Day 11 – Mother-in-Law

If you haven't guessed by now, I write my blog articles ahead of when they actually post. It's a lot like how Oprah used to film her show a few weeks in advance of when it aired.  It works well for me because I can miss a day and still get a post in on time (okay, some of the time), and it means I'm not so rushed trying to come up with my blog posts at the last minute.  What this means for LOAD is that the layouts you see are actually behind schedule, because I waited until I was about three weeks into it to start posting them on this blog.  The post you are seeing today was for the layout I did on Mother's Day, May 11, but you don't get to see it until June 6th.  On top of that, the LOAD theme for the day was supposed to be "Puppy Love", which I completely ignored.  Since it was Mother's Day, I had to go off theme for this page and do something motherly but I promise, I will do some cute "Puppy Love" pages sometime in the near future.  As it so happens, I had a page contest/challenge to get turned in, so I killed two birds with one stone – I used the paper and embellishments from the challenge to make a Mother’s Day page about my mother-in-law.  I’ll find out at the end of the month if I won or not!  Have I confused you enough?

Update:  I found out recently that I won the page contest at Personal Scrapbook.  I am so excited!

I Do

Today is the 2^nd, and that means it’s time for the monthly Craft Squad blog hop.  If you came from Lisa Loves to Stamp, you are in the right place.  This month, our theme is “I Do,” and I thought it would be nice to take a break from all the page layouts and do some cards for a change.

Both of these cards use very little in the way of supplies.  For this first card, I used Stampin’ Up punches to create the flowers from white cardstock and acetate (transparency film).  I then edged the flowers with Stickles.  The sentiment is off-set on the same shape punched in black and popped up with foam dots. All this is set on an embossed background.  Simple, and quite elegant, I think.

The second card is a little more casual.  I used a piece of paper from DCWV’s Old World stack as the background.  The shapes were punched from scraps with assorted punches and dies.  I used liquid pearls to accent the scalloped circle, but you could use real pearls, too.  The stamps used on both cards are from Stampin’ Up.

I hope you enjoyed my cards today.  Please follow the link to Treasure Chest of Memories to continue with the rest of the hop.  The hop will be available through June 5, and my regularly scheduled posts will return on the 6^th.  If you’d like to see more of my projects, please visit the archives, which you can access using the widgets on the left.

Day 10 – Operator

On May 25, I shared with you some organization tips for implementing Project Boxes and I asked you to share some of your best tips for getting organized.  You guys are so smart!  I love all the tips and ideas you shared!  Thanks for participating.

It was a really hard decision, but the prize for Best Tip goes to:


For Day 10, Lain gave us the theme “Operator” and guided us toward incorporating a telephone into our pages.  The minute I saw this prompt, I remembered this photo of my sister when she was just 3 years old.  I had to text her to find out why she had a phone in the picture so I would have something to journal. 

Coming up with the right colors of embellishments can sometimes be a challenge.  For this layout, I colored clear rhinestone flourishes with my Copic markers.  I also colored the ribbon with the same marker.