Another birthday coming up-a pinterest win!

Pinterest rocks!

I'm just bummed because I can't figure this out on my own.

It was quite easy to put together.

Cookie Monster.

Who doesn't love a good cookie.

Studio Calico, Recollections cardstock, Martha Stewart alpha punch

Death Valley - Scrapped

I wanted a pocket page and I think I'll

be doing a lot of them 

because I'm collecting a lot of the 

National Park maps and guides.

I want to keep them.

It'll be neat for future generations to see them

and hopefully, want to go see.

 Recollections Kraft and Black. 

I actually did the scallops myself and lines

were needed.

I also purchased that Death Valley coin.

Isn't it perfect.

Got a lot of layers going on using Tim Holtz. 

There is hidden journaling there carrying the red

color and the green, how cool is all that.

So this is a photo of Tom out on the salt flats

and he picked up a chuck which has

been fussy cut out (as a photo) and used as part

of the layering only because whole it

dominated everything. 

Anyway, the chunk Tom picked up was solid and

extremely salty.

Of course, we tasted it. 

My New Traveler's Notebook

Raise your hand if TN's annoy you when the get

bulky - it's hard to work in and hard to photo.

Well it does me too.

Although, TN's are not supposed to be bulky, but

how can you NOT. 

Dimension rocks the pages.

So I decided to not do that anymore because I was more

annoyed then creative.

Since going full time and wanting to go smaller

I picked up a few TN's that were on sale here and there.

This was one of them.

I didn't take a picture of the real cover because

it said "you are rad". 

Not exactly the look I was going for. LOL.

All the pages inside are plain white too

and kind of flimsy (not cardstock or PP weight)

so I'll shore them up as I go.

So I pulled out the staples, whacked everything up and

redid the cover.

We shall see how this goes.

Pink Fresh, Recollections cardstock & Holli's moose.

We also toured the Air Force Museum

That had every plane and then some under it's roof.

Including some Russian MG's.

So there's the infamous blue tag, that was made for

the previous page.

 It works here which is just as well as I didn't

want to re-write the journaling because 

sometimes you only get it right once.

Why tempt fate.

 I used the map of the museum as my

'page' because it was cool and why not.

And there's my title with popped up jets.

Love that they had fun with the planes and

the faces they had.

It was already quite busy so I kept everything

to a minimum.

I broke out the ole die cut machine for that eagle.

And don't it work perfect. 

That is placed strategically on the Arizona State

from The Paper Studio.

46 more to go.

 LOL.

8.5x11

Pinterest - Comes through again

How adorable is this happy face

birthday card.

So easy to do and so fun.

Layers, circles and washi tape.

And googly eyes.

Studio Calico birthday stamp that

I use a lot.

Love the confetti look and

carried over some of the layers.

I am please to announce - I have all the cards in the mail.

Woohoo!!!

Birthday card for my girl

I knew the minute I saw this stamp that

actually belongs to my pal Holli,

that I would get a lot of use out of it and so far,

I have. I stamped quite a few.

Hoping to do a few more before we leave.

I knew this stamp would make a great card. 

 And that ice cream - does that not look real?

It's studio calico.

I used ranger inks and for the life of me can't figure
it was scattered straw or spiced marmalade and maybe
vintage photo.
It probably is vintage photo because the only
other brown I have is Van Dyke and I

know it's not that.
Maybe.

And a plain sentiment on the inside.

I stamped a few stars and confetti to jazz it up some.

Miss Amelia will be eight.
Where did the time go.
Seriously.

Recollections, unk stamp, ranger, Studio Calico

Pinterest & the Grinch

I had a blast doing this card and totally

surprised myself.

I do not have a lot of confidence in drawing

my own stuff so therefore, 

 when I make cards, I punch, die cut, stamp

and fussy cut  but never "draw."

But, once again pinterest comes through and I love it.

 I actually free-styled those eyes, brows, and most

importantly that Grinch grin.

And don't forget the nose.

I totally surprised my bad self.

And that makes me wanna do more.

This card is another favorite of mine.

Recollections, Studio Calico, Studio G.

St. Patricks day cards

Cruising through pinterest these shamrocks

caught my eye and were easy to

make using my heart punch and

some watercolors.

I was also thrilled to use those pretty sparklies too.

And then I got to thinking.

Where is the fun in these cards for kids.

Specifically the grandkids.

 So back to the drawing board - I removed

the pretty sparklies and made leprechaun faces.

Some parts were hand drawn, others

I used my circle punch.

It was fun to do, and while I'm not the

greatest draw-er it's okay.

I'm learning to embrace the "imperfections".

Recollections cardstock. Studio Calico stamps.

Gotta love ideas for cards from Pintrest!

How about these cute turkeys???

If I have to actually BUILD a critter, or thing, I need help.

