Fishing Pocket Page and Scrapbook Layout

Today I have a Pocket page layout from my nephew's book.

I cut out the sentiment using my Cricut.

The cartridge is called Just Because Cards. 

Size 3.5 on GCD cardstock.

The fish die-cut is by Dies...To Die for.

The word "now" are alphabet stamps by Stampin Up.

This is another one with pictures taken at our cottage.

The title and anchor were cut with my Cricut.

Letter stamps by Lawn Fawn.

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A card for a Young Lady with a blue star background

I made this for a young lady in the family and then forgot to send it.

The yellow paper was dry embossed with a Swiss Dot Cuttlebug embossing folder. I inked it lightly with olive green distress ink.

The little girl image is a digital stamp. I would have to look way into the deepest part of my computer to find out the artist. 

I colored her in with Copic markers

The brad is by Creative Imagination.

The die-cut stars are cut out with Quickutz 

The patterned paper is by Studio G

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Poop Emoji with new embossing folder that cuts too

I think this would be a great belated happy birthday card.

I bought this type of embossing folder that also cuts shapes out of the dry embossing. 

It is by Sizzix and they are called Impresslits-cute name. The poop die-cut was made with my Cricut. This card didn't need anything else. The one I used for this card has a square cut out of the middle. It also includes a couple of sentiments and a few other embellishments. I inked the entire dry embossed areas with Distress Oxide ink. I had to find a way to cover the white core of the paper that cracked when it went thru the Gemini to be dry embossed. User error. I wasn't sure of what plates to use together.

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July Calendar layout MVP

July 2021 Groh calendar
PP-Quick Quotes.
Stars from stash.
Hats-Cricut CM Sports cartridge.
IDK how to keep these organized.
Ugh! It will all work out.

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Christmas card Scrapbook Layouts Aqua and Black

Here's another layout for my Christmas card scrapbook.

I found these scraps of patterned paper and found that they worked the photo. They are all pieced together to form this grid like background. See below.

Here's the background that I made for the above layout. 

The patterned papers that I remember are:

The vines with leaves-My Mind’s Eye 

The darkest patterned paper of any of the others-Deja Views 

And

The lower left-Recollections.

The border at the bottom is from patterned paper.

The circle punch-Creative Memories 

Date sticker-SRM stickers.

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Manly Monday Brown handmade background paper cards

The buck stamp is by Close to My Heart and I lightly colored him in with colored pencils. The edges of the image have been inked with distress ink. The sentiment stamp is unknown As you know I’m using up some scraps from my stash and this is mostly made from cardstock but they are a few patterned papers and the companies in this background are by Me and My Big Ideas, Close to my Heart, Tim Holtz, Deja Views, K and Co, The frame around the paper is by Pebbles. 

I had to flip the image of the background so that it was in the same direction as the cards.

This next card is my second brown handmade background. It is mostly made of scraps from my stash. The only patterned papers are the farthest left and those are by K and Company and Creative Memories 

The lion stamp is by Close to My Heart. 

I colored him in with Copic markers and colored pencils and inked the edges of the image with distress ink. 

The patterned paper around the image is by Pebbles. I tore the edges of the patterned paper and also inked the edges with distress ink. 

Christmas in July Blue Noel Christmas card

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Mad Hatter Card

Recently, I watched all of the Alice in Wonderland movies which inspired me to make an Un-Birthday card.

All of the stamps are by Lawn Fawn. I colored the images in with Copic markers. Then with my fingers crossed and a small prayer, I used the matching dies to cut them out. 

Well, I'm going with close enough on these cups.

The sentiment is mostly by Lawn Fawn. I wrote in the words: very, Un, and 10/6.

The die-cut-Hat was cut using my Cricut

The duckpin has no significance to the movie. It was just the only pin I had.

The patterned paper is a pre-made card base by K and Co. 

IT SUCKS AS A CARD BASE!

You open it, set it on the table, and it slides right down. Grrr!

I could have done something to fix it but I wanted to get it in the mailbox on Monday because I knew the recipient was going away this weekend.

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June Calendar Layout-Cherish

June 2019 my brother's calendar layout-Cherish

PP and some stickers by Creative Memories.
Cork stickers by Simple Stories.

The patterned paper says it all and not much more is needed.

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Multiple layered Flower Pink Card

I can't totally explain the pictures because I have PT. Let's just say getting the gromet and the brad in the middle was a challenge because I could not use my Crop-o-dile.

The sentiment stamp is from a dollar bin from Michael's and stamped in white pigment ink by SU

The die-cuts-Spellbinders

The patterned paper is by Sunborn

The master plan has been set as you can see in the photo below.

