The Spring Round Up

Conferences, rodeo and spring crazy kept me busy for the first part of the year, but I did manage to scrap - I just completely forgot to photograph and post things.  Most of these pages are made with various late 2015 and early 2016 Cocoa Daisy kits.  Here we go!

This takes inspiration from Irit Landgraf and her wonderful ability to gather colors on a page.  Its a great way to use embellishments based on color instead of the theme or the actual words.  Happy New Year!  

Since I save the program and such from the annual Girl Scout luncheon (I was a table honoree) I decided to document it, even though there are really no photos.  I wonder why the scrappbooking industry shies away from kelly green . . . .

I was able to stick to my plan of using this super old stamp on a layout (the oval messy ring) by thinking of it as a condensation ring.  I also got a chance to use those cute wood veneer glasses since they sort of went with my sunglasses!  I really struggle with the word sticker sheets - anyone else?  I got one on this page, I need to figure out a way to use more of those since they always come in the kits!

I actually ordered a photo from the rodeo photographer to include on this page since it is the only one that captured the whole grand entry wagon.  I included on of our passes that we had to wear so that gave me the year and the rodeo logo.  Those amazing big letters just screamed "Grand" entry!

So there you have it, what I was doing in the spring.  I just wrapped up a layout about my first Girl Scout Brownie troop investiture way back in 1982.  I know I am jumping around in the decades a lot, but I am just going with it and trying to be super flexible as long as I am making things that make me happy!  I really need to complete the refresh exercise about the projects I have and map out a better plan to concentrate on something . . .

October Round Up

Oh, October, my love/hate relationship with the fall begins with you.  I love the holidays, the sweater weather (though we don't really have that so much in Houston, till February) and the family traditions.  I hate the rush, the projects, the constant struggle to stay on top of things in the fall with work, school, kids, scouts, dance, soccer, etc.  Six months worth of activities, parties, projects, and volunteer work all wrapped into 31 days - days that contain less and less daylight each evening.  But then you give me that pumpkin patch grin and I cave, loving you more each year.  Really, there should be a 12 step program for this.  There was less scrapping in October than September, but it still happened so I am calling that a success.  Here's the round up - which includes a challenge win over on the Cocoa Daisy Blog - oh October, you get me every time.

This was made my my Cocoa Daisy October Kit with pictures from that day at the pumpkin patch.  Love the fox stamp and those leaves fussy cut from patterned paper.  Fall fabulous colors.  

Next up - you know those pages that linger and linger unfinished until something just clicks?  This is one of those.  After the Simper Scrapper Stash Bash earlier this summer, I was cleaning through supplies and pulled out these ancient plastic flowers, sassafras branding strip and what I have left of the Love, Elsie papers and then it just clicked that I had these two random photos waiting to be scrapped and it came together quickly.  Makes me wonder if the stash kit plan shouldn't be used more to target supplies and use them. Hmmmm, need to give that more thought.  

Here's another that has been idling for some time.  And somehow little bits and pieces of leftovers found their way to this patterned paper that had been used for a circle cut out.  It is kinda plain but at the same time doesn't feel like it needs anything.  

To what is currently sitting on my desk. I had intended on a page about what is happening right now and then right now just started happening.  Guess I better get back to that. . . .

The Greece (and Turkey) Album - the start of something

Many of you know that for my 40th - we did a huge trip to Greece and Turkey with family and friends.  It was amazing. The scrapbook is going to be amazing too!

This September's scrap retreat was all about the trip album. Angelia and I were going to work on our books together at the retreat and planned to create things side by side with slightly different photos but the same basic idea.

We started with the My Mind's Eye Hello World collection - we got most of the pieces. This set is travel themed, but not obnoxious. Then we added in random papers that we felt coordinated to add to the pattered paper stash since we couldn't source a ton of the collection and rounded it out with packs of 25 sheets each of Bazzill cardstock in the following colors: Typhoon, Arroyo, Watermelon, Kraft, Turquoise Mist, Navajo, and Beeswax. I found the cardstock at OfficeSupply.com for about $12 a package - I was pretty excited about that.  

We picked up a few other things at the most recent CKC in The Woodlands and then I used stuff from my stash and the 2-3 most recent Cocoa Daisy kits that I had keep myself from using (will power!).  

The other thing we decided up front was to have a few themes. Aside from the coordinated paper colors, one thing was to have an airplane on every page since we flew a ton on this trip. We found this airplane punch on amazon and I'm loving the way it looks.

We also picked up cloud diecuts in several shapes and a set of kraft tags to mark the beginning of each day. We have made it midway on day four and think the combination of things is keeping it pretty cohesive.  

Here is what we got done at retreat. (Clearly I need to add some journaling to come of these - and I will come back and edit this post with some other comments on supplies and thought process when I have time.  But at least these are all photographed!)