tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11422979339761321592024-03-13T06:33:49.753-05:00Paper GumboMadelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14417126560965417800noreply@blogger.comBlogger703125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142297933976132159.post-21407754513473014632020-06-22T06:00:00.000-05:002020-06-22T06:00:12.310-05:0091 Candles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This morning I am sharing a birthday page featuring my beautiful mom, celebrating her 91st. </div>
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The Lions & Tigers & Bears! Oh My! June Challenge asks you to find a movie quote or movie title, and use it to inspire the title of your page. I chose the title, 91 Candles, as an ode to the 80's classic. If you take that 91 and turn it 180 degrees...voila! 16 Candles. </div>
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Poor Samantha. In the movie, no one seems to remember it's her birthday. At the end she gets her cake, with all 16 candles, which is 16 more than we put on my mom's cake. I'm afraid blowing out candles has become a relic of the before times...before Covid-19. </div>
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<a href="https://paperissuesstore.myshopify.com/collections/simple-stories" target="_blank">Simple Stories</a> has recently released two fabulous birthday collections, one with all the lovely pastels you see here, Magical Birthday, and one with a more masculine feel, Birthday Blast. I used strips from the 6 x 8 paper pad and tons of adorable die cuts to create my page. </div>
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Bonus: <a href="https://paperissuesstore.myshopify.com/collections/simple-stories" target="_blank">The Simple Stories Color Vibe Foam Alpha Stickers</a> have colors that coordinate with the colors in these papers.</div>
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The embellishment pack includes so many sweet icons:</div>
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In case you missed it, here's another page created with this fabulous collection:</div>
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Madelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14417126560965417800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142297933976132159.post-46800364413937100132020-06-12T07:00:00.000-05:002020-06-12T07:00:12.895-05:00Take 5 | First You Make A Roux<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Good morning! It's Madeline here today, sharing a page for Paper Issues' Take 5 Challenge. I started with black, white and red, always a favorite color scheme, but then I drew from the photo and added a little pink to the mix. Here it is:</div>
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It was a real treat when my oldest son took over in the kitchen, cooking up two gigantic pots of gumbo. If you've ever made it yourself, you know that "First you make a roux". And there's my title!</div>
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Here is the Take 5 Challenge list for May:</div>
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To complete the challenge, I used black and white papers, and enamel dots:</div>
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I added twine and ephemera (ticket stubs):</div>
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These are a few more items that I used from the <a href="https://paperissuesstore.myshopify.com/collections/i-want-it-all" target="_blank">Paper Issues Store</a>:</div>
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<a href="https://paperissuesstore.myshopify.com/collections/free-files/products/whip-up-some-baked-goods-free-cut-file" target="_blank">Whip Up some Baked Goods cut file</a> (free)</div>
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<a href="https://paperissuesstore.myshopify.com/collections/pinkfresh-studio" target="_blank">Pinkfresh Studio Super Cool Pocket tags, acetate elements, and paper</a></div>
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<a href="https://paperissuesstore.myshopify.com/collections/fancy-pants" target="_blank">Fancy Pants Cherry On Top tags and labels</a></div>
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When you shop, use the code MADELINE for 20% off your entire order.</div>
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Madelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14417126560965417800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142297933976132159.post-52292704026685625592020-06-11T11:40:00.002-05:002020-06-11T11:40:56.562-05:00May Sketch-Virtual Happy Hour<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Good morning friends! It's Madeline here with a fun interpretation of this month's sketch. Thanks to a couple of Paper Issues cut files, I created an ode to the virtual Happy Hour. </div>
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Here is the May sketch:</div>
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On my page, wine bottles and glassware stand in for the shapes and tags above. </div>
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I found my drinking elements in the <a href="https://paperissuesstore.myshopify.com/collections/free-files/products/cheers-time-free-cut-file" target="_blank">Cheers Time!</a> and <a href="https://paperissuesstore.myshopify.com/collections/free-files/products/cinco-de-mayo-free-cut-file" target="_blank">Cinco de Mayo</a> cut files, free in the <a href="https://paperissuesstore.myshopify.com/collections/i-want-it-all" target="_blank">Paper Issues Store</a>. After arranging them in rows as in the sketch, I cut them from white cardstock.</div>
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Madelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14417126560965417800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142297933976132159.post-64153416231957600052020-04-27T15:09:00.000-05:002020-04-27T15:09:07.372-05:00Seeing Double-Mission Trail<div style="text-align: center;">
