Traveler's Notebook - Happy Easter

I love this bunny.

It is a stamp, one that my pal Holli owns and

I love that she shares.

So I stamp a lot of these bunnies on white and cream

cardstock and then I fussy cut and they are so

cute you can tuck them anywhere.

 Since this was an Easter page, the bunny totally rocks.

The bunny is resting on a premade tag.

Love it when a plan comes through.

 LOL!

Owen & Annie looking so grown up in their Easter outfits.

When.did.that.happen.

Studio Calico pattern paper, Recollections cardstock, fussy

cut from a PL card. 

Easter Cards

These were a lot of fun to do. 

I love pinterest.

Just need a jumping off point.

The card I did pick out had the bunny coming in

from the side.

I couldn't seem to make that happen without it

looking, well, stupid.

So full bunny face looking front.

I did hand draw the ears, used my circle cutter
to draw a pencil circle and fussy cut that too.
A hole punch provided the eyes with white ink and
yes, I DREW in the whiskers and mouth.
And an itty bitty heart punch for the nose.
I am DRAWING.
Who knew.
Do I girlied up the bunny with those cute prima/recollections
flowers and sequins. Sorry grandsons LOL.

It was a lot of fun.

Recollections & Prima, Hero Arts.

TN - Let's go!

When the grands were down we had the best time!

At night as we're all winding down and

me especially, I love a rousing game of Word Whomp.

It keeps my mind agile and my fingers nimble.

 Because you really need to know how to type

because you have 2 minutes to find all the words.

It goes fast.

So during my rousing game, the grands

sort of wandered on in and we had a blast getting the words.

We played almost every night until bedtime.

Grandpop and mom even joined the fray.

So of course it had to be documented.

Annie and Owen are pretty smart cookies because they

were shouting out the words faster than

I could type.

Studio Calico, Pink Fresh.

TN - Seashells on the Beach

I'm really diggin' the traveler's notebook

and it's getting quite full.

Only a couple of pages remaining.

I used a Studio Calico stamp to cover up

a premade saying that didn't quite go.

 It was a beautiful, sunny day and we went to the North Jetty

and found to everyone's delight that the

beach was chockfull of shells.

Alot.of.shells.

Too numerous to count.

So I went into my die cuts and found the perfect

ones to go on the beach to accent the photo.

It was kind of fun to put them together for 

this page.

Old school.

They found WAY TOO MANY shells and did

keep some really perfect ones to take home.

Can't wait to see what projects they make from it.

Studio Calico. QK diecuts.

TN- Love this

The grands came down for a fun long (albeit)

short weekend and we had a great time.

We went to Myakka State Park, a fun

place to visit.

Lots of wildlife to see, trees to hug and 

Grandpop to photobomb.

A good time was had by all.

And, shazam!

A great photo with no goofy faces.

Win!

Studio Calico, Tim Holtz, die cuts.

TN - Halloween

So Halloween caused me to stop and think.

Scary but true.

Normally with all the grandkids they would get 

separate pages.

 But NOW, because I'm pairing down and

my 12x12's will be going into storage,

I waited for all postings of said grandkidlets

and put them in a double spread in my 

traveler's notebook.

 Go ME!!!!!

Using some stamps and fussy cutting I made the

bats and the spiders, pumpkins and ghosts.

 I also SKIPPED pages in my book to find

the pattern paper that would work with my very

scary Halloween page.

And when my TN's come to light

it's up to the parents to figure out who gets what.
Bwaahahaha..

Win-win.

TN - Oddly different entries

That I'm totally liking - just like my previous albums.

Scrapping whatever moves me at the time. 

I like it.

So the page on the left - is our fun time with

the grands and ending a great day with ice cream and

a visit to a record shop.

Owen, loves all things music, and has a real 

phonograph in which he plays real records. Very cool.

The page next to it is a photo of my grandfather

when it was about 5 years old that

has been hanging in my home for years.

I have passed that gem off to my cousin for safe keeping.

 I have been using chunky bits in the notebook

and it hasn't been toooo fat.

