Saturday, March 16, 2024

Easter cards for the grands

It appears that over the years I have used up most
of my Easter stuff for cards.
Since I have limited space I try real hard to 
use what I have differently.
Below is actually a stamp set for a birthday card
yet there's a bunny in the basket.
So for the older kidlets - I used some QK dies,
fussy cut the stamps
and made backgrounds from distressed inks.
And the inside - A cover up was necessary since I
somehow got ink all over the green part.
So white dots from those little black daubers
and the bunny ears from TH.
I had leftover clouds sooo.....

Then the little guy needed a card his age and
fortunately for me I had leftover Easter
papers from last year.
Had some fussy cutting going on.
Violet designs (papers)

And I made the inside sort of the same w/o the background
fiasco - Love those painted dots.

Some more fussy cutting and some bunny ears.
Who doesn't love bunny ears.


 

Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Birthday card - one year old

Grandbaby first birthday needed a fun card.
I love this QK monkey so easy to put together.
Using some fun embellies I premade with 
watercolor color papers and leftover inks and/or paints.
and Martha Steward alpha punch (wish I got the numbers punch)
but alas.....

Love the monkey shines font!!!
The alphas in blue are QK calvin.


 

Friday, February 9, 2024

Wild & Free Chipboard Album - completed

I wanted to create an album that was would use
up the chipboard I had stashed as well as
the enormous amount of scraps I have laying around.
No rhyme or reason I just tossed
whacked up scraps
and other assorted leftovers I have on hand.
I totally got carried away and had fun.
I really need to go easy on the pop dots though.
🤣

I found photos of my boys when they were younger
so why not add them.

Also added are photos I printed and were the
wrong size for what I wanted originally.

I used a lot of "precut" die cuts
that didn't work on other projects I
originally whacked them for.

I also included papers that I made
using leftovers on white cardstock.

I had fun using embossing folders.

I also decided that titles could be optional
and use phrase stickers or stamps.
And envelopes.
Love tucking them in.


Did a couple of black & whites.

So the kidlet with the blue stars 
is the
younger version of the man on the page below.

All grown up.

I didn't do alot of journaling either 
because I journaled somewhere else.

I discovered in doing this album
I don't have nested square die cuts.
I need to do something about that.

I finally used that Smokey Bear sticker.
It's been around awhile.

I can't believe I left a blank page.
🤣

I love the different sizes and I did
move things around if I needed to.

I had a blast using a bunch of die cuts
I forgot I had.

I busted some stash but not enough.

It's quite bulky and clumsy.

❤️
I love how it turned out. 

 

Friday, January 12, 2024

Travelogue Album - Vol 3

Hard to believe that I have 3 of these 6x8 albums
for ONE trip.
6x8 from Hobby Lobby and I love personalizing them
with paints and rubons.

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And stencils oh my.

I bought a variety of page protectors and its
been fun fitting pictures and journaling in them.
And 6x8 size was fun. 
I
I ordered a lot of them because they were on sale
the next go round.

I do pack it with a lot of ephemera - so
we have an idea of the campgrounds we stayed at
whether we liked them or they
didn't work out as planned.

Also from the parks - who can resist a patch
or sticker.

Of course an album wouldn't be complete
with do dads hanging around.

I also have enjoyed making my very own 
project life cards.

Or using the ephemera for a journaling card.




Pockets for tags are fun and that one is when we
had to get our rig worked on.
It appeared the brakes needed to be replaced.

Also ordered some panarama
page protectors.

I
It allows for extra pictures to tell a story


I also created journaling cards using the state flag
of the state we were in. 
Thankfully a lot of states keep their flags simple.
And they are scattered throughout.

The problem is matching the pictures on the panaromas
to the front and back.

Also, a new one for me, I tried not to gunk up the
photos with a lot of stuff because
I actually got some really great pictures. 
LOL.

Especially the aspen trees and autumn
which was the entire premise
for this adventure. 

And another page protector that I have
a love/hate relationship with
because I don't trust the 2x8 strips to stay put.

Still a lot of fun.

Finally got to use my cactus dies.
Woohoo!
We slid into Mexico so my DH can get his teeth taken
care of and what an adventure that was.
We have to go back so more fun on the Mexican horizon.

Parks are a lot of fun to drop into
especially with friends.

Here are the state flags of the states we just blew
through on overnights. 
Journaling on the back.

And a surprise visit to my dad's to see my
brother for the first time in way too long.

And then Back in Florida - just in time
for Thanksgiving with the family.

That b&w picture of the two of us looks 
kinda creepy there.
LOL.

And Christmas cards of the grandkids is the perfect way to end
the album.
I had a blast using alot of dies, stamps, inks, stencils
and paints.

I'm in the process of lining up our next album.
❤️