A Pirate's Life

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I am so happy that I got this layout done!  It's for the sketch challenge at Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge.  I love their sketches!

The paper is Heidi Swapp (it said copyright 2008 which means I have had it a little longer than I thought!  Good thing there isn't an expiration date!).  I used some gold leafing around the edges of the main paper and the mat around the picture.  I also used some walnut distress ink and roughed up the edges of the mat.

Supplies:
Letters: Rubons-Kaiser, Stickers-Scenic Route
Clear Earth-Tattered Angels
Crabs, Shells and Fish-K&Company
Black Swirlies-Colorbok
Skull and Crossbones-The Paper Studio (Hobby Lobby)

I think that's everything.  I seem to leave off one or two things so if you have any questions, please ask!

Thank you for stopping by!  Until next time my friends...Arrrr! ;)

Grandparents Page

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I did it!  This is my 2nd post of the night, and I am so excited!  I am here a 2nd time because I finished my page for one of the challenges going on at Another Freakin' Scrappy Challenge-Grandparents or generations.  There's still time to play!

My sister helped me to get a couple of the pictures.  She even apologized for how they scanned over and offered to help fix them in Photoshop.  But I said no.  The colors and "textures" of the photos are genuine to the time period.  These look better than some I had taken with a 110 that's for sure!  LOL!

Ok so here is my Nana and Papa page. These are my grandparents on my mom's side.  The 2 pictures on the right were taken in the 1970s I think and the Polaroid was taken April 22, 1984.  And that's my handwriting when I was a kid!

Here is a close up of my Nana.  I decided not to crop the photos so that a sense of time could be felt.  Wood paneling and maybe even that mirror are of things of a different era.  I wanted to appreciate that too.

Here's a close up so you can read the journaling.  That's my daddy with Papa :)

Here's a picture I need to find out more about!  I don't know who took this picture.  The journaling says: If you start with my Nana and go clockwise: Papa, Aunt Nita, Cousin Shireen, Cousin, Cousin Richard (I think), Aunt Kathy, and a baby I'm not sure who the baby is but I don't think it's me.  I think it might be my cousin Katina but I don't know.  If I worked for CSI I could read the calendar but my skills are limited. LOL! ;)

Oh and these glass flowers...no they just look like glass!  My wonderful hubby got me a Ranger Melting Pot for Christmas!  I saw Tim Holtz dip these little Prima flowers into the UTEE and the were like instant glass flowers so that's one of the first things I did last night when I was playing with it!  These are those little silk flowers that I pulled off of the stem.  I thought they went well here.

Supplies:
Papers: Anna Griffin (butterfly transparency), 7 Gypsies, Recollections (cardstock)
Letters: Girls Paperie
Rub-on-Art Warehouse
Paper Key: DiBona Designs
Paper Buttons: K&Company, DCWV
"Silk" flowers dipped in UTEE
Font: my chicken scratch handwriting ;)

Thank you for stopping by and walking down Memory Lane with me!  Until next time my friends...write down some family stories! :)

A Scrapbook Page

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I think some of my busy is starting to calm down!  Most of the Christmas shopping is done and most of it's wrapped.  Really the only gift is for my MIL if I need one.  You know how you go back and forth trying to figure out if you got the right amount of gifts.  Well, one thing my mom-in-law and I do is swap scrapbook pages.  For both of us they go in a special album with pages just from the other person (or people and her sister has made pages and my sister has made me a couple of pages).

So tonight I finished this page.  I am submitting it to Scrap It Girl's Challenge: Tick Tock I Used a Clock challenge.

I used a pocket watch brad for my clock next to the date. :)  Here's a close up of the journaling as well.

Supplies I used:
Paper: KI Memories, Recollections
Ribbon: Snowman from Michaels
Ornament trim: Recollections
Title: Letter brads from Joann's, Sticko stickers
Maya Road Twine
Love2Scrap Pearls
Kaiser Rub-ons
Tag-Cricut and Distress Inks
Clock Brad: Eyelet Outlet

This was a cool Christmas event that we went to.  It was our first time going.  Did you do something new this year for Christmas?

