Thursday, November 29, 2012

Mim and Lala....

At The Paper Mixing Bowl there was a layout challenge based on Thanksgiving leftovers.  There was a whole "menu" of requirements. Sounds interesting, doesn't it?  Well, I was intrigued, and this is what I came up with.
The main ingredient needed to be brown and white. I used a real feather and stick for the "Elements from Nature" requirement. And stamping met a requirement too. My journaling prompt started out as being "outdoors", but I wrote more about the elements and her nickname.  Which is cool with me, :) I did manage to get some handwriting in there.  Which I hate doing. :( So that fit a requirement too.

If you're curious, it reads:
In 1966, Mildred E. Norton (My great-Grandmother) and Clara Baals, her younger sister, stopped along the road to Passion Play to pose for a photo taken in a Grapefruit Orchard.  Although her name was Clara, her family called her “Lala”.  (Her friends called her “Billie”, but that’s another story)  And Aunt Lala refered to Mildred as, “Mim”.
 
 

Monday, November 26, 2012

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLOG CANDY!

It's my birthday on Friday!
And this year, you can get a present too!  I've always liked vintage...but not becoming vintage!  And you know I LOVE my rubber stamps. So, this year you have an opportunity to win an authetic vintage rubber stamp holder from my personal collection.  Interested?  All you have to do is become a blog follower and leave a comment telling me that you'd like to win it.  Easy!  You have until Friday night to show me the blog love and enter the drawing. I will randomly pick a winner on Saturday Dec, 1st.  Good Luck!
 

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Yummy!




Mmmmmm.....There is nothing like the smell of fresh pumpkin bread!  At allrecipes.com I found a recipe for Downeast Maine Pumpkin Bread.  It had a five-star rating, so I made some.  And then I made another batch!  It's delicious.  And it's easy.  And it freezes well too!  So get that extra can of pumpkin puree out of the pantry and whip up a batch for tomorrow’s festivities.  You’ll love it!

Sunday, November 18, 2012

What season is it again?

 A few days at Counterfeit Kit Challenge, the Master Forgers inspired me to use a stamp.  (As if I needed any encouragement! lol)  But I was surprised at what developed.  I had some papers sitting out from my winter "kit" that I was using, and I used some of my favorite Artistic Outpost stamps...but only a small portion of the main image.  (The stamps are from the Birds of a Feather plate, which was a Spring plate, and the Ephemera Backgrounds plate, which goes with EVERYTHING) And even though I got those papers out with the intention of to being used as seasonal, the result didn't look "fall-ish" or "winter-ish", or "spring-ish".  Gotta love that!

Friday, November 16, 2012

Rose, Eucalyptus, and Slate

I love a challenge! At The Play Date Cafe there is a color challenge using these colors:
I think I was drawn to it because I needed a break from the oranges and browns of fall (even though they are my absolute favorite) and the greens and reds of Christmas that came early this year.  I tried to use Rose, Eucalyptus, and Slate.  The colors are little "bluer" because I take rotten photos. :)
 
 
 

Sunday, November 11, 2012

Sunburst Layout

At Counterfeit Kit Club, there was a post about making a Sun ray/Sunburst Layout.  They included not one, but TWO links to awesome tutorials!  So, I accepted the challenge, and this what I did.
 
The sunburst wasn't as difficult as I always thought it would be.  So if you've hesitated because you thought it looked intimidating.  It's not.  Check out the tutorials and go for it.  It's a great way to use up scraps!  The layout itself was scraplifted from a pinterest pin.   (Don't you LOVE pinterest?!!?) And the beautiful girl in the photo is my daughter, Anna. Isn't she cute?  :)
 

Happy Veterans Day


Friday, November 9, 2012

Counterfeit Paper


At Counterfeit Kit Challenge they are talking about creating their own paper collection out of things that they already have.  You know, those collections with co-ordinating paper and embellishments that we all have to have?  I am guilty of wanting the BoBunny Snow Day collection.  But even though I want it, I am not going to buy it.  Why?  Because I live in Arkansas now where we seldom see snow.  So as November progresses Counterfeit Kit Club is posting tutorials for making your own paper and embellishments.  Cool, huh?  I thought so.  So I took this:
And I made my own patterned paper!
AND I am having a blast!  Which is why I jumped the gun and posted this before I finished my collection.  Because I KNOW that I will be making more!  My papers are hardly perfect and are a little wonky and my lines aren't straight, but I just went with it and thought maybe it'd come off as whimsical.  If you want to make your own papers, go here and check out the great tutorial Bethany posted.  She made the cutest hat paper!

Another Friday Freebie

Awesome deal for today's FRIDAY FREEBIE!  American Apparel is giving away free nail polish.  But you have to hurry because it's only available through the 10th.  Go here to print out your coupon.




Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Cardabilities Sketch

They have some of the coolest card sketches at Cardabilities. I used their sketch #60 and the Winter Wonderland cricut cartridge for this winter card. 

 

Saturday, November 3, 2012

mixed media scrapbook photo journal page

Is it a scrapbook page?  An art journal?  Mixed media?  Yes.  Yes.  And yes.
I combined Rubber Stamps, Masks, Pastels, Ink and Acrylics to make a mixed media scrapbook photo journal page.  There's layers of fun going on here!


Friday, November 2, 2012

Stamp Blast from the Past...Thinking of you Sketch




At Pamela's World of Scraps there was a fun sketch challenge for both cards and scrapbook layouts.  I used the BasicGrey Serenade papers and an old stamp I purchased years ago for the card sketch.  The stamp is from a "Paper Ornaments" sheet of rubber designed by Nina Bagley.  The stamp originally said, "a new-found friend", but I covered that part up with a Jillibean Soup wooden flag embellishment.  I love those little flags, even though the printing on them is a little "off".