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Tahitian Terrace

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Tahitian Terrace 1968

The story

In 1968 Mom got on a plane with two babies in tow and flew to California to visit family. I was 19 months, and Phil was 5 months, so that must have been fun.

One of the excursions the family took was to Disneyland, where Mom posed for this photo outside one of its many restaurants.

Product/technique notes

Most of the products for this page came from the Simple Stories’ You Are Here collection, with a few diecuts thrown in from Dear Lizzy’s Happy Place. I created the title on my Silhouette.

I followed this sketch by Laura Whitaker from Stuck?! Sketches:
Stuck Sketches bonus sketch for February 15, 2018

Easter together 1983

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Easter together 1983

The story

Aunt Mary Lou and Earl lived only two hours away in Pennsylvania, so we had many happy visits from them over the years. But my maternal grandparents lived far away in California, which meant we saw them but rarely over the years. That makes this 1983 photo op, just after we had all returned from Easter Mass, pretty special.

Also worth noting is that Mom sewed my darling two-piece outfit.

Product/technique notes

I created this page for the “Frost the Cake” Paper Issues spring crop challenge, which required that we use stripes of either patterned paper or paint for the page’s background.

I used papers from the Simple Stories Faith and American Crafts Welcome Spring collections.

Dirt castles

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Dirt castles

The story

My husband lived in Michigan until the age of 12, when his mom moved the family to the mountains of North Carolina. In these photos, circa 1979, Matt is building and populating dirt castles in their new (huge) front yard in NC. What a cutie!

Product/technique notes

I created this page for the “This or That” Paper Issues spring crop challenge. This required the use of one or the other, but not both of each pair below:
1. all cardstock or all patterned paper; 2. 4 of the same size circle or 4 of the same size rectangles; 3. silver or gold; 4. hand journaling or typed journaling; 5. enamels or flair, 6. ephemera or chipboard; 7. ribbon or twine; 8. matted photo or frame; 9. 3 photos or 2 photos; 10. sun or camera

I used papers from Bo Bunny, Jillibean Soup, and DCWV and created the title on my Silhouette.

Crafty & happy: DT layout for Stuck?! Sketches

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Crafty & happy

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

March 15 2018 Stuck?! Sketches

The story

Our mom is a K-8 teacher, so growing up we always had lots of school and art supplies at the ready for a crafty session or a school project.

What I love about this October 1973 photo she took of us painting is 1) how focused we are on our projects (very serious faces), and 2) all the little details I remember so well about our basement that we spent so much time in. In the front left corner is a blackboard that we wrote on constantly. In fact, I often kept it filled with the newest menu items at my make-believe restaurant. In the back left is the desk where I remember Daddy writing checks and doing other adult tasks. The dress hanging from the ceiling is one of many that Mom lovingly sewed for me over the years. The chest of drawers that you can seen beyond me was where Mom kept all her fabrics, patterns, and sewing notions. The white brick chimney framing the right side of the photo is where they used to shovel in the coal to heat the house (when it was newly built—not when we lived there!).

Product/technique notes

I used products from Echo Park’s I’d Rather Be Crafting collection, DCWV’s Spring Bloom stack, Crate Paper’s Craft Market collection, and The Paper Studio. That camera flair is old American Crafts.

Frosty winter walk: DT layout for Stuck?! Sketches

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Frosty winter walk

Today Stuck?! Sketches launches our first challenge of February. Grab the sketch and play along for prizes from Accent Scrapbooking and Scrapbook Nerd.

Stuck?! Sketches February 1 2018 sketch

The story

All I know about this photo is that it’s 15-year-old me out on a winter walk. I don’t know exactly who I was with or where we were. But I like it, so I scrapped it.

Product/technique notes

I used patterned paper and stickers from Echo Park’s Wintertime collection. The snowflake circle is a cut file from the Silhouette store, and I designed the title to cut on my Cameo, as well.