Vegas Wedding Album

Favorite youngest son eloped to Vegas which was of course, 

a surprise.

Anyway, I picked this album up because it was on sale and

carried it around for a few years 

until now.

That heart came with it, and it's so cool that gold 

glitter paper sold works so well with it.

Deploying some Tim Holtz and/or Sissix stuff that

quite frankly, needed to be used for the

opening page.

I'm really not a fan of putting together layered dies

but I do love the results.

Since we've been camped in the boonies for awhile

I decided I really needed to get creative

with what I had and I have a lot

of really old patterned papers.

And that involved a few die cuts and some stamps.

So because I seriously needed a challenge 🥸I 

picked up some 2x2 page protectors so

now they needed to be filled

and it honestly turned out great 

to get a lot of pictures in.

I did create the journaling papers with 

TH oxides.

However, halfway through I figured out I didn't

have journaling spots planned.

Then I had to get over putting SOMETHING on every page.

That you'll begin to see after you scroll past these pages. 🤣

However, in trying to come up with really cool sayings

and things was 

to add in the journaling squares 😊.

Starting here.

And then because I was running out of photos

but I do love a good filler page 

because you can really get creative with

more layered flowers.

It figures I have quite a few of them 🤣

Love these 2 photos.

Made them a litte 3D.

Or they can add pictures and emphemera.

So okay this one below was the last page I first came up with

and I wanted it to be a bag to tuck in 

tags for journaling.

But I had doubts and sent a pix to my pal

Holli and she told me like it is.

It just doesn't go.

But that window frame I love (and would you believe I lost the inside

frame die cute. How you might ask. No. clue. 

But it did show up today stuck in my Big shot. LOL.

I was bummed I really love that die.

So the envelop isn't working.

Therefore....

I remembered this is Vegas baby and designed

my own envelope. 

Of course with die cuts and just added

the initial B. 

Love it!

 

We are back on the road again

Actually we've been out since April and found that April is really to early to go north. 

Howover, we valiantly we fought the cold but not without

alot of whining and complaining. 

I love taking roadside pictures and there are so many cool structures

on the side of the highway. Especially this one in South Dakato

which is a beautiful state BTW.

After catching the first picture which was fun in all of itself

being a skeltonasaurus and all, 

but the second scene is even funnier to me.

Looks like he's menacing and headed to attack this

poor unsuspecting church that I didn't notice before now.

Skeltonasaurus doesn't stand a chance.

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.

 

Make Waves - 6x6 mini album

This 6x6 paper pad was an impulse buy.

I loved it the minute I laid eyes on it.

And no matter what...

I was buying it even though I knew I'd never really use it

personally, because I really don't know why LOL.

However, made a new friend that loves the beach 

and was in a creative mood so.....

she's getting a mini album

and the title totally fits her "Make Waves".

This paper pad by P3 whom I never heard of

(but I'm not really cutting edge anymore)

gives you 3 sets of the same papers 

that I thought was cool because I did a lot

of fussy cutting and pop dotting.

And because this is an album cover page with pop dots

I added transparency to kind of shield it.

Hopefully.

I wanted to shabby chic it up because it practically begged for it

so I cut my own chipboard pages and they may

or may not be a tad wonky.

And I mussed up the edges on the papers.

Also included, are quite a few embellishments and 

journaling spots that need fussy cutting.

Ah man didn't see that scrap of better when 

I was taking pix and I already gave my friend the album.

Sigh.

So I used every paper at least once and

sometimes twice and

whacked a lot of stuff out.

I did add a couple of my own die cuts 

that may or may not work well.

Love the dimension pop dots give 

and hopefully she won't be afraid to add

photos and journaling.

Of course I forgot to photo the back of the book

but its just white gesso over chipboard

a tiny envelop that came in the embellishmehts

and a stamp that says

'created just for you.'

 

Hanging from a plane

Favorite eldest son is an adreneline junkie.

Here he is hanging from a perfectly good plane

and I'm not seeing a chute.

In the meantime,

I couldn't find any paper I liked for a base so

I made my own using oxides and distress inks along

with the sun stencil, and some stamps.

That plane is perfect.

Anyway, I was going to put a regular photo there

but nah! I just couldn't it needed 

fussy cutting and some pop dots.

It was a fun page to do.

 

Pages in my 6x6 album

 Love how these pages turned out and 6x6 is a fun size.

Cedar memories are a capture of items I

had been keeping in my cedar chest (which has seen better days).

So I found a high school club jersery, did embroidry 

in those days, my candy striper outfit and cap

HS notebook and newspaper,

my confirmation dress and favorite first born outfit.

This is a 2 page spread and it feels

weird the title is on the second page but I'm not changing it

because I really like there.

I printed my photos 1.9x1.9 and that

works perfectly in getting 6 pictures on 4x6.

I really love doing this because while these photos are

precious, I have a small album to work with

and those photos would take up the entire book,

practically (I'd need more page protectors) if 

I did them singularly.

So...while they are important I like that there combined

because this is basically how they were 

found. 

The papers are DCWV playful pets 6x6 and

while I have no pets - the B side papers rock.

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.