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

Documenting artwork

Love documenting kidlets artwork because

it does, at times, have a short shelf life or the over abundance

of it gets out of control so its good to keep a record.

I actually knew Angry Bird. 

Shocking I know. 

But what a great likeness that is and it does

look so cool and makes me wish I had some talent like that.

It's a simple, yet colorful 8x8 page with

a faux tag, a neat embossed feather courtesy of Miss Holli

who very patiently cut a bunch for me

and a brad. I haven't used brads for ages-remember

when they where hot.

And of course that Tim Holtz bird and words.

That green dot looked more blue.

Sigh.

Sport season ends

And it ends with a sequence photo of all the

kidlet participants.

The parents should have a sequence photo toting

them all around. Just sayin.....

 Anyhoo, I don't have a cameo but I love the cutouts

so I try to fake with the QK cookie cutter diecuts.

 These are are the squares that I happen to die cut in bulk

all different colors which turned out great

in the B&W area.

Love those Nuvo enamel dots you can make them any size you want.

 Love the misted background that gave a splash of color

along with the enamel dots.

Got that big hash tag (or should I say pound sign LOL) from

Studio Calico and did some bulk cuts on that

and used two different colors offset to add a bit of dimension.

So then with all the busy-ness going on I forgot

even the minimal journaling and used my ticket punch

to handle that. 

All the kidlets completed their season.

The start of back to school photos

Not going to take up the entire week

and still waiting on some photos from the last 2.

I was also distracting myself as favorite youngest son 

was taking his CDL test.

He passed!!!

woohooo!!

There'll be a page about that.

Started out with my new Studio Calico kit papers.

And man did I dither around.

While distracting myself I couldn't make up my mind

about anything and wasn't that annoying.

 Did some layering here and added the

"wise ole owl" (which you'll be seeing again).

Also used the card that came in the kit

however, these papers came from August kit.

 Love how it all works together.

Brought down the corner and star colors to

this end for the "triangle."

Brought a bit of the red over from the left side.

and that tag is creative cafe. 

I can't believe I still have some left.

The kidlets seem to be excited, but they weren't on the bus yet.

LOL.

Oh and some Heidi shine gold mist.

Little mini done!

Remember this post on what to do with overwhelming scraps

well this is book #3. Book #1 went to my pal Holli

and she's still working on it.

However, this is done, finis, complete and love how it turned out.

This is for Jill and I hope she likes it.

I also apologize for the photos as the book is chockfull of stuff

and it wants to pop open at random times....

so therefore, my finger is holding it down and focus

is a bit iffy.

 I used an enormous amount of PL cards and

do-dads and those gi-normous letters

as their initials.

Lots of stash and packaging done and in the garbage

and used! 

Love how it turned out.

Jill sends lots of photos and lately I had been greedy

doing a bunch for me, so I decided

that an album would be fun rather than random pages.

I didn't realize until after I started how many pages were in the book.

Towards the end, I started stapling some together

because honestly, not that I didn't have enough photos BUT

it really would've been TOO much.

As it is, its already fat and won't lay flat and I'm still 

trying to figure out how to "close" it per se.

I'm not sure I have anything strong enough to hold

and also not look real dumb.

Any thoughts?

Artful pages

Thankfully art is alive and well in schools and

my grandkids are quite talented artists.

So it was really fun to document 

and today I have created two layouts

for your blogreading delight.

So how about that adorable pup.

He's a very old Technique Tuesday stamp.

 Again I used most of my Studio Calico

and Creative Cafe stamps around this page 

 and

because that wasn't busy enough

I threw in the Tim Holtz stencil, using yellow paint

with modeling paste.

 Added a few do-dads namely my homemade enamel dots, arrows and a heart sticker and called it a day.

 Kraft paper is the base cut down to 8x8

And honestly all 3 artists made some mighty fine art

AND I WANT THEIR ART FOR SCRAPBOOK PAGES.

How cool would that be....

 I didn't want to be a copy cat on the second page

so I lifted once again a prize ribbon from Soaphouse Mama

- she does them all the time and what better

embellie could there be but that.

