Next crop is July 1st!

Looking forward to doing some scrapbook pages, after making cards last time. I've got a few ideas running around in my brain. Hope they come to life, and I can stay awake until midnight. With a late spring my allergies just kicked in. I'd like to get some layouts completed.

June 10th crop!

Last night, instead of cropping scrapbook pages, I made 31 greeting cards. There are no "greetings" on them, as I want to put those on as I use them. Some are obvious, like the baby cards. All are A2 size. I mostly use women's cards, baby & sympathy cards. My family is "small" when it comes to guys. If you have any questions, feel free to email me. Thanks for looking. I always love comments.

 

 

May 13th crop!

On Friday, May 13th, I went to another crop. Had a ball. Took along 24 - 12" x 12" pages that needed to be finished. Each needed something small: journalling, a bit of bling, a missed embellishment that I'd forgotten at home. I got 23 of the 24 pages done. Dumb me took the wrong Cricut cart with me to finish that last page. I finished it at home instead. I also finished putting pics on the pages I made for the 2nd puppy book. Need to do a bit of journaling, but as far as I'm concerned it's finished.

My next crop is on May 27th, and I think I'm going to make greeting cards that night. I need to stock up on cards for the year, and it will give me the opportunity to do that.

17 Hour Crop!

My local scrapbook store had a 17 hour crop beginning at 8 a.m. Saturday morning (April 16), and ending at 1 a.m. Sunday morning (April 17). I didn't make it the whole time. I left about 9 p.m., after hitting a creative block. I couldn't think of one more thing to do with the projects I had brought along. I had made twenty-two 8" x 8" pages, at another crop, for a puppy book featuring my dogs Buddy & Chelsey. When I told Wayne about the pages, he asked me to make him a book, too. So I somewhat recreated those pages for a book for him. I was missing some of the papers and embellishments, but substituted items I did have. I turned out well, I think. I couldn't look at another puppy page once his book was done, so I went over to my son's 8" x 8" Logan High School book, and worked on that. Got a portion of that done.

Anyway, here are the pages from Wayne's puppy book. I may add some more journalling and embellishments before giving it to him.

CLICK ON ANY PICTURE to make it bigger.

 

It begins with Buddy. He loved posing for pictures. Wayne in 1986.

    

Buddy loved having his tummy rubbed. Like the family pic?

    

Buddy loved sitting in our laps, even when he was this big.
He was a smart puppy - He was looking at his Christmas stocking.

    

Such a tired puppy! 
Buddy always wanted to be in the middle of everything, especially when the kids were involved.
Here was a wrestling session with dad.

  

Buddy loved his treats, but especially liked to chew on the 1" slice of tree trunk we removed from our Christmas tree each year.
Just a casual stroll around the yard. 

  

Three more pics of Buddy.
He was a Beagle and Brittany Spaniel mix.

  

Chelsey loved her squeaky toys & pillow.
She would watch at the window or door for the kids, or dad to come home.

  

Another pose of her looking out the window.
Chelsey was a Beagle German Shepherd mix.

  

Playing with Wendy as Andrew looked on.
Taking a break.

  

When she wasn't getting enough attention, Chelsey loved to grab a pillow from the couch and run.
She'd get behind the dining room table, and growl at us if we'd try to take it back.
So tired after Christmas Day gift opening.

  

Another pose on her pillow.
With Dad and Alora.



Scrapbook page ideas

I'm always looking for pages ideas. Here's a list from another blog. Maybe it will help you, too...

My childhood Best Friend.
Clothing styles when I was 16.
We went camping....
A typical Saturday for me.
My very first memory
A weekend at grandma's house
My favorite road trip
The first time I kissed a boy
Going to the county fair.
Christmas as a kid
My childhood house
My favorite home as an adult
When I got engaged..
Donuts
What we did all summer.
If I had a day all to myself.
Visiting a foreign country
My hairstyles.
The first time I sewed...
Christmas as a mom.
Reading books to my kids.
My wedding day.
Foods I love.
Foods I hate.
When I was 12....
Childhood pet.
Sports I can play.
I cried.
Grandpa.
5 things I wish I'd done, but I was too scared to.
the first time I voted.
our childhood car.
I lied.
A trip to the beach.
I was in the school play.
Hidden talents.
songs I still have memorized.
the price of food from a grocery store.
Someone I love passed away.
My baby was born.

Scrapfest - Bazzill

This is where we waited the longest - 40 minutes, but it was worth it. This page is gorgeous in real life. Embossed background paper, green pin-dot scalloped paper, embossed red paper, and I love their bling. LOL  May use this one for some family group pictures from the last couple Christmases. 12 x 12 page.

While we waited in line for this one, The Glue Girl from Glue Arts was giving away glue samples, but gave Barb a Glue Glider. How lucky. :)

Scrapfest - Bo Bunny

We got to make this really cute scrapbook page. It was quick to make, and the staff at the booth was wonderful. I'm thinking this one will be a great page for my grand-daughter's school days. 12 x 12 size.

Alora's first day of preschool!

This layout is Alora's first day of preschool. Can't believe she was only 3 1/2 in these pictures. Oh, how she's grown. No Cricut on this one. Sorry

Another Layout!

This layout will be the other part of the LO below. I hand cut the sun, used a punch for the eyes, and a parenthesis for the mouth. The type is "Jumbo" from Lyrical Letters. Cut at 1", only lowercase letters.

Crop has come and gone!

Had a wonderful time at the crop. I arrived just as Barb was getting there. We picked out tables for the three of us, and set up shop. Sharon arrived about 2:30. The food was great (potluck), and got to see what different women were making. There were 20 of us at this crop. One woman was working on vintage/heritage pages, one was working on pictures of her grandchildren and using Toy Story stickers. Sharon was working on Freedom Honor Flight pictures, and Barb was working on "1993" pictures. I managed to (mostly) make 9 pages. A couple of my pages didn't get completed because I was either missing embellishments, journaling, or a couple pics. I felt I did well, under the circumstances. I'll post those later.

The title comes from the Cricut Carousel cart, cut at 1". Use full pressure, but slow down the cut. Comes out better. Peanuts were made with a DS design from Okie, embossed with Cuttlebug Mini Mosiac embossing folder, and DTP with oregano ink.