Another flower page

I love how this turned out. 

I did a few things on the background, 

Small back dots.

Bigger white dots.

I was also going to fussy cut the flower like I did

on this page, however, I really

like the background in the picture sooo....

It must be kept.

Had that little gnome painted already and

it had purple in it.

A simple sentiment completed it 

AND

How about that bee.

 

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.

Using a premade embellishment

If you looook down, I made a bunch of premade embellishments

sort of like tags only not...and wouldyoubelieve

I forgot to do a post about them???

Geez, I need to hand in my blog badge LOL.

 This page came together without a photo in mind

and it rolled into a very girlie page.

 Isn't that "tag" neat.

Has all the colors in it and so glad

I got it on a page really. I do believe I have one

more to go.

 Anyway digging back into my "wayback box" I

found this photo of me back in the day.

Like way back in the day. 😐

Of course no date, but from the hair, the clothes

this is about 1974 or thereabout.

In my early 20's.

Oh if I only knew then what I know now.

And I did it again.

No title.

Sigh.

Studio Calico. (March kit)

Pretty in Pink

With a bit of watercolors and a stencil.

Love how it turned out.

 Layered on the matting behind the photos and used

a premade tag that I neglected to post.

How can that be???

LOL.

 Love the alphabet from the stencil which is

totally appropriate because it was my brother's graduation.

And those flowers? Don't they rock?

I made them by using washi tape on white cardstock

and then punched them out.

They totally work perfectly.

Gram and Grandpop down from Pennsy to attend and

my brother ever the joker - rabbit ears.

LOL. Rabbit ears have been a photo bomb since

the advent of cameras.

And a doily.

What can I say.

Studio Calico.

Got my grunge on!

I found, deep in my closet, a set of foam stamps

from way back in the day, and thought

why not?

I really miss making pages like that.

It was a "stamp of the month kit" - "not your ordinary stamps"

is the only I can find about them.

They have everything from months of the year, to huge flowers

and clocks and punctuation.

 The background stamps I used - the small circles and

big ones are about 12x12 size - the "brick" looking

ones and xo- aren't part of the set.

Also did a bit of mixed media in the background with watercolors.

And then there's that DOILY lol.

Couldn't help to be paired with the oversized tag.

Tags and doilies.

This is a photo of my favorite youngest - he and my

pal Barb would have dueling guitars going on when she came

to visit. We both loved her visits.

I fussy cut those letters from some specialty paper that

came in the candyland kit and you'll be seeing

those again. Along with tags and doilies LOL!!!

Sortof Studio Calico.

Apple pickin' time

Love this photo and decided to go old school for this page.

There are times when you just gotta!

 I didn't want typical fall colors - mostly because I

didn't have any in my stash.

 Therefore, keying of the kidlets clothes found

a sort of autumn match.

 Love how it turned out.

Studio Calico

Redoing an ugly page

So prior to leaving on our 3 month vacation I did this page.

Not only did I do it ONCE,

I did it TWICE.

The same way, the same colors.

Who does that? LOL... Twice - shows I

totally needed a vacation,

And its beyond ugly.

 So, I shuffled it aside and knew that I'd redo it.

I really would've liked the same paper so we could

go for a third try but I wasn't quick enough

to snatch it up at Studio Calico.

So..

One of the first things I did after hurricane prep was

redo this page.

I liked the other stuff on the page so I basically

cut off the yellow checked paper

and glued the entire piece on this pink paper

that is actually more fitting because I think at one

time my gram actually had wallpaper like that.

Studio Calico, Tim Holtz, Buttons galore

8 inch circle page

You can only do so many squares and rectangles when you

just have to break out of the box.

I did stitch around the edge to cover up my lousy

cut job with scissors.

 And doesn't that bow make you swoon.

Love the doily and kept things simple.

The title and hearts are from Pink Fresh.

And there is Amelia with her pals Tuesday and August snoozing.

Studio Calico, Pink Fresh, die cut bow.

Celebrating a birthday

Love this confetti paper from my Studio Calico kit its perfect

for a celebration.

