A different kind of calendar - part 3.

Hello again! This is getting very real! My daughter started online training for her mission this week, everything is purchased, we have flight information, just waiting for time to pass! That should mean I get a little more time for new paper crafting soon, too...!
Not at all surprisingly, she loves the calendar. She did forget I was doing this and she was so excited looking thru it. 

Here are the next four calendar pages she's taking with her!
December 

The background here is a photo. We have a little pond nearby and they put lit trees on rafts out over it and it looks amazing at night. And just a few other December things... 

January

February: 

March: 

April:

A different kind of calendar - part 2.

Good evening!
Today I have the second section of this calendar for you. Yes- the whole blog looks like her right this second, don't worry, my youngest has said the same thing. But when you leave home for the first time, you need a lot of stuff. And a lot of people come to wish you the best. Hooray for good friends and loving family! 
And this silly older daughter of mine actually asked if I would do a scrapbook of her mission. I'm sorry, have we not met?? 

But in the meantime, here are four more calendar pages she will take with her. 

August: 

September: 

October: 

November: 

It's still a surprise btw. I took a flash drive over to our local printer to get it put together...! waiting excitedly!!

10th Grade

So, this past Sunday, when we had a house jam-packed full of family and friends to support my daughter leaving for a church mission, this was taking up space in the entry, ha.

That's her 14 scrapbooks out for anyone to peruse. It was funny to me how many of her friends hoped to find themselves in there. Considering I just shared 5th grade on Tuesday, her books are very hit and miss, as to what is inside, haha, but some of those friends were definitely included.

Anyway! Still no crafty time at my house right now, hahaha, but here's another scrapbook page I did for this daughter, specifically for the project above. Fast, but done. 

This was her first day back to school after the world shut down. We were fortunate that school started "normally" the next fall (August... that's sort of thinking about fall...) but I did have my mom make an arsenal of face masks for her, in colors she liked. blah. I do not miss those days, but it's good to scrap it.

Supplies: 

Paper: Basic White, Blushing Bride card stock, Just Add Cake DP 
Accessories: Baja Breeze Double Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon, Shades of Green Hexagons
Journaling Font: Cambria

5th Grade

One of the things I did to prep for this past weekend was to put my daughter's life worth of scrapbooks in order. I had to go back to when she was three, removing all the pages from her books, ha. Then I sort everything by year and when I get to that year, I sort it all in order by month, and put it all back in the books, 99% in order.. Make sense? It's a lot of work, ha, so I only do it every few years. Then as I continue to scrap, I just add it to the back til I want to re-sort! 

This was one of the new pages that had to be put in it's correct spot! Some maybe all of these supplies are older than these photos, haha. Yeay stash! 

Supplies: 
Paper: Basic White card stock
Accessories: Island Blossoms Simply Scrappin kit, Fairy Tale Ribbon Originals

Stamps: Alphabet Attitude Lower, Alphabet Attitude Numbers

Ink: Tahitian Tide 

Journaling Font: School Teacher

A different kind of calendar - part 1.

Happy Friday to you! Another late post... I hope this isn't becoming a thing! 
I hope you're looking forward to the weekend, mine will be PACKED.

My family and I are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. You may know our church as LDS or Mormons. My older daughter has chosen to serve a mission for our church, and you may have seen our missionaries, wearing black name tags in your town. Missionaries choose to leave home and college and regular life, to serve, and are assigned to serve in a specific location. My daughter will be going to the Lubbock Texas mission, which includes about half of New Mexico as well as western Texas. She will do her training in Mexico City and she'll be primarily working with people who speak Spanish. She is SO excited. It will be a lot of work for her, for the next nineteen months, and it has been some work preparing as well. But this will be a wonderful adventure and we are all very happy for her. 

She speaks in church this Sunday, as is traditional before a missionary leaves. That means we're expecting around 75 people (there were 62 people in my house plus the five of us!) to come to our house afterwards, which is fun, but a lot, haha. And that means we've been spending this entire week prepping.

