Page in my Trippin' 8x10 mixed media album

When I make random pages I really don't have a plan.

Shocking I know.

But I love to be surprised when I'm done.

So this page turned out to be quite patriotic.

Using some modeling paste I used my TH star stencil.

And then watercolors in the "red and blue" category.

Since I had NO photos to go with I decided to "jack" my

son's amazing photos of NYC that he took

dangling out of a helicopter because that's how he rolls.

Like Nick Collins visuals on FB.

When I grow up I wanna take photos like this.

So using some TH labels (need more) and word stickers.

AND I hand drew the NYC letters.

I know you're suprised.

Anyway, poor NY is having a tough time and need our prayers.

Watercolor - album complete - Photo Heavy!!!

I really didn't have a plan when I started.

Shocking I know.

I just wanted to do something fun without an agenda.

So this is the FIRST page (after this NONE are in order

except for the LAST page)

Why it loaded out of order I have no clue.

Anyhoo.......👀

When I did the pages I did all the right side pages first

and then came back and did all the left side.

 Some are complementary pages and some are

what the heck was I thinking LOL.

If you recall It started out as sunflowers and quickly

evolved into "scenes" because I don't do sunflowers

freestyle well.

 I incorporated stamping and stencils.

Some worked out well, and some as you can see above

right - cover up was required.

 This one really had to be side-by-side because what else

can you do with a spider web.

 It was a lot of fun to do.

Very freeing.

And extremely relaxing.

 Not sure what I want to do but I did go out

and by another mixed media album like

this only BIGGER. Because honestly, I'm tired of small.

Actually, I LOVED doing ALL SIZES 

and I miss that.

 Some I included stickers on because why not.

And don't these rock?

 I finally used the "because" stamp I had forever written

in Ali Edwards handwriting.

They have been in an out of the give away piles for years.

Glad I kept them.

 Aren't you glad I didn't bore with doing the LEFT side

and THEN doing BOTH sides in posts. 😂

 You're welcome.

 Tried something different here.

No guts no glory eh?

 Had to get in TH coffee stains because what book

would be complete without it.

 And the TH critters.

As you can see there were some stamping issues

but I can work with that.

And I think I removed that annoying butterfly too.

 I must have been having quite the day for this one.

Very dark and "dramatic" LOL.

and yes I fussy cut those hearts out. I think I

ripped the page out because I didn't like the direction.

It's okay to think this is bizarre because I do.

 No matchy matchy going on here.

 I actually did the mushrooms twice.

Forgetting I already did it but one is ink

and one is modeling paste.

 So it's different and allowed LOL.

No rules.

 I had a leftover photo and it worked perfect

with this page. If you'll remember that I had that

"Our adventure together" already stamped on there.

I may or may not journal because this picture is in my TN.

Did the rainbow effect here because why not.

This is the last page and aren't you thrilled LOL.

Anyway, the TH critters are on the back cover and I wasn't paying

attention that it wasn't paper - because I screwed up 

the stamping part - like twice (see above).

And that cover is slick so I had to wait forever so it wouldn't smear.

All in all I'm thrilled with this and can't wait to do another.

A bigger another.

😍

You can go your own way

That Journal Card is a perfect title for this page.

If you peer real real close you can see I used a Tim Holtz

stencil and modeling paste to lay

down those crazy arrows.

I splatted about some mists and fussy cut

a couple of arrows out in black so they could actually

been seen.

 It was fun trying to catch up with favorite youngest son on the road

and this time it was a Love's in Mississippi.

 It was also fun checking out Shane's new truck.

He is now a proud owner/operator and I couldn't be 

more proud of him.

He works hard.

Those sticker strips are either Bella Blvd or Doodlebug.

I think.

Fun page that'll include some journaling on

the back since I didn't leave

enough room on the front - and I didn't want to

write over all those arrows.

Creating a background

I really wanted to use these veggies again from Basic Grey

and I fussy cut them out from remaining scraps

and I also wanted them to pop.

So I used a small circle stencil and some

modeling paste on a white background.

 I used the packaging technique to add the mists.

They say you can't screw it up.