And I cut the circles myself - mostly because I didn't have 

punches that nested that closely and I'm normally not that brave LOL.

 The little bird is from some no-name embellishments

I picked up at Michael's and

those stars are from Studio Calico kit and finally

used them babies all up.

Yay!!!

Because it was a wild background that I keyed off

of from the artwork I gessoed where the photo and do-dads are

and found I liked it just fine and left it there.

The heart arrow is wooden - and stuck out like a sore thumb

in its pure form so I smooshed some watercolors

around to match the stars and wa-la.

Worked out well.

So many cool photos - Break out the pocket pages

I had some pocket pages leftover from the road trip and

finally found where I had stashed them.

Safely keeping them - never to be found again.

Except.

Found them!

 Even after doing an entire album I feel I still have

problems making them snappy.

I think it comes down to actually sticking stuff on a photo.

I really should be over that.

 Of course I did a front and back.

 And because I could I switched things up.

Fun to do - need to do them more to get better at it.

Really little mixed media

I found this paper in with a stash of cardstock.

I'm assuming its Studio Calico.

As then, and now,  I wondered what I was going to do with it

which is probably why it was stashed far far away.

 Well as I mentioned before I took Ashli Oliver (aka Soaphousemamas)

Embellish DIY class and felt the need to channel.

First thing I did was back the yellow to the black because 

those colors really rock and then glue the

cutouts back.

Then I traced with white/black pens and splattered some mist.

And wow did I go wild or what.

I added some gesso and white paint to cover up a few ooppssies.

 I started out with another photo in mind but

it just didn't work as well, and this one

of Cavin happened to be laying on my desk and well

his yellow sticker just called my name.

And then layered that baby up.

 Added the owl because I had a ton leftover and

a couple of do-dads and decided I liked it.

Cards are MAMBI, houndstooth tissue Paper Issues.

Feathers and the fox

I started innocently enough with kraft paper and I decied it needed something something and that resulted in navy lined and orange heart roller stamps when when the layering began it became too much. Way too much. 

Therefore I flipped the paper over and started again.

Added some of my Creative Cafe stamps and some mists

in addition to some layering going on.

Worked in that paw flair -and I want points for that LOL.

I also have a cluster going on the right side working in the 

feathers and the fox.

Feathers and the fox - what a cool title.

Using that!!!

Also worked in some more of those dog stickers.

It also needed something at the top left so I used

some leftover papers and fussy cut that adorable Paper Issues fox.

I did use some gesso and mists as a "foundation" there too.

Another photo of the grands out doors in the Fall so

I was able to use more of my "Autumn" stuff.

Yay!

Love this a bit better.

Still working on my mixed media skills.

All Basic Grey except for the paw badge - Lawn Fawn???

and some paper issues tags!

Another page from last week's binge

And there are a few more pages!!

I'm gonna try and binge again it was a lot of fun.

(Inspiration continues from Soaphouse Mama)

This is an 8x8 page I did for Jill.

 I was able to use more of the "dog" phrases

which is soooo fun.

I need a dog.

 This layout basically used the majority of the scraps 

from the Canyonland kit.

So I sorta "killed a kit." 

One in a row.

I even used the stamps.

Love this photo and added some paper issues embellies

and those arrows were from a travel kit I had picked up on the road.

I forget the mfg.

Love how this turned out.

I also was able to use "autumn" stuff.

woohoo

because autumn isn't that obvious in Florida.

More layers and stamping!

I have had trouble with blogger scheduled posting. My apologies if this seems to be a rerun. LOL.

Can it be soooo???

Oh yes - this was another page I competed

on Saturday - and the mojo just kept on rolling

even with interruptions.

Love that.

 Some different stash - that "photo" - creative cafe

how old is that - I did get wild and punch out some cork 

embellies and they are fun.

Another rolling stamp in the background.

Lots of mat layers.

Bonus - because we don't have dogs anymore - I did get to use

the word strips from a kit gone by about dogs.

Love it.

 Those fun little foam tabs are going down.

So fun.

Love the title and that too came from a previous kit

and love how it works as they are

standing on a mountain.

Oh and that bird stamp - I love it and use it

quite a bit - since I'm binging you'll see it again.