tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484165692671743532024-03-12T22:21:25.464-05:00Susan GoetterSusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08026661239520689778noreply@blogger.comBlogger591125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848416569267174353.post-66965329743801032032022-07-28T14:58:00.000-05:002022-07-28T14:58:03.151-05:00WOW....This Year!<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">This year is FLYING by! Here we are almost finished with July 2022! Just popping in to add a few more of my layouts. These were done over a year ago, I'm just trying to catch up with my posting!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Sit back and enjoy the scroll...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijvXCnXMjzKl74JDcNyqWV-jqHNOUHKJuSKomQeZx_T8IlSzVQAzeOMtVdpzxr0lT9Ww_4U-QkgQoNVCMSFK8fbX7KFR3eCjrkNOquS8immOhFyQontxt6j10Hb4btcXdjqTFVX5-wI6hc9yNsmrSWXfA8p75dVZQ0OX-N1-XK2Yg8B0kgD2E-uycrPQ/s1000/At-the-End-of-the-Day.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="990" data-original-width="1000" height="634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijvXCnXMjzKl74JDcNyqWV-jqHNOUHKJuSKomQeZx_T8IlSzVQAzeOMtVdpzxr0lT9Ww_4U-QkgQoNVCMSFK8fbX7KFR3eCjrkNOquS8immOhFyQontxt6j10Hb4btcXdjqTFVX5-wI6hc9yNsmrSWXfA8p75dVZQ0OX-N1-XK2Yg8B0kgD2E-uycrPQ/w640-h634/At-the-End-of-the-Day.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px;">Photo of my 3 children and me Easter 1991. I used a white background. The other papers all came from my scraps. I cut the title letters from navy card stock and layered it 4 times for dimension. I also added some Nuvo Crystal Glaze to each letter. The strips with words were cut from a very old Graphic 45 ppr. I cut the hearts with a die from Simon Says Stamps, added some wink of stella to each heart and a little white accent. The hearts are popped up - every other one. I also coated each of them with Crystal Glaze. I also added little pen stitching with a red pen to the white background and with a white pen on the navy strip. Journaling is tucked behind the red and white layer and reads:</span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">I believe this photo is from Easter in 1991. We were a Grandma and Grandpa's house in Griffin, Georgia. Looking at this photo makes me realize just how fast you all grew up. It really seems like it was just a year or so ago…and yet it's been almost 20 years! I like all of these quotes I've used here on this layout, but the one that stands out to me the most is the last one …. At the end of the day, this is all that matters.</div></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-6iyVKAV5MI4sVFaolR85HCq06Vg7fbNiMP1_XI5ehC7zaKWD4BXUo7b0Hy7lvcKez4tqYSOF9J0HVWEeYqz1Uze7XgpSrTA8OTEgKoJf6VjILYg-NVwMi3vaPBX25MYOcHvQNvyyVwKT49OYZved_yPC2axqnuEfzuNXRQX57eBxtCxF0SrkFF4SvQ/s1000/Sweet-Boy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="994" data-original-width="1000" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-6iyVKAV5MI4sVFaolR85HCq06Vg7fbNiMP1_XI5ehC7zaKWD4BXUo7b0Hy7lvcKez4tqYSOF9J0HVWEeYqz1Uze7XgpSrTA8OTEgKoJf6VjILYg-NVwMi3vaPBX25MYOcHvQNvyyVwKT49OYZved_yPC2axqnuEfzuNXRQX57eBxtCxF0SrkFF4SvQ/w640-h636/Sweet-Boy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;">Photo of my DGS, Allen when he was about 1 month old. I used Kaisercraft papers and some blue scraps. The hearts were punched with an EK Success punch. The other punched edges were also done with an EK success punch (really old one). I matted the photos in black. Title work was cut with some Altenew dies and Memory Box Parker dies. I added some pearl drops. Journaling is tucked behind the big grey mat and reads:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;">Photos of Allen when he was just about a month old. Such a sweet baby boy. He looks so small here in these photos. Now he’s 15 years old, got his learners permit, and is much larger and taller than me! I do love this baby boy…even though he’s not a baby anymore!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;" /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDsz7CVmY7jDHueXa1ZvMZBGCZaYgb9S9KlO3H5awdlKiHNkPxUDbbinBbRB3d_15028FllQOYgANeX7MqiRdCIMGVqiNvjV1sUawlAVD-Pq6ntLwU-fFytHnx1yfOB-nbAEEi4ijFUl_CjFHlPnRM2DrwGqCLDgZtNbnu9yMia5GX1-8npHlwCp2CUA/s1000/Jacob-Age-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDsz7CVmY7jDHueXa1ZvMZBGCZaYgb9S9KlO3H5awdlKiHNkPxUDbbinBbRB3d_15028FllQOYgANeX7MqiRdCIMGVqiNvjV1sUawlAVD-Pq6ntLwU-fFytHnx1yfOB-nbAEEi4ijFUl_CjFHlPnRM2DrwGqCLDgZtNbnu9yMia5GX1-8npHlwCp2CUA/w640-h640/Jacob-Age-4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;">Photo of my DGS, Allen when he was about 1 month old. I used Kaisercraft papers and some blue scraps. The hearts were punched with an EK Success punch. The other punched edges were also done with an EK success punch (really old one). I matted the photos in black. Title work was cut with some Altenew dies and Memory Box Parker dies. I added some pearl drops. Journaling is tucked behind the big grey mat and reads:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;">Photos of Allen when he was just about a month old. Such a sweet baby boy. He looks so small here in these photos. Now he’s 15 years old, got his learners permit, and is much larger and taller than me! I do love this baby boy…even though he’s not a baby anymore!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;" /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGiH03JLqueBJ5cE_FvuaNfwMxkSyFQg_7AuicHObqui9aHSdzSarwWRHoucVGZL5z5qE4V7kjOOsl9c4WwT9-Az-n7J6Ny5FLbls1FjG94xBUmtHpUQ44VanPbYP9BLkYCNYVbdLziDxkbP1euvYmVCa7JddeZKyOKQHklGYXZvTfMHrFRkXArjIwfw/s1006/Be-Your-Own-Kind-of-Beautiful.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1006" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGiH03JLqueBJ5cE_FvuaNfwMxkSyFQg_7AuicHObqui9aHSdzSarwWRHoucVGZL5z5qE4V7kjOOsl9c4WwT9-Az-n7J6Ny5FLbls1FjG94xBUmtHpUQ44VanPbYP9BLkYCNYVbdLziDxkbP1euvYmVCa7JddeZKyOKQHklGYXZvTfMHrFRkXArjIwfw/w636-h640/Be-Your-Own-Kind-of-Beautiful.jpg" width="636" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;">My DGD, Katie, many years ago. I used papers from the Hello Beautiful collection. The tags - perfection, life is goo and the title work were all created in the Silhouette program and cut with the Cameo. The happy little moments tag and the beautiful day circle are stickers from EP Spring Market. The little blooms are punched and the leaves are die cut. The striped paper was the back side of a gray with white dot paper that I added lines too by printing on a scrap of paper. I also added pearl nuvo drops to the flower centers. The background is a soft pink, but on my computer it looks a little bit lavender...hmm.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkUGgMZ-Ex3GbZlZzSQCvatXi8G1W_7Y9Z7u38YWl1xNwCsptKwGtEWIQvk37qVJu-BdA7xsXsBJ1fKa8_zxc29awjjMHJ_yY2KE_4XvmYBd-6DZF-AseqS9yIwdLZVGk-DdpjXOSPHllyVUfzfeppdP7-5fVFza4MXBmAaBbRtaOVa7__XtJC0xwYcg/s1000/Grandma's-Blooms.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="997" data-original-width="1000" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkUGgMZ-Ex3GbZlZzSQCvatXi8G1W_7Y9Z7u38YWl1xNwCsptKwGtEWIQvk37qVJu-BdA7xsXsBJ1fKa8_zxc29awjjMHJ_yY2KE_4XvmYBd-6DZF-AseqS9yIwdLZVGk-DdpjXOSPHllyVUfzfeppdP7-5fVFza4MXBmAaBbRtaOVa7__XtJC0xwYcg/w640-h638/Grandma's-Blooms.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;">Just a few photos of the flowers and trees in my Mama's yard. I used a black card stock background. The flowers and bird were fussy cut from Hello Beautiful papers. I glued the edges down to the black, and then popped up some of the blooms. Title work was cut with Magnolia dies from QK (really old). Journaling was computer generated and printed. I added just a touch of Nuvo pearls scattered around the blooms.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;" /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFvdfy88rrt8MZntyiRJymJkfAHcDj1FSwA23CqSqwNdOBsklaIvjGpVAvRfkXyp0wOEmtBydR9r6lKuoS5Cs6hGWVFavB7QkLM9PKFOPLmGlEOmaKKaltSQlZdpfP5QAE-wFt3uzzw_FtrDvdIlmBYYR1gCIBcvN1HB9iWVnP6PkdJSMxaVf_bJWLSw/s1006/The-Older-I-Get.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1006" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFvdfy88rrt8MZntyiRJymJkfAHcDj1FSwA23CqSqwNdOBsklaIvjGpVAvRfkXyp0wOEmtBydR9r6lKuoS5Cs6hGWVFavB7QkLM9PKFOPLmGlEOmaKKaltSQlZdpfP5QAE-wFt3uzzw_FtrDvdIlmBYYR1gCIBcvN1HB9iWVnP6PkdJSMxaVf_bJWLSw/w636-h640/The-Older-I-Get.jpg" width="636" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;">I took a selfie the other day...do you know that there is NO way to take a photo that hides all the lines, wrinkles, and thinning white hair?!! So...this is the real me. My profile photo is probably 12 years ago...so much has changed in those 12 years! Anyway, I digress, and I can't do anything about the way I look. In December I'll be 70 years old...WOW!! This Alan Jackson song kind of sums up my life at this point. I printed the lyrics on the background paper. These papers are from a DCWV Hello Darlin' paper pad. The scalloped edges were punched with EK Success punch. The title letters were cut with QK dies (Diesel) and layered 3 times for dimension. I also added some crystal glaze to each letter. The flowers are a print and cut from the Silhouette Store that I resized to fit the corner of the photo. I backed the photo with a thin black frame. I also added a very thin black strip to each of the side borders. I also added some pink Nuvo drops around the flowers. No journaling except for the song lyrics.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie65BACdZaUxHCb9wPY34fD2uTe059MQp-V0Is9K6EBdterIC0T3myXkmivnecweyAvavHOlE9JWu8azXgfykFoCtE_D4oBEoh1l-fJS28UXreEr1zgQBf4Q67J--5jQqmUiathIifjv3koFbGjoBXOkwmXOpfhtpistyMSt2NA4XALNEdusi0ikFOgg/s1000/Cool-Ride.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="998" data-original-width="1000" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie65BACdZaUxHCb9wPY34fD2uTe059MQp-V0Is9K6EBdterIC0T3myXkmivnecweyAvavHOlE9JWu8azXgfykFoCtE_D4oBEoh1l-fJS28UXreEr1zgQBf4Q67J--5jQqmUiathIifjv3koFbGjoBXOkwmXOpfhtpistyMSt2NA4XALNEdusi0ikFOgg/w640-h638/Cool-Ride.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;">Old photos of my DGD, Katie...she's 21 years old now! I used a solid white background. The solid green paper is old paper from Scenic Route, and the other papers are scraps from my scrap bin. The bird and the flowers are stickers from various EP paper packs. Trying to get some use out of all those stickers! LOL! I printed her name and punched it with a EK Success punch. Title work was cut with a really old QK die set. I cut it out 4 times and layered it for dimension with the top layer being cut from the same solid green from Scenic Route. I added a little pen stitching around the layout with a green Tombow marker.