Gabe Sophomore Year (Everyone has that one yucky school picture)

I have quite a few of these instruments cut from Cricut. Percussions are not drumline like these images imply. Number stamps by Stampin Up. Double stamped on top...on purpose. (giggle-giggle, not really.) the “Age 15” stamps are by Lawn Fawn. I wrote with a Creative Memories marker his two favorite classes! music and AP History. Hx are the letters used in medical-land to represent the history of the patient. The word ‘Sophomore’ is a clear sticker and is enclosed by a simple border stickers by Creative Memories. I cut the 12” border at its end and used the small piece to make a rectangle. There are small music notes 

Gabe 1st Bike Ride Scrapbook Layout UPDATED

I UPDATED THIS POST ON 10-6-21. I added the other half.
I have a layout today. Patterned paper by Reminisce. Border stickers are from Creative Memories. Die cuts-Cricut. Letter stickers are by Studio 112. Bike Sticker is by Frances Meyer

 2010 Pocket Page and Scrapbook Layout

I already posted the other side to this

The letter stamps are Close to my Heart

The Photograph stamp by Deep Red Stamps.

The set is called:

Vintage Photo Frame

The camera sticker by Creative memories

The patterned paper is by Sunborn

Sorry I haven’t been posting. I just don’t feel like anything I’ve done is anything different than all of my other cards or layouts.

Thanks for looking

Frame Project for a Design Team Call

As we bring in the new year I felt this was an appropriate time to post this project

I tried out for a design team and didn't make it. The company is called Dies...to Die For and if you use the link below to purchase anything I receive a small commission. Follow this link:

Dies...to Die For

Before you read the long Facebook post that I wrote pleading for votes, you must know that even though I didn't make the team

I absolutely LOVE how this frame turned out. 

I would like to share a project with you. I feel very vulnerable doing this...but here we go. I am "auditioning" for a spot on a design team. What's that Cin? It’s where this company, called Dies...to Die For, would send me free products which I would then use to create something, a card, a scrapbook page, a calendar page, any type of project using their product which are dies. Dies go into a machine and cut out different shapes of die-cuts

They then use my projects to showcase the different ways to use their product/dies for their website or social media.

Design Team-There are two rounds to make the team and I made it to Round 2. The 2nd round is based on the number of votes by the public and I need votes to be chosen.

However, I looked at the other submissions and they are good. Like so good I’m a little embarrassed to show you what I made. But I’m going to because my project has a meaning to me and gives you a look into our lives. Side note-I could have submitted the card I made as a backup but their dies really fit my vision for this frame project.

Each of the frames represents a “First” for us this year- Something we’ve never had or done before. Each frame uses die cuts from the company Dies...To die For. I have a caption under each of the pictures of each panel for you to read.

Please go to the link to cast your vote. Please vote for someone.

Dies...To Die For is a small business in Sparta, MI that will get more exposure from you clicking that link. Let’s do what we can to support small businesses.

https://www.facebook.com/shopscrapbook101

Thank you.

HERE'S THE PROJECT I SUBMITTED

Other products:

I used a stamp by Lawn Fawn, Close to my Heart

Stencil by Heidi Swapp and Tim Holtz

Copic markers

Deep Red Stamps

Distress ink

No patterned paper was used on this project.

Below is the

Calendar die set

*Virtual Dr. Appointments. OMGoodness, I love not running to my pain doctor’s office every month and I mean LOVE it. 

Tablet/phone die set,

Tissue Box and Medication die set

*The Zoom concerts. Paul put together a Zoom meeting for the family to gather and listen to his nephew Gabe play the piano. Gabe is a fantastic pianist that gets paid for his talent by playing 4 masses every weekend. He is going to play a Christmas music concert on Christmas evening. If you want to link message me.Tablet/phone die set,Background stamp-sheet music is by Hero Arts. Piano sticker is by Frances Meyer.

