gramma
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Post by gramma on Jul 19, 2020 16:05:47 GMT
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kitbop
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Post by kitbop on Jul 19, 2020 22:01:59 GMT
I too am so happy to have those google hangouts gramma! I love the graduation layout - although I understand you have issues with tilting pictures  I think the 2 different size grids and the glorious yellow/green contrast make for a great page! This is what I got done last night.  layout stay still please by kirstendrew, on Flickr |
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joyfulnana
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Post by joyfulnana on Jul 20, 2020 1:29:30 GMT
I finished this one in the hangout today. I enjoy them too! We'll be doing on on Sunday's now, which is just the kick I need to get things done!  Just Like Dad by Joyfulnana, on Flickr |
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Post by grammadee on Jul 21, 2020 3:06:14 GMT
Spent some time in the Gallery earlier. Then had computer issues, but I think those are now resolved with a switch to Fire Fox from Microsoft Edge. Trying to catch up on comments here. Starting on page TWO: schroema, I love that your takes on the sketch are both so different. Love the colour blocking and the patterns and colours you chose to do these pages. BTW that cake looks scrumptious! Linda, your documentation of your family activities this spring are really cool. Love the biking page: so fun to see the fun way you guys interact. That space launch page from screen shots is amazing. Love that Mothers' Day table. And your butterfly photos are phenomenal. Good to see you scrapping again, teacherlisa. Your affirmations are always nice to see. I think I may have not taken time to snap a photo of a snake in my driveway, though LOL let alone create a page about it! |
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Post by grammadee on Jul 21, 2020 3:48:28 GMT
On to Page THREE: teacherlisa, I love your license plate and the story of how you came to choose it. The chalking and paper strips are a nice touch to the page. Great story about the shared meal. It IS cool to share memories of the good times, favourite foods. Great documentation of the Covid testing line! Linda, I see you have been at it again: so many pages! Love how you used your EP kit. Are you getting them every month? Great T-shirt for a gift. Great that you captured the interaction between Oreo and HIS person! BTW I love his NAME! So purrfect for him! Good job using the timelines as part of your personal family journaling. Your books will be a wonderful archive when all this is over... Love how you have documented the quarantine related--home barber shop--and the maintenance of tradition--the Easter egg colouring. Love all your pages, KikiPea. You are becoming a mixed media master! LOVE that frothy wave/beach effect on the first one! The birthday photos are awesome, and you have scrapped them in really fun ways. As always, I am in awe of your masterful clustering and layering. The photo of you two with the sky pp gives the impression that you are flying free. So cool. |
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schroema
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Jun 24, 2019 14:58:49 GMT
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Post by schroema on Jul 21, 2020 13:02:32 GMT
Ok, whenever I need to get my scrapping groove back I need to check this thread. Just perfect ladies!
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Post by Linda on Jul 21, 2020 15:46:58 GMT
Linda, I see you have been at it again: so many pages! Love how you used your EP kit. Are you getting them every month? Great T-shirt for a gift. Great that you captured the interaction between Oreo and HIS person! BTW I love his NAME! So purrfect for him! Good job using the timelines as part of your personal family journaling. Your books will be a wonderful archive when all this is over... Love how you have documented the quarantine related--home barber shop--and the maintenance of tradition--the Easter egg colouring. Thanks grammadee - I only got the first 3 EP kits then I cancelled. I loved them but I was using them as fast as they were arriving - I still haven't even come close to finishing one of them |
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schroema
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Post by schroema on Jul 21, 2020 21:42:17 GMT
 My stamped title got a little wonky, but I really like the bright colors on this one! This was for the Sketch class and it was a great sketch to use for all the miscellaneous summer pics that didn’t fix in anywhere else in the album. |
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schroema
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Post by schroema on Jul 21, 2020 21:46:04 GMT
Oh and I was inspired by all [mention]kikipea [/mention] ‘s gorgeous paint/ink use to use a dauber to add a little white paint splatter.  |
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Post by Linda on Jul 22, 2020 3:35:21 GMT
gramma - great layouts - love the balloons and grad hats - you always do an awesome job with paper piecing! those big fancy mats on the homecoming page are WOW! kitbop - love the colours, all the kitty details and those awesome cat photos! joyfulnana - love the pops of orange! schroema - I love all those summery colours and I think the stamped title looks great!   
