Day One Layouts

I didn't have a scrap space for several months, because I was in the process of the first of two moves for me this year.  Fortunately, in my current home, I also have two big IKEA desks that I have put together for my home office/craft space and they will follow me this fall when I move again.  Going on Vacation really got me excited about playing with supplies again (and I am also feeling certain that I will fall prey to the new planner trend fairly soon).  So, I present to you a couple of  layouts that I have completed about our first day on the road.

Calico County

This restaurant is something of a legend in my family.  When I was in high school, we lived in Farmington, New Mexico and all of our extended family was here "at home" in Fort Worth.  Countless times we drove through Amarillo to Fort Worth and many of those stops involved dinner or lunch at Calico County.  It had been a good 20-something years since our last visit.  It was a required stop on the trip.

Supplies:   Carta Bella

Stagecoach Driver

My niece, Ellie, is very fond of having her picture taken.  We saw this little stagecoach and team somewhere in New Mexico at a filling station!  We went in to buy snacks and Ellie required that either her mother or me go back to the car and get some sort of camera in order to take her picture with them. It was a REQUIREMENT!

Supplies:  patterned paper, border sticker, and tin pin - October Afternoon; ticket embellishment - Jenny Bowlin; letter stickers and horse chipboard sticker - American Crafts;  stickers - October Afternoon, Crate Paper

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Happy NSD!

Hi all...It has been months since I've posted anything new.  Life has simply gotten in the way!  I've been scrapbooking quite a bit lately, but I've also started knitting again.  I'll be posting those projects too.  Right now I'm on a scarf knitting kick.  I really want to learn how to crochet, but beyond making my first chain, I can't get it figured out!  If you have any good crocheting links, please feel free to share!

Meanwhile, here's my first posted layout in some time!

Ka-Ching

I don't do many two pages layouts anymore and in fact, now find them very intimidating despite the fact that I used to be pretty much exclusively a two-page scrapbooker.

I loved these photos of my niece, The Musher, that I took of her playing with her Dora the Explorer cash register last spring.  (BTW, you'll be seeing that Minnie Mouse shirt in a lot of my layouts.  I bought it for her in Dublin in 2012 and she got quite a bit of mileage from it - including when we went to WDW last summer).

I'm super in love with American Crafts #Summer line and created this layout using mostly products from that line.  It's definitely in my top 5 favorite lines EVER!  

Supplies:  patterned paper - American Crafts; die cuts - American Crafts, Crate Paper, Elle's Studio, Studio Calico; chipboard heart - October Afternoon; letter stickers - American Crafts;  flair - American Crafts; button - Jillibean Soup; brad - Echo Park; stars - Studio Calico; flag - Basic Grey

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Daisy & Donald

We got to Disney's Hollywood Studios pretty early before opening this particular day.  We were waiting in line and many of the characters appeared to entertain the masses before the park opened.  Ellie didn't get her photo with Daisy and Donald, but I did get a picture of them signing autographs for a random collection of children!

Supplies:  patterned paper - Echo Park, My Mind's Eye, Pebbles;  chipboard - American Crafts, Pebbles; flower & bow - Crate Paper; brads - My Mind's Eye;  flair - A Flair For Badges; die cuts - Pink Paislee; enamel dots - My Mind's Eye;  letter stickers - American Crafts

Another Disney Project

I feel as if all I scrapbook lately is Disney, Disney, Disney.  Granted, I have been to the World that I love FIVE times in the last eight years, and haven't completed a single album of a trip yet!  I did something a little bit different this time and have just been printing my Disney photos out a day of the trip at a time.  So, as of right now, I only have 2 days printed.  I'm working on lots of layouts of Animal Kingdom and Hollywood Studios!

We just happened to catch Sully heading to the backstage area after visiting with some of his fans at Disney Hollywood Studios.  We didn't get to chat with him, but I did grab this snapshot!

I didn't go as embellishment crazy on this layout as I normally do lately.  I just didn't feel like it needed it (maybe no layout really NEEDS it, but I do enjoy layering on the gizmos so) because the title really takes a lot of focus due to the design of the Thickers Alpha I used.

It Was a Drive-By Sully-ing

Supplies:  patterned paper - Basic Grey, Bella Boulevard, Studio Calico; arrow stickers - Studio Calico; flair - October Afternoon; enamel dots - My Mind's Eye; geotag sticker - Skipping5; letter stickers - American Crafts, October Afternoon; pull tag - American Crafts (Amy Tangerine line)

More Disney layouts, some Christmas, and hopefully some December Daily coming soon!  Thanks for stopping by!  

December Daily 2012 - LOTS of Photos!!

Hi Long-Lost Friends!  I know it's been forever since last I left you some words of wisdom (or foolishness, you choose).

I have been incredibly busy.  I started back to work in August and also started dating someone new a week before that, so there's been little time for my blogging venture.  I am still scrapbooking, but not as much as I once was.  Well, until recently, anyway.  I've been doing more and more as of late.

Since December is just around the corner, I thought I would share my 2012 (now completed!!!) December Daily on the blog today.  Also, for inquiring minds, here is a link to my 2011 December Daily.

For this album, I used a mad plethora of supplies.  I ordered Studio Calico's December Daily kit last year and used the 4x6 album that came with it.  In addition to the SC kit, as well as their Wonderland line,  I used products from October Afternoon, Echo Park, Crate Paper, Ormolu, Evalicious, Cosmo Cricket, American Crafts, Lily Bee, Freckled Fawn, and some older products such as Daisy D's and some older SEI.

Just thinking about all the items that went into the album is overwhelming, so there is no way I'd be able to list them all.  However, if you have any questions about a particular product, please feel free to inquire via email or in the comments.

As you can see, I managed to fill this album to the brim, so I had to take the pages out in order to get somewhat clean shots.  The pages are shown below in chronological order.

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I made the base pages last November.  I had about 1/3 of the album complete before Christmas last year and finished it up a couple of weeks ago.  I'm working on the base pages for this year's December Daily now and will post those soon.  

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