And here is the pretty card again.

Previous post with these flowers

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Manly Monday Wall Senior pictures of Spencer

I have a layout for Manly Monday as well as a chatty post.

This is my nephew Spencer. I replaced his 11th-grade picture on the wall with his senior pictures on this layout. Honestly, I don't like the layout of the wall. It's too busy. But I don't have time to replace it, so it is what it is.

Patterned paper-MAMBI, Close to my Heart, and Tim Holtz.

The pennant stickers were by Jolee's. They were the last ones in the package. It felt good to finish a package of stickers.

The handmade pennants use scraps of paper by Creative Memories.

The "class of" letters are Lawn Fawn.

The Spencer stamp is by...I can't find it. Do you remember when they had things with your name on them? As kids, my siblings and I always looked for our names anywhere they had things with names on them. My siblings' names were easy to find, Brian, John, and Jenny. Although, Jenny could only be found as Jennifer and my name was a challenge to find Cindy, not Cynthia.

Well, I found the names of family members on stamps. I bought all of them that I could find. 

You don't see names on things anymore. With so many unique names and the way people spell "normal" names not the normal way, I can only imagine that name stamps are a thing of the past.

My niece's name would be in the group of normal names spelled wrong.

Evelyn, right? No.

Evalynn.

Anyway,

Sorry I have been MIA.

My dog had to be put to sleep. That was big and really hard. But I can say, it is getting easier. Yet there are certain things that cue a tear or two.

Next thing,

My nephew's open house was last weekend and I FINISHED the books on time!!!

I was really proud of myself and proud of the books. They turned out fabulous. Like, I'm really excited to have completed the books on time, ON TIME!

I will have a lot to post and I hope you like them.

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Calendar Layout Wednesday Picnic area at the Cottage

June 2019 Cottage calendar-Picnic Area

Background pp- EK Success

All other paper behind pics and accents-The Paper Loft

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Calendar page Wednesday Daddy Layout

I have so many calendar scrapbook layouts that I haven't posted and would like to.

So Wednesday will be my day for the calendar layouts and will coincide with that month.

I will be posting calendar pages from 2019, 2020, and 2021 calendars. I make calendars for my brother, for our cottage, and for our home. You might even see calendars from earlier years.

I posted one last week and here's week 2:

June-The Paper Studio and Sunborn patterned paper. Cardstock by Coordinations, Recollections, and Oriental Trading Co. Cricut title.

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Puppy Thinking of You Up-cycled Card

This first card:

The background paper is a Kleenex box. 

The dog stamp is an old one by Stampin Up. I colored him with Copic markers and then cut him out with a square punch.

The triangle pattern around him is a border sticker by Mrs. Grossman that I cut down to match the shape of the square die-cut that is by Spellbinders.

The white die cut is unknown.

The card is jam-packed with layers but, I think someone will like it. I want the sentiment on the inside to say something like sending you happy mail.

 

Second Card:

The puppies and the sentiment are from a store-bought card

I used a dog foot stamp for the bottom 

This last card,

A long time ago while standing in line at Michael's I found this dog stamp in the dollar bin that was perfectly placed where a waiting customer could look through it.

I colored it in with Copic markers

The background patterned paper is by Die Cuts with a View 

The patterned paper on the tag is by Provo Craft (Very, Very, Very old paper! Look at me, using my stash. Oh yay!)

I cut out the tag with my Cricut

The brad is by Around the Block

The doghouse and bowl buttons are by Dress it Up

This card will need to go into a padded envelope with extra postage.

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Manly Monday Rockets and Stars card

There are no stamps on this card. I did use distress ink around the edges.

The star die-cuts are by Gina Marie 

The patterned paper is by October Afternoon and Provo Craft.

Nothing special. I made it for a birthday card request on the Facebook group. A little boy likes space and planets and this is what I was able to do. 

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Arizona Trip 2010

A scrapbook layout today.

The border stamp on the left lower white cardstock is by TPC Studios in SU ink.

I had to put the alphabet letters to spell Arizona to cover the seam. 

The word Riley is Lawn Fawn alphabet stamp set.

Family Vacation, Having Fun and the little dots are stickers is by Cloud 9

Word swim is chipboard by Queen and Co.

