Throwback Thursday-Birthday Time!

Welcome to another Throwback Thursday where my older stash turns into completed pages!  Today, I have three birthday themed pages to share with you.  Lots of older goodies getting some love on these pages!

The first page uses a paper pack I've had for a very long time and the alpha stickers are even older than the paper!  I even pulled out my butterfly punches and pearls to dress this page up a little/

Pages 2 &3 go together.  While the Disney paper isn't quite as old as some of my other paper pads, I've still had it a while and the flower & leaves have been in a box forever!

Today is the last official student day of school and after all the loose ends are tied up, I will be enjoying a couple of duty free months!  Well, there is that graduation get together, and prepping for two kids heading to college in the fall, but I will definitely have more free time on my hands!

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day!  Don't forget to dig in your crafting stash and make something wonderful!

Page #1 Recipe: Paper-Prima 'Breathe' collection, whisper white, Accessories-bitty butterfly and elegant butterfly punches, pearls, old alpha stickers from stash

Page #2&3 Recipe: Paper-EK Success 'Disney Mickey', whisper white, Accessories-1" & 3/4" circle punches (flower center), silk flower & leaves from stash

Simply Speedy Pages

Hello!  I'm popping in with a quick post of some really simple and speedy pages I made.  We're wrapping up our last week of ELearning and it's keeping me on my toes.  It feels so surreal that next week begins summer vacation for us!  I am planning a major cleaning out of closets and our garage before we start preparations for a family gathering for DD#2 who graduates this year.  Things aren't going like we had planned, but our family has stayed healthy through all of this and for that we are grateful!

On to the pages!  My first page was one I almost didn't make.  I didn't have a photo of DD's performance, but this was a very special opportunity for her choir, so I decided to do a page without photos.  I've also become abnormally excited about recycling the plastic wrappers my various stencils came in.  I cut the top off and use them as clear pockets.  Really simple and basic, but it makes me so happy!

My second page, while simple, was another of my therapy pages.  This was Dad's last Father's Day with us, and we knew at the time that every day was a gift.  He had already exceeded what was considered typical for his situation, and we were thrilled to have extra time with him.  He always loved grilling and I managed to sneak a photo of him giving my DH some tips.  I am so glad my girls will be able to look back on all of these wonderful memories and remember him fondly.

Well, time for me to get back to work! Thanks so much for visiting and have a wonderful day!

Page Recipe #1: Paper-Recollections 'Music Notes' Accessories-stickers from stash

Page Recipe #2: Paper-Woodland Walk DSP SU, Accessories-sticker from stash

Scrapbook Saturday-New Supplies

Hi!  If you read today's title, you may be like "WHAT?! She just told us she was trying to use all of her older stuff!" yeah...  Actually, this little kit was purchased for two good reasons. 1. My friend is doing everything she can to keep functioning during all of this Covid mess and I decided to do my part and order a few things from her.  All stuff I know I will use and some things I really needed.  2. I REALLY love the hexagon stencils that came with this kit!! I literally 'oooohed' when I saw them!

I took a Kiwi Lane class a few months ago, and it was a lot of fun.  I can't say it's my 'go to' style, but I really liked some of the stencils.  So when my friend shared that she had some kits available for pick up, I decided to check them out.  The papers were pretty enough (not that I NEED paper), but as soon as I saw the set of hexagons included in the kit I was sold!!  

I used a tag from the kit for the center of this page.

The tag is loose and pulls out the journaling tab hidden 

behind the photo on the right.

I used 3 of the hexagons on this page.  This also shows

the pretty papers from the kit and another tag.

I hope you don't think too poorly of me and my shopping!  My purchase did get used quickly, so I'm feeling a bit less guilty about that!  Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Page Recipes: Kiwi Lane 'Wild at Heart' kit

Throwback Thursday-Babies and Pizza!

Hi! It's Thursday and that means another throwback day featuring something I've dug out of a drawer or tote and lovingly gave it a new home!  Once again, I've managed two true throwback pages. Everything used is from my older stash!

My first page uses some baby paper that might be as old as my second daughter.  I don't remember buying baby paper since then... I love that there are tiny babies and not so tiny babies sleeping in these photos.  Makes the title much more fun!

Used vellum alpha stickers that are OLD!  Also tucked

a hidden tag behind the bottom right photo.

