Find joy in the ordinary page - Traveler's Album

 Created this page for my traveler's album.

It's a photo of a flower at the Vistor's center in Dawson Creek. 

TH die, sissix die, stickles, bo bunny 6x8. 

Those adorable butterflies are from Little Birdie and there's really awesome flowers too. 

Assorted stamps, w/TH vintage distress ink.

Just add a bit of sparkle and shine

I made this card awhile while playing

with a new (to me) TH Die that as you can see

was a mighty fine price.

I also have to admit this layered dies completely

baffle me.

Jigsaw puzzles are not my thing.

However, 

I did love it.

But then, boredom set in.

and wa-la

Sticles and Nuvo to the rescue.

The background is a Sissix die.

 

With brave wings she flies....

Made this page last night. 

The tree branch is from Oliver (the owl TH die cut) 

An old sissix die bird cage and bird and the flower is from a picture I took -

printed it twice and fussy cut it out and popped up the layers. There

were printed 2 different sizes a 4x6 and 3x4 which  

makes the layers look cooler.

No clue about the pretty dots - 

but they came from Treasured Memories S/B shop. 

And the background are oxides smooshed about.

Love how it turned out.

 

4x4 Baby album Update

UPDATE - added 2 more pix below.....

I had a great time putting this little album together. 

It's all about the grandson.

I printed them in 4x4 size and that was really

neat to work with. 

I also printed 2x2's and of course created my

very own PL cards.

Naturally some of the 2x2s look like 4x4s 

because why not

they're adorable either way.

Got rid of a lot of ephemera.

Yay!

Love making my own embellies. 

I actually do not have many store bought ones

 because honestly, I buy them and then

are clueless on what to do with them because 

a. they're either not my style

b. I don't have anything to go with anything.

c. unless they're flowers............

I decided to have fun and downloaded 

Roadrunner because it cracked me up.

I didn't do a lot of journaling 

because it's not mine to journal really,

so I'm going to tuck tags

behind pictures here and there

and hopefully mama and favorite eldest son

will take care of that.

They take really great pictures and keep me quite updated.

I adore that viewmaster reel.

Remember those???

Cutting edge back in the day.

Sissix die.

Is he too stinkin' cute or what.

Used a lot of TH words and phrases.

and dated some of the photos.

I may need to pick up another 4x4 size

because this was fun to do.

Actually it's my second one as I did 4x4 wedding

album for favorite youngest son 

here

I do adore that little bear as you can see throughout.

and ta-da happy ending!!!

It's really hard to know when to stop.

Update!!!

I didn't stop LOL.

Got 2 more photos that had to be included.

Especially since mama wasn't in too many of them.

Like that's a surprise LOL.

He is just tooooo stinkin' cute.

 

Wild & Free Chipboard Album - completed

I wanted to create an album that was would use

up the chipboard I had stashed as well as

the enormous amount of scraps I have laying around.

No rhyme or reason I just tossed

whacked up scraps

and other assorted leftovers I have on hand.

I totally got carried away and had fun.

I really need to go easy on the pop dots though.

🤣

I found photos of my boys when they were younger

so why not add them.

Also added are photos I printed and were the

wrong size for what I wanted originally.

I used a lot of "precut" die cuts

that didn't work on other projects I

originally whacked them for.

I also included papers that I made

using leftovers on white cardstock.

I had fun using embossing folders.

I also decided that titles could be optional

and use phrase stickers or stamps.

And envelopes.

Love tucking them in.

Did a couple of black & whites.

So the kidlet with the blue stars 

is the

younger version of the man on the page below.

All grown up.

I didn't do alot of journaling either 

because I journaled somewhere else.

I discovered in doing this album

I don't have nested square die cuts.

I need to do something about that.

I finally used that Smokey Bear sticker.

It's been around awhile.

I can't believe I left a blank page.

🤣

I love the different sizes and I did

move things around if I needed to.

I had a blast using a bunch of die cuts

I forgot I had.

I busted some stash but not enough.

It's quite bulky and clumsy.

❤️

I love how it turned out. 

 

A couple of pages in my Traveler's Notebook

Swapping around pictures and printing 4x6 when I needed

a smaller one - good photo for this book.

So I whacked it in half and lined it up on top of

some tree bark stencil that I have used a lot.

Broke out my quickutz trees and of course

they're yellow - the aspens are gorgeous right now.

Had fun doing this page.

Used a bunch of stash - arrows and those street signs.

Also an arrow stencil for more fun.

Love the chaos.

And baby grandson enjoying his books

and it was fun using TH stencil and love the

alpha font from Sissix - and took the colors from the photo.

OOOOO and washi tape. 

I hardly use washi tape because it usually doesn't end well.

 

Memories in the Making album- 2 new pages done

I'll chase a bee anywhere.

Butterflies too.

As well as other assorted critters.

I was going to use these photos in my travelogue but

I printed them too small by not paying attention

when automatically clicking print.

I really enjoy trying to make the backgrounds add

something to the page and photo.

And the embellishments.

Swoon.

Love using my stash.

Tim Holtz mostly and mostly older stuff

I tossed the packaging.

Silly me.

 

Homemade project life card

Because I do have limited supplies and storage, 

I don't have a lot of room for pre-made project life cards.

And I love them.

However, making my own and customizing them

is a lot more fun and I've gotten so much

better at making them.

This is a Sissix thinlet die that has a bunch

of sea creatures on it.

I use it a lot.

As you may know if you read my other posts

I have a love/hate relationship with

those dies that have ITTY BITTY pieces.

Like a puzzle 😐

I am not fond of puzzles.

Oh that "stitching around is a Technique Tuesday stamp.

They have 6 different ones - A fav!

I found because of the way I do things that 

whacking everything out all at once

and then trying to figure out 

where everything goes.

That is not a plan you want to employ.

When I made these I cut ONE CRITTER at a time

AND THEN,

I actually put it together RIGHT THEN.

Of course you have the packaging close at hand to

check out the photo of more than occasionally.

IT WORKS WWAAYY BETTER.

And don't get me started on those itty bitty little dies. 😐🤣🥸

 

July 4th card for the grands

Cardstock, a die, a stamp and a stencil

with some inks of course.

It was fun to do.

I whacked all the nesting stars and glued

them together.

As I was doing that I remembered I had a

"firework" stencil that would be

a great background for the star.

Since the background was white, I used blue jeans

and fired brick (distress inks).

WELL,

I didn't wait until the ink was dry and I got purple.

I like purple. It's flashy,

Sissix die, TH sentiment unknown stencil.