Senior Dance!

It's been a weird week, not going at all how I'd like. So here's another digital layout for my daughter.
 
This is a recent event that was a lot of fun for her. The school hosts a stag event and only seniors are invited. They have a dinner and then a dance.
Most of her closest friends this year are guys, because lets be honest, high school girls are jerks, so we did group pics of these friends! 
Again, I did this in MDS so I could size the photos however I like, and that huge group shot in the middle of the second page that was swiped off social media and thus not super great for printing, haha...

Supplies:
MDS: Pacific Point, Silver Glimmer DP, Silver brads

Journaling font: Colonna MT

Beignets!

Today I've got another digital page with a funny title. 
One of the favorite Disney movies in this house is the Princess and the Frog. It is a newer one so if you don't have kids you might not have seen it. (2009 IS "newer", I absolutely swear it!) The Princess in the title is a great cook and her specialty is beignets. One of the characters asks her to make her "man catchin beignets" and so of COURSE that had to be the title of the page, haha! 
My older daughter actually tried making these with my husband's help before our trip, but none of us had ever had an beignet before sooo it wasn't exactly like it was in the park, haha.... Both times the treat was delicious.
And yes, if I'm recording every little detail, you bet I'm recording the costs of anything we purchased. 

Supplies:

Colors: Wild Wasabi, Daffodil Delight

Font: Enviro

Awesome Wave

Today's card combined the color challenge from Global Design Project with the sketch from Hand Stamped Sentiments and it's simple, but I really like the result! 

Supplies: 

Stamps: Waves of Inspiration
Ink: Coastal Cabana, Crumb Cake
Paper: Coastal Cabana, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla
Accessories: Faux Sea Glass shapes

Other Scrapping

Posts about scrapbook pages are not usually that popular, but I have been sharing a lot of our Disney trip, and really, the whole reason I became a Stampin' Up! demonstrator is my passion for scrapbooking. I am still working on Disney, it isn't done, and I haven't even shared half of it here yet, haha... But at the moment, my focus has switched to scrapping as much as I can of my daughter's life, before she graduates in 70 days (yes, she's counting down) just like I did for my son. 

My kids have albums throughout their lives. They each have their own shelf on the bookcase, and they each have a bunch. (my oldest has more than my youngest, which is probably obvious, even tho he was born back with film cameras, ha! So she has more photographs in existence...) But I am a recorder, and I am raising recorders, haha, and we have maybe millions of photos. My kids all still have a shoebox of printed photos. I add to this, but I try to scrap these photos, rather than just store them in the shoebox, haha. And yes, even after they graduate, I add to their books, lol... But for NOW, I want to get my daughter's school events done, especially her high school years. And while I'm at it, I am scrapping photos that have been printed, gathering dust in her shoebox. 

So we'll switch gears for a bit and share a super simple couple layouts that use the most recent Sale-A-Bration DP. This was one packed day of fun over Spring Break several years ago, so the pages match. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Whimsical lower, Whimsical Numbers (long retired)
Ink: Rich Razzleberry
Paper: Blushing Bride card stock, Dainty Flowers SAB (retired)

Accessories: Glitter Enamel Dots (long retired)

Journaling Font: Modern Love Caps

I started by just trimming that flower page in half, but I liked it better trimmed around. 

Scraps for you!

haha.... this card was made entirely because the SUO Challenge was to use up scraps! I did use the sketch from TGIF Challenges for some direction. And I know who I will send it to next week too! 

Supplies: 
Stamps: Ranunculus Romance
Ink: Gray Granite
Paper: Petal Pink & Basic White card stock, Texture Chic DP, Metallic Specialty paper
Accessories: Circle Dies, Dimensionals, big shot

Everything but the base was made with scraps. How do you store yours? For DP and card stock, I keep my scraps in the original packages. Like this: 

and for Basic White and Very Vanilla scraps, I have these little baskety things for each color. These are perfect for greeting strips! 

What are you making this week? 

Mickey's Philharmagic

With the calendars done, I'm going to for sure keep sharing Disney pages on Saturday, as well as on days when I don't have anything else to share. I seriously have SO. many. Disney pages! It's been ...maybe a bit of a problem. ahem. It's fine. Everything is fine.... HA.

Once again, today I have a super simple page, altho this time digital. It combined two "things", which was extremely rare in this album. But with so few pictures, and the things happening back to back, it worked out great. I am particularly happy with how I did the title over the paler music "stamp".