I saw an idea to make a photo calendar for your missionary so they have photos of home hanging in their room. And also it's a bit of a photo album they can show their companions (something like a roommate). Well...I can make a photo calendar! (I used to do these as Christmas gifts for both my husband's and my parents.) I decided to go with 12x12 size for my daughter, so it's not a great photo album for taking around, ha, but it will be nice wall decor that will also be fun for her. 

It's sort of a surprise for her, but she still contributed. For example, she selected a huge album of photos she thought she might want to take, which I selected from, haha... And I asked for some of her favorite scripture verses and some of her favorite worship songs and hymns. Also, I *told her I would make her a calendar, rather than print 90+ photos. So it's a surprise she knows about? haha.... yes. 

And so! I will split up the 20 "pages" into a few separate posts, so as to not bore you to death, ha. The photos span the last three or so years, mostly of her with different family and friends. She chose the sillier ones- photos I would not have included, but clearly, she wanted reminders of the fun times too. And the nature pictures are, I think, entirely her own photography, which is fun.

So here is her cover page: 

She starts in May, so here is her May page:

June: 

and for today, July:

Anyway, I'm having fun with this. Honestly, I'm almost done with the project, but nobody else knows that, haha.... 

Easter #5

 ...for this year anyway, haha! 
This is a very late post for today. I've been trying to catch up on books for my oldest daughter, so right now I have yet another Easter page for you. This one was all about the pretty DP, and some cute photos. 

Supplies: 

Paper: Petal Pink card stock, Perennial Essence DP
Accessories: Antique Pearls, Perennial Postage Dies 

Journaling Font: Janda Elegant Handwriting

I hope you're getting some crafty time this spring! 

Anniversary!

Happy Monday to you! Today is my parents wedding anniversary, so today I have their anniversary card. You get to see it before they do, because that was one of those "longest weeks of my life" weeks and I didn't get it made in time to mail it off to arrive in time. It's fiiiine...... 

I used the latest Freshly Made Sketch, and the flowers represent the circles. I stamped the flowers on white card stock, cut them out, and popped them up on Dimensionals. Admittedly, the two super close flowers are one cut out, ha... 

Supplies:

Stamps: Detailed Dogwood, To Have and To Hold

Ink: Memento Black, Gorgeous Grape
Stampin' Blends: Dark & Light Highland Heather, Dark & Light Granny Apple Green, Dark Daffodil Delight, Bronze

Paper: Highland Heather & Basic White card stock, Country Woods DP

Accessories: Gorgeous Grape Sheer Ribbon, Dimensionals

But now we're off to another busy week! Hope it's amazing for you too! 

Another Easter

Hello again! I had a jam-packed family weekend celebrating all sorts of things, and now I've got some sickies at home.

I'm trying to catch up on some "major events" in my daughter's life, so today I have an older Easter layout, that actually, I just made. ha. 

All of these supplies are long retired, except maybe the dots...but probably.
As I'm uploading this, I'm realizing I forgot to look for number stamps to add to the title... it's FINE. She really probably won't notice, haha. I cranked out a bunch of pages yesterday, so yeah, a couple details may have been skipped.... Oh well. Done is done! 

Supplies: 

Stamps: Just Perfect Alphabet
Ink: Rich Razzleberry
Paper: Basic White card stock, Cottage Wall DP
Accessories: Transparent Dots
Journaling Font: English Essay

Rain Boots

Happy Friday to you! This week has gone so fast and I feel like there's so little to show for it...! But a lot has happened so maybe... 

Today's card combines the colors and theme (gum boots) of Inspired By... and the theme (spring showers) from The Paper Players and the theme (spring/Easter) for Inspire.Create. I found these cute floral rainboots (actually a two-step stamp) that was an additional gift in the Paper Pumpkin box, I think in March of 2020? And I used the rain drops from Umbrella Days, and a greeting from Special Moments - all long retired! 

