Everyday Adventure

Love this paper with the star cutouts, so I decided

to roll with gold stars.

I especially love the Buttons galore, they come

with those neat sequins and itty bitty red things.

So cool.

 Oh after I glued the sides of the stars back I stitched the stars down.

I even stitched around the page.

 I left the thread wild because its a wild page.

There is Spidey on the loose with his trusty scooter

on the streets of Brooklyn.

Does Sam not rock the look?

Very fun!

Studio Calico, Buttons Galore.

Stamping with frenzy

LOL!

AS if I can do it any other way.

These are really really really old Technique Tuesday stamps.

And all these stamps come on a 3x4 on clear plastic.

So I liked all the words and decided to just ink that baby up

and stamp away.

I need to work on my technique, but in my defense

it sort of worked out.

Reality and mind really need to work better together.

Anyhoo, since it was wild on the left side I kept it

simple on the right side and the photo

was soooooo cool it didn't need much.

So the grands - Cavin is quite the football player

and Quintin and Amelia quite the cheerleaders.

Studio Calico, Technique Tuesday

Rubber Ducky

Adorable photo with some colorful paper

can't go wrong.

The photo made me smile it was so fun

and typical brother stuff.

 Used some SC art screen ink paint on some

really really really old Tim Holtz grungeboard alphas.

Turned out different.

I have no clue about art screen.

I have sooooo much stuff now I don't use so

I try not to jump on every new thing that comes out.

Gets expensive too and plus I really don't have the room.

But...I like the look.

 Divided the page up with some neat paper and

tossed some mist around.

 And while I was looking through my new stuff.

I found that banner that says "you're the one."

Love it when a plan comes through.

LOL.

Like I have plans.

Studio Calico

Used some mists

Love that the title already had splats on it and it

fit this page nicely.

And the old library card makes me swoon.

 And these feathers in combo with the feathers is very cool.

 I used some ranger mists on the background as well as

some stamps to give some dimension.

(Trying to get those stamps in there - I have a ton)

This was a fun page to do and I love the colors.

Doesn't that yellow door make you swoon?

Anyhoo, Annie and Owen headed back to school with

mixed excitement.

They love learning but had such a great summer

it's hard to get back to the swing of it.

Studio Calico, Ranger Mists.

Shine!

It appears to be working out okay with the melding

of ALL the kits and papers I ordered this month.

It's still kind of overwhelming but it

helps to just dive in.

So this page is a mix of old, new, really old and really new.

 I fussy cut those skyscrapers out because this young man

is NY grown and it just seemed fitting.

Kept it simple because it was such a cool photo

of Lou heading off to his first day of Kindergarten.

Instead of white mist that doesn't do well, I used

white enamel paint watered down for the splatters and

around the page.

I used black and white nuvo dots about the page too.

Love them because one can control the size!!

Studio Calico.

Stamping a background

I have sooooo many stamps - and I'm sure you do as well.

Because of that I decided that they need to be used.

All at once.

LOL.

And why not.

 Those cute banners came in one piece that I couldn't

work in on an 8x8 page so I whacked them up.

Love how they turned out.

Because of the wild stamping I kept other things

to a minimum and I love the photo.

It is layered with paper and a transparency on the back.

I have a bunch of back to school pix of the grands

so stand by.

Entries in my Faux Traveler's Journal

Speaking of the cards in the kits that

 tell what month said kit is - are in my faux journal.

It's actually the most consistent thing in the journal and

since we were gone from June through mid-September the

entries just have quick notes about our trip

using extra photos I had printed.

 I do need to make another entry pointing out the album

I put together while on the trip.

I'm also going to make an entry about the too

much stuff I took this time around as well so I restrain

myself for next time.

In fact, I bought a couple of 4x4 albums that I might use

or use a traveler's journal - for actual travel LOL!

Anyhoo, that's way in the future.

Birthday girl

When I got home from my wanderings I had 3 SC kits

waiting for me and one coming for September.

To make it more fun, SC had a mega sale that I went

crazy on, so now I'm overwhelmed with all these new products.

With all that it only took several days and multiple changes 

I put a page together. Woohoo!

 The above bike has been in my stash for a long time

and I'm so glad I finally got it used.

 I love this paper - so much fun with its pop art feel.

Amelia got to pick out her own bike and because she has 

2 older brothers, she decided she needed a bike

that reflected that.

She's rolling with the big boys now.

Love it.

No fru fru girlie bike for her.

So in being overwhelmed with so many kits and new stuff

I somehow lost track of which kit was what month.

