hand stitching

So very Kerry

September 22, 2015 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 4 Comments

I met my friend Kerry on my first day of grad school at Ohio University in January 1993. Then she was an important part of our wedding in 1997. In these September 11, 2000 photos, Matt and I had flown up to visit Kerry for a long weekend in Wisconsin, where she was teaching at Marquette University. We had a wonderful time touring the area, eating out and catching up.

Product/technique notes

I followed this My Scraps & More sketch and used patterned papers from the 6×6 DCWV Latte stack and 3D stickers from Little Yellow Bicycle. I added a little hand stitching, too, like I do.

Life is beautiful: DT layout for Stuck?! Sketches

September 15, 2015 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 2 Comments

Get a load of Stuck?! Sketches’ September 15th sketch challenge. Grab this sketch and play along for some wonderful prizes.

On the morning of my mom’s knee replacement surgery this August, the three of us (Mom and brother, Phil) did a little impromptu photo shoot before heading to the hospital. I just wanted to use these photos to reflect for a moment on how precious and beautiful life is.

Product/technique notes

The patterned papers are from the Pink Paislee Pen Pals collection, and the 3×4 cards are from We R Memory Keepers. I hand-stitched the circles and added washi tape across the bottom.

Beauty school dropouts: DT layout for Stuck?! Sketches

September 1, 2015 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 12 Comments

Today Stuck?! Sketches is revealing the September 1st sketch challenge, and it’s a great one. For this challenge we are also partnering with the design team from Scrap Our Stash by including an item from our stash for each of the letters in the word L-A-Y-E-R-S! If you combine the sketch with the stash-busting challenge you can enter your page for prizes at both sites!

It was a real challenge for me to think this way, but these are the items I used:
L = label
A = arrows
Y = yellow cardstock and crochet thread
E = enamel dots
R = rubber charms
S = Silhouette, stamp, staples, stickers, stitches

The story of these photos is a recent one. In early August I flew to North Carolina, where my Mom and brother live, to be with my mom while she had knee-replacement surgery. When you have that surgery the doctors tell you that you must have round-the-clock care for the first two weeks! So we activated Wonder Twin powers to care for our mom. But we decided that taking care of our mom’s every want and need wasn’t enough; her adorable dog, Raleigh, needed a bath as well. (I guess once you get into caregiver mode, you can’t easily turn it off.) Phil took some photos of our dog-washing adventure, and then I took the “after” photo. Raleigh looked beautiful!

Product/technique notes

The papers and stickers I used are from Echo Park’s Walking on Sunshine collection. The swirls are ancient rubber charms from KI Memories. I designed and cut the title on my Silhouette and hand-stitched the circles

Taking requests

August 31, 2015 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 1 Comment

This is just a sweet photo of my three-year-old baby brother strumming his toy guitar (like a violin) in his pajamas in September 1971. Pretty cute, huh?

Product/technique notes

I followed this sketch from Boys Rule. The background paper is from Echo Park’s Walking on Sunshine collection, and the other patterns are from BasicGrey, Crate Paper and We R Memory Keepers.

Free spirit

August 30, 2015 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 7 Comments

I’ve always liked this photo of my sister-in-law, Thyia. I miss her so and just wanted to work on a page about her.

Product/technique notes

I followed this sketch from Let’s Get Sketchy. The background paper is from Teresa Collins, and I found bits and pieces from my scrap bin to put together the rest.

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