Supplies:
Stamps: Umbrella Days, Special Moments, Paper Pumpkin
Ink: Misty Moonlight, Crushed Curry, Balmy Blue, Bubble Bath

Paper: Balmy Blue, Basic White card stock

Accessories: Classic Matte Dots 

Bright and Subtle

Today I have a bright color combo which I think I really toned down, haha!
I love this wreath idea, where I stamp something tiny and colorful and then layer the white floral wreath on top. This time I found a couple very small flowers and a leaf in The long-retired, wood mount Botanicals For You set. I added a few tiny Rhinestones and it's done! 
I used the color combo from TGIF Challenges for this one. 

Supplies:
Stamps: Botanicals For You, Well Said

Ink: Strawberry Slush, Timid tiger, Lemon Lime Twist
Paper: Basic White card stock
Accessories: Rhinestones, Encircled in Nature dies, Glue Dots, Dimensionals

Spring Colors!

Happy Monday to you! I hope you had a peaceful, happy Easter weekend. 
We went to California for college Spring Break, but today begins our elementary school Spring Break. At the time of writing this up, I only have a couple vague ideas to keep us busy and occupied... Guess we'll see how it ends up! ha! 

Today's card is just a bunch of bright, happy, spring colors! I combined the color challenge at SUO Challenges with the sketch from Hand Stamped Sentiments and got this: 

Supplies:
Stamps: Happiness Abounds

Ink: Pretty in Pink

Paper: Lemon Lolly & Basic White card stock, Unbounded Beauty DP

Accessories: White Baker's Twine, 2024-26 In Color Dots, Dimensionals 

Easter 2025, layout #3

Happy Saturday to you!
Today I have the last of last year's Easter layouts for you, ha. This one gets the most photos, ha, and thus a different die cut title. That's how I made her page different! It wasn't planned to have both girls in yellow, only one dress was new. But that's how it worked and honestly, I loved the look. 

Supplies:

Paper: Basic White, Daffodil Delight card stock, Bloom Impressions DP
Accessories: Ice Cream Parlor Buttons, Daffodil Delight Taffeta Ribbon, Mini Alphabet Dies, Glue Dots, Big Shot
Journaling Font: Janda Elegant Handwriting

Easter 2025, again

Hello again!
Continuing on with Holy Week, and approaching Easter Sunday, today I've got last Easter Sunday for my middle kiddo.
This one uses very similar supplies to yesterday's layout, but I think it has a totally different look.

Supplies:
Paper: Basic White, Daffodil Delight card stocks, Bloom Impressions DP
Accessories:  Button Bouquet, Alphabet a la Mode Dies, Glue Dots, Big Shot
Journaling Font: Janda Elegant Handwriting

Easter 2025

I remembered I did some Easter scrapping that I haven't shared here! I actually did last year for all three of my kiddos, so that's three days worth of sharing! You're welcome! haha!!

First up- the layout for my oldest! Can you guess his favorite colors? Happy that this long-retired paper was perfect for him. 

Supplies:

Paper: Island Indigo & Basic White card stock, Sycamore Street DP
Accessories: Sycamore Street Buttons, Alphabet a la Mode Dies, Glue Dots, Big Shot

Journaling Font: Janda Elegant Handwriting

Another St Patrick's Day!

This is like the third time today I've realized it's actually April now, so you just get a March page anyway, ha. It's super quick, but it's in her book, and that is the point that matters.
The colors struck me as spring-y, and also come from her outfit. 

Supplies:
Paper: Moody Mauve, Garden Green card stocks
Accessories: Moody Mauve Textured Ribbon, 2023-25 In Color Dots 
Journaling Font: Bradley Hand ITC

Today it is RAINING. It started last night before I even knew- I heard it pounding around 830 and happily told my family. My son informed me it was all wet when he got home at 8 and he assumed we all knew, haha. This has been the driest winter ever (the weatherman doesn't have to tell us that- we know very well, thanks) And we really haven't even had rain in a while. Today is awesome!! 

