Wild & Free Chipboard Album - completed

I wanted to create an album that was would use

up the chipboard I had stashed as well as

the enormous amount of scraps I have laying around.

No rhyme or reason I just tossed

whacked up scraps

and other assorted leftovers I have on hand.

I totally got carried away and had fun.

I really need to go easy on the pop dots though.

🤣

I found photos of my boys when they were younger

so why not add them.

Also added are photos I printed and were the

wrong size for what I wanted originally.

I used a lot of "precut" die cuts

that didn't work on other projects I

originally whacked them for.

I also included papers that I made

using leftovers on white cardstock.

I had fun using embossing folders.

I also decided that titles could be optional

and use phrase stickers or stamps.

And envelopes.

Love tucking them in.

Did a couple of black & whites.

So the kidlet with the blue stars 

is the

younger version of the man on the page below.

All grown up.

I didn't do alot of journaling either 

because I journaled somewhere else.

I discovered in doing this album

I don't have nested square die cuts.

I need to do something about that.

I finally used that Smokey Bear sticker.

It's been around awhile.

I can't believe I left a blank page.

🤣

I love the different sizes and I did

move things around if I needed to.

I had a blast using a bunch of die cuts

I forgot I had.

I busted some stash but not enough.

It's quite bulky and clumsy.

❤️

I love how it turned out. 

 

Homemade state flag journaling cards

I decided mostly on overnights as we pass through states to do the state flags and use them as journaling cards as I have no photos. I started with Colorado which we did stay a couple weeks, and then Mexico because it was cool.

I mistakenly made one for Missouri when I really needed Mississippi LOL. 

I tried to be respectful so when I couldn't draw it or die cut it I downladed the emblem.

It was fun!!!.

Some are easy and some not so hard.

 

Homemade project life card

Because I do have limited supplies and storage, 

I don't have a lot of room for pre-made project life cards.

And I love them.

However, making my own and customizing them

is a lot more fun and I've gotten so much

better at making them.

This is a Sissix thinlet die that has a bunch

of sea creatures on it.

I use it a lot.

As you may know if you read my other posts

I have a love/hate relationship with

those dies that have ITTY BITTY pieces.

Like a puzzle 😐

I am not fond of puzzles.

Oh that "stitching around is a Technique Tuesday stamp.

They have 6 different ones - A fav!

I found because of the way I do things that 

whacking everything out all at once

and then trying to figure out 

where everything goes.

That is not a plan you want to employ.

When I made these I cut ONE CRITTER at a time

AND THEN,

I actually put it together RIGHT THEN.

Of course you have the packaging close at hand to

check out the photo of more than occasionally.

IT WORKS WWAAYY BETTER.

And don't get me started on those itty bitty little dies. 😐🤣🥸

 

Travelogue Vol 1

Another one in the books while on the road - it's just getting

way too fat.

It has also come to my attention that maybe I should name

my albums.  I do name the albums in photos so I can can track

by state and this one is named

 The Aspen Trees in Bloom Tour

because hubby wants to see them. 

I'll be adding that to the album cover.

I got bored with using the same page protectors - so I 

purchased some different ones.

At first this 12 2x2 page baffled me until

I found those cute calendar 2x2s - coming

from a baby 6x6 pad I purchased.

How cool is that.

I also purchased some 6x8 page protectors but I

really didn't use them much.

I need to change that.

I also love making my own project life cards.

Keeping ephemera - such as the maps they give

you at the campgrounds so you can find your spot.

Also has lots of cool information too.

New baby grandson ❤️

And in that envelope is a recipe for pickled

beets in my dad's handwriting.

Favorite youngest son was married in Vegas.

Like mama like son.

🤣

We had a bit of mishap on the road when our tow bar broke.

It could've been so much worse- we were blessed

because we were only a couple hundred miles from

the Blue Ox headquarters where we were invited

to come hook up spend the night and left

with a brand new tow bar - free of charge.

Sturgess was fun - and we went off biker season because

that would've been a hot mess.

OH and that South Dakota PL is actually their state flag.

My hubby purchased a new purse for me.

I love it!

And sometimes the photos need to go in sideways.

I am learning to do portrait instead of landscape all the time.

Learning curve.

OR

I print them 4x6 and most of them look okay trimmed to 3x4.

And then favorite youngest son managed to 

get flung over a the handlebars of a scooter and

ended up in the hospital with a traumatic front lobe

brain injury.

He is doing very well now. 

Still needs rehab - but he's alive.

Love cruising the towns and coast and take lots of picures

every now then a cool lighthouse or deer

jumps in the camera lens.

I also found the 12 2x2 page protector

can hold a bunch of pictures 

that keep the bulk down to a mild roar.

Mostly.

Favorite youngest son, while recovering came with

his wife to camp with us in Oregon (that was scheduled

to happen the day after he had his accident.

We had a lovely celebratory time.

We did walk a couple miles each day around the marina

and it was such a wonderful time. 

Chatting.

Because Coos Bay was special I decided

to end that part of the album because

we motored on up to Waldport and they

went home for more recovery.

Love how this album turned out and I am

in the process of creating a new one.

I love this size - it's easy to roll with when we're

on the road. 

Hopefully HL will keep making these chipboard albums.

I just need to find different inserts to keep

it from getting boring and stale.