Thank you for stopping by!  Until next time my friends...have a great weekend!  (Christmas is almost here!) :)

Epcot Layout

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Today I am linking a scrapbook page up to Another Freaking Scrapbook Challenge.  Here is the sketch:

Here is my interpretation of the sketch.  I don't know about anybody else-but I love how it turned out.  I used rub-ons (Art Warehouse), stamps (Sparkle N Sprinkle), and some metal arrows from Tim Holtz and Spare Parts (Hobby Lobby).  The gears are embossed with a Cuttlebug embossing folder.  The post card and background paper are from DCWV.  I even got to use a key! :)  The title Epcot is a laser die cut from a company called Laserline.  I had bought it at my LSS.  Oh and I used Tim Holtz chit chat words in the middle.

I love this group picture of us.  We had a lot of fun.

Thanks for stopping by!  Until next time my friends...have a good night :)

Tidbit Tuesday-A Recipe

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I hope that all of the US folks had a great Thanksgiving.  We did!  Spent time with our family and ate way too much! :)

Over at Let's Scrap they have a weekly sketch-but they also have groups that have various challenges.  One of the groups is called Let's Scrap Our Stash.  If you join Let's Scrap you can be in this group.  So a wonderful and creative lady named Cathy creates the recipes for the challenges.

Here are 2 layouts I did for challenges #22 and #23.  (I did #21 earlier.)  The first recipe and where you can find them in this layout are as follows:

2 pattern papers-the background and the brown strip with the black lines at the top

4 color cardstock-black, navy blue strip, red strip and apple, green-the leaf in the apple (made on the cricut)

10 brads-in the black cardstock

10 die cuts/stickers-the apple is 1 die cut and it's inked.  The title in the apple and your first day are stickers.  The School Days on pg2 is a sticker.  All of the letters and numbers at the bottom are stickers.

Here is the 2nd challenge #22.  I know I inverted them but that's how I have them organized in my head.  LOL!  This one was a bit more challenging.  I needed to use flowers are buttons.  I realized that I don't seem to use that much stuff on my pages.  I also seem to do more themed pages and since I have a little guy...well I don't use flowers as much.  But I have lots of flowers so go figure!

So reaching deep deep into the archives I found some pictures of my sister and I at the Botanical Garden in Atlanta.  This was fun to scrap, and I forgot how much fun flowers are!  :)

Here's the recipe for this layout:

2 pattern papers-I used 3 from Making Memories Chloe's Closet.  All 3 are on the first page and then the green pattern goes onto the 2nd page.

4 color cardstock: The background (or base paper), the blue polka dot is from Bazzill and came that way, yellow matting photos on page 1, and the journaling square on the 2nd page

1 pc chipboard-yellow swirl on pg 1-it's from Bo Bunny

4 flowers-2 on each page-3 are paper and 1 is a bubble flower sticker

3 brads-the centers of the paper flowers

9 buttons-I used 10 on the green strip on pg 2

2 ribbons-one is tied on the chipboard pg 1 and the second is in the middle of the green strip pg 2-create, enjoy, laugh is a canvas ribbon

bling-2 little blings on the journal square

So today's tidbit is to use a recipe.  You can make one up and come up with random numbers and items, or join a challenge.  I like these challenges because I realized what I wasn't adding to my pages.  On the 2nd layout I put a chipboard piece (the yellow swirl) which I wouldn't have done before.  Hopefully, I will look at my supplies a little differently.

Thanks for stopping by!  Until next time my friends-use up those brads-because it's always fun to go buy some more! ;)

July 4th

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I wanted to share a scrapbook page I did a week or so ago.  The challenge was to use black cardstock as the base, a color scheme, and black and white photos.  So here is my page.  The challenge is over but I used a sketch from Let's Scrap.

The papers are from Doodlebug.  Thickers letters and Mambi stars decorate my title.  And the flag I think is a Mambi sticker.  I also used some Recollections glitter star brads and $1 stickers from Michael's (toward the right middle).  The fun is some old Heidi Swapp credit card letters.

Thanks for stopping by!  Until next time my friends have a good day! :)

Me and You at Disney World

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*So exciting-this layout was in the Top 3 at Shopping Our Stash.  You can see it here! :)

Happy Friday!  I love Disney!  Everytime I go it really is like magic!  Leave your worries behind!

