We R Memory Keepers

Mother’s Day 2016 brunch: DT layout for Stuck?! Sketches

June 1, 2016 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 3 Comments

Today Stuck?! Sketches launches our first challenge of June! Grab the sketch and play along for a $25 chipboard pack from A2Z Scraplets or a $20 gift certificate from ScrapMuch.

The story

My baby bro is so good about snapping photos to send to me when I’m not around for an event. This one is of the moment before he and Mom dug into their Mother’s Day brunch feast. I wish I could have been there to celebrate with them.

Product/technique notes

I used patterned paper and stickers from the We R Memory Keepers Farmer’s Market collection, crocheted around the edge of the circle to add some extra texture, and stamped and colored the coffee cup (using Copics) to stand in for the U in BRUNCH.

Heading out on our daily walk

March 19, 2016 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 2 Comments

Matt and I were heading out the front door to take our evening walk, when I made him stop so I could photograph our feet. He thought it was silly, but I thought it would be a great way to document this routine of ours. Nothing is too silly to do if you have a scrapbook page in mind—am I right?

Product/technique notes

I used patterned paper from the We R Notable collection and designed/cut the title on the Silhouette. The Meet me in the sunshine diecut is from Amy Tangerine, and the flair is from Panda Eight.

Fall, my favorite: DT layout for Stuck?! Sketches

October 14, 2015 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 2 Comments

Today Stuck?! Sketches launches a new challenge. Why not play along with us using our October 15th sketch for some wonderful prizes from Lindy’s Stamp Gang and Scrapmatts?

Matt and I dogsat Spenser for Mom and Dad one autumn 1999 weekend while they took a little antiquing trip. I couldn’t resist taking a photo of my two guys with the changing leaves in the background.

Product/technique notes

Most of the patterned papers are from the We R Memory Keepers Autumn Splendor collection. The pumpkin die cuts behind the title are from the Silhouette store, and I designed the title to cut on the Silhouette as well.

A walk in the woods: DT layout for Stuck?! Sketches

August 1, 2015 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 1 Comment

Today Stuck?! Sketches is revealing its new sketch challenge for August, and you’re going to love the design team layouts for this one. Please join us over at the blog and allow the sketch and the design team inspire you to play along. We have great sponsor prizes up for grabs.

This circa 1977 photo is of my husband and his family stopping for a rest while on a hike on the Appalachian Trail in North Carolina. Matt is the cutie on the left leaning on the tree (with attitude).

Product/technique notes

I used patterned papers from LYB “Fern & Forest,” My Little Shoebox “Green,” Pebbles “Lakeside” and We R Memory Keepers “Happy Campers” collections. The chipboard pieces are from Crate Paper “The Pier” and “Story Teller.” Then I designed and cut the title on my Silhouette.

Homegrown

May 30, 2015 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 4 Comments

I have these summer memories from my childhood of Mom getting breakfast set up for me and my brother (usually cereal, I think) and then throwing on her robe, getting herself a fresh shot of coffee and heading outside to make the rounds. She would walk slowly around the house to check on how all her flowers were doing. I remember the daisies, marigolds and mums most.

I can’t say why that’s always stayed with me. Perhaps because she did it so routinely that I could hardly forget it. Perhaps because I thought it was a weird thing to do first thing in the morning. Perhaps I was a little embarrassed that she was in her robe and people might see her (you know how easy it is to embarrass kids of a certain age). I don’t know! But I can say that it has become a fond memory for me.

Last summer when I went to visit my mom, I watched her watering her plants one day and it pulled up that summer morning memory. Time for a few photos…

Product/technique notes

I created this page using patterns from the We R Memory Keepers “Farmer’s Market” collection and this My Scraps and More May sketch.