Birthday Page

I have to apologize for the strange angles on my pages. I took the pictures of these pages in a stack and some of the edges bent a little during the process. Oh well, you get the idea right?

We were on the road for Poppy's birthday this year. She got to blow out candles twice but I only have pictures of this one time. I think this is the quickest I've ever gotten a birthday done for the scrapbook. My favorite element on this page is the tag with party printed on it. I love the huge grommet. I actually bought the tags on clearance at Target. They are party invitations. I just thought I could use them for something. I filled out the invitation for my journaling and it pulls out from behind the picture.

Another note - I don't usually like cutting out pictures free hand like I did with the cake but the rest of the picture was just unnecessary and in the way.

On my way out

As I head out for a weekend excursion I thought it would be appropriate to post something from our last trip. The kids told me that we can't call this trip a "road trip" because we are only driving for 4 hours. They said in order for it to be a "road trip" it has to be far away like Connecticut. So here is a two page layout from Connecticut. We went to a beach in Stamford Ct which is a town near where my sister Alyssa lives. Her town doesn't have any beachfront so I thought it would be cool for the kids to check it out while we were on the east coast. It was about 50 degrees but it was sunny.

These pages are a little experimental. I used one of the masks from Tim Holtz and I think for one thing this design is a little too detailed to use the negative image as the mask. At least for me. I used a glimmer mist with the mask. Then I thought why not mirror the title with the leftover cut out and spray it on the other side. Looking back I might start wondering what the heck was I thinking? I also stamped some birds with a new VersaMark stamp pad that has shimmer in it but it didn't show up as well as I hoped. In future I might stamp the bird with a matching ink color and then use a stamp a ma jig to stamp the sheen over it.

Sisters

I knew I needed a picture of me and my sister Alyssa in my scrapbook Sometimes we focus on getting our children's events done and none of the things that are very personal to ourselves. I love my sister(s). Alyssa and I are very close in age. My poor mom had us 18 months apart. We were playmates all growing up, frenemies at times when we were teens (mostly friends) and best friends as grown ups. I love going to visit her in all the different places she's lived. Unfortunately when she lived in Switzerland I couldn't afford that ticket. This particular picture is us in Central Park.

Details:
paper by My Mind's eye,
Stamps: Flashy Floral by Inkadinkado, and Tree by Imaginisce (stamped in VersaMark on the label)
Inks: Rose red and VersaMark

Catching up

I'm catching up on some scrapbooking. It is National Scrapbooking month after all. I will have quite a few to post for the next little while. This one I got done when I got together with my friend Monica. We try to get together every couple of months. It is nice to have someone to ask the questions about your layout that your husbands either pretend to answer "yeah that looks good" when they really didn't look.

When I was printing pictures I made sure to get some for my son Ian's scrapbook. He was complaining that there wasn't very much in his. I think the reason is that

a) at this particular time I was trying to do catch up scrapbooking from when he was a baby
b) that I was just barely getting into scrapbooking when he was little
c) when he was a baby digital cameras were also babies and I don't have many digital copies of stuff when he was little.

So I'm doing my best to make sure I get more done for him. Especially since my memory isn't the best. I've gotta get this info recorded!

Details:
Paper: Old Olive, Buckaroo Blue, Certainly Celery, Almost Amethyst, Regal Rose
Ink: craft white, Pretty in Pink, Lavender Lace, Signo White gel pen
Accessories: Scallop Circle's #2 die for Big Shot, Cricut cartride Sans Serif, chipboard flowers

I've been working on a different kind of project this month. My kids are needing new bedding and insead of buying a cheap quilt from X store I decided that I would make something that they could use for a long time. It was too much fun picking out the fabrics for the particular quilt I have in mind. I'm using this free quilt pattern that I got at Hancock's website. It's pretty easy to cut out with a rotary blade. I am just going to be working on it intermittently so I'll post when I get further on. I have enough leftover that I think that I will make another quilt for my other daughter when I'm done with this one.

Gone Fishin'

I went to my upline's shoe box swap this week and I finally stamped a card. I've been working on some jewelry for my etsy shop and I just haven't stamped. I have to say I came home with some cool cards.

I can say that I actually scrapbooked for a whole day and finished 9 layouts. I will take some pictures to share soon.

This card is a total case from Krista Fox on splitcoast. I really wanted to use this set and just needed some inspiration because my mind in on jewelry mode. I just loved the use of the scallop edge punch for the waves mask. I found it easier to stamp the fish first then place the mask and sponge the top row of waves, then offset the mask and sponge the next layer of waves. After that I ran over the water area with my Aquapainter to give a more watery effect and fill in around the fish.

Supplies:
Stamp Set: Just Beachy (Occasions Mini Catalog)
Card Stock: SU! Tempting Turquoise, Pacific Point, Whisper White, Summer Sun
Ink: Stazon black, Pacific Point, Cameo Coral, Ruby Red, Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Summer Sun, More Mustard
Accessories: Scallop edge punch, 1 1/4" circle punch, 1 3/8" punch, stampin sponge, aquapainter