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2017 highlights: DT layout for Stuck?! Sketches

January 1, 2018 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 2 Comments

2017 highlights

Today Stuck?! Sketches launches our first challenge of 2018! Grab the sketch and play along for prizes from Scrapmatts and Spiegel Mom Scraps.

The story

I’m not gonna lie: I found 2017 to be extremely stressful. I am so ready to start a new year, even though I don’t think there’s much chance of the stressors abating, given our country’s leadership and direction…

No matter the difficulties life hands us, though, there are always things to celebrate. The four photos on this page represent some highlights in our lives in the past year (from left to right):

  1. In February Cecilia burst into our lives and instantly made them more delightful. Matt opened our front door to go out to his car for something and saw this kitten running pel mel past our house toward the heavily trafficked street that intersects ours. He called out to her, and she miraculously turned and ran to him. He picked her up and carried her into our hearts.
  2. Matt and I run a yearly computer security conference, and this year’s event was the largest ever with more than 600 attendees. We’re quite proud of this effort.
  3. I flew to North Carolina in November to spend 10 days (including Thanksgiving and my birthday) with my mom and brother. So much fun.
  4. On December 7th we had a beautiful Christmas snowfall. While this may not be a big deal to some, when you live in central Texas you count it as a highlight! I was just sad for Matt that he was out of town for work and had to miss it.

Of course, there were many other wonderful moments in our lives this year. And I am thankful for every one. Here’s (raising a glass) to so many more in 2018.

Happy new year, my friends!

Product/technique notes

All the patterned papers I used for this layout came from the Pink Paislee Moonstruck collection.

Filed Under: 12x12 layouts using 6x6 paper, Layouts based on sketches, My scrapbook layouts, Sketches Tagged With: 4 photos, one-page layouts, Pink Paislee, Stuck?! Sketches

2017 top ten blog hop and giveaway

December 27, 2017 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 33 Comments

2017 Top Ten Blog Hop

Well, this is fun! I’m delighted to be joining a group of like-minded scrapbook enthusiasts to review our ten favorite layouts from the year. And if you read through to the end of the post, you’ll find details about my giveaway (open until January 3 at midnight CST).

Here is the list of participants so you can hop along and see them all:

Christine Meyer
Kathy Skou
Kathleen Graumüller
Teri Anderson
Susie Bentz
Janice Daquila-Pardo > That’s me!
Giorgia Rossini
Laurel Seabrook
Aimee Kidd
Mary Ann Jenkins
Keren Tamir
Lee-Anne Thornton
Heather Leopard
Tifany DeGough
Sue Eldred
Melissa Elsner
Laura Whitaker
Anita Mulcahey
Ashley Smith
Simone Schermann
Shelly Kurth
Monique Liedtke
Suzanna Lee
Marcia Dehn-Nix
Laura Cox
Irit Shalom
Nicole Martel
Carolyn Johnson
Tenia Nelson
Samantha Taylor
Rebecca Keppel
Judy Hayes
Isha Gupta
Traci Penrod
Tracy McLennon
Karen Hunter
Lyne Blodgett
Anna Sigga
Lisa Moen
Kat Benjamin
Wendy Antenucci

And now here are my top ten favorite pages from the past year (in chronological order):

Hello gorgeous
I love this one because even with all those beautiful patterns and colors, our girl’s eyes still steal the show. She’s a stunner.

Smiles from ear to ear
This one was fun to make because I was able to work in so many references to Disney, including those Mickey ears in the top left.

Re-homing Hector
Hector was a turtle we found strolling down our busy street and scooped up so we could take him to a nearby pond. I like the simplicity of this page, allowing the story to be told by the patterned papers.


This page makes me happy because of the cute picture of my hubby and how the patterns and embellishment clusters work together. It’s a little bit masculine (but not too much!).

Easter Memories Duffys 1968
Again, I think I like this page because of the interplay of patterns and colors, not to mention that super sweet photo of my cousins on Easter morning 1968.

Bathing beauty
I love using bright colors and modern patterns with vintage photos…like this one of my mom on her 1965 honeymoon.

Happy hands
This photo of me is one I’ve had printed for ages, awaiting the right inspiration to hit. Once I found the unusual and beautiful color combination in this collection, it came together easily. I’m so pleased to have it recorded.

