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Post by grammadee on Mar 8, 2020 3:44:37 GMT
Looks like a good start to the month for alot of crafty people!
So far I have finished 10 pages this weekend, and another one is drying to be photographed tomorrow. I have been hanging out over at the MEGAcrop thread, but will be back here by Monday to post my pages and leave some love.
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Post by AussieMeg on Mar 8, 2020 12:50:02 GMT
This is my layout for the Sketchy Saturday March 7th sketch. I used the 'Birthday Wishes {Boy}' kit by Ooh La La Scraps.  |
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Post by gmcwife1 on Mar 8, 2020 16:19:51 GMT
I’m keeping this weekends projects here just so I can find them when I get home. My last four cards I made yesterday. I used the two sheets of paper with large daisies on them for my quick base and then the cut apart words.  |
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Post by grammadee on Mar 8, 2020 18:47:47 GMT
i apologize in advance for flooding this thread with my pages from this crop weekend, but I finished 13 pages and want to have them shared here as a group so I can calculate the points (and double them!) before tomorrow evening. I will be gone much of tomorrow, so... I will share a couple of LO's per post, starting with the first two pager I completed on Friday:  Heart & Hustle by Gramma Dee, on Flickr  Work hard Play harder by Gramma Dee, on Flickr POINTS: 4 pages created and shared (8). The first LO was a response to the March sketch/scraplift challenge (1), These are all SPORTS pages (4), #7 Green (2), #10 pic's on first 2 pages are from January 2020 (2), #11 I don't live in either of these places (4), #24 I used corner punches on the 2nd LO (2), and diecut chevrons on the 1st (2), #25 Each page of the first LO has pastels, a sport, and other people's viewpoint to meet sleepingbooty's Friday crop challenges (6), #28 navy is pretty neutral (2), #33 three patterns on first two pages (4), #38 masculine pages (4), #45 three photos on first LO (1), and on each page of second (2), #47 stickers (4), #48 love these gusy (4), #49 I pieced that penguin! (1), #52 circles (2), #57 torn edges (2), handwriting (2), #58 scraps (3). Total: 62, doubled for doing this during the crop = 124 points! |
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Post by grammadee on Mar 8, 2020 18:50:05 GMT
And the next two... These are pages about my 9 year old dgd who also plays hockey.  Silver, Baby! by Gramma Dee, on Flickr  Hockey Tryouts by Gramma Dee, on Flickr POINTS: four pages created and shared (8). Sketchy Saturday challenge for 1st LO (1). #6 Be a sport (4), #7 green (1), #9 Both LO's were based on my Pins (4) #10 current photos on first LO (5), #11 I don't live where these girls do (4), #13 I chose stars (2), #23 two fonts in title on first one (1), #25 diecut stars (2), #25 MEGAcrop challenges brushing (2), Mars theme--Sport (4), Wordy (1), Metallics (2), layering (2) #29 PL cards (1) #33 patterns (4), #35 Stamp (1) #38 stars (2), chevrons (2), #45 Photo heavy (2), #47 stickers (3), #48 I love these girls (4), #50 embossing (2), #52 circle (1), #53 vellum (3), #57 handwriting (2), fussy cut logo (1), torn edges (2), #58 scraps (2). Total: 75. Double points for crop weekend = 150 points! |
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Post by grammadee on Mar 8, 2020 18:53:26 GMT
And the next batch... Her 14-yr-0ld sister also plays--on a pretty competitive female team--and was excited to meet her hero, an olympic gold medal winner:  meeting a Hero by Gramma Dee, on Flickr And back to the boys. This guy just turned 7.  Pucks, Pizza, Pool, & Pancakes by Gramma Dee, on Flickr Points: four pages created & shared (8). #6 sports (4), #9 both LO's based on pins (2), #10 2020 photos (4), #11 not where I live (4), #13 I chose stars (3), #23 fonts in title (9), #24 diecut circles (3), #25 Mega crop challenges Mars--sport (4), Metallics (2), wordy (1), #38 stars (2), #45 three photos per page (3), #47 stickers (4), #48 love these kids (4), #52 circles (2), #53 vellum (1), #55 zig zag (2), #57 handwriting (3), torn edges (2), handcut banners (2). Bonus for 3 on one page (5), #58 scraps (2). Total: 74, doubled = 148. |
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Post by grammadee on Mar 8, 2020 18:56:25 GMT
And for a change of pace, I managed to put together a single page that is NOT hockey! This will go into the vacation album I hope to make for my son's family:  Explore by Gramma Dee, on Flickr POINTS: one page created & shared (2), Simple JOYS for the March Donna challenge (5), #10 January photo (1), #11 on vacation (1), #17 large photo (1), #26 large photo (1), #28 kraft (1), #35 stamps (1), #37 sequins (1), #48 love these girls (1), #50 stamped & embossed (1), #57 torn edges and hand cut stamped pieces (2), #58 scraps (1). Total: 19. Mega crop double 38. I love watching the kids play hockey, but I have to admit that scrapping the hockey can get a bit repetative, especially when you leave them all winter to do all at once... So it was a wonderful relief to take a moment and do a page highlighting such a peaceful photo! |
