"English Dapper Dan" using KaiserCraft 75 Cents collection

Can you believe it?  May is almost over and we will begin the 6th month of 2013 in just a few days.  Me either.  Another thing that is shocking is the fact that I made 3 scrapbook layouts this month :)  I have really enjoyed getting back to creating layouts and am excited to keep it up; I am hoping to start Project Life here soon so I can try to get caught a little quicker - I have heard some great things about it.

This was another fun layout to create because the story behind was too precious not to scrapbook it.  I was talking with a friend who has been watching Patrick grow from overseas the past few years (Karen lives in the UK and I do believe she is his inspiration on speaking with a British accent - we are determined to see her one day) and she told me that I needed to scrapbook this moment, so I did.

I also used washi tape for the first time and ran out of room on my journal section, so I placed the date on the washi tape (I will be using that stuff more in the coming days.  Here is what I wrote to tell about this page, "Patrick has always enjoyed talking in different accents and has mastered his British.  The kids at school dared Patrick to come as a "British Dapper Dan" and he met the challenge."  He had so much fun at the dance and I can see him going into the dance talking British and everyone surprised that he actually did it (they still don't know him very well after all these years).  I really believe this kid could be great as an actor - notice the funny expression on the second photo (silly boy).   I also tried something new on the photo and really like how it turned out - it has been edited using the pencil sketch edit - really neat.

Here's a full picture of this fun layout and am excited about showing you more of my crazy and wonderful family coming soon.

I hope you enjoy the rest of your week.  It is starting to warm up here in SC and I am not looking forward to the heat, but am not going to complain because I am blessed we have different seasons here.  Please head over to The Hens Den and take a look at what Charlie offers in her awesome store.

Graphic 45 - Signature Series antique moss cardstock

KaiserCraft 75 Cents 6x6 paper pad
KaiserCraft 75 Cents collectables
Petaloo embellishment brads - Shades of White
KaiserCraft 75 Cents Paper Blooms - Black

Dynamic Duos Challenge 54 reminder

I wanted to remind everyone there is still time to join in on the fun over at Dynamic Duos Challenge Blog. This week, we are using bashful blue and midnight must (if you don't have those specific colors, you can use anything close to it). You have until Thursday at noon (PDT).

Can't wait to see you there.

Janet

Dynamic Duos #54 - Bashful Blue and Midnight Muse

Happy Saturday everyone:

This week was a long one and I believe that is because Monday is a holiday and we have that one extra day off and that's why it was dragging, but the weekend is here :).  Dynamic Duos new challenge is here too and I do hope you will join in the fun this week.  Aren't these the best colors together?  I really like them. 

I have tons of birthdays coming up in June and do believe I am going to continue using this card as my go to because it was so much fun to make and was so simple.  This was the first time using this stamp set and know it will be used often.

I hope you all have a great weekend.  We want to thank all the servicemen, women and their families for the sacrifices they provide everyday to  keep us safe - you are all in our prayers and thoughts every single day. 

Janet

Supplies:
SU bashful blue, midnight muse and whisper white cardstock
SU Madison Avenue stamp set and Made for You stamp set
SU bashful blue and midnight muse ink
Lil' Inker Designs stitched rectangle dies
SU Fancy Fan embossing folder
SU midnight muse satin stitched ribbon 

Dynamic Duos Challenge #53

Good morning:

I wanted to remind everyone there is still time to join in on the fun over at Dynamic Duos Challenge Blog. This week, we are using pacific point and basic black along with the option of creating a card with a kid's theme (fun times). You have until Thursday at noon (PDT).

 

Can't wait to see you there.

Janet

Dynamic Duos #53 Challenge

Happy weekend everyone :)  I hope you are all having a great start to this wonderful weekend.  