A few days ago I went to Joanne's and they had Disney paper on sale!  So I had to get it!  This is what caught my eye:

I have seen this in Paper Wishes.  There are brads and 2 Brad Buddies that come with these papers.  Also, there are some die cuts inside.  I am an instant gratification person though.  I like stuff now-which is why just look at it in the magazine.  But when I saw it-I had to get my hot little hands on it! ;)  This paper kit (that's what I will call it) is from Hot off the Press.

So here is my first layout with my new papers.  I used the sketch 11-7-12 at Let's Scrap.  I am also entering this into the Shopping Our Stash Challenge #76: Best Deal Ever or I Had to Buy It, It was on Sale!  I bought some chipboard pieces and Mickey Mouse stamps (eek! can't wait to use those) along with this Disney paper kit. :)

Thanks for stopping by!  Until next time my friends...have a Magical day whether you are at Disney or not :)

Memories from Way Back

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It's no secret that I love to scrap.  Generally, I scrap events and pictures within the last few years.  I have lots of pictures and time keeps moving forward so I don't ever run out of things to scrap.  LOL!  Which means that I don't usually go into my old boxes (and boxes) of photos from way back when.  (Though I probably need to but that's another post for another day.)

So at Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge the 1st challenge is to scrap about high school, or a high school reunion. Click here for the challenge.  With having a son, holidays, everyday life, my husband-I just hadn't even thought about scrapping about high school or anything as me as a kid.  The photos aren't as plentiful as they are now-and don't get me started on quality!  As I looked through the photos from high school wow-35mm just isn't 5, 10 or 12 megapixels is it?  :)

But the more I thought about this challenge, the more I wanted to do it.  We have to scrap about ourselves (which I do-just present me-not past tense me).

So enough of my talking! Here is my page.  Scroll on down, and I will tell you more!

This is me in the 11th grade.  I had a bunch of band pictures, but not of me.  That year I was the historian for the band, which meant I took pictures of everybody but not that many of me were taken.  So I was quite happy that I found this one.  Although I'm not smiling :( and this scowl probably was plastered to my face a lot-yay for teenage angst ;)

Here's my journaling square.  I did love this outfit.  I bought it at a store called Maurice's at the mall.  In marching band I played bells this year.

1993 was the year.  Written next to it is that this photo was "probably Sept or October page done 10.26.2012 by katy)  I do sign my pages-usually on the back though.  I had to have roasted in that sweater. Hopefully there was a cool breeze!  ;)

Supplies Used:

Background paper-K&Company

Cuttlebug embossing folder on blue scrap paper

Picture mat-white cardstock with Distress Stain and Perfect Pearl Mist

Washi/Tissue Tape-Tim Holtz, Reflections

Rose button-Bazzill

Tag-Tim Holtz

Green Letters-Thickers

Sticker Numbers-Colorbok

The 2 black lacey circles in the 2 corners are made using the Inkidinkado stamp system my hubby gave me for my birthday :):)

Thanks for stopping by!  And thank you Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge for a reflection I probably would not have made otherwise! :)  Until next time my friends...sometimes it's good to look at those 35mm pics from long ago! :)

First Day of School Page

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Tonight I am sharing with you a scrapbook page for 2 challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Anything Goes (Woo! Hoo!)

And Another Freakin' Scrappy Challenge: sketch

This is my first time playing at Another Freakin' Scrappy Challenge.  How I didn't play before-I don't know!  I'm trying to scrap a certain amount of pages before the month is over.  I'll let you know how that goes when we get to October!

This page is about my son going to his first day of school.  He's 2 so it's just a couple of days a week and for a few hours.  He likes it.  They do art projects, and he gets to play with other kids.

Here is the journaling up close.  I had to put a little red school house on here!  Of course as I look at this, I realize that there isn't a date.  Ah!  But it's ok, there are more pictures of this event.  I will include the date on one of those pages.

Thank you for stopping by!  Until next time my friends...keep those pencils sharpened!