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Post by gramma on Mar 8, 2020 23:30:19 GMT
This weekend's cards. These are simple prints of Annie Lange's art with a short sentiment on them. I really like her work  IMG_4497 by CLAUDIA LOVELESS, on Flickr |
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Post by Linda on Mar 9, 2020 1:45:39 GMT
AussieMeg - love the red/black/white colourscheme and all the stars gmcwife1 - cards look great - great use of the daisy paper - I struggle with those large designs also so I appreciate the inspiration grammadee - great layouts - I'll catch you on the crop thread gramma - fun cards - I see why you like her work
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Post by joblackford on Mar 9, 2020 2:14:47 GMT
I have been playing around with all the things and finishing nothing this weekend, but I did manage one - an upcycled card I found in an old journal. I cut the front panel out with a stitched rectangle die, cut a piece of almost identical pink colored cardstock to cover up the odd sentiment that was on here ("there's always something, isn't there?"), and added one of the hello die cuts and some gold hearts I had stashed away. It's going in my box for Bring Smiles to Seniors this week. http://instagram.com/p/B9fbp1pJ2P5 |
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Post by Linda on Mar 9, 2020 2:49:33 GMT
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Post by AussieMeg on Mar 9, 2020 11:25:46 GMT
This is a scraplift of a layout that I found online. I used the 'Memories: February 2018' by Neia Scraps.  |
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Post by Linda on Mar 9, 2020 13:37:55 GMT
gorgeous layout AussieMeg - I lvoe the colours and the way you split the photo across the page |
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Post by angel97701 on Mar 10, 2020 0:45:57 GMT
Sharing this today as it just went live on my blog. Completed it on March 1st, so it doesn't qualify for the MEGAA crop so am posting it here.
As with many of my layouts I give brief descriptions on my blog along with details of the creative process. Since I am used to posting it all there and know I have a few readers I will continue that practice. Posting details on Flickr or other places is just more time that I would rather spend crafting!
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Post by Linda on Mar 10, 2020 0:59:24 GMT
angel97701 - gorgeous butterfly pictures - I love how you incorporated butterflies with your embellishments and PP but the photos stay the star!
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Post by nylene on Mar 10, 2020 18:11:22 GMT
A quick page I did last night. I apologize for being behind in commenting. I will eventually catch up.  Cub Scouts 2018 joblackford , I don't know anything about "Bring Smiles to Seniors Week", but I AM a Senior and your card brought me a smile this morning! |
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Post by KikiPea on Mar 10, 2020 20:27:34 GMT
Not playing this month, but thought I’d share since I was able to scrap a little.
I used art crayons to watercolor the black and cream fussy cut flowers , butterflies and tiny bees. The background is Vicki Boutin’s original premade mixed media pad as well as a couple of her older paper collections. Love it!
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Post by grammadee on Mar 10, 2020 22:48:10 GMT
Looks like people are still crafting away... I need to go back and leave love for creations shared here and on the Crop thread and the Gallery. Lots of eye candy!
I spent yesterday shopping and doing errands. Today I have been [trying] to get some order into this scrap room. Actually got quite a bit accomplished today: all the pp and cs is stored away. art and card making supplies are in piles, ready to be sorted tomorrow.
This afternoon I started going through printed photos, deciding what I was likely to scrap in the future, and the fate of those pic's that probably will not be seeing a page soon--or ever. Found some pic's I had taken last spring that I decided needed to be scrapped, so I have a couple of pages laid out ready to be put together tomorrow. I had actually tucked into the photo envelope a couple of packages of stickers and a PL card I think one of the peas posted last year for the spring crop 2019. So all I really had to do today was find some pp and cs that matched. Hoping to finish and post in the morning before getting back into sorting and putting stuff away again...