The Cricut cuts:

On the Go is by Boys will be boys

The state of Arizona came from the image set Arizona

The patterned paper is by Francy Pants and Basic Grey

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Thank you Card for my doctor that includes Medical Die-Cuts

I made and sent this thank you card to my pain doctor

The sentiment is by Hero Arts

The die cuts are by Cricut

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June Calendar Layout Charter Fishing

I'm dedicating Wednesday as a Calendar layout day. I will post June layouts in June and so on but I can't say I will be in order with the years. I'd like to be but unfortunately, I know I won't be able to organize that.

PP-Old MME and DCWV. Font-Quickutz. License plate-Karen Foster. Hooks-Jolee's from 2013. The dates on some of my old products astonish me.

This LO is from the 2021 home calendar.

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Lighthouse card with a stencil background

The stamp by SNP. Sorry, but they are no longer in business. I colored the stamp with distress markers and then stamped it down. The die-cuts are by Sizzix and Spellbinders. I inked the paper with distress ink. The patterned paper is actually a stencil sprayed with Glimmer Mist. Stencil by The Crafters Workshop.

Here's a picture of one part of the background. 

Here are a bunch of different looks with this stamp. 

Apparently, I like this stamp.
2015

2014

2014 a totally different look

2012

2012 Black and white

2012 BLENDS blog hop. Scroll down

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Manly Monday Gabe with his Great-grandparents 2005 Layout

Another layout finished and ready to go into the scrapbook for my nephew.

The letter stamps were bought from Oriental Trading Co. 

The letter stickers are by Freckled Fawn

The vellum sentiment is by K and Co.

The pocket is by Colorbok

The embellishment that says Family and Cousins are from a dollar store.

The circle die-cut with 2005 in it is by Gina Marie

The patterned paper is by The Paper studio (stripes), Basic Grey (blue background), 

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Paper Smooches Snowman Card

Remember when I said I wasn't going to be so chatty on my blog...hmm. The problem is I just get to "talking" to people that love what I love and then I have a hard time stopping. 

I'm trying to get cards/layouts/projects out of drafts, which sounds easy but...I'm not 100% sure that they weren't blogged about. I really don't want to have something posted twice on my blog so I take the time to do a little searching.

Anyway, 

The stamp is by Paper Smooches and I heat embossed it in black and colored it in with powdered chalk mixed with paint.

The sentiment in the left lower corner is a rub-on with included rhinestones from K and Co.

The die-cuts are by Spellbinders. I inked the inside of the white rectangle die-cut before removing the paper from the die.

Corner die-cuts might be a punch (?).

The green glitter polka dot patterned paper is by Doodlebug. 

The background paper is originally white with clear heat embossed snowflakes all around it. I thought it better to ink that paper with blue distress ink to bring the snowflakes to life.

>My guess is I made the 2 snowmen images at the same time but did not put them together onto a card at the same time.

I think the similar way the image was heat embossed and colored in with chalk, then die-cutting with the inking inside the rectangle leads me to believe that. 

2016 Paper Smooches Snowman

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A Snow White card and an Acorn Card using scraps of paper from my stash

I have two similar cards that are I made the frames with scrapes.

The Snow White stamp is by Inkadinkado. I colored her in with Copic markers.

The sentiment is by Mama Elephant.

Frame-It’s mostly cardstock but a few patterned papers By

Cosmo Cricket 

Jillibean Soup

Recollections 

I want to add an apple to the left side where there is a little imperfection in the paper.

The acorn stamp is by Stampin Up. The patterned papers are scraps from my stash. The orange is a Kleenex box.

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Summer Fun 2006 at the cottage scrapbook Layout

This book is of my nephew is coming together. 

In fact, I just scrapbooked his senior picture. 

I'm about to print prom and graduation day pictures.

This layout makes me happy because I was able to use SO many old products from my stash and you can't tell. 

The swimming stamps-Stampin Up 

The sentiment is by-Colorbok (Summer Fun)

There are no die-cut

Border sticker by the sunglasses stamped image-Mrs. Grossman's

Patterned papers by-Crate Papers (shaped background), Provo Craft (wavy blue),  My Mind's Eye (stripes), Queen and Co (polka dots), Unknown (fish paper to the right)

I love the sunglasses stamp. It's on a tab that comes in these ephemera packets and I never use them.

I should find someone to exchange ephemera packs with. I get sick of the same pieces and therefore only use a small portion of them. Anyway, Blah, Blah, Blah.

Distress markers colored on the back of the rubber stamps allow me to get multiple colors on my stamps.

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Deep Red Stamp Selfie Card

The girl stamp is by Deep Red Stamps.

 Colored in with Copic Markers.

I used a Wink of Stella on her earrings and necklace.

Everything else is from my stash.

Here's another card with the same girl

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