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

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

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! 

Trains! Round One...

Some of my kids love trains. lovvvvve trains.
A few years ago the Big Boy engine 4014 was on display in our area, so my husband and I took our youngest to check it out. We decided it was totally worth our son missing a little bit of school to come see it the next day, ha. That meant we got a lot of pictures, which finally got scrapped! 

On this layout, I used an old Simply Scrappin' Kit for a few bits here. It's actually more postage themed than train, but somehow, in my brain anyway, it worked. 
Oh, the journaling is typed up in a strip on the top of the second page, but I took the picture before typing it. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Traveler, Just Perfect Alpha
Ink: Always Artichoke, Tip Top Taupe
Paper: Basic White card stock, Tailor-Made Simply Scrappin' Kit
Accessories: Tailor-Made Simply Scrappin' Kit, Chocolate Baker's Twine from a PP Kit
Journaling Font: Courier New

Our fence was finished last week! Check out the change in view! haha...! 

We're all very excited. We have a gate in the back as shown, and a gate on each side, and a fully fenced backyard! No more wandering pets or visiting wildlife leaving their deposits in the yard. Even me and my internal reality-check that putting in a garden means a lot. more. work. come fall. ha. It's gonna be awesome! 

Seeing Elk!

Good morning! Today is a big day at my house! Our back view will change because we are finally getting a real back fence installed! We had a temporary one for a couple years, but it was finally time, ha. I'm excited because it means we can plant a couple more trees and have a small vegetable garden. We've wanted one for yeeears but there's so many deer here! They won't jump where they can't see they'd land, so this will be really good. Not to mention privacy........ haha. Anyway, I'm excited.

And I have a scrapbook layout for you today! This was a snowy winter, unlike the one we're living, lol. These pictures are really old, so I'm glad I got it done. 

Supplies:
Stamps: In The Meadow, Just Perfect Alpha
Ink: Pecan Pie, Gray Granite
Paper: Basic White card stock, All Is Calm DP

An Apple Pie

Happy 2026 to you! I hope it's amazing for all of us!! 

This is a very late-in-the-day post (it's almost 10pm, ha!) but I haven't done any paper crafting since Dec 11 and I got to play today! After a jam-packed week, we spent a very chill day at home, pretty much doing whatever we wanted, and a lot of relaxing. Also it was alternately rainy and foggy all day, which was nice, but snow would have been even better. Anyway, *that's how you spend a New Year's Day, haha! 

Supplies:
Stamps: Just Perfect Alpha
Ink: Poppy Parade
Paper: Basic White card stock, Come To Gather DP
Accessories: July 2018 PP Kit Picnic Paradise (apples, green gingham paper)

I have been looking forward to putting this page together. My kiddo got to make the apple pie for Thanksgiving this year, and I knew I had some cute apple-y things from an old Paper Pumpkin kit. 

I haven't had a chance to set some goals or plans or directions yet, altho I definitely have thoughts swirling. But in January I am determined to get this craft room cleaned out and cleaned up! Part of the problem is our basement is mid-construction zone, and not moving very quickly. And part of the problem is the child-desk in the center that can't fit in the main living space with Christmas. Buuut a lot of the problem is the general disaster, lol. I need to get that taken care of very soon! I'm gonna want play time!  

But for now, Happy New Year to you and best wishes for the best year yet!!

Visiting Santa!

This page comes right after yesterday's pages, altho it took place in the middle, ha. The line for Santa was pretty long, so she stood in line before seeing the trains. 
This page uses die cuts from a DP pack, that I featured last December. 

Supplies:
Stamps: Just Perfect Alpha

Ink: Cherry Cobbler
Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Pretty in Pink, A Little Bit Festive punchouts

Witchy Halloween!

Happy Wednesday, apparently, ha. It's been a while! And I lost a day or two or something... 
But I'm back today with more Halloweeny scrapping! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Just Perfect Alpha, Greeting Card Kids

Ink: Memento Black, Soft Seafoam
Stampin' Blends: Light & Dark Pumpkin Pie, Light & Dark Highland Heather, Light & Dark Granny Apple Green, Bronze, Light Basic Black, Dark Daffodil Delight, Light Petal Pink

Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Granny Apple Green card stocks, Halloween Memories Two Tone card stock, Halloween Spells DP

Accessories: Shades of Green Hexagons, Pool Party Ribbon, Blending Brush

I stamped the pumpkin girl on a post it to cover my colored image. I used the Blending Brush to surround the girl with Soft Seafoam ink. It didn't turn out perfectly, but it's fine. The Granny Apple Green Hexagons are so transparent, they don't look at all green on the Gorgeous Grape base... Oh well. This kiddo loves Halloween and will be happy to have a new Halloween Day scrapped! 

