28-4-28 Day 14 - This or That

What a great LO Chinagirl828 I love everything about it! Great photo too, it's stunning! Looking forward to this challenge thank you!

I love your layout Chinagirl828 and I am going to a retreat this weekend so I can already picture what I can do for this challenge.

Great Challenge, Chinagirl828 ! Thank you. That layout couldn't be more perfect for Valentine's Day.

Here's mine. I scrapped someone I love (Oh is holding the cat), a special paper I've been keeping for ages because I LOVE it (Altenew Reflections kit) and that got me digging out some old BG tags & things I was also hoarding for special. Stripes, puffy stickers and some hoarded number rub-ons I've been keeping forever!



stinkerbelle I love the whole LO, everything is awesome! Great work hun!

Nice challenge. And I love your layout!

Lovely page! Love the colour scheme. Your dgk's will love the Then & Now photos.

Good job on using up that paper pad!

Here's mine. It's not a Valentine, but it's someone I love, on a paper I've been saving for the perfect project, with stripes
(on the orange paper), chipboard, stamps, and fussy cutting (instead of punches.) What's funny is that I cut that paper down awhile ago and set it aside with the photos, and I used the scraps before I used the bigger block of paper.




Chinagirl828, what a beautiful photo to capture the moment. I love the way you dressed the page with the black ribbon and the glittery dots.

stinkerbelle, oh that smile!

kiwigirl, another stunning page - all that color against the black and white.

@elaynef, it's beautiful. I love that you included the wedding photos along with the anniversary photo.

mamakoala, sweet and simple, and a great way to use up scraps! I like the sunshine in your title.

Thanks for the challenge Chinagirl828 - I like being pushed a little. I got out my inks and acrylics for this one 

It's the shortened version of Pangynaskeia, which is a word someone made up in the 1800's for use by Mount Holyoke College ( a women's college.) It was proposed and rejected ( imagine that! ) as a potential name for the school. In the 1970's, students made up a school holiday, and gave it the name. A blurb I found says it's "a word loosely defined as 'cultivating the total world of women - physical, intellectual, and moral.'" There's sunshine, a May pole, and ice cream.

950nancy yes he does!! that was my ds12 about 5 years ago--always a showboat, and now he's in theatre--surprise surprise!!! LOL

I don't remember the name of it, but it was from My Mind's Eye.

Chinagirl828, your layout couldn't be more perfect for Valentine's day. I love that great big photo. Such cute sweethearts!

stinkerbelle, those photos are just delightful. I love the doily in the background and the cute little banner. Such a wonderful Valentine layout.

kiwigirl, I love the bright pink splashed background with your black and white stripes. Such a dramatic color scheme for those you love (I'm counting the cat too.) You did a wonderful job on this.

@elaynef, I love your 50 years layout. I need to do that too. We were too poor for wedding photos, but have some of later that day. Thanks for the inspiration. I'm going to have to do some digging. Congrats on 50 years and a beautiful layout to prove it.

mamakoala, I love this page. Your cascading circles from corner to corner are very classy. I had the same thought that he looks like your avatar. Great page.

msliz, thanks for the info on Pangy day. We used to do Maypoles like in your photo when we were in Elem. school. Love your photos and your bright floral papers.

I have 2 more photos of my grandsons in the box, so may use the left over papers to make a 2nd page for WW2.
Great job on all the layouts for this challenge and thanks for the challenge, Chinagirl828!

kiwigirl you never disappoint! Love the black frame and the fab watercolor paper, the messy stitching and all the fun bits and bobs. Fantastic page!
@elaynef I’m glad you’re getting use out of the lazy scrapbooker pad! Those photos are wonderful and I’m sure your grandchildren will treasure them
mamakoala love this fun page! That photo made me smile and I love the scattered circles and embellies, the stitching and awesome stamped title!
msliz too funny about the scraps I love your beautiful “special” paper and the overall design of your page
nylene love love your corrugated cardboard border!! The whole page is so much fun!

After a flurry of hunting for things I couldn't find and finding things I had forgotten I owned, here is my 2-pager for this challenge:

What happy looks like by Gramma Dee, on Flickr

Someone I love is the dgd in the photos, and her older sister who took these pic's. I love that these two seem to have a special bond, even beyond that the 15 year old loves to take photos and the 7 year old never saw a camera she didn't want to pose for.
Specialty paper is the mesh. I found it in a drawer of VIP's (very important papers = too pretty to use) while I was looking for some printed vellum that seems to have escaped. Even the photos kind of fit in the "special" category. I have had them since October, but could not figure out how to showcase them properly until now.
The dots are on the pp.
Used a heart punch I had lying on my counter after the last project. But I ended up heat embossing, too, when my original plan to use the Minc on the stamped butterflies did not turn out the way I had hoped.
No chipboard. I substituted some of the diecuts from the paper pack. I had planned to pop them up, but then just glued them flat.
Took me awhile to locate these SU! stamps I have had for years.

This was quite a scrappy workout, but I love the pages that resulted. Thanks, Chinagirl828 for the challenge!