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Fall is in the air

October 1, 2020 By Janice Daquila-Pardo Leave a Comment

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Autumns in central Texas are quite different from those we had in northeast Ohio. The temperatures dip less. The change of leaves is more muted. The smell of decay is softer. But it’s all there, nonetheless, signaling the time to hunker down is coming. (This photo was taken in fall 2019 in our back yard.)

Product/technique notes

I created this page for the sketch challenge during the Victoria Marie September online crop. I would normally share the sketch I used, but because this was a paid event I don’t believe I should. I used products from the Little Yellow Bicycle Acorn Hollow collection and stamped the labels that hold my journaling.

The towel thief

August 25, 2020 By Janice Daquila-Pardo Leave a Comment

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Don’t leave a towel anywhere it doesn’t belong because Tristan sees it as an invitation to nestle into its soft folds and make it his own.

Product/technique notes

I based this layout on a November 2019 PageMaps sketch and used bits and bobs from my patterned paper scraps to pull it together. I cut the title, photo frame, and leaf sprig with my Cricut. The cat paperclip is from The Paper Source.

Poison Ivan

August 22, 2020 By Janice Daquila-Pardo Leave a Comment

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Because I am over-the-top allergic to poison ivy, Matt always points it out to me when we’re near it and makes sure I don’t get close. But we like to have a somewhat wild back yard because it attracts more animal life, so we tend to also get an occasional overgrowth of the stuff.

Last July we had a lot of poison ivy in our back yard. A lot. Matt decided it was time to pull it all up, so he went to the hardware store and bought this painter’s onesie—with hood and shoe covers—to protect himself for the task.

I love this dork.

Product/technique notes

I created this page for the 5 Ingredients Challenge during the Victoria Marie August online crop, which called for using patterned paper, chipboard stickers/die cuts, fibers (I used twine), textured element (I used a cork arrow), and frames or pockets. I used products from the Echo Park Jungle Safari collection.

I also followed this PageMaps sketch:

With you

August 19, 2020 By Janice Daquila-Pardo Leave a Comment

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Phil took this photo of Mom and me while we were out for some shopping and lunch during my visit to North Carolina in September 2016. Just good old-fashioned mugging for the camera before digging in. #goodtimes

Product/technique notes

I created this page for a challenge during the Victoria Marie August online crop, which called for using old items from your stash. Trust me, this is all old stash because I haven’t bought any new supplies in quite a while. But the oldest item is the stamp I used to create the “Let’s do: coffee, lunch, etc.” element. It is from a 2007 stamp set from Inkadinkado.

Cub

August 16, 2020 By Janice Daquila-Pardo Leave a Comment

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My brother and I participated in the Scouts when we were in grade school. This 1976 photo of Phil all dressed and saluting before heading to his Cub Scouts meeting is just too cute.

Product/technique notes

I created this page for the Packing List Challenge during the Paper Issues online crop, which called for using 5 items from a list they provided. I used blue, yellow, stamps, circles, and flair. I designed and cut the hexagons cut file on my Cricut and backed it with patterned papers from the Echo Park That’s My Boy collection.