Grandma's Garden Layout

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I created the layout using the sketch at Let's Get Sketchy.

I mixed light modeling paste and some Art Anthology gold paint (it had glitter in it too) and used a Crafter's Workshop stencild for the little squares around the picture.  I was so excited to finally used paste-it's been awhile!

Instead of a 2nd pictures I used the bingo card from Simple Stories.  It was part of a 12 by 12 paper so I just cut it out.  For Christmas my husband got me a whole pack of different kinds of washi tape.  That is the orange with flower strip going horitzontally-washi tape.  The letters are a thickers and Basic Grey.

The flowers-let me tell you about those.  I don't know if they are Prima or Target-but I bought them at Target and they came in 3 little glass jars with wooden tops.  This is years ago.  Does anyone still have theirs?  LOL.  For the centers I used white Enamel Accents from Ranger.  I used some paper twine and a tag from K & Company-also a bajillion years old.

Here is the sketch for Week 4 in July:

I am also submitting this to Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge: Use a butterfly (There is a yellow glittery butterfly in the top right corner of the picture.)

Until next time my friends...Have a scrappy weekend! :)

Green Inspiration

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It seems so strange that St. Patrick's Day is one week, and Easter is the next!

Over at Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge the monthly challenge is to use green.  That's it?  Count me in!

So I created this:

I posted some pictures on Instagram of the background process.  I used a roller and garden green craft ink from stampin up on a yellow cardstock sheet.  Then I added Close to Cocoa with the roller.  

Here you can see the brown stamp border-that's a Tim Holtz stamp and I used gathered twigs distress ink.  There are some yellow dots in the center bottom and that is a stencil and a distress marker-mustard seed.  That is done randomly throughout the page.  The gold mesh was from a garage sale.  

I used the Silhouette to cut out the shamrocks.  I used green Smooch paint stuff around the edges to give it a gold glittery effect plus a rhinestone in the middle.  

The hand is a Prima stamp which is stamped on grey vellum.  I thought it turned out really cool.  

Thank you so much for stopping by today!  Happy Spring! :)

Baby Layout

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Today I finished up a layout using my baby picture.  At Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge the first challenge is to use a baby picture.  I have them and have only thought about scrapping my own baby picture.  Now it's time to scan one and make it happen!

I am also using a sketch from Stick It Down.  They are having a DT Call-so more details at the end of this post! :)  This is my entry for the DT Call.

Here is my page and cute little baby picture.  I am pretty sure my dad took the picture as my mom is in the background.  My dad likes taking pictures and back in the day he would develop them.

I used a piece of Making Memories eyelet lace for the background and sprayed it with Sweet Cherry from Heidi Swapp.  Then I used light modeling paste and my harlequin stencil behind the photo cluster and in the right hand corner.

Here are some closeups.  Those hearts are rub-ons from a company long ago called Luxe.  I still have a few more of their things floating around.  :)  And the film strip is a Tim Holtz die that I put a little walnut ink on.

 I light bulb says ME and is from Prima.  I used a piece of Tim Holtz tissue tape and a scrap with hearts on it.  The felt heart is from Fancy Pants.  (Trying to use a little stash!)

The banners and flowers are from a Sizzix banner and stamp set that I just love.  And the bigger flower is from Prima (2010!).  

These are Thickers letters that I edged with a little red ink.  I ran out of T's so I put two exclamation points together-woo hoo!  And if you see that brown embossed banner under the picture-that is a piece of kraft paper embossed and I applied walnut ink to the embossing folder.  It's a fun technique! :)

Here is the sketch that I used.

The Stick It Down DT call is still open-they have card sketches as well as layouts.  So come on!  Join the fun! :)

Until next time my friends...Happy Monday! 

Resolutions-A Scrapbook Page

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I knew this morning when I had a little time that I was going to work on my scrapbook page for Another Freakin' Scrappy Challenge.  The challenge is to talk about New Year's Resolutions for this year or of year's past.

So before I got started I skimmed through the updated blog list and stopped at Yvonne's Do More With Less.  She had spray painted her background, and I loved it.  But I more than loved it-I had to get out my stencils and spray something!

So here is my scrapbook page using a green Mr. Mister and brown Dylusions and a Crafter's Workshop Tree of Life Stencil.

So I had so much fun making this page.  One of the challenge's DT's had taken a picture of their shoes-and I thought that was a great idea too so I had to scraplift it! The sun is an embossed circle that I had colored with various color of distress inks and the I used a gear from Tim Holtz.  It's on yellow cardstock but I used this embossing powder from Sparkle N Sprinkle called Guilded Ivory.  It's white with gold glitter.  So the gear has little bits of yellow peaking out-I think this may be my new favorite embossing powder!

Oh! And peaking out behind the shoes picture is a scale (stamp) from The Alley Way Stamps and there is also a measuring tape.  I just had to use those!  LOL :)  The Eat Your Veggies is an ATC I made a couple of weeks ago.

I wanted to share this with you too.  I had sprayed the stencil (right).  Then I took a piece of white cardstock and layed it over the stencil because the negative had mist on it.  So I gently rubbed it and used a brayer.  On the right side is how the ink transferred over.  And then there is a 2nd edition at the top of the original sprayed stencil.  Pretty cool!  I can't wait precious mist! :)

Thank you for stopping by today!  Until next time my friends...have fun misting backgrounds! :)

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! :)

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 :)

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!