The second page uses paper from an older kit I won at a crop quite a while back-not sure when!  This was our mini vacation for my nephew's wedding and we HAD to stop at the Lou Malnoti's and Molly's Cupcakes that was across the parking lot of our hotel! Yummy!  I popped up the photo on the left and the date tag to give a little dimension to an otherwise flat page.

I am so glad you stopped by and hope you have a fantastic day!  Tomorrow officially begins my summer vacation from school, so I'll be sleeping in and enjoying my day!!

Page Recipe #1: Paper-unknown maker on baby paper, whisper white, Accessories-old vellum alpha stickers, old sticker to create hidden tag

Page Recipe #2: Paper-Beach Fun paper pack(unknown maker), whisper white (Cricut cut letters)

Throwback Thursday- Christmas Bash

Hi! I am so happy you are here!  I have three throwback pages to share today and they all but used up my hoarded beloved Christmas paper!  When I first started scrapbooking, I would hoard pretty papers and embellishments for just the right pages. Now that I've been doing this for a little while (20 something years), I've learned a few lessons.

1. There will always be more paper/embellishments/ribbon
2. If you keep things too long, sometimes you don't like them anymore.
3. It is a royal pain to move all of those supplies and attempt to organize them when you get a new home.
4. Any page can be the perfect page for pretty paper!

After moving into our new home, I really decided I needed to USE what I have and only buy what I really NEED to have.  Surprisingly, I don't need a lot (probably because I have a scrapbook store's worth of inventory in my craft room), and it's been a bit of an adventure to rediscover my supplies!

Today's pages use some old SU Christmas paper and some gorgeous birds from a dear scrapping friend.  I decided to use the cardinals because the pages are from our first Christmas without Dad.  It made me feel like even though he wasn't in the photos, he was still on those pages.  I've always said paper crafting was my therapy, but these pages were especially healing.

**hidden tags behind the two right photos

**hidden tag behind lower right photo

I was making an effort to use as much of the pattern paper as I could, but there is still enough paper left for another layout and maybe some cards.  I'll have to work on that!

I think everything used on these pages are throwback supplies.  Nothing new that I can see!!

Thanks so much for visiting today!  I hope you find some time to create today!

Page Recipes:  Paper-Holly Berry Bouquet DSP, wild wasabi, real red, very vanilla, Accessories- cardinal embellishments, Martha Stewart greenery punch, wild wasabi ribbon

Cheater's guide to scrapbooking

Hello! I have a bit of a confession to make today.  I sorta kinda cheated on these pages!!  In my quest to use my older papers, I unearthed a set of Debbie Mum premade pages.  Just add photos, tags, and taaaadaaa! Instant scrapbook layout!  I can't even begin to tell you when I bought them, and I'm not sure why I bought them since this usually isn't my thing.

Of course, on the first one I couldn't just add a photo.  I had to add the lettered title and I tucked a little handmade tag behind the photo with some extra journaling.  The second one is pretty much a 'cheat' page.

I don't really have much to say about these except that they were crazy easy and there are two less papers in my use it up tote!

I have been scrapping like a mad woman over the weekend, so I will have lots more to share this week.  Thanks so much for popping in to see me!

A Little Springtime Happy Mail

Hello!  Today could technically count as a Throwback Thursday because I used lots of older goodies to make my springy cards!  These are a few more of the cards I made to send out to friends and family.

I used three different stamp sets for the flowers and another stamp set for the Hello.  This may be the most stamping I have done in quite a while, and I even did some aging on the edges too!  Lots of ink in this post! I'm going to list the stamp names under the cards just to make them easier to identify if you decide you want to hunt Ebay for them!

Blessed Easter- I only inked the tulips, not the sentiment.

Because I Care-this is one of my absolute favorite flower stamps!

Love and Sympathy

On all three images, I inked the stamps with markers to get different colors.  I love this technique, even if I haven't used it in a while.  Such a great way to make a colorful image in one stamp!

Thank you for visiting and I hope you were motivated to pull out some of your old favorites and give them some fresh inky love!  Have a wonderful day!

Card Recipe:  Paper-Tea Party, whisper white, certainly celery, Stamp Sets-Sunshine Sayings, Love & Sympathy, Because I Care, Blessed Easter, Ink-pretty in pink, certainly celery, almost amethyst, crumb cake, early espresso, Accessories-Labels and Ovals framelits, ribbon

A Little Snarkasm...

