Wild & Free Chipboard Album - completed

I wanted to create an album that was would use

up the chipboard I had stashed as well as

the enormous amount of scraps I have laying around.

No rhyme or reason I just tossed

whacked up scraps

and other assorted leftovers I have on hand.

I totally got carried away and had fun.

I really need to go easy on the pop dots though.

🤣

I found photos of my boys when they were younger

so why not add them.

Also added are photos I printed and were the

wrong size for what I wanted originally.

I used a lot of "precut" die cuts

that didn't work on other projects I

originally whacked them for.

I also included papers that I made

using leftovers on white cardstock.

I had fun using embossing folders.

I also decided that titles could be optional

and use phrase stickers or stamps.

And envelopes.

Love tucking them in.

Did a couple of black & whites.

So the kidlet with the blue stars 

is the

younger version of the man on the page below.

All grown up.

I didn't do alot of journaling either 

because I journaled somewhere else.

I discovered in doing this album

I don't have nested square die cuts.

I need to do something about that.

I finally used that Smokey Bear sticker.

It's been around awhile.

I can't believe I left a blank page.

🤣

I love the different sizes and I did

move things around if I needed to.

I had a blast using a bunch of die cuts

I forgot I had.

I busted some stash but not enough.

It's quite bulky and clumsy.

❤️

I love how it turned out. 

 

A couple of pages in my Traveler's Notebook

Swapping around pictures and printing 4x6 when I needed

a smaller one - good photo for this book.

So I whacked it in half and lined it up on top of

some tree bark stencil that I have used a lot.

Broke out my quickutz trees and of course

they're yellow - the aspens are gorgeous right now.

Had fun doing this page.

Used a bunch of stash - arrows and those street signs.

Also an arrow stencil for more fun.

Love the chaos.

And baby grandson enjoying his books

and it was fun using TH stencil and love the

alpha font from Sissix - and took the colors from the photo.

OOOOO and washi tape. 

I hardly use washi tape because it usually doesn't end well.

 

Some pages I did for my Memories in the Making album (TN actually) (MITMA) LOL.

I happened to be browsing through the wayback box and

stumbled across my graduation photo.

Imagine my surprise when I noticed I have the same hair.

It took a lot of hair cuts to get back there.

However I thought it would be cool to do a side by side

not realizing until I did the math how big a gap it was.

Anyhoo, I used wilted violet distress ink and

a stencil, sissix flower dies and

QK spicy chicken alpha.

Love how it turned out. I tucked a tag in a glassine

envelope behind my photo and have

journaling on the back.

A photo of my best friend for like 51 years as well 

when she graciously allowed us to

stay in her home while our

rig was getting repaired.

Naturally a good time was had by all.

So butterfly stencil with either barn door

or candied apple distress ink

and some TH sissix dies except for

the doily looking thing in the background.

I love doing this little album and I had made a decision to not use

pop dots in it. 

So far so good!

 

Made a couple of birthday cards

Had a great time with this one.

Used the TH 3D embossing wave folder, 

used a stamped mermaid and used the crayons

to color her in, and variety of die cuts.

I did steal the envelop cover from someone 

I follow on IG.

I just happened to have a leftover piece that

worked perfectly on the flap.

Inside.

I have love those stamps.

I really enjoyed this card too.

I find I love to make scenes and this one

was fun to do.

Got to use dies I don't use much

and I don't know why. 

And the TH muttlings are a fav!

I found I did have a pet paper pad that I didn't

realize was for pets as I have none 

and the bones are a hoot for the sentiment.

And paw paper for the balloons.

 

Birthday card for dad

This card was a lot of fun to make.

I love the 3D background and I did a bunch

to have them on hand so

all I needed to do was add some distress inks.

The autos are TH stamp set and

love how they turned out - it

took quite a bit of stamping using a platform.

The alphas are quickutz, the small one is calvin

but I don't remember the second one.

and the inside I decided to go

with calvin alpha again and added a "firework".

It's a punch and a baby to the first one punch I ever bought

(love I have 2 different sizes now).

I love it and use it a lot -more than I thought I would.

And because I felt the just plain brownish background 

needed something to I took a small

Michael's dot stamp and just tapped it all over.

 

Here Comes the Sun...

A baby boy album for the grandson and I had so 

much fun doing it and it was way

out of my comfort zone.

(I did crochet a blanket too)

I wanted to make a 6x6 album because most

people print their photos 4x6.

I used fun enamel paint colors that I tried to match

with the papers 

on a 6x6 chipboard album I got 

from scrapbooking.com

I really dithered about between wanting and album

with page protectors and a boring

baby paper pad I had

OR

Using this fun bright paper that I can't remember

the name of and I thought I wrote down yet

here we are. 