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Lkkg9uJ-5GX53r_5sTENIhOSYx8XV1x-ynbDI7ll1bz8yL5aZHynPZKe_SE7xi3iblnJGpLezqCZZbgnJYDr2gdEKXK7-XRmZSRu6SJgMT7Vwi3Cz4VMVxn_4o2VS9xywF1iamgs2GlgvYyy0jrPeokPTTry915RuH8J-SsMt6g8K88adbAcogncQg/s1004/Lovely.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1004" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Lkkg9uJ-5GX53r_5sTENIhOSYx8XV1x-ynbDI7ll1bz8yL5aZHynPZKe_SE7xi3iblnJGpLezqCZZbgnJYDr2gdEKXK7-XRmZSRu6SJgMT7Vwi3Cz4VMVxn_4o2VS9xywF1iamgs2GlgvYyy0jrPeokPTTry915RuH8J-SsMt6g8K88adbAcogncQg/w638-h640/Lovely.jpg" width="638" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;">Photo of my DIL and granddaughter, Helen Grace in 2007. I used EP Spring Collection. The title letters are stickers from the collection that I adhered to black card stock and trimmed out. The flowers are a print and cut from the Silhouette store that I resized to fit around the photo. The word strips with the name and date are computer generated and printed on a strip of the paper from the collection. The best day tag is a sticker from the collection. I added some Nuvo dots around the photo that I cut out with a stitched circle die and then cut out 4 layers of white with the same die and popped the photo up. No journaling on this one.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;">This was a LOT! Thanks for hanging in there. Hope you'll come back again soon...and thanks so much for visiting!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><a href="http://s210.photobucket.com/albums/bb306/sgoetter/?action=view&current=Susan-2012.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb306/sgoetter/Susan-2012.jpg" /></a>Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08026661239520689778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848416569267174353.post-78737278196153877402022-06-14T14:59:00.004-05:002022-06-14T14:59:34.235-05:00It's June 2022! Time Flies!<div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I can't believe how quickly time flies! Seems like it was just January 2022! Now here we are in June already! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Thought I'd pop in and share a few more layouts with you. I finished a small folio with my grandson's graduation photos in it last week, but neglected to take and pictures of it! Shame on me!! My daughter loved it though! LOL!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Let's get started...</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA-wmhInVYpJWpn4SXogyNwcfqKcgdI00xwJtf_MkYCk56DbaxuBhVLJ_2IGzufaKffMuIRVuSehQ8YRnd_eoiBDGaH8wx1iuOevhhwRoHg7F1O9HBTS3e6askdTZirnrDF4h631qLpscnfqW0JqxF_HUZVF6B0J_VSjjYmHstxNBHt77-iQHRn7M8pw/s1000/Love-this-Goober.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="995" data-original-width="1000" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA-wmhInVYpJWpn4SXogyNwcfqKcgdI00xwJtf_MkYCk56DbaxuBhVLJ_2IGzufaKffMuIRVuSehQ8YRnd_eoiBDGaH8wx1iuOevhhwRoHg7F1O9HBTS3e6askdTZirnrDF4h631qLpscnfqW0JqxF_HUZVF6B0J_VSjjYmHstxNBHt77-iQHRn7M8pw/w640-h636/Love-this-Goober.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Photo of my son taken in 1996 (or maybe 1997). I sent this photo to him via text and told him I would be scrapping it and asked what he thought the title should be and he said "Goober". LOL! I used EP Capture This collection for this layout. Mostly just layering papers and some of the tags that came with the collection...which were just perfect for this layout. The "goober" was cut with an old QK font - Star. I added some faux stitching...and I'd love to tell you that the camera makes the stitching across the top look crooked...but that wouldn't be true...I did it...and didn't even realize it was crooked until I photographed the layout and saw it on screen. LOL! Oh, well...it just adds character...right? Journaling is attached to the Moments Captured tag and slides behind the "today" layer. Journaling reads:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #626262; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-size: 15px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Matthew in 1996 or 1997? I sent this photo to you, Matthew and asked you what you thought I should title the scrapbook page and your reply was “Goober”. I had to laugh, but decided to go along with you. You might think you looked like a goober…but you’re my goober and I love you just the way you are!</span></div></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg92Gak6PyS87QNDfMlM_h17KGXiJGVPAEybUkicusIqwE5mZyt9iWp-MbOMiWWMYg5jbgE2RwqvoHHQey4ZKKX141IyTCeeUpOu5jWTrKaTNo-hEIaiI5HvbBO3rWWWwuiY8hvRrC0vIAw2CJxxWNetityKtfMsQ1ihZC2wvKEae-T23XX-OLz76ri3A/s1000/Sweet-Friends.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="996" data-original-width="1000" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg92Gak6PyS87QNDfMlM_h17KGXiJGVPAEybUkicusIqwE5mZyt9iWp-MbOMiWWMYg5jbgE2RwqvoHHQey4ZKKX141IyTCeeUpOu5jWTrKaTNo-hEIaiI5HvbBO3rWWWwuiY8hvRrC0vIAw2CJxxWNetityKtfMsQ1ihZC2wvKEae-T23XX-OLz76ri3A/w640-h638/Sweet-Friends.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-size: 15px;"><div style="font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Photos from the 80's. I used Carta Bella Our Family papers. The doily is a Prima die. Butterfly is from an old sticker sheet. I made his antenne by cutting a thin strip of black paper and glueing it to the butterfly's head. Butterfly trail was made with Nuvo drops. I used a border punch for the bottom of the beige mat. The "love" button is something I found in the bottom of a box of "scrappy stuff" and the "memories" embellie is a very old brass embellishment that used to be sticky on the back but that was all gone, so I used the holes on each end of the brass plate to attach it to the layout with brads. Quote I found online and printed. Title work was generated in the Silhouette program and cut out several times and layered for dimension. The thin red border around the checked background is just 1/8 inch strips glued around the edges. Journaling was computer generated and I inked the edges for a little dimension.</span></span><div><span style="color: #626262; font-family: open sans, arial, helvetica, verdana;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizJR5BglIM6iQO9eVFmNHfG_ccEaDNtKVEnzoyx-qGskcdEYgQ6d-C7bHRasQShAJdjRwVfQyIWm_sT7Sz7Mt0xuuNCyJqeNx3dkvSTd25yZS8yBf8c6qr4bgqdE1d9St_qDCwVxnXZtvnJRzed9WrWjA4lH1ljYdQawmjkQpDbuDLFqimWtuN79e5OQ/s1000/Susan-@-40.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizJR5BglIM6iQO9eVFmNHfG_ccEaDNtKVEnzoyx-qGskcdEYgQ6d-C7bHRasQShAJdjRwVfQyIWm_sT7Sz7Mt0xuuNCyJqeNx3dkvSTd25yZS8yBf8c6qr4bgqdE1d9St_qDCwVxnXZtvnJRzed9WrWjA4lH1ljYdQawmjkQpDbuDLFqimWtuN79e5OQ/w640-h640/Susan-@-40.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;">Photo of me...30 years ago! I used EP A Walk in the Park papers for this layout. I actually scraplifted myself...a layout I did in September 2010 called Sugar & Spice. I have scrapped so much lately, I couldn't get my mojo going, so I just looked back in my gallery for a layout that really caught my eye and just did a complete "lift". LOL! I used MS punches for both borders. The title letters are very OLD chipboard letters from my stash (I had to glue them down...the sticky was all gone!) I added some yellow Nuvo drops to the borders. The flowers are a stamp from Altenew's Botanical Gardens. Journaling is tucked behind the photo and reads:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;">Looking at this photo makes me realize just how quickly time goes by! I remember the night this was taken...it was our Sunday School Christmas party. I was 40 years old...much younger, much thinner, and definitely had more hair than I have now at almost 70! My, Oh, My...how time does fly!</span></span></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht_hXCHwfC3Rdxz3YO8FVE_v-OiTibUlQj-K1-7wiMVqbLn1JIdvDUJFzQHGzWXmzz_fP1yUFxZ26LZEw4k_SX7KSKahOhfMoZS-Jp0PQBMSIISXsVhmOPu4vEZ7MOkE6q6zeXZJ4cxniqHg1MJHLNGil1DN0u374_hhVLXK4s6yUmSp36NRufsj5sMg/s1000/My-Soldier.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="991" data-original-width="1000" height="634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht_hXCHwfC3Rdxz3YO8FVE_v-OiTibUlQj-K1-7wiMVqbLn1JIdvDUJFzQHGzWXmzz_fP1yUFxZ26LZEw4k_SX7KSKahOhfMoZS-Jp0PQBMSIISXsVhmOPu4vEZ7MOkE6q6zeXZJ4cxniqHg1MJHLNGil1DN0u374_hhVLXK4s6yUmSp36NRufsj5sMg/w640-h634/My-Soldier.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;">Photo of my hubby when he was in the Air Force in the 60s. I used EP For the Record collection. I cut the title letter out 4 times (one time in red) with the Cameo, then highlighted them with white and a layer of Nuvo Crystal Glaze. The Air Force emblem was printed from the internet and popped on foam tape. The "be still my heart" sentiment was made in the Silhouette program and cut with the Cameo. The boots are a free clipart from online that I fussy cut. I added some borders to the two background mats as well as the photo and I also added a bit of faux stitching with a white gel pen. I forgot to insert the journaling tab before I took the photo of the layout, but it slips right behind the photo and reads:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;">This photo was taken when Butch was a Training Instructor (Drill Sergeant) at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. He was transferred to this assignment on March 11, 1968. This was way before we were married, (because in 1968 I was just graduating from high school) and he would have been almost 32 years old.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKBSu1FGK5eNx8EwgTB76lAr06XekVjBI2I84HFrgUL_YbqzNN1HieTH0UI8pcgi17fJZZ3Zwm_n2GWvKKTXKcUVmoQyKsnMtG8LxmVeyMGy3mB0Dy2kXU-VnbEcy5DmCqqUelh6BQK4ajpCw0lr4u6B8STsLzUxo3e0UfdVEOOUmizZcArvF7rIbbOg/s1000/Brothers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="997" data-original-width="1000" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKBSu1FGK5eNx8EwgTB76lAr06XekVjBI2I84HFrgUL_YbqzNN1HieTH0UI8pcgi17fJZZ3Zwm_n2GWvKKTXKcUVmoQyKsnMtG8LxmVeyMGy3mB0Dy2kXU-VnbEcy5DmCqqUelh6BQK4ajpCw0lr4u6B8STsLzUxo3e0UfdVEOOUmizZcArvF7rIbbOg/w640-h638/Brothers.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Photo of my hubby and his brother at Hoover Dam. I used a white background. Patterned paper is from EP Fine and Dandy. I cut various sized circles with a stitched edge die cuts from Cottage Cutz (I found them on Amazon, I think). Title letters were cut four times with dies from Papertrey Ink and stacked for dimension. The top layer of the letters was cut from paper from the collection. I used Nuvo Crystal Glaze on each of the letters. I popped up some of the circles for dimension and added some different color Nuvo drops sprinkled around the circles. Journaling was computer generated, cut in strips, and adhered directly to the background. This was a very quick and simple layout.