Love that the bottlecap had Jersey Farms on it.

 On the heritage page I found those stickers.

Very cool stickers - I did think they were rubons at first

which is why they langquished for a bit in the ole stash.

Love how its coming together.

Studio Calico, Tim Holtz, Michael's pins.

The last 3 12x12 pages and a birthday card

We are headed out today for the east coast for the

grandkid tour carrying all those albums under our bed.

I made these pages prior to our decision to go full time

so these will be the last 12x12 pages which is kind of a bummer

because this is the second page of our Alaska trip.

Glacier Bay.

What a beautiful cruise that was - hanging out

or our balcony watching the glaciers go by.

Studio Calico

 Going a bit monochromatic on this page of Annie

and Owen first jump in the pool of the summer.

Pink Fresh.

 Seems to be the time of summer and Amelia

is also hanging out in the cold waters of NH.

I stuck my toe in once.

It's cold.

Studio Calico.

Did some paint white paint strips and some

packaging technique with mists.

 I'll still make cards and found this adorable minion

card on pinterest.

Love pinterest.

And who doesn't love a minion.

I just wish I thought of it myself LOL.

So because of the limited space in the RV I have

decided to roll with 8.5x11 and use project life type

with of course some full pages to save space

and I will also be doing a lot of Traveler's Notebooks

which is pretty apropos I think.

Times -they be-a-changing and it'll be a fun challenge.

Of course I'll still do the grandkids but

I may batch them for easier distribution at a later date.

Nothing set in stone.

Rock on!

Rock walls and scaling them seem to be a thing that

grandkidlets of all ages love.

Had a great time with the page.

I wanted a big arrow to mat the photo with so 

I hand drew it (I know) and hand stitched with gray thread.

I'm getting better at the hole pokin' which is key.

Lots of clusters with lots of layers.

Had lots of fun with page. 

Love the photo and Annie and Owen are headed toward the top.

It looks like fun except for the height.

I hate heights.

Pink Fresh, Tim Holtz.

The Easter bunny came

Used this really old paper from Studio Calico and

that dictionary transparency.

Don't the transparency make you swoon. It does me and that's

the last of it.

Love that boy/girl stamp from Kenner Road.

Kids are getting older now but that won't stop me

from using a "young" stamp.

 AND A BOTTLECAP.

Told you so.

The colors just happened to work.

 And that bunny.

Ain't he cute.

Annie and Owen with their Easter goodies.

Studio Calico, Tim Holtz, Kenner Road

Whooooo knew - hand drawn & hand stitched

I have been following Lisa Fonseca for awhile on utube

and she's an amazing scrapper.

She draws, cuts out, and stitches the most amazing critters

and things for her pages.

Very unique.

So I embraced my inner Lisa and made this owl.

I have been drawing this owl since high school and I wish

that it was an original idea of mine, but alas,

it was a classmate that sat next to me would draw all

this fun figures.

And this one, and 2 others, are ones that I can do.

I just wish I remembered her name.

Sigh.

In my defense it was a really long time ago.

So I traced it out and began piecing it together 

and because she also stitches

 I decided to do the same.

I need to do better on the hole spacing thing but

overall it turned out not too bad and really kind of makes it.

And there's the back - love the washi LOL

but I'd have never done that on my counted cross stitch.

 So in keeping with the fun - I used some really old 

grungeboard Tim Holtz alphas and made them two-toned.

 And in the spirit of doctor Suess I couldn't resist the whooooo.

 A great photo of Sam and Lou was perfect

for the owl and vice versa.

Studio Calico.

I love how it turned out. 

I can't say that I'll do this a lot  because it is very work
intensive, but it was fun.

Watercolors and a bit of orange

Anyone else have trouble with orange?

It's a pretty color no doubt

but for some reason..........

Anyhoo, tossed in some watercolors with

some old stash.

I also just noticed I didn't roll with a title either.

Seems to work out okay.

 Love that more stash is getting used and

it works perfect with this photo.

I didn't use any gesso on this - and it worked.

