TN - Favorite memes - Field Report

Yea, COVID-19 is awful, serious, deadly, and since

everyone is social distancing, nothing makes

social distancing better 

than humor.

We all need to keep our sense of humor so we don't

go stir-crazy.

Besides a good laugh gets those endorphins flowing 

and your body loves them and they're good for you.

So let's be amused when we can.

 I decided to collect my favorite memes that I'm

sure you have seen on my FB page.

So with Tim Holtz and some thickers, and a transparency

will highlight the warped sense of humor

necessary in these trying time.

Travelers Notebook - double page spread

Superbowl Sunday - we had a blast!

Hanging out with our friends and what a delish spread

we had going on.

When I first put the TN together - I whacked up a lot of white pages

and then decided to toss in some colored pages.

I think they work pretty good together.

There is also a transparent overlay "good times" that I've had 

stashed FOREVER.

Photo Collage and BIG Numbers

Love this little cluster and finally using a bunch of

things in my stash.

The transparencies are fun but tough to stick down.

I used my xyron machine and it seems to work.

 I really wanted to use the HUGE numbers.

So I did and love the result.

 The tassel is fun and finally worked in that pink and 

blue tag.

 After I got all the big stuff in I forgot about the journaling LOL

and the only place to put it was at the top

and bottom of the page.

Used a mix and match of alphas because

I didn't have all the letters.

Studio Calico.

This paper reminds me of the dot candy back in the day

Don't it?

These aren't exactly dots but the same premise.

I can't remember what they taste like

but back then if it was candy I liked it.

 Just because there is a rainbow of dots doesn't mean

that some watercolors can't be splashed about.

 Of course a fun banner with bits and bobs of adorable things.

Miss Annie's art was featured at her school's district art show.

Second year in a row I believe.

I know she was very proud and excited.

Studio Calico, Fancy Pants transparency I think-it's been

around for a long long time.

Loving my sunburst/splash punch.

Tranparency and layers

I've had this wild transparency for a long time

mostly because its wild and kinda vintage and couldn't

work it in until now.

The other thing throwing me off is the brightly

colored flowers scattered about.

However, I managed to get over it.

One of my favorite pictues with Tom - for some

reason we don't do a lot of pix together,

don't know why, but we need to get better at it.

The transparency is attached to some white cardstock

because it was the best match.

Lots of tags and layers behind the photo help keep

the eye on that.

Some hidden journaling tucked into an envelope

and those butterflies from Tim Holtz are perfect and have been

around a long time too.

Yay! for getting stash on the page.

Using transparency stickers

These transparent stickers came in the new Studio Calico kit

and I loved them for this photo the minute I saw them.

However, the vision in my head didn't quite translate to the papers.

Ever have one of those moments?

Very annoying.

 For some reason I felt compelled to stitch through the ones on the side there.

and the green star has a 3D glue dot behind it. 

It doesn't look too goofy.

Anyway, this is Amelia flipping a tire.

In 6 years of Crossfiting I have never flipped a tire.

And flipping a tire really goes with the transparencies.

I have a tag tucked into a glassine bag behind all the layers

and it's just about us both being crossfitters and

that one day I hoped we could do a WOD together.

Using one of my favorite designs for 3 pictures

And its Throw back Thursday from the wayback box.

Love the gold stars and transparencies. 

I always have trouble using small piece transparencies.

It's 3 photos in a horizontal line across the page

backed in a solid paper with colorful strips.

Old school.

 The are adorable pix of my favorite eldest son playing with

an oversized Mickey Mouse ball with his memaw
in the "yard" behind my apartment.

I really love this pattern paper and its perfect for these photos.
Nick also didn't stop till he picked that big ball up.

All Studio Calico except for the die cut arrow and stars.

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.

Fussy cut flowers and stitching

And thread that of course

goes along with stitching only different.

Love these flowers - they were on beautiful paper 

but I really wanted to use them as an accent

as they were really overwhelming on the paper.

And those wooden hearts make me swoon with the pearls.

 The flowers matched this lovely lined paper that I backed to

some polka dotted paper that I used somewhere else and cut the back out of.

So..... it needed to be a big mat.

Love this photo of my gram and I have no idea why she

has a drum stick in her hand (at least that's what it looks like to me). LOL. 

Her and grandpop came down 2 years in a row for

me and my brother's graduations.

She was my favorite.

I was her favorite.

I miss her.

She was a lot of fun and quirky and
gave good advice.

Studio Calico, doily, pearls.

Transparencies on a page

I actually built this page without a photo in mind.

I started with the 12x12 transparency overlay

that is soooo pretty, then 

backed it on a cream colored card stock  with my

tiny attacher and that cream color 

gave it a boldly soft look.