Since I make about 12 of them, I like 

something simple.

Doesn't get much simpler than circles, squares and stamps.

The feather stamp is from Dear Lizzy stamp set - one of my favs

and I used distress inks from Ranger.

The hat is made from one inch squares and the brim a thin strip

cut to size and I actually handwrote the sentiment and their feet.

Am I artistic or what LOL.

And who doesn't love googly eyes.

The nose & buckle were whacked out of some older

Studio Calico paper.

These little guys are a composite of the bunch of examples

I happen to come across.

Recollections cardstock.

PL- Patrick Henry's homestead.

I wanted to try these smaller pocket pages and 

I had a hard time getting the size of the photos right.

I don't measure well so instead of

tossing out the pix I mounted them on kraft because

I thought it went well with the surroundings.

 I did get carried away with the flowers.

And in looking at it now maybe I should've used white

instead of kraft but it was looking

mighty fine as I was going along so there it is.

I also found some Tim Holtz do-dads that worked

well with the photos.

 And how often do you get to work a radish in.

I think its a radish. LOL.

Using that stash up.

Since the pages of Andrew Jackson and Patrick

Henry are together in the album I decided

to combine their pamphlets together.

Recollections Kraft & Flowers, Tim Holtz

Heritagy looking page

I love heritage and ancestry stuff and I kinda

miss scrapping them.

I did some ripping and tearing and don't

that make ya swoon.

I didn't want (to me) to showcase  these pictures

in the PL protectors because I'm still trying

to figure out the embellishments.

I don't want the photos to be overwhelmed but

I wanna be creative.

I'm finding it hard to meld the two.

So I'm just going to try different things until

I find something I like and works for RV living.

I saved the tickets and managed to find them prior

to completing the page.

I seem to have a real hard time holding on to

ephemera on the road and I usually complete pages

without since locating them in time to be

included on the page escapes me.

I can't be the only out there. 

 I did cut down the tickets to fit the page

and I did want to keep the part where we

got a rain check but didn't take advantage of it

because it was still raining the next day.

Studio Calico.

Homemade Traveler's Notebook

It's not fancy - Very basic.

It all started because the TN I already had

had flamingos everywhere.

I live in Florida, I like Flamingoes and usually I don't

have a problem with "makin' do" but I

couldn't get past the Flamingos as a TN for

our trip to Alaska.

Well it was raining, and I was being lazy, so I checked

the TN and decided it can't be that difficult.

Welp....

 I then measured (I know right) anyway I have a ton

of recollections 8.5x11 white cardstock and decided why not.

 I whacked it down to 8.5x8.5  and folded them in half.

My flamingo book had 15 pages so I rolled with that.

But it needed something else - like a cover.
So using black recollections cardstock - I whacked it down
a bit bigger than the pages and glued to the
front and back of the pack.

 The hardest part was actually stapling the pages together.

I had a small stapler that could be opened (you know what I mean)

so I had a brilliant idea to split the papers in fives and

wa-la semi easy stapling.

I had a ton of Basic Grey stickers that I wanted to use up

and Also some Studio Calico and Inkadinkado stamps that I thought would be cool too.

 And just started decorating the pages randomly.

 I'll be taking photos on this trip of course, but I

won't be printing any, and because CRS (can't remember stuff)

has kicked in, I needed a journal, if you will, to document

our days so I can remember later when I actually scrap the pix.

FULL DISCLAIMER - The black and white striped cover for the journals 

was made by my pal Nat. The cover actually houses our women's devotional study 

and well it totally works for my Alaska stuff.

So now I'm gonna see if she has extras - because 

I need one for my devotionals.

Recollections cardstock, Basic Grey, Studio Calico

Ninth grade penmanship

That I found on the back of my ninth grade school photo.

So in setting up this photo I found some

really old Basic Grey papers and embellishments

that look really good together.

 I copied the back of the photo and I was baffled

as to why I'd write my name and address on the back of it.

I guess in case I lost it LOL.

How wild are those capital letters - it's fun to

see how my penmanship has evolved.

 After I put it all together I decided that some sort

of backing was needed so I was able to cut down

and using some grey card stock making a lovely soft frame.

Not a very smiley photo - and check out the duds
and the hair....the flip.

I have a brooch pinned to my collar

and that vest - with matching skirt was homemade.

Basic Grey, Recollections, 7 Gypsies rubons, Tim Holtz.

QK Lemonade font, Studio Calico.

Scrapping on an 8x10 and a video

I have done this before because I really love

doing it when the photo rocks.

This cluster is the only embellishment going on

and I love how it turned out.

So either the sentiment or the #dreambig

can be the title.

 Love this photo of Amelia overlooking the mountain

prior to taking off downhill on the slope.

