Updates Coming Soon!

Updates are coming soon!  I had to take a break when I became ill (I'm on much better heart medication now and doing so much better) and then when I began to mend my children's activities took a change of direction, we moved, and all of my crafting supplies and inventory went into storage then many were available for purchase inside my parents' store.

But my parents are getting ready to retire, so