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Post by Linda on Jan 10, 2023 3:57:19 GMT
Thank you scrappyrabbit - yes - all the books were a success! And we all spent some time reading that evening in companionable silence. |
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Post by grammadee on Jan 10, 2023 4:01:25 GMT
Photoplay Notting Hill Bookstore PP and cut-apart cards  Such a wonderful family holiday tradition! Perfect papers to scrap the photos with. |
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Post by Linda on Jan 10, 2023 4:40:24 GMT
I think this is an old Sketchtember sketch... stamp is Recollections probably, coloured with Ohuhu markers  |
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Post by grammadee on Jan 10, 2023 15:14:50 GMT
Look at YOU, Linda , colouring that stamped image! Love the photos of people around the table and the alternating reds & greens behind them. And look, gramma: she is tilting elements and still keepiing the page clean and simple. |
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Post by grammadee on Jan 10, 2023 17:18:25 GMT
Here is my LO for this morning. Still working on getting all the Christmas pages done so I can put these crafty supplies back into their corner closet. POINTS: two 12x12 pages, created & shared (44). Four photos scrapped for the Donna challeng (4). S/I-5, 7. Total: 50.
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Post by Shakti on Jan 10, 2023 20:12:55 GMT
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Post by kitbop on Jan 11, 2023 2:15:57 GMT
Gorgeous cards Shakti - I love the diagonal, and the use of the light brown with that gorgeous botanical/floral! grammadee - love in the gallery - stunning! I got 2 finished this weekend thanks to online crops: This one's title is not simply descriptive - it's a line from a song "Land of the Silver Birch" that I thought ALL good Canadians would be familiar with but apparently DH failed my test  It mainly features the Spectrum Sherbet line.  layout blue lake and rocky shore by kirstendrew, on Flickr this is mostly Vicky B "Fernwood", and my brand-new Pinkfresh alpha dies.  layout 5 star dining by kirstendrew, on Flickr |
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Post by Linda on Jan 11, 2023 2:44:39 GMT
kitbop - don't know about Canadians but I sang that song at Girl Scout camp in Rhode Island....and my girls also know it. Beautiful layout and the song lyrics are perfect! Star dining - great picture and I love the layering and clustering. Shakti - pretty cards! grammadee - love all the snowflakes - did you have a snowy Christmas?
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Post by Linda on Jan 11, 2023 3:59:53 GMT
PP is Recollections; Alphas are Bella Blvd (and a generous RAK), cutapart is ??, it's mat is a PL card...also nuvo drops  |
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Post by grammadee on Jan 11, 2023 4:32:33 GMT
Those cards are really cool, Shakti. Do you use a die for those diagonal cuts? Or do you do them at random? I have seen the Jaded Blossom card cutting plates, but have not purchased any of them as yet. Looks like a wonderful family outing at the lake, Linda. That sky & clouds pp is the background. Off to Flickr to take a closer look at your fun pages, kitbop... |
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Post by Shakti on Jan 11, 2023 11:27:33 GMT
Thanks everyone! It was before I got my P6 grammadee. Jennifer McGuire showed the technique to get 2 cards from one stenciled (or whatever) panel. It doesn’t show well in the photo, but the diagonal brown and mushrooms ones use her technique to add texture with a scoreboard (since I didn’t yet have a die cut machine). I thought I didn’t like that print and planned to donate the cards, but I realized yesterday that it’s grown on me. |
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Post by grammadee on Jan 11, 2023 14:58:12 GMT
use her technique to add texture with a scoreboard (since I didn’t yet have a die cut machine). How cool is THAT!? Adding texture old school with a scoring plate and stylus! What a great way to spruce up cs! |
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Post by grammadee on Jan 11, 2023 17:30:08 GMT
played with black backgrounds for my NYE photos. This page will be the January page in my family calendar NEXT year. When the Luna Paste dries, I need to outline the stenciled words. That stencil was too fine for that medium. I had hoped to use VB gold glaze, but the bit I had left in the jar was dried up. So I went with what I had on hand.  January '24 by Gramma Dee, on Flickr And here are the pages for my winter album. Please note that dgs in the photo on the right is blowing on a NYE noisemaker, not downing a bottle of beer, as it may appear... POINTS: three 12x12" pages created & shared (66). Eight photos for the Donna challenge (8). S/I-1. T-2. W/T-6, 8, 11. N/S-7. Total:80.
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Post by craftymom101 on Jan 11, 2023 18:30:49 GMT
 I used the new {Not} Just For Boys “Nostalgia” Limitless kit. |
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Post by scrappyrabbit on Jan 11, 2023 21:34:25 GMT
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Post by grammadee on Jan 12, 2023 18:08:13 GMT
Here is my Birthday themed LO from this morning. Also got to use a PL card, shaped brads, hearts, and buttons as the challenge list gets pared down to fewer options... POINTS: Two 12x12 pages created & shared (44). Six photos for Donna challenge (6). Sketchy Saturday (5). P-3, P-13, Th-11, N/S-11 (4). Total: 59.
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Post by nylene on Jan 12, 2023 18:46:51 GMT
Linda , I love the cut aparts you used with your books layout. I am impressed that every member of your family is a bookworm! ~ Your New Year’s appetizers look delicious. Midnight is just too late for me! ~ Great photos of each family member for Family Together Time. Great job using the photo realistic sky paper. grammadee , I really love all the snowflakes on your Merry & Bright page. You are so creative. ~Your New Year’s pages make me want to spend New Year with you and your family.~ You do birthdays so well in your family. Love those pages. You have love in the gallery. Shakti , your cards are each so nice. I love the design and the way you used the sentiments. The “dots” really add class to the cards. Beautifully done. kitbop , I love both of your pages. You do amazing work! Love left in gallery. craftymom101 , your Out on the Town page is so beautifully eye-catching. I love the colors you have chosen all the embellishments tucked around the page. Your clusters are incredible. scrappyrabbit, great pages. You have love in the gallery. I always love your clusters!
