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2023 February Calendar Pages!

It's Saturday again, so here are the February calendar pages our families will get for Christmas!
Again, my in-laws get a calendar just of my household,  

and my parents and siblings get a calendar that has as many of my parents posterity on as many pages as possible. And this page has all of us!

2023 January Calendar Pages!

If you've been here more than a year, you will know I make calendars for our parents every Christmas. I use the long-retired MDS to make them, and I make two - one of my own little family for my husband's parents and one of my parents entire family for my parents. In recent years, I have also given a copy to each of my siblings. They all seem to enjoy it, so the work is worth it, RIGHT? hahaha.... It actually ends up a lot of work tracking down photos of at least all the grand kids, and making them work together. And when you're featuring so many photos, simple layouts tend to work best. 

Now that it's December, I'm going to start featuring the calendar pages! So here's the January pages for you! 

October's Paper Pumpkin!

I have been sick and recovering for about two weeks now (frustrating lingering cough!) and that means basically NO creating time. So the other day when I needed to make something for the blog hop, I decided to start with my latest Paper Pumpkin kit. It's a good starting point when you're feeling out of practice.
I was hoping to make some alternate projects before I blogged it, but I was also hoping to blog a lot more often than I ended up doing in November. So here's the projects anyway, exactly as they're designed.

Supplies: Nov 2022 Paper Pumpkin

And here is the fun unboxing video for you: 

The next Paper Pumpkin kit will be tiny gift boxes, perfect for giving gift cards in. If you want to subscribe, just click the Pumpkin icon on my sidebar and sign up! Once you are a subscriber, you can order refills, past kits and add-on items that coordinate! You can see all that is currently available HERE. 

We Create Blog Hop: 'Tis the Season

And suddenly it is December and the most wonderful time of the year is officially here! The first day of the month means a new blog hop, and I'm glad you're here! 

I love Christmastime! If your house is anything like mine, December is bursting full of so many places to go and things we could do or make or watch or eat or...! Which I love!
But.
See my card for today? It took about three minutes to put together. I think that paper is gorgeous and the soft colors and falling snow felt perfect with this sentiment of peace. The latest sketch from The Paper Players was an obvious match, and two little embellishments brought it all together. 

Supplies:
Stamps: Hope & Peace
Ink: Evening Evergreen
Paper: Evening Evergreen & Pool Party card stocks, Texture Chic DP
Accessories: White Crinkled Seam Binding ribbon, Red & Green Pearls 

Cards don't have to take hours to make -altho they can, and sometimes that is a lot of fun! Just like the holidays don't have to be jam packed to be enjoyed. Sometimes that is a lot of fun, but sometimes it's just stress. I hope this year you do the things that are the most important and leave enough space to really enjoy your family and friends and the peace of the holiday season.

Our blog hop is small today, but I hope you're inspired to make something pretty and send it to someone you love! Hop on over to Tricia's blog using the button below

and then continue on to see what we've all created to inspire you.
And enjoy your December! 

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And if you still need to make your Christmas cards this year, or if you're looking for crafty gifts for yourself or someone else, the Last Chance List was released this morning from the July-Dec mini, and it is full of holiday crafting supplies!
Also the Clearance Rack was updated and there are SO many cute things there! Both tend to sell out pretty quickly so run, don't walk, over and place your order! 

Wintery Sympathetic Bird

Happy Thursday! 

Alright so yesterday's card is a pretty close replica of the day before, but its totally different too. haha... Same purpose, different colors.
This time I used the color challenge from Global Design Project, and actually, my daughter had suggested I try shades of blue the first round. So here he is in blue.  

Supplies
Stamps: Perched In A Tree, Inspired Thoughts 
Ink: Memento Black, Balmy Blue, Night of Navy
Paper: Balmy Blue, Basic White card stocks
Accessories: White Bakers Twine, Opal Rounds, Dimensionals, Aspen Tree Dies, big shot 

Sympathetic Bird

There have been a number of people passing away in recent weeks and I am in need of some more sympathy cards. This is what I put together yesterday.
I used the latest Just Add Ink challenge to add wings, with this little bird image I haven't used before now. The bird and leaves are die cut, the branch and specks are stamped directly onto the card front. 

