WOW....This Year!

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!

Sit back and enjoy the scroll...

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:

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.

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:

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!

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:

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

This was a LOT!  Thanks for hanging in there.  Hope you'll come back again soon...and thanks so much for visiting!

It's June 2022! Time Flies!

I can't believe how quickly time flies!  Seems like it was just January 2022! Now here we are in June already!  

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!

Let's get started...

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:

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!

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.

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:

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!

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:

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

Thanks so much for stopping by...and if you leave a comment...an even BIGGER thank you!

Hugs!

Back 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!

On to the scrapbooking...

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!

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:

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!

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...

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

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:

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!

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.

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:

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!

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!

Hugs!

Back After a LONG break!

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:

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!

I've made many cards, but didn't take photos of them.  Seems like I'm always rushed and need to get the cards out right away.  I have managed to get a little scrapbooking done in the last several months though.  Here's a few that I've completed.

Photo of my beautiful granddaughter, Georgia and her husband, Mike. I used Echo Park Victoria Gardens collection, and the solid green is a really old piece from Basic Grey. I cut the title work with the Cameo, coated it with clear Wink of Stella, then added glossy accents on top. The blooms are something I found in my stash from Prima (I've had it forever!) I designed the tag at the top in the Silhouette program and then popped it with foam tape. I cut thin strips of gold card stock and framed the edges of the layout. Journaling is behind the photo strip.

Photos of my Mama and her siblings. Not sure of the date but I'm guessing sometime between 1945 and 1948. This was all eight of the Pace siblings. I used Carta Bella Our Family collection for this layout.The title work was cut with the Cameo, including the filmstrip piece which I backed with a cream colored paper before adhering the letters. I added some Nuvo drops on the letters. Swirls/flourishes were also cut with the Cameo and Nuvo drops were added to them also. Quotes and sayings were part of the ppr collection and I backed them with black paper like I did with the photos and them popped them up with foam tape. Journaling pulls out from behind the photo on the left and basically just tells who is in the photos. I added faux stitching with a white gel pen on the journaling tag. 

Photo of our adventure to the Escape Room...Lots of fun! I cut 1/2 inch strips from black card stock and built a wall on a white background. The little prisoner is a print and cut file from the Silhouette store. I made a sign to go over the sign he was holding to show where we were and the date. I designed the title work with the Silhouette program and cut out 4 layers in white, then cut a black and a red "escape" to layer over the white. I printed the tag "we did it" and popped it up with foam tape. The arrow is a Hero Arts die. The metal tag is REALLY old! I think I've had it since I started scrapping 20 years ago!! It says: "It doesn't matter where you go, it's who's beside you that counts" So true! Journaling was computer generated and reads: 

I loved my birthday visit to Lots of Locks Escape room. What a great family activity. The best part – aside from getting out of the locked room in less than 60 minutes – was watching my family work together as a team! Teamwork and Listening are key to finding all the clues and putting them together to find the way out of the locked room and you all did a GREAT job of both! Kimmer, I'm sorry you missed it…but so glad we could go to another escape room when you came home for Christmas! What a great way to celebrate my 68th birthday! 

This handsome young man is my grandson 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. 

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.

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.

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!

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!

Back Again!

I've managed to get a few things done in my craft room this week.  A couple of cards and a new layout to share with you.  

This first card is one I made after watching this video from Jennifer McGuire.  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.

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

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!

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 my gallery at scrapbook.com.

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!

Where does the time GO!!

PHOTO HEAVY POST

I have been SO busy lately....well, actually for the last couple of months!  I've done quite a bit of scrapping and made a few cards too, so I thought I'd share with you today. I've also been super busy preparing for Vacation Bible School which is actually this week!

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 link 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.

I've also got a few cards to share with you...

This is the card I made for my great granddaughter, Ellie for her 2nd birthday.  It's a really cool card that folds up to make a little book. It used 4 - 8.5 inch squares of card stock and the rest is just folding and scoring...and of course, decorating the card.

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.

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.

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. 

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. 

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!