Year end recap

 I started off strong with my #2021goals of scraping 15 or more a day and blogging at least once a week.  Did fairly well until cross country seat started.  Lost my free weekends to coaching.  Still manages 91 post and over 100 layouts as a couple post featured multiple layouts.

 

Keep your fingers crossed for me as I’ve applied for a Design team spot for 2022.

LM #557 throwback

 I absolutely loved the multi phot challenge earlier in the year and am glad to see it made the throwback list at Lasting Memories.  I used the CM December virtual crop sketch1 for this layout but rotated it to fit my photos.

I be got on more set of photos paired with paper from the fall retreat weekend packing.  Definitely makes the process go faster.  I’ll need to get the next group prepped this weekend.

Did a bit of fussy cutting of the floral paper in the kit and wasn’t sure I’d use them as these pictures are from an October canoe trip.  If the colors work why not, right?  

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Anything goes

 Challenge YOURself #96- anything goes paired with TSR December jumpstart sketch.

My original thought was to make a wreath-type circle with the CM pine branch border maker punch.  A couple snips between the segments and I was able to shape the line into a semi-circle.  I love how the bottom one came out but not the top so I only used a half circle but the element is still there.  Added a couple of extra strips for pops of color. All of the paper is the B-side of the CM Halloween papers (toil and trouble, Hocus Hopcus and bats in the belfry)  Mixed in chipboard elements from MME happy camper. Plus the thicker phrase and some enamel dots all to document my daughter and I evening at the Eugene Symphony.

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Final summer road trip pages

 Finally finished the summer vacation section of the album with a title page for the front and a pocket page to hold maps/ brochures at the back.

 I used a bunch of assorted travel themed ephemera and my label marker for the location strips

The back page was made with acetate sleeves that I closed off and decorated 

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Summer road trip

 Finished up the last of the summer road trip photos and in the process found all of the maps and park newspapers that I was going to use on the layouts.  I managed to incorporate the one for Malad Gorge and snuck one into the Pikes peak layout but the other ones won’t be so easy.  I’m thinking about making a pocket page for all of them at the end of the trip and also create a title page to denote the start of the trip as I housed it in my chronological albums.  

I’ll share what I come up with soon.  Thanks for stopping by to take a peak 

Summer tea

 Back with another layout from our summer road trip day 12

For this layout I cut down the Summer tea menu into smaller segments so that it would fit on the page.  The title banner is cut pieces from the parking permit.  Lucky that the soft blue works with the CM road trip papers.  Still have a little paper left and two more days to go. 

I have more maps and memorabilia that I think I’ll work into th back of the pages or on the opening title page.  Still working that part out.  Thanks again for stopping by

Redefine Kreative

 I’m playing along with the Redefine Kreative Facebook group on the December daily challenge.  Crate at least 15 minutes a day.  So far I’ve got 4 days in a row.  Super excited to share yet another road trip layout.

 

And a peak at my score card

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EP- “Go,See,Do” kill a kit

 

Killing another TSR kit.  Every month the scraproom has a kill a kit challenge.  I picked two travel-themed TSR kits to use.  The first one was  Simple Sotries " Travel Note" and this one by Echo Park "Go,See, Do"

Here's what the kit looked like to start with. 

2 white card stock

3 patterned papers

die cuts and clear epoxy stickers

This is Day 5 and 6 of our road trip- Arches National Park day 5.  Super hot and crowded, but beautiful.

Day 6 was a travel day with a brief lunch stop at Eagle creek water sports park.

Day 7 was our first day in Colorado Springs. 

 We hiked in Garden of the Gods and finished the day with a run in the thunderstorm

The embellishment clusters are a mix of the SS kit leftovers, word phrases, and enamel dots

This last layout is three days' worth of fun.

Day 8 was the 4th of July so we did a short walk at Memorial park before going to my brothers for dinner

Day 9 was a trip to Cave of the Winds and dinner at bonefish

Day 10 was Old Colorado Springs along with a trip to the El Paso County Museum

 And this is all I have left

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TSR Kit killing

 I’ve finally started working on our summer road trip and did the first 3 days using my Simple Stories lTravel Note” kit from 6/2018.  Got 3 two page layouts done and don’t have much left from the kit.  I was originally going to mix kits so that the colors and embellishments through out but with 14 day to document I’m not going to be able to stretch the two kits I have.

Day one was a stop @ Clearwater Creek, Crater Lake and over night in Klamath Falls (Piano Project)

Day 2 morning run along the Klamath River and then Lava Beds National Monument 

Day 3 we drove straight thru Nevada and stopped in Windover for the night so this layout is actually day 4 of the road trip.  Might have to change the title.  

This layout is of our morning run which was in Nevada but the rest of the the rest of the day was in Utah.

Lepton Hills trail, visit to Wendover air base.  Home of the Ebola Gay hanger, Temple Square, and the Salt flats.

I’m still trying to get in 15 minutes of creating a day and have a new color chart as I’m also playing along with redefine kreative

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