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Sweet summer fun: DT layout for Stuck?! Sketches

March 15, 2017 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 1 Comment

Today Stuck?! Sketches launches our second challenge of March. Grab the sketch and play along for prizes from Charms Creations and Wycinanka.

The story

Mom, Phil, and I loved driving out to the Patterson Fruit Farm in Chesterland, Ohio, to pick strawberries. We would head out early on a summer morning and pick way too many, then take them home and turn most of them into freezer jam to enjoy for the rest of the year. We also piled them on cereal and shortcake and anything else we could think of. It was such a sweet way to spend a summer day.

Product/technique notes

The background paper I used is from an old My Mind’s Eye collection called Good Day Sunshine. The rest of the patterns are from the Mulberry American Crafts 6×6 paper pad. The chipboard embellishments are from the same collection. I cut the title on my Silhouette Cameo.

Good times: DT layout for Stuck?! Sketches

February 1, 2017 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 2 Comments

Today Stuck?! Sketches launches our first challenge of February. Grab the sketch and play along for prizes from Charms Creations and Cuts2Luv.

The story

In the early 90s my brother was living in a borough near Pittsburgh called Wilkinsburg. On a pretty weekend sometime in 1992 (not sure what time of year, but our clothes make me think it was early spring), our family went by to pick up Mom’s Aunt Mary Lou and made a road trip to visit him there. We snapped these photos at a park near his apartment.

#goodtimes

Product/technique notes

All the products I used were from the Fancy Pants Millie and June collection, except for the title, which is composed of American Crafts Thickers.

BSides Austin: DT layout for Stuck?! Sketches

June 15, 2016 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 3 Comments

Today Stuck?! Sketches launches our second challenge of June! Grab the sketch and play along for a $20 gift certificate from Evalicious or two large pieces of chipboard from ScrapMatts.

The story

We did it! Matt and I took over the planning of the security BSides conference, and we made it bigger and better than ever. We had about 400 attendees, standing room only for the keynote speech, and a Dual Core show to round out the two days. I’m not gonna lie—it was hard work. But I’m proud of how we worked together to make it great. Now we have to decide whether to organize it again next year. Ugh!

Photos, L-R:

Matt in front of the 400 attendees giving the opening address
Standing room only for the keynote (Ed Skoudis)
The registration desk during some down time
Dual Core singing us home

Product/technique notes

I used patterned papers from Echo Park’s All About a Boy collection. The two pieces of flair are from different BasicGrey collections (Aurora and Fact & Fiction). And I traced the logo for the conference and cut it with my Silhouette for the title.

Distress Ink lifting birthday card

March 7, 2016 By Janice Daquila-Pardo Leave a Comment

I want to wish my childhood friend, Kathy, a wonderful birthday today. This is the card I created for her using a technique Jennifer McGuire calls Distress Ink lifting.

After heat embossing your stamped design with white embossing powder, you completely cover your paper with an intense Distress Ink color (I used Mermaid Lagoon). Using a small paintbrush and water, you wick or lift the color away from the stamped image just by dabbing the water inside the lines. Then you use the brush to add other Distress Ink colors while it’s still wet. What remains of the background color blends with the added colors and creates this look. I used Mowed Lawn on the leaves and Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick, Abandoned Coral, Picked Raspberries, and Festive Berries on the petals.

1968 bridesmaids

March 5, 2016 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 1 Comment

My parents met in college while they were studying to become teachers. Before they were really even dating (but my dad already knew he loved my mom), they found their first teaching jobs in the same school system. When they attended their orientation session for new teachers in the Painesville Township school system they met Mary Ann. She and Mom became friends, and these August 1968 photos are from when Mom served as a bridesmaid in Mary Ann’s wedding.

I love the colors and clothing and hair styles in these photos. The top one is from the rehearsal dinner (Mom is fourth from the left), and the bottom one is during the receiving line after the ceremony (Mom is third from the left).

Product/technique notes

Although I didn’t get this page finished in time to enter her challenge, I really liked this sketch by Heather Leopard. I was happy to be able to use some older supplies from my stash for this page: the patterned paper is from the American Crafts Letterbox collection (2009), the flowers are from Prima (2010), and the rub ons are by Marcella for K&Co (really old). I designed and cut the title on my Silhouette.

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