Circle of life...

As many of you may know, we lived in Alaska for a few years in the service. This next layout was really influenced both by the tribal art of the Natives as well as the circular lifecycle of the Salmon.

Another one done...

Whew, just uploaded another one that I got finished this weekend. Now, some of the ladies with me at the Paperthreads retreat in Baltimore may remember me starting this layout then...but I just finally finished it this weekend. I added the journalling with a white Sakura Souffle pen (love how that puffs up and stays opaque on the black background) and the Brutus the Buckeye paper piecing.

My Hero!

Just another share of a layout I got done this weekend. I've had this Bug paper from Paper Studio (HL brand) in my stash for awhile. It was a perfect fit for the primary colors and subject.


Here's a little close-up of the spider he captured and the arrow I (almost) stamped. It's a clear acrylic arrow from Sandy Lion. Problem is, that it was shorter than I wanted. So, I masked off the end, then reinked and moved it over to add a longer piece onto the pointed end. Almost lined up, even with acrylics it's not perfect. Oh well, used a few dots of the white Sakura Souffle pen to fill in where I overlapped the ink.


Thanks for looking!

Ah fate, how I love thee!

Sometimes fate has a cruel sense of humor, just sayin'...

I sat down to FINALLY work on some scrapping on National Scrapbooking Day on Saturday with this idea in my head...I really, really needed a piece of white core red cardstock. No matter how hard I looked through my stash, I just couldn't find one. Now, this is probably because a) I don't buy white colored cardstock in general because it cuts horribly on my electronic cutter, b) I tend to use up a lot of red (you know, primary colors for kids, OSU, etc...), c)Hobby Lobby (crafts etc.) cardstock is solid cored, and d) JoAnn's switched to Coredinations instead of DCWV for their individual sheets of cardstock. So, since I can't seem to find a Coredination sheet with white on the inside...just the whitewashed sheets with it on the outside, I had to improvise.

I found a sheet of salmon pink colored white core stock, inked it with some cherry red pigment ink, dried, then cut, crumpled, sanded, distressed my letters and added crackle accents to the top.


Now, that comment about fate and her twisted ways? I was already planning to make the page about daybreak and my daughter's unbelievable ability to beat the sun up every morning, when what did I find digging through my acrylic stamps (which, sadly, have previously been hoarded and not used)? A ROOSTER! Time to ink it up with the same pigment ink, a perfect match (though the reflections don't look like it on these pics).