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When I look back at my scrapbook pages from a decade ago, I notice one thing: my pages almost always held more than one photo. If I look back even further, I see that my pages were sometimes double-paged spreads. I definitely took more photos when my kids were young, especially since there were five of them! So the Seeing Double Challenge is a good one to get me back into that more-than-one-photo mode.<br />
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Here's my two-photo page:<br />
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When I travel, I ALWAYS take lots of pictures. My layout is about some of the sights in San Antonio, Texas, the missions that line the river gong south from the city center. It was fun clustering all of the map and travel ephemera from Vicki Boutin's Let's Wander collection here, there, and everywhere.<br />
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I took dozens of photos, and had many more that I loved, so of course I had to do a second page with some of my favorites. This time I added FOUR photos!<br />
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Madelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14417126560965417800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142297933976132159.post-46704759704617585012020-04-13T06:00:00.000-05:002020-04-13T06:00:05.170-05:00Big Ass Title-Fresh Quac<div style="text-align: center;">
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Good morning <a href="https://paperissuesstore.myshopify.com/collections/i-want-it-all">Paper Issues</a> Friends! It's Madeline here with my take on the Big Ass Title Challenge. There are two ways to take this. You could have a very l-o-n-g multi-word title OR something more like the page below:</div>
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I chose to create a title with big ass letters, 4 1/2-inch tall letters!<br />
A little avocado guy fills in for the center of my letter "A":<br />
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The beautiful backdrop to this page is a sheet of mixed media paper from <a href="https://paperissuesstore.myshopify.com/collections/vicki-boutin">Vicki Boutin</a>. She did all the work; I just layered my stuff on top.</div>
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Madelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14417126560965417800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142297933976132159.post-40077937810171044752020-04-05T06:30:00.000-05:002020-04-05T06:30:16.577-05:00Everywhere Else...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I missed Mardi Gras this year. Sad at first, it was probably a very good thing as much of the spread of Covid-19 in my area seems to coincide with that holiday and the influx of visitors to the city!</div>
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So here's a photo from last year, when we headed out to the avenue and stood shoulder to shoulder with thousands of our closest friends. ;)</div>
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Chipboard letters are from the gazillion half-used packages from my stash. It was a fun challenge mixing up colors and finding all those letter "e"s! I love the look:</div>
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Madelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14417126560965417800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142297933976132159.post-50965327287929227822020-04-03T06:30:00.000-05:002020-04-03T06:30:02.616-05:00Heavy Metal-Reward<div style="text-align: center;">
I've had this photo for a while and the Cocoa Vanilla Legendary collection helped me get it on a page. Now that my son no longer swims, these ribbons and trophies, as well as a small fortune in dry rotting tech suits are the remnants of a sport that consumed him for a good 6-7 years. I wanted to document his collection of awards in a fun way, so I created a bustling banner decorated with die-cuts, stickers, flair, and brads from my stash.</div>
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Brads are still a favorite embellishment, so I was happily inspired to use a few for Paper Issues' Heavy Metal challenge. </div>
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I actually scrap lifted myself with this one, and in turn scrap lifted Susan Stringfellow, who inspired my Spongebob Monopoly page below. It's still one of my favorites!<br />
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Good morning everyone! It's my favorite day of the week...Sunday, otherwise known as Scraplift Sunday! This week I scrapped about the delectable oranges that grow on my daughter's tree. It may not be in my backyard, but we get to share in its bountiful harvest. Lucky us!</div>
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Here's the page I lifted, Happy created by Lacey:<br />
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See those scallops? When I saw the rainbow paper from <a href="https://paperissuesstore.myshopify.com/collections/amy-tangerine" target="_blank">Amy Tangerine's Picnic In The Park</a>, I immediately knew that flipped upside down, they would make cute colorful scallops. For the horizontal strips I went to my tear strip jar and picked a few with colors found in those rainbows. I never throw those tear strips away; I keep a tall vase on my desk and add to it constantly!<br />
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In clusters around the matted photo, they provide a nice contrast to the bright colors elsewhere. </div>
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Every summer my sisters and I take one day from our week at the beach to shop/window shop and go to lunch...just us. No kids, adult or otherwise! We always end up at the same stores, and eat at the same restaurant, taking a sisters' photo in front of "the frogs" at George's. Somehow we ended up taking a photo elsewhere this year, in sunglasses!</div>
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This layout is for the Bohemian Rhapsody challenge during Paper Issues' Spring Crop. The challenge is to create a page full of color and pattern by using 5 or more patterned papers and 3 or more die-cuts. Done and done!</div>
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The background paper is a cool worn wood from <a href="https://paperissuesstore.myshopify.com/collections/heidi-swapp" target="_blank">Heidi Swapp's Art Walk</a> collection.<br />