</span></span></div></div><div><span style="color: #626262; font-family: open sans, arial, helvetica, verdana;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv-RKDdRGlgOwVl4sGbyg4lfkpTsx_1kKCsAzZ3gOmseU28FQYOuHc4PC3XUpdtyIXOgxcFsOPS77ncvmm-MPY1nKgFYE_sE18bP2Owlu0LQf8lXSXykTEj7RLdJYBo6foZMMKYQDMRfFccdnMv2psz8FaRcZBFNp1vs6Rq5_E1HQd9RuSppBmrrOEaw/s1002/Easter-1997.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1002" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv-RKDdRGlgOwVl4sGbyg4lfkpTsx_1kKCsAzZ3gOmseU28FQYOuHc4PC3XUpdtyIXOgxcFsOPS77ncvmm-MPY1nKgFYE_sE18bP2Owlu0LQf8lXSXykTEj7RLdJYBo6foZMMKYQDMRfFccdnMv2psz8FaRcZBFNp1vs6Rq5_E1HQd9RuSppBmrrOEaw/w638-h640/Easter-1997.jpg" width="638" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Photo of my hubby with 5 of our grandchildren. Background is a light seagreen/teal-ish card stock. I printed the title "Easter 1997" and the photo legend on the card stock with the printer. Other than the background, all ppr for this layout came from my scrap bins. The bird was cut from some ppr from MME (I think). The Happiness tag is a sticker from the EP Capture Life collection. I added some washi tape on the bottom edge and the top left edge (gotta do SOMETHING with all that washi tape I keep buying! LOL!) Super simple layout...the most difficult part was getting the printing exactly where I wanted it on the background!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">This was a LONG post...so if you made it through...THANK YOU! I have so many layouts that I haven't shared, so this could go on for a while.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">As usual, if I've done anything on any of these that you would like to know how I did it, just drop me an email and I'll get back to you.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Thanks so much for stopping by...and if you leave a comment...an even BIGGER thank you!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Hugs!</span></span></div><div><br /></div><a href="http://s210.photobucket.com/albums/bb306/sgoetter/?action=view&current=Susan-2012.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb306/sgoetter/Susan-2012.jpg" /></a><div><br /></div></div></div>Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08026661239520689778noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848416569267174353.post-42390180014978960542022-05-10T11:09:00.001-05:002022-05-10T11:09:40.807-05:00Back Again!Just popping back to share a few more layouts. I think my ADHD is kicking in sometimes...I flit from one project to another. Right now I'm heavy into scrapbooking and reading. I read constantly...282 books last year and I believe I've already read about 100 books this year! Just trying to keep busy so I don't notice how quickly I'm getting OLD! LOL!<div><br /></div><div>On to the scrapbooking...</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-tQXqgy_XPrPy_t7Dm3PO3_tdJxfoOzE3624EGtffMCkIROHE0NYaSvAojTc9fMMAAlCnHj8xN9V5YGQmO8GuIaSYI7rk0kc5ZHKc3vBmFayboYmR6Yy7iGhwEmiMzKsEe5e37VjF3-u_5ZVwVbBDQEoJpEFtDIZ-5vK2ulHiz7iCjXxIiruxGGFhwQ/s1004/That-One-Person.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1004" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-tQXqgy_XPrPy_t7Dm3PO3_tdJxfoOzE3624EGtffMCkIROHE0NYaSvAojTc9fMMAAlCnHj8xN9V5YGQmO8GuIaSYI7rk0kc5ZHKc3vBmFayboYmR6Yy7iGhwEmiMzKsEe5e37VjF3-u_5ZVwVbBDQEoJpEFtDIZ-5vK2ulHiz7iCjXxIiruxGGFhwQ/w638-h640/That-One-Person.jpg" width="638" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;">Photo taken at the family reunion in 1999. You know, there's always that ONE person that clowns when you try to take a photo! LOL! I used EP So Happy Together ppr for this layout. The green scalloped strip is a sticker from the collection. The red check is a scrap from my stash. All other paper is from the EP collection. I cut the thin red circle with the Cameo from the same red as the large scalloped piece. I cut the large scalloped piece with a very old QK die. The "every Picture tells a story" tag was printed on vellum. The title work was cut from black cardstock 4 times and layered for dimension. I also added some wink of stella (clear) to the top of each letter and then coated them with Nuvo Crystal Glaze. The black dots are done with black Nuvo drops. I printed the little tag at the top on vellum and adhered it to a scalloped piece that was cut with a spellbinder die. No journaling...the photo says it all! LOL!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRCdQNszvtiWXsGoUgDZexNNFxuDoLnN2UsPrBBJzPui7rIPBM0yAbRsQWVQo9RP3pOJBHffi7fpUtfJ5mqTiB7CHOemFNc37P5iv9bIDgjfiemO3vpeuz2INpM0JuaSz6dDadhZsBbonT3PC-4hH1bxx9Lf1q767ljKUKiBOfBm9xcRmQ62EvZgU35g/s1000/Boys.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="994" data-original-width="1000" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRCdQNszvtiWXsGoUgDZexNNFxuDoLnN2UsPrBBJzPui7rIPBM0yAbRsQWVQo9RP3pOJBHffi7fpUtfJ5mqTiB7CHOemFNc37P5iv9bIDgjfiemO3vpeuz2INpM0JuaSz6dDadhZsBbonT3PC-4hH1bxx9Lf1q767ljKUKiBOfBm9xcRmQ62EvZgU35g/w640-h636/Boys.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;">Photo of 2 of my DGS taken in 2009. I used Echo Parks Spring Market papers for this layout. The title "Boys" was cut with an old QK font - Blossom (and one of my favorites!). The large tag is part of the paper pack. The tree limbs are dies from Simon Says Stamps. The little birds are from Spellbinder and were colored with Copics. The two quotes were computer generated in the Silhouette program and popped up on foam tape. The title "boys" was also popped up with foam and covered with Nuvo Crystal Glaze. I also added a few pearls with green Nuvo drops. Journaling is behind the green checked background. Journaling tab was punched with a MS punch. Journaling reads:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;">Photos were made January 29, 2009, at Bertram Park in downtown Pensacola. You two had just turned 4. I'm not sure what it is about a boy and a stick, but both of you LOVED playing with a stick...it was everything from a gun to a sword. Seems like just yesterday we were taking these photos and now it's 2020 and both of you have your learner's permit and are learning to drive! Wow! Time has really flown by!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicbycLA8hyXb9SyKHemz1EDtdCvT6ih7kK8-0f8lCaU2h-HwA6NjLhFDeCfUI-CRuh0a7Qy92FjCE7SMQG_dRTcatXfR87pNM4oEXAegh0aqA3ifLY5uJWwwzh9OV2N8xmoctuWtBE2Qd5dUiaW8TDue9cdGYpa9hZnOoG7sD6YacGyFrUGlC-1_rfvQ/s1001/Puerto-Rico-1990.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1001" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicbycLA8hyXb9SyKHemz1EDtdCvT6ih7kK8-0f8lCaU2h-HwA6NjLhFDeCfUI-CRuh0a7Qy92FjCE7SMQG_dRTcatXfR87pNM4oEXAegh0aqA3ifLY5uJWwwzh9OV2N8xmoctuWtBE2Qd5dUiaW8TDue9cdGYpa9hZnOoG7sD6YacGyFrUGlC-1_rfvQ/w640-h640/Puerto-Rico-1990.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;">Photo from our cruise in 1990. The paper I used is from 49th & Market. I struggle to use paper like this because it forms a scene all on it's own with any embellishments. I tried to keep it simple so that this beautiful paper could shine! LOL! I made the "net" from tatting thread...yes it was time consuming, but I didn't have any netting laying around. :) I added real seashells from my stash. The little "happy" is a metal embellishment for LONG ago. The little birds are printed and cut with the Cameo. The palm tree is from my really old stash (I have NO idea who made it). Title work was generated in the Silhouette program and cut with the cameo. Journaling is in a sleeve attached to the back of the layout and reads...</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;">For my 40th birthday, December 23, 1990, Butch and I took a Caribbean cruise with Tom and Diane. We flew to Puerto Rico to board the ship. We traveled on the Royal Caribbean Cruise Line. We were gone 9 days but we were only on the ship for 7 days. We boarded the ship December 30, 1990. The cruise line threw a big New Year's celebration, too. We visited 5 different islands. We had a wonderful time together, but it sure was great to get back home! Journaling 5-5-2020</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXS-FzhQQ59cwdxMyspt3aUJ8dRl-GTRTshvby4j6u1jOjZ0WwtU1FgPLddK5W2ygdfwIc3hJHgMGRkllf073N7N0RCD_H4lNKEa10ipB8e4gbpDYiYh6UKIJxMmZwuYEALKYI9_eMWmtTMnC3lzw-YRumlXNxIXTyVu0iDHoboEKjJG7ZP24mDV08Mg/s1000/Love-this-Goober.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="995" data-original-width="1000" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXS-FzhQQ59cwdxMyspt3aUJ8dRl-GTRTshvby4j6u1jOjZ0WwtU1FgPLddK5W2ygdfwIc3hJHgMGRkllf073N7N0RCD_H4lNKEa10ipB8e4gbpDYiYh6UKIJxMmZwuYEALKYI9_eMWmtTMnC3lzw-YRumlXNxIXTyVu0iDHoboEKjJG7ZP24mDV08Mg/w640-h636/Love-this-Goober.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Photo of my son taken in 1996 (or maybe 1997). I sent this photo to him via text and told him I would be scrapping it and asked what he thought the title should be and he said "Goober". LOL! I used EP Capture This collection for this layout. Mostly just layering papers and some of the tags that came with the collection...which were just perfect for this layout. The "goober" was cut with an old QK font - Star. I added some faux stitching...and I'd love to tell you that the camera makes the stitching across the top look crooked...but that wouldn't be true...I did it...and didn't even realize it was crooked until I photographed the layout and saw it on screen. LOL! Oh, well...it just adds character...right? Journaling is attached to the Moments Captured tag and slides behind the "today" layer. Journaling reads:</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Matthew in 1996 or 1997? I sent this photo to you, Matthew and asked you what you thought I should title the scrapbook page and your reply was “Goober”. I had to laugh, but decided to go along with you. You might think you looked like a goober…but you’re my goober and I love you just the way you are!</div></span><div><br style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXcH19am6cvSWN5MkgvV8H5iXTRfu3wCRLwQWFCl8uzCOF7QsUZKH1fGM-FeKwiQQed5CkRD15Tnuvvj0gEupefFFHfBUrHs5i502tu1ajrCTiCQoIOqBx7KeimY96v4h3zDSXC3rjo-IqOBLkW-gceo8BbEDch0W6z3H35hDN0AjAJUVCEi8IH6GeRQ/s1000/Sweet-Friends.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="996" data-original-width="1000" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXcH19am6cvSWN5MkgvV8H5iXTRfu3wCRLwQWFCl8uzCOF7QsUZKH1fGM-FeKwiQQed5CkRD15Tnuvvj0gEupefFFHfBUrHs5i502tu1ajrCTiCQoIOqBx7KeimY96v4h3zDSXC3rjo-IqOBLkW-gceo8BbEDch0W6z3H35hDN0AjAJUVCEi8IH6GeRQ/w640-h638/Sweet-Friends.