Rolled with 8.5x11 mostly because I'm running out

of regular 12x12 page protectors and neither HL or M's

really have what I want. 

Did I mention both stores are downsizing their scrapbooking

aisles - not that they're cutting edge on anything

but it's good to have them to be able to see things live and in person.

Studio Calico.

How did I miss this photo?

 Like seriously?

It's such a cool, fun picture so it's a good

thing I was out trolling for

photos after making this page.

 Keeping the matting light an airy with

just a pinch of embellies.

 And I needed to use those stamps.

I especially like the one that says #fromwhereistand.

It's so perfect and I'll be using that a lot.

Because I can.

I also wanted to use the #squad - because it's cool and

totally is the photo.

How fun is this photo especially Cavin and Amelia.

Hanging on and Cavin being cool especially

with the rabbit ears and hanging on to Amelia

 and Amelia - dramatic.

Perfect.

Studio Calico.

Buttons galore and it won't be the last LOL

So instead of rolling with tags, I've changed to buttons.

Fair exchange.

Don't you find in your creative process that

one item just keeps on giving.

 So the heart and arrow are there because

the blue strip just stops and it made me crazy.

Short trip.

 Who doesn't love a kitty peeking out of a file folder.

I need to cut more folders.

LOL.

Or not, don't want to get obessed with them.
These are their school photos - my kidlets never had
really good photos - you can tell dad is a photographer.
They have those poses nailed.

I have wanted to use 1st and 3rd title ever since

I did their back to school page and

didn't use it. 

I thought of it after everything was nailed down.

That ever happen to you?

Studio Calico.

Very fun photo!

Using up more stash - I do have a ways to go.

Love this photo of the kids

the pose is sooo much fun and it lets their

personalities shine.

 More watercolors going on - it seems to be a theme lately.

Just gotta roll with it.

 Love the clusters and isn't that pony adorable.

Very fun page that just seemed to come together.

Love their fun poses and then there's always that one!!

Studio Calico.

Using up stash and stamping

This cluster is a mix of stamps, diecuts and

that adorable little owl (and I have no idea what line)

but it's perfect tucked into that heart.

 Used water color on the heart and almost

screwed up getting that heart in the correct place

when I was cutting the paper down from 12x12 to 8x8.

 That little hashtag stamp is perfect because their

mama is like queen of the hashtags.

I can't think that quick LOL!

Love the photo of the kidlets and they are growing

so fast and looking so much more mature.

 Lots of stash being used up which is cool-

makes room for more LOL.

Actually it's kind of nice as it can get quite overwhelming

and the sad part is that even with all that stash

I sometimes can't find what I want.

You ever have that problem?

Valentine's cards

for the grandkidlets are done!!!

Working with some watercolors, stamps and a bee die cut

I've had for awhile. 

The inside has some stamped hearts and a Happy

Valentine's day!

Now to get them in the mail on time.

I cut it real close the last time.

Making a wild page - wilder

Because why not.

This is the SC January kit - Summit and

This paper just spoke to me in all

its colorful, wild glory

that I knew my leftover flamingo 

would be soooo perfect.

(The flamingo was leftover from the "cards"

I made for the grands. See here.

 More pink and really more pink

how wrong can that be???

 And then found the perfect PL card to use as a title.

Little bit of journaling in the

 conversation bubble.

Then I went to some older photos because I

knew I had some flamingo pix

with Owen in them.

And yup. Jungle Gardens when he visited in 2013.

Of course a frame is required to contain

some of the wildness.

This was just a lot of fun.

Studio Calico, Quickutz die.

Celebrate 8x8 size

Had this old Studio Calico paper that just screams

P * A * R * T* Y

Funny story - when I cut down these stars I did NOT

do so with the word celebrate in mind.

It just fit and I was all like

WOOHOO!

 And what's a party with a banner.

Oh and the 2017 at the bottom

didn't preplan that either.

Doncha just love it when a plan comes together. 😏

Love how it turned out.

Very fun and festive!

August birthday - she's such a sweetheart.
Tuesday too.