Travelers Notebook - Concertina fold

Technically, it's Adele's (Inky Quills) fault because I

have watched her whip these folds up a few times.

Effortlessly.

Therefore, I thought why not give it awhirl.

How hard can it be.

Well....

It's tricky especially if one's fingers aren't real nimble.

Also, I used wet glue and couldn't figure

out which side the clue should go.

I'll watch the vid again.

I double backed this page because the front looked

weird to me. 

Not quite as um uniform shall we say.

Anyway, using the colors from the tissue paper

more or less, I die cut the and punched

the flowers. Buttons galore on the buttons

and sequins. .

And the canning jar just was soooo neat.

I stamped it in grey on mixed media paper and

thought I would stamp flowers on it.

And for some reason I fail to remember, it didn't work.

You can see the stems down there soooo

I added some butterflies and a saying.

I am really happy with that.

It surprised me.

So what to do with the back side of the concertina fold and

not be too much of a copy cat because I love

that flower page.

Anyway some TH to the rescue (which caused me to sort

a bunch of stuff out - because I thought tossing

everything together in one big bin

was a good idea) and found some really fun

ephemera to work in.

But first, I created that background page from Dristress Inks,

assorted stamps in the background. 

That was a lot of fun to do...

And the sentiment is sooooo true.

I love doing filler pages and it's been especially fun since

I quite worrying about storage and space.

 

Off the rails Scrapbooking challenge

Chipboard!

Pop on over to Off the Rails and see what the team has created.

I used a combination of chipboard and Tim Holtz grungeboard

which is chipboard with an attitude.

Used some older product - My Mind's Eye, Authentique,

and yes, Studio Calico. QK cookie cutter for the heart,

my Martha Stewart punch and washi tape..

I used watercolor on the chipboard because I didn't have enamel

paint that matched. Actually the watercolor didn't come 

close either. So I swooshed it around and mixed.

Several times.

Fortunately you can flip the arrows around.

Love the photo and the title actually popped into my head.

Surprised me. 

LOL.

Counted Cross Stitch

I loved and still do love counted cross stitch.

Sadly, I don't do it anymore.

Its hard now because I can't see the stitching no

matter how big the stitching or holes.

I have a bunch of beautiful scenes that I gifted over

the years. When mom and I traveled we would

take our projects with us.

 Easy to carry in a plastic bag. 

Easy to pick up and do when there was some

downtime available.

 I like that my mom snapped me in action and at

my Gram's. I love her furniture, her living room.

I totally miss her and her house.
Another page built with scraps and without a photo.
It took days to find this photo. and then
after to really really really decide to use it.

 After I have the page together I decided

some counted cross stitch was required.

So I used the mat and punch from the Amy

Tangerine package in my Studio Calico kit.

I spread them throughout the page.

Top left, top left corner of the photo

and right corner at the bottom of journal card.

Love the layers.

Let's address the glitter. 

I used some gesso andthen decided that 

maybe black would be good.

It looked like pepper.

So I tossed in some red.

It looked like pepper and chili powder.

And then I decided gold.

Therefore some sequins and those pesky little

beads were tossed on top.

And everything was totally flat.

Twine needed to be involved. Lots of movement.

Love the photo - I see a bit of Nick there.

Shades of the 80's hair.