Got some scrappy pages done

Whine ALERT!

I seriously brought too much stuff and while I

did get nine pages done, it was

painful.

I spent a lot of time looking for things, rearranging

things and hunting for things I laid

down 2 minutes ago.

Also, I apologize for the quality of the photos

but I have to strike while the internet is hot.

 So far my decision to use up my Pink Fresh stash

has worked out. 

I went to 4 Michael stores out here to pick up

my favorite pocket pages and none

of them had it.

Sigh.

It appears they're not stocking PL pocket pages in their stores.

 I decided to use the campground map for this page

of my scrappy spot.

It was a beautiful day, albeit a bit windy, to scrap outside.

 Picked up these free post cards and decided to pop

them in this pocket page.

They fit perfect and I'm leaving the backsides alone

so peeps can read the chockful of info on the back.

 I do love these patches from the parks and I think

I've picked up one from each park - or close to it.

They also have coins too.

I had almost caught up LOL.

As if that's even possible, but hopefully I'll

get another break soon.

Had these pages done for awhile

There were issues of course.

I couldn't figure out how to photo them well and

just decided to roll with the iphone

because of the glare since I'm basically using

a variety of pocket pages and regular 8.5x10

and then of course internet- it is very sparse

out here as is cellular.

It is so not everywhere.

 I am including (for now) the receipts and

pamphlets from the parks.

However, only a bit over a month into our trip

and the paperwork is overwhelming

so we'll see how this goes.

 I'm also wondering why my pocket pages don't look as 

cool as everyone elses.

However, they're fun and I should be 

getting the hang of it soon.

 I really like this particular pocket page as

things don't tend to fall out as much.

Really pleased with what I have so far.

I've been picking up patches and coins and other

do-dads from the park to include.

The embellies on this one actually came from a scrapbook

packet from Crater Lake Nat'l Park.

Washington DC photos from the wayback box

And I love them in a pocket page.

Some of these pix were mom's and some were mine she
had acquired because she liked them.

It worked out well because now I can point them to

the Road Trip album - which house a lot

of pix - starting from beginning to end of the trip I took

with Shane and Memaw. 

We had so much fun traveling the highways and by-ways
together and the memories rock.

I looked at that Road Trip album and omgee it was done 14 years ago

when I thought I was "da bomb" of scrapbooking

and "heavy sigh" the pages are sooooo "at a loss for words" LOL

but the journaling in that album - NAILED IT.

Random photos in one page

Yup. 

I've been getting into pocket pages and I absolutely love doing them.

Not all the time, but this past week and especially the

weekend my mojo done took a hike so

I've been reading and doing other

things because sometimes just stepping back helps.

Of course I stalk the videos too which I love too.

Anyhoo, I had all these photos chosen and printed and

they were getting overwhelming since I couldn't make a decision on anything

so then I had this brilliant

idea to just stick them all in a pocket page.

Shocking, I know, that it took awhile to think that one up. LOL.

But, I found that I had either scrapped them before

some going in other albums OR I really didn't have a story.

Not that I need a story but sometimes the story helps in the page design.

So.

Shazam.

It happened that I got all the grandkids on one page

AND my two kidlets.

How cool is that.

And I really like the randomness of the pocket pages.

I used some Tim Holtz stuff, WRMK PL cards

there is Studio Calico bits, punched hearts, QK and Mambi.

Remembering favorite things

photo 1-1

photo 1-2

Everyone has favorite things -

 things you enjoy

things that make you happy

things that bring you comfort

things passed down.

These are a few of my mom's favorite things

and some were my Gram's and then mine

and I thought it would be fun to showcase and

pocket pages worked it out the best.

Such a nostalgic page for me because some of the items

are not in my possession anymore

so it brings me comfort to see the photos of the items

especially when I see them as they were arranged

in mom's home.

Basic Grey, Bassil, various Studio Calico stuff, Doodle Bug stickers,

and thickers (which I turned the F around to make T's because

I was over finding a font that had letters I needed.

Same photos - different pages

I do little 8x8 pages for the family and I also

make pages for me....

Since I used the same photos it made sense

to post the pages in the same blog post.

I made an 8.5x11 for me of the granddaughter snowboarding

using a series of photos sent to me.

Using the Tim Holtz  coffee splatter stencil about

the page using white ink - I was disappointed when the ink

dried - as it was going on, and I layered it quite a few times

it looked like "snow." As it dried, however, it looks

like a spill. Used up an acetate ticket.

 Tucked some  QK snowflakes around

along with some bling.

