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Fa la la la la

December 13, 2016 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 3 Comments

I took piano lessons for many years, starting in early grade school. Although I don’t often sit down to play the piano much these days, I always break out the Christmas carol music books and limp through my favorites. It’s one of my Christmas traditions. In this photo taken on Christmas Day 2004, I was playing carols for my family, who had come to visit for the holiday.

Product/technique notes

I followed sketch 301 from Creative Scrappers and used products mostly from the Crate Paper Bundled Up collection. The cut-apart card is from Simple Stories December Documented, the glittered snowflakes are from K&Co, the label stickers are from Shimelle and Cosmo Cricket, and the ornament die cut is from BasicGrey Evergreen. I chose my supplies based on the Scrap O’Clock mood board below.

#PSLOVE

October 21, 2016 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 3 Comments

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.

Stuck?! Sketches and Clique Kits blog hop

September 11, 2016 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 28 Comments

Hello and welcome, blog hoppers! As part of the Stuck?! Sketches month-long 3-year anniversary celebration we are holding a joint blog hop with our sponsor, Clique Kits. Half of our design team and some of the Clique Kits DT are supplying inspiration for you along this hop. And Clique Kits is offering a prize specifically for our hoppers, so be sure to visit all the links that follow and leave some love along the way. One winner will be chosen from among those who comment to receive a September kit from Clique Kits!

Thank you to Clique Kits for sending our team members a September kit to use for the projects in this hop.

I just couldn’t help myself when I saw that dream catcher design on one of the KaiserCraft Boho Dreams papers in the kit. I thought of my mother-in-law, who loved dream catchers, so I had to use it to document this 70s-style selfie she took in a vehicle’s side mirror. I used colored pencils and fussy cut it to make it the centerpiece of my page. In addition to all the CK kit supplies, I also used flair (just to the right of my photo) from another of our sponsors, Accent Scrapbooking.

Here is a reminder of our sketch:

And here is the hop order:

Stuck Sketches: http://stucksketches.blogspot.com/
Aliza Deutsch: http://peopleofthescrapbook.blogspot.com/
YOU ARE HERE:
Janice Daquila-Pardo: http://theconstantscrapper.com/
NEXT on the hop:
Caroli Schulz: http://www.carolinaschulz.com/
Monique Liedtke: http://moniquesscrapbook.blogspot.ca/
Jenessa Frank Franco: http://www.jenessafranco.blogspot.com/
Leeann Pearce: http://thepaintbrushgoesspottie.blogspot.com.au/
Kerryn Fry: http://www.harrysscrappinmum.blogspot.com.au/
Maryam Perez: http://maryamperez.blogspot.com/
Danie Ramirez Diakun: http://scrappydanie.blogspot.ca/
Nicole Martel: http://nicolemartel.blogspot.com/
Vivian Lake: http://www.viviansdesk.blogspot.com/
Clique Kits: https://cliquekits.wordpress.com/

Thank you so much for joining me as part of our hop today. Be sure to leave comments at each stop on the hop to be eligible for the September kit from Clique Kits. You can read our sketch reveal post to find out more about the other prizes being offered for this challenge.

Bicycle built for two

September 9, 2016 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 2 Comments

I have lovely memories of Mom teaching us classic children’s songs while swinging on our back yard swing set. We learned songs such as Frere Jacques, I’m a Little Teapot, Home on the Range, Oh Susanna, and A Bicycle Built for Two (and many more). Good times.

When it came time for Phil and me to dream up a gift idea for our parents’ 25th anniversary, we decided to go for charming and romantic and bought them this bicycle built for two. We were so excited to give them a gift straight from our childhood memories!

Product/technique notes

I designed a template for the sunburst and cut it with my Cameo, then traced and hand cut each pattern based on the template pieces. The patterned papers are from the Adorn It Wildflowers collection. The couple on the bicycle came from the Silhouette store.

In case you can’t tell from the image of the layout, I wrote the lyrics to the song all the way around the edge of their photo.

Move-in day

August 30, 2016 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 6 Comments

We got married in October 1997 and bought our first home in August 1998. At the very same time, Mom and Dad decided to move to a different neighborhood within the same town. We ended up buying our houses within a mile of each other, and I think we even moved in within the same week. What an exciting and tiring time!

In this photo, Matt’s older brother, Tom, is helping us unload more stuff at our new house. My brother, Phil, was also helping and probably took this shot.

Product/technique notes

I followed the Creative Scrappers sketch below and used patterned papers from Pink Paislee’s Hometown Summer 6×6 pack and October Afternoon’s Campire 8×8 pad. They’re both older collections, and I love how well they worked together. I created the background grid of pinked-edged circles and cut it on my Silhouette.

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