A Scrapbook Page

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Last night I finished a 2 page layout for the weekly challenge at Let's Scrap.  I was almost up to the cut-off but I made it!  There is a card challenge going on now-so after here go have a look! :)

Here's my layout:

Taking pictures of scrapbook layouts is quite a challenge for me.  I thought I had figured it out.  I would take a picture of each page and then put them together in Photoshop-which is what I did here.  But what I have found is that the lighting seems to change and then the pages don't match, and then they bend a little so I try to take the picture while the page is flat.  I still don't have them quite right :(

So if you have suggestions-please let me know! :)

Now the papers from this layout are from an Advantus company call Magic Scraps that doesn't exist now.  I have 3 or 4 sets from them because of a CKU I attended way back in the day in Atlanta.

Here are some of the matching embellishments that I used on my layout.

All of the words are rub-ons except the date on the flair (or square button)-those are stickers.  The moustaches are from MAMBI.

Thanks for stopping by!  Until next time my friends-Happy Hump Day! :)

Moustabulous!

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A few months ago we had a birthday party for my husband.  We did a moustache theme.  It was so much fun!  A friend of mine even came over to help me get everything ready!  So that's what this scrapbook layout is about.

It is based on this week's sketch:

I used mist and a hexagon mask to do the background.  The hexagon mask is actually from where we punched out pieces to a game.  My husband starting giving me the leftover chipboard from where pieces would be punched out-and I am so glad I didn't through them away!

The big moustache is from the party.  I got the image for Free Vintage Digital Stamps (that site is AWESOME by the way!)  I enlarged to the image and made it different colors in Photoshop and then I made a banner out of them.  You can see this on the first page.

I used printed tissue paper for the center circle.  I had a scalloped circle that I used to trace and cut out the tissue paper.  The letters for the title are from the Girl's Paperie (which I think is no longer in business).  I used a couple of rub-ons and circle stickers.  The moustache paper is from Echo Park.

Did you know that you can spell moustache or mustache?  Interesting! Until next time my friends...stay Moustabulous! :)

Happy Grandparents Day!

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Happy Grandparents Day!  I made this page for my husband's parents.  My MIL and I have a tradition of making pages for each other for different holidays.  This year I decided to make that the title of the page.

I am submitting this page to the AWESOME challenge going on at Unique Crafters Anything Goes Challenge right now!  There are 20 different categories so go check it out!

This is a Tim Holtz coin that I put snow cap and orange alcohol ink on.  I love how it looks rusted. The string is from Karen Foster a looonnnggg time ago called paper floss.  I curled it around a paintbrush and it kept some of its shape-yay!

Other products I used:

Paper-Daisy D, Echo Park (journal tag), Jillibean Soup, (the others were scraps)
Letters-Various sets (I was trying to use up some letters.)
Stickers-Me and My Big Ideas, Hobby Lobby hearts
Rub-ons-Heidi Grace, Creative Impressions
Bingo Card-K&Company

Thanks for stopping by!  Until next time my friends...love on your grandparents! :)

Trick or Treat Tuesday Tidbit

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Over at Let's Scrap there is a card challenge that runs through tomorrow evening.  Now if you haven't been over there-you have to go!  Everyone is super friendly and there is a new weekly sketch along with other challenges.  Always something fun!

The sketch is for a card but some of the DT's made pages and that inspired me to make a page.  First let me show you the sketch:

Do you see what I see?  Hexagons!  This is so cool because they are totally trending in scrapbooking (and other places to I'm sure).  So without further ado, here is my page:

I stamped these hexagons with different Halloween stamps and used white embossing powder on them.  Here is a little story about these hexagons.  I bought them from Ebay like a million years ago!  I think someone on there used to make die cuts with a Sizzix machine or something and I didn't have one so it was easier for me to buy what they cut out.  I have some tags too.  So it's a good thing to save stuff!  LOL!

So here is a list of things I used:

paper: $1 rack Target from last year
spider web: Martha Stewart Punch
Stamps: My Mind's Eye
             Stampin' Up (2001 LOL)
             Making Memories
Stickers: O'Scrap
              Dazzles
              Pebbles Inc.

So my tidbit today is that you can use card sketches for scrapbook sketches-depending on the sketch.  Or was my tidbit about using hexagons?  Or better yet that you can dust off those dusty old 11 year old stamps and still make cute things with them?  Well no matter what thank you for taking the time to stop by!

