Mixed Media - Make a wish

This page with the black lines was done for the Monkey Man page.

The monkey was going to dangle on the page

and well it looked..stupid.

I abandoned this page until I came upon this photo

of my brother's birthday party rolling around in my embellishment bin.

 I am also using stash from my embellishment/die cut extravaganza and

these primary colored flowers are perfect for the photo.

The photo was actually printed on regular paper because I had

visions of using it in a junk journal. 

Since I'm not doing well with the junk journal thing it was perfect

for this page. 

Sadly, all I know in this photo is my brother (with the black 

suspender look) and I'm the cranky looking one

jealous of the attention he's getting. LOL.

Evidently I'm in trouble because everyone's looking my way.

Love the buttons galore tossed about. I happen to have

a jar in just primary colors.

Shazam.

Love the sequins and those itty bitty red bits. 

Adding a bit of color.

And no page is complete without some Tim Holtz words

topping it off. 

Travelers' Notebook - Party!

 I know it seems to the young that things are going sooooo slow

but in reality, their birthdays come fast and furious.

 I used a lot of stamps, fussy cutting and of course

I had to pop them up.

And Miss Amelia - turning 8.

Really when did that happen and did it go fast or what.

She looks soooo grown up.

No more little "little" girl anymore.

Studio Calico.

Birthday cards

This year I got not only ONE card from the bro

but TWO.

And if you look closely at the stamp, it's a photo

of the bro on the stamp.

How cool is that.

Stamp.com.

 And the return address.

LOL.

 One card was for last year, and one card for this year.

How fun is that.

Certainly unexpected.

Of course it had to be scrapped.

Watercolors, doilies, and a tag with hidden journaling.

4th of July cards & a Birthday card

Sent all the grands a 4th of July card

made from kraft cardstock

and then being quite bold and daring

I freestyle painted the stripes using regular

craftsmart paint.

The stars are from a punch and popped up.

Assorted stamps for the sentiments. 

Then firecracker girl Annie has a birthday 2 days later

so I broke out my flamingo QK die cut

and added a fun party hat and a googly eyeball.

Love the splatters.

Got a couple more cards to go before

we hit the road for the summer grandkid tour

and the family fun for Labor Day at the shore.

Rockin' another birthday boy

Had a lot of fun making this page.

Love the colors.

And what about those bats you might ask.

 Well.

 The birthday boy is Sam, a batman loving boy

and that was the theme of his party.

You may remember his impersonation of batman here in

case you missed my awesome handstitched 

bat mask.

Hence, the bats.

So Sam is the big 5.

It brings on lots of responsibility like

Kindergarten and everything.

Studio Calico, Hero Arts stamp, Quikuts die.

The big 7

Another festive birthday going on in 

the month of April and

that would be Miss Amelia who turns seven.

I am saying that it went by way too fast.

She is turning into such a little miss,

no more baby look for her.

 Another Quikutz number, because I needed that size

and color. I should use my dies more.

The flower, burst and heart are punches impersonating balloons.

I just love the fun wild colors.

Studio Calico, Quikutz.

The big 10

 That magical double digit number that almost

makes you a kid and not a little kid.

 I picked this paper because the symbols looked

like a Q to me.

I decided to highlight them on the page in case

I was wrong but I could still make them look like a Q.

The orange color was plucked from

Quintin's, the birthday boy's, tee shirt.

Let me know what you think.

It's an 8x8 size for the mom's album.

Love that camera.

I have a package of them and OHMY - no bottlecap.

It wasn't like I didn't try.

LOL.

Studio Calico, Tim Holtz, 8x8

Have a couple of April birthdays

I decided to be a bit different this time.

Studio Calico. Dear Lizzy.

Celebrate 8x8 size

Had this old Studio Calico paper that just screams

P * A * R * T* Y

Funny story - when I cut down these stars I did NOT

do so with the word celebrate in mind.

It just fit and I was all like

WOOHOO!

 And what's a party with a banner.

Oh and the 2017 at the bottom

didn't preplan that either.

Doncha just love it when a plan comes together. 😏

Love how it turned out.

Very fun and festive!

August birthday - she's such a sweetheart.
Tuesday too.

Birthday card for a friend

It was fun to do and easy.

Watercolors, stamps and buttons.

My friend loved it.

Studio Calico, Buttons Galore.

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.

Continuing with April birthdays

April is a happening month for birthdays

in this family and continuing

on with Studio Calico on this 6x6 page 

celebrates Lou's birthday and his dad's that

happen to be on the same day.

 This paper has a fun "confetti" type celebration look but

I whacked a hunk out of it, therefore it needed whacking down to 6x12.

I love that size.

Used up some transparency stash that I had forever

and totally works with this paper.