A Ferris Wheel!

Today I have a happy, fun card, with brand-new supplies! Okay they've been around a little bit, but *I ordered them in February and got them for my birthday, and left town and SO it is still brand new! ha! And, admittedly, time consuming, which is not my favorite. lol. I did wonder when I bought the bundle, ha, but I also kiiinda need it, hahaha. 

For this card, I combined the color combination from Inspire.Create.Challenges and the top row (die cut, ribbon, sentiment) from The Paper Players, once more! I used some long retired ribbon that is a small scrap in my scrap ribbon jar, and a couple retired colors too. Anyway, I know who this is going to and it's all happy! 

Supplies: 

Stamps: Boardwalk Fun

Ink: Sweet Sorbet

Paper: Lemon Lolly, Basic White, Basic Black, Tahitian Tide & Sweet Sorbet card stocks

Accessories: Boardwalk Fun dies

Four Challenges!

I think I'm back for a minute... ha. Life has been SO busy. There was a week long trip to California that adds to the busy, haha, but there's a lot going on around here. But today, I play!! 

I set out several supplies, hoping to play with some challenges and get some blog posts ready, and the first one done used FOUR challenges! I don't know if I have done that before! 

I used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches, the colors from As You See It, the diagonal from The Paper Players (circle, flowers, sentiment) and the accessories from Just Add Ink (ribbon, sequins)! 

Supplies:
Stamps: Gorgeous Posies, Simply Said

Ink: Pretty in Pink, Soft Seafoam, Pool Party

Paper: Basic White, Soft Seafoam & Pretty in Pink card stocks

Accessories: Frosted Sequins, Pool Party ribbon, Circle Dies, Dimensionals, Glue Dots, Big Shot

Several years ago...

this girl turned 9. Now she's nearly a full-grown adult by all standards of measurement, and she's about to head out on her own, too!
But I just made this layout last month, so that's what you get to see today.
Also, in spite of the simplicity, it's a good spring page, which works well right now.

Supplies:

Paper: Basic White, Melon Mambo, Hues of Happiness DP
Accessories: Regal Foiled Dots, Melon Mambo 1/8 ribbon, Large Number framelit dies, 
Journaling Font: Clipper Script

Butterfly Circles

Hello again, and happy Saturday!
I don't often stamp on Saturday but I got a minute today!
I made this happy card using three challenges - the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches, the colors from Hand Stamped Sentiments, and the theme from Just Add Ink.

Supplies:

Stamps: Beautiful Butterflies, Gorgeous Posies

Ink: Misty Moonlight, Cloud Cover, Soft Seafoam

Paper: Basic White, Soft Seafoam card stock

Accessories: Brass Butterflies, White Bakers Twine, Circle Dies, Big Shot, Dimensionals

St Patrick's Day Layout #3

Hello and happy Friday! 

Today I have a scrapbook page for you that was for a challenge *I issued! I am not exactly well versed in issuing creative challenges, but I was trying to help the host, so I used one I've seen many times before. Also it was something I was sure I could do, ha! 

1 die / punch

2 ribbons, twine, thread, etc

3 DSP patterns

4 buttons brads dots, etc

I used the bit of gold glimmer scallop on the side of the center photo for the punch.
I have some gold thread and a strip of ribbon. 

I have three fun DP patterns

and four little candy dots! 

Supplies:
Paper: Basic White & Old Olive card stocks, Sunshine & Sprinkles DP, Gold Glimmer DP
Accessories: Everyday Enchantment Organdy Lucky Limeade ribbon, Gold Twine, Gold Faceted Sequins, Scallop Edge Punch 
Journaling Font: Moon Flower Bold 

This is clearly the same day I shared yesterday, but for my other daughter's books. It's funny because I forget that rainbow is good for St Patrick's Day stuff- usually I stick to green and gold, ha. But this is the second time this week that this exact DP showed up, so I suppose I remembered twice! 