Added a doily to ground everything and I'm lovin'

using them more.

 The embellishments from My Mind's Eye 

work well too and that dog is adorable.

 And I finally got to use that card.

I find those hard to work in a page a times

and used some die cuts from my box.

It's nice having some premade.

Love how it turned out and I included

one of Jill's hashtags.

She totally rocks the hashtags.

A stamped title - I have a ton of stamps I

really need to use more.

Amelia turning 6.

Where did the time go.

Seriously.

I am battling sinus issues that I'm finding really

really annoying.

Totally messes with the mojo.

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.

Studio Calico and Tim Holtz = Heritage

 I made this page without a photo and

then picked one out and decided it needed to be 

another photo because it just didn't look right.

There seems to be going around a lot.

However, as you shall see this one is perfect.

 I seriously got carried away with the embellishments and layers.

And that's a good thing=stash busting.

 Are those buttons not cool?

They are Buttons Galore and I picked up 2 bottles

when I was in Tuesday Morning.

Great place to pick up scrapbooking items at

a real discount.

 I did change the photo from color to B&W and

since it was a photo of a photo its

really not the greatest - and B&W covers all that up.

Supposedly.

Studio Calico paper came from a kit long ago and

Tim Holtz ephemera that I've had for a really LONG time.

I'm still annoyed with mists so I haven't used any.

OH and I added masking tape because it seemed like the thing to do.

Those two front teeth

And why do both front teeth fall out at once?

It is adorable in the young especially knowing its temporary.

Soooo....

Because of the photo I decided to roll with whimsical

that I really don't do as often as I should

because for some reason in my little head I

felt that the embellishments had to support the story.

Why??

Because.

LOL.

 Since I had nothing to roll with missing front teeth

I found some embellishments I really didn't know what to do with.

And do they work perfectly with Amelia's cheeky grin.

I pieced together those leftover papers from Studio Calico kit

that came together nicely after whacking 12x12

down to 8x8 pages.

Dug around in My Mind's Eye package and

found these fun embellies.

8.5x11 size.

Doilies, Doodles & Sequins OH my

On a page celebrating the granddog's birthday.

And what a fun party it was!

Love the little ticket I fussy cut out of WRMK PL card.

I can't remember were those feathers came from.

 and what's a party without balloons.

Using a heart punch and some twine - because

the balloon die cut I have is way too big for the page.

So how fun is this!

August looks so dignified in his party hat

and so well behaved.

And the kids are having a blast.

Studio Calico, WRMK, 8x8.

Sunflowers appear to be popular this year

Got some more grands in the sunflower field

and it looks like they were having fun.

I love sunflowers and out west they are abundant and

beautiful everywhere.

So I do own a sunflower stamp and used it here

because why not.

Had some issues with the ole nuvo dots (and who doesn't)

but I feel it adds to the charm because

flower and particularly their center are not perfect.

Tossed about some watercolors as well and

doesn't that envelop make you swoon. 

Love the rustic-ness it brings.

I'm very glad that the grandkidlets (all of them)

are total posers and I get a lot of photos

otherwise wouldn't have a lot of to scrap about really.

An 8x8 of PinkFresh except for the hello (studio calico)

and no clue about the stamp - probably from M's.

I'm thinking posts will be slim this week with Thanksgiving prep
even though my sweet SIL is taking over.
How about you?
Got stuff rolling???

Scrappin' my scraps

Since I've been home I've been binging on scrapbooking videos

and got this great idea from Tori Bissell and

her thing is scrap your scraps.

So she did one that looked like an old ledger paper

and invoices collage she saw.

Mine turned out more calico. 

I decided to use black cardstock as a backing

 mostly because everyone

else is using white.

Quite the renegade I am.

It also made everything pop!

I have a ton of papers in my scrap box and I'll do

this again. I randomly (sortof) picked out papers and

slapped them down.

 I didn't think of photographing it as I did

it until it was over. 

I also used bits of cutout papers too.