Cousin connection
If you’ve read this far, you may have noticed that I love to mix lots of patterns on my pages. That, and the fact that I fit four decent sized photos on it, makes me quite happy with this one.

Hello fall
This page turned out just as I imagined it, which is such a joy for a crafter, isnt’ it? It was so much fun to die cut all those leaves and arrange them.

The Melodeon 1999
This photo of my dad reading a Christmas story to us is of such a wonderful memory that I had to do something special to record it. I love how all these bits of patterned paper came together to create my diamond focal point.

And that’s my year in review

Thank you so much for stopping by my spot on the blog hop. If you would like to leave a comment and tell me if you have a favorite from my list, I would love to read it! Comments are always so appreciated.

Giveaway

I just created an Instagram account (I’m so late to the game, I know)! So, if you would like to be included in my drawing for a $15 GIFT CARD to the Paper Issues Store, please follow me on Instagram (@theconstantscrapper) and then leave me a comment on this post with your Insta account to let me know you did and so that I can follow you back. I will leave this giveaway open for one week (January 3) and announce a winner on January 4th!

Please note: I must approve comments for them to appear, so please don’t worry if your comment doesn’t post immediately. I will be checking and approving comments often.

To continue the blog hop in order, head over to Giorgia Rossini’s site.

Happy New Year!

Filed Under: Layouts based on sketches, My scrapbook layouts Tagged With: 1 photo, 2 photos, 4 photos, one-page layouts, vintage photos

Concert club: DT layout for Stuck?! Sketches

June 1, 2017 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 1 Comment

Concert club

Today Stuck?! Sketches launches our first challenge of June! Grab the sketch and play along for prizes from The ScrapRoom and Crafty Ribbons.

The story

Recently we decided to donate to public radio because of the Trump administration’s proposed budget cuts to…everything except the military and the US/Mexico border wall. For our donor gift they enrolled us in the KUTX Concert Club. So now we get invited to occasional concerts in their live recording studio. This was the first one we were able to make it downtown for—Matthew Logan Vasquez. What a nice evening out for a Monday!

Product/technique notes

The background papers are from the Dear Lizzy Lovely Day collection, and the others patterns and die cuts are from the Amy Tangerine Better Together 6×6 paper pad. The yellow alphas in the title and the XO journaling card are by Jillibean Soup.

Filed Under: Layouts based on sketches, My scrapbook layouts, Sketches Tagged With: 2 photos, 4 photos, American Crafts, one-page layouts, Stuck?! Sketches

Pumpkin patch: DT layout for Stuck?! Sketches

October 15, 2016 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 2 Comments

Pumpkin patch

Today Stuck?! Sketches launches our second challenge of October! Grab the sketch and play along for a $20 gift certificate to the 7 Dots Studio online store or two large pieces of chipboard from Scrapmatts.

Stuck?! Sketches October 15 2016 sketch

The story

Sometimes even people without little kids like to make a trip to the pumpkin patch for photos. Just sayin’.

Product/technique notes

I used patterned papers from Moxie and various felt, chipboard, and glittered leaves by MAMBI.

Filed Under: Layouts based on sketches, My scrapbook layouts Tagged With: 4 photos, one-page layouts, Silhouette, Stuck?! Sketches

July 4th tradition: DT layout for Stuck?! Sketches

July 1, 2016 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 5 Comments

July 4th Tradition

Today Stuck?! Sketches launches our first challenge of July! Grab the sketch and play along for prizes from Wycinanka and DCWV.

Stuck?! Sketches July 1, 2016 sketch

The story

Our July 4th tradition has evolved over the years into: relaxing, going out for lunch served al fresco, and then enjoying the competing fireworks displays that our neighbors put on all around us. We get quite a good show in our own front yard!

Product/technique notes

I used patterned papers from the Pebbles Americana 6×6 paper pad. The flair is from Studio Calico. And I created the title with my Silhouette (the word “tradition” was a freebie I found on Jana Eubank’s site). I also played outside my comfort zone by spattering my background with Heidi Swapp gold color shine and red paint to echo the fireworks. (The gold looks much better IRL than in this photo.)

Filed Under: 12x12 layouts using 6x6 paper, Layouts based on sketches, My scrapbook layouts Tagged With: 4 photos, one-page layouts, Pebbles, Silhouette

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