It started with a watercolor background

It totally did.

Different shades of blue/green in

stripes in the background that I promptly

covered up.

I know you're surprised.

 Also went into a stamping frenzy with some

Studio Calico birthday stamps and

broke out the magic mesh. I like that stuff and

only have a little left.

Is it still around?

 Also used a lot of different color blues.

I would've love to have a donut here but alas, this cupcake

has been hanging in the stash too long 

so there you have it.

Quintin and Amelia have birthdays within a week of each other

so I thought I'd toss their photos together for

their mom's album and because they looked like fun

together.

Celebrating a birthday

Love this confetti paper from my Studio Calico kit its perfect

for a celebration.

Added a doily to ground everything and I'm lovin'

using them more.

 The embellishments from My Mind's Eye 

work well too and that dog is adorable.

 And I finally got to use that card.

I find those hard to work in a page a times

and used some die cuts from my box.

It's nice having some premade.

Love how it turned out and I included

one of Jill's hashtags.

She totally rocks the hashtags.

A stamped title - I have a ton of stamps I

really need to use more.

Amelia turning 6.

Where did the time go.

Seriously.

I am battling sinus issues that I'm finding really

really annoying.

Totally messes with the mojo.

One of my favorite designs

That I lifted from Shimelle for 3 photos on a page.

The photos I used are 4x4ish and

having a cluster to the right of them is a lot of fun

Using some WRMK birthday pocket card.

 Studio Calico papers that I bought 2 of this

time because there are always those A-B sides that is so cool

that makes decisions so difficult to use both.

Solved it!

 Sam's third birthday was a spiderman theme

so I used spiderman colors for 

these fun B&W photos and of course those fun stars.

All about the numbers

Love Basic Grey - especially this old paper that

has numbers and problems that are

important to denote birthdays.

 Since Owen is a numbers guy (and also an origami folding guy)

I knew this would be perfect for the celebration.

 I have a lot of moose where that came from and you'll be seeing them. LOL.

Added some die cuts and really OLD Tim Holtz grunge

with the hash tags and number.

Also used some really OLD paint as well.

I'm actually shocked I had semi-matching colors.

Very fun!

Another page with scraps

 Since I had more scraps and I really like the process

I through some on white this time.

I hand cut those little faux tags out and stuck the

little faux tags in the faux pocked.

 Got another cluster going on here and

used the doily to bring it all together.

 A simple cluster at the bottom highlights 

a gold 4.

The papers are a mix of studio calico, bella blvd

and maybe some basic grey tossed in.

The embellies are a mix of my mind's eye.

These are last year's photos of Annie going from 0-4

and they are perfect for this mix of papers.

I'm thinking I did another page like this for the parents.

So I get to keep this one.

or Vice Versa. LOL.

Celebrating Five!

A milestone birthday to be sure.

Going to real school - kindergarten!

Miss Annie seemed to rock all the parties.

There were several.

So lets start out with the fact that her birthday is in July.

Did I think of using "July" paper.

Not until now LOL.

And there you have it.

However, I do love the papers I picked out.

 Used a couple of PL cards by cutting out the

necessary sentiments - 

 Then there's that ticket with the 5 on it.

I picked that ticket up a bazillion times when I didn't need it

and could I find it when I needed it for this page?

NO.

I dumped the entire die cut box out to search - which turned out

to be a win-win because I culled through and

tossed a bunch out - 

mostly bent, broken or partials were picked out

and there were a bunch.

This is also the page in which I uncapped the Mr. Huey's garden mist

to toss about on the page and ended up spilling

the mist all over my desk and on 

papers and embellies that I just unboxed from

Studio Calico July kit.

There's gonna be some creative scrapping going on to save them.

I'm totally open to suggestions LOL.

Rocking the birthdays this year

ONLY because I have them on my calendar and

set a week ahead and its also set to nag me until I get the card

done and then turn the nagger off. 

Whatever it takes LOL.

Now I need to start the same for holidays.

They are sooooo sneaky.

Anyhoo, this card was inspired again by Soaphouse Mama.

She should be filing papers soon for stalking.

However in my defense I did take her #embellishmentdiyclass

so whats a jack or two.

 It was a lot of fun to make and using scraps.

Win-win.

I get soooo caught up in not having the "right" things

when all it takes is someone else's ingenuity, LOL.

At least that's how I roll.

Every now and then I get a notion and you'll be the

first to know.

 The Studio Calico has these fun stamps in the June kit

and doesn't that work out well.

I did some glitter on the stars, fussy cut and watercolored the candles

and made a banner.

Turned out quite cute and fun.

Only downside I wasn't quite sure how to get the prize

ribbon off the card if the recipient wants to

wear it.

I did use one of those zots to attach it so maybe it'll come off.

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.