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #626262; font-family: open sans, arial, helvetica, verdana;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Photos from the 80's. I used Carta Bella Our Family papers. The doily is a Prima die. Butterfly is from an old sticker sheet. I made his antennae by cutting a thin strip of black paper and gluing it to the butterfly's head. Butterfly trail was made with Nuvo drops. I used a border punch for the bottom of the beige mat. The "love" button is something I found in the bottom of a box of "scrappy stuff" and the "memories" embellie is a very old brass embellishment that used to be sticky on the back but that was all gone, so I used the holes on each end of the brass plate to attach it to the layout with brads. Quote I found online and printed. Title work was generated in the Silhouette program and cut out several times and layered for dimension. The thin red border around the checked background is just 1/8 inch strips glued around the edges. Journaling was computer generated and I inked the edges for a little dimension.</span></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Zf4Osaxwp8deB3m4Cf0JkXGkmvo1_7S64Qrfr6qQNwMbUqDMfXjjNcso3fhYH2e3VV-XlcrpBwBbzJmKggwUukBS8U61zqACBKhOX-VP4opAliRXMxV9MkHQ2oz77_R6EXZEvrBzTm4FZPd28g_dTRiur3t_QLoCX4C7UWFy5RA0Tw1AcOWWhDHxnw/s1000/Susan-@-40.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Zf4Osaxwp8deB3m4Cf0JkXGkmvo1_7S64Qrfr6qQNwMbUqDMfXjjNcso3fhYH2e3VV-XlcrpBwBbzJmKggwUukBS8U61zqACBKhOX-VP4opAliRXMxV9MkHQ2oz77_R6EXZEvrBzTm4FZPd28g_dTRiur3t_QLoCX4C7UWFy5RA0Tw1AcOWWhDHxnw/w640-h640/Susan-@-40.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px;">Photo of me...30 years ago! I used EP - A Walk in the Park papers for this layout. I actually scraplifted myself...a layout I did in September 2010 called Sugar & Spice. I have scrapped so much lately, I couldn't get my mojo going, so I just looked back in my gallery for a layout that really caught my eye and just did a complete "lift". LOL! I used MS punches for both borders. The title letters are very OLD chipboard letters from my stash (I had to glue them down...the sticky was all gone!) I added some yellow Nuvo drops to the borders. The flowers are a stamp from Altenew's Botanical Gardens. Journaling is tucked behind the photo and reads:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px;">Looking at this photo makes me realize just how quickly time goes by! I remember the night this was taken...it was our Sunday School Christmas party. I was 40 years old...much younger, much thinner, and definitely had more hair than I have now at almost 70! My, Oh, My...how time does fly!</span></div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks you for taking the time to visit my blog...if you leave a comment...I'm very grateful! Hope you have a wonderful day!</div><div><br /></div><div>Hugs!<br style="background-color: white;" /><a href="http://s210.photobucket.com/albums/bb306/sgoetter/?action=view&current=Susan-2012.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb306/sgoetter/Susan-2012.jpg" /></a></div></div>Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08026661239520689778noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848416569267174353.post-53589803103023371212022-04-11T17:06:00.001-05:002022-04-11T17:06:48.871-05:00Time Flies!<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">WOW! It's been 2 Years since I last posted. I've been very busy...you know....covid...and other stuff!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I haven't done as much card making as I used to. Seems like I'm doing a little more scrapbooking now. I have made numerous cards, just didn't get them photographed and posted.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Here's a few of the layouts I've done in the past year or so...</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtxP6vW5vlq5ugavMJ1iztB24JG3o8zuDpB8cRhn7IqzFRuXQ0hQJZu1up_lK72CG7bsTm7Jn367dPEHCorRoBgVI2NhY6EqogNIQfyFWjcWvV582pRCKKIgIf2riv8oK5JEWI270hX_pNqJXhZghmdu5DgObVN9T1mPwyD-Wn3Mo8ivN_RvSUtwhvCw/s1000/Silly-Boy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="996" data-original-width="1000" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtxP6vW5vlq5ugavMJ1iztB24JG3o8zuDpB8cRhn7IqzFRuXQ0hQJZu1up_lK72CG7bsTm7Jn367dPEHCorRoBgVI2NhY6EqogNIQfyFWjcWvV582pRCKKIgIf2riv8oK5JEWI270hX_pNqJXhZghmdu5DgObVN9T1mPwyD-Wn3Mo8ivN_RvSUtwhvCw/w640-h638/Silly-Boy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">This first one is a photo of my grandson, Allen, taken in 2006.<span style="background-color: white; color: #626262; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">He's 17 yrs old now! Made this layout totally from scraps (except for the white background paper). Matted each of the photos with dark blue as well as the ppr piece in between the photos. I printed the tile work (designed in the Silhouette program) directly onto the white background. The Surprised "face" was also designed in the Silhouette program. I added some faux stitching to the banner tabs across the top and drew some lines around the edges of the background. Fairly quick and easy layout. No journaling...just added his name and the date of the photos on the layout.</span></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKUcrEZbMnSa52Q-ybhEu7Hw-A4Dvf8Q9DF8jL4d2NX3zvYGTZyn3FUhwNlFoalAP5x8Z_iuHF6B-oeK8ThAQdj_XAyNzukrUfH-u2MxPGRwo07SvwP82SOurohgLn-V2sSlv56rJtsxbkf8_DEaSiDTvhofG4PQMzlmSQ59JvcL79-R77dNzj9CjvPg/s1002/Birthday-Boy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1002" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKUcrEZbMnSa52Q-ybhEu7Hw-A4Dvf8Q9DF8jL4d2NX3zvYGTZyn3FUhwNlFoalAP5x8Z_iuHF6B-oeK8ThAQdj_XAyNzukrUfH-u2MxPGRwo07SvwP82SOurohgLn-V2sSlv56rJtsxbkf8_DEaSiDTvhofG4PQMzlmSQ59JvcL79-R77dNzj9CjvPg/w638-h640/Birthday-Boy.jpg" width="638" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">My dgs, Tyler on his 4th birthday. I made his t-shirt birthday cake that year. I used EP Everyday Eclectic papers for this layout. The round photo was matted on a scrap of red polka dot paper and both the photo and mat were cut with a stitched edge die. Balloons are a die from Simon Says Stamp and were cut from white card stock and colored with Copics. String on the balloons is tatting thread. I designed the title work in the Silhouette program and cut it out 4 time to layer for dimension. I also added Nuvo Crystal Glaze to the top of the letters. The little cake embellie is from the Silhouette design store, as are the tags that I added information to them. I also added thin red strips of card stock around the blue background. No journaling on this one...photos tell the story.</div></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKtXQWPbZ6npEhMPw0d0RP80s4HJRjcyxJVJPtxYYvYJXFvy4inOyE_9Fe96UxZWROeNNJL-47X6qsbVh9GRQ80LOsz0KBVLsGLnXyqu6pvqe3_XyOrjWlDmFMGsvqIRayhsVrsZkXnE6AGQObgtXVNLu7X1hE2rgyNap7-s1DKBlFcU2NY6QE2QJ3jg/s1046/Family-(Glenn-&-Mimi).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1046" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKtXQWPbZ6npEhMPw0d0RP80s4HJRjcyxJVJPtxYYvYJXFvy4inOyE_9Fe96UxZWROeNNJL-47X6qsbVh9GRQ80LOsz0KBVLsGLnXyqu6pvqe3_XyOrjWlDmFMGsvqIRayhsVrsZkXnE6AGQObgtXVNLu7X1hE2rgyNap7-s1DKBlFcU2NY6QE2QJ3jg/w612-h640/Family-(Glenn-&-Mimi).jpg" width="612" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Photo of our oldest son Glenn when he was about 18 months old. I used some OLD Basic Grey papers - Hopscotch and the blue is from BG Blitzen Collection. I kind of follow a sketch from Pagemaps...with a twist. I created the "Family tag in the Silhouette program and journaling was also done in the program. Circle was cut with a large circle die. Border strip across the top was punched with a MS punch (OLD). I added some faux stitching and some black Nuvo drops. Butterflies were cut with a Simon Says die and I added some tiny blue bling to the bodies. The butterflies were sprayed with some sparkle mist but it's difficult to see in the photo. The title tag reads: Family - today's little moments become tomorrow's precious memories.</span></div></span></div><div><br style="background-color: white; color: #626262; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiws2EYuz_zcM022h9CS6hipF_F413nnnSHOyG_Xx1TouVewaJFdCzhTngYXbRFb9PTE2HVn8SCNlMG6WIETw2PR5wtoqNuukpuVaxqSDiBe8GHimcUSnpfgKy06rmLne4EVYLauhOxFuhwmqDp-D7jNNNdmuSYG50xyWDshts1bmKYwX6aduz-iimEUg/s1000/Horseplay.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="986" data-original-width="1000" height="632" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiws2EYuz_zcM022h9CS6hipF_F413nnnSHOyG_Xx1TouVewaJFdCzhTngYXbRFb9PTE2HVn8SCNlMG6WIETw2PR5wtoqNuukpuVaxqSDiBe8GHimcUSnpfgKy06rmLne4EVYLauhOxFuhwmqDp-D7jNNNdmuSYG50xyWDshts1bmKYwX6aduz-iimEUg/w640-h632/Horseplay.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Photos of my son and my grandson (his nephew). I used REALLY old Basic Grey papers - Marrakech. Really digging back into some of my stash now! I used the threading waters border punch to punch the scalloped mat (found a video online to remind me how to use just a border punch without the corner punch). The "laugh with me, giggles, laughter, and just plain silly" are all rub ons that I found in my stash. I punched circles with a 2 in, 1 3/4 inch and 1 inch punches. I printed the "uncle Matthew & Jacob" on the circle punch after I punched it. Did a bit of doodling on some of the circles. The image on the light blue circle on the right is an old SU image I stamped in black. Title work was designed in the Silhouette program, printed, and cut with the Cameo several times for dimension. Working on using some of my old stuff instead of buying so much new stuff! </span></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKo3KTBMHibKa2fOFqL6Di9xjJQ2eQrFKYom_3czOTdVhXUUcLv5E9LPB67g4pBlHP4YyRTsg9bS0kVlq7SWh0tDwUfB0HnzJw4NPimWild7pqlD46NYdA83Sn4SJNqjw4WOPpxZ-BefHuxyPl-Psyx5prgKk-yJ8BKeQckmRPW1gOL1Ow90mrbT0oZw/s1000/Memories-are-Timeless.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="998" data-original-width="1000" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKo3KTBMHibKa2fOFqL6Di9xjJQ2eQrFKYom_3czOTdVhXUUcLv5E9LPB67g4pBlHP4YyRTsg9bS0kVlq7SWh0tDwUfB0HnzJw4NPimWild7pqlD46NYdA83Sn4SJNqjw4WOPpxZ-BefHuxyPl-Psyx5prgKk-yJ8BKeQckmRPW1gOL1Ow90mrbT0oZw/w640-h638/Memories-are-Timeless.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;">Photos taken at our family reunion in 1999. I matted each photo and the ppr with black card stock. The flowers are from my "bits and pieces" basket (things I've cut out/made but didn't use) Top quote was computer generated and cut out with a Spellbinder die. Big flowers are stamps from Altenew. I'm not sure about the smaller flowers...maybe Altenew? Ppr is from EP Anything Goes collection. Title work tag was computer generated and popped on foam for dimension. Butterfly is a MS punch and the trail is a part of some black bling swirls. I cut 1/4 inch strips of black card stock and made a box around the photos and ppr. Journaling is tucked behind the top left piece.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans", arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;">Maybe I'll get better about posting...one can only hope! LOL! Thanks for taking the time to stop by! I appreciate any and all comments! 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To see the cards larger, just click on the card. The first card is super simple. I used a 3-D Tim Holtz embossing folder, backed it with black, added a ribbon and a sentiment. The second card is also a 3D embossed background. I cut the leaves from vellum. Cut the hugs from red and back it in black. Stamped a sentiment on white and put it on a red card base.</div>
