Grand Canyon Scrapbook Page

Today I'm sharing a paper crafted scrapbook page I made 

for the scrapbook album for my Dad's truck. 

I've been busy recently making some simple pages for it

to showcase the trophies and dash plaques he won with it.

I am also adding a few pages with a couple of photos 

that we took of it on our extended road trips with it 

early last fall and late this past winter.
I'll be sharing them as I finish them up.

Since Dad's passing, the truck was given to me to be used

as a daily driver. I don't drive it every single day,

it's just too nice of a truck to do so.

We did drive it over 3500 miles last September

through 11 states out West!

We even drove it to the summit of Pike's Peak,

14,115 feet elevation.

This past February we put another 1800+ miles 

on it driving through 7 more states down South!

This time it was taken below sea level

when we drove through two tunnels in Mobile.
Putting it through the paces for sure. 

There is so much to see in this great land of ours,

maybe next time we'll head to the East Coast

( I really want to go out West again though!).

Page details:

Papers and tag are from an old basic scrapbook kit I bought
at Big Lots several years ago. The tags and frame were all
printed on the packaging which had to be cut apart,
so I do not have the information about the kit any longer.
I added dimensional effects to the compass on the tag
and stapled on a brown grosgrain ribbon scrap.

Brown card stock was die cut with the
Monogram alphabet die set by Little B
(Canyon) then stamped with the old Sanded
background stamp by Stampin' Up!
I've no idea how old this stamp is, there is no
year printed on the sticker. I've had it for years.

I didn't realize when I pulled the two pieces of
Chocolate Chip card stock scraps out that they
were sightly different shades, so the die cut word
"Grand" is darker. It was cut with my old
Cricut Create machine and the Library Fonts cartridge.
The individual letters are glued together.

The tag was stamped with old clear stamps
by My Sentiments Exactly, Casual Multi.
Once again I am unsure of the age,
but I've owned them for many years, too.
I started "collecting" stamps in 2000
and haven't bought any new ones for
a while now, so all of my stamps are
oldies but goodies, perfect for the Retro Rubber Challenges ;)




Thanks for looking !

I'm entering my page in the following challenges:

Retro Rubber - #64 Anything Goes
(I'm guessing the stamps used are at least 10 years old)

Use Your Stuff - #266 Patterned Papers
(5 decorative papers, two card stocks)

Love To Scrap - #98 Boyz Rule

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes

Stressed=Desserts Card

" Remember,

Stressed spelled backwards is

Desserts! "

A fun card I made a for a friend that was going

through a rough patch.

The images are oldies from Stampin' Up! 

Hang In There, 2002

Chocolate Chips wheel, 2003?

I water colored the image with inks from my ink pads

using an aquapainter. I added Crystal Effects

to some portions of the image.

I'm entering this card in the following challenge

Retro Rubber Challenge - #64 Anything Goes 

Thanks for looking =) 

Pretty Printed Digis Card

I created this quick digital card then printed it out and assembled it as a sample 

for the Digitally Made Challenge Blog. 

It was meant to show what the challenge is looking for
 (purely digital entries like the png below)

versus what it is not
 (printed and assembled projects like the card above). 

Below is the digital image that I put together with

Photoshop Elements

Hazy Fields watercolor flowers from designbundles.net

Happy Birthday png (altered) from lovesvg.com

If you are a digital crafter
or would like to try your hand at
creating digital art,
you are invited to share your work with us at
Digitally Made Challenges .

Thanks for looking !

Digitally Made June Challenge

Time for a new challenge at

Digitally Made !

This month we have a sponsor:

We R 3.

Our prompt this time is to Use a Quote

on your 100% digital project

(NOTHING handmade, we want to see purely digital work).

You can also be inspired by a quote and tell us

how you interpreted it in your project.

I created a computer desktop background 

 with images from We R 3:

Ladybug Matilda- pre-colored auburn

Watercolor paper- Ladybug Wishes

Digital Sentiment- Great Day
(all have been resized for my project)

 I used My Memories Suite V8 software to create it.

TIP: make a folder on your desktop to browse to
when using items from digital designers in the software. 
Place the items in this folder then open them up in the software.





The watercolor paper is inserted as a background on my 
custom sized project, based the on the pixels (1920x1200) of my monitor.

The ladybug image is inserted as an embellishment and resized.

The word bubble is a shape in the program,
colored white with a drop shadow added
and resized.

The sentiment is also added as an embellishment
on top of the word bubble and resized.

The calendar was easy to create in the program
because there is a special feature in the program 
for adding calendars. All you do is choose the month and year.
You can change the font and size as well as a few other 
options to design it to your liking. 
I did add the name of the month as a separate text box
 to make it much larger than what the auto calendar
feature would allow. 
I also added a white square punch, reduced opacity,
under the calendar. 

Saved as JPG, exported then added to my computer
as a desktop background, done ! 

