vintage photos

Cub

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

The story

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.

My 9th birthday party

August 7, 2020 By Janice Daquila-Pardo Leave a Comment

The story

I was allowed to invite a few friends over to help me celebrate my birthday in 1975. We gathered in our basement to play games, open presents, and eat cake, and I think it’s easy to tell that I enjoyed every minute of it.

Left to right in the right photo:
Front row: Andrea, Phil, and Regina
Back row: Amy, Christine, Meg, and me

Product/technique notes

I created this page for a challenge during the Victoria Marie August online crop, which called for making it about yourself. I used products from the Echo Park Birthday Wishes collection.

Last first day

October 2, 2018 By Janice Daquila-Pardo Leave a Comment

The story

This was the last of our traditional first-day-of-school photo shoots—Phil and me at the start of our senior year in the fall of 1984.

The sketch

This sketch is made for either three photos or one center photo and some surrounding patterned paper or journaling cards. If you make a layout based on this sketch, please link it up at the end of this post; I would just love to see what you’ve made with it.

Product/technique notes

I created this page with products from the Glitz Design Yours Truly collection and designed/cut the title with my Silhouette.

Love you

May 25, 2018 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 1 Comment

The story

I have always really loved this photo of my mom and dad from Easter 1983, but it had terrible color and extreme shadows and highlights. I have color corrected and tweaked it a few times over the years, but I had not printed it to scrap because I was never happy with the results.

Then I recently realized that converting it to black-and-white might camouflage some of those problems, making it good enough to print. BINGO!

Product/technique notes

I created this page with three of the patterns from the AdornIt Chamberry collection, which I have been hoarding for too many years awaiting the right photo. The glitter Thickers title, hand sewing, and punched butterflies are all I thought it needed to complete the look.

Plan on being my favorite always

May 21, 2018 By Janice Daquila-Pardo Leave a Comment

The story

This is my mom and dad celebrating their first Easter as a married couple in 1966. They were pregnant with me and spent the day with family in Pennsylvania. In this shot they had just finished dinner at Nana and Papa’s house. I love their sweet faces.

Product/technique notes

Several years ago I made a layout using a folding technique taken from a Cathedral Window quilt design. The page is called “The Lord God made them all,” and I loved it enough that I decided to scraplift myself for this one. I wanted to let the folded design steal the show, so I kept the rest simple—just a stamped title and a tiny blue butterfly. The patterned paper is from the DCWV Spring Bloom stack.