AUGUST sharing and commenting thread

Here are my two pages from today. Still need to upload the cards from my computer.

Surprise! by Gramma Dee, on Flickr
Points:  two pages created & shared (4), #6 torn edges (1), #11 twenty words (2), #14 Nuvo heart (1), #16 scraps from the birthday drawer (2), #23 rectangular photos (2), @24 square pages (2), #28 fun bright colours (2), #30 5x7 pic (1), #34 gold woodgrain backgrounds (2), #57 at least 3 layers (2), #58 that premade "Hooray" has lots of layers and foam (1), #62 words on chipboard & pp (2), #63 all photos taken by my ddil (2).  Total:  26

Completed two quick 2-pagers this morning. These will be the last few pages from me for a few days. Dd & family are arriving this evening for the weekend, and then I have a work bee with my sister-in-law to make beet pickles and bortsch on Tuesday. Hey LisaDV , would THAT be "another craft"? Hmmm???

This first one was inspired by KikiPea 's August Scraplift challenge. As usual, I strayed pretty far from the inspiration piece, but I like the result. Will need to add journaling. Yikes!!! This is TWO pages I need to remember to add journaling to!
How to spend your summer by Gramma Dee, on Flickr

This second one is another collage type LO, so with lots of photos and very little extras it went together pretty quickly:
Happy Canada Day! by Gramma Dee, on Flickr

Points:  four pages created and shared (8).  Challenges:  #1 sketch/ scraplift challenge (1), #2 outdoor fun (4), #6 torn edge (1), #8 summer activities (4), #11 fifty words (5), #13 white with one (2), #14 hearts (2), #15 wood veneer (2), #16 scraps (4), #23 rectangles (4), #24 squares (4), #30 enlarged photo (1), #31 photo of me (1), #40 provinces cut from cutaparts (1), #43 triangles (2), #45 clusters (2), #46 twine (1), #49 7+ photos (2), #51 dies (1), #60 family & friends (4), #61 free ribbon (1), #62 word up (2), #63 other people's photos (4).  Total:  63.


Over the weekend I hope to link the rest of my cards from this week, but no more pages for quite a few days.  I may need to bite the bullet and clean up this room before I start crafting again.  I am already having trouble finding stuff and after a few days' break it will be hopeless...

Not nearly as elegant as yours, joblackford , but here are a few more of the cards I put together last week.

Some sympathy cards to have on hand. Sad, but at our age, we need these on a regular basis it seems. These first I used a a fairly simple ink watercolour with ink technique.

sunset sympathy by Gramma Dee, on Flickr

I had thought I had more of these Ella & Viv cutaparts for sympathy cards, but could put my hands on only this one on Tuesday:

Wishing you comfort by Gramma Dee, on Flickr

This birthday card was made with papers from my latest Scrapbooking Fanatics monthly kit that was kind of burning a hole in my pocket.  Used the punched washi tape border I saw the idea for on a thread in the General Scrapbooking board.

flower bd by Gramma Dee, on Flickr

Still have another batch to upload, maybe this evening.


Points:  7 cards created; three shares (10).  #3 watercolour (5), #6 torn edges (2), #23 rectangles (7), #33 flowers (1), #34 woodgrain (1), #40 fussy cut (1), #44 mixed media (5), #50 border punch (1), #51 diecutting (5), #57 layers (1), #62 word stickers (7).  Total:  46

Oooooh, AussieMeg! Those pointy triangles look good whether at the top as if they are the mountains, or at the bottom where they may be the reflection. LOVE those colours and patterns!!! (and love the lace and ribbon, too)

Had the house to myself this morning. Four quick pages finished. Finally starting to feel like I am not "running behind", although I really want to have all--or most--of my summer scrapping done before I leave in two weeks to visit the kids in Calgary and Abbotsford. The dgk's always want to see my scrapbooks, and I like to have them pretty much done for the "viewings".

This one is for KikiPea 's August Sketch challenge:

Go Play Outside 2 by Gramma Dee, on Flickr

And here is the facing page. I used some really old Little Yellow Bicycle banner pieces on these. The watercolour background was not done by me--all courtesy of Vicki Boutin.

Go Play Outside by Gramma Dee, on Flickr

And a double page with supplies from my "Farm" bin:

Helping Grampa Haying by Gramma Dee, on Flickr

POINTS:  four pages created and shared (8).  #1 August sketch challenge (1), #2 outdoor fun (2), #3 watercolour background (1), #6 torn edges (2), #8 summer activities (4), #11 sixty words (6), #16 scraps (2), #17 single photo (1), #23 rectangular photos (4), #24 square pages (4), #25 doodled with Nuvo's (1), #28 bright summer colours (2), #39 diecuts (2), #40 fussy cutting (3), #43 triangle (1), #44 inking (4), #57 layers (2), #60 family & friends (4), #62 words on PL card and diecuts (2).  Total:  56

Here are the last of the cards I put together when justjac was here last week.

These first ones I used the insides of the foil frames I had cut for the sympathy cards, added a few stickers that had been stored away for years:

leftover foil and scraps by Gramma Dee, on Flickr

This next set, I was inspired by justjac 's pretty Christmas cards on black. Decided to make one with white cs backgrounds, and a few with a blue background:

washi bd on white by Gramma Dee, on Flickrwashi bd on blue by Gramma Dee, on Flickr

Finally, I was going for grunge on this card I put together for my dgs who will be turning 20, but I think all I got was a mess... Not sure if I will send this, or make another one tomorrow:

20 by Gramma Dee, on Flickr


POINTS:  Ten cards created, 8 shared (18), #16 scraps (6), #23 rectangles (10), #28 bright (6), #43 triangles (3), #44 paint splatters (1), #51 diecutting (9), #54 lifted justjac's card design (4), #55 ten birthday cards (1), #62 word stickers (9).  Total:  67