TGIF; Thankful Friday #426

Friday! Nice to see you again! This week has been very lowkey since everyone is back to school/work. Hubby and I haven’t been doing much but watching new series and movies. I've been spending a lot of time in the Command Center as well. And house cleaning.

This week I'm thankful for all that. Just a really peaceful week. 

What about you? What are you thankful for this week?

Rainbow Crush YT Hop; Coral

It's time for another Rainbow Crush YouTube Hop hosted by Tara of The Paper Snob. For August, the color is...coral!

Here's my layout 

And my video:

All the details:

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#scrapbooking #scrapbooklayouts #rainbowcrushhop #scrapbookprocessvideo

Welcome to Rainbow Crush – a Social Media hop where we share projects that feature a color of the rainbow each month! This hop is hosted by Tara on her Facebook Group.  This hop takes place on the  2nd Wednesday of the month!  The color for August is to use coral on your layout or card.  You are only required to use 75%.  

You can sign for the next month’s hop over on the The Paper Snob Community Facebook group: 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/thepapersnobcommunity/

INSTAGRAM:

Tina:  https://www.instagram.com/tinamcmmvr/

Laurie:  https://www.instagram.com/scrapbookingbits/

Sheri: https://www.instagram.com/sheriluvs2scrap22/ 

Kathy:  https://www.instagram.com/kacarr61 

Brandi:  https://www.instagram.com/scrappy.boymama/

Simera:  https://www.instagram.com/scrappysimi/

Tammy:  https://www.instagram.com/handcrafterhaven/

Here is the YOUTUBE PLAYLIST for this hop! All the videos in one place!

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVzGN8g-gUUc

TGIF; Thankful Friday #425

Happy Thankful Friday! This week I'm thankful for Back to School activities. Yup, it's that time and this year even Jhené starts school.

The two younger ones and I participated in Chalk the Walk at both of their schools. Along with other parents, students and members of our fire and sheriff offices, we drew happy pictures and positive sayings at the school openings and sidewalks. It was over 100 degrees but it was fun.

Grades this year:  11th, 1st, and preschool 

Going Old School; Cutting Out Photos

Remember that pretty much all we did was cut around the people in photos? Me too! And I haven't done that in years! Well there's a first for everything.

I love, love, love how this layout turned out. It's like what's old is new, but edgier!

What do you think?

Deadpool embellishment is print then cut from the Cricut.

Papers and acrylic pieces are from Close To My Heart

My Sweet Prima Products; JS

I received the most beautiful items in my Design Team shipment from Jenlee Schoolcraft for the month of August. I received the following items:

My Sweet Paper Pad and Prima Flowers by Prima Marketing along with a beautiful roll of ribbon from American Crafts called Ruban Premium.

As soon as I saw the paper, I knew I need to create a card that focused on the patterned paper. I found one.

It's called a divided card and this is how you make it for a standard A2 card:

The card base is 4.25x11 scored at 5.5

You'll cut two 4x5.25 pieces of patterned papers or cardstock and then cut one of them as below:

The second one without any cutting/scoring will be adhered to the card base first and then place the top and bottom cuts to the card.

This was an easy card to make as long as you cut correctly. I took an easy way out with the embellishments by sticking to the paper to create a tag.

Jenlee Schoolcraft is a budget friendly craft supply company that has both new and gently used items for sale in their webstore. The variety of items vary but you can certainly fill a shopping cart and not spend a fortune. And to help with that, use code, Dorlene for an additional 10% off your entire order!

TGIF; Thankful Friday #424

TGIF and Happy Thankful Friday! This week I'm thankful for Mother/Daughter trips. We're actually on one right now!

Whoever said these trips were good for your soul, we're 100% right!

If you're interested in seeing photos, check out my IG account @3sons_and_astar

Splatter D Canvas

Last month I took my niece and nephew to a splatter room and we made really cool canvases with our initial.

We'll, I decided to dress mine up a little. Honestly, I'm not sure if it was an improvement but it was fun doing some doodles and I enjoyed the process. 

I filmed a little different video today. Just a peek into my set up prior to actually filming. I hope you enjoy it and remember...if you don't like it, change it!

Because this is how it ended up!

Eek Layout

When I first saw this sketch I just wasn’t feeling it. Didn’t know what I was going to do. Then instead of circles, I thought...pumpkins! Then it just came into play and worked out great!

I struggled a little with the mitered corners but was able to cover up a thick seam with sticker embellishments. I used an Echo Park collection called Ghouls and Ghosts. So cute!