Supplies:
Colors: Pacific Point, Bashful Blue, Whisper White, 
Stamp: Music Notes
Font: Started by a Mouse, Book Antiqua

I hope you get to make something pretty this weekend! 

Stampin' News!

The new catalog arrives May 1!! This is often my favorite time of the Stampin' Up! year! This is also the 35th Anniversary of Stampin' Up! and that must mean it's time for a Color Refresh! 

Every few years there's a fun shake up of the color families and there are new and returning colors introduced! This is that year! It's exciting to get to play with new shades and also fun to see the same shades trending! 

But here's what you need to know for today- when ink pads, refills and cardstock sell out in the out-going colors (which hasn't been announced yet) they won't be restocked. This means if you have favorite colors, you'll want to stock up on them NOW! 

Make sure you have refill bottles because your ink pads can last years if you do! 

Nothing more has been announced, so I can't tell you if your favorites are going yet. I will know more March 29. But I know that when people get excited about something, things sell out! 

And if you're placing an order that is less than $150, you'll want to use Hostess Code 4PRZS6TT.

Pacific Wharf Cafe

I'm focused on other things this week, so here's another digital page from our Disney trip, and I love it actually.
This was the first meal we bought in California that went well, lol, and it was really delicious! This is what convinced us to just eat in the park- it was cheaper than eating between the park and our hotel and with WAY better service. Plus this lunch was SO good! You should definitely eat there! 

Supplies...ish
Colors: Pool Party, Bermuda Bay, Peach Parfait
Font: Engravers MT

What are you making? 

It's Lemon!

Once again, I have to say, the collection of stamps my mom and I have made scrapping Disney so easy! This time it was this cute soft-serve ice cream cone that was the perfect touch, haha! And our inks are too- we ordered a lemon, a mango and a twist! I mean really! There is a chance I have never even used this stamp set, it belongs to my mom.
The title of the page comes from the movie Monster's Inc, which is the movie the treat stand is based on. And it's funny, I promise. 

Stamps: Sweet Scoops
Ink: Daffodil Delight, Pale Papaya, Cinnamon Cider
Paper: Whisper White card stock
Journaling Font: Monsters Inc

Scrapping doesn't have to be complicated and this is a very simple page, but I'm happy with it.

2023 Calendar Covers!

And today we reach the end of the 2023 calendars! Even if we're technically ending with the front... It's fine. haha...
This was another copy/paste that actually carries over from the year before. I liked the sprinkling of snapshots idea so much I'm just keeping it! There are always cute pictures that have to be left out (HAVE to be...!!) so this is a fun way to use a few more. 
With my in-laws, I put a quick description and date with each photo.

For my parents I left them blank. And I really like the polaroid look!

So until next year, see ya, Calendars! Ha! 

Snow White

Happy Friday to you! 
The week after we got home from Disneyland, masks were no longer required. And right around the same time, you could hug the characters again. But while we were there, this is how we saw Snow White and the Queen- twice! Way more than six feet away, ha! 
And while searching for supplies for all the pages, suddenly the shadow with this cute little apple looked appropriately ominous...! haha! 

Supplies:
Stamps: Countryside
Ink: Memento Black
Paper: Night of Navy, Real Red
Accessories: Watercolor Pencils, Bumblebee twill ribbon
Journaling Font: Poor Richard

We Create Blog Hop: March to the Beat

Yet another new month has arrived, can you even believe it? And that means a new blog hop for you! 

When this month's theme was introduced, we were leaning towards March events and music. The only current music product I find in my stash is this Merry Melody embossing folder... And we're inching ever closer to saying goodbye to these favorite 2021-23 In Colors so I wanted to use those.... and then I saw the latest SUO Challenge to "go green!" and this card was born! 
I don't typically send Easter cards, but my grandmother did, and her sister could always use some cheerful mail, so I think that's where this will go.

Supplies:

Stamps: Rejoice In Him

Ink: Soft Succulent, Evening Evergreen, Pale Papaya

Paper: Soft Succulent, Evening Evergreen, Pale Papaya

Accessories: Soft Succulent Open Weave Ribbon, Festive Pearls, Merry Melody Embossing Folder, big shot

And now you can hop on over to Tricia's blog, using the button below, and see what she has made for you.

Then hop along to see the rest of our projects! We're a small group, but full of ideas for you! 

We Create Blog Hop March 2023 Blog Roll
Kimberley Morris 
Cheryl Curtis
Tanya Harvey -- That's me!
Tricia Butts