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I still love these red blooms! Die is from Penny Black I think. I cut the background with a TH die and the peek a boo window is a Die-namics die. The next card...decorative panel cut with a Spellbinders die. I used dies for the branch, leaves and the bird. Sentiment is from PTI (I think).</div>
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This layout is a photo of my Mama taken in 1927. I used Carta Bella papers. The flowers are SSS dotted blooms stamp.</div>
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Photo of my SIL and grandson fishing. Super simple layout. I let the paper do the work.<br /></div>
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Photo of my Mama taken in 1939. She was 14 years old. I used a bunch of OLD stuff from my stash to create this layout.<br />
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Thanks for hanging in there! I know it's a lot, but since I can't really go anywhere right now...I get to spend LOTS of time in my craft room! Hope all of you are staying in and staying safe from this nasty virus!<br />
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Thanks for stopping by...and Thank You to all of you for the sweet comments you always leave for me. I appreciate you more than you know!<br />
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Still working on birthday cards for my DIL. She's still working at the moment, so maybe these cards will brighten someone's day! There's quite a few here, so be prepared for photo overload. LOL!</div>
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The first card is difficult to see as it is made entirely with mirror card stock. I embossed the background, then layered the oval fancy frame (Spellbinders) with the 25 and a banner with "years". the 25 is made by stacking layers and topping them with glitter numbers. The next card I stamped the background layer, then cut out the center with a die. The die cuts a tiny border and also the rectangle from the middle. I then cut the tiny border from red card stock and replaced it around the center after coloring it with copics.</div>
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These next two are quick cards. The turtle stamp is VERY old...not even sure who makes it. I just cut out the "peek a boo" window and put the image behind it. I then added a thin white frame on top of the green card stock. The next card if the Gerber daisy, stamped on white, with a tiny black stitched frame on a red card panel. Colored with Copics.</div>
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These next two are a slider card (and the photo below is the tag when pulled out. I used a die from Sunny Studios. Balloons were stamped and hand cut and the sentiments are from a really old stamp set.</div>
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This flower card was made using an old SU stamp. Stamped on a white background and colored with Copics. I cut out the center with a double stitched edge die and then popped the center rectangle up with craft foam. The last card was die cut with a Spellbinder die. I popped all the pieces out and then colored them individually with Copics...THEN put the puzzle back together! LOL! VERY fiddly! I stamped an old PTI sentiment on a piece of vellum and heat embossed it in red and wrapped it around the panel before attaching it to a card base.</div>
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I've had a lot of fun making all these birthday cards for my DIL....hopefully this will be enough to get her through the year. It's also helped me get my mojo going again. I've also managed to make a scrapbook page or two also....All this staying in leaves me with a lot of time on my hands! LOL!</div>
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Thanks so much for stopping by and as always, I LOVE it when you leave me comments!</div>
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My daughter in law recently asked me to make some birthday cards for her to give to employees on their birthday. Sometimes, I get quite a stack of cards, but it just so happens that I was almost completely out of any type of cards. My card making recently has just been to keep up with birthdays in my family. Anyway, I digress....I've made the following cards for her to share with the people she works with....</div>
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This first set of 11 cards are for my daughter in law. If you want to see them bigger, you'll just need to click on them individually.</div>
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Elephant stamp is from Maymay Stamps. The black and white card was made using a die I got from Amazon. Not sure who makes it.</div>
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Stacked laundry images from a Maymay Stamp set. Floral card has punched edge and a SU stamp used for the flowers and branches.<br />
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This first card is a bird from the Tim Holtz crazy birds stamp set and sentiments. Second card is simple a SSS flower die stacked 4 times and adhered on top of patterned paper.</div>
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Another SSS flower die inset into a piece of kraft card stock. Sentiment from PTI. Second card is just the reverse of the previous.</div>
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Embossed background. Sentiment from Hero Arts birthday set from several different companies. Second card is also embossed background and stamp is from the same HA set.</div>
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The sentiment on this card is from the same HA set and is cut out and popped up on a pink card base that has been stamped with a background stamp.</div>
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The horse card is for one of my granddaughters 15th birthday. Her favorite thing in the world is horses, so I thought this might make her smile. The second card with the money roll is for my grandson who is turning 16. The plastic bubble for the $$ is from MFT. It actually about the size of a tube of lip balm. I used a 3D embossing folder for the background and created a tear strip on the inside layer so he could remove the money without tearing up the card. LOL!</div>
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These last four are cards I've made in preparation for upcoming family birthdays. Used lots of dies, some nuvo drops, shiny paper and glitter paper. <br />
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Thanks for hanging in until the end! LOL!! I've really been on a cardmaking spree this week! Thanks so much for stopping by and as always....I love it when you leave me a comment!<br />
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Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08026661239520689778noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848416569267174353.post-33937990709709900932020-02-20T10:50:00.000-06:002020-02-20T10:56:26.349-06:00Another Birthday.....<div style="text-align: justify;">
Next week is my baby boy's birthday...of course, he isn't really a baby, because he'll be 41 years old! To ME, he'll always be my baby! 😉</div>
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Since I know he doesn't read my blog, I feel free to share his card with you. </div>
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I believe this type of card is called a lever card. Not too difficult to make. I watched a couple of videos at youtube and got it done. I used some blue card stock to make the card base. I cut out a circle in the front of the card with a SSS stitched circle die. I saved that circle to use to put back in the center of the hole. The leaves were stamped and cut with another Altenew's Leaf Canopy stamp and die set. I cut another smaller circle out of white card stock and layered it over the blue circle cut from the front of the card.</div>
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I used the same Altenew stamp set to stamp the inside of the card (on the white folded piece and the sentiment "Happy Birthday" is from SSS Beautiful Flowers stamp set and the "I love you" is from Sugar Pea Designs Everyday Sentiments.<br />
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Thanks so much for stopping by! So glad you took the time to visit me. Please know your comments are always welcomed and appreciated!<br />
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Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08026661239520689778noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848416569267174353.post-17202281021476646532020-02-14T10:26:00.003-06:002020-02-14T10:26:54.207-06:00Surprise!I'm back! And it's only been about a month since my last post! 😄 I wanted to share a card that I've just finished for my daughter's 45th birthday...WOW! is she really 45! Time sure does fly, doesn't it!<br />
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I decided to make a tunnel card for her this year. <br />
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I embossed a panel with a "happy birthday" embossing folder that I've had forever. The small flowers are punched with an old punch and the centers of the flowers are Nuvo drops. The leaf is a die cut from Sizzix. The two circles were cut with a SSS die.</div>
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Here's the inside of the card. I used the double edged stitching dies from SSS. Flowers are punched with an old EK Success punch and the I added a few doodles on each of the blooms. Red birds are also a die, can't remember who makes them. I inked the background with distress oxide ink and stamped the sentiments from SSS Everyday Messages. The branches were also cut with a die - probably another SSS die. Not a quick and easy card, but I like how it turned out.</div>