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Post by Linda on Jul 23, 2020 1:44:08 GMT
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Post by joblackford on Jul 23, 2020 15:14:35 GMT
I haven’t been crafting much but some family friends sent a graduation announcement so I made this card for their daughter, heading off to the School of Engineering. Her school colors seemed to be green and gold so I used the end of the paper with those tones instead of the pink blue end I usually prefer. I colored with the 3 alcohol markers I own - they were a free gift - pink, yellow and green. My embossing was a bit messy/overcooked in some spots, so I added some dots which probably made it worse, but overall it came out ok and I hope she likes it.  July card by jo.blackford, on Flickr |
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Post by Linda on Jul 23, 2020 21:37:19 GMT
that's gorgeous joblackford and I see none of the issues you mention - just a elegant, gorgeous butterfly! |
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Post by joblackford on Jul 23, 2020 22:03:04 GMT
that's gorgeous joblackford and I see none of the issues you mention - just a elegant, gorgeous butterfly! Thank you! I know that no one else is judging the bits that I know went a little wrong but of course I still end up pointing them out. I tried to make them "design opportunities" to try out the dots. I pulled out the embossing pen I bought and that actually worked even better than the dot stamps that came with the stamp, which is good to know. I can draw dots! I was impressed that my husband offered to write the card with no input from me (they're his friends) and he just left it to me to add an appropriate stamp (he knew that Hot Wheels postage would detract, hahaha) and of course I added some coordinating washi tape to seal it. And the 18yo recipient is going to be more excited about the hundred bucks we sent anyway, lol. |
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Post by Linda on Jul 23, 2020 22:15:43 GMT
joblackford - we're always our own harshest critics, aren't we? Well done on your dh
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Post by Linda on Jul 24, 2020 1:25:54 GMT
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Post by grammadee on Jul 24, 2020 3:04:37 GMT
Way behind in leaving love--still have 2 or 3 pages to look at more closely and comment... Finally finished some small scrappy projects of my own. I have had this page and the kids' birthday cards in some stage of completion on my desk for a few days. My July calendar page for next year:
Points: one page created & shared (2), #14 used Silhouette for title (1), #12 July photo (2), #13 title and cap layered (2), #16 red/white/blue (1), #18 square & rectangle (2), #25 5x7 pic (1), #29 + bonus for "JULY" (6), #36 SS page kit (1), #47 love (1), #49 inked sky (1), #53 diecut title (1), #55 inked edges (1), #56 SS collection (1). Total: 23.
A bd card for my dgs who will turn 5 in August:  boy on a fence card by Gramma Dee, on Flickr  Boy on a fence inside by Gramma Dee, on Flickr I got that cute little boy diecut in a card kit years ago, and it was hiding with my little boy papers. When I unearthed it a few weeks ago, I thought it looked just like our little guy, so I propped it up on my scrap counter where I would be able to find it. Saw it the other day and decided to build a card around it. Then I decided to create a card for his cousin who will be seven this next month. He loves my Little Green Man stories, so HIS character is a (hopefully) lovable alien that I found in the Silhouette store.  Little green man card by Gramma Dee, on Flickr Today I managed to put ds's bd card together using my new Lawn Fawn slimline card die:
Points: Three cards created & shared (6). Easy Peasy points for three cards (45). Total: 51
Tomorrow I will share one of the four anniversary cards I had to finish this week. Delivered one the other day, and will get the others into the mail tomorrow.
ETA: sorry for the huge images. Working with a different browser, so I guess I need to go back and make sure the Flickr images are sized properly.
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Post by Linda on Jul 24, 2020 3:13:15 GMT
grammadee - love that baseball page- you always do the best sports pages! The cards are awesome - love the numbers counting up to 5 and that adorable alien. The masculine card with the flaps is great - love that red plaid
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schroema
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Post by schroema on Jul 24, 2020 11:23:44 GMT
joblackford I love your card- that’s gorgeous!! Linda I really admire all the little daily moments your include in your scrapbooks. As my kids have gotten older, I don’t take as many pictures and I’ve been trying to do better at that. grammadee very cute baseball page. I love your creative cards as well!