Once I adhered it all I gessoed it all -to make

it a bit cohesive and tone down the bright.

 Did a bit of random stamping -

 Also did the packaging technique 

to bring all the wild colors together.

Added a doily to ground the photos.

The photos are a hoot - me and Amelia doing snapchat.

LOL.

I really love how it turned out-very fun and funky.

Check out Tori - she's a very lovely lady with some great ideas.

Oh and the edges were very um....edgy which made

me crazy so I cut out the middle

of 8.5x11 black cardstock and used the edge and made those

edges quite lovely.

Yellow and pink - so pretty together

This Studio Calico paper is so pretty and girly

and I actually had a b&w photo ready to go for it

until I looked closely at those itty bitty flowers and found

some pink in there.

 So I switched it up for this girly photo of Annie.

I did print them in "sequence" however, when they printed out

the blue line was cut off in that first photo so it looked

like she lost an eyeball so I shifted them around so that the blue

gives an edge to the photo.

 I have a really OLD stash of prima flowers that has

really been whittled down over the past years

so I had to really dig to find these.

(I'm trying to stash bust so I really didn't want to buy more)

And honestly they really worked out lovely.

Out of the $1.50 bin at M's were those beautiful pearls that

are finding their way onto more pages.

 And doilies - don't they make you swoon.

I was hunting down photos when I came across this one

which is older because Annie girl just turned 5.

I know. Time flies.

I'm pretty sure I did this before but it didn't 

ring a bell so I did it again.

No rules about that in scrapbooking.

I didn't add any mists because I really just love

this look as is. Old School.

I'm loving sequence photos at the moment

so of course they'll be used ad nauseam.
I did frame the entire page with regular stitching.

I think it came out darling.

And girly.

Working with 6x12 size page

this worked really well because I had this paper that

was a twitch smaller than 6x12, so I added

that little extra with a matching paper and stitched it on.

 Is that ice cream cone not adorable from

HL - Paper studio I think.

And the paper is working well with the photo.

 I really love how it came out and the doily is perfect

foil to make the photo pop.

 The white enamel dots bring that color over to right of the page.

The wood word (say that fast) is also Paper Studio

while the paper is Basic Grey, Studio Calico heart, enamel dots

and the EK Success word stickers.

Got some more grandkids pix comin' up - I know you're excited.

And used my new software (lots of hoop jumping) but I gots a watermark on my page.

Using every beach die cut I have technique-sort of

Since it works for stamps I figured I'd give

it awhirl for die cuts.

I got carried away cutting them out but in the end I

did use some restraint in putting them on the page.

 I also got carried away with the spare parts flowers.

Originally, flowers were not even remotely a thought to go on the page.

BUT, I needed restraint on the die cuts because

it started to look cartoony.

 So therefore, there is one of each die or maybe a couple of the same.

 The title is Studio Calico and it was a gold-like

color or maybe khaki and it blended in way too much with 

the netting so I dabbed white paint and 

shabby chic'd it up so it can be seen.

I'm also liking the 3 of the same photo going on.

I'm not sure I've ever done this.

Anyone remember? LOL.

And how about working it in on a "background" paper.

Points for that.

Using really old scrapbook paper

Basic Grey and it pains me they

are no longer in business.

I was a big fan.

Loved all their papers and have quite the collection.

 My friend Holli's daughter had a baby and of course

I crocheted a blanket and made a baby album

among other things for her shower and of course I took

photos of one but not the other.....

 Holli graciously took a photo of Kayli wrapped in my 

blanket and I decided to scrap it and it

needed this paper from the LilyKate collection was perfect.

I really wanted something soft and pretty to meld with the photo.

The K&Co embellishments have been around forever too.

Add it with a doily, a die cut border with word stickers and pretty flowers from

Spare Parts 

and well....Love the page.

 I also kept the invitation because the baby album I made (see here)

was keyed off the invitation and of course the shaker box heart.

Therefore I attached the invite to the back of the page

added the journaling (because I really didn't want it on the front)

and called it a day.