Going out for supper with friends this evening. Talk to you later...
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Post by joblackford on Mar 10, 2020 23:56:23 GMT
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Post by joblackford on Mar 11, 2020 1:30:31 GMT
Because today has been an exercise in frustration... I finished 8 cards in this design (light colored distress ink smooshed backgrounds, cut file design with a little yellow blended over the top) and it took me all afternoon because I couldn't get the settings quite right on my ScanNCut so I was having to go back with a craft knife to tidy up lots of those tiny cuts... and now I went online to mail them to the charity and find that the little box is going to cost $20 in postage! So I'm going to unpack that perfectly packed box and use a priority flat mail box to save $5 but if I'm going to do that I may as well put a lot more cards in (it's a much bigger box) so... yeah. Today did not go quite as I had planned. But the cards turned out quite pretty. If I'd been able to get the cuts right I was going to make a LOT more. Maybe tomorrow will be more successful. I'm going to go read a book now. http://instagram.com/p/B9kpTD5gwHn |
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Post by gramma on Mar 11, 2020 4:25:35 GMT
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Post by grammadee on Mar 11, 2020 15:36:48 GMT
Finished this 2 pager this morning for the March Donna challenge. I found these photos yesterday. They were taken and printed last spring, and I had tucked them away with a printout of a MEGA crop 2019 card that LisaDV posted for us for that crop, some layered stickers and some artist themed wood veneer. I guess I just got busy scrapping other things when the crop was over and never got back to these. I guess there IS benefit to doing a deeper clean...
 Crafting is my SUPER Power by Gramma Dee, on Flickr
POINTS: two pages created & shared (4). Donna Challenge--Simple Joys--(5), #7 lots of greens here (2), #19 clusters (2), #21 spring colours, (2) #23 3 fonts in title (3), #24 corner punch (1), #29 PL cards (2), #32 two clusters if 3 (5), #33 patterns: (3) patterns for page one, and two for page two (1), #45 3+ photos (1), #46 pop up stickers on both pages (2), #48 love these little guys (2) + used hearts (2), , #57 handwriting (1),. Total: 37 |
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Post by grammadee on Mar 11, 2020 15:54:59 GMT
Catching up on comments... KikiPea, your page is beautiful, beginning with that gorgeous photo. Perfect stickers. Awesome layering and clustering, as usual. I love how you used the art crayons on the flowers to carry through from the VB artsy background! joblackford, I love the mottled background behind those diecut eggs. Looks just like the coloured Easter eggs we do with the kids. And who could not grin opening that pug card! What a perfect photo of the pup with one ear up for a Hello card! Think I caught the rest on Flickr. I need to go back to the MEGA crop thread to look at everyone's Sunday/Monday posts. |
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Post by grammadee on Mar 12, 2020 16:55:06 GMT
Seven pages completed so far this morning. Are you ready for another flood of hockey pages? If not, sorry... This first one is my March page for NEXT year's family calendar.  March 2021 by Gramma Dee, on Flickr Went ahead with the new photos received this week and the new papers I picked up on Monday and put these two pages together for this winter's scrapbook:  Goalie Dreams by Gramma Dee, on Flickr Then I decided to scrap these photos from 2017 I found during my deep clean this week with combined new and old hockey papers & supplies I have all over my counter. I decided to let the hockey cards be the journaling. points: three pages created & shared (6), #6 sports pages (3), #10 All Feb & March photos (3), #13 used stars (2), #16 Washi on first page (3) #23 two fonts in title (2), #38 stars (2), seven photos, so two sets of 3 (2), #47 stickers (2), #48 love this guy (2), #57 handwriting (2), fussy cut & tore journaling strips (1). Total: 31  Beauty smooth as ICE by Gramma
Dee, on Flickr POINTS: two pages completed and shared (4). #5 two pages balanced, #6 sports (2), #7 used some green (2), #11 not where I live (2), #23 two fonts (2), #33 three patterns each page (3)#46 pucks are popped up (2), #47 word & phrase stickers (2), #57 hand written title work. (1). TotaL: 20. And back to my goal to scrap the hockey pages from this season for all the kids...  Ready Able & Sweaty by Gramma Dee, on Flickr POINTS: two pages completed and shared (4), #6 sports (2), #11 not where I live (3), #13 i listed stars (2), two fonts for title (2), #24 corner punch (1), #38 stars (2), Just Scrapbook Customs (2), #45 ten photos, so (3), #47 stickers (2), #47 love this guy (2), #57 handwrote journaling (2), tore a mat (1), fussy cut journaling block (1), Bonus (5), #49 frame (1). Total: 35 |