The sketch is from Scrapbooking the Day Away. If you love to scrapbook, you've got to check out this site. There's a free and paid membership. See which one works best for you.

Be sure to watch my YouTube process video:

TGIF; Thankful Friday #423

TGIF and welcome to another week to be thankful! This week I'm thankful for our local library. Not only is it a place to borrow books, they are always hosting events. 

This week we enjoyed Diggery Diggers and learned about dinosaurs. 

What are you thankful for this week?

Family Layout; Stick It Down Sketch

You know I love working with sketches and Stick It Down always have good ones. The sketch:

This one is also pretty simple so I added a larger cluster above and below the focal photo. I'm really trying to use my older supplies and thought outside the box with the embellishments. I'm really happy with the layout.

If you like sketches like I do, check out Stick It Down. They post a new sketch for two page layouts, one page and a card every month.

Watch the YouTube process video to see how this came together:

AIW Themed Layout; Jenlee Schoolcraft

I love the challenge of working with different items and this Alice in Wonderland Stamperia paper pad from Jenlee Schoolcraft was definitely a challenge for me. 

I decided to create a layout using photos of my youngest granddaughter trying pickles for the first time. I know, I know. This has nothing to do with Alice in Wonderland but I was thinking along the lines of an unbirthday. 

She loves pickles so this ended up being quite a unbirthday treat! See... it works!

I call this a Paper Pad Party since the majority of the layout came together by using all elements from the same paper pad.

Watch the YouTube process video to watch this layout come together. 

If you are interested in budget friendly low cost crafty items, be sure to check out the Jenlee Schoolcraft store. Use DORLENE as a coupon code to get an additonal 10% off!

TGIF; Thankful Friday #422

Happy Friday and another week to be grateful. This week I'm grateful for yoga. My youngest granddaughter turned three on Wednesday and I just happened to see a post advertising for a yoga session that morning. It specifically stated that it was tailored for toddlers.

How fun! So, we went to check it out and participate. It was a good time and the instructor was fabulous.

What are you thankful for this week? Let me know!

Iron Crafter YT Hop; Rub Ons

It's time for another Iron Crafter Challenge on YouTube from The Paper Snob Facebook group. This month the item to use is Rub Ons. I was pretty excited to see this because I bought this Simple Stories Disney rub ons a while ago with no plan for using them. Technically, this is not a Disney layout but I think it still works! What do you think?

My layout:

And my video:

More of the hop below:

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#ironcrafterchallenge  #embellishments #scrapbooking #useyourstash

Join a fun group of crafty people each month as we take on the Iron Crafter Challenge! Each month Tara from @thepapersnob will select a challenge ingredient to use on a layout.  This hop goes live on the THIRD FRIDAY of the month. We will have a hop on YouTube and Instagram to show how we used the challenge ingredient(s) for the month. 

The mystery challenge for July is to use rubons on your layout (or cards).

Instagram:

Tina www.instagram.com/tinamcmmvr

Laurie:  https://www.instagram.com/scrapbookingbits…

Simera:  https://www.instagram.com/scrappysimi/

Kathy:  https:www.instagram.com/kacarr61

Tammy: https://www.instagram.com/handcrafterhaven 

Brandi:  https://www.instagram.com/scrappy.boymama/

Lauren:  https://www.instagram.com/creative_happy_hour

Karin:  https://www.instagram.com/kadas_scrapbooking

Here is a playlist with ALL the videos of the YouTube creators:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLayepSsGRJpk

If you want to learn about the mystery item and play along, come over to the Paper Snob Community Facebook group:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/thepapersnobcommunity/

Watermelon Canvas Painting

I don't know if you know but I host painting events at my home and for other people/organizations. I try to play around with new ideas so I have projects ready to show before the events happen. With that in mind, I tried to paint a watermelon with a bird but if you watch my newest YT video you can see all the changes that happened before it was all done.

What do you think? Do you like the final painting?

I think it's fun and whimsical and love it!

TGIF; Thankful Friday #421

Happy Saturday. Yes I forgot (again) to post what I am thankful for yesterday. It was a crazy week since we spent a day and night at Great Wolf Lodge for my youngest granddaughter's birthday.

That's what I'm thankful for this week. The fact that we get to spend so much family time together and we're not missing out on these precious moments. How lucky are we?

What are you thankful for this week? Let me know!

Rainbow Crush, Coordinating Colors

This month on the Rainbow Crush YT Hop challenge, we had to use coordinating colors. I may have taken the easy route, but I used Red and Green.  So...you guessed it...Christmas!

