Taking a stroll Down Memory Lane

I am strolling along 1977-78 today. This is the last shot I have left from our trip to Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs, CO. I am going to have to move on to another old road now. I was inspired to do this layout based on a Scrap 'N Chat's Facebook Challenge today as well as a Technique Tuesday Challenge from Cooking Up Creations. All of the paper included here is "stash" paper, meaning I did not cut a single new piece of paper. Part of the Technique challenge was to sand something. So I sanded the edges of my photo, the matte, and the blue circle with the embossed squiggles. This was a fun layout to do.

Until next time...

Anyone Scrapping Lately?

I have. I found an old album of mine from "the junior high era". I say that, but the more I think about it, I wonder if  it was from 6th grade. For all you young'ns, that was LONG before junior high became "middle school" when 6th grade was your last year of elementary school. We were so cool!!!

Any-who, I noticed the photos were starting to fade and yellow because I had them in an old photo album that had self adhesive glued pages. YUCK!!! So I took them all out, scanned them (for "just in case" purposes) and picked up a cheapy scrapbook to put them in. These are all 8.5" X 8.5" pages. Since the camera was a Kodak Instamatic, which were all the rage back then, the square photos fit nicely on the small pages.

Our fabulous trip to Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs, circa 1977 or 1978.

Won't my sisters be so happy to know I am scrapping their awkward  years. Luckily the photos are small, hee, hee, hee!!

A secret flap on the page allows me to share the dailies on this page without embarrassing my sisters in the shots. LOL!!

OH and while I was at it, I did an ATC too.

Until next time...

Card Folding Part Two

I am going to be offering a new card making class at Michael's in May. This is the second class in a series of card making classes that involves scoring card stock and creating cards with special folds, pockets and pop ups. We will also learn how to use a score board to create accordion flowers. These cards were fun to make and are so festive in the spring. Have a look:

Trifold Card

Tri-shutter Card
(my favorite to make and give)

Pop Up Box Card

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Avoidance

There are many, many things I should be doing today. I should be heading out to the grocery store to purchase a few items. I should be doing laundry and cleaning my house. I should be figuring out what I am making for dinner tonight. I should be reading the last 400 pages of the book I have chosen for book club that is meeting this Thursday night. (It only has 500 pages to begin with.)  I should be making samples of the new classes I will teach next month for my open house this Saturday. Instead I am avoiding all of these and doing something that really could be put off.

SCRAPPING!!!

What a wonderful way to avoid the "shoulds".

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Lesson Planning

I have spent part of today making cards to be featured in some of my upcoming classes. I have been looking forward to teaching a class on uniquely folded cards. They are so much fun to make. Everyone who receives them is always surprised. Here are some of the samples.  And if you are in town this month, stop by to make a couple.

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In Between My Naps

I have not had a very productive day today. And yet it has probably been more productive than usual. I was fortunate enough to spend the evening in the hospital emergency room until the wee hours of the morning this morning having tests. Long story short, I am fine. The one thing the doctor told me to do today was to take it easy. I am not very good at taking things easy. I am a busy busy girl who does too many things at one time and wears herself out. Today I took it easy.

So  in between my naps, I decided to work on some creative things. Artist Trading Cards are fun and tiny. I always love to make them and share them with friends. Here are a few I completed today as well as a couple of cards.

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One Snowy Morning

Yesterday the snow started on my way home from work. I guess Mother Nature was letting me get home before she dumped the white stuff on us. Now I have a snowy photo to scrap!!

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Doing a little lifting...scraplifting that is

I am working on a scraplift challenge today. 

Here is the inspiration piece:

Here is mine!!

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Catching Up on the 12 Days

Day 6
Use paint, mist and a stamp

Day 7
Monochromatic

Day 8
Something Grinchy

Day 9
Use plastic or metal on there

Day 10
Distress a die-cut item

Day 11
Copy one of TH's tags from a past year

One more day left!!! I am so excited!!!

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On The Fifth Day of Christmas Tag

My little mind was all full of ideas.

Day 5
Tag on a Tag

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On The Fourth Day of Christmas Tag

I created this:

Day 4
Stamp an image

I am loving this challenge!!!

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On The Third Day of Christmas Tag

I am playing along with Diana at Scrap 'N Chat this month creating tags for the Twelve Days of Christmas. I showed my the first day on my last posting. But here it is if you missed it:

Day 1
A Vintage Image

Day 2
Two Mists

Day 3
One of Three Trees

I am rocking around the Christmas tree as we speak. Let me get back to it. If you want to join us in all the fun, and possibly win a prize, head on over to Scrap 'N Chat. Have a GREAT Christmas season!!

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Feeling a little bit scrappy today

Hello Ya'll!!! October and November have been rough for me but I am finally feeling better and finding some mojo. I have come up with a slightly different scraplift challenge for you this month. I am in the midst of gift making right now at home as well as at work for the holidays. I found a great little tutorial on how to make a mini book out of a plain ol' office manila folder. 

by Taylor Von Bruggen at Taylored Expressions, http://tayloredexpressions.blogspot.com/2007/08/manila-folder-album.html
 


AND I found a cuter than cute scrapbook page using the same style as the mini by Trish at Work in Progress, http://wipkits.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/interactive-scrapbook-page.html. This is a great way to do a multi-photo layout.

 

My challenge for you is to make a mini or make a layout featuring some mini pages and post it back at Scrap 'N Chat. 

I know some of you are thinking, "I don't have time for a mini, woman!!" I can honestly tell you, I made my sample in less than 90 minutes. I have to go back and embellish it some more, but since I don't know which photos I will use in it, I am leaving it blank for now.

To make the manila mini, here is a link to Splitcoast Stampers with the directions. 
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/accordionfilefolder

I decided for my own book I wanted more pages. So I made the mini twice and then glued the back cover of the first one to the front cover of the second one. Then I attached the ribbon tie before I layered the decorative papers on the covers. If you do this just remember to leave a little extra ribbon so the mini book will expand as you fill it up with your goodies in the pockets. I learned this one the hard way on a mini I made at the beginning of the summer. LOL!!

Here's mine: 

Also at Scrap 'N Chat we are having a 12 Days of Tags challenge.  And Diana is giving away a prize to someone who does all 12 tags in 12 days.

So here's my Day 1:

Until next time...