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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Happy Thanksgiving!!

 I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving Day!  I am so grateful to have an amazing family to spend the day with, friends near and far that share my love of this hobby and health and happiness for all!

I am getting ready to host dinner for my family today and I can't wait to get started on this long weekend.

Here is my first page:

Inspired by challenge # 726 from Lasting Memories - be inspired by Jen P. Harris' mixed media work entitled "Parte Incognita."

The bright colors were so fun and you can never go wrong with hexagons!

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Natural Beauty

My daughter sure loves to pose for gorgeous pictures!

Here she is at the sunflower farm with some props:

It took me a bit to find just the right color scheme I wanted to use.

One can only use so much yellow on sunflower pages...lol.

I used this beautiful sketch from the Scrappy Friends challenge with Rochelle  Spears:

I love all the bunches of flowers.

Perfect for my pictures.

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Devilish

 Good morning!  It's a brisk Fall day today and before we head out for a birthday party, I'm working on a few Halloween pages from last years' pics.

My daughter was having fun using the filters on her phone and took this adorably devilish picture.

I played with the Scrappy Friends challenge and used Stacy's Tic Tac Toe board:

I went across the bottom and used flowers, a banner and some brads.

Happy to use up more of the felt web that has been taking up space forever...lol.

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EEKK!!!

Yes, we love to drive our kitties crazy by making them wear funny costumes and accessories for photo ops...lol.

Here my son finally got the witches hat to stay on Gus Gus long enough for a cute couple of photos.

I think finally realized he was not going to give up until we got a good pic...lol

Poor Gus Gus...

I added some sparkly pumpkins from the stash for challenge #725 from Lasting Memories.

Gotta love using up more old stash!

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Charm and Beauty

I have to say, going to see the sunflower farm has become an annual favorite of mine.

The blooms are just so gorgeous!

And there are so many of them, it's absolutely amazing to see.

Here I used many scraps cut into different sizes for the challenge #724 at Lasting Memories:

using ascending sizes of paper strips or shapes OR create a colorful ombre design to symbolize the growth. 

I added lots of sunflowers for dimension and a bunch of Nuvo drops too.

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October 31st

Good morning!  Here is a fun page I did with a few different pictures of my daughter when she was experimenting with makeup techniques:

This was inspired by challenge #723 at Lasting Memories - to use something in your stash that is more than 2 years old.

I have had this die cut background piece for a LOT longer than that!

So happy to be inspired to finally use it!

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 Happy Halloween!!  I was locked out of my blog for the last 2 weeks so I am trying to catch up on my posting with my new layouts.

Here is my page for challenge #722 from Lasting Memories:  to use 50% orange and a round element:

I dug through the stash to use up some scraps, die cut some leaves and added a doily.  The stickers are all new from Hobby Lobby.

The photo is of my beautiful granddaughter.  She is so cute!!

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You bring the sunshine...

 Good morning!  It's going to be a very productive day today around the house, so I needed to get at least one page done before I started my projects:

I was inspired by this page by challenge # 719 at Lasting Memories:

These pictures are from this year's trip to the Sunflower Farm.

I love all the fun photo ops all over the area.

I used a mixed of papers, I die cut my circle and used a stencil and stencil butters to decorate it, and some flowers and ephemera from the stash.

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Pumpkin patch

 I sure hope this stupid rain stops soon so we can get to the pumpkin patch this year!  Here are a few pictures from last year's visit:

I used a few bits of scraps, and dug through the stash for all my other bits and pieces.  

This color palette from Lasting Memories # 720 was my inspiration:

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Sweet & Cute

 I hope you are all enjoying this beautiful Labor Day!

I have a million things to do but wanted to get at least one page done today.

I was inspired by this color palette from Lasting Memories #717:

Now I have to clean my desk and figure out how to spend the rest of this amazing day!

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SMILE

 My new picture order just showed up last night and I have sooooo  many granddaughter pictures to work on !

This morning, The Scrappy Friends posted their new challenges on their blog.

Here is the sketch from Rochelle:

Here is the Tic Tac Toe board from Stacy:

And here is my page:

I used hearts, 2 photos and ephemera from the Boho Sunshine collection from Simple Stories.

LOVE these pictures!

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Fancy dresses

 I love playing dress up with my granddaughter.  Of course, she has quite the extensive wardrobe already.

This is one of my favorite pictures of her in a fancy dress.  I printed this at least 3 times, in color, black and white and different sizes.  

She is just too adorable!

I was getting ready to work on this page when Lasting Memories posted this week's challenge:

LM #716 - Go for the Gold - use gold on your layout (brads, glitter papers, Stickles, etc.).

I found these adorable butterflies in the really old stash and I dug through everything to find these gold buttons.

Time to clean up my desk and get ready for next week!

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Cajun eats

 One of the most memorable things about our visit to New Orleans was the food!

We tried alligator bites, frog legs and added some shrimp.  YUM!!

I used my circle punch on some scraps for my circle background.

I was inspired to use the circles by challenge # 714 from Lasting Memories to use 5 rings or circles.