See the links below for all the hop details.

My layout:

I created this layout using photo cards we received for the holidays. The title was created using my Cricut and the stamps are from my stash. They are from Stampin Up! and since they are still on wooden blocks, you can tell how old they are!

The paper collection is from My Minds Eye.

Be sure to check out my video but especially the other scrapbookers. Hop along, leave comments, and be inspired by all the different layouts.

Welcome to Rainbow Crush – a Social Media hop where we share projects that feature a color of the rainbow each month! This hop is hosted by Tara on her Facebook Group.  This hop takes place on the  2nd Wednesday of the month!  The color for July is to use complimentary colors on your layout.  You are only required to use 75%.  

You can sign for the next month’s hop over on the The Paper Snob Community Facebook group: 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/thepapersnobcommunity/

INSTAGRAM:

Tina:  https://www.instagram.com/tinamcmmvr/

Laurie:  https://www.instagram.com/scrapbookingbits/

Sheri: https://www.instagram.com/sheriluvs2scrap22/ 

Kathy:  https://www.instagram.com/kacarr61 

Brandi:  https://www.instagram.com/scrappy.boymama/

Simera:  https://www.instagram.com/scrappysimi/

Kaitlin:  https://www.instagram.com/keptinteal/

Here is the YOUTUBE PLAYLIST for this hop! All the videos in one place!

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLY94zWcI3o6w

Rice Paper? Now What?

When I received this Stamperia rice paper from Jenlee Schoolcraft, I wasn't sure how I was going to use it. But after holding it and pondering, I thought...oooh a drapery card.

I've made this card before as part of my Monthly Card Kit using regular cardstock patterned paper but this rice paper drapes so nicely!

I also used a chipboard sticker also from Stamperia. I'm going to be honest with you. I don't do vintage very often. In fact, most times, I steer away from it.

I used patterned paper from Prima Marketing which has a vintage vibe too.

To make the drapery:

6x2.5 scored at 3.25, 3.75, 4.75 and 5 1/8"

Before folding on the score lines, measure 1.25" from the bottom right corner on the right side (note, whatever the height of the drape, make a mark halfway up the right side) and then trim a triangle from the bottom right side at the 3.25" score line to the mark you just made.

Fold at the score lines accordian style.

Add adhesive to the top to adhere to the card front.

If you're looking for inexpensive budget friendly crafty supplies, look no further than Jenlee Schoolcraft. They stock new and gently used items just ready for you to look at and purchase.

If you're a new customer, use code NEW20 for 20% off or use DORLENE10 for 10% off!

Be sure to check out the process video and make your own drapery card!

TGIF; Thankful Friday #420

Happy Friday! And happy thankful Friday. This week I'm thankful for another successful painting event.

We painted frogs and they turned out so cute!

I'm thankful that people have confidence in my painting and teaching capabilities. I have so much fun and so do they. BONUS: two of my granddaughters and my daughter-in-law were there!

What are you thankful for this week?

LTCCB 80th Layout

It's been six weeks and it's time for another Love To Craft Challenge Blog challenge (LTCCB). The cool thing about this challenge is that you can share any crafty project. So if you're a sewer or painter or anything else, be sure to link your project before the deadline.

This time I decided to submit a layout. I used the little bit of materials from one collection and then found a coordinating paper pad that I had in my stash to supplement it.

It matches perfectly!

Be sure to watch the process video on my YouTube channel. If you're not already, hit that subscribe button. I'd appreciate it!

Close up of the cluster on the left side:

Be sure to go to the LTCCB site so you can check out the other DT projects and to link your own before the August 15th deadline!

Fruit Bowl Junk Journal Spread

When removing a label on an apple, I really looked at it and thought I'd like to keep it for my junk journal. Well pretty soon I started looking (and saving) more and more until I started adding them to a page. 

Once that was full, I cut and adhered fruit from a grocery store ad on the opposite page.

And that led to me to ask, what now?  Well you can probably guess that I decided to play with acrylic paints to create my fruit bowl.

I've seen paintings where the artist creates their backgrounds this way...a little muddy because of the layers of colors and I decided to try it. I like how it turned out but in the future I think this is something I'd like to do with my fingers and not a paintbrush. I didn’t like the hard edges that the brush made. And the white covered too much of the teal so I used a wet wipe to remove some of it. I'll need to practice more with this technique!

What do you think?

The YouTube video doesn't show when I added the labels, but I did add Mod Podge to seal them to the pages.

*Don't ask me why I put two avocados. I had green out and my mind just went there!