Scraps of Steph

The Drought Has Lifted!

2009-08-30T05:04:00.000-07:00

At least for the moment! :-) Judy came over to provide moral support while I took about two hours on this page. The letters are a Quickutz die cut and the circles (aside from the largest one) are a Cuttlebug die. They both have been sitting in my house for a long time and wanted to be used. The paper is mostly Die Cuts With a View... I like their paper because it has a white core, and sands really nicely....

More Cards!

2009-03-03T18:08:00.000-08:00

....am having fun with this! :-)

Some Cards on a Sunday Evening...

2009-03-01T19:48:00.000-08:00

I cranked out a few cards and a layout today. Feels so good to be creating again. Am tossing up the idea of opening an Etsy store. Not sure. I think that I could potentially do a bit of a business with cards. The bad thing is that when the mojo goes... it goes!

..... all the cards I did today were made from scraps. The only piece of paper that hadn't already been cut into was the sheet of white mulberry paper. Crazy, eh? My stuff is so old, too, that I've no idea where I got it. So don't ask. *winks*

....am getting really comfy with my sewing machine with paper. There are some days when my machine wants to eat whatever I'm doing, but I had really good luck today.

Everything In Twos....

2009-02-14T16:00:00.000-08:00

....Aaron made a comment that I'm simplifying my pages these days. I suppose I am. Is funny that I like the IDEA of all the fun embellishments that are out there for scrapbooking. But the reality is that I like my photos to be the focus.

....I love that I have so much stuff. There is still so much I can do to feel like I'm creating without having to spend more money (let's face it... I have a small fortune in supplies!).

....I love that you can have photos printed however you like. The pictures for these pages were actually printed on one 4x6 sheet. I just cut them apart.

.....If you click on the photos, you can see them in a larger scale. Sorry Griffin's is a little blurry.

My Beautiful Baby Girl....

2009-02-13T21:17:00.000-08:00

...I've been scrapping out of order a lot lately. I just pick up photos that speak to me. There is no rhyme or reason.

.....Have been using the crap in my stash lately. I have so much collected over the years that I don't know where half of it came from. But I'm using it now. I do know, however, that the spray adhesive ROCKS for sticking down the mulberry paper.

....I love this pic of Erin. Notsomuch of me, but I do love it of her. The twins absolutely love it when we take pictures together.

I Updated It!

2009-02-07T16:59:00.000-08:00

....so thanks for the ideas on what to do to give this page a lil something.

....we're headed off tomorrow to visit my family. Not sure the exact plan of what we'll do yet, but I know for certain that I'll see my momma. She's been quite depressed about my Grandad's progress. And I can't say at all that I blame her. Who would have thought that after eight weeks of this crap that we'd still have him in the ICU?

.....and I better go, because I just heard Griffin (who is watching a movie with his siblings) "If you break that remote, you'll pay for it!" Ahhh... gotta love kids!

Finding my way out of the Fog...

2009-02-07T16:47:00.000-08:00

I really am a simple-type scrapbooker. My pages are very low-key.

But I'm trying really hard to get into the habit of scrapping with more regularity. I'm sitting on more pics than I know what to do with!

I nearly threw my sewing machine out the window in the efforts to get the bit of stitching on this page.

Tried something new, too, with this one, by using the scallop punch on the picture itself.

I also put sticky felt through the die cutting machine to make the letters. I love the look of felt!

Merry Christmas, Steph!

2008-12-08T06:46:00.000-08:00

....so we do a Homemade Christmas exchange each year. Third Annual. I made varying styles of the decoration you see here. The girls loved them. They're too kind. This one went to Stephenie. And I heard her hanging it last night, too. Basically, they're three 4"x6" canvases that I painted and embellished. They're strung together with organza ribbon. Each girl got one in colors that I felt represented her.

It's Been A While....

2008-12-07T14:52:00.000-08:00

...have totally felt lately like I've lost my crafting mojo. Doing Homemade Christmas with the girls has totally helped me feel creative again. These are onsies I've stamped for a baby shower for a girl who works for me. What's funny is that I don't even know her all that well. These are done with Stampin' Up!'s craft ink and stamps. Pigment ink is fairly permanent on fabric, so these little onesies make PERFECT baby gifts!

Not Feeling My Mojo....

2008-09-14T18:24:00.000-07:00

.....I'm really feeling a crafting funk lately. I'm not feeling my mojo. What should a girl do when she totally lacks inspiration??

....I don't hate this page. But I'm not loving it....

He Likes It....

2008-09-14T11:19:00.001-07:00

....and that's all that matters. Not exactly happy with this, but it's beens sitting on my scrapdesk for about a month now, waiting to be finished. Wanted to do flames around the edges, but don't like the way they turned out. Collin, however, likes the page, and it's his album.... so that's what matters, right?

Creativity....

2008-08-09T17:26:00.000-07:00

....so the basic design is a scraplift. Am not feeling innovative lately. It was from last year's Hall Of Fame Creating Keepsakes issue. And I did my best to bastardize it.....

....I do so love this picture of Collin, though. His creative outlet is writing. It's his passion of the moment that doesn't revolve around his Game Boy.

Changing layouts....

2008-07-15T18:35:00.000-07:00

....so this layout needed something. Am certain that it needs more, but I added some ribbon stripes and called it good.

...I still sometimes feel as though all crafting mojo has gone out the window. *sigh*

Coming a Little Way....

2008-07-13T13:12:00.000-07:00

....still a work in progress.... any ideas?? would love to hear them!

Scrapper's Block....

2008-07-13T09:01:00.000-07:00

...don't know what to do about this page. I typically am the kind of person to poop something out quickly and not be happy or sad about it. But I tend to feel like I'm thinking things out way too much these days.