St Patrick's Day Layout #2

Hello again! 
Today's St Patrick's Day layout uses a challenge from last summer to use three sheets of half-forgotten DP. You got it! Altho this DP did belong to my MIL for the first 15 years it existed, ha.
I don't think I've ever used blue on a St Patrick's Day layout, but I don't really know why not.

Somehow or other, it has become tradition that we eat some kind of festive food to celebrate- this year it was mashed potatoes, soda bread muffins, and some green vegetables, specifically roasted broccoli and baked zucchini. This year, the kids also woke up to skittles and gold coins, haha. And it's finally scrapped!

Supplies:

Stamps: Alphabest, Just Perfect Alpha

Ink: Shy Shamrock
Paper: Basic White, Pear Pizazz (retired) card stock, Flowers For You DP (2006!)
Accessories: Subtles Candy Dots

St Patrick's Day Layout #1

Happy Monday to you! 

Today kicks off my little bit of St Patrick's Day layouts. I think this might be the first year we ever took a picture of St Patrick's Day "wearin' o' the green". It was just funny because both green tshirts belonged to my son. My daughter is wearing a Minecraft shirt and he is wearing Legends of Zelda, ha. But, I made a fun layout for them - finally. I actually made a copy for each kid, tho they are basically identical. 

I also used a sketch shared by Cheryl a while back, for this fun layout. Single-photo pages are not my forte, ha. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Alphabest

Ink: Memento Black

Paper: Shy Shamrock & Basic Black card stocks, Sunshine & Sprinkles DP

Accessories: Washi Tape, Metallic Pearls, Circle Dies, big shot

Cousin Time

Hello again! 
A typical week in my life involves me at home during school hours- doing laundry, food prep and cooking, cleaning, and some crafting. A good week includes some family history. Maybe 1-2 days a week where I run errands and things during the day.
Last Thursday I was gone almost the entire day. I got home around 1030pm. Saturday I was gone almost the entire day. Monday I was gone almost the entire day. Tuesday I was gone almost the entire day. And yesterday I was busy more than half the day. Guys. I am tired. And I am missing my home-body life! LOL! I neeeed some crafty time! 
But today is not that day, either! Ha!   

I did make this layout sometime last month. (Did I even know it was March now? barely. Only because my birthday has been this week too, ha!) This was for our scrapbook challenges. The first page uses a layout sketch from my stampy friend Cheryl, which was the challenge. The second page was made to coordinate.

These photos have been printed for yeears, and the supplies are close to the same age, so it was well past time to get these done and in a book!

Supplies:
Stamps: Classic Alphabet
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Paper: Autumn Spice DP, Crumb Cake card stock
Accessories: Amber Gems, Sweetheart Punch 
Journaling Font: Cinnamon Cake

I hope YOU get to craft this week! I'm off again! 

Peace & Happiness

hola! My daughter is actively studying Spanish, and I took five and a half years of German, 30ish years ago, so we've all been throwing out non-English words this week, ha. And that's what came out of my fingers onto the keyboard just now, so hola! 

Today I have another layout for our scrapbook month challenges. This challenge was to focus on one or more colors. I chose green for peace and yellow for happiness, to go with these random, imperfect photos of my youngest and my husband. I used three shades of green and one shade of yellow.

Supplies:
Stamps: Taffy Alphabet
Ink: Always Artichoke
Paper: Parakeet Party card stock, Petals & Paisleys DP (2006)
Accessories: Old Olive grosgrain ribbon, 2022-24 In Color Matte Dots, PL Memories In The Making Accessory Pack

Did you get to make anything this week? I think you should...! 

Picnic Page

Hello again!
Today I have a quick layout (sort of- there's two fussy cut images there, that takes a minute, ha) that I actually made two of- one for each of my daughters. We just had a picnic lunch at a park together one day and I snapped some cute moments, so here's a page, ha! 