Wow, it has been a week and as I was telling my design team members earlier this week, my mojo just decided to walk off and leave me Monday.  I tried hard for several days to get it back, but it wasn't happening.  When I started talking with them via Facebook, they were so supportive and gave me some great suggestions and encouragement, which got me through it (thank you ladies).  Well, that's enough about me, let's talk about this wonderful challenge.  These colors are perfect for this week's dessert option - "kid themed" card.  While my card really isn't geared toward a small kid, a teenager is still a kid, right?  I think so.  The wonderful part about this is that Patrick has a friend who is celebrating his birthday Monday, so this week's challenge is perfect timing especially since I had lost my mojo.  His friend is a drummer and when I went searching in my stamp sets for a drum set, I couldn't find one, so Google became my friend real quick.  Since he is a teenager, I needed to find something that was "epic" (that's the new it word, I take it, because Patrick is using it all the time for things I consider cool) and Patrick loved this, so I printed it off and touched it up a little with some markers.  The drumsticks are toothpicks (like the idea of using household items for creations, don't you?)  I hope Patrick's friend will like it - Patrick seemed to.

Okay everyone, head over to Dynamic Duos and let's see what wonderful creations you're make by using these two colors, but neutrals (skin tones, etc.) are okay to use.  If you don't have these exact colors, use something as close to them as you can.  I can't wait to see what you're going to show us.

Janet

SU whisper white, pacific point and black cardstock

SU pacific point and black ink

SU curly cute stamp set

Spellbinders square die

yellow toothpicks

"Goofy" love using KaiserCraft 75 cents collection

KaiserCraft 75 Cents 

... of "GOOFY" love 12 x 12 layout 

Chic Sketch #2 by Lori McClellan 

This month brings us a new sketch created by Lori McClellan (I always look forward to her sketches because they are so creative and makes me think, which is a good thing).  Don't you just love it.   

I once again used the fabulous kit Charlie sent me and even though it screamed "vintage" to me, knew I could still use it in a fun way.  If you recall in my last post, I did the left side of Lori's sketch using photos from the wedding day of Jim's parents, my parents and our wedding.

On my second page, I took pictures of our 3 wonderful kids and showed you the funny side to these three and yes, each one of them are goofy to the core.  I had so much fun doing this page - seeing how their goofiness change over the years not only made me laugh but brought tears to my eyes.  I was going to do younger photos of them, but after looking at the previous page, thought that since I did that already, needed to do recent photos of the kids.

Once I put all the wonderful little embellishments on there, I realized there was something missing.  I had made one flower in the left corner, but thought another one would put it all together and yep, it did.  I also went around the paper edges and distressed them to break up the black cardstock so it won't look so hard.

Here is the final page and a picture of both of them together.  I really had fun putting these together and love them because it represents not only the love of my family but the fun we have with our younger generation.

Instead of putting them in my album, they are sitting on the top of my bookshelf proudly being displayed.

Hope you have a wonderful day and head over to The Hen's Den and take a look at what Charlie offers in the store.  

Janet

Graphic 45 - Signature Series black cardstock
KaiserCraft 75 Cents 6x6 paper pad
KaiserCraft 75 Cents collectables
Petaloo embellishment brads - Shades of White
Petaloo Penny Lane flowers - antique gold 

Dynamic Duos #52 Happy Anniversary reminder

Good evening:

I wanted to remind everyone there is still time to join in on the fun over at Dynamic Duos Challenge Blog.  This week, we are celebrating Dynamic Duos one year anniversary (Woo-Hoo).  You can pick any color combo from the past 12 months to come up with something fantastic.  You have until Thursday at noon (PDT).

Can't wait to see you there.

Janet

Happy Anniversary Dynamic Duos

Happy weekend everyone :)

Well, today is a big day because it is Dynamic Duos' first year anniversary.  Can you believe it's been one year already?  No, I can't either.

In honor of this achievement  you can create anything using a past color combination - how fun is that.  I tell you, going back to decide on just one combination was very hard because they are all so wonderful.  After much deliberation, came with us this one.  I have always enjoyed using browns in my cards because you can pretty much use it with any other color out there, which makes it so easy to use.