....anyway, feel free to give me some feedback on this one. The only thing glued down at this point is the striped paper and rick-rack. Well, the pictures are glued down to the white and the journaling's done, but that portion isn't glued down to the page....

*sigh* feel like my mojo is so out the window.....

Blog Candy....

2008-06-30T07:23:00.000-07:00

...courtesy of a newfound blogger buddy, who does wonderful pages. Go visit her and leave a comment.... you just might win some goodies!

father's day 2008

2008-06-29T11:53:00.000-07:00

...I'm not sure if anyone else goes through this. But as Collin grows, he lets me know that I'm imposing when I want to get pictures. So I don't photograph him as much.

...So this layout is from Father's Day. Collin hadn't intended to get wet, but he did!

...The base cardstock is Bazzill, the ribbon is Offray, and the paints are Memory Makers. I like those paints because they dry quicker than regular acrylics. The title letters were made with the Quickutz Studio alphabet, which I *heart*!

Cutie Pie....

2008-06-29T07:37:00.000-07:00

...so I came across some old pictures I'd ordered a long time ago, but had never done anything with. Erin is the little messy baby here.

...the tape is that fabric tape from Making Memories (Hot Spot from Archivers! Woot!), the buttons are from some embellishment packs I got from Wal-Mart (that I bought every color of, and which I've not seen since), and the letter stickers and cardstock are Leaving Prints (which closed its doors a few years back). Gotta love using up stash and mixing it with new stash.

Mother of 3

2008-06-28T04:24:00.001-07:00

This layout was with some pictures that were taken either by my mother-in-law or my sister-in-law while hanging out at the in-laws' house. Long gone are the days of nursing them for the entire weekend to build back up my milk supply after pumping all week. I'm still surprised at just how very little I remember from those days. Though I really shouldn't be!

Anyway, I have a huge button stash, and lots of letters and things. So I used a lot of them on this layout. I have never really done a collage of letters or numbers before, but I like how this turned out. Apparently, without even thinking about it, I've begun an album of my own. Which is OK by me!

2008-06-22T05:53:00.000-07:00

....so this is a tribute to my step-mom, who has been my stability as far as parents go. The "thanks" is one of Heidi Swapp's clear stamps, with white Brilliance ink. I also love the Souffle Jelly Roller white pen that I used to journal. The pattern paper is Leaving Prints, which is a blast from the past! The flowers are Heidi Swapp, and the center of the flower is a Scrapworks Alphadotz that I put Glossy Effects in. The buttons were in my stash.

....I really felt compelled to pay a tribute to her. I hadn't really jotted down those feelings before in something permanent.

I'm Back!

2008-06-21T17:28:00.001-07:00

...I know you'll find it shocking. We have internet at home again, and I've been on a scrapping streak since I didn't do the karate tournament.

....so I really do feel like I'm lacking serious crafting mojo. The first page is a stretch for me, and I feel like it's missing something, but don't know what. I've been using only from my stash lately, since I have so much stuff and haven't been using it lately. The paper is All My Memories (I'm pretty sure... it was a stack that I got half off two years ago from Hobby Lobby. Has a bunch of fun designs and I've still not tired of it.). The little brown/burgundy sticker is from Creative Cafe by Creative Imaginations. And the buttons are ones I had on hand.

.....This second page is an Ali Edwards knock off of this layout. I really love her style! She has an elegant style, and I really feel like I learn a lot by reading her articles in Creating Keepsakes and on her blog. She's one of those people that you just come to really like when you peek into her life every day on her blog.

Ali Edwards scraplift ......."grow, griffin, grow"

2006-05-06T19:40:00.000-07:00

this is a scraplift of an Ali Edwards that I saw on Two Peas. It's not scraplifted in its entirity, but the basic design is.

Journaling reads: It's amazing how far one month brought you, little man. After your initial scare, you didn't look back!

By this time, Amy was teaching us all sorts of things on how to take care of you. We took your temperature and changed your diaper. We also learned about your tube feeds.

Patterned paper: Leaving Prints and K&Co; rub-ons: Making Memories

This was a fairly simple layout to do!

One Month....

2006-05-04T19:17:00.000-07:00

...So Griffin's one month pictures don't look quite as scary as Erin's one month ones, but he's still bitty! i love the pic of him looking longingly at his pacifier.... mean mommy that i am.

... nuts & bolts: sailor white pen; black carstock from paper company (michael's brand), and sale ribbon from michael's. Simple page. My Creative Memories instructor would be so proud. hehe

me and dad

2006-05-02T19:55:00.000-07:00

i pretty much whipped this layout right out my ass.... and these, my friends, are the absolute scariest pictures of their entire NICU stay. i mean, an IV in the head? are they mad??

pattern paper: die cuts with a view; stamping ink: Palette and SU!; green cardstock: CTMH; white pen: sailor. das ist alles!

Chat With Me, Amy!

2006-04-30T12:35:00.000-07:00

...this was one of the layouts I did this weekend in which I didn't beg, borrow, and steal design elements. I wanted the layout to look as playful as what was going on in the pictures, which was the most difficult part of the layout.

...Journaling reads: Amy always tried to make taking care of you fun. this day, she sat you up in your isolette & moved your mouth like you were talking to her. I think we wore you out this day, but this is the type of thing that gave us some much-welcomed laughter. 19 Mar. '03

...Nuts and bolts: red cardstock: DieCuts with a View; pattern paper: Provocraft
s Slab IV; orange and green cardstock: Leaving Prints; purple cardstock: Bazzill; Sizzix Alphabet: Doodleblock; can't remember where the buttons came from.