A Multi layered Ladybug Card

Today I have a little any occasion card.

Ladybug stamp by Stampin Up and colored it in with colored pencils

Die-cuts by Spellbinders with matching bling from Want2ScrAp

Paper is from my stash. 

Dry embossing folder by Darice 

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1980 Power tools and Brick Back porch Pocket Page Layouts

I think this 2-page spread is before yesterday's post. It's close enough.

The saw blade and 1980 were cut with my Cricut 

Label stamps and Utensils stamps on the bottom middle card are by Lawn Fawn

Black letter stickers by Tim Holtz

*Note-If you see those stickers anywhere in my room, please point them out to me. I can't find them. Ugh!

The shovel sticker is by Forever in Time

Music notes and fishing stickers from Stickabilities

Border stickers by Creative Memories

Embossing folder by Darice

Patterned paper by Stampin Up, Me and My Big Ideas, and My Mind's Eye

I inked the edges of the saw. He received a power tool as a gift for most occasions. Birthday, Father's Day, and Christmas.

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1980 Building the back porch Scrapbook Pocket page Layouts

There are a lot of pictures in 1980.

I used stamps by Lawn Fawn Harold for name labels and Riley for 1980.

The stickers by Echo Park. It's a Christmas sticker sheet.

The die- cuts are made by my Cricut I inked the edges and put the bricks inside 

I used the negative of the bricks as a stencil in the upper left corner

I used red and green scraps of paper and some square brads

I used the Deep Red Stamps 

Brick Background stamp 

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Elisabeth's 50th birthday Card

I gave this to my friend Elisabeth for her 50th birthday

Gold is the traditional color for 50th wedding anniversaries. 

I used it as the anniversary of her birth.

I've said it before but I have to tell you, I love this gold spray by Ranger

It's called, Perfect Pearls Mists color-Sunflower Sparkle. It's not only beautiful, but it is also useful for the following reason, the gold mist sprays out a bold color that it really helps to cover up imperfections. Such as liquid adhesive that seeps out from under the die-cut and looks horrible.

The sentiment is a sticker from Close to My Heart

The die- cuts were cut using my Cricut. 

The frame is negative from something I cut.

and

The gold flourishes are leftovers from

THIS LAYOUT

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1980 Easter Scrapbook Pocket Pages

This top part is short and sweet, rather to the point.

Whereas the bottom layout description is lengthy. You've been warned.

I used stamps by Lawn Fawn Harold's ABCs for name labels as usual 

I also used these Lawn Fawn stamps:

Violet's ABCs for the first card #1 and #5

Riley's ABCs for the word Easter

The arrow stamp is by Heidi Swapp. 

I would stamp the first time when the ink was its wettest on the outside

Then I'd huff on the stamp and stamp it again moving in toward the center

I think this technique is called generation stamping. 

Please correct me if I'm wrong.

These planner stamp sets are the perfect size for my pocket pages.

The diamonds, squares, and Ampere sign are stickers by Creative Memories

The gold number stickers, 1980, are by Stickabilities (7/8" Hand Drawn)

The cross sticker is by Recollections

Next.

The Brick background stamp is by Deep Red Stamps.

I stamped the above on off-white cardstock and then onto a Lawn Fawn die cut

I lined the bricks up on the paper and the die cut

I was trying to give it a dimensional feel.

My list of Lawn Fawn stamps for this page include:

Of course Harold for the labeling people

The word Easter and the egg are from one of their planner stamp sets

The word birthday is from the Everything stamp set.

The 1980 number stamps are by Stampin Up

I used some square brads in a few cards.

I labeled some of the photos with labels from the computer. 

When there are more people, the stamped labels are too big to fit on the cards. 

Plus I don't have their names already stamped out in different colors on different colored cardstock like I do with the intermediate family. 

When I make one name label for a family member, I make a ton of them.

Honestly, the names are relatively short-Joe, Dan, Paul, Oma, and Opa. 

When I do a Mike label, I switch out the last two letters and do Mimi.

Steve and David are the longest names and sometimes I switch out letters for their names since they both have a v in their names.