It almost looks 3-D.
At 5 years old she's quite the snowboarder.
Below is a short video of her rockin' the slope.

Sissix diecut, moose punch, pink fresh,

studio calico washi.

Fussy cut and doodles.

Loved the "a" side of a paper from the

SC January kit.

 I punched out the icons I wanted with a circle punch

and then went back and fussy cut the icon out

and popped them up for a bit of dimension

and doodled around them to cover up some "leaks" 

from other icons.

Punched flowers with some homemade enamel dots.

I actually used recollections white cardstock with

the packaging technique and mounted it on some pretty

striped paper and stitched around. 

Cut the branding strip into banners and fussy cut

a hand drawn hashtag. *gasp*

It really turned out fun!!!

Studio Calico!

Went crazy with the mixed media

I have been bored lately and wanted to do something different

especially with this great photo I took of Lucas.

And I seriously needed to use the mustache stamp.

 I did lay down some gesso on some kraft paper and 

commenced with the watercolors.

I also used a bunch of background stamps and stencils

trying to keep it manly.

I also broke out the embossing powder to use on that

wooden veneer from Studio Calico.

 Of course my bird had to make an appearance.

 And one of these days I'll have a flashback and remember

where this brad came from.

It makes an unobtrusive title.

This photo has been flipping around on my desk for a long time.

I couldn't decide on 

WELL

a lot of things. LOL.

It was a lot of fun to do and I totally love this photo.

Every now and then I get a photo right.

Grandkids being adorable

Seriously how cute and fun is this.

I couldn't resist.

I found the star paper (unk mfg) in my scrap box

and thought it perfect.

So then I needed to build something around it.

Something goofy and fun.

I used Studio Calico poppy paint to make the lines

on Recollections cardstock to make

 an American flag.

I wanted it to have that Americana look mostly because I

can't draw a straight line.

 I cut out the stars

from another page where I started the lines

that didn't work out.

So a win-win there.

I googled superheros lyrics and found these.

They are so perfect.

Added a title and wa-la.

Adding ephemera to your page

I do love keeping ephemera although

tickets are really not the same anymore as

they can be printed now and aren't as snappy as

the used to be, however, you can see the

price, it has a date, and pretty much

does a lot of the journaling for you.

It's also neat that peeps down the line can see

what you were up to.

I did cut the tickets down from 8.5x11 paper they were

printed on and then of course the wrist bands

that really don't match anything on the page and I'm 

okay with that.

My DH knows that items like these are to be saved - and

he does it well since he tends to be the keeper of said items.

 The background was created with gelatos (the first page I got

WAY too carried away and had to start again).

I'm okay with the gelatos BUT  I don't feel mine are as amazing

as Wilna's or Adele's therefore the majority

has been covered up.

 Well dang now the "title" can't be seen well here

but IRL it's okay. I struggled with 3 styles of alphas

in several different places. Sigh.

But aren't those Heidi Swapp hearts peeking out adorable?

We attended the Blues Seafood Festival with our

friends with the express intent in seeing

Beth Hart - she is an amazing singer and performer.

She's sort of like Janis Joplin on steriods only Beth can 

actually sing. I discovered her lovely self

when she did several albums with Joe Bonnamassa

and we all know how I feel about him.

Best Blues guitarist ever.

I was actually impressed with my bad self getting photos

of a concert that turned out decent.

I really would've liked to smack some people's heads

out of the way though.

Just sayin....

Anyway the paper is the Paper Studio and Recollections

cardstock backing it with some gelatos and

Studio Calico thrown in.

Stamping Frenzy

I believe I may have used them all. 

LOL.

Actually there are Studio Calico, Creative Cafe, Amy Tangerine,

Recollections and Dear Lizzy.

I actually love the chaos. 

Do you remember QK Stillettos alpha font??

I know it fits perfect in that space.

The hearts were stash from many kits ago and

they look great on the page.

Changed it up to 8.5x11 and mounted it on

black cardstock which makes it totally pop and I used

the reverse side of the paper to mat

the photo along with black cardstock - I thought

about layering more but I felt it

would detract from that lovely photo.

Of Sam.

And his blue eyes.

Another collagy page

I warned you this would happen.

I took these photos were taken as we relaxed at Babcock Webb

Wildlife Management Area and while

I could've scrapped each individually - however, some of

these photos wouldn't stand on their own

or there are really no stories behind them, i.e., bee on a flower, 

bird in the grass or a dead snake, etc.

The snake story might be amusing though as it was lying
on the side of the road-dead with its head and rattler cut off and
how macabre is that....

- seriously
we mostly relaxed in a chair,
I took the most of the photos from said chair

what more is there to say.

So.....

They look awesome in the collage,

they look great in the album not taking up a bunch of room, 

and bonus ding ding
 no one is bored because Lynn's storytelling is slacking.