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Post by nylene on Jan 12, 2023 19:59:52 GMT
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Post by Linda on Jan 14, 2023 4:39:29 GMT
Recollections PP, hexagons are a punch and the doilies are a border punch, title is a cut-apart card.  |
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Post by nylene on Jan 14, 2023 15:57:04 GMT
Linda, that photo realistic paper is so perfect behind your photos. I love the way you have anchored it with the green torn borders. Great use of the hexagons. Great job!
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Post by Linda on Jan 14, 2023 16:02:49 GMT
Linda , that photo realistic paper is so perfect behind your photos. I love the way you have anchored it with the green torn borders. Great use of the hexagons. Great job! Thank you nylene - DH picked me up a 180-sheet pad of photo realistic paper at a yard sale before Christmas. Not something I would have bought myself - I find photo-realistic papers hard to work with - but I'm trying to look at it first when choosing papers and I've actually managed to use a few already - this layout included. |
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Post by nylene on Jan 14, 2023 16:26:56 GMT
Linda , that photo realistic paper is so perfect behind your photos. I love the way you have anchored it with the green torn borders. Great use of the hexagons. Great job! Thank you nylene - DH picked me up a 180-sheet pad of photo realistic paper at a yard sale before Christmas. Not something I would have bought myself - I find photo-realistic papers hard to work with - but I'm trying to look at it first when choosing papers and I've actually managed to use a few already - this layout included. Your husband is a great bargain shopper! I am really enjoying all the photo realistic papers you have used. You have a good eye! |
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Post by Linda on Jan 14, 2023 17:06:46 GMT
Thanks nylene - he loves to yard sale and flea market and thrift store. Page 3 comments grammadee - the black backgrounds with the gold is perfect for festive New Year's photos! Good to see you in those layouts! Love the disclaimer about the noisemaker, lol. craftymom101 - love the split background and all the clustering around the photo block! scrappyrabbit - breed reveal? how fun! Arthur is simply an adorable mix! I really like that background paper on the wedding layout! It's so pretty and great colours for that photo. grammadee - love the bright colours on the birthday layout! Looks like a fun celebration! Good job knocking off more challenges. nylene - the dinosaur layouts are awesome - and what a sweet grandpa Eric is - Swayzee is very fortunate to be loved by so many. And I love all the splashes on the water slide layout - what a fabulous big cousin Alex is! |
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Post by Linda on Jan 14, 2023 17:29:21 GMT
Page 2 grammadee - that's a great sketch and I love all the snowflakes and wintery papers you used! Welcome winter indeed! and then fun summery colours from 950nancy - the hexagons are awesome - love that! AussieMeg - I would be hardpressed to choose between thoes two beautiful layouts also - I love the simplicity and colours of the original but the journalling and embellishments are great on the new version kitbop - I've asked mine - it'll be interesting to see their answers. We're not beach people though and live as far inland as it is possible to here in Florida so I'm not hopeful. I love all the layers under the photos! nylene - I love all the fishies and the simplicity of gone fishing -just perfect! Awesome cards - I love the cameras! cmpeter - what pretty birdhouses -each paper combo is perfect! 950nancy - love the sunset photos and the colours and design really accent them well. Great colours/patterns on the theatre layout! And I love the business of Key West - the layout has a lot of energy and fits well with all those fabulous pics! AussieMeg - beautiful title page - the colours and the vibrancy make me look forward to seeing what 2023 has in store for you grammadee - I love how you used those background papers - I always struggle with those kind but you made it look perfect. And the banners are a great photo mat for joy and delight! AussieMeg - gorgeous photo and all your blending gives it a 3-D look of bursting out through the paper - love it |
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Post by Linda on Jan 14, 2023 17:35:26 GMT
page 1 lisae - I love the colours and what an awesome idea to review the old year and preview the new! More beautiful mountain photos and layouts from you scrappyrabbit - I love how you incorporate memorabilia! grammadee - I see you ticking off the Santa challenge there - looks great! I always love how you can take a bunch of papers and embellishments and have it all end up coordinated and just right! And a skating Santa? how very Canadian! Love it! |
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Post by 950nancy on Jan 14, 2023 18:32:12 GMT
Our DGGD loves dinosaurs so her grandpa bends over backwards to make sure she can see every dino exhibit. I had to laugh when he bought dino costumes to prance around the backyard with her.  Dinosaur Island  Dino-Mite All of your layouts are just amazing, but I really love that little girl's smile. She is just precious! |
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Post by Linda on Jan 14, 2023 20:35:21 GMT
simple one - which shouldn't have taken as long as it did, lol - just cardstock, $tree alphas, a slimline die, a circle punch, and a QK anchor die  Not sure on the PP - it's another DH thrift store find - cut-aparts are EP, sticker is from deep in my stash, alphas are from scrapbook.com, and circles are both punches  |
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Post by scrappyrabbit on Jan 14, 2023 22:08:00 GMT
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Post by Linda on Jan 14, 2023 22:43:06 GMT
beautiful layouts scrappyrabbit - I love that you incorporated the place card names - and that was a creative choice on their part as well. I love the soft colours of the 2nd two layouts and the brightness of the top one - which shows the energy and fun - the camera paper is perfect |
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