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So glad you chose to stop by!
I hope to use this blog to share some of my handmade cards as well as some of my scrapbook pages and maybe a few pics here and there that may or may not make it to a scrapbook page.
Scrapping for me is simply a fun hobby that I don't do often enough. More often than not, I'm a collector of all things scrap... i.e. tools, paper, embellishments...
Now to become motivated... Maybe this blog is just the way to do it...
Enjoy and come back SOON!
It's been a long while since I've posted a layout so I thought, "why not make today different?" I'm usually behind the camera so it's rare that I have a photo of myself to scrap. But here's one that I took @ Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. I was right in front of the Hard Rock Cafe. Yep... had to go in and buy a guitar key chain since I've decided to collect one from all the places I visit.
For the LO, I used a combination of October Afternoon scraps. I finally used those beads I bought months ago when I saw how Sasha Holloway used them in her LOs. Her scrapbook style is FAB & I get inspiration where I can... LOL!
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P.S. - I've got to work on a better way to photograph layouts... Pointers anyone?
Yep, that’s right… It’s another layout. Funny, when I started scrapping, I did only layouts and somehow I ventured down the path of card making only. Meanwhile, I’ve got so many cherished moments that I’ve captured in pictures but haven’t yet scrapped. Yeah, I should be busy for a while.
This LO is based on an older sketch from “Triple the Sketch”. Even though I don’t always do the LOs, I still print the sketches to use when I need a creative jump-start.
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I rarely post layouts. Umm, that’s probably because I rarely do layouts. Well, I’ve set some goals for myself because I have so many great memories that I want to preserve. This LO is titled “True Blue Friends”. I chose this title because that’s exactly what they’ve been to me. The journaling simply reads: “With this group, I’ve been through the thick and the thicker! I’d definitely say that we are “True Blue” friends.”
The LO is based on one of the August PageMaps sketches.
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This is a LO of just an ordinary day. Since I have a camera in my possession 95% of the time, ordinary days can easily turn into photo ops… On this day, my mother and grandmother were in town visiting and as with all visits, we ended up shopping… Pam (not shown) and her mother (far right), met us for a portion of our store hopping venture and later we had lunch together… This photo was taken outside one of my mother’s MUST VISIT shoe stores… Notice the back drop in the photo. How appropriate…
So this LO not only documents an ordinary day, but it also fulfills a challenge issued by my friend Julie… The challenge was to create a 12 X 12 LO using at least one circle as the background… We were to also include a famous quote. The quote that I used is located on the arc of the circle at the bottom and it reads, “If the shoe fits BUY it… in every color” Julie, don’t know if the quote is famous in your family, but it’s FAMOUS in mine…
Anyway, had loads of fun creating this LO… Couldn’t stop adding colors, flowers, or ribbon... (circles too for that matter) Yep, I was pretty obsessive with this one, but I enjoyed every moment of it…
Well another completed challenge… AND it’s a LO… That’s an accomplishment in itself…
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Well, it's no big secret that I don't do layouts nearly enough! I've got tons of photos just waiting to be "scrapped"... So, I'm grateful for the challenge issued by my friend Karen to create a layout based on a Valerie Salmon sketch.
I titled my layout "Master Life"... It's a play on words, because the photo of my cousin, my uncle and myself was taken when my uncle went BACK to school to get his Masters + 30 in Education... His favorite neices (self proclaimed) were there bright and early in the morning to witness the event...!
Well, that's one LO down, hundreds more to go!
Enjoy!!!
I'm such a procrastinator... Julie issued this challenge a couple of weeks ago, but it was due today... Guess when I got started...? You're 100% accurate if you guessed today... But that's not important... The important thing is that I met the deadline... There's got to be some kind of reward for being on time, right?
Anyway... Julie provided a sketch for the challenge, with an additional requirement... We had to use the clipboard from the Cricut Fabulous Finds cartridge.
This LO is of me w/ a couple of my friends. I chose to title the LO "FRIEND" and use word strips with a mnemonic for FRIEND --- Frank, Reliable, Inspiring, Emotional, Nurturing, Dependable...
My required clipboard contains my friend "to do" list: 1. Call to say "hi", 2. Share a Laugh & 3. Repeat 1 & 2 often.
Also got a chance to use some red crystal swirls... Must have bling...
Well, as for this challenge I'm present and accounted for!!! - NEXT!!!
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I love this photo of my friend and her daughter! It's a wonderful visual of the love that they share... I like the photo so much that I just had to use it in my latest challenge. The challenge was to create a 12 X 12 layout utilizing at least two patterned papers, a button, flower, ribbon, and the teddy bear from the Cricut DoodleCharms cartridge. Boy, it's been a long time since I created a layout... I'm a little rusty, but I met the challenge criteria and I've contributed a page for JuliAna's scrapbook... Two birds/one stone... On to the next challenge...
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