If I'm not scrapbooking I'm thinking about scrapbooking!
We enjoy driving out to Sweet Berry Farms in Marble Falls to wander through the piles of pumpkins, wonder at the sea of sunflowers, and visit with the gang of goats. But the best part of our day is savoring their homemade pumpkin ice cream. Just delicious!
I followed a PageMaps sketch for this page, used patterns from the 6×6 Bo Bunny Beautifully Brisk paper pad, and designed and cut the title with my Cricut Maker. I added hand stitching in coordinating colors.
My brother and I participated in the Scouts when we were in grade school. This 1976 photo of Phil all dressed and saluting before heading to his Cub Scouts meeting is just too cute.
I created this page for the Packing List Challenge during the Paper Issues online crop, which called for using 5 items from a list they provided. I used blue, yellow, stamps, circles, and flair. I designed and cut the hexagons cut file on my Cricut and backed it with patterned papers from the Echo Park That’s My Boy collection.
Aunt Mary Lou and Earl lived only two hours away in Pennsylvania, so we had many happy visits from them over the years. But my maternal grandparents lived far away in California, which meant we saw them but rarely over the years. That makes this 1983 photo op, just after we had all returned from Easter Mass, pretty special.
Also worth noting is that Mom sewed my darling two-piece outfit.
I created this page for the “Frost the Cake” Paper Issues spring crop challenge, which required that we use stripes of either patterned paper or paint for the page’s background.
I used papers from the Simple Stories Faith and American Crafts Welcome Spring collections.
My husband lived in Michigan until the age of 12, when his mom moved the family to the mountains of North Carolina. In these photos, circa 1979, Matt is building and populating dirt castles in their new (huge) front yard in NC. What a cutie!
I created this page for the “This or That” Paper Issues spring crop challenge. This required the use of one or the other, but not both of each pair below:
1. all cardstock or all patterned paper; 2. 4 of the same size circle or 4 of the same size rectangles; 3. silver or gold; 4. hand journaling or typed journaling; 5. enamels or flair, 6. ephemera or chipboard; 7. ribbon or twine; 8. matted photo or frame; 9. 3 photos or 2 photos; 10. sun or camera
I used papers from Bo Bunny, Jillibean Soup, and DCWV and created the title on my Silhouette.
Today Stuck?! Sketches launches our second challenge of January. Grab the sketch and play along for prizes from Creative Embellishments, DCWV, and Victoria Marie.
During my visit to see Mom and Phil in North Carolina last November, I asked Mom to teach me again how to knit. I’ve been able to crochet since grade school, but knitting has always sort of intimidated me. We have tried before, but it didn’t really stick then. This time I think it may have “gone in.”
I know I could learn by watching YouTube videos, but I really wanted to learn the basics from my mommy.
I used patterned papers, die cuts, and flair from various Crate Paper/Maggie Holmes collections and cut the title on my Silhouette.