Supplies: 

Stamps: Choose Happiness, Alphabest

Ink: Wild Wasabi, Melon Mambo
Paper: Basic White card stock
Accessories: Regal Foiled Dots
Journaling Font: Ink Free

A Day Trip

So, I'm part of a little scrapbooking group on Splitcoaststampers, and this month they had a virtual scrapbook night month with a handful of challenges. This single day trip was scrapped using two different challenges, and still all goes together! 

First up, a wordplay challenge, with the letters L-O-V-E.
For this page, I chose Letters, Oval, Violet, Embellishments. ha. 

Supplies:
Stamps: Pocket Silhouettes, Alphabet Appeal
Ink: Wisteria Wonder, Elegant Eggplant
Paper: Basic White, Wisteria Wonder card stocks
Accessories: Oval Punch, Subtles Candy Dots, Neutrals Candy Dots
Journaling Font: Janda Elegant Handwriting

Then the second part of the day fit a challenge to try the smooching technique. I used the two purpley inks and spritzed them with water. Then I laid a small piece of white card stock on the ink, and cut out a scallop circle from it. Then I cut that circle in half for the layout. 

Supplies:
Stamps: Pocket Silhouettes, Alphabet Appeal
Ink: Wisteria Wonder, Elegant Eggplant
Paper: Basic White card stock
Accessories: Subtles Candy Dots, Neutrals Candy Dots, Circle dies, Big Shot

Journaling Font: Janda Elegant Handwriting

And! with that third page, I finally (HA!) finished my pack of Subtles Candy Dots!! That was the green Stampin' Up! label, which came before the black label! haha! In some ways, it's about time! But in other ways, I like dots- they're so easy to use, and the adhesive stuck to those! 

Christmas Party Date Night

This is actually a Christmas event, but the photos look more like Valentines, and the page looks like winter, lol, so I'm sharing it now!

Altho it really hasn't looked like winter at my house. It SHOULD. I know most other places have had quite a winter. We are getting skipped. One weatherman posted that Utah is allergic to moisture. Seriously... It's a little scary, tbh. I want a garden this year AND I'm not in the mood for wildfires.... just sayin.  

Supplies:

Stamps: Classic Alphabet, Classic Alphabet Numbers

Ink: Smoky Slate
Paper: Basic White, Powder Pink, Peaceful Place DP
Accessories: Iridescent Ribbon, Metallic Pearls 

Purple Roses

Hello again!
Today I have the second card I made a few days ago with the pink roses. After I colored them pink, I thought it might work well to use the Blending Brush to color them instead. Maybe a slightly softer look...? So I tried it in purple! Four different shades of purple show up on this card! I brushed the roses in Wisteria Wonder and I drew a little bit using the Gorgeous Grape watercolor pencil on the daisies. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Layers of Beauty, PS You're The Best

Ink: Smoky Slate, Wisteria Wonder, Gorgeous Grape
Paper: Highland Heather, Basic White 
Accessories: Gorgeous Grape Sheer Ribbon, Regals Candy Dots (Elegant Eggplant), Blending Brush, Exposed Brick embossing folder, Big Shot

Epic Birthday!

I know a young man who is a biiig fan of EPIC: The Musical and when this long-retired stamp set (2018) was spied, it was suggested I couldn't make his birthday card without that greeting, ha! So I combined these two rock-music styled stamps with the latest challenge from CAS Colours & Sketches, and ended up with this: 

Supplies: 
Stamps: Epic Celebrations, Grunge Rock

Ink: Pretty Peacock, Pool Party

Paper: Pool Party, Soft Seafoam, Basic White card stocks

Accessories: Shades of Green Hexagons

Pink Birthday Balloons!

Today I have some happy birthday balloons for a cute little birthday girl! Altho it could totally work for a grown-up birthday girl too! I used the color combination from TGIF Challenges for this one. 