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They look so pretty together!<br />
And we look so much better with our shades. ;)<br />
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While I was awaiting the arrival of Vicki Boutin's new collection, Let's Wander (now in the <a href="https://paperissuesstore.myshopify.com/collections/i-want-it-all">Paper Issues Store</a>), I pulled out some of her Kaleidoscope collection, and created a page for the March Take 5 Challenge.<br />
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That background paper worked so well with my photo, a stunning mural painted on a brick wall!<br />
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I don't get too many photos from my college kid, so when I found this one on his cousin's Instagram, I took advantage of the situation! They were at an Ariana Grande concert, tickets a Christmas present from his aunt. His pink shirt and the Paper Issues That Was Random challenge inspired the design.<br />
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Our neighborhood has become the hot spot for ducks. About a year ago over 50 Mexican Whistler ducks came to roost in our neighborhood. I figured they would head back home when fall arrived, but it came and went and they're still here. Every evening they gather on the lawns, roofs, and telephone wires, waiting for one of the neighbors to throw down corn or bread. Yeah, they know a good thing when they have it.</div>
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Another group of fowl making themselves known in the neighborhood are six domestic ducks and their ringleader, a large rather obnoxious goose. I caught them parading down the street one morning, snapped a photo, and scrapped it, using the <a href="https://paperissuesstore.myshopify.com/products/friends-free-cut-file?_pos=1&_sid=ae31bf8c8&_ss=r" target="_blank">Friends free cut file</a> from <a href="https://paperissuesstore.myshopify.com/collections/i-want-it-all" target="_blank">Paper Issues</a> for the title. </div>
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I double mounted my photo then combined a gorgeous background paper from <a href="https://paperissuesstore.myshopify.com/collections/vicki-boutin" target="_blank">Vicki Boutin</a> with a garden of fussy cut flowers from <a href="https://paperissuesstore.myshopify.com/collections/shimelle" target="_blank">Shimelle's Never Grow Up</a> collection for this colorful page. </div>
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My <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10157953942644254&set=oa.2510177045887587&type=3&theater">52 Friday Favorites</a> Week 5 was all about my youngest turning 20. It's a big milestone, leaving those teenage years behind! We celebrated with King Cake one night, then went out to eat crawfish another. He loves having a birthday in February, with Mardi Gras on the horizon and crawfish season in full swing.</div>
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For my spread, I spelled out Twenty, creating letters from many of my favorite colorful <a href="https://paperissuesstore.myshopify.com/collections/washi-tape">washi tapes</a>, then cut tags from <a href="https://paperissuesstore.myshopify.com/collections/pebbles">Pebbles' Happy Cake Day</a> collection papers. More of those papers were used to cut and piece a King Cake embellishment. </div>
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Here's my page for the <a href="https://www.paperissues.com/">Paper Issues</a> Create-A-Cluster March challenge. But can you really call it a challenge, when it's so easy and such a fun thing to do?! For this page I created two clusters: </div>
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The first is a cluster that embellishes my title, a simple die-cut from the <a href="https://paperissuesstore.myshopify.com/collections/vicki-boutin">Vicki Boutin </a></div>
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The second is a small embellishment cluster anchoring the map ephemera on the bottom left:</div>
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I love to add circular elements to my clusters; enamel dots and decorative brads are some of my favorite. What do you like to use in your embellishment groupings?<br />
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It's that time again, Scraplift Sunday, and <a href="http://www.paperissues.com/">Paper Issues</a> has a really fun page to lift. It inspired me in so many ways: from the bright and lively colors to the randomly placed strips of patterned paper.<br />
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My colors are those of Mardi Gras: purple, green, and gold, a look that goes with the themed attire worn by my son's swim team at their conference banquet.<br />
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Like Kat on her original, I got out my border punches and went to work dressing up the strips before adhering them to the page.<br />
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Welcome back! Have you been playing along with this month's challenges? How about The Name Game? It's not hard, but it sure gets you thinking, especially if you have a long name, or double letters in your name (like me). </div>
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Try it! Take your name, write down the letters, and find something that begins with each letter to use on your page. Here's what I created with the <a href="https://paperissuesstore.myshopify.com/collections/pebbles" style="text-align: center;">Pebbles' Happy Cake Day collection</a> and 2 <a href="https://paperissuesstore.myshopify.com/collections/free-files">Free Cut Files</a> from the <a href="https://paperissuesstore.myshopify.com/collections/i-want-it-all">Paper Issues Store</a>:</div>
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Yes, my dad turned 96! Go Dad!</div>
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Can you find all the things that were prompted by the letters in my name? </div>