Here is my card for this week and I hope you will all join in on the fun we are having over at Dynamic Duos.  Happy One Year Anniversary !!!

Here are a few things to remember:

1)   the challenge ends on Thursdays at noon (PDT);

2)  any project is welcome ... paper crafts, scrapbooking, digital ...;

3)  please only use the two colors listed for the challenge.  Neutrals

     are welcome;

4)  you can combine this challenge with as many other challenges

     as you would like except other color challenges; and

5)  please add our graphic to your blog with a link back to us.

Thanks everyone and I hope you have an outstanding weekend.  I'm going to be doing a lot of creating since it is supposed to be rainy and yucky all weekend, but I'm not going to complain :)

Janet

Dynamic Duo #51 Reminder

Good morning:

I wanted to remind everyone there is still time to join in on the fun over at Dynamic Duos Challenge Blog.  You have until Thursday at noon (PDT) to create something with this weeks color combo.

Can't wait to see you there.

Janet

Generations using KaiserCraft 75 cents

KaiserCraft 75 Cents 

Generations 12 x 12 layout 

Chic Sketch #2 by Lori McClellan 

This month brings us a new sketch created by Lori McClellan (I always look forward to her sketches because they are so creative and makes me think, which is a good thing).  Don't you just love it.   

Charlie sent me such a wonderful kit this month to use and when I saw it, "vintage" screamed out at me :)  I haven't created a vintage feel layout before, so it took me some time to figure out which pictures to use, but my wonderful daughter Elizabeth helped me with that.  Once she did, the layout came together.  I just LOVE it.

It was really fun going through and finding photos of the weddings of me and Jim, my parents and Jim's parents - such memories.

Putting all the embellishments on this page was a lot of fun as well; KaiserCraft 75 cents and Petaloo flowers made it so easy because they are wonderful and beautiful.

I will show you the other portion of this sketch on my next post - it was fun putting that one together too and I know you'll understand once you see it.  Head over to The Hen's Den and take a look at what Charlie offers in the store.  

Please have a great Monday and I'll see you soon.

Janet

Graphic 45 - Signature Series peach and black cardstock
KaiserCraft 75 Cents 6x6 paper pad
KaiserCraft 75 Cents collectables
Petaloo embellishment brads - Shades of White
Petaloo Penny Lane flowers - antique gold 

Dynamic Duos Challenge

Happy weekend everyone :)  I hope you are all having a great start to this wonderful weekend.  I have two exciting things happening today.  

The first being my debut as a design team member for Dynamic Duos Challenge Blog and I am still walking on air.  I have to tell you that at first I wasn't too sure if I could get these two colors to work for me, but after sitting down and laying it out, was like, yep, this is going to work out great (I also had help using the Seize The Birthday sketch from a few weeks back, which I really enjoyed).   

I used the Quint-Essential Flower Stamp Set and thought I was going to be able to use the punch that goes with it, but alas, I don't have it, so I used a scalloped edge spellbinder circle to cut them out and layer, topped it off the a button and bakers twine (love that stuff).  I really enjoyed the layer strips - it was fun putting those together.

Now, the fun part begins :)  You get to create a project using these great colors; we do ask that you use only those two colors shown, but neutrals (skin tones, etc.) are okay to use.  If you don't have these exact colors, use something as close to them as you can.  I can't wait to see what you're going to show us.

On to the second part of this great weekend, our daughter Elizabeth is graduating from Columbia College today and we are so very proud of her.  She is going to be a high school language arts teacher and have to give her props for taking that on.  Elizabeth, we are very happy for you and know you are going to go far in the goals you have set for yourself.  Love you.

Janet

SU whisper white cardstock

SU baja breeze and daffodil delight designer paper

SU daffodil delight ink

SU baja breeze ink

SU Quint Essential Flower stamp

SU Well-scripted happy birthday stamp

SU designer button and brads

Spellbinders scalloped circle die

Baker's twine in yellow and blue