Well....LOL.

I don't feel like I screwed it up but I also don't

think it "went on" like those experts in the video showed.

However in the end I did like the result.

 The packaging technique is when you take some mists

and either drop it on or mist it on the plastic

packaging from embellishments - then you smoosh it around

on the packaging and then dab/smear/smoosh

around your page.

It is pretty cool and easy actually.

I seem to make things harder than I have to LOL.

I wanted those veggies as an accent because its a photo

of a veggie - zucchini actually.

Tom's daughter gifted us a spirilizer for Christmas and

we finally got to use it when we

defrosted some homemade spaghetti sauce

in the crockpot this past nippy Sunday - and decided

to forgo the pasta.

We substitued zucchini and spaghetti squash 

and they were both a delicious- my favorite

was the zuchini which was sauteed really really quickly

in oil and garlic so it wouldn't get soggy.

As a result, it had a bit of crunch and we found you need

to make a lot of zucchini to have enough.

It was fun to do and I'll be using that spirilizer more.

Basic Grey with some Mr. Huey mists and some jute because I liked

the rustic-ness of it with the veggies.
I heard Basic Grey is going out of business.
Very sad if true.

8th and final Kit from the crop

Would you believe I counted wrong and if you look back at my

posts I had TWO kits in the title of the blog - that said 4th Kit.

Headslappin' doh.

I knew I finished - but the count seemed wrong.

I either need to learn to read, stop guessing or learn to count.

 And there you have it. The sparsest of all kits I believe.

 So I changed things up a bit.

Well okay - alot.

I swapped out the white cardstock for black - it just seemed more dramatic.

I also dug about in my scraps box

and found some Studio Calico I loved.

the gold and white always a good pick to pop off black.

The other paper had 3 different patterns like block style so I cut them

out by the blocks and used them for mats.

I then fussy cut the flowers and used them as an embellishment which was fun.

Found some Basic Grey embellishments that worked 

and added them.

I did take a stencil with some modeling paste and puts some dots

from right to sortof left.

It just needed that something more and it kindof modeled the

chalkiness of the flowers.

Love this photo and it just pops off. 

Again I'm glad I waited until I got home to do this kit as was well.

I think overall I kitted pretty darn good

it just seems that the last couple I ran out of steam

since they were the kits with the least amount in them.

I'm sure I would've thought of something

had I got to them - but that would have really optimistic.

Watercolors, modeling paste & circle stencil

Hobbling along on boots and crutches is extremely annoying.

Therefore I didn't do a lot of moving to create this page.

I used scissors instead of my paper trimmer.

Modeling paste and the circle stencil as well as the watercolors

were at my finger times, AND

my waterfilled brush.

Of course the rest is really close at hand which is why no matter

how big my desk is I only have a 12x12 space to work in.

Kinda like a cacoon.

So the title - my gram used to say that.

And when I saw that photo - bam!

How could I not use it.

In fact, I need to be writing more of them down as they

are triggered. She was a hoot with them.

Hmmm I did get a bit carried away with the watercolors. 

Eh.

Remember that post I teased

about here? Well its challenge time at Off the Rails

Scrapbooking and the challenge is create your own embellishment.

TADA for one in a row when I was actually ahead of the curve for a change. The tag has some gesso going on along with some mists and alcohol inks.

 I chose some Paper Studio pattern paper because I just love the greenish/blue stripes.

It makes the best girlie girl page ever. I took my honeycomb stencil and modeling past and made some honeycombs on the page.

Does the texture rock or what.

I grabbed my watercolors and just sloshed some paints over the honeycombs.

Watercolors are so forgiving and you don't have to be a Rembrandt to use it.

I picked up some kraft doilies. Kraft is another favorite with bluish/green and it accented the tag nicely as I used it for a mat. A B&W photo was perfect for all the elements. Found a bag of hearts I got carried away punching and tossed them on the page. I don't remember the alphas - but they are soooooo cool and fun and blingy.

As an aside, my kidlets always called their toes piggies or pigs until about kindergarten. I am carrying on tradition with grands. 

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Can't wait to see!