Toon Lagoon

 I am sticking with my goal to get more projects completed this year.  Right now I am still focused on Universal Studios from 2022.  I don't have much to do, so my goal is by the end of February - moved up from the end of March.

Here is a fun page I did today:

I crossed over Universal pics with a Disney collection.

The colors were perfect for the fun, colorful look I wanted.

The sketch I used is from Rochelle Spears and the Scrappy Friends challenge:

I need to learn how to cross over more collections like this!

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Every day is a chance to find magic

 Happy New Year to all!! 

I am so happy to have been able to finish up 2 separate trips over this holiday break!  New Orleans and Punta Cana are officially done, and put into proper albums.  Such a daunting task, but I am so glad it's done.  

On to the next adventure!  We spent a few days in Universal Studios.  Luckily, I do not have stacks of pictures to work on.  I am going to set a goal of March 31st to have this project completed.  

Lasting Memories challenge #731 is to use a sketch as your starting point.  I LOVE sketches!!

Here is my page:

I sure hope I use up a lot of the Harry Potter stuff that I over bought!

Here is my sketch inspiration - the January 2025 sketch from Creative Scrapbooker Magazine:

On to the next!

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Merry and Bright

 Hello again!  Wrapping up some Christmas pictures from last year:

This was from our trip to see the zoo lights.

Tonight we are heading out for the 2024 trip!

This is for challenge #730 from Lasting Memories - Second chance challenge.

I chose challenge # 717 - color challenge:

I think I am now done with 2023 Christmas and I can safely get 2024 pics printed.

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Baby, it's cold outside!

 This is one of my favorite pages this year!  I LOVE how this turned out!

I used stencils, stencil butters and Nuvo Drops to create my background.

I added some stickers on pop dots, and some snowflake buttons.

This is for the #730 challenge from Lasting Memories which is the Second Chance challenge.

I chose challenge # 691 as my second chance - to use circles, buttons, brads or bling.

I used some large circles, a die cut circle, and snowflake buttons.  

And I adore this picture of my granddaughter!

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Fun Photo Op

 Good morning!  It's crunch time to wrap up some projects from this year.  I am just about down with our trip to New Orleans and I am determined to get it done before year's end.

Here is page I made with some fun random pics:

I made this page for the December challenge from Lasting Memories which was a Second chance challenge.

I chose this color challenge - #719 from September:

Lots of scraps which will be my 2025 goal!

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Good Things

 Hello again!  Here is a page I finished up this morning:

This was time consuming but a lot of fun!

I dug way down deep into the stash to find my quilling supplies.

I tend to forget I have this stuff!

And it doesn't help that I have a kitty that insists on "helping" with the thin strips of papers...

The feathers have been in the drawer for years -so happy to have found some inspiration to finally use them.

Here is the challenge #729 from Lasting Memories - Amy Genser's mixed media work that uses rolled paper pieces (like quilling) and paint, entitled "Urchin Underbelly" that inspired me:

I knew I had these pictures of peacocks and this image made me think of quilling right away.

Always a good feeling to use up old stash!

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Autumn Leaves

 Good morning!  

Here is another Fall page I made using lots of mixed media:

I was inspired by challenge #727  from Lasting Memories:

Alexandra Ackerman's mixed media work using watercolor, colored pencil and gouache, entitled "Hovering Orbs on a Blue Grid."

I used stencil butters, watercolors, distressed sprays and cutting dies to create the frame around my photo.

Love playing with mixed media goodies!

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