Actually, I lost track when I took the cards out to use in

my Faux Traveler's Journal, therefore, since I

couldn't figure out what month a kit was (except for Sept)

I decided it'd be fun to toss everything all together 

and roll from there. 😐😐😐

Needless to say that made it even more overwhelming.

Tag Album

Not really sure what to call it.

However, I had these tags rolling around for a long time.

So long in fact, that I couldn't tell you where they came from.

I'm thinking maybe Creative Cafe.

Shades of wayback when.

 I just used whatever I had laying around that may or may no

work with anything else.

Now I need to decide what to do with it.

Random photos?

A theme of photos?

OR

just journaling

 (I do have a white pen and alphas).

Or gift it.

Any thoughts?

Of course there's a pre hurricane page

I apologize for the photo quality - there's shutters up

and it's like being in a bat cave so it

kind of threw me off my game.

Change is good right?

Anyway, took pix of the house readied for Irmageddon,

and it was very calming cutting and pasting.

I even got to use my 2 new stamps - a pineapple and flamingo.

You'll be seeing a lot of them 'till I get over them.

Seriously, the waiting is the worst.

Redoing an ugly page

So prior to leaving on our 3 month vacation I did this page.

Not only did I do it ONCE,

I did it TWICE.

The same way, the same colors.

Who does that? LOL... Twice - shows I

totally needed a vacation,

And its beyond ugly.

 So, I shuffled it aside and knew that I'd redo it.

I really would've liked the same paper so we could

go for a third try but I wasn't quick enough

to snatch it up at Studio Calico.

So..

One of the first things I did after hurricane prep was

redo this page.

I liked the other stuff on the page so I basically

cut off the yellow checked paper

and glued the entire piece on this pink paper

that is actually more fitting because I think at one

time my gram actually had wallpaper like that.

Studio Calico, Tim Holtz, Buttons galore

Finishing up my road album

Last 2 pages of the album completed.

It was sooooo cool, even though we were hotfootin' home

we did catch up with Shane in Ocala.

So we saw Shane at the beginning of our trip and at the end.

 Then just a journaling page on the final leg...

It was a wild ride, we even overnighted in a Walmart

parking lot.

It was interesting.

Our house is shuttered and we have food and water.

Updates will happen on Facebook

when we can :).

Thanks for all your prayers.

Last scrap on the road

I did do this a few days ago, but lack of WIFI/internet

well here ya go.

Currently, we are camped in Georgia, that now has

a state of emergency is some of their counties

because of Irma.

Irma is NOT nice and she needs to make a shart

right turn and go die in the Atlantic.

Enough already.

This photo is a recreation of one we took 10 years ago at

our family reunion. It was fun to do.

10 years - wow and I included a small photo of the one

from 10 years ago.

We really haven't changed much - we all look so young.

cough*cough

LOL

We also did a recreation of the 1st and 2nd cousins.

Since we all looked great 10 years ago I didn't feel the need

to include those. LOL.

However, I need someone to tell me who all the second

cousins are.

Sad though it may be, I've been in Florida since I was 15

so therefore, we all kinda lost touch until

the advent of technology.

So when I have their names I shall add them to my page.

Then came the Murphy reunion on Labor day, albeit

a few days early to work in everyone's schedule.

Another however, the weather totally sucked wind.

It was cloudy, cold and damp.

But we all survived and had a great time.

 Grandpop and Annie - very special.

And photobombed by momma - who seriously 

like momma like daughter.

Spitting image.

So we are poised on the brink of Irma.

We'll make it home tomorrow in time to set our house

aright for her big entry.

It was fun putting these pages together and again,

I brought waaaayy to much stuff.

It did make the whole scrapping thing annoying

instead of creative, as I was hunting things down and

so much I never used.

Therefore, next time, it's up to ya'll to reign me in.

LOL!!!

Good luck with that.

Labor Day in NJ

The weather was really ugly so we ducked under

Pat's beachhouse and just hung out.

The food was delish and the company terrific.

Grandpop and Annie..

 The Duffy fam with grandpop.

And of course bunny ears. Dad beat Owen to it. 

LOL!!!

 Alan and June.

 Cami - 15 and a sophomore.

Where did the time go.... sheesh.

 Me sporting the wind blown look with Cami.

 Annie and Goldie.

 Lucas whose growing way too fast.

 Maureen and Herb.

Desert time and if you've never had cannolli dip and

chips - you have got to try it.

Sooooo yummy!

 Annie chilling for a bit.

 And the requisite selfies....

 with Annie and Owen.

I need to work on my framing.

Sheeesh.

 Eventually we all moved into the beachhouse

to warm up because it became

really cold and damp so

the family photo by the fence did not 

happen this year.

Total Bummer.