I just happened to have some leftover leaves on my desk that I added just for some flair.

And who can say no to adding buttons to anything??

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Lafayette Cemetery No.1

 I am just flying through these New Orleans pictures! 

 I am so glad to be motivated and able to sneak in plenty of time to get this album done.

Challenge #715 from Lasting Memories is to use wet mixed media.  

Since my latest obsession is Stencil Butters - I am so excited to get another chance to play with them.

I used a brick patterned stencil and Driftwood stencil butter from The Crafter's Workshop.

These are some of the pictures that were taken at these hauntingly beautiful, historical cemeteries in New Orleans.

Now to clean up the mess I made.

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Always stop and smell the flowers

 Good morning!   This page has been on my desk all week while I worked on how to do the title.

All of my papers are from 13Arts.  

The flowers and trim are all from the "way old" stash.

This was put together using challenge # 713 from Lasting Memories- to use 2 or more clusters of 3.

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Time with Nature

 My daughter had an internship in Colorado this year.  She had a great time and was able to do a lot of sight seeing and hiking in the mountains.  

Here is one the amazing pictures she took while out on a hike with friends:

I used 3 different misting sprays to distress my white background. 

The papers are all a mix from the scrap box.

The stickers are all from Simple Stories collections.

I also added some chipboard leaves that I covered with stencil butters - my new favorite medium!

I used this sketch from the Scrappy Friends challenge from Rochelle:

And this month's Tic Tac Toe board from Stacy:

I went down the right side:

brad

arrow 

chipboard

Time to get some layouts organized to start putting them in albums!

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Time to Sparkle

 Hello July!!!   June did NOT end on a good at all for me in so many ways.  I am so glad to start a new month fresh, healthy and ready to go.

The best way to start out is knocking out TWO challenges:

My granddaughter - isn't she the CUTEST!!

I did this page using this fun sketch from the Scrappy Friends challenge with Rochelle:

I used up some older Doodle Bug papers and lots of miscellaneous stickers from the stash.

The 2nd part of this challenge is the Tic Tac Toe board from Scrappy Friends challenge - Scrap with Stacy:

I went across the middle using:

Red, white and blue

Stickers

2 photos

I sure hope the rest of this month is just as productive!

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Happy Days are here Again

Trying to sneak in as much scrapping as I can this weekend.  Soooo many projects to get done and allergies are NOT helping at all!

Here is page I did using a song as inspiration - a challenge from Lasting Memories # 700:

These pics are part of our Disney trip.  

I am so close to being done with this trip!

I saw this colorful wall and thought it would make a really pretty page.

I used some older papers, die cut leaves and I punched out the flowers.

Off to see what else I can get done today!

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Hello Friend!

 Good morning!  It's going to be a FUN and BUSY day here celebrating NSD!  

I have been looking forward to this for the last couple of weeks and I am more than prepared - photos, adhesive, music and lots of free time.

I was so happy to be able to finish up this page before all the craziness started:

I dug through the stash to find just the right papers, made my own tag, used up some shiny bits and pieces that have been taking up space and added a title using some new Thickers I just bought.

Here is the sketch from the Scrappy Friends challenge this month from Rochelle:

Love the larger photo as I still have a few I want to finish up from the 2022 Disney trip.

I was also able to combine this page with Stacy's Scrappy Friends challenge - Tic Tac Toe:

I used Jewels, Washi and Polka Dots.

One more picture completed and I managed to do both challenges this month!

Time to get some coffee and get ready to scrap all day!

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Frontier Fun

 So the plan this week was to keep my desk clean and organized in preparation for National Scrapbook Day.  

But I decided that there was still time to work on a page or two.

While I still had some scraps out from the last Disney page, I was able to use them to put this page together.

I added some hand cut tags and some Mickey color chip pieces and wooden Mickey heads

Here is my inspiration - Challenge # 695 from Lasting Memories:

Time to get back to cleaning off my desk!

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Smile!

Baby's first Easter and Grandma made sure to take LOTS of pictures!

Here is my baby granddaughter loving the camera and all the attention: 

I used an old kit I found at a resale shop.

I love this color combination.

The kit came with these fun acrylic flowers and leaves.

I added a few buttons.

Here is the sketch #697 from Lasting Memories that gave me the inspiration:

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Happy 50th!!

 Still chipping away at the 2022 Disney trip.

Happy to see these multi photo sketches!

Here is my take on sketch challenge #696 from Lasting Memories

I used some papers I printed from a digital kit.

The star stickers are from Dollar Tree, and the flowers are from the stash.

Here is the original sketch #696 from Lasting Memories:

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Movie Night

 I can't believe I still have so many pictures to work on for our 2022 Disney trip!  

I really need to cut back on getting them printed....lol.  But Disney is my favorite subject to work on, sooo...that won't happen!  lol

Here is my page for the sketch challenge from Rochelle Spears Scrappy Friends:

I used some scraps, chipboard film strip, lots of stickers and I used a small Mickey head punch to create my popcorn.

Here is the original sketch:

At least I got a few more Disney pics done!

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