Supplies:
Stamps: Peaceful Evergreens, Whimsical Alpha Lower
Ink: Basic Gray, Smoky Slate
Paper: Basic White, Soft Sky, Basic Gray card stocks, Peaceful Place DP
Accessories: Neutrals Candy Dots
And actually, this is the second time I scrapped these photos, ha. The above layout is for my older daughter, and the one for my younger daughter was done in April and hasn't yet been shared. I used the same pack of paper, but differently, and I used different stamps.
I always like that you can use the same layout or supplies and make something quite different from the last.
I hope you had a safe and happy weekend, and if you live in the United States, I hope you had a great Independence Day!
Today I have a softball layout! And some memories.
The year I was 10, my mom signed me up for softball and my brother up for baseball. Same city league. He had an actual grown up coach and got a shirt and a hat and this style of picture. I got three 8th graders as coaches (big sisters of some of the team..) They wrote bubble letters in puffy paint on tshirts for our team. The contrast was stark, to say the least. But that was our only year playing this kind of sport. Actually...I took dance a few times but that was the only paid sport for me (that was FINE!). The only thing I remember "learning" was that forfeit meant you have to have enough players, otherwise your team loses by default. (we lost every game except the time the other team had to forfeit.) Also, I don't enjoy anything about softball. Please don't ever throw the ball at me, or expect me to throw it back. I'm not good at batting and I am a *slow runner, ha.
Several months ago, my kiddo informed me she wanted to try baseball. We don't sport at our house, other than some soccer. She never seen a game, we didn't own a single baseball related thing. She has seen the movie Sandlot, but not for a few years... haha! We bought her a ball and glove, and she was on a team that got a tshirt and a hat, ha, and pre-named teams. Her coach was a real grown up, (ha- altho he was younger than I am...) and he did a great job. My kid learned a lot! She improved at all of it! But she didn't love it. It was a HOT season and most of her games were played between 95* and 98*, with the late afternoon sun beating down on all of us. I don't know that she'll do it again, but it's good to try new things!
I created these in the long-retired MDS. I knew I had a softball image there, ha. I "filled" them in with a dot image that honestly looks like scribbled gum drops. I added a little stitching, and the Texture overlay, which makes the edges look like canvas. And I took my colors from her team shirt and her ball. And the season is scrapped!
Supplies:
MDS
Stamps: Great Sport, Lemonade Stand dots, Texture
Ink: Basic Black, Barely Banana, Night of Navy
Accessories: Stitching Thread
Journaling Font: Brush Script title, Book Antiqua notes
Happy stampy Saturday!
Since I finally got my new catalog order, I can play along with the latest SUO Challenge to use the new In Colors! I only chose three of the colors today.
(Also I didn't even get Darling Duckling ink... It doesn't strike me as a yellow I would like and at this point, I'm only buying what *I like most. I do really like the other four colors, altho I never purchased the Strawberry Slush ink pad when it was originally an In Color...)
Supplies:
Stamps: Beautiful Butterflies, Elements of Text
Ink: Timid Tiger, Cloud Cover, Secret Sea
Paper: Timid Tiger, Cloud Cover
Accessories: 2025-27 In Color Flat Pearls
I hope you're having a good Saturday and maybe doing something you want to today!
I got a thank you card made!
I don't know about you but I intensely hate cleaning the bathroom. I am deeply grateful for indoor plumbing, but man, oh man ... I hate cleaning it.
We have company coming so it had to be done and it had to be done now... So I bribed myself that if I would hurry and get it done I could make a card, haha!
Today's card combines the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches, with the inspiration photo from SUO Challenges. Although I just realized that I accidentally turned the direction of the sketch...
I even know who this card is going to!
Supplies
Stamps: Layers of Beauty, Simply Said
Ink: Memento Black, Pumpkin Pie
Paper: Country Woods DP, Peach Pie, Basic White cardstock.
Accessories: Watercolor Pencils, Layers of Beauty dies, big shot
Still no time to make something, but time to share something!
This is a hybrid page. I scanned in this long-retired DP for the digital background! It was more than perfect, and I needed to fit a bunch of pics, so that's what I did! I actually then started scanning in all my DP for just such a reason and then stopped after two packs....I need to find a LOT of free time to work on that, ha.
Anyway, we came upon this cute little spot and decided it was a perfect time for a treat, and here's the result!
Look! A post two business days in a row! Crazy! Both are scrappy, ha.
This was a chill night at a motel in South Dakota. Yep- we got personal sized pizzas from Pizza Hut, and then played some family games before bed. But it was a fun evening together.
