Ephemera-document

I've had this original memorandum laying around for years.

I had 2 maybe 3 of them and they are 

from Lehigh Valley PA where I'm from originallly.

And in the wayback box were these pictures of 'the last

steam engine'. Mom had written that on the back as well as a date

June 4, 1960 but not the where. I know there was a 

roundhouse in Easton, PA somewhere but

doing research on the internet evidently it wasn't as big a deal

as we thought it was. 

I'm thinking they retired these babies with some pomp and

circumstance.

This page turned out goofy but I really didn't want to cover up

all the cool things on the memo and wasn't sure how to accomplish that.

On the positive side, I did another page with 3 original photos on it.

SO A MADDAWG MADCAP OVER AT SNC-

USE EPHEMERA ON YOUR PAGE.

A moment with you....

Continuing with the whole misting thing I wanted to change the color

of the die cut circles see the second layout here where I misted

and used negative space. So you can see the die cut circles on this page.

I also used my new Studio Calico stamps for the title.

There are also misted butterfly negatives that you can't see.

My bad. 

Seriously do you really ever know where exactly

you're going to create on a page.

Of course I swapped out the photo because the ones I had in mind

lacked one I knew I had somewhere and finally found.

But not in time for this page.

So I picked another original photo from the wayback box

AND Sha-zam.

There's alot going on in this photo. 

Like at Howard's feet is an adorable kitten.

And in the bushes is a man looking toward the house.

I can't identify him. Sadly.

But its precious all the same.

 So the pictures below were meant for the page above.

Don't you love how it all works out.

I'm so gifted that way!

I put these pictures out on FB because I don't know the location

and sadly the last remaining relative in the picture didn't know either.

And I had the baby wrong.

Sigh.

I used stash on this - that paper is EK success and soooooo

old and flimsy that I backed it with cardstock.

And I love the look. Very old school.

Some Cosmo Cricket thrown in.

And yes that's me with the goofy haircut at 12. 

I was just allowed to start growing it out.

And yes, that was how it was done (dare I say it)

in the old days. 

*laughing hysterically*

Now I know why my Gram wanted to clock me when

I asked her about the olden days.

Yes, April we do need to set heritage parameters.

Raise your hand if you have a lot of boxes

Loaded with photos sitting about. 

Every now and then when I'm searching for that photo(s) that will spark my mojo, 

I all of a sudden happen upon photos I never ever

  noticed the first few million times plowing through. 

It always boggles my mind when that happens.

Because it is now their time to be scrapped.

And those three are IT.

 I don't ever remember seeing them and I don't believe

they were ever stored all together. So I was pleasantly surprised

when I happened upon them. 

The starkness of the photos indicate that the construction of the 

home was just completed and we moved in.

And my brother and I were very excited.

I wrote about this home in other layouts so I didn't go into too much detail here

due to lack of space because I wanted to use this diecut shape.

And I'm baffled I can't identify the man sitting next to pappap.

I punched out the flowers and decided to add gold heirloom glimmermist.

So instead of wasting all that yummy-ness I sprayed them on white cardstock

which came the base paper for the layout below.

I know!!! It's the little things.

This little piece of paper is what's left of the paper behind the photos

that you can't see except for a little bit below the middle photo

and now I wonder why I bothered. LOL.

I did write the address and our phone number down

including the old area code because I was shocked I remembered that

when I couldn't tell you what I had for dinner yesterday.

Funny how the mind works.

Doesn't the negative space and mist rock. I love it and it works

perfect on another photo I happened across of Nick

and Shane at the church Easter egg hunt.

They were so young. Shane was 3 and Nick 12.

I used happy scraps and some jillybean soup diecuts that I reversed

and glimmermisted with turqoise because the other side is pink.

Not that my manly kidlets couldn't handle the pink, the blue worked better.

I didn't add more flowers instead I misted some punched

butterflies on the same kraft paper I misted those shapes and it turned out ok..

That one may be used cut as background or used for punches.

I'm not sure. I have to look at it in the light of day.

Animal fun at Jungle Gardens

Did you know all swans mates for life?

I didn't see a mate.

 You can also feed the flamingos.

You have to get there when they're hungry.

They are obviously well fed.

Owen couldn't convince them that they needed a snack.

 This dude is just hanging around.

Look at the smirk.

bwahaha...

 A fun playground and slides to conquer.

 Seriously did you know that flamingoes can sit like that.

Their knees go the wrong way.

And this guy was too pretty.

And white.

And a perfect subject for a bokeh effect.

Bokeh effect in case you didn't know is an unrecognizable background

with brilliant points of light.

I always called it blurry.

Sha-zam!

I planned that.

On the one day when we are all Irish....

My favorite blessing for all of you!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Got a double dawg dare goin' on at SNC...

 Jump on in anytime.

So I was thinking when one of my pals asked about paper.

And as I pondered my stacks of paper that

has been hanging around in some cases way too long.

It also took me back to when I first started scrapbooking

and knew absolutely nothing about anything I

inadvertently became the cardstock queen.

Pattern paper was not even a blip on my radar until I

started watching Sandy Genovese on the DIY channel and

my world opened up.

Back then scrapbooking embellishments were beginning to evolve

so unless you had a die cut machine or purchaased stickers (which I didn't) I

produced some really really plain pages.

So today I decided that my DOUBLE DAWG DARE would be to use

nothing but cardstock with a couple of non c/s embellishments.

I broke out paints to use with die cuts and foam stamps.

I whipped out my stamps in order to bring some embellishments to life.

I used watercolors and die cuts.

I'm really happy with the page.
However....
I will always love pattern paper. In fact I have my new

Studio Calico kit and I don't want to cut the papers.

Here is my face :|

Piggy tales...

Photo taken by KevinDuffyphotography

On Manic Monday at SNC.
We try to never miss.
 Are every girl's dream and mostly especially their mom's

who want to make their girl - really girly.

Like having hair, piggy tails and huge bows and flowers.

So why do boys have the fastest growing hair 

and the longest eyelashes. 

That is so wrong on so many levels.

So Piggy tails page is a lift of Shimelle's . Click and scroll down - 

 you'll know it when you see it. 

It's on one of her videos.

Her videos totally rock and you need to check them out.

Photo taken by Jill Maynard - Fit for Life Photography

 Okay - based on Quintin's face and the fact that we all know Mz. Amelia 

is the princess, I just couldn't help the title and subtitle.

I love the cosmo cricket alphas (or they could be Makin' Memories) 

I use both unabashedly. 

Photo taken by Jill Maynard - Fit for Life Photography

And Connor many moons ago just rockin' the drool in this pix.

Poor baby had to be totally teething something awful.

But he's too adorable and is the spitting image of his dad.

It's deja vu all over again.