A couple page in my TN and its ALMOST completed. Have a bit of Halloween going on and Antelope running. We almost had a run-in with antelope on one of the 4 lane highways in the western states. They're a squirrelly bunch- ran right in front of us, twitched about, and STOPPED and we totally DID NOT HIT THEM by the grace of God. Seriously. We were in suspended animantion (only way I can explain it) while the antelope hung out on our right front end on our RV while traffic blew around us. AND WE DID NOT HIT THEM. I would've went through our front window and others on the highway would've not ended well. So blessed.

Some TH going on and I finally used some washi.

I see everyone ELSE using washi and it totally rocks.

I try it.

And in my mind - a total disaster LOL.

I'm gonna keep practicing.

 

Jump up jellybean

Used to say that to my kids

when I needed them to jump LOL.

Very fun pages to do. 

I think I finally used a pop dot - on the rainbow

it has a few, I took one off the back

but I like it for the layers.

So.....I really got a lot of pages in there w/o popdots.

Go me. 😊

I also made the background paper using leftover

paint when making my 3rd travelogue album

I used stencils for the background on the tree.

Using a lot of stash in my junk box. 

 

A Traveler's Notebook for extra pix

 I started this TN (I did the outside long time ago and it just laid about). So watching some vids on this I decided I needed a place for "reject" or "double" or "wrong sized" pictures to go because why waste them. So I'm putting them in this album AND I'm trying to do it without pop dots. I KNOW. So far so good but its early yet. 🤣 And it kind of turned into "mixed media" but I have to be careful because the paper is thin.

Working on doing things a bit different but

a style is a style.

I'm also not needing to do a bunch of journaling because

I have journaled these photo in my Travelogue album

and sometimes its just not needed.

When trying to not use pop dots which is seriously tough

for me as I love dimension, stamps and 

stencils can be a friend.

Working on my layering of stamps and stencils.

My Florida Traveler's Album is Complete!!!

I decided to post this album in one swoop instead of piecemeal

because it totally looks way cool in one swoop.

This turned out to be my "Florida" album mostly because

the other one I was using was stuffed and

needed to start a new one.

Which was perfect - and since this where we spend 4 

consequetive months it needed its own.

Happy at that outcome.

You probably saw the covers at some point because

I did them about a week ago and love

how they turned out.

I have several different pocket pages.

I actually purchased more 6x8 pages to add more

of those instead of the pockets all the time.

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I try to keep a lot of ephemera because you think remember and you don't.

This album seems to be more of a travelogue and

I'm seriously liking that.

Hanging out on Thanksiving.

Love family.

A clever invitation to a 15 year old party

that sadly, we won't be in the state.

And a wedding that was beautiful

and we had such a great time with family and friends.

Then there's always that one.

LOL.

I add Christmas cards that we receive.

And Christmas lights.

Using some TH Christmas embellies.

I seriously love making my own PL cards and embellishments.

Mostly from die cuts but I'm really getting

into drawing my own.

Not well.

But it's fun all the same.

Lots of journeling when there's no photos and I

love that too because I want to have

those memories too.

Not every moment has to be a kodak one.

I seriously had fun putting this card together

to be used for journaling if you'll

notice that there's no room for journaling.

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I also keep our favorite resturant menus.

Because.....memory is a fickle thing.

And birthday cards.

That one is a total hoot.

LOL.

And I FINALLY got to use that foot clip.

That hung around a long time.

Also digging using the oxides and inks to make

colorful cards and also for punching and die cutting.

I adore that rainbow card and paired it with a b&w photo.

and on the grey stripes. 

More favorite restaraunts and a maps of campgrounds 

are great to keep for reference too.

I am putting together the next album which will

be "on the road" stuff - and sometimes

it evolves into 2 - which is awesome as I really

hate when they get too bulky.

Travelers Notebook - "Let life surprise you"

Went to a Crop at my local scrapbook shop with my two

best buds and we had a blast.

However, it's stressful packing for a crop (at least for me).

So I decided to go with premade and as you

may know, this puppy has been in the works for weeks.

It started with the making of the guts

with all TH stuff.

Then, I had to make covers of course.

And now, comes the photos....woohoo!!!

Well I skipped photos on the first 2 pages because

A. I like them as they are

B. Finding the right photo is stressful 

Love how the album "layers out" and adding the

photos was fun and in my head which is always messing

with me I had to pick the perfect picture.

Don't know about you but a lot of my pictures are 

not perfect.

And I mostly decided on 1.9x1.9 size because

a. you can get 6 to a 4x6

and b. they fit really well, except for a few.

And then some no need for a photo -

love that option because I am seriously 

running out of photos.

And some you may have seen before - gotta

do something with doubles.

I also included B&W photos of my family

and just dug these out of the way back machine on FB

so I didn't have to work that hard.

Some handdrawn flowers by moi -

I'm really having fun with that. 

I didn't do anything with the tags because 

I'm not sure what I want to do.

Maybe some journaling or maybe I'll just

zush it up .

I used quite a lot of ephemera and 

I totally love that.

Unfortunately, I have a lot left.

Imagine being shocked by that.

I also was kind of torn. 

More layers,

less???

However, my 2 scrappy pals were more than

happy to help.

Advice is mandated at a crop.

I love those owls and I have no clue how

I came to obtain them.

I must've done a swap with my pals.

It's good to exchange stuff -

keeps one of their toes when one

gets out of their comfort zone.

ooooo that little brad in the flower is a camera.

swoon.

I honestly didn't know what to do to the rooster and

I ran out of pictures. 

Even at home now I can't decide.

I used some personal ephemera on the back page

a Springsteen concert ticket.

Took my oldest on this one by the way.

And the back cover.

This was soooo much fun and love that I put it

together first and then added photos..

You can see the no photos one here.

http://murphyslaw-lynn.blogspot.com/2022/01/theres-fine-line-between-genius-crazy.html

I actually made this album in January...

 

New Album in the works

 

This album is from Hobby Lobby and 6x8 comes with a

variety of inserts.

I decided not to do matchy matchy from the 

outside to the inside.  

Used a combo of stamps and stencils.

 

It's not required is it???

 

It's kind of fun, yet I feel sort of boxed in with the different

project life pages because I feel it's like

a one trick pony

 

plus  I have limited supplies.

FUNNY THING - I had to whittle down and kept what I

thought would be used for everything

and it fits "my style" (snort)

 

However, when I go to scrap it feels like nothing works.

Seriously.

 What else is fun is that the towns, even the little ones

have their own stickers which of course

I totally needed, however, they ain't cheap.

LOL.

 

So I try to work with what I have and in fact,

I have started doodling - we'll call -

because I.am.not.a.good.draw-er.

 

However, that minion is mine. 

It appears I'm a really good copy-cat 

LOL.

So above it appears I did all my journaling

on the page before and it's sorta/kinda a 2 page

spread.

 

Did a bit of Tim magic and made my own PL cards.

WouldYouBelieveI'mRunningOut

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Having a tough time with mojo.

 

I feel because of space I need to make albums smaller

but I am so used to working in any size

and somehow I can't convince my bad self to  just break out.