Have a Nice Day!

Running a little late this month. This is the card I made for the Monthly Card Sketch over at Paperartistsonline. It's loosely based on a sketch from Papertrey Ink. I used stamps from Close to My Heart. I had been itching to use this Washi Wonder set and I am firmly in love with it now. Will have many uses for it on scrapbook pages and cards. Thanks for coming by.

Hello Story

Last Thursday, I started another class with Big Picture Classes. This one is called Hello Story and is taught by Ali Edwards, a scrapper I have followed for years. She is introducing us to what she calls Storytelling Structures which give us the tools to tell our stories with confidence. She hopes they are designs we can use over and over again. As you may have noticed, I'm not much of a journaler on my layouts but I would like to include more information than I do. I'm hoping by starting with the story in mind, I may achieve that goal. Rather than tacking it on as the last thing when a layout is complete. 

The videos and digital content provided with this class are amazing. I have learned so much already and feel really excited to get these layouts from my head or computer to paper. This first assignment is a Timeline. I chose to make a photo showing the quick change in weather upon our arrival at our motel in Newport, Oregon, last August. This is just a 6x12 photo right now but will be used on a layout depicting more of the story. Just wanted to share it with you so you know I'm doing my homework. More will follow once I pick up my prints at Target. I am so excited about some of these designs.

Blue Bell Lodge

Another South Dakota layout. This one shows Blue Bell Lodge in Custer State Park. It had such a rustic old-timey feel. I loved everything about it. The kit used was Lodge from Club Scrap. No particular sketch. Just wanted to get the photos down and maximize the beautiful design on the paper. Title is computer generated and embellished with a Lodge stamp along with a dragonfly brad. This month I'm doing "things with wings" so I used a dragonfly. I'm not really much for embellishing. One little brad is enough for me. Thanks for stopping in.

Hanblecheyapi

Multi-tasking once again. It is past time for me to post the April scrapbook sketch over at Paperartistsonline. I realized I could use this layout I finished last night so I dug up the sketch and posted it. After the fact. Is that cheating?

Also, I used die cuts from The Stamps of Life so I will be posting it over there for the monthly challenge. The Crazy Daisy dies were colored with gelatos to simulate a stained glass look. 

Again I used gelatos with Club Scrap's Tilescapes stamps to create a bit of texture on the plain blue paper. All papers are from Club Scrap, the same kit. 

The photos were taken at Our Lady of the Sioux in Chamberlain, South Dakota. I was a bit excited to see a stained glass of Kateri Tekakwitha whose biography I read as a child back at Corpus Christi. I thought the Tilescapes paper and stamps worked well with the images. Very daring of me, I handwrote my own journaling. I really don't like to do that but I'm forcing myself to do it. To put a bit of me on my pages. I assume in twenty years, I will say, hey, my handwriting was good back then. Thanks for looking.

Take Another Shot

I loved all of the neon signs in Rapid City so, of course, I had to photograph them. Now that I'm posting, I realize I didn't create any notes describing where these signs are located. So I'll have to get on that. But the layout is essentially finished. I used the Club Scrap Get The Picture kit along with some photography stickers from my stash. And another wood veneer camera from my stash. Perhaps I should copy Shimelle and place a camera on every one of these South Dakota layouts. Perhaps I already have? I should check that. Anyway, I ramble on. Thanks for stopping by.

Wishing You A Snappy Birthday

As Sketch Hostess over at Paperartistsonline, I post a monthly card sketch for the crafters to use if they so desire. It took me all month in March to create my sample but I finally got my act together and made a card from the sketch. It's not super-close to the sketch but I DID use the sketch as my base. I have two not-so-little-anymore girls with birthdays on April 1. I made them both the same card. This feels like cheating but they don't know each other and I'm really really really trying to stay focused on my scrapbooking this year so I think it's okay. 

I used paper from Doodlebug and a stamp and camera dies from My Favorite Things. A little Stickles on the heart. And it's CAMERA month for me so this fits that goal as well. Thanks for looking and for playing along with me.

Corn Palace

This layout was built using Club Scrap papers from the Harvest and Henna kits. The Indian corn cob was cut on the Silhouette and colored with Distress Inks in various browns, yellows and oranges. Photos taken of Mom and me at the World's Only Corn Palace in Mitchell, South Dakota. Such a fun place! And so unsual. All of the murals on the exterior are created from corn product. Sort of like the Rose Parade but done Midwest style.