Daddy Daughter Date

Today I have a super quick layout for you!
This one is a page for my daughter. The paper almost matched her shirt so of course I had to use that, ha. And the title was kinda fun too, haha! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Letterpress Alphabet, Just Perfect Alphabet (both retired)

Ink: Cherry Cobbler
Paper: Flower & Field DP (retired)

Journaling Font: Throw My Hands Up In The Air

Camp!

Barely the second week of school and we're already home sick. There has not been much time at all for crafting.
So today I have a triple page layout I made a few months ago. It is photos of years ago... and every single thing here is long retired. I love using my stash for scrapping! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Just Perfect Alpha

Ink: Soft Suede
Paper: Pear Pizazz, Sarah DP
Accessories: Regals Candy Dots (all the Garden Green!)

Journaling Font: Artistamp Medium

Winter Wonderland!

Yesterday hovered at 99* for hours. Then I ran an errand and it was 104*. Of course it was. YUCK. My parents arrived at their destination where it was 116* at dinner time. NOPE. 

So today I played with snowy pictures! So there!! 

Actually, this was for the current SUO Challenge to CASE Christy, and she is a scrapper, so that's what I decided to CASE. I didn't scroll back too far thru her pages, really I was looking for something I had printed the the same direction and quantity as she used. So I picked THIS POST from June. I changed the colors, DP, stamps and added a couple little dots.  

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. 

Supplies:
Stamps: Roughing It (1998), Berry Christmas (2009), Just Perfect Alphabet (2010)

Ink: Smoky Slate, Basic Gray, 
Paper: Basic White c/s, Peaceful Place DP
Accessories: Metallic Pearls

I always like that you can use the same layout or supplies and make something quite different from the last.

Scrapbooking Dance

Hello again! 

This afternoon I have a scrapbook layout for you. I had the idea to cut out little squares like the sequins on her costume. I used some long-retired glimmer paper, and another shade of pinky-purple for the squares- I just cut strips and then cut them into squares, and glued them down in a pattern. 

Later, I'll add some journaling to the second page, across the middle. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Just Perfect Alpha (retired!)

Ink: Petunia Pop
Paper: Bubble Bath, Petunia Pop card stock, 6x6 Glimmer Paper Asst Pack (retired, I used Bermuda Bay & Sweet Sugarplum)

Christmas Dressups

I hope your December is going well. Ours has been very busy, lots of happy, and now a little sickie...but that means more time for Christmas movies, so okay. 

Today's page is crazy simple, and features some of the school dress up days my daughter participated in throughout December. There were a lot, and she wasn't able to do everything, and I think she was sick one of the days, but when she could participate, we got a picture, ha! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Just Perfect Alpha

Ink: Garden Green

Paper: Granny Apple Green c/s, Merry Bold & Bright DP

Accessories: Pearlized Doilies

What do you think about these kinds of days? I think she's gonna wear those wire Cindy Lou Who antenna her whole school life, thanks. haha! 

A Haircut

Another scrapbook layout for you today! 
I have seen this idea a lot lately, with the strips of DP as the background and thought these photos worked well for that. Everything is very long retired, which is my favorite way to scrap, haha... 

Supplies: 

Stamps: Its a Girl Thing (2004), Girlfriend Accessories (2002), Just Perfect Alphabet (2010)

Ink: Pretty in Pink, Orchid Oasis

Paper: Flowers for You DP (2006)

Accessories: Subtles Candy Dots

Journaling Font: Jennifer Lynne

I hope you are making something pretty too! 

Cars!

I had a decent day of scrapbooking last week that I'm happy about. I managed to do at least one layout for all three of my kids, a couple got more.

One fun thing was that I scrapped both of my kids' first car purchases. They both bought their first car about seven months apart, ha. 

This boy of mine loooves the color orange. He has a full set of dressier shirts for work that are orange and way more than a full set of every day orange shirts. He also has an orange jacket for days when he wants to wear something that isn't orange, ha. My mom has made him two orange-based quilts and my MIL made him one too. One wall in his room is orange. So it was NO surprise that he was thrilled to find an orange car. I am not actually a fan of printing photos thru Shutterfly, but I have, and the envelopes are a bold orange color with this little quote on the back. And this is the second scrap layout he has with this strip on it, HA. 