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Post by grammadee on Mar 12, 2020 18:33:44 GMT
And two more... I started with lilacgal 's 29-4-29 challenge for Day 20, and attempted a lift of a page by AussieMeg for the right hand page.  Practice is Boring by Gramma Dee, on Flickr POINTS: two pages created & shared (4). #1 this was a scraplift for day 20 with twist (5), #6 sports (2), #11 not where I live (2), #23 four fonts in title (3), #24 diecut heart. (1), #33 three patterns on each page (4), #38 pinstripes, arrows and chevrons (2), #45 three photos (1), #47 stickers (2), #48 love these guys (2), #52 circle (1), #57 handwriting (2), #58 scraps (2). Total: 33 |
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Post by nylene on Mar 12, 2020 22:11:03 GMT
teacherlisa , cute way to get both a cute card and a great envelope with the same cut. Very clever. Linda , I love your college page and the sentiment about choosing things close to your dream. Doesn’t it feel good to finish a layout that has been sitting a while?~ Your pieroggis and soda page looks like lots of little simple joys. I hope you counted it for the Donna Challenge.~I had to laugh that your paper was as old as the college student. Unfortunately, I have some of those too. LOL~ I love the design on your Earrings page. You did a fabulous job interpreting that sketch.~LOL on the “bra” card! I think I caught the others in individual threads.~ I love your sunflower card. Are those fingerprints on the background? ~ It’s fun to see your face shining out from this thread! christinec68 , grammadee , AussieMeg , angel97701 and gramma , I will catch your works in the gallery. gmcwife1 , your Tuesday Morning paper cards are beautiful. I especially love the white frame on some of them. You are a card making machine!~ I love the cut aparts you have used as card fronts. That gold looks so rich!~ Those last daisy cards are really pretty. I love the different sentiments on them. KikiPea , your Fort Worth page is gorgeous. The photo is beautiful and your use of the pink on the background is perfect. Love the way you did the title on the shape of Texas. Lovely. joblackford , I love your puppy card and appreciate the links to the Cards for Seniors. Your cut out eggs are amazing. I’m sorry you had to do a lot of hand cutting. I love the background inking you did. Simply beautiful work.
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Post by nylene on Mar 13, 2020 2:42:20 GMT
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Post by joblackford on Mar 14, 2020 0:19:35 GMT
I managed to make another 6 of the Easter egg cards with slightly more success/less frustration than the other day. Yesterday I also made some quick cards using one of the older Sheetload of Cards sketches and some of the Jenn Hadfield paper I have leftover from my fall crafting. I made 13 cards for Bring Smiles to Seniors. I was really quite happy with how the Gina K sentiment mini stamp set I won in an Instagram giveaway worked for these.  March donation cards by jo.blackford, on Flickr |
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Post by kitbop on Mar 14, 2020 19:58:20 GMT
Happy to have another page done - I had this sitting on my desk for over a week - thank GOODNESS I was using a sketch or I would never have remembered what I was doing when I got back to it! I forced myself to finish it up before I let myself unpack my purchases from my LSS yesterday  (but I did use some new thickers - the "ministry" and "silly" are both found in ONE package of thickers and they are an awesome size). And the stitching at the top isn't that wiggly in real life - the paper is warped from my mixed media background! I tried to digitally straighten it a bit, but it made the stitching way wonky.  layout ministry of silly waterfall walks by kirstendrew, on Flickr |
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Post by Linda on Mar 14, 2020 23:05:02 GMT
looks like I'm behind on commenting - I'll try and come back this evening and catch up working on photos from my most recent photo order (March 2020 pics)  |
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Bring Smiles to Seniors is a charity that sends handmade cards out to seniors around the country. 
(but I did use some new thickers - the "ministry" and "silly" are both found in ONE package of thickers and they are an awesome size). And the stitching at the top isn't that wiggly in real life - the paper is warped from my mixed media background! I tried to digitally straighten it a bit, but it made the stitching way wonky.