Using all kinds of dies and stamps.

Had a lot of fun using the critters

and that's when I found that the giraffe-

Gertrude - I some how lost the itty bitty dies

for his face.

So I winged it.

I can't begin to express how annoyed I am

about losing that die.

I am careful.

I put it in a dish.

I count them twice. 

Tore everything apart looking.

Hoping they show up.

Tucked in tags and made envelops

because there were not a lot 

of journaling spots on the pages

I sort of got carried away.

I did a lot of hand drawing which I

normally don't do - because I don't do it well.

I wanted it to bright, fun, happy

and cute.

Love how it turned out 

and if you know the mfg of the paper I used

I'd love it if you'd let me know.

 

A title to be determined...

 This is the new album covers for our stay in FL. Since we're there for 3-4 months I thought it'd be neat and just do that again. So I wanted to do something different than just inking and stamping, I painted and stamped and glued and die cut. The flowers and "lattice" looking thing are TH thinlets and the other 2 are quickutz 4x4 dies. 

I have no clue what I wanted to do with the insides and let it "plain" for a bit and then I decided NOPE 🤣 and because I was still bored I added some more dots and splatters . This size allows for the HL 6x8 page protectors. 

So I grabbed some paint and ink and splattered and the

used a mall dot stamp for more dots.

The title is being pondered.

My Adventure Awaits Album-completed which means lots of pictures 😊

Had a blast making this album - especially the cover.

It's a 6x8 chipboard you can get at Hobby Lobby and they

have extra inserts in various forms.

I have to admit the page protectors are a nuisence.

LOL.

It came to be more of a travelouge which I love, but

I had to give myself permission to not worry so much

about chronological order because of the

way the project life pages fall.

Because some are 6x8, 4-3x4 etc. 

Picture planning becomes involved and I take A LOT

of landscaped photos.

Which presents a problem in the 3x4 pages.

I did do a lot of "filler" pages because 

A. I had some really cute papers to use.

Be. Because I wasn't taking as many photos

*gasp* I know - but when meeting up with people

I really didn't want to make it about a kodak moment 

I wanted to make it about visiting with them.

C. And they're fun and sometimes you need them to be more creative.

Kept a lot of ephemera. 

Which helps a lot when you can't remember

what city, state, place you were in.

Especially receipts and things that happened a long the way.

If you don't know - we live full time in our RV and

after we winter in FL we move around the country, and I'd like to say on a whim,

but hubby has it all planned out.

Mostly.

I also decided along with permission to not be chronological

but to not stress over photos not being "'perfect" because

that was never going to happen anyway

but scrap them anyway.

OOOOhhh

The page below is the first time I glued something on the outside.

I know quite the rebellion.

LOL.

I also gave myselft permission to not have to put 

something on every photo although that

took a lot longer to get over.

Seriously.

My husband had an idea, I didn't think it was great til later,

to take a picture of our camp site 

for future reference.

I didn't take one here, but I have other photos

of the campground and I 

think I'll add it to the campground page later.

You'll see - it's fun.

I seriously have issues with this page protector

2x8, 2-4x4

Because the 2x8 doesn't want to stay in the slot and

it makes me crazy.

However, because I became bored with only the others

I decided to just roll with the crazy and suck it up.

I have also since I do landscape, concentrate on portrait

but if not, print a 4x6 and cut it down.

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Ah my best friend since jr. high. 

Love that we can get together and SHE was the 

one who remembered to take a picture.

Fun with the grandkids celebrating grandpop's birthday.

Celebrating holidays without photos

and giving chops to my hubby who roasts

our coffee on the road.

LIfe is great.

I also need to get better on the journaling part.

For some reason I also need permission to do mushy

and more poetic instread of just the facts.

More permisison to put cards in the 3x4 slot landscaped.

I am out of control.

🤣🤣🤣

Love making my own project life cards.

Chilling on using a lot of stuff on pictures.

If you got this far reading....we're taking a break for the next few.

Well except to point out the photo of my handsome

favorite eldest son and his girl Shyla.

Sooooo good as it's been awhile.

Tags come in soooo handy when one forgets

a. to take pictures.

b. one forgets to use a PL card

So tag to the rescue.

Here's a photo of our camp - actually on a  map

of the camp.

I love that flower photo. 

Playing with my 50mm lens.

I took a challenge to use it for a month

and I have to say it's been interesting.

😬

Last page!!!

You made it!!!

So, originally, we were going to head west, but plans changed

and we're gonna stay on the east coast.

So I had an east coast album and west coast album planned.

So now I have Part 1 and Part 2 until I think

of something more clever. 

It'll be awhile.

🤪