Another Fiesta Prize Ribbon

We have an annual event in our town called the Apricot Fiesta. It's a ton of fun and the whole town gets together for a lot of local entertainment, food, games, parade, fireworks, booths, rides, drinking, an arts and crafts show and so much more!

I've entered the show multiple times and have been fortunate to win a ribbon on all my entries. Well this year didn't disappoint.

Second Place:

Honorable Mention:

I love this picture I took while in Morro Bay. I was a little disappointed that I didn't place but when I saw the ones that did, I was ok with it. LOL

If you live in CA, have you been to Morro Bay? It's crazy, you drive into town and all of a sudden this huge rock is in your face. We're a ways away from the rock, but you can see how it's sorta magical. Wow, it's worth it if you can get there.

TGIF; Thankful Friday #415

TGIF and happy thankful Friday. This week was a weird one since Monday was a holiday. We didn't do anything different except my daughter was home from work.

I'm thankful for the opportunity to submit two entries for our Apricot Fiesta Arts and Crafts contest and Photography contest.

Hopefully I'll have a post celebrating a new ribbon to hang!

What are you thankful for this week? Let me know in the comments.

Designer Deep Dive; Echo Park YT Hop

It's time for another YouTube hop hosted by Tara of the Paper Snob. Scroll down for all the details. 

Here's my layout using Echo Park School Rules stickers. When Echo Park had a big warehouse sale, I decided to purchase a bunch of their stickers versus collections. If you're like me, we already have tons of papers that coordinate with these stickers even if they are not from Echo Park. I used a big paper pad called The Basics. You know, the one you bought because you were going to use it for everything? LOL

I haven't...but they sure did coordinate with the School Rules stickers I pulled out for my granddaughters' first day of school. It's a simple page but I love how colorful it is! I followed a sketch by Scrapbooking The Day Away.

Here's a closeup of the title/journaling part in the lower left corner:

Check out my YouTube video and follow the other scrapbookers.

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#designerdeepdive  #scrapbooklayouts #scrapbooking #useyourstash

Join a fun group of creators each month as we take on the Designer Deep Dive Hop! Each month Tara from @thepapersnob will select a designer or manufacturer to use on a layout. There will be some alternatives for some of the designers just in case you don’t have this designer or manufacturer in your stash.   You are not required to use 100% of this designer!  This hop goes live on the FOURTH THURSDAY of the month. We will have a hop on YouTube and Instagram to show how we each used the designer for the month. 

The designer/manufacturer of the month is: Echo Park or Carta Bella!

Instagram:

Brandi www.instagram.com/scrappy.boymama/

Simera:  www.instagram.com/scrappysimi

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

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

Kathy S:  https://www.instagram.com/kathyfl58/

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

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCfSqErOPJorvbr97LYKxzROOYe2swnnb

If you want to play along, come over to the Paper Snob Community Facebook group:

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

Sparkle and Shine Card; Jenlee Schoolcraft

Is it too early for Red, White and Blue card? I used a striped embossing folder and Sparkle & Shine die cuts all from the Jenlee Schoolcraft website, to create a July (patriotic) birthday card.

There's plenty of sparkle since I used clear glitter glue to really jazz this card up and some star shaped enamel dots to add more fun!

Overall an easy card since my Big Shot did most of the work. And I'm ok with that!

If you're looking for budget friendly crafty supplies, look no further than Jenlee Schoolcraft website. She has lots of supplies both new and gently used to make pretty, crafty things. Use my first name, Dorlene for 10% off your order. 

Punches, Pocket Pages and the Fuse Tool; Oh No!

This spread of my granddaughter's first birthday includes punches, a pocket page and the Fuse Tool! Oh my!

I printed a lot of 4x6 photos for this event and instead of creating lots of layouts, I decided to use a pocket page and some flip flaps. This definitely saved time and space in my album. I also like doing this to add interest to my albums.

Check out my YouTube process video to see how to use the Fuse Tool and to see what else I did to make this spread special.

This video also talks about using flip flaps, paper scraps and/or ugly papers. Did you learn anything new from this video? Let me know!

TGIF; Thankful Friday #414

Hey there. It's Friday and another week to be thankful. This week I volunteered at my daughter's work during the Book Fair. I am tired!

Tired but thankful for the time spent. It's pretty cool to see her in action. The way she interacts with the kiddos and the way they just love her is pretty cool. 

She was made for this job and I'm thankful she has a job that she loves. 

So yeah, that's what I'm thankful for this week.

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

New York City Junk Journal

I just got back from a quick trip to New York and of course had some great "junk" for a spread in my junk journal.

I wish more places had things I could gather but the map was a great find! 

I added some old, old New York stickers that I'm not even sure why I had them but definitely came in handy!

The glue that I used is from The Paper Source which is a Hobby Lobby brand. It was a great gift to receive a container of glue assortments from my friend.

This video is a little less talking and more cutting, tearing and glueing sounds. It's actually kinda soothing! Watch it here:

Let me know what you think about it! Do you like the audio this way or do you prefer more talking?