Then I began to build some layers for a photo mat

that in the back of my mind support a

4x6 photo or smaller.

 I didn't know when I'd ever use that adorable cat

from My Mind's Eye so there it is

actually adding a bit of whimsey to the page.

I mixed up the kraft flowers with some Spare Parts

flowers - and love how they layered together.

 Then I had this 4x6 transparency rolling around for awhile

and so glad I finally got to use it to cover

the photo which is a photo of photo from back in the day

so it helped cover some things.

Attaching it with a tiny staple.

Love that transparency and it totally rocks the b&w photo

of Nick and I from waaaay back.

The title is from QK Spicy Chicken and

I'm glad to get back in using my die cuts again.

Studio Calico, My Mind's Eye, Tim Holtz tiny words, 

QK spicy chicken, Spare parts.

8x8 size for an everyday moment

Love how this turned out and the size.

I was going to use this paper for another photo and it 

didn't quite work out.
This photo really worked well for it.

Love the transparencies where I layered on two.

Anyone else have issues with the tiny attacher bending

the staples when they go in???

Raise your hand if that makes you crazy.

I can't figure out why it happens.

Anyhoo, love that an everyday moment was caught -

Ms Amelia playing with play doh.

Really really old paper

I did go with the obvious here again especially

when I found this paper in my stash.

This is really really old stuff - Creative Imaginations,

Marrah Johnson design, Creative Cafe Tag which is really

more red in real life. 

I also broke out the die cut machine.

Love those feathers.

 I paired that 6x6 number paper from Studio Calico

with the striped transparency because 

it seemed like the thing to do.

Even those tabs are big die cuts from Quickutz

long time ago.

 The cuteness factor of this photo is above a level 10. 

LOL.

He  has all the instruments he needs to lay down a track.

No doubt he'll rock it.

Both parents are musicians.

Leftover transparency

I have a love/hate relationships with transparencies.

Love that they look so cool...

Hate that they're a pain to adhere......

Here I used the tiny attacher - which was brave of me

because letting staples shine on their own

is hard for me - for some reason I 

feel the need to cover them up.

Being the rebel I am decided to use them on the transparency

and let them be part of the embellishments.

Of course you'll have to look at the last photo to see them.

LOL. I didn't think of what I wanted to "chat" about until I

sat down and after I took the pix.

Isn't that always the way?

 The new Studio Calico kit paper is perfect

for this photo, I think it looks like tire treads.

I also liked the other side so I whacked it down for this page

so I'd have some leftovers.

And those Tim Holtz do-dads have been around

for a LONG long time.

Hardware and tires - win.

 See those staples now?

Three times to hold it down then layered

everything on top.

Those stars are perfect for Connor being at

the top of the heap.

Of course I had the title way before anything else.

It just worked. 

Mixing up some old Echo Park paper

with some Studio Calico.

I've had the star transparency and paper

for a long time and this photo

just brought out the need to toss them together.

 Nothing says cool like stars and bokah.

Of course there's some layering and love that 

master reel was just waiting for a home.

 Those adorable leaves came in the new kit.

Can't ever go wrong with gold.

Threw on some layers and again, dithered about

where to put the title.

And decided the star was perfect.

Amelia's got some attitude going on.

Love it.

The chaos continues with paper from another kit

This was the best fun ever.

Seriously.

I didn't over think.

I didn't roll for "perfection."

I just had a good time.

This is older paper and I did want

the B side so I made

this an 8.5x11.

 I do love working is different sizes.

I did fussy cut out a couple

of the boats because they were so adorable

and fun to use as an embellie.

The transparencies were in a kit.

That's all I remember.

Those Heidi Swapp titles were the best

thing I picked up in awhile and they were totally on sale.

Love it.

Swimming in November.

Doesn't get anymore fun than that.

It was a beautiful sunny day - in the 80's and

the water was actually a little chilly

going in but warmed up.

I usually like my water in the 90's but I

was able to hop in and have a great time.
This is a fun, happy page.

Birds of a feather

I had to highlight this photo as its two grandkids

in 2 different states wearing similar

shirts on back to school day.

How fun is that.

 A new Studio Calico kit fit the bill for a title

I already had picked out - I know!!!!

Love the bird and star transparencies and I wanted

them to have dimension so I used Zots

that you can see but I think it looks cool.

 Loooovvvveee the paper too so I didn't mess

with it too much - added a circle

and then put everything around it.

 It's sort of a different look for me. 

I love it.

And of course how adorable are them two.

ALL Studio Calico except for the thread & LillyBee alphas.

Mat-Background papers created with gelatoes

This background paper was created when my pal

Holli and I were messing around with gelatos way back when

I had my knee surgery which was April 2013.

