I got a tad carried away...

That surprises you I know.

This paper is so much fun - I did another page with it

and then ordered another sheet.

Click here to check it out  as they are both completely 

different - same family though LOL!

I did totally create this page (embellishments and all) without a photo

and wait till you see how well it worked out.

This process seems to be working out way better for me

right now so I'm gonna keep rolling with it.

 The adorable embellishments are Jillybean Soup

and I love the whimsey.
I even stitched down the flappy side. Of course,
the sewing machine got contrary but it worked.

That's Miss Amelia (she's gonna be 6 in April)

sooooo....in perusing through my photos

for something to go with this page after it was done 

her outfit worked perfect.

I purchased the title just yesterday from Michael's

$1.50 bin. 

That was perfect too.

Who knew.

Another sweet 4x4 album done!

I picked this baby up for about $2.00 from Hobby Lobby.

Its Paper Studio brand - and I really love doing 4x4's. 

Seriously.

They make terrific gifts - however, I needed more 4x4

page protectors that I found at Michael's.

So I'm spreading the wealth LOL.

 So most of the stuff I used was Studio Calico and Pink Fresh.

 And bits and pieces I had rolling around

There are about 20 inserts in there - however the last 4 

have just filler stuff in them.

Figured they could toss some photos in if they'd like.

 This one is going to Tom's daughter's family and I'll

be prowling around for another 4x4 buy.

 I didn't show all the photos because there were alot.

You're welcome 😗

I picked out my favorite photos of which

the majority of them are on 12x12  pages or other sizes stashed in my albums.

Studio Calico and Tim Holtz = Heritage

 I made this page without a photo and

then picked one out and decided it needed to be 

another photo because it just didn't look right.

There seems to be going around a lot.

However, as you shall see this one is perfect.

 I seriously got carried away with the embellishments and layers.

And that's a good thing=stash busting.

 Are those buttons not cool?

They are Buttons Galore and I picked up 2 bottles

when I was in Tuesday Morning.

Great place to pick up scrapbooking items at

a real discount.

 I did change the photo from color to B&W and

since it was a photo of a photo its

really not the greatest - and B&W covers all that up.

Supposedly.

Studio Calico paper came from a kit long ago and

Tim Holtz ephemera that I've had for a really LONG time.

I'm still annoyed with mists so I haven't used any.

OH and I added masking tape because it seemed like the thing to do.

About the 2 photos I wanted to use yesterday

I went through my photos in Aperture

and decided to cut some of the clutter and exported them 

out to regular folders and as I was 

looking through those folders I happened upon two

photos that landed together and something sweet

caught my eye - because those photos were never together before.

 So of course I had to make a page and I have

done pages of these photos separately but what caught

my eye made me want to do a page with both.

 These 2 photos are of my gram and grandpop;

the top one when they first started dating or married 

circa 1930 - they were 29 when they married and that was

considered quite old back then.

The second photo is of them about the 1970's some

40 years later and in both photos grandpop has his arm around gram.

I thought it was sweet and it also kind of set a tone

of their casual closeness because they really weren't

overly affectionate in public.

It just wasn't done in their generation so just

that little move means a lot.

I had some leftover flowers that of course had to used.

I mixed up the Studio Calico with the pink fresh tag and a doily.

At first I thought I had too many word strips and

then I got over it.

Seriously can you have too many???

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.

2x2 Black & White photo on a page

Love this paper - not sure what its called

I know its not hombre but the design has a name.

Help?

Anyway, I kept the embellishments relatively simple 

because of the stripes and colors.

 Love this packet of embellies from Jillybean Soup.

I think - they all came apart in the baggie I keep them in.

 Is that flamingo not adorable - or it could be My Mind's Eye.

Sigh. Hate when that happens.

So I love all the layers behind the photo and its an adorable photo.

Annie with hair gone wild.

So cute.

Splashed some mist about and called it a day.

Studio Calico paper.

Around the camp at Long Key

Low tide at Sunset was really pretty.

 And we had the iguana highway.

We had about 5-6 sashay through.

Of course, my camera for the first 5 was in the camper.

Therefore, only a couple ended up on my SD card.

 And a great egret owned the road.

Great to be home again and now to get back on the

scrapbook bandwagon.

It was great to be sort of off the grid.

Read 3-4 books just relaxing.