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Easter together 1983

May 7, 2018 By Janice Daquila-Pardo Leave a Comment

Easter together 1983

The story

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.

Product/technique notes

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.

Filed Under: 12x12 layouts using 6x6 paper, My scrapbook layouts Tagged With: 1 photo, American Crafts, one-page layouts, vintage photos

The Melodeon: DT layout for Stuck?! Sketches

December 15, 2017 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 1 Comment

Today Stuck?! Sketches launches our second challenge of December! Grab the sketch and play along for prizes from Creative Embellishments and Scrapbook Nerd.

The story

One of our family holiday traditions that I cherish was having Daddy select and read a Christmas story to us. He sat in a comfy chair, and we all piled near him on the couch to listen. It usually took a few nights to complete one, and he always tried to time it so the last installment fell on Christmas Eve.

Over the years we heard some delightful tales. But our favorite by far was The Melodeon by Glendon Swarthout. The description of this book on Amazon is so simple:

A youngster relates how his grandparents donated a valuable family heirloom, their melodeon, to the church in an unselfish act of giving one Christmas during the Depression when they had nothing to give each other.

The story is so beautifully told, detailed, and emotional that it made our hearts swell. We felt we were with them in the deep cold of winter during the Depression. And the feelings it evoked have stayed with me all these years.

Product/technique notes

I die cut diamonds from the Pink Paislee Snow Village 6×6 paper pad, inked the edges with iced spruce distress ink, and placed them against a background paper from the Bo Bunny Christmas Collage collection. The die cuts are from both the Snow Village and Simple Stories Classic Christmas collections. To create a cut file for the title, I found an image of the book cover and traced it in the Silhouette software.

Filed Under: 12x12 layouts using 6x6 paper, Layouts based on sketches, My scrapbook layouts, Sketches Tagged With: 1 photo, American Crafts, Christmas, one-page layouts, Pink Paislee, Silhouette, Stuck?! Sketches, 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

Play with color: DT layout for Stuck?! Sketches

April 15, 2017 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 1 Comment

Play with color

Today Stuck?! Sketches launches our mid-month challenge. Grab the sketch and play along for prizes from ScrapMatts and Flutterby Designs.

Stuck?! Sketches April 15 2017

The story

Our grandparents on Mom’s side of the family lived far away in California, so it was a big deal when they visited. This Easter photo with Grandma is from their 1983 visit to Ohio.

Product/technique notes

The background papers are from the Pink Paislee Fancy Free collection, to which I added pearlized white texture paste through a stencil. The rest of the patterned papers are from the American Crafts Welcome Spring 6×6 paper pad. I altered the original silver color of the glitter Thickers word “play” with distress ink and a blending tool. The diecuts are from Fancy Pants.

Filed Under: 12x12 layouts using 6x6 paper, Layouts based on sketches, My scrapbook layouts Tagged With: 1 photo, American Crafts, one-page layouts, vintage photos

Hello cuties

April 6, 2017 By Janice Daquila-Pardo Leave a Comment

Hello cuties scrapbook page

The story

My husband’s baby sisters are just so cute in this circa 1980 photo. Those boots on Thyia! Gah.

Product/technique notes

The patterned papers are from the Amy Tangerine Cut & Paste 6×6 paper pad.

Filed Under: 12x12 layouts using 6x6 paper, My scrapbook layouts Tagged With: 1 photo, American Crafts, hand stitching, one-page layouts, vintage photos

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