Supplies:
Stamps: Arched Wishes, 2016 Paper Pumpkin, even older Paper Pumpkin

Ink: Bubble Bath, Melon Mambo, Memento Black

Paper: Bubble Bath, Basic White card stocks

Accessories: Vintage Crochet Trim 

Pink Roses

Hello and happy Monday! ...still. I have a sickie home but I think she'll be at school tomorrow. I actually had two sickies home this morning but one was okay after some meds, lol... 'tis the season. And there's actually a storm blowing in, for once. I hope it brings a lot of water!!!

Today I have a card using the inspiration photo from SUO Challenges. I picked the colors and the roses. I started coloring with Stampin' Blends but I felt like that was way too bold. So I used Watercolor Pencils and Blender Pens to color in just the blooms themselves. I also distressed it a little with the Timeworn Type embossing folder.

Supplies:
Stamps: Layers of Beauty, Sunny Sentiments
Ink: Smoky Slate, Flirty Flamingo
Paper: Flirty Flamingo, Basic Beige
Accessories: Antique Pearls, Crochet Lace, Watercolor Pencils (Flirty Flamingo, Melon Mambo, Cherry Cobbler), Blender Pens, Timeworn Type embossing folder, Dimensionals, Big Shot

And, I liked, and had a variation idea, so I made another for another day, ha! 

A Valentine Layout

Hello! Lots going on around here, hardly any of it crafty. 
But just like on Monday, here's a scrapbook layout I made sometime last year and saved to share in February, ha! This one uses Cheryl's sketch EMS Sketch 121.

Supplies:
Paper: Bloom Impressions DP, Basic White, Melon Mambo & Blushing Bride card stock

Accessories: Sunny Day Dots, Sweetheart Punch, Jan 2016 PP kit (big heart)
Journaling Font: Chalk Hand Lettering, Book Antiqua, Cinnamon Cake

I hope YOU are getting time to create! 

A Valentine card

Hello and happy Monday to you!
It's Groundhog Day today, but we celebrated yesterday, haha. Yep, we celebrate! We've kind of always watched the Bill Murray movie every year, more like as an indoor date night. One year my daughter heard lots of people talking about the Super Bowl food they were going home to enjoy after church, ha, so we made Super Bowl food to celebrate Groundhog Day that year. And the tradition stuck! 

But most of February, especially in the crafting world, (and the mom world) means Valentines. So today I have a Valentine-y card that I made last year and never shared! Handy! ha! I am pretty sure I designed this for a class and changed my mind. 

Supplies:
Stamps: Perfect Pairs
Ink: Memento Black, Real Red

Paper: Basic White, Real Red, Basic Black card stocks

Accessories: Transparent Adhesive-Backed Dots

Trains! Round Two...

Hello again! Two days in a row- and the same thing, just scrapped a little differently.
This layout one is for my son, and I let him select which photos to scrap, and which DP to use. The first bit of DP is so old it's single sided! ha! The second one, I cut out the part of the map that applied to this engine. 

Supplies:
Stamps: Traveler, Just Perfect Alpha
Ink: Memento Black, Crumb Cake
Paper: World Of Good DP, Timeworn DP (single sided!)
Journaling Font: Courier New

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Another big project that has been keeping me from paper crafting was that we redid our main bathroom. Nine years ago we put together this Batman themed bathroom. What you don't see here are some metal signs we put in there later, next to the shower, and Batman cabinet knobs. You also don't see the Batman trash can hiding around the corner. Astoundingly, no photos exist of these things....which boggles my brain. But it was a whole thing.

It's been fun, but the fan has never been effective and it's a very small space with no actual ventilation, so it's gotten mildewy and smelly and not great. We knew we had to repaint with Kilz, and we needed to replace some things that had started to rust, so we went all out!

The biggest reason I'm sharing it here is that the paint color was created with a scrap of Seaside Spray card stock because that's my favorite shade of Stampin' Up! blue, ever! And it worked so nicely with the shower curtain we planned to return to! 

Cool, huh?? It's a dark room now, darker than we intended, but the people who use it the most love it, so that's good enough for me!