplift.  It didn't turn out as nice as hers but it made it a little easier to do since I feel unable to do mixed media on layouts.  I do love how the rainbow water colors turned out with all of the similarly colored embellishments.   This color scheme made it fun for me to pick out 80 items to put on my layout and it's exciting putting a little dent in our stash.  I think we will do this again but increase the numbers to put a bigger dent in our stash.

Hope everyone is hanging in there and staying busy during the lock down.  Thank you for stopping by today.

The Great Stash Bash 2020

I'm loving making my own kits from my stash.  Today I'm sharing my kit for The Great Stash Bash 2020.    This one specifies the amount of supplies in a kit and you choose the items with their recommendation and a supply focus item.  Which is great if you want to wind down on some things.

Here is my kit Above are the papers 7 Older, 3 Newer and a Few scraps.  Below are my embellishments Old at the bottom and newer Top Right as well as the washi tape I intend to use the bottom washi is glitter.

 

Here is the recommendation list. 

 

Counterfeit Kit Challenge Kit April 2020

Good Morning.  I've finally done it I've created a Counterfeit Kit to play along with the Counterfeit Kit Challenge this month.   Above is my kit.  It's loosely based off of their kit inspiration from Cocoa Daisy below and the color scheme.  I see some older embellishment sheets I'm trying to use up over in the left corner.  The white words are cut files.

 

I'm excited to play along this month and get some layouts done and some products used up!

Hope everyone is having a great day!  Stay SAFE!

Preschool Graduation - Scrap Our Stash Challenge

Finished another layout challenge over at Scrap Our Stash challenge blog.  Luckily the papers in my Counterfeit Kit Challenge Kit for March included colors in the March What's My Challenge YAY!  Using up my older supplies is fun.  Here I used papers from Pebbles - Garden  Party, Making Memories - Flower Patch, and some from and unknown K&Co paper pad(sorry torn out a long time ago).    The numbers are die cut with an older Memory Box number set.  And that sad little graduation cap on the birdy is hand cut and pieced together.  The bow is from a Martha Stewart punch from scrap paper.  After I put it a together I doodled the edges and corners.

So besides the color combo we needed to add a stash items that starts with each letter of our first name.  Mind are below:

M - Metal (metal key ideology?)

A - Alphabet (rub ons American Crafts)

R - Ribbon

N - Numbers(die cut out of gingham vellum)

I - Ink (chalk inked all edges)

E - Enamel Dots

I had a great time playing along with this challenge and pulling from my older stash to create this.

Thank you for stopping by to take a look I hope everyone is having an Awesome Sunday.  We are having dinner with my parents tonight via ZOOM so that is what we are looking forward to today.

Crop Partner - Scrappy Saturday

Another layout today using older items from my stash.   I continue on my journey to Use It Up and create some pages for my scrapbooks.

This one is of Dianne my partner in crop or crop partner.  We have done the Scrapbook Expo crop a few times and always have had fun.  Not sure how productive we are as you can see we're just taking pictures and thinking about food.  But it's fun none the less.

This layout uses a lot of Basic Grey including some very old rub ons.  I have found very few of my rub ons from BG still work but I got a few on here.  The paper is from a 6x6 paper pad by Basic Grey.  The pink letters are Simple Stories and the white rub ons for Partner are from Heidi Swap.  There are Studio Calico veneer and puffy stickers, Basic Grey banner embellishments and a Doodlebug doily.  Some things I don't know they are just from my bits box. 

So far the scrapbooking is keeping my mind occupied and I feel like I'm getting things done. 

Thank you for stopping by today.  Hope your day is Wonderful!  Stay Safe.