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Did you find them all? Maybe you even thought of more. Click on over to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1499810043590964/permalink/2517310955174196/">The Name Game</a> challenge thread to see what everyone else has created, and if you're stumped for a letter, I'd love to help you brainstorm. Have fun and when you shop for supplies, be sure to use the code Madeline for 20% off your entire order in the <a href="https://paperissuesstore.myshopify.com/collections/i-want-it-all">Paper Issues Online Store</a>:</div>
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Madelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14417126560965417800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142297933976132159.post-925757154834959432020-02-21T06:30:00.001-06:002020-02-21T06:30:06.739-06:0052 Favorites-Week 4-Demo Day!<div style="text-align: center;">
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As soon as Laura and I were finished building and decorating the gingerbread house, I snapped a photo. It’s a good thing, because, like Chip Gaines on Fixer Upper, everyone was anxiously awaiting demo day! We got the roof and a couple of walls down when Laura tested positive for the flu. </div>
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Yikes!!! Demolition was halted indefinitely and an implosion into the trash was ordered. Hahaha!</div>
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This colorful spread for my 52 Favorites album was created with a fun collection from <a href="https://paperissuesstore.myshopify.com/collections/simple-stories">Simple Stories, Oh Happy Day</a>. It has the cutest diecuts, gorgeous papers, chipboard, and washi tape AND it can still be found in the Paper Issues store!<br />
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Yes, this page is about another incredible mural we found during our stay in San Antonio. Not only was I surprised to find so many really cool murals in easily accessible places, but I was totally surprised that Tommy was so into finding them too. </div>
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The title is one of the new free cut files from <a href="https://www.paperissues.com/">Paper Issue</a>s. Isn't it perfect?! </div>
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This page shows one of my favorite ways to use frames. They are great for grounding elements on the page. Here I use one to frame a hashtag saying on the left:<br />
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Madelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14417126560965417800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142297933976132159.post-39404633599839728042020-02-18T06:30:00.000-06:002020-02-18T21:47:36.796-06:00Eye Candy-SWAK<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yesterday was another Scraplift Sunday over at Paper Issues, and I played along. I scrapped an early morning photo snapped at the airport, as we were preparing to fly home from a trip to San Antonio late last year.</div>
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First I used a stencil to trace and cut a background reminiscent of the sun rays in my picture, layering it over another patterned paper.</div>
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Then I laid a horizontal strip from which to hang my colorful banner pieces of all shapes, sizes and patterns...the real fun part of this page!</div>
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Short and sweet, it uses only half of a journaling card tucked in behind the photo.</div>
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Good morning! It's Madeline here today sharing a layout I created for this month's Snow White challenge. No snow here, and I haven't been to Disney in years, but I DO have white cardstock! ;)</div>
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First I spritzed my white background with gold mist, then I added Paper Issue's free <a href="https://paperissuesstore.myshopify.com/collections/free-files/products/winter-berry-wreath-free-cut-file">Winter Berry Wreath cut file</a> and topped it with die cuts from <a href="https://paperissuesstore.myshopify.com/collections/pink-paislee/products/ephemera-die-cuts-together-for-christmas-pink-paislee">Pink Paislee's Together for Christmas</a> collection.</div>
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Before tucking in my matted photo, I "painted" the white wreath with <a href="https://paperissuesstore.myshopify.com/collections/nuvo">Nuvo Glitter Drops</a>. </div>
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After the glitter dried, I dry brushed a little white paint over the berries to tone them down a bit.</div>
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Finally I tucked in strands of white tinsel behind the die cuts and added a smattering of gold stars. </div>
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I wish I could show you how much this page sparkles! </div>
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Madelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14417126560965417800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142297933976132159.post-2295175057945933832020-01-23T06:30:00.000-06:002020-01-23T06:30:09.228-06:00Vintage Scraplift Challenge<div style="text-align: center;">
For me, the best part of <a href="http://www.paperissues.com/">Paper Issues'</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10157858995094254&set=oa.2490293141209311&type=3&theater">Vintage Scraplift challenge</a> was the impetus to look through my old blog posts and galleries. That's a lot of layouts, as I've been scrapbooking for almost 19 years! </div>
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The page I chose to lift was a favorite travel page about beautiful Corsica. How about those tags on the Corsica page? I stamped with paint...mixed media circa 2004!</div>
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My new page keeps to a similar color scheme of yellow and pink, but has a more fun feel, with a lighter, brighter background. </div>
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Another difference is the position of those tags, now on the top half of the page.</div>
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Adding just one photo also left me plenty of room for a cluster of embellishments and my title.</div>
