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Last first day

October 2, 2018 By Janice Daquila-Pardo Leave a Comment

The story

This was the last of our traditional first-day-of-school photo shoots—Phil and me at the start of our senior year in the fall of 1984.

The sketch

This sketch is made for either three photos or one center photo and some surrounding patterned paper or journaling cards. If you make a layout based on this sketch, please link it up at the end of this post; I would just love to see what you’ve made with it.

Product/technique notes

I created this page with products from the Glitz Design Yours Truly collection and designed/cut the title with my Silhouette.

Love you

May 25, 2018 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 1 Comment

The story

I have always really loved this photo of my mom and dad from Easter 1983, but it had terrible color and extreme shadows and highlights. I have color corrected and tweaked it a few times over the years, but I had not printed it to scrap because I was never happy with the results.

Then I recently realized that converting it to black-and-white might camouflage some of those problems, making it good enough to print. BINGO!

Product/technique notes

I created this page with three of the patterns from the AdornIt Chamberry collection, which I have been hoarding for too many years awaiting the right photo. The glitter Thickers title, hand sewing, and punched butterflies are all I thought it needed to complete the look.

With brave wings, she flies: DT layout for Stuck?! Sketches

May 1, 2017 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 1 Comment

Today Stuck?! Sketches launches our first challenge of May! Grab the sketch and play along for prizes from The Scraproom and Accent Scrapbooking.

The story

With Mother’s Day fast approaching, I chose to scrap this Mother’s Day photo from 1984. We were visiting our grandparents in Pennsylvania for the holiday weekend, and Aunt Nancy, one of Nana’s sisters, came by for a visit. Even while Phil and I were in high school, I always loved to go for a visit with Nana and Papa.

Product/technique notes

I used the Like a Girl collection from Photo Play Paper for everything on this page except the teal glitter hearts and X, which are by Thickers.

Church clothes: DT layout for Stuck?! Sketches

April 1, 2017 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 2 Comments

Today Stuck?! Sketches launches our first challenge of April. Grab the sketch and play along for prizes from Creative Embellishments and Lindy’s Stamp Gang.

The story

Isn’t this a darling picture of my brother and me? We are posing in our back yard after coming home from Sunday morning Mass in May 1974. Just so sweet.

Product/technique notes

The papers are from the Dear Lizzy Lovely Day collection. The tag is from We R Memory Keepers. And I created the string art heart with the help of my Silhouette to cut out the tiny stitching circles.

Sweet dreams are made of this

March 28, 2017 By Janice Daquila-Pardo Leave a Comment

The story

Mom’s sweet tooth is epic. I remember when we were kids we would catch her eating a couple of cookies first thing in the morning to tide her over until breakfast (cereal). And I would say that her love of sugary stuff has only grown over the years, if that’s possible.

Thanks to my bro for snapping this photo of Mom at McDonald’s last March so I could document her sweet nature. 😉

Product/technique notes

Patterned papers are from Authentique and American Crafts.