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Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08026661239520689778noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848416569267174353.post-6106892319459496762020-01-18T17:14:00.001-06:002020-01-18T17:17:23.909-06:00I'm still alive and well....<div style="text-align: justify;">It's been quite a while since I've posted...life just gets too busy sometimes. I spent the last part of last year making gifts for all my children. In November, I fell from a 12 foot ladder while adding ornaments to the top of a 20 foot tree at church. I fell about 10 feet...bouncing off the choir risers on my way down...WHEW! Believe it or not, I didn't even break a bone! However, it's been a couple of months now and I just now moving with ease! LOL! I've also been on a "getting healthier" kick and spend a good bit of my time at the gym and walking. I've lost about 50 lbs now and would like to lose about 20 more...so I've got my work cut out for me in the next few months. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I recently got a yearly report from Fitbit...and according to their tracking, I walked 3,139,520 steps in 2019 for a total of 1,342 miles!!! Go ME!!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Anyway...with all that said, I have managed to get a few cards made in the last week or so, so I thought I'd share them with you.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">This card was made using new to me stamps from Maymay Made It.com. She does lots of videos also. I used my score buddy to make scores every 1/4 inch on a white card piece cut slightly narrower than the card base. The laundry basket was stamped multiple times and then I just cut the laundry off and stacked it up on one of the baskets. Very quick and simple.</div><br />
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It's been a couple of months since I posted. I don't know where the time goes! I just finished a week of Vacation Bible School...and boy! is that exhausting! I think we had 450+ people there this week. Busy, exhausting, but a lot of fun! I have had thoughts that maybe I'm getting too old for this!</div>
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I wanted to share with you today a group of 12 cards that I've made that will be used as a door prize for a women's conference coming up at my church in September. I tried to get a good variety of cards that could be sent for different occasions.</div>
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I also made envelopes for all of the cards and a cute little "purse" to hold them all. I found a tutorial video online that showed me how to make this card purse.</div>
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If you have any questions about any of the cards, just contact me and I'll get right back to you!<br />
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I've also managed to get a little scrapbooking done. Here's a couple of my newest layouts.<br />
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Photo of my mama on her wedding day...and a copy of the telegram my daddy sent her the day before they were married.<br />
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I don't remember my mama ever having long hair...she couldn't stand long hair and always made me keep mine above my shoulders...so this layout is all about her long hair.<br />
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I need to post more often!!! This post is incredible long...so if you made it through to the end...bless you!<br />
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LONG POST! That's what happens when you don't post for 7 months! Sometimes I just don't know where time goes! I can't believe I haven't posted since last August! It was probably last August that I began making Christmas gifts for my children. I bought each couple two sets of towels (towels, wash clothes, and hand towels) and monogrammed each towel with their last initial. Here's a sample:</div>
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I think I monogrammed 22 towels in all for the adults! I love the way they turned out too! I only give Christmas gifts to the grandchildren that are 18 and under, so this year I needed 7 beach towels, so I monogrammed one beach towel for each with their full name. Motive to my madness...now when they come over to swim, we'll all know who didn't pick up their towel off the pool deck! LOL!</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #585858;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This handsome young man is my grandson </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #585858; font-family: inherit;">Allen, in his football gear for this season's football. The background paper is an old piece of Bo Bunny dotted green paper. Everything on this was cut with the Cameo with the exception of the photo. I saw the stacked letters on a layout on Pinterest (you can find it on my Pinterest boards), so I designed my own and stacked them then cut them out with the Cameo. The title work I also designed in the Silhouette Program. I also saw it on a layout on Pinterest, but I believe it was a digital page, so I just made my own title, created a backup layer in black then printed it and cut it with the cameo (turning off the cut lines for the actual words and just cutting the outline of the image). The name tag was also created in the Silhouette program and cut out. The big football was an image I have in my library that came from the Silhouette store. Stars were also cut with the Cameo. Quickest layout ever....once I finished designing all the elements! LOL! No journaling on this one, the photo is pretty self-explanatory. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #585858;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Photo of my mother and her sisters with her parents. Not sure of the year. I used ppr from the Carta Bella Welcome Home collection. Flowers are a stamp from Altenew as are most of the leaves. The smaller dark green leaves were cut with the Cameo and colored with Copic markers. The flowers are pop dotted around the photo. The large letters in the title are from a VERY old alpha set in my stash. The smaller letters are sticker letter (also very old items!) Journaling tells who is in the photo and was computer generated. I added a bit of doodling on the top and bottom of the light mat. The camera is a clip art I've used on layouts before...it was brought into my Silhouette program and re-sized to a size that would work well on this layout. The herringbone patterned paper is from a 6 x 6 paper pad from Crate Paper.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "nobile"; font-size: 15.4px;">Layout of my son when he was about 4, riding the tractor with his uncle Jerry. Leaves were stamped and cut with die. Chickens were printed and cut with the Silhouette Cameo. Journaling is tucked behind the photo.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "nobile";"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.4px;">I also had to have some surgery to remove a growth from my neck right under my right ear. Thanking God that it was benign! Surgery took 2.5 hours and 25 staples down the side of my face and neck and it's taken me over 2 months to get over it. I didn't bounce back nearly as fast as I thought I would! Feeling much better now, so hopefully, I'll be back to normal soon...whatever normal is! LOL!</span></span></div>
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This first card is one I made after watching <a href="https://youtu.be/ovq9zxs40nc" target="_blank">this video from Jennifer McGuire</a>. This is a super cute card when it's all finished. I used the inside rectangles on the front of the card. All the flowers I used are from Altenew's Garden Treasure stamp set. The greenery is die cut with a MFT Leafy Greenery Die set.</div>
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I stamped lots of images and then added them to the layers inside the card. The background was stamped with a large background stamp from IO. You should go watch the video...super cool techniques</div>
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This second card was created using 1/4 inch washi tapes. I just layered them on a card sized rectangle, then trimmed it and added it to a card base. The sentiment is Birthday Palooza from SSS. I cut the "Happy" directly from the washi tape background, then popped it with craft foam. Added a few sequins and it was complete!</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: nobile; font-size: 15.4px;">This is a layout I just completed. Photos were taken over 10 years ago. I was working in St. Augustine and my husband decided to make the trip with me and we spent each evening exploring this wonderful city. Full description of what I used can be found in <a href="https://www.scrapbook.com/myplace/index.php?mod=galleries&u=34515&m=view&id=6191143&type=-1" target="_blank">my gallery</a> at scrapbook.com.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: nobile; font-size: 15.4px;">Thanks so much for stopping by! If you've left me a comment, please know that I sincerely appreciate each and every one! Hope to see you again soon!</span></div>
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Surprise! Surprise! I'm back again! I know this breaks from my normal wait a month before posting...just trying to keep you on your toes! LOL! I have a few more cards to share! Unfortunately, I had to make a sympathy card and a card for a friend who recently broke her foot. So, trying to stay on top of things, I thought I'd share them with you!</div>
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This first card I made for my DIL who recently lost her mother. I used Altenew's Garden Treasure stamps. I made the striped background as well as the gray strip in my Silhouette Cameo program. I stamped the blooms in shades of gray (however, I think one of the stamps must have had a touch of pink ink on it still, because the blooms have just a touch of pink in them...weird!) Stamped the leaves in green and fussy cut all images. The sentiment is also from Clearly Besotted. Grey striped panel is popped off the card base with craft foam.</div>
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Stamp used for this card is from Penny Black. I used a small strip of black strip that I made and printed. After stamping and coloring with Copics, I fussy cut the edge of the bloom so that they would hang off the edge. Popped the panel with craft foam and put some pink card stock on the right side. Sentiment is also from Clearly Besotted. I added a few drops of Nuvo morning dew to finish it off.</div>
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Always in need of restocking my birthday cards, I made this card following a video from J<a href="https://youtu.be/ovq9zxs40nc" target="_blank">ennifer McGuire</a>. Super easy to make. I used craft card stock. I stamped the white background with white ink with a stamp from Impressions Obsession. The candles were created in the Silhouette program and cut out with the Cameo as was the sentiment inside the card. I added a touch of sparkle with a clear wink of stella brush to the flames and I added glossy accents to the candles on the front of the card. Sentiment on the front of the card is from PTI. The circles on the front are the circles I cut from inside the card.</div>