Until next time my friends...no tricks--only treats here ;)

Tidbit Tuesday-Scrapbooking on a Vacation Cruise

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I went on a cruise a few weeks ago to celebrate one of my friend's birthdays.  It was my first cruise and wonderful!  We went to the Bahamas, and it really is Paradise!  On the ship they have different things going on, so I had to check out the scrapbooking class.

I was going to share with you this story anyway but when I saw the ad on the back page of Scrapbooks Etc. (their last issue) I knew it was meant to be!  This is a true ad if you sail with Royal Caribbean!  LOL!

When I went to the class the guy showed me all the stuff they had to work with and also gave me a free gift.  Here is what I made while I was there.

 The card was already made as it is seen here.  I decorated the inside.

Here is the inside.

Here is my free gift.  I was pleasantly surprised that MAMBI is making the kits.  It was like seeing a friend.  I'm like-Hey I have some of their products!

Here is the back and you can cut these die cuts out.  I like the Royal Caribbean signage.  :)

Pretty cool huh?  It was self paced, and I'm a slow scrapbooker so I was probably in there for about an hour.  It was fun using their stuff because it was different but I would be lying if I said I didn't miss some of my own stuff-LOL.

Thanks for stopping by!  Until next time my friends...Bon Voyage!

Tidbit Tuesday-For the Record

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Well I have waited until the very last few minutes of Tuesday to post this!  I had to finish up my layout for Let's Scrap.

My tidbit for today is that if you are in need of a title-For the Record is a pretty good one!  I was using Echo Park's For the Record paper for my layout.  I have the whole kit with stickers and one of the stickers says that.  I would have used it but I need something a bit more spelled out.  

Think about it though--For the Record.  That's brilliant!  My friends...I am sure you will see that title again :)

Ok now here is the sketch for what will be last week in just a few minutes LOL.  But don't worry-there is a new sketch on the way!

Here is my interpretation of the sketch.  My photos were a little bigger so I adjusted to fit my photos.  The letters for my title are American Crafts.  The rhinestone flowers are from Target from the $1 section many many moons ago.

Here is a  close up.

Here is the 2nd page close up.

Now here is the page I made awhile back to start telling this story.

Here is the basic story.

We almost didn't have sodas-but Chris wasn't taking any chances.  We stopped at a gas station.  This explains the coke machine photo :)  I have to say I like how I did the uh oh.  I may try that again somewhere.

Thank you for stopping by my friends.  Until next time--Have a good evening-for the record (that doesn't make sense but I'm just gonna leave it) ;)

Family Scrapbook Page

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International Scrapbook Month is still going on at Let's Scrap.  There are still so many challenges to play!  Tonight I finished a page for Challenge #2 where the challenge is to try a different scrapping style.  I chose to go Shabby Chic.  My style doesn't normally lean in this direction.  I think I'm more Classic or Cutesy.

So here is my page:

At Let's Scrap you must use a Let's Scrap layout (which I love!).  So here's my sketch-created by Cheri O'Neill for Sept, 9, 2009.  Scroll down, and I'll show you some highlights!

I used these for the circle.  I find they work best with a small glue dot.  I thought I was going to use the ones with print on them and then I changed my mind--for the better :)

Here is the gold candi on the paper.  The Candis are like paper versions of brads and no brad tails.  I got them from the Scrapbook Expo.

I have had this bundle of rhododendrons forever.  I have a pair of wire cutters that I used to cut some of the plastic center off and then I used a bigger glue dot to adhere the flowers to the page.  I used glue dots to glue the candis to the centers.

All of the pearls are from Want2Scrap.

I used Wow Embossing powder for Family.  Wow is right.  It's so thick!  Can't wait to use it some more.  The embossing powder and pearls are both from the Expo.  Yay-I'm using new stuff :)  Oh and this square that Family is stamped on is also from there.  I got it in a pack of die-cuts from The Girls' Paperie.  I distressed this square using Blue Jeans and Walnut Ink from Rangers/Tim Holtz's Distress Inks.

The blue pattern paper is Anne Griffin and the vintage flower paper is from K&C company.  The background paper-I'll be honest-I have no idea.  I bought an assorted pack of paper a couple of years ago from the Scrapbook Expo and threw away the label.  Who knew I would need that info for my blog?  ;)  If you know what brand it is let me know!  Until next time my friends...what's your Scrapbook style?