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Church clothes: DT layout for Stuck?! Sketches

April 1, 2017 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 2 Comments

Church clothes 1974

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.

Stuck?! Sketches April 1 2017

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.

Filed Under: Layouts based on sketches, My scrapbook layouts, Sketches Tagged With: 1 photo, American Crafts, border punches, hand stitching, one-page layouts, Silhouette, string art, Stuck?! Sketches, vintage photos

#PSLOVE

October 21, 2016 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 3 Comments

#PSLOVE

While recently in North Carolina visiting Mom and the bro, I found out—much to my surprise and horror—that Mom had never tasted the autumnal delight that is a pumpkin spice latte. Phil and I resolved to resolve that deficit in her life experience and bundled her into the car and off to the nearest Starbucks.

One sip in, it was clear on her face that we had changed Mom’s life. And after she had drained the last of the sweet goodness from her grande to-go cup she said, “This was my first PSL, but it won’t be my last! I’m going to make sure to get one of these a week from now on.”

Phil and I looked at each other knowingly. You’re welcome, Mom.

Product/technique notes

I followed the Let’s Get Sketchy sketch below and used products from the Shimelle True Stories collection. I used two different roller date stamps (“That warrants a fist pump” and “The sweet life”) and two coffee-related stamps from the Paper Smooches Cyber Cafe set. I covered the coffee beans in Glossy Accents to make them look a little more real.
Let's Get Sketchy October 3, 2016 sketch

Filed Under: Layouts based on sketches, My scrapbook layouts Tagged With: 1 photo, American Crafts, hand stitching, one-page layouts, Silhouette, stamping

You are first place in my heart: DT layout for Stuck?! Sketches

August 15, 2016 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 3 Comments

You are first place in my heart

Today Stuck?! Sketches launches our second challenge of August! Grab the sketch and play along for prizes from Lindy’s Stamp Gang and Evalicious.

Stuck?! Sketches August 15 2016

The story

I love this photo of us so much. It’s from August 1997, just two months before our wedding.

I’m not sure why, but Matt and I don’t have many photos of the time during our courtship and engagement. So this shot of the two of us dozing on the hammock in my parents’ back yard is extra special to me. I also just love the lazy, sun-dappled feel of it.

Product/technique notes

I used supplies from Maggie Holmes’ Styleboard collection and hand stitched the circles.

Filed Under: Layouts based on sketches, My scrapbook layouts Tagged With: 1 photo, American Crafts, hand stitching, one-page layouts, Stuck?! Sketches, vintage photos

Here’s looking at you, kid

July 27, 2016 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 4 Comments

Here's looking at you, kid

On this beautiful Friday in May, Matt and I decided to cut out of work early and grab a late lunch at our favorite taco joint. While we waited for our order to be brought to us at our sunny spot on their patio, we snapped a photo of each other taking a photo of each other. Who said we don’t know how to party?

Product/technique notes

I used older product from My Mind’s Eye and Jillibean Soup and cut the title with my Silhouette.

Filed Under: Layouts using 3x4 journaling cards, My scrapbook layouts Tagged With: 3 photos, hand stitching, Jillibean Soup, My Mind's Eye, one-page layouts, Silhouette

Take a hike: DT layout for Stuck?! Sketches

July 15, 2016 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 2 Comments

Take a hike

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

Stuck Sketches 15 July 2016

The story

I was home visiting my mom and brother in North Carolina in the summer of 2014. One day we decided we needed to get outside and see something new. So we did a little online research and found what looked like a good fit for our needs: It was a park with multiple hiking trails and a picnic area, and it was within an hour of Mom’s house.

We packed the essentials, donned walking shoes and sun hats, grabbed our cameras, and hopped in the car. Our moods and hopes were high as we sped toward an afternoon of adventure and oneness with nature.

And it wasn’t all bad. I wouldn’t have you picture it that way. But it wasn’t exactly rich with adventure and oneness, either.

As a family unit, we don’t usually get an early start to anything. So, by the time we got to the park it was already pretty late in the afternoon. It seemed nearly deserted, and that was really no surprise considering it was late-August-in-the-south hot and humid. We set up and ate our picnic lunch, and that was nice.

Now full on sandwiches, salad, and ranch-flavored Doritos, it was time for us to take a hike. We loaded up on mosquito spray, grabbed our water bottles, and headed into the woods.

That lasted for all of 10 minutes—and seven of those were excruciating. It was just too much. Mom’s bad knees weren’t faring well on the rocky, root-riddled path. The mosquitoes were epic. And did I mention that it was like visiting Satan’s vacation home in the southern part of hell (Chapel Hill, where my mom lives, has been called the Southern Part of Heaven since a book of that name was published in 1950 by William Meade Prince.)?

Were we wimps? Oh, yes. Did we achieve the health and wellness benefits of a strenuous hike surrounded by the beauty of God’s creation? Not exactly. Did we rescue the disappointing experience with a well-deserved stop for ice cream on the drive home? What do you think? 😉

Product/technique notes

The Echo Park Happy Camper collection was perfect for these photos, so everything but the title came from it. I hand stitched the circle.

Filed Under: Layouts based on sketches, My scrapbook layouts Tagged With: 3 photos, Echo Park, hand stitching, one-page layouts, Stuck?! Sketches

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