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Post by joblackford on Jul 24, 2020 20:36:27 GMT
grammadee I love your cards! The little boy/5 one especially. Very cool. and how satisfying to finish up some things on your desk. Your baseball page is wonderful too. bold and fun.
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Post by grammadee on Jul 24, 2020 22:14:42 GMT
Here is another flood from me. Sorry! I sent out FOUR of these anniversary cards this week: Points for FOUR cards created & one of them shared (5) plus Easy Peasy for the 4 cards @15 each (60). Total: 65.
And I finished 3 double page BASEBALL LO's while I had the baseball stuff all over my counter. The first page of this one is for last week's Sketchy Saturday:  Baseball Practice Shmactice by Gramma Dee, on Flickr This double page is for THIS week's Sketchy Saturday:  Baseball Hit Run by Gramma Dee, on Flickr And this one I put together with the photos I had left over. The large pic I had printed two of, since I used one for the family calendar. But I wanted this one in my scrapbook, too.
Points: six pages created & shared (12). #1 two different sketchy Saturday challenges (2), three Pic's from Photo challenge--all classic summer (9) #3 seven pics on one of the pages (7), #12 twenty four photos, all from July 2020 (48), #18 & 19 squares & rectangles on all (12), #23 very old LYB (2), #25 5x7 photo (1), #26 cropped photos (5), #37 Word Art from June (1), #47 Love these guys (6), #48 hearts (2), #50 chipboard (2), #52 cluster (1), #55 inked edges (4), #60 scraps (5). Total: 117
I WILL get back to leave love for everyone else, I PROMISE.... |
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Post by Linda on Jul 24, 2020 22:19:48 GMT
grammadee - what beautiful anniversary cards - you've reminded me, my sister's anniversary is coming up and I need to send her a card. The baseball layouts are superb
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nylene
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Post by nylene on Jul 24, 2020 22:26:30 GMT
I think I am getting caught up except for what grammadee posted 8 minutes ago! I still haven't caught all the ones in the gallery, but have seen all the projects on this thread. schroema, your Scenes of Summer grid is really great. I love those tall skinny letters and your addition of white ink. The tilted photos on the left add such movement. Beautiful.~Nice job on your son’s camp projects. I think it really shows all that he accomplished in a little time. That’s a busy project so a busy page is the way to scrap it.~Lots of great photos on your Homestead page. That’s a cool look with stripes across both pages. Perfect colors for outdoors and travel. Nicely done. Linda , I am enjoying all your layouts. Your designs give me ideas since I scrap the same size. I especially love the “I purr, therefore I am” page. I love the colors and that cute photo of Little Friend. ~Cute haircuts on your girls!~ I love that you scrapped about no toilet paper. That’s one of the funniest things about this crazy time! ~ Pretty 4th of July page. I miss having kids living at home right now when holidays roll around and it’s just the 2 of us.~ I love your chess pieces on your page. Is that a new activity since the “shelter in place” or have your kids played chess before?~Cute Easter pages. I love the number of photos you used and the grid pattern.~I love your journaling on Church cancelled. I need to document that too. I miss it! ~Your sheltering in the bathroom page made my heart beat faster. I am so very frightened of wind. I don’t think I could even scrap about it. You are brave!~ Beautiful lemons page. I love the design and the colors. That lemon die cut is perfect.~ I love your Covid documenting and appreciate the link to the timelines. KikiPea , I love the background on your Work Zone page. Who would have guessed it was accidental. Such cute embellishments for this photo. Very fun page.~Your Fall Colors page is gorgeous with the snow capped peaks in the background. Such a beautiful treatment on your background! ~All Packed Up and Ready to Go has the cutest photo. When that boy goes, he takes his world with him. Totally cute and beautifully scrapped. Love that background. teacherlisa , I always love your work. The tag of “glorification of busy” is my favorite. Lots of good self advice here! Congrats on the new grill. I’m glad you got it and learned to use it. Are you enjoying it? |
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Post by joblackford on Jul 24, 2020 23:20:48 GMT
