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| Bag from Hard Rock |
Thursday, March 27, 2014
More from the New York scrapbook
Taking care of some business today. What's nice is remembering that this is a dude's scrapbook, so not a lot of embellishment is needed. The souvenirs can actually serve as embellies as well.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
I'm in a New York State of Mind
If you feel so inclined, play a little Billy Joel while you read...because you know this song was in my head the whole time.
Hey remember this post? From June 2013? Well, I have finally accumulated what I believe to be enough "stuff" to jump in to my son's New York trip scrapbook. Holla! The dilemma is me. I have had the pictures printed for months. I just was having issues taking the leap. So, I decided I needed to jump in this spring break. As long as my stupid fatigue stays at bay, this will happen. I have the mojo.
Here's the hardest page: PAGE 1!
Looks simple enough, yes? Bite your crafty tongue, friends. I'll bring you closer:
Stickers, stamps, trinkets...oh, my. And of course a lack of decision with each one.
Let's start with the easiest pockets. In the upper left was a card from The Scrapbooking Circle. When I was a member, they would send these self-created pieces, and when I saw this one, I immediately put it with my NYScrapbookStash. The bottom right is a picture of my son as he was preparing to board the bus.
For the other two pockets, I had accumulated some Tim Holtz stamps, some BoBunny paper, some 7 Gypsies trinkets, and some alphabet stickers from lilybee design and Project Life (can't seem to find the white ones online, but other colors are available). I love little, fine stickers, but I must say...they create quite a bit of tension! Especially when you are dotting i's. At first, I had the trinket inside the pocket, but that just would not lay well, so outside it went! I had used twine thread when I had it in the inside, but needed to use Paper Wire (bought so long ago, and I still use the stuff!) to give the trinket loop a little purpose. I also cut out and popped up one the the "road trip" signs, but that layered well in the pocket.
The Statue of Liberty stamp was what drew me in to the Tim Holtz set. I love his blueprint stamp sets. And they stamp like buttah. I used The Paper Studio stickers for the New York silhouette.
Onward! (I hope)
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Page Protectors Continued
In an attempt to have all of the aforementioned page protector designs in one place, I have decided to give Inlinkz a try. This is the start of the protectors I have. More to come, though not all are Inlinkz-abled. This post will be edited as I locate more sites. Also, I have some of the same protector sizes from different companies, so some sizes are repeated below (but not in my count!).
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| Stampin' Up Pocket Page Protectors (no longer available, which is a crying shame) |
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| From Becky Higgins' Just Add Color HSN package (also disappeared!) |
Saturday, March 22, 2014
The answer is 30. What is the question?
- What are the number of years since I was a freshman in high school?
- How long ago did the original Footloose movie come out?
- How many pounds would I love to lose?
All great tries. The question du jour is: How many different types of page protectors do I have in my stash?
Tonight, I was going to start (and might still do so) a layout of the day-to-day happenings of Spring Break 2014, Project Life style. It would mean starting a new album for me as, even though I did not get through a whole year, last year's album was filled to the brim (March through October...and I still might squeeze a November 12 x 12 in there...). To those of you who do Project Life, or anything similar to it with divided page protectors, you know this is no small decision. It used to be, back in the day when Becky Higgins Design A was the only choice. She was pretty smart, that Becky. And then. Chaos. The complication bar was raised.
I have 30 styles of page protectors. Thirty. 3-0. That makes decisions super hard which is, if I recall, NOT what the framer intended. BH wanted this to be easy-- a quick documentation of your life. Your choices were 4 x 6" horizontal pics or smaller 4 x 2.875" vertical pics. Period. Those pages are still predominant in my album from last year. Then this whole little idea took flight with several companies. I adored the possibilities of multiple styles. I even bought an oversized printer because of the inspiration of one page protector. Yes, I am a crazed lunatic from whom you should shield your impressionable children and young adults.
So, tonight, I decided to take inventory. My son gave me some graph paper, and I sketched all that I had accumulated. Now, I can have, in one spot, a place where I can make some decisions without having to take them all out. Or so I hope!
Saturday, March 15, 2014
This Too Shall Pass
I wanted to make this card with my new "I Like You" set by Kelly Purkey. A friend is playing a waiting game for a job, and I there are really no words to help, but she's always up for a drink! I also pulled out an oldie but goodie Bella (no longer available). I paper pieced her capris, as I have done in the past, and did some layering with patterns and textured on the image.
I had a frustrating time with the sentiment. I hope it's just a fluke, but there was a whole lot of excess polymer/adhesive on the stamp. It's still not as "clean" as I would have liked (imagine that phrase stamped many times in my craft room), but it'll do.
Size: 5.5 x 4.25"
Ink: Adirondack and Copics
Sunday, March 9, 2014
Many Thanks
I needed to make a card that was somewhat formal, and I needed to repeat the design. These are thank-you cards for the people who interviewed me for a job. I used my new Lawn Fawn Many Thanks set. I also used my Cuttlebug Thanks Words embossing folder. I hand cut the sentiment flag. I used SU! Rich Razzleberry ink for a bit of color. The base and flag are popped up with Stampin' Up! Dimensionals.
This is a 5.5 x 4.25 card using Neenah Solar white.
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