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Another month has flown by and I don't know where the time goes! I've stayed very busy doing some vinyl work for my church, but I did find the time to make a few birthday cards. Seems like birthday cards are the ones I use the most and it doesn't hurt to have a few on standby! I didn't go out and check to see if these cards met any of the current challenges....just thought I'd share with you.</div>
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I really love this first card. I used a NBUS stamp from SSS (Beautiful Flowers) and I love that it covers the entire length of the card without having to mask and stamp! I colored the image with Prismacolor pencils then cut around the right side and popped it off the card base. I added a piece of pink behind the flowers. The sentiment is also from SSS. I also added a few Nuvo drops in pearl.</div>
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This card is just something I was playing with....the tulips are a small stamp from Clearly Besotted and have matching dies. I stamped, colored with Copics, and popped on a white card base that I made some clouds on using a piece of masking paper and distress inks. The sentiment is also from Clearly Besotted.</div>
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For this card, I used the Peek A Boo die from MFT, the large stitched rectangle was cut with the SSS die. I had one tulip left from the previous card so I popped it into the opening and added a distress inked background. I also added a few tiny pieces of bling.</div>
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This card is mostly made with Washi tapes. I added strips of Washi tape to a 4.5 x 5.5 inch background, then adhered it to a white card base. I used some MFT alpha dies to cut the "happy" from the panel, then cut foam letters too. I added them back into the cut outs from the Washi panel. The "birthday" sentiment was stamped with versamark ink and heat embossed in white. It looked kind of plain, so I added some thin strips of the green to form a border.</div>
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This is a card I made for a friend of mine who will soon turn 76. I always try to send him something unique, so I made this slider card. I made this card using techniques from a video from Jennifer McGuire. You can see what it looks like opened up in the photo below. The sentiment was die cut 4 times and layered from a MFT die. I cut the sliding mechanism with the Cameo (although I've since ordered the die to do this). The balloons are from Sunny Studios and have a matching die. The sentiment inside the card is from PTI (and I've had it forever!)</div>
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I've been scrapbooking quite a bit lately. I've missed scrapbooking the last few years, but I think I'm getting back in the swing of it now. If you're interested in how I made these pages, here's a <a href="https://www.scrapbook.com/myplace/index.php?mod=galleries&login=1" target="_blank">link</a> to my gallery at scrapbook.com. I explain how each layout was created on that site. Most of my layouts also include journaling, which is also in my gallery at scrapbook.com.<br />
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Used an edge die to cut the edge of the pink. Backed it with some glittery paper I made with some score tape and glitter. Cut the sentiment from the same glitter paper that I made. Popped the pink panel over the glitter paper...and done.</div>
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This flower card was stamped on the card base with a PB stamp, then I stamped it on water color paper that I had smooshed some color on and then cut the blooms out and popped them over the stamped image.</div>
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The second card....I created the diagonal striped background in my Silhouette program and then layered a sentiment over it that was die cut with a stitched edge die. </div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Nobile; font-size: 15.4px;">This last card was created using a strip of the paper from previous card and cutting it to match the curved teal paper. The teal paper was dry embossed with an old embossing folder. The sentiment was generated with the Silhouette program and printed on the card base. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Nobile; font-size: 15.4px;">Thanks so much for stopping by! If you've left me a comment, please know that I sincerely appreciate each and every one! I know this is a photo heavy blog post, but if you've managed to make it through to the end....bless you! Hope to see you again soon!</span></div>
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I can't believe how busy my life is sometimes! I thought I was busy when I was working...but retirement...WHEW! I really stay busy now! I think I might also have a bit of an attention problem too. I have so MANY hobbies that I love, that I tend to flit from one thing to another! Am I the only one that does this?? I love quilting, sewing, scrapbooking, card making, reading, tatting...the list could go on and on! Lately I've also been doing a good bit of volunteering at my church. Vacation Bible School is coming up and there's lots to be done. </div>
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Here's some of the boards I made last week for VBS. I cut all the images on my Silhouette Cameo...bearing in mind that the Cameo only cuts a 12 inch wide image....that meant I had to cut all of these in pieces and then piece them together! I've never worked on anything this large, and was scared to death that I'd ruin the boards the church had made for me to make the signs!</div>
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To give you a little perspective on how large these boards are...I stood beside them to have my photo made. Seeing a photo of me makes me realize just how "old and fat" I am! LOL!</div>
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I've also done a good bit of scrapbooking recently. I scrapbook on 12 x 12 papers. I'm trying to get some of my older photos done so that my children will know more about who their ancestors are. If you want more information on how I made these layouts, I've given descriptions in my gallery at scrapbook.com (here's a link...<a href="https://www.scrapbook.com/myplace/index.php?mod=galleries&u=34515" target="_blank">sgoetter</a>) Here's a bit of what I've done in the last few months....</div>
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Thanks so much for stopping by! If you've left me a comment, please know that I sincerely appreciate each and every one! I know this is a photo heavy blog post, but if you've managed to make it through to the end....bless you! Hope to see you again soon!</div>
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Here's my cards for the Twofer Challenge which is "hearts".<br />
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As you can see by the strip of "hearts" in front of the cards...this is the stamp I've used for two different cards. </div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">The stamp is from PTI (and I've had it forever!) and is a single heart that I've stamped several times. The card on the right was made by stamping the hearts down a strip of paper. I layered the white stamped strip on a piece of red card stock and adhered to the card base. The sentiment is also from PTI and was heat embossed in white on a piece of the red card stock and then punched with a heart punch. I added tiny dots of white with a gel pen. </span><br />
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This card was made by stamping the hearts and cutting them out. I paper pieced the hearts to a circle cut from red card stock. I hand cut the flower stem and leaves from green card stock. Sentiment is from PTI. I added a large pearl to the center of the flower and heat embossed the sentiment with black embossing powder.</div>
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This card was made entirely with the Cameo. I printed the "sending you big" and "for your birthday" on the card then cut out the word "hugs" that I designed in the Silhouette Studio program. I also added a line of stitching around the edges of the card front with the Cameo. The hearts were cut from red card stock. I colored the word "hugs" with Copic markers, then added a layer of clear wink of stella. I also added the wink of stella to the red hearts. Then I coated them all with some glossy accents. The word "hugs" was also cut 4 times and layered to give some dimension.</div>
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It's been a long time since I've played along with a challenge, and I needed something to kick start my mojo! I found this sketch at <a href="http://casethissketch.blogspot.com/2018/01/case-this-sketch-254.html" target="_blank">CAS(E) this Sketch #254</a>.<br />
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I've been busy, busy, busy....baking, candy making, and gift wrapping. At this point, aside from a little more baking...I'm all done and just waiting for Christmas! I can hardly wait for my children to unwrap their quilts!</div>
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This Christmas is definitely a "hand-made" Christmas. With the exceptions of a couple of books and one gift card, everything under the tree is handmade....I've been REALLY busy sewing and crafting for the last 7 months! Sure hope everyone likes their gifts!</div>
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The photo above is just a sample of some of the goodies I made to share with friends and family. I need for Christmas to hurry up, cause I can't seem to keep my sticky little fingers out of all this goodness! LOL!</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: nobile; font-size: 15.4px;">Wishing each and every one of you that visits my blog....a <span style="color: red;">Very Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year! </span>Hopefully, next year I'll be a little better about getting things posted in a timely manner!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: nobile; font-size: 15.4px;">As always, thanks so much for stopping in. I appreciate your visit...and I appreciate each and every comment!</span></div>
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I know.....I've been gone for 4 months!!! SO much has happened, I don't even know where to begin! In a <a href="http://susangoetter.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-flower-challenge-and-cas.html" target="_blank">previous post</a>, I mentioned that I'd purchased a new sewing machine....well, I decided that I wanted to make each of my children a quilt for Christmas. I also have two (twins) great grandsons due in December (although they'll probably make their appearance within the next 3 weeks!). I thought a quilt would be a great baby present too! I'm crazy...right?! LOL!<br />