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Have you ever looked back at your first scrapbook pages? :)</div>
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<br />Madelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14417126560965417800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142297933976132159.post-81620479829157795652020-01-22T06:30:00.001-06:002020-01-29T15:48:57.102-06:00Scraplift Sunday 1/5<div style="text-align: center;">
While I still had all my Christmas papers and doo-dads scattered about my desk, I decided to scrap one of my favorite photos from Christmas Day. </div>
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The inspiration for my page was MJ's original, our Scraplift Sunday for January 5th. </div>
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I had already scrapped two pages with <a href="https://paperissuesstore.myshopify.com/collections/pink-paislee">Pink Paislee's</a> Together for Christmas collection, and wanted to change it up a bit. Since I had converted the picture to black and white, I had a lot of freedom in choosing a color scheme. </div>
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As you can see I went a bit non-traditional!</div>
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The papers and envelopes on my page were older ones from my stash: Bella Blvd., Fancy Pants, Echo Park, and others. </div>
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Using older stuff helps to make room for new, right? ;)</div>
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Madelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14417126560965417800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142297933976132159.post-90432698703092882752020-01-20T21:32:00.001-06:002020-01-20T21:32:10.262-06:0052 Favorites-Weeks #1, #2, and #3<div style="text-align: left;">
Paper Issues’ 52 Favorites challenge was something I’ve wanted to do for a while. It's a quick way to document those somewhat random moments in your week that might not make it onto a regular scrapbook page. Wanting something a little larger than a travelers notebook, I decided to make my own pages by cutting a pack of 81/2 x 11 cardstock in half. Then I used a Bind-It-All to punch holes. When the year is done, I'll gather up all the pages and add O-rings. Sometime between now and then, I might even make a cover! ;)</div>
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Week #1</div>
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Highlights in this first week of 2020 include struggling to put together a beautiful but difficult puzzle, making chocolate chip pancakes for Kevin and I, and finally having time to enjoy my Christmas gifts!</div>
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Two patterned paper scraps, washi tape, and colorful letter stickers were all I needed to pull this spread together. One week down, 51 to go!</div>
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This week was defined by school resuming for Kevin and the start of my 7-on. My photos highlight the textbooks that began to dribble in from Amazon and the big breakfast I cooked on my last day of leisure. </div>
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Circular scraps from an earlier project are used on the left, while paper cut outs from an older Bella Blvd. collection show up on the right. </div>
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Most Sundays Tommy cooks for a dozen people give or take. This Sunday his stack of mini muffalettas looked so cute piled up on the plate. I wasn't fast enough however, as the stack was down to one layer by the time I pulled out my phone. LOL! </div>
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I used a few more scrap pieces from Bella Blvd's Alex collection to dress up these pages. The hamburger die cut was perfect, as were the actual muffulettas! YUM!</div>
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How about that?! Three weeks down and I'm keeping up, having fun working with this new-to-me format. Check out all of the inspiration in Paper Issue's <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10157858991439254&set=oa.2490293141209311&type=3&theater">52 Friday Favorites</a> challenge album. It's never too late to start!</div>
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Yay for today...it's Scraplift Sunday! </div>
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I wasn't much for scraplifting...until I began working 10 hour nights, a week on, a week off. Those "on" weeks were killer. I had no energy and little time for scrapbooking, but wanted to do something! Enter Paper Issues' Scraplift Sunday challenges. Boy were they perfect, a great jump-start for my drained brain. </div>
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Here is my Scraplift Sunday page for today:</div>
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This amazing layout from Mary-Ann was my inspiration:</div>
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I LOVE how she incorporated all those papers and die-cuts from November's <a href="https://paperissuesstore.myshopify.com/collections/swag-bag" target="_blank">Swag Bag</a>, grouping everything at the bottom of the page. The woodgrain background gives it white space without white! </div>
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MY page uses papers and embellishments from <a href="https://paperissuesstore.myshopify.com/collections/pink-paislee" target="_blank">Pink Paislee's</a> Together for Christmas collection. I sorted through all the gorgeous die-cuts, and patterned papers in classic Christmas colors, then assembled a base for my photo:</div>
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Staying true to the original orientation, I placed it all on a background of gold dots on white, then started tucking in die-cuts and fussy cut flowers wherever I could. </div>
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And there you have it. Who can argue with letting someone else do the design work, when all you have to do is pick out papers, photos, embellies, and assemble? </div>
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