TH- Moment to Remember

Love doing the "Tim Holtz" album

but I need to retire this one - even though

it's only half filled.

It is WAY too bulky at this point and will be

hard to store. 

I am going to endeavor to be less dimensional

on my pages in the future.

Snort.

 However, I did find this photo just laying about

and it needed to be on a page.

I did one similar where it had my gram and the

sisters-in-laws, this is my gram and aunt toot (sil)

and 2 friends.

And there is no one who can tell me who they are now.

Even though it's an absolute no-no 

write stuff on the back - it'll sooooo help future 

generations.

Just sayin......

Tim Holtz

TH - A post card from the days of snail mail

It was very exciting back in the day getting a 

personal letter in the mail.

I wish that I had kept them all but I did find this

gem, again, hidden in my photo box and from Nana.

 I loved writing letters, but all my aunts that would

correspond with me are no longer with us.

Quite sad all the way around.

 My gram wrote to me as well, we wrote to each other everyday.

And I can't tell you how much that meant when we

moved from PA to FL -

sooooo homesick. I wish I'd come across

one of her letters but alas.....

So I'm so glad I got to read this post card again and and also

get to showcase this as letter writing

seems to be a dead art.

Sad.

Tim Holtz

Foam stamps and enamel paint

I have a ton of them because at one point

foam stamps were totally 

en vogue for scrappers everywhere.

So, I broke out an old, old set that came as a 

kit of the month, named as "Not your ordinary stamp set."

It has everything in it, from month stamps, flowers and 

stuff in all shapes and sizes.

 I then took out my studio calico color theory paints

and wa-la (except for white) that I wasn't using much and

look at those vibrant colors.

I need to work on my painting skills but I do love the result. 

Nuvo drops in gold are the flower centers.

So wild, bold, and colorful on kraft paper.

I love kraft paper.

I made a mat cluster with that amazing gold doily

(doily and tag people LOL)

to highlight the small photo

of my gram with my favorite eldest son - so

that would be his great grandmother -Mammy - he

had trouble with G's. 

Mom, Nick and I were bringing Mammy back to Florida

for a visit and Nick just needed out of his

car seat for a moment - and of course she sat in the

back with him.

It was fun to have her with us.

The title doesn't stand out here but works in real life.

Tim Holtz words that say it all.

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.

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

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.

Gingham paper and fussy cut flowers

I really liked both sides of this paper, and had to 

make a decision, therefore I whacked it down to a 6x12,

a size I really love, and fussy cut the flowers out.

After I jumped in and started cutting I realized that maybe

I cut into the wrong half. LOL.

But they worked out.

 Love that mason jar and worked that baby in there

with pieces of a border punch that's perfect.

 I actually had different photos picked out - I came across 2

that are one of those "why didn't I see this before" but

I couldn't make two pix work out and I didn't want to 

get smaller than 2x3 so I had to go on the hunt again for another pix.

Then I found this one of my gram with my 

favorite eldest son. So glad they

got to know each other.

Not a great photo but cherished all the same.

Studio Calico, Hero Arts Stamp, Fiskars punch.