REMINDER:

NOTHING HANDMADE should be submitted to our

100% DIGITAL CHALLENGE.

That is, NO printed images, etc. assembled into

tangible, HAND CRAFTED ITEMS.

That's why we call it a challenge=

to challenge you to use software

to create a strictly digital project

then share the finished jpg/png image with us !

There are many ideas for digital projects such as

digital scrapbook pages, email cards, social media banners,

digital paintings, digital art journal pages, collages,

backgrounds for your computer screen and more.

 Think of things that you would share online, digital images,

not physical hand made items you would give to someone in person.

Creating digitally is fun, plus there is no mess to clean up ;) 

Visit the rest of the design team members blogs

for more inspiring - and varied - digital projects:

• aNNie
• Cass
• craftysahmiam - you are here
• GranMargaret
• Sonia
• Susan

Thanks for looking =)

Pretty In Pink Birthday Card

This month at 

Making Memories Crafting 

we have a bingo board challenge:

We also have a sponsor:

  https://bugaboostamps.com/

My card details:

Diagonal bingo =  Die cut, Image and Bling

Supplies from Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Pink Pirouette and Whisper White card stock

Pink Pirouette, Pretty In Pink, Certainly Celery, Basic Grey inks

Roses In Winter and Elegant Greetings stamp sets

Bigz Clear Oval Accent Die and matching embossing stencil

Damask Decor embossing folder, Cuttlebug

Tulip embossing folder (inside)

Pink Pirouette striped grosgrain ribbon

Flat back pearl brad, unknown

Thanks for looking :) 

House of Cards Blog Hop

Hello ! 

 We've come to the end of another term at House of Cards.

 Unfortunately, we are saying a fond farewell to some of our DT members.

To say goodbye and thank you, we're celebrating with a blog hop

and Design Team call! 

The hop will run from June 1st 6:00 AM CST through June 15th Noon CST.

Make sure you leave a comment at each person's blog along the way because the prizes are hidden. We'll be doing random drawings from the blogs where they are hiding! After you're done, make a card using the inspiration photo above to share with us at House of Cards for another chance to win!

Here are our fabulous sponsors:

MHK Designs

Prize: Any three products of your choice!

All Dressed Up

Prize: 2 Images

Digi Stamps 4 Joy

Prize: $10 to use in store

Scrap n' Dippity

Prize $10 Gift Certificate to use in store

My card details:

Image from Digi Stamps 4 Joy

Meirenyu

Colored with colored pencils.

White acrylic craft paint and 

glitter nail polish for accents.

Bermuda Bay and Tangerine Tango card stock.

Crushed Curry polka dot ribbon.

Thanks for looking =)

 You should have arrived here from Em's blog.

Your next stop is Jane's blog.

Here's your hop order in case you get lost along the way

 House of Cards Challenge Blog

Never Forget

Remembering the Fallen this

Memorial Day.

Let's Go Fly A Kite digi kit

Above are a facebook cover and a page that I made with

Let's Go Fly A Kite,

 a colorful new digi kit by 

JMC Designs.

It's now for sale at 

Plain Digital Wrapper. 

KIT CONTENTS:
10 Cardstock 
24 Patterned Papers 
69 Unique Elements - Banner, Bee, Bird, 5 Bows, 2 Butterflies, 5 Buttons, 6 Flowers, 4 Frames, 2 Grunge, Heart, 4 Kites, Ladybug, 4 Leaves, 2 Pinwheels, 5 Ribbon, 3 RicRac, 2 Scatters, Staples, 2 Sttichings, 5 Strings, Sun, 3 Swirls, 2 Triangles, 5 WordBits

There are also two extra add on packs: 

Sewing Themed digi kit

As Ye Sew, So Ye Rip

is a terrific new digital kit by

JMC Designs

and available now at 

Plain Digital Wrapper.

I've created a facebook cover and a 

scrapbook page. 

The page uses a template by 

Made By Keuntje.

As Ye Sew So Ye Rip Kit includes: 

3 lowercase alphabets 
8 Cardstock 
24 Patterned Papers 
74 Unique Elements - banner, bead scatter, 2 Bobbins, 2 Bows, 5 Buttons, Button Card, Buttons and String, 3 Charms, Clothes Pin, Crochet Hook, Embroidery Hoop, 5 Flowers, Frame, 3 Leaves, 3 Mannequins, Scissors, Sewing Kit, Sewing Machine, Knitting, Knitting Needles, 2 Lace, 2 Needles, Picker, 5 Pins, 5 Ribbons, 3 RicRac, Safety Pin, Staples, 5 Stitchings, 3 Thimbles, 4 Thread, Threader, Trim, 3 Zippers

Quick Graduation Cards

Two quick graduation cards.

All images are oldies from Stampin' Up!

The gold star card has an embossed background made with
a Fiskars texture plate.


Thanks for looking ;)