Supplies:
Stamps: Perched in A Tree, Nature's Harvest
Ink: Stazon Black, Early Espresso, Crushed Curry, Cajun Craze 
Paper: Cajun Craze, Early Espresso, Whisper White, Crushed Curry, Gold Metallic Specialty Paper
Accessories: Linen Thread, Festive Pearls, Watercolor Pencils 1 & 2, Blender Pens, Aspen Trees Dies, Dimensionals big shot
Watercolor Pencils: Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry, Cajun Craze, Early Espresso

Seasonal Sale!

This sale runs from tomorrow (11/15) til Friday (11/18) and you won't want to miss out on these prices!

For ideas using the discounted items, you can view my projects here: 

Alphabest

Campology
Dragonfly Garden 
Happiness Abounds 
In The Moment
Inspired Thoughts
Lovely You
Nature's Harvest
Nothing's Better Than
Ranunculus Romance 
Waves of Inspiration

Galaxy's Edge Scrapping!!

aka: Star Wars Land, at Disneyland!
This was the section my boys were the most excited about, but we're all fans of Star Wars in our house (some a bit more than others...). That means we took a lot of pictures in this area and that means there were a lot of pages to make! And now that they're done, here you go! 

Our first ride Monday morning was the very huge Rise of The Resistance! 

Then we didn't make it back until Thursday morning. Our first thing that day was Smuggler's Run, and that ended up being the favorite for many of us. It's a little like an interactive video game. As soon as we got off the ride, we ran around and went again! 

Then we tried the blue and green milks!
(this one is a traditional page. I just put the following ink pads directly onto Gray Granite card stock: Garden Green, Pear Pizazz, Soft Succulent, Parakeet Party, Gray Granite, Old Olive, Mint Macaron)

And checked out all the scenery! 

And back to Rise one more time! 

Finally, we had to go back Saturday evening to see the whole land at night. Also, once again, we did Smugglers Run back to back, haha, but that didn't get it's own page this time, only the one photo.

I think it was a hit. hahaha..... 

Marching Band at Disneyland!

I have had a sick little one and no time for creating, but I still have LOTS of scrapbooking to share! Maybe one of these days I'll get some posts typed up ahead of time to share on crazy weeks... but don't hold your breath, lol. 

For today, I've got this fun page. My son looved his time in marching band and really enjoyed catching this marching band performance. So of course it had to be mentioned in our scrapbook! 

Supplies: 
Paper: Marina Mist, Basic Black, misc DP
Accessories: Musical Instruments dies, washi tape, Big Shot
Journaling Font: Bradley Hand ITC

Pirates Of the Caribbean

In October I managed to get 28 scrapbook pages done, which is super exciting for me. I'm trying to get Disney DONE but there's just so much to say! haha!

So here are three pages of the Pirates ride. We went on it our first day and our last day, and originally I thought I'd combine them in to one layout, buuut that just wasn't going to work. So the layouts use the same supplies and the pages end up in different books, so it's perfectly fine, haha. I loved getting to use that set "The Open Sea" again!! 

Supplies:
Stamps: The Open Sea
Ink: Pretty Peacock, Seaside Spray, Gray Granite, Crumb Cake, Delicata Gold
Paper: Pretty Peacock
Accessories: gold gems (old PP kit)
Journaling Font: Pieces of Eight 

We Create Blog Hop: Thankful & Thinking of You

And just like that, it's November already and time to share our gratitude for others! Which is why our theme this month is both Thankful and Thinking of You. These are some of the cards I mail out the most, and I had already thought I would try to send out several thank you cards this month. Altho my card today ended up working better as a Thinking of You.

Today's card uses a diagonal tic-tac-toe challenge from The Paper Players (orange/yellow, texture, fall) and the sketch from Hand Stamped Sentiments. And this lovely bundle from the July-December Mini catalog. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Perched in a Tree

Ink: Crumb Cake, Pumpkin Pie

Paper: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Pumpkin Pie, Mango Melody, Crushed Curry

Accessories: Linen Thread, Amber Gems, Dimensionals, Circle dies, Aspen Trees dies, big shot

There are a lot of aspen trees in my area and Mango Melody and Crushed Curry are perfect for the color of their leaves! I love how that worked out for today's challenges! 

Now hop along over to Cheryl's blog using the button below, and see what she has made for you. Then hop on thru to see everyone's projects. 

And then make something pretty and stick it in the mail to brighten someone else's day too!