Wow. :|

Those painted pages actually got lost in the immense amount of papers 

I acquired over the years

and after I did that major purge - wa-la.

Found it!

Better late than never.

And there are more where that came from.

 So I whacked down the 8.5x11 custom made paper to use as mats

and background paper.

 ooo ooo and peaking out from that leaf is my homemade washi tape.

I also worked in "totes magotes" saying that came in my kit -
with a bunch of other creative and sayings and
honestly, I should be getting points for that because seriously -
those words need to be outlawed - LOL! 

The transparency fruits were fun to work with, using Zots
to adhere them down. Zots are very sticky
and if you rub them in you can barely see them
through the transparency or
if you creatively layer something else over it
- same result or just don't worry about seeing the adhesive. 

I did build this page without any photo in mind.
After which I did find the perfect photo in my iphone downloads.

How spot on was that.

I even worked in that wooden thing from Studio Calico

and I'm thinking points for that too.

Actually it is a pretty cool element- and while it has dimension
it really doesn't make the page "too fat".

I did have issues with the photo strip - I kept trying to find photos to

fit on the strip and after pulling my hair out during the search

I decided that it could be used for journaling- doh!
Amelia loves her fresh picked apples!

Studio Calico, Kaiser Craft, Thickers, gelatoes, homemade enamel dots.

#scrapbooking

Using a transparency

Transparencies can be tricky because adhering them down

is tricky and that is why layering up is a good thing

in order to hide the adhesive.

Which can be tricky.

 I also practiced my random flinging.

I really need to learn how to use that Shimelle date stamp.

For some reason I can't get it right.

So I kept going......

 I also edged the transparency with a branding strip.

It keeps it from flopping about and curling-
although since its in a page protector one doesn't really need to do that.
I just liked the look of the branding strip.

I really like the grungey feel with the pink and b&w photo.

I also love it because with this transparency - less is more.

Studio Calico. Shimelle, Homemade Enamal dots and

that cute little arrow punch I picked up at Hobby Lobby - a total impulse purchase.
Love that punch.

 - And the strip on the transparency is long gone. - if you

have a clue let me know.  Hambly??? Its really really old stash.

#scrapbooking

Watercolor and enamel paints oh my

Some more instagram love going on and its a fun photo of Amelia. I used bits and pieces of left over papers for this and love and the transparency was a fun addition. I started the base with flinging paint around - 3 colors; grey, pink & reddish mist. I forgot to take a photo of it mostly because it was taking FOREVER to dry and I was getting annoyed. LOL.

Most of the paint has been covered up.

 What I wanted to point out was the golden color - I took the idea from Ashli (SoaphouseMama)  when she used it to highlight this page she was making and it added that little something to it. I used it at the bottom to help highlight that area. This was the 3rd alpha thickers I pulled out - getting frustrated with the lack thereof of alphas I needed. I did a play on words of the title (thanks April) in order to make it work. I only had 2 t's and needed one for cute. And I lacked an E so therefore whacking off part of an ampersand - and wa-la an E (I didn't have a 3 in the pack). Woo hooo!!! The A at the top can start off the title or just be A for Amelia (AND she's 2 in the photo). Genius. LOL!

And then a splash at the top to bring it all together. Its really not hard, just smoosh your brush in the color and then smear it where you want it. I am happy to report that I am slowly working my way through a stash of flowers that I've had forever. And I still can't remember the mfg. of the huge one - I do know its not one of the top flower makers.

Transparency & Silver

Switching gears in the metals and going with silver.

I also love this photo too and wish I had taken it as well. Miss Amelia stuffing her own stockings. LOL!

It needed special papers so I went with these Christmas papers that were in my Studio Calico kit and the transparency was just made to go together. I also found in my stash some silver paper.

I kept going back and forth about the kraft and in the end it seemed more right than off white. The trees are not quite white and not quite beige. Total conundrum - so kraft it is. Broke out an edge punch too.

Going all out. I cut out a circle with deckle scissors and found it looked plain. Broke out the sewing machine and stitched - twice. I then broke out some glimmermist.

I did a lot of breaking out.

However, the edge on the circle needed something too, so I went to my broke out stash and got some silver liquid pearl and painted around the edges. AND, I didn't make a big mess.

Shocked you I know.

More breaking out came in the form the of the arrow as I broke out my die cut and let'r rip. Found some stash silver ribbon and it accented everything perfectly. Got some tags going on and popped in the red flower and sequins for a pop of color.

The title is from Basic Grey alphas from long, long ago and they look better in person.

So here's a close up.

I picked up the red from the tree lights and skirt. And I love the little flag I punched out of denim ribbon - its to the left of the flower under the ribbon.