*WERQ is my dance fitness class. It’s a form of exercise that I fell in love with 4 years ago. Because of the pandemic, the owner of WERQ has allowed teachers to hold classes online. I’ve met people and taken classes from people all over the US. That has really helped keep my spirits up.Stickles on the letters. Star stamps by SU. Word dance is a sticker by Frances MeyersComputer Set with Printer

*PG went back to teaching in Aug and he started wearing scrubs to work. Scrubs are easy to wash and comfortable. He started a little trend.

Nurse Scrubs, Masks and Gloves

Deep red Stamps Quantum background stamp

*We started a garden! Cucumbers and yellow squash grew better than anything else we planted. You know you’re getting old when you excitingly start talking to someone about what your garden grew this week.

Fence Die Set

Build a Monkey die set-The pots are an upside-down part of that set.

*This Thanksgiving we stayed home and it was the first time PG had ever cooked on Thanksgiving. We went non-traditional and had fish on the grill.

Christmas Tree die set-the garland for waves

Bass die set

*The last one started when bowling got canceled. The guys started an online poker group complete with Zoom meeting to chat with each other as if they were sitting together playing poker. (It’s not real money.)

Lucky Die Set

Laptop die set

All of the large letters in the project are from Hannah's varsity letters die set

Be sure to go check them out. They have a sale going on right now. Here's the link.

DIES...TO DIE FOR SALE ENDS TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT

I absolutely LOVE how this frame turned out. 

It needed to be updated.

Here's the same frame with the Halloween theme:

And here's the Christmas themed frame.

 SMALL NOTE 

to self

Looking at the frame now:

I wish I would have done the calendar frame differently. Maybe put the title down one row and added a few arrows on the outer corners.

I wish I would have thought to keep the full letter Z instead of the outline. I just wonder if it would have looked better next to the outline of the music note border.

I would do the WERQ letters differently. I shouldn't even write those things because

I absolutely LOVE how this frame turned out. 

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Baby Brother Layout

Today I have layout for you and this one is from my nephew's book. The top patterned paper is by Stampin Up. The word paper is a scrap from a friend and he bottom paper is by Coredinations. It had a really cool frosted look on the front but the back of the paper matched what I was doing better. 

The tag is a Cricut cut with the cartridge Don Juan and the tabs are size 1.5 by Art Philosophy. The cardstock for those cuts is by Recollections. On the tag I stamped a Hero Arts background stamp with Versa Mark ink and heat embossed it with white MyStamp Box embossing powder. I inked the tag with distress ink before setting a blue eyelet in the hole. After it dried I adhered felt numbers on it. The baby bingo is a Lindsay's Stamp Stuff digital stamp. The word brother is a Doodlebug thingy. The baby bottle sticker is by Frances Meyer.

Thanks for stopping by.

Congratulations Card

Today I have an unconventional graduation card to share. I used a stencil (a dirty one hence the green hue in the embossing paste) by The Crafter's Workshop and applied white embossing paste (Dreamweaver Stencils) to the stencil onto grey cardstock (Recollections). In the meantime, I stamped the fish with green ink (Tsukineko) and the circle stamp (Fiskars) around it with blue ink (CTMH). I inked the edges with distress ink (Ranger) and matted behind it blue patterned paper (Die Cuts with a View) and green cardstock (Coredinations). After the paste dried I assembled the pieces to the card front with green grid line paper (Studio G) closest to the card base. I finished up by adding the sentiment, (Sticko), the grad cap (Jolee's) and the diploma (Frances Meyer) stickers to the front.

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Berry Best Wishes

Quick post today.

I made this card using a strawberry stamp by Stamp N Plus. You can find it HERE.

To make the stamp two toned, I stamped the red and then took a small paint brush with water to pull the red out of the leaves. Then I used a tear drop ink pad in green to carefully placed the green ink on the stamp. A small breath on the stamp and onto the paper it goes.

The strawberry pattern is fabric I found at a quilt store. Cardstock by Stampin Up, Frances Meyer and Making Memories. The die cut is by Spellbinders and the border punch by EK Success. The sentiment stamp is Joy's Life (Yummy pun stamps) with ink by Stampin Up and Tsukineko. The hemp is by The Beadery Craft Products and the buttons are from my stash.

Thanks for looking.