Janice Daquila-Pardo

Stuck?! Sketches celebrates our 3rd anniversary in September

September 1, 2016 By Janice Daquila-Pardo Leave a Comment

This September marks Stuck?! Sketches’ third anniversary! That’s three years of inspiring sketches by Laura Whitaker, beautiful pages from our design team, and prizes from our fabulous sponsors. Laura and the design team will be celebrating with lots of extra posts, challenges, and prizes this month, so please join us for the fun.

Here’s a peek at the September 1st sketch. Head on over to the Stuck?! Sketches blog to play along with it for glory and prizes. I will also be sharing a layout based on this sketch in a September 11th blog hop with Clique Kits, so I hope you’ll come back for that. 🙂

Move-in day

August 30, 2016 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 6 Comments

We got married in October 1997 and bought our first home in August 1998. At the very same time, Mom and Dad decided to move to a different neighborhood within the same town. We ended up buying our houses within a mile of each other, and I think we even moved in within the same week. What an exciting and tiring time!

In this photo, Matt’s older brother, Tom, is helping us unload more stuff at our new house. My brother, Phil, was also helping and probably took this shot.

Product/technique notes

I followed the Creative Scrappers sketch below and used patterned papers from Pink Paislee’s Hometown Summer 6×6 pack and October Afternoon’s Campire 8×8 pad. They’re both older collections, and I love how well they worked together. I created the background grid of pinked-edged circles and cut it on my Silhouette.

You are first place in my heart: DT layout for Stuck?! Sketches

August 15, 2016 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 3 Comments

Today Stuck?! Sketches launches our second challenge of August! Grab the sketch and play along for prizes from Lindy’s Stamp Gang and Evalicious.

The story

I love this photo of us so much. It’s from August 1997, just two months before our wedding.

I’m not sure why, but Matt and I don’t have many photos of the time during our courtship and engagement. So this shot of the two of us dozing on the hammock in my parents’ back yard is extra special to me. I also just love the lazy, sun-dappled feel of it.

Product/technique notes

I used supplies from Maggie Holmes’ Styleboard collection and hand stitched the circles.

A cut above: DT layout for Stuck?! Sketches

August 1, 2016 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 4 Comments

Today Stuck?! Sketches launches our first challenge of August! Grab the sketch and play along for prizes from ScrapMatts and Scrapbook Circle.

The story

My paternal grandfather spent 77 years as a barber. So, of course, he cut all 12 of the grandchildren’s hair when we were little. My cousin, Mike, is in the barber’s chair in Papa’s shop in this darling 1966 photo.

Product/technique notes

I used patterned papers from Pink Paislee’s Pen Pals collection for this page, mostly because of the red-, white- and blue-striped paper that reminded me of a barber’s pole. I also used my Silhouette to create the barber’s pole and the title.

Meet me in the sunshine

July 29, 2016 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 4 Comments

Last August Mom had knee surgery, so I flew out to stay with her, and my brother and I collaborated to take care of her during the recovery period. On the day we snapped this selfie, we were at the bus stop waiting to catch a ride to UNC Hospitals to visit her. It was a gorgeous (hot) day, and we were just enjoying being out together in the sunshine.

Product/technique notes

I used patterned papers from Echo Park’s Hello Summer collection and a Thickers foam title. I used this Let’s Get Sketchy sketch as inspiration.

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