Layouts based on sketches

Adorbs

April 30, 2014 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 2 Comments

Does anyone know what type of car that is behind me?

This photo of me in our driveway is from March 1969. I don’t really know that there’s anything special to say about it; it’s just me in a cute little skirt and sweater with a barrette in my hair. And get a look at that car! Does anyone know what make/model it is?

Product/technique notes

I used Creative Scrappers sketch #266 for this page. The papers are from Crate Paper “DIY Shop,” Fancy Pants “Happy-Go-Lucky” and BasicGrey “What’s Up?” collections, and the word is spelled out in really old alphas from BasicGrey. I cut the view master shapes using my Cameo.

Easy as pie

April 4, 2014 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 2 Comments

My mom is so cute in this photo!

Mom and Dad married in June 1965, and not long after that Dad left his teaching job for a position as an investigator with the government. This new job required some pretty extensive training, so Mom and Dad had to live for a time in New Jersey while he attended classes. This photo was taken in their New Jersey apartment in July 1966. Mom was about five months pregnant with me. On this day she decided to bake her new husband a pie for the first time. How wonderful that they snapped a photo of it!

Mom says that she remembers the pumpkin pie filling was really good, but the crust left a lot to be desired. 🙂

Product/technique notes

I used the following PageMaps sketch as my inspiration and hand stitched the circles. Hand stitching always feels right on a layout about something else hand-made, don’t you think? The patterned papers are from Little Yellow Bicycle’s “Feels Like Home” collection. I designed and cut the title with the Silhouette Cameo.
a March 2014 sketch from PageMaps

Easter 1982

March 25, 2014 By Janice Daquila-Pardo Leave a Comment

Aunt Mary Lou and Earl had just returned from their honeymoon before coming to spend Easter with us.

After getting married in February 1982, Aunt Mary Lou and Earl went to Holland for their honeymoon. Later that spring they came to spend Easter with us at our house. After dinner, they pulled out their album to share the photos from the trip, and that’s when my brother took this Easter photo.

Product/technique notes

I liked this sketch from Life. Paper. Scrapbook. and decided to follow it to create my page using papers from Carta Bella’s “Traditions” collection. I know they’re not traditional Easter colors, but they went so well with the photo! I designed and cut my title using the Silhouette Cameo.

A bushel and a peck and a hug around the neck

March 24, 2014 By Janice Daquila-Pardo Leave a Comment

2013: On the Jordan Lake beach; 2010: in Durham, NC; 2006: in Fredericksburg, TX

I wanted to pull together a few photos of me and my mom for this page. Once I had selected these three I realized that in each we were “hugging around the neck.” Thus, my title was born!

Product/technique notes

I bought two of the We R Memory Keepers Sew Ribbon punches when they first came out, but I haven’t really found a lot of uses for them yet. When I saw this Creative Scrappers sketch, I instantly saw a use for my unused tools! The ribbons and some of the papers are old American Crafts patterns, and I also used old My Mind’s Eye and Memory Makers papers.

Imp

March 16, 2014 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 12 Comments

My title was a no-brainer, considering that imp was the first word to occur to me when I saw this photo.

This is just a photo of me at around two years old, in my pajamas, grinning for the camera. I don’t mind saying I was pretty cute!

Product/technique notes

I used the March week 2 sketch at Let’s Get Sketchy when creating this page. The papers are a mix of older American Crafts for the background and Jillibean Soup’s “Blossom Soup” collection 6×6 pad. I created the outer edge design with a Martha Stewart punch set and designed and cut the title on my Silhouette Cameo.

Updated 3/20: How cool is this? My layout was featured on the Let’s Get Sketchy site. Thank you!

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