Supplies:

Paper: Basic White card stock, Just Add Cake DP (long retired)

Accessories: 2016-2018 In Color Enamel Shapes (retired), scrap from Shutterfly envelope

So then it was really funny that this girl who tends to choose bright, happy colors, was wearing black when she brought home her black car. HA. But it makes scrapping easier, doesn't it?

Supplies:

Stamps: Just Perfect Alphabet (retired)

Ink: Memento Black

Paper: Basic Black card stock, True Love DP (retired)

Accessories: White Perfect Accents (retired)

Also, gotta say, I was excited to finish off those White Perfect Accents with this page. Not sure how old they are, but at least 4 years... Yeay for using up stash!!

Walt & Mickey

The classic Walt and Mickey statue in front of the Disneyland castle is now almost entirely blocked by the photographer you have to pay for. It's not all bad, they do take good pictures... but I didn't want to pay for that too... so we didn't get that shot this time. But in California Adventure we found this other statue of Walt and Mickey, so we took advantage of that! And honestly we really liked this younger Walt statue.

Stamps: Just Perfect Alphabet
Ink: Basic Gray    
Paper: Pool Party card stock, This And That Epic Day DP
Accessories: Silver brads
Journaling Font: A Font With Serifs

I also really loved this pack of DP when it came out, a number of years ago. It was nice to use up a good chunk of a sheet here, hahaha!

Last Day of 5th Grade!

This is a busy month at my house, and we're not even to the end-of-year crazy. But combine that with my computer not talking to the hard drive where the photos are, and that means not a lot of blogging...

It was really hot (86*, when a week before it was snowing and in the teens...!) and now it's cooled off to a rainy, gray spring day, with maybe just a little snow mixed in.
So today I have a bright page for you! This page finished off the Brights Candy Dots- those tiny accessories sprinkled all over this page. And I thought a bunch of hexagons with different prints from this pack of DP was a fun, summery idea too. What do you think? 

Supplies:
Stamps: Just Perfect Alphabet
Ink: Granny Apple Green
Paper: Basic White, Dandy Designs (SAB 2023)
Accessories: Brights Candy Dots (the end!), Hexagon Punch
Journaling Font: Janda Cheerful Script

Scrapping Valentines!

I got a scrapbook page done this week, for the first time in almost a month! A lot of retired supplies show up here, but the colors and the ribbon are current and sticking around too! The photos are old too, so it all works, haha!

This page was actually for a challenge to use the following letters "on" the page: 
A- Alphabet stamps
P- Patterned paper, punch, pink
R- Red, ribbon
I- Ink
L- Lace, layers

Supplies:
Stamps: Just Perfect Alphabet (retired!)

Ink: Memento Black

Paper: Petal Pink, Basic Black, Poppy Parade, Flower & Field DP (retired in March)
Accessories: Scalloped Lace Trim, Sweetheart Punch (retired!)

What are you making this week? 

Father's Day 2018

I have some scrapbooking for you on this chilly Friday morning.
Today's page was made the same day as the Mother's Day page, and it exceeded my January goal so that is exciting! Another pretty simple layout, but again, I think it turned out pretty cool! And, again, the only retired product is the alphabet set! That's exciting too!! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Sailing Home, Just Perfect Alphabet (retired)

Ink: Pretty Peacock, Cinnamon Cider, Pretty Peacock marker

Paper: Pretty Peacock, Seaside Spray

Accessories: Metallic Pearls 

Swim Pages!

Today's the day!! The brand new catalog begins at noon today!! If you don't already have a copy in your hot little hands, I'll link it up right at noon for you here on my sidebar!

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That was a bunch of cards over the last few days! Now let's go back to scrapbooking! I must say, I keep all my alphabet sets specifically for scrapbooking. And I love using up my huge stash of retired DP for scrapbooks too! Last time I posted a page it was for the swim banquet. Here are some of the pages that got him there....

This one was for a challenge to use something transparent like windows (clear droplets), trim (twill tape) and paneling (the three strips of DP down the side). I also pulled out another old technique- stamping on the ribbon!

Supplies:
Stamps: Just Perfect Alphabet (retired)
Ink: Night of Navy
Paper: Pool Party, Whisper White, I Am Me DP (retired)
Accessories: Clear Epoxy Droplets, Twill Tape (retired), sticker from the local store

This was just a page I made work for one of their overnight swim meets.

Supplies:
Paper: Basic Gray, Sunshine & Sprinkles DP (retired)
Accessories: Glitter Enamel Dots (retired), White Perfect Accents (retired), stickers from the local store
Journaling Font: Throw My Hands Up In The Air

It's been fun getting all these events done for him. I'm glad I trained him to take a lot of photos, haha!