Moving on, the green border stickers in the middle row and center bottom row are from Creative Memories

I was pleasantly surprised that I was able to stamp the word birthday on the sticker.

The arrow sticker is by Becky Higgins Project Life.

So here's my WTH rant.

The brick sticker in the corner is by Forever in Time 

I bought at Dollar Tree

This one little pile of bricks sticker is the only one that I could find in my stash.

I have a folder of just "Tools"

I have a Creative memories 3" thick binder of just "Boy Stickers" 

I have a binder with a folder of die-cuts for the male gender

I have a folder for Manly Monday, more masculine crap 

Plus I can't forget all of the other folders and binders that

I went through looking for some damn bricks!

And this one cheapy dollar store sticker is the only one I found.

Thank you for looking and listening to my silly rant.

I looked for and did not find a wheel barrel sticker

This causes me to get more creative in the coming pages.

I'm not sure if I've ever mentioned this but Opa was a bricklayer. 

Hence, the more than usual bricklaying projects in these photos.  

Second Watermelon Card

Second watermelon card. I made the background when I made 

THIS CARD

and I finally put it together.

The border is by Martha Stewart Side Note: I think this border is gone from my stash.

Because I use this border in a pocket page that I have to post. I get excited to finally use up my old stash.

The sentiment stamp by Close to my Heart was white heat embossed onto black cardstock 

The chipboard circle is unknown. I set a large glittery brad in the center. The two green die cuts on the are Spellbinders dies

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1979 Christmas and 1980 Snowstorm Pocket pages

It's 1:35am and my head bobbled and I woke up to see WWWWWWWWWWW

on the screen. Why a W? Not sure.

I will say it's a good indication that I need to go to bed.

The patterned paper is by Echo Park

Spellbinders die cut in the center if the first card

The year is Cricut cut.

Lawn Fawn labeling alphabet Harold

On the second page, the four large 4x6 photo spots are patterned paper by Echo Park.

The 6x6 pad of paper came in handy

The bottom embellishments are from my Mom's stash

The word Dan on the left is a Quickutz die 

 The center square uses most of the 1980's stickers on a sticker sheet.

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Have a great week.

Manly Monday Simple From all of Us Card

This is a simple masculine card 

I used that same striped Paper I used in this layout

The die cuts are by Spellbinders 

The sentiment stamp is from Lawn Fawn

I did ink the white die cut on top to match everything else.

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Little Lamb Baby Card

A baby card for my stash. 

Brown circle  was made with Creative Memories Cutting System

The lamb is a sticker by Martha Stewart

The patterned paper is SOOOO old

It resembles a quilt. Perfect for a baby boy card.

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Lawn Fawn Bicycle cards

This is a single layer card. Not my norm but the pair turned out cute.

I used an old stamp from Lawn Fawn. It is retired. 

The grass stamp is by Lawn Fawns Critters at the Park

The sun is a Unity Stamp Co.

The cloud stamp is by Imaginisce.

I colored in the bikes with Copic Markers.

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1979 Blue Pocket Page Scrapbook layouts

Two very busy pages. Too busy in my opinion.

I used stamps by Lawn Fawn and aunt stamp by SNP

The stickers by Oriental Trading Co, Tim Holtz, and Not so Cute Stickers

The die- cuts in the center square are leftovers from a Cricut cut.

The date was cut out with my Cricut

There's a Project Life card in there

The border is by Sunborn

Rub Ons in the bottom right corner

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Manly Monday Gamer birthday Card

I printed out a bunch of digital stamps years ago

I'm just now getting to coloring them. 

The gamer digital stamp is by Kenny K but they are no longer in business. 

Their images, like this one, are perfect for a boy card

I colored him in with Copic markers

The sentiment is by Stampin Up 

The patterned papers are by Making Memories and K and Co.

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Here are some other cards using the same stamp.

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Small Embossed Flower Bouquet cards

Simple card with Making Memories patterned paper and two chipboard exclamation points by Hiedi Swapp.

The dry embossed flowers are by Cuttlebug.

I inked them with distress ink

I'm not sure where the doily square die cut came from.

This second card...

I liked it better without the big bulky brad sentiment.