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I'll be back making cards now that I'm seeing the light at the end of the tunnel with the quilting! LOL!<br />
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So let me tell you a little about each quilt....</div>
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This first quilt is 48 x 60 inches and I absolutely LOVE these fabrics! Super simple to piece...4.5 x 21" strips. My machine quilting is probably not the "best" but it was made with love! This quilt is for Baby boy A</div>
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This second quilt is for Baby boy B.....same premise...just different fabrics.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "nobile"; font-size: 15.4px;">This blue and white quilt is for my youngest son. He and his wife requested shades of blue. This one was very time consuming to piece...but SO worth the effort. It is also (Super) king size. This is my king size bed it is on....and you can see that it almost touches the floor...it's the same on the other side!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "nobile"; font-size: 15.4px;">It seems that most of my family has birthdays close to Christmas....so November and December are busy months around here. My granddaughter Helen Grace has a birthday on November 28 (which is also my daughter's birthday!) She wanted a handbag, so I used scraps from the quilt I made for her parents and made her a small quilted handbag...then I monogrammed her initial on the front of it.</span><br />
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My granddaughter Maggie has a birthday on November 16...and she loves purple...so this is the bag I made for her. I found this great batting called soft and stable...and it makes the bag stand up nicely.<br />
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I'm also working on some pillows that I plan to give to each of my grandchildren. Many of you know that my husband (their grandpa) passed away several years ago, so I thought I would take some of his old t-shirts and make each of them a pillow. I've got 3 made so far and still have 4 to go. (Although, I have 17 grandchildren, we decided years ago that once they turned 18, we would no longer give them Christmas or birthday presents...I do still send them a card on their birthdays)<br />
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I guess that sounds bad, but the truth is, when you have 5 children, 17 grandchildren, and a several great grandchildren, it get a bit expensive to buy gifts for everyone. And let's face it....as kids get older (18 and up) there is very little they want that I can afford! So....I'm hoping my handmade gifts will please everyone this year.<br />
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My stitching is not always "straight" and I haven't mastered free motion quilting, so I'll just let the recipients of the quilts know....the crooked stitching just adds character to the quilt!<br />
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None of the recipients of these quilts have seen their quilts...and I'm positive they never read my blog, so I think it's probably safe to reveal what's been keeping me busy!<br />
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I know I need to get back to my card making, but I've really been tied up with all this quilting!<br />
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It's been quite a while since I've posted...shame on me...but, in my defense, I had a massive computer crash, found out that it was not repairable, then had to order a new computer, and wait, and wait, and wait for it to finally arrive.<br />
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My son works in the IT field, and he was going to try to recover all my data...and most importantly, my photos, and move them to my new computer. Well...that didn't work. My old computer was really fried! Fortunately, I have always had a backup drive attached to my computer, and was able to recapture almost all of my files. The drive only had files backed up as of 6/2017...but I definitely breathed a sigh of relief!</div>
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So, while my computer was down, I did a little sewing (made a full-sized quilt) and made just a few cards. Much to my dismay, when I took photos of this card so that I could finally post it, I found out that the card reader on my new computer doesn't accept "compact flash" cards, which is the type of card in my big camera....so...I had to retake the photos with my small Canon and THEN upload! Whew!</div>
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So...after all that...here's my card for the<a href="http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.ae/2017/07/challenges-336-337-olc-coloured-cardbase.html" target="_blank"> LIM </a>and <a href="http://aaacards.blogspot.com/2017/07/cas-game-94-collaboration-with-less-is.html" target="_blank">AAA Card </a>Challenges #336 & #337.</div>
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I used the gigantic butterfly stamp for SU, and stamped on a paper that has a tiny green checked background...does that count as a colored background? I heat embossed it in black and cut around the edge of the right hand wing. As you can see from the photo below, I allowed the butterfly to wrap around to the back of the card also. I added color over the green background with Copics.</div>
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I thought I'd share a peek at the quilt I finished while I had the two weeks with no computer! This is the first quilt that I machine quilted. I've always hand quilted my quilts before...but hey, since I have the new sewing machine, I thought...why not give machine quilting a try. I loved machine quilting and have already bought fabric for my next quilt!<br />
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Thought I'd play along with <a href="http://merrymondaychristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2017/05/merry-monday-249-mistletoe.html" target="_blank">Merry Monday Christmas Challenge </a>this week which is to create a card using mistletoe. </div>
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I cut out the mistletoe on my Cameo...including the big bow. I printed the sentiment through the Silhouette program, then cut the stitched border with a die from SSS. I cut the berries separately and popped some of them with foam tape. I colored the mistletoe, berries and the bow with Copic markers. I also added a touch of wink of stella to the berries. Added it all to a red card base...and done! </div>
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I've gotten back to my scrapbooking a little more. I hadn't scrapped in so long that it's like learning how all over again. I've managed to complete about 6 layouts in the last week...so I must be getting my mojo back! LOL!</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Photos of my youngest daughter when she was about 12 years old. I used October Afternoon papers along with some red card stock and a stripe from my scraps. I created the title work in the Silhouette Program. The little girl carrying the cake is a stamp that I colored with Copics and fussy cut. I added some Nuvo drops for the bumps on the cake and a little Wink of Stella on the stars and her headband. The "messy hair, Don't care" tags were created in the Silhouette program and printed. The red tags were stamped and heat embossed in white. The dog and the two red tags were MFT's four legged stamp set. The presents across the strip are a die from Simon Says Stamps. After die cutting it, I colored all the little present pieces and put them back in the die. Journaling was computer generated.</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: nobile; font-size: 15.4px;">I just finished this layout today, and thought I'd get it posted too. Photos of my two youngest children with their elementary school PE coach. He was a part of their lives from kindergarten through 5th grade. We also attended church with him and his family. I used the plaid papers from Lawn Fawn. The title work was cut with the Silhouette (three times and layered for dimension). The whistle and school bus are from the Silhouette store. I colored the orange strip and the title letters with Copic markers. The wood grain paper is from Echo Park "It's a Boy" collection. I added some black lines and faux stitching. The yellow circle behind the title work was cut with a die then embossed with a stitched die. School bus and whistle were adhered with foam tape. Journaling is tucked behind the solid yellow mat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: nobile;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.4px;">I hope none of you faint! Here I am back again for the 3rd day in a row!! I've had a productive day today. Finished a dress for one of my granddaughters, </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: nobile; font-size: 15.4px;">bought groceries to prepare dinner tonight for two of my children and their families and </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: nobile; font-size: 15.4px;">made two cards for the <a href="http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.com/2017/05/challenge-329-geometric.html" target="_blank">Less is More Challenge</a>!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: nobile; font-size: 15.4px;">For this first card, I used a wood mounted stamp <strike>(that I coveted)</strike> from the wonderful Darnell of <a href="http://www.djkardkreations.com/" target="_blank">djkardkreations</a> and leader of the NBUS challenges. So...thank you, Darnell! I stamped the image in versamark and heat embossed it with gold embossing powder. I colored in parts of the image with two yellow Copic markers. The butterfly is from Hero Arts, and was also stamped and heat embossed with gold. I fussy cut the image and added some yellow to the butterfly. The sentiment is from SSS. I colored the side of the card and the sentiment strip with one of the Copic markers, then heat embossed the sentiment in gold. Added a few drops of Nuvo to match, and popped the white panel with some craft foam.</span></div>
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Not too sure about this card. It might not be CAS enough for the challenge. I got this new 6 x 6 image from Concord and 9th. I think I might need just a "little" more practice with the stamp! After my attempt at stamping, I added some Wink of Stella to the blue triangles and the orange stripe down the right side. I wiped the blue ink on a scrap of white to make the sentiment tag. Sentiment is from SSS and is heat embossed with white. Added just a few Nuvo drops and popped the panel with craft foam.</div>
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