 Studio calico paper going on with some red things glued about too.

So below since the entire family went snowboarding

I did a 8.5x11 pocket page for them

using the same sequence of photos along with 

the others.s

Used some of the Pink Fresh Christmas embellishments

scattering them about, some punched arrows

and Studio Calico stamp.

Tomorrow we're headed to the keys for a few days

of camping. Internet will be dicey but we're gonna have some fun!

I sense a pattern here

In more ways than one -

getting photos out of the box

another pocket page

using up those PL cards that seem to

mutate like rabbits.

The more I use the more I find.

Favorite eldest son home on leave and mom

caught pictures of him relaxing.

I'm also using up a bunch of bits and bobs too 

which is wonderful.

Have a great weekend!

Photos from mom's wayback box

My wayback box is out of control so I decided

to plow through my mom's - it was

a mission for a photo of her and found a treasure

trove of photos of my kidlets as kidlets.

(And I didn't notice that stupid tag moved. Sigh

Says not a quitter under it).

Anyhoo, while I was plowing through the box I found a ton

of photos and these I decided to put together

as a "theme". 

Nick on all of his rides throughout the years.

I thought that was pretty cool.

Of course the pix were all different sizes so putting

them on a mat was necessary.

I put a bit of journaling about his tenacity in learning

to ride, which didn't come easy.

That boy fell off the bike so many times I had to quit

watching because I wanted to make him stop.

But I had to let him persevere and sha-zam - he stopped falling.

Yay!! Go Nick.

Double pocket page spread

I have been wanting to do these pictures for a long time

but couldn't quite make myself do a 2 page 

spread because frankly they baffle me.

So these pocket pages worked out perfectly.

(and my title is crooked. Sigh)

And on a somber note - NONE of these photos were marked

with the kids names (and I did know every one of them)

however since I'm just getting around to scrapping them now

some 25-some years later, I only remember a couple of names.

So mark your photos and ID them right away, just in case you

can't get to scrapping them right away.

I did round the corners and in hindsight I'm not crazy about it.

This is Nick's kindergarten class and every year the put on 

a muscial/play and this year

was Jonah and the whale.

The kids and parents had so much fun and I never

laughed so much in my life.

(and yes I know Jonah and the whale was serious)

but they made it fun for everyone.

So they're lining up and the spotlight was getting into position,

well Nick wasn't happy the light was in his eyes

so mom got a picture of him pointing to the light and

waving his hand in a "move that" direction.

After they lined up to everyone's satisfaction, musical 

instruments were dispensed and in the course

of that, one boy just fell off the stage - then popped right up again.

Needless to say it cracked everyone up.

THEN

there were the action moves while singing.

The entire school did a delightful job and I really didn't

want to have to pick and choose these pix.

Grandkidlets in a Pocket Page

I'm kinda getting the hang and liking pocket pages.

I've used a bunch of PL cards and

then found more 😕.

I printed a bunch of photos in different sizes. 

Why? I'm really not sure.

Based on that indecision I broke out a different

design pocket page and started

laying them out.

Decision made!

It really worked out well having a bunch of 

random photos - especially when

its all the same family

but hey, it could work for all grands too.

New Years Pocket Page

Last time when I was running low on page protectors

I grabbed a box without looking and wa-laa

50 project life pocket pages.

I decided to keep them because I'm seriously

running out of album storage so I may

play around with them more to reduce the amount of 

albums I've been creating.

Since I create a page for 5 days each for the blog times

52 is about 260 pages a year.

About 3-4 albums sooooo....

 if I want to highlight a certain photo I can do that too.

Love how this turned out for maybe my second or

third 12x12 pocket page (I have done smaller ones). 

We took off camping for new year's 

with some friends and camped in Fort Perkins for 2 days

and because of bad weather we left and went

back to their place (they have a nice slice of property)

 and camped out.

However, prior to the bad weather we did go on a field trip

to the Naval Aviation Museum and the Pensacola Lighthouse.

I adore both.

It was a lovely time all around and very easygoing.

Storing different size pages in your 12x12

I have an acute tennis elbow or tendonitis in my right arm.

Let me say there's nothing cute about it.

Its keeping me from doing things I love; such as,

crossfit, scrapping, typing, any repetitive arm movements.

Extremely annoying I must say.

So therefore, I haven't done any scrapping - except minimal stuff.

I have seen this question or issue pop up in some threads 

and thought I'd address it.

It appears that some scrappers love creating 8.5x11 or 6x12 etc

but feel that if they scrap in that size they would need

that size album.

I'm here to say au contraire, my friends.

