Mixed Media

Hi everyone!  Trying to get back into the swing of things around here.  Life has been a bit hectic with back to school.  I spent what seemed like hours yesterday going through books trying to find all the materials I would need for Ainsley this year.  This is the third time I have taught 6th grade and over the years the books have scattered throughout the house.  I guess that is what happens.  Hard to believe this is our 11th year.  Brighton is a senior, Mackenzie a freshman...and Ainsley....my baby.....6th grade.  **cry**

Anyway.....

A few weeks ago I took a class at my LSS from Anna Dabrowska, a mixed media class....a grungy class.....and this is what I made using a Prima album and lots of Luminarte products.

A mixed media Art Journal.  A bit more grungy that I probably would have done on my own...but Anna came by and was like, and I quote, "Why so delicate?"  And then she encouraged me to go grungeier  (is that even a word?) by adding more paint.

 Anyway...it was tons of fun, and definitely not something I would have done on my own.  But.....

 The inside pages I was a little more comfortable with.  Not quite a grungy and still lots of fun techniques.

And of course lots of mists and stamps.  hee hee

Did you know you can pick up an Art Journal (blank of course) just like this from the Your Memories Here store?  I think I may grab another for later...or Ainsley....Did I tell you she is doing mixed media now as well?  Lord help us.  hee hee

OK, back to it.

Hugs.

Nancy

and I'm back

Hi everyone!  Sorry I have been gone so long, but....Hawaii!!!!  Days spent playing in the ocean, hiking to waterfalls, enjoying the sand and beautiful sunsets.  So, here are a few photos of our trip that I am looking forward to scrapping.  All straight out of the camera since I have yet to find time to work on editing them.

Not much else to share today.  I am trying to get caught up on life...get school started.  Life with two teenagers is not easy right now.  sigh

Hugs.

Nancy

Bind a Birthday - Your Memories Here

Hi everyone, today I wanted to share with you more photos from Ainsley's birthday party.

This year for her party we decided as a craft to make mini books.  I cut up lots of my scrap papers and allowed the girls to use my Bind-it-All and some o-wires to create all by themselves.  They were all so proud of their creations.

The girls had a great time and of course I had to take photos.  And you know I couldn't resist using them to create this page based on a Creative Scrappers sketch and papers from Pink Paislee's collection, Spring Jubilee.

Of course, I used fussy cutting for embellishment along with a few chipboard stickers, a shipping tag and a bit of lace from the Your Memories Here store.

Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope you are having a great one.

Hugs.

Nancy

Celebrate - the Sampler

Hi everyone!  I hope you are having a great day today.  Me...just trying to recuperate after our crazy swim season.  Hard to believe summer is almost over.  sigh

Today I wanted to share with you another project I made using the Summer Camp kit from the Sampler.

These are photos from Ainsley's birthday party.  We found this huge beach ball.  All the girls had a great time playing with it.  No one had ever seen a beach ball so big.

I love that this kit is packed with so many fun embellishments, washi tape, ribbons, buttons and cute stickers to layer and pop.  And the patterned papers also mix and match so well.

Well, back to work.  Be sure and check out the challenges going on now over on the Sampler blog.

Hugs.

Nancy

Heading Out?

Hi everyone!  Today I wanted to share with you a little mini album and suitcase I made for my upcoming trip to Hawaii.

I used some gorgeous papers from Trinity Paper Arts and lots of fun flowers and trims from the Hydrangea Hippo etsy store.  I really love this fun little die from Sizzix.

And I of course had to embellish the Zutter Bind-it-All o-Wires for the mini book.

I plan on using this little gem for fun Instagram photos I will be taking.

OK, well.....

Hugs.

Nancy

A Two Pager?

When I first started scrapbooking...oh those many years ago, I made single page 12x12 layouts.  After a while...looking at my books...I began to notice that my pages didn't really "match".  So, I started making every layout a two page spread.  It wasn't always easy, but......Then, trends changed and my children got older...there were fewer and fewer event pages and more just photos, I turned back to single spread pages.  Every once and a while tho, it does happen, an event that calls for more photos...that calls for larger photos, or...in this case a sketch comes along that I have to use.

Here is the sketch from Heather

and here is my take

Fun, huh!    These are older photos of Brighton (yep, that almost 17 year old that you see all the time).  Here he is 10 or so, at a camping weekend with the scouts...Oh, how young and cute he was....sigh.  They just grow too fast.  I used some of my older Basic Grey, Archaic papers and a few odds and ends.

Well, crazy crazy here....what's new huh!  lol  We went to the beach camping for a couple of days...more about that later.

Hugs.

Nancy

Time for Candles - Your Memories Here

Hi everyone, today I wanted to share with you a project I made using the super fun Spring Jubilee papers from Pink Paislee.

As you may know, Ainsley recently celebrated her birthday and this collection was just perfect for documenting the occasion.

I fussy cut a lot of elements from the papers (did you know there are 24 sheets of paper in the kit? plenty for backgrounds and still more to cut up).  I also and added a bit of gorgeous lace as a border under my photo as well as some fun alphabets from Lily Bee and Prima.

 Of course, no layout of my daughter would be complete without a few lovely Prima flowers.

Ainsley was so happy with her birthday cake.  Cookie dough ice cream with vanilla cake.  And of course, now that her new favorite color is green (go figure) lots of green decorations on the cake.

Well, back to work here.  I hope you are having a great week.

Hugs.

Nancy