Hello!  I've recently been making more of an effort to send out thinking of you cards to people.  Some of the cards I've sent have been in my card stash for a really long time and it felt good to find a new home for them.  However, some people just require a specially made card.  Especially when they have a warped sense of humor similar to mine!  I have two wonderful friends who fit this category and my recent purchase of Tim Holtz's Snarky Cat seemed like the perfect starting point!

I stamped the snarky kitty on white cardstock and shaded it with pastels to give it some color without overpowering the stamped image.  A little snarky sentiment above the cat and inside completed this fun card.  I also managed to pull out some really old DSP to create a fun background for the focal piece.

Both friends really enjoyed their extra special cards, and I am really enjoying my time making things for others!  As a bonus, it is also such a great way to eliminate some stress and relax!

Thanks so much for visiting today! I hope you make some time to be creative, snarky or not!!

Card Recipe:  Paper- Rainbow Sherbet DSP, whisper white, Stamp Set-Snarky Cat (TH), Ink-tuxedo black(memento), SU pastels

Scrapbook Sunday-Bittersweet Memories

Hello!  I'm so happy to be sharing a few scrapbook pages again!  I've been working on my youngest DD's albums, but haven't had time to post.  These pages were each a bit bittersweet to make.  The first one made me a little sad realizing that even though we didn't know at the time, it was her last high school spring concert and there won't be one this year when she would be getting recognized as a senior.  The second is a birthday page which always reminds me my babies aren't babies anymore, and the last one has photos of the last Easter we would celebrate with Dad.  Great memories, but still make me a little melancholy.

Once again, the pages are quite basic which tends to be my style.  I love pretty, foofy pages with lots of details, but most days I'm just as happy letting my photos be front and center, and focus more on telling the story.  I'm still on that mission to work through my older stash of paper, stickers, and embellishments, and it felt good to put lots of goodies to good use on these pages.

I've had those metal flowers for quite some time, and

they seemed to work well with this page.  The papers

were from a music theme kit I won at a crop last year.

Not sure where I got the paper, possibly purchased-maybe a freebie...

I rubbed a little white craft ink on the letter stickers to tone them

down to match my page.  I also worked in some old mats and epoxy stickers.

I think everything but the photos are old on this one! I 

worked in a hidden tag behind the bottom left photo.  Been

doing that a lot lately to maximize room for photos!

I'll be back tomorrow with a fun card and hopefully later this week will bring more cards and pages!  Until then, thanks so much for visiting and have a wonderful day!

Page 1 Recipe: Paper Pizazz base, Kaiser Craft On Stage tag, basic black for letters, Accessories-metal flowers from stash

Page 2 Recipe: Amy Tangerine Yes Please, old photo mats DCWV, Accessories, old letter stickers, epoxy stickers

Page 3 Recipe: Prima Sasha collection, Accessories-old vellum letter stickers, old resin eggs from stash

Belated Easter Greetings

Hello! I am so glad you visited today!  I'm a bit behind on sharing my Easter cards, but this whole working from home/remote learning/everyone's home thing has me a bit loopy!  While I don't like the reason, I am counting my blessings that both of my girls are home and actually seem to enjoy being here with their mother!  They have both recently rediscovered that they enjoy baking, gardening, and spending time outdoors.  My oldest has even started a little side hustle doing custom embroidery on sneakers.  She updated an old pair of Cons with a ton of pretty little daisies, and suddenly two of her friends wanted their own sneakers personalized.  It's been a nice past time for her and helps her de-stress from trying to do college lab classes online...

But I digress... Because we're all sheltering in place, I thought sending Easter cards would be a little way to let family know I was thinking about them and maybe brighten their day just a little.  They were super easy (seems to be my 'go to' design lately) with the gorgeous Cottontail paper from Authentique!  I just added a little embossed cardstock, ribbon, and a base, and taadaa!!

Don't you just love those gorgeous vintage Easter images?! So sweet!  Well, I have about 5 projects in the works right now, and they're not getting finished while I'm on here.  Thanks so much for hopping in (see what I did there?!) for a visit!

Card Recipes:  Authentique Cottontail, very vanilla, blushing bride, certainly celery, baked brown sugar, Accessories: square lattice and fancy fan embossing folders, assorted ribbons from stash