I have been doing this for years - putting all sizes in my 12x12 album.

And I must say its really fun to flip through.

Not so much photographing though

LOL.

But fun to have them in my albums and mixed in between because

 A. There's no rhyme nor reason to my albums

(very freeing) I scrap whatever photo or story as the mood moves me

for my every day stuff. Therefore

 B. there's no matchy matchy (which I can

do in matchy matchy in like baby or heritage albums) 

and also means there is absolutely no cohesive-ness to my albums

which I know that will drive some of you crazy.

I'd say welcome to my world - but I'm okay with it.

 I tend to let some things dictate what size I will scrap, such as:

A. Size of the photo

B. How stinkin awesome the papers are on both sides

and do I want to use both sides somehow

C. The size of any leftover and/or hoarded paper I deem awesome again

and still want to use.

D. The size or lack thereof of the journaling, embellishments and titles.

 So as I complete pages they get tossed in in random order.

As you can see here, I found some different sizes

that could use another page in them.

I love that - 

Also you can see I have assorted sizes, 8.5x11, 8x8 (which you

usually have to punch a hole for it to sit right in the book) and

6x12. I'll soon have some 9x12 - can't wait to try that size.

Pocket pages are totally fun to add in

especially when I think I have so many amazing photos (in my head)

that I want seen and a windy story to tell.

I also have some leftover pocket pages that are random sizes from

my last travel trip that I'll be tossing in too.

Just because I can.
I love not being bound to the same size all the time.

Road Album - Completed!

My poor neglected blog. AND.....

I RAN OUT OF DOUBLE-SIDED TAPE.

Seriously.

There's a page on it - so there was that, dicey internet

and quick overnights.

Those are my excuses and I'm sticking to them. LOL.

Now I need new ones.

So....I thought I'd complete the book in one or two pages,

mostly because I seriously slacked in

picture taking the last couple of days and I just wanted

to get home.

However, I had more stories to finish than I thought.

This page is about our ride into Silverton and Ouray

that I did blog about and now its official.

 I photo'd this 3 times and had issues with

the pocket pages glaring and then focusing. Arrghh....

Our ride into Santa Fe which was by the way a beautiful ride

however, parking a big rig with a tow in a historic district is a bit

tricky - as we found when we got caught up and

did a drive-by on the narrow streets, full of foot traffic and

no parking......so I think the let's move on bug

hit us both and we that's what we did.

 So the pronghorn photos didn't come out well but

I used them anyway because I feel they

came out cool enough and it's my album. LOL.

And part of moving on were those ribs calling our

name from Blues City Cafe in Memphis.

I ate way too much.

 The other stop before heading home was my dad's

in order to check up on him because

he's pretty active and I need to see what he's up to.

This year was the annual fish fry in the 'hood - where

peeps in the 'hood get the fish, fry it up and invite the entire

'hood to feast. I was busy eating, so lack of pix.

I am getting so lackadaisical by this time.

And there's my lament of double-sided tape - that happened

right after the snow photos from the last post.

 We ended as we began checking in with favorite

youngest son. He's doing really good.

Ate at his restaurant - and it was de-lish.

Had brunch the next day and took the long ride home.

 As we were riding, Tommy Traveling pants and I

were going over the stats and I thought

it'd be fun to include them.

And it was really - because wow - we did a lot when you

see it in black and white - or various colors.

And I have been waiting to use that card.

When we arrived home, I really don't like messing around.

I like to get the RV cleaned out and things put up.

Yesterday, I got back in my routine and worked out, then

had visits from my neighbor Gladys and friend Holli,

took a nap, and finished the book because

I have a ton of grandkidlet photos to scrap - so get ready.

The RV needs to be really cleaned inside and

readied for the next trip will be sometime in July.

So strap up your seat belts - we're gonna do it again.

I have a smashbook that needs to be used.

Thoughts on that?

Finally internet!! More scrapping on the road

I actually dithered about a bit with the Grand Canyon

pictures because I wasn't sure how I wanted

to roll -

I wanted to include the tickets and they fit perfect

in the pockets.

The "we're off" pocket pages fold over....

 So this is how it laid out.

 And folded on the backside.

 A 4x6 and 3x5 worked perfectly and honestly the

canyon is so beautiful its hard to capture or do it justice.

 The train ride was a lot of fun and I'm glad I was

able to catch a photo on the return trip.

 Then included some drive-by photos on the

landscape and some from the

 Natural Bridges and Cliff Dwellings.

Of course it wouldn't be complete with

the snow and the deer.