Birthday page without the "theme papers"

I love B&W photos.

They are so much fun to work with because everything goes

and reduces the clash of colors.

Isn't that owl adorable?? From a Halloween sheet that

I've been eking out and using sparingly.

 This adorable sticker came from Studio Calico I think

and when on some shopping spree found that cupcake.

Looks delish.

I did break out the die cut machine, punch and

fussy cut the "title".

 Love the arrows and shock upon shock

had that gray number that was 

perfect.

 The Studio Calico number page really

helped making it a celebration page.

I have so much paper and none of it "themed" really

so it was kinda of neat to do DIY.

Sprayed some SC color theory around just do

do something different.

I hardly ever spray mists anymore,

mostly because my spraying is totally out of control. 

LOL.

This is the third birthday for April - lots of grands in that month

and you got it - another one without a "theme paper"

coming up. If you check here another birthday page.

Have a blessed day!

Really really old paper

I did go with the obvious here again especially

when I found this paper in my stash.

This is really really old stuff - Creative Imaginations,

Marrah Johnson design, Creative Cafe Tag which is really

more red in real life. 

I also broke out the die cut machine.

Love those feathers.

 I paired that 6x6 number paper from Studio Calico

with the striped transparency because 

it seemed like the thing to do.

Even those tabs are big die cuts from Quickutz

long time ago.

 The cuteness factor of this photo is above a level 10. 

LOL.

He  has all the instruments he needs to lay down a track.

No doubt he'll rock it.

Both parents are musicians.

The perfect background paper

Happens to be an older collection of Shimelle

and its perfect for a mermaid.

And it turned out perfectly to go

with the photos.

Yesss...another multi-photo page.

This page is a loose take on one I saw from Eyoung.

She does such clean pages.

That I didn't copy LOL.

 Layers upon layers and no specific title really

and not a lot of journaling.

 And sequins because every mermaid needs sequins.

 I even layered the journaling tags - which

I can tell you I played around with for awhile.

For some reason and I don't need a reason - it just wasn't flowing right.

 It's too adorable however, that gap in the

middle is testing me.

I feel there needs to be some sort of connection

but since I can't think of one I'm

going to stick it in the album real quick before

the madness takes hold.

This is mostly Shimelle, with some Studio Calico

thrown in.

Bustin' that stash.

Banners and mixed media

I am really on a mixed media roll this week, here I

used molding paste and paint for the "stars" and

ink and stencils for the dots.

Of course the packaging technique came into play using

green and orange mists because I felt the brown and grey were too dull.

These are the photos I had in mind for Monday's page

that just didn't quite work out.

 For some reason I only mixed media half the page and felt the

bottom looked really plain - even with 3 photos so.....

banners. A mix of triangle and fishtail.

 I did get inspiration by watching a ton of Missy Whidden's videos.

I've been binging on videos since I got home.

She uses different mats for each photo.

I found I like that.

I did use a quite obvious title but hey

sometimes you just gotta roll
with it.
Studio Calico, Basic Grey, Paper Issues,
Tim Holtz and Crafters Workshop stencils.

Extremely busy paper made busier

By whacking it down to 8.5x11.

I found this beautiful paper by Studio Calico 

had overwhelming white space

especially with the photo I wanted to use

which is a 4x4 collage.

AND both the photo and flowers are vibrant.

 I messed around with layering a 8.5x11 sort of clear

vellum sheet over top but it muted it way too much.

I also did some stamping down the bottom of the page that

I found too distracting because I used bright pink

so I covered it up with white paint.

There ain't nothing you can't fix in scrapbooking.

 I like that everything is tucked up tight and

seriously all the white space would have

made me nuts.

(short trip).

It's a birthday page but not a typical one and I like that.

Its a collage from birth to five.

I have another one for Q who turned 8.

Using most every stamp I own technique

(Again with my poor neglected blog).

It's one of my favorite techniques that I lifted

from KittyScrapper.

If you haven't checked out Nancy - go see. 

She's a lot of fun and love her style.

Anyway - I used Navy ink to kind of go with

the package technique in which I used some Heidi Swapp mists.

ALL fun to do.

I actually did this page with other photos in mind

and it didn't quite work out because

of the way I did the all the stamping.

Shocking I know.

However, this photo actually fit perfectly so all is well.

I used a variety of Studio Calico stamps and a rolling stamp

that has fun sayings on it.

I also used that "stupid" arrow stamp that gives me fits

I mixed some mist with some molding paste.

I liked it so well I stamped all over it.

LOL.

I really quite like the mixed media going on here.

As you will see I seem to be on a roll with this week.

Studio Calico, Basic Grey.

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.

Heading to the mountains again

This time to the towns of Silverton and Ouray.

And that is snow at the top of this pass.

And it was nippy but not too bad actually we had 

the top of the jeep partially down.

 And there's how tall the snowbank is.

 Snow is beautiful on the mountaintop

 for sure.

 We did drive through - love the sign.

This is the town of Silverton from the mountain

and I'm betting that everyone there

know's your name.

 And old mining shacks are enough to make

one swoon.

 I did get shots of these last time we were here

without the snow.

A lot of the others were buried in the snow still.

 Cold, pretty water rushing down the mountains

and we filled our empty jugs up 

from ones that weren't so wild.

Tastes goooood.

 This is the town of Ouray

and of course drove down its main street.

We stopped at Mouses Roasted Coffee and Chocolate

and let me say they both will make your

tastebuds sit up and take notice.

 Of course we had to get the jeep in snow

and its a few inches deep

in fact four wheel drive was necessary to back it out.

 And then the weather changed. 

 Again.

Top is up.

Mixed media birthday page

Another birthday celebration and again, in Soaphouse Mama style.

Bits and pieces, with scraps and some mixed media

tossed in because I could.

 Isn't that owl adorable. 

A Technique Tuesday stamp I had forever.

 The card with the star is homemade and I lifted the

idea from this PL card and using bazzil cardstock and

a star from my die cut box - well it worked out

really well when the 

colors on the card below wasn't quite right.

I did pop up the star and used my white pen (I know) to give some dimension

and added more bits and pieces.

 Laid down some gesso (which I need to get some clear 

it appears) and used the packaging technique

to lay on the mists.

The blues aren't quite right but I like the

bright fun colors so its all good.

I love the collage photo - again the same as Amelia's

from birth to 8 and another birthday page

not using "themed" papers.

Its kinda of wild-I like that.