Chronicles of a driveby page - day 2 & 3

Thanks for continuing on my journey.

Driveby is my design concept - as to where my page lays on

my desk and as I pass by I add, delete or rearrange things and then walk away.

And here we are and I found I so wasn't feeling it. 

It was so boring and the brown

just wasn't right - it was just too.........brown

and kind of overwhelming actually

and even though there wasn't much of it - it just didn't work.

 I decided to use the flip side of that basic grey paper 

sitting on my computer - because that side was just to wild

and I felt that maybe the light brown would 

bring out the photo.

Somewhat better ------

DAY 3

I decided that since I used my

roller dots on the base paper, it would spiff up the light brown paper

and if that wasn't enough I brought out my "notebook" punch 

to muss up the mat paper - it was supposed to be punched on the top
but alas it happened to the left side and I decided to roll with it.
Yunk yunk.

I also felt that it needed a little extra but not anything 

overpowering therefore I twirled some black thread about

in the top left and bottom right.

I kinda of liked this direction but,

 we had a dinner date for pizza......and never got back to it.

Chronicles of a driveby page - day 1

It all started with this photo of a fish house

that made me swoon and run to the car and grab my camera

when we dined at Starfish Fish Market in Cortez.

And it turned out kinda blah so.....

I then used a filter created by Thomas Fitzgerald

formerly of the Aperture blog 

called brownify - and don't it just take you back to yesteryear.

I paid those pelicans to pose and flyby.

Of course I found the perfect paper to rock the photo

 and added some bits and pieces here and there as I walked by my desk.

Added some dots with my rolling stamp and......

of course I rearranged said bits and pieces numerous times 

until I just gave it up.

And there it sat overnight because I couldn't make a decision.
And we went out for dinner.

I did a list for journaling

I don't normally do lists.

Somehow coming up with adjectives

intimidates me and that is probably why I kept

it pretty simple. When having to "think" my mind goes blank.

Shocking I know.

And having an adorable granddaughter maked it easy.

 Got a cluster happening in the corner with lots of goodies.

I got some green going on.

It just sort of happened - along with the purple.

As you will see I pulled from the photo.

 This photo is a couple of years old and how I passed it over 

for so long baffles me - except that its

time has come. LOL.

Studio Calico, Bo Bunny, Homemade enamel dots 

Cutest little mini album ever

Thanks to Connie over at Crafty Goodies.

She posted this adorable accordian fold instagram album

and mentioned she was teaching this mini by Bo Bunny in a class -

and since I live in Florida and she lives in Texas well....

I couldn't resist.

I chose not to do accordian fold - 

because I don't do

accordian fold well therefore I adapted it into a regular mini and

it worked very well.

 My base is a light chipboard and the size I chose is 6x6

The green EK Success corner rounder

rounded out the corners on all the pages including

the light chipboard.

 Then using Simple Stories 6x6 paper pack I had laying around

I adhered them to the remaining chipboard pages.

Poked holes after the papers were adhered with my 7Gypsies Binderie -

best investment ever. 

 Added an assortment of embellishments.

 With some gorgeous pictures and

a pocket page with 9 strips of paper that Cavin

can journal on.

And this last page is Simple Stories as well - not kidding

and isn't that perfect.

This is going to be so much fun because I can see

making it girlie as well 

and tayloring it to just about anyone.

Another collagy page

I warned you this would happen.

I took these photos were taken as we relaxed at Babcock Webb

Wildlife Management Area and while

I could've scrapped each individually - however, some of

these photos wouldn't stand on their own

or there are really no stories behind them, i.e., bee on a flower, 

bird in the grass or a dead snake, etc.

The snake story might be amusing though as it was lying
on the side of the road-dead with its head and rattler cut off and
how macabre is that....

- seriously
we mostly relaxed in a chair,
I took the most of the photos from said chair

what more is there to say.

So.....

They look awesome in the collage,

they look great in the album not taking up a bunch of room, 

and bonus ding ding
 no one is bored because Lynn's storytelling is slacking.

Temptation and Bible Journaling

I don't know about you but I'm tempted everyday.

Alot.

There are times when I choose the temptation (eating that food,
not cleaning the house, or losing my temper)
 and there are times of resistance.

It was so reassuring when I came across an Oswald Chambers quote

"Kept by the power of God".

Oswald's devotion came from I Kings 2:28 when Joab gave in to

temptation a second time.

I liked his reference to I Corinthians 10:13

-He (God) will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.

I used enamel paint with some Mister Huey ink,

Authentique, Thickers, and magic mesh - I'm not sure where

that's going but I liked it - however if you run it

through you xyron - baby power is required to negate the

adhesive that comes through the mesh.

Just sayin....

Building a page from the scrap box

Every now and then I feel the need to scrap even

when I'm not

being inspired by a photo.

Gasp - I know.

I either find a base paper or sometimes

I plow through my scrap box to start the process.

This is my bucket of scraps and it seriously needs to be whittled down.

I found some scraps and papers that spoke to me and layered them up

and also used the branding strip as washi tape.

I usually design the mats and layer landscaped because that's how

I take the majority of my photos

although, if I do decide to use a portait photo I can

just flip the page around.

It's a this point I begin the hunt for a photo(s).

 I never know what direction it will really take until

after I find the photo.

In this case, I found a heritage photo that had

writing on the back and it just

truly struck my fancy.

I photographed the back of the photo and adhered it to the back of

the page with some washi tape

as was too huge to work it into the design.

I can't decide if its my Aunt's or Nana's handwriting

but it is chockful of info - people, address, parents (of the cousins)

and more or less the year.

It totally made me swoon.

On the front side things came together rather quickly

once I decided on a photo.

The tag has the journaling and can be pulled out and read.

It also points the info on the backside.

Looking at my dad and aunt when they were kids and

now we are all grown up and my aunt no longer with us, it made me

focus on the title because while its cool to move into

different stages of life - the photo does point out at how fast life moves.

Studio Calico, Echo Park, Kaiser Craft, Basic Grey

and my homemade enamel dots.