It was a soft card like the one above when it was just the embossed flowers

And then I went in and added 

This a metal embellishment that doesn’t match well

Oh well, moving on.

That is a small embossing folder is by Cuttlebug 

I lightly inked it with distress ink.

The die- cuts are by Design Objectives and Spellbinders.

The patterned paper is by Creative Memories-brown

 Making Memories-floral and

 Die Cuts with a view-green

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1978 Cricut Wreath Scrapbook Layout

I love the way this layout turned out. I hope you do too.

I matted the pictures with brown cardstock. The pictures already had a white border.

I used ABC stamps by Lawn Fawn and Oriental Trading Co.

The wreath die cut was made with my Cricut. 

I also cut out 1978 with my Cricut.

 The orangish leaves use an old patterned paper from Provo Crafts. 

The “image” or texture of the paper is that of a carpet.

I inked the edges of the leaves.

The brick patterned paper on the Right is by Recollections 

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Challenge

Bitten by the Bug 2

I can't figure out how to find the name of the image set the wreath is from. Sorry.

Fall Rosette Sunflower Card

The card today is a redo. I received the rosette in a swap ad it had spooky Halloween decorations on it, 

Well I wouldn't have used it so I removed the spooky and added a sunflower sticker

The white embossed background is by Spellbinders

The yellow patterned paper is by Echo Park 

The border punch is by EK Success

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Fall 1978 Scrapbook Layout with the pictures By the Pond

Hi. Thanks for stopping by. 

My layout today is another one for the year1978. It was a big year.

The die- cuts are by Cricut where I used the following cartridges: 

Create a Critter for the pond

Home Decor for the branch and 

Dino Play for the rocks

The patterned paper is by Crate Papers

Letter stickers by Provo Craft called Alphabitties

They look like wood.

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I'm entering the challenges:

The Male Room

And

Bitten by the Bug 2

Feels like Fall

(cartridges are listed in the description.)

Red and Black Graduation Cards

I believe these 2 are the last of the graduation cards.

I used a diploma stamp by Stampin Up

The sentiment is by sticker by Reminisce

The patterned paper is by The Paper Studio

The die- cuts are: Square from eBay, pennant by Lawn Fawn, and borders by Creative Memories.

The black border is not an easy scallop border. 

Here, I will try to explain.

The bottom layer is red Rick-Rack that I used liquid glue to adhere to. I am not a fan of liquid glue, for this reason, the glue seeped out and was visible.

 

I took an old Creative Memories wave border and adhered it on top of a rick rack to cover the glue. 

These borders came together to include the edges of the waves, see the next picture.

I adhered the edge border over the two layers to cover the waves and rick rack because they didn't match up completely and glue from the rick rack was still visible.

Simple easy card with cardstock and a printed sentiment.

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1978 Snow, Family and Friends scrapbook layouts

This layout is different for me because I used a lot of the same product line/collection called Everafter by Cosmo Cricket. 

Normally, I go thru my stash, make a huge mess, and match things up as I go. That works for me because I like to rediscover products. 

The base patterned paper on both layouts is by Crate Paper

First square:

I used 2 journal cards from the set, a date alphabet stamp by Stampin Up, and eyelets on each end.

The second square 

I used alphabet stamps by- Lawn Fawn called Harold

The black alphabet stickers on this layout are all by Tim Holtz 

Third square card 

It uses a journal card from the set

The letter stamps are from Oriental Trading Co

The fun kitchen die- cuts are by Cricut

Border stamp on top and bottom are by Inkadinkado

Next layout:

I was able to use a large amount of the borders from the set to frame the patterned paper (by Craft Paper)

I used a border in the center to separate the top and bottom 

The top half is the actual moving into their new house and the bottom photos show the surrounding areas of the new house plus 40 acres.

I used two journal cards for the set.

The one on the top and center  and the other is bottom right.

I used the Lawn Fawn alphabet- Harold on: Moving Day, the address in the center and Steve's name at the bottom

I used the Lawn Fawn, "Say Cheese, Too" for the word August and 1972 in the bottom right card.

Lawn Fawn's Riley alphabet stamps in the bottom right corner, "Honda 600"

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