Fun Doodlebug Easter page

This is a totally adorable line with lots of

colorful, fun papers.

I had to fussy cut that sweet bunny out as

and embellishment.

 Using the packaging technique with watercolors 

to highlight the papers and another fussy cut emblellishment

that I added bows for a fun look.

 Funny story about the hearts. 

I made a TON of them.

I originally got the papers to make Easter cards

for the grands. I wanted to make shaker cards, hence the

different cut styles.

Well....

they turned out to be an absolute disaster.

I didn't have the correct see-through stuff, using some

"transparency" instead of acetate, there was glue everywhere

and all the sequins and stuff kept falling out.

Therefore, they were scrapped and now I have a lot

of hearts that you may or may not see as photos of the

grands roll in.

Love how it turned out- the "title" is really

older K&Co. 

Doodled around the page with a yellow sharpie.

Annie and Owen lookin' good in their Easter outfits.

Completed my Smash/Art Journal

I started this bad boy back in 2013 or thereabouts.

That is Creative Cafe paper - and that

has long been defunct.

And then it laid around because I am

seriously not that talented but here are

a few pages in case you care.

 Over New Years we went camping and my first

thought was not to take anything scrappy-wise.

And that was okay until we had to return to the house

because hubby forgot something important 

(which I now forget what that was)

BUT...

in those few seconds I dashed back in the house and changed

my mind.

I only had a few seconds so I grabbed this album 

a bunch of different colored sharpies.

When we made a stop a Walgreens and I picked up a small

Crayola watercolor set and that was it.

I was gonna grab the watercolor from home but had second thoughts then.

Now I have one to keep for other road trips.

This is more journaling than anything else with some

*coughcough* art.

I'm glad I completed this book FINALLY.

It was a long time coming and its really just a random,

no theme or consistency (except the drawings are bad LOL)

album that need completing.

Remember that mixed media journal

Well.

It all started here.

I started out using a UNI jetstream pen

black and blue.

And they totally gave me a headache when I 

tried to read those entries back

in the first few days.

So I purchased some Uniball vision and 

they work really lovely over the mists.

Talking with my pal Holli who happened to be recovering

from surgery and those pain killers kicked in

actually asked if I had a white pen - when I whined about the

dark mists and GASP. 

White pen.

And then - while chatting a sharpie was mentioned.

GASP again.

I had a sharpie.

And then I stopped the silly straight entries at the end of the day

because at the end of the day I didn't remember the day.

Therefore I kept the album open and as things happened made a note.

Randomly.

While my note taking still lacks - its getting better

because its as it happens.

And as it happens may be over bumpy roads

which results in sucky penmanship

and honestly while I don't have Heidi Swapp script

I have always taken pride in my penmanship

so when the bumps hit and the writing is less than stellar

drives me nuts.

I'm working on it.

As my pal April says its "evolving" which is so true.

I'm not only getting on with the note taking, the penmanship

but I'm adding some ephemera as well.

By the end of the trip I'm thinking we will all be surprised.