I haven’t been crafting much but some family friends sent a graduation announcement so I made this card for their daughter, heading off to the School of Engineering. Her school colors seemed to be green and gold so I used the end of the paper with those tones instead of the pink blue end I usually prefer. I colored with the 3 alcohol markers I own - they were a free gift - pink, yellow and green. My embossing was a bit messy/overcooked in some spots, so I added some dots which probably made it worse, but overall it came out ok and I hope she likes it. July card by jo.blackford, on Flickr Quoting myself to say, if you like the look of this stamp I just found a cut file that is quite similar, perhaps “inspired by” this design and the price is very reasonable. I might buy it myself because I love the style so much, and it would be so fun to back with patterned paper or vellum colored with markers to give it a stained glass look... www.etsy.com/listing/828209716/butterfly-svg-file-floral-butterfly-svg |
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Post by Linda on Jul 25, 2020 0:41:02 GMT
I love your chess pieces on your page. Is that a new activity since the “shelter in place” or have your kids played chess before? Thank you for all the love on my layouts! My kids have played chess since they were small (5-ish), they don't play often but they do enjoy it. It's not a game I've ever mastered. joblackford - thank you - I'll check that out |
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Post by Linda on Jul 25, 2020 1:48:27 GMT
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nylene
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Post by nylene on Jul 25, 2020 2:08:02 GMT
Linda, I think it's great that your girls can knit. It's becoming a lost art. Great page about it. joblackford, thanks for the link to the butterfly file. I really love what you have done with that stamp!
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Post by Linda on Jul 25, 2020 3:13:33 GMT
Thanks nylene - DD20 knits (she's self-taught - I don't knit), all three can sew although only DD13 has much interest, DD20 tried crocheting but didn't like it. and here's another everyday moment - I would have nothing to scrap if it weren't for everyday moments right now  |
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Post by grammadee on Jul 25, 2020 3:28:52 GMT
Okay, wrapping up comments for page FOUR: Linda, you are a scrapping MACHINE!!! Congrats on getting your Easter photos "in the album" even though holidays are not your favourite topic to scrap. Love all the colours and layers on that orange/brown page, "a", and how the soft blues work on the Stay Safe page. Then you hit us with super bright lime green and lemon yellow! I wish we could grow citrus up here, but sadly they would not like our long winters. schroema, I like the look of your Homestead Life LO. Wish I could see it more clearly and read the journaling. Love that you have so many photos of your vacation experience, yet lots of space left over for scrappy fun. Is that a striped pp you used? Or did you cut those strips? Either way, I like the look. Might need to lift that! teacherlisa, I love your grilling story, and how you scrapped it. Yes, we all can do hard things. We just have to remind ourselves that we are stronger than our doubters believe. Great photos of the food, and that diecut bbq is cute, as are the wooden cutlery. KikiPea, that car LO is darling! What a sweet photo. He is growing up so fast! Great cloud cluster, of course, and the ink splatters are perfect on a little boy page. And then you finish it off with doodled tracks as a border: perfect! LOVE THIS! |
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Post by grammadee on Jul 25, 2020 3:47:13 GMT
And on to leaving some love for projects shared on page FIVE. KikiPea, that "messed up" piece of background paper is the perfect backdrop of the construction page: your sister is right! Love the hits of black and yellow (especially the title and the chevrons) and how you made your own cones to match his trucks. And that fall page is drop dead gorgeous!!! LOVE all the layers, including the ones you created with a stencil, and I love all those shiny brads. Congrats, Linda, on scraping the less than happy experiences of the last few months. Your joy in the other topics really shows with the bold red/white/blue combo on the one July LO and then the bright greens on the other one. Your holiday meal looks delicious BTW. Cute to use gingham for the background of a Chess LO, and adding the diagonal strip on the haircut page is a fun touch. schroema, you are knocking those sketches out of the park! Love how you alternated gridding the pp and the photos, and how you angled the photos on top of the paper grid. I often see ways I could improve a LO after I have posted it. Sometimes I actually DO tweak them before they go into the album. But most of the time, I just tell myself that the best LO is a FINISHED one! |
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IMG_4829 by CLAUDIA LOVELESS, on Flickr
IMG_4827 by CLAUDIA LOVELESS, on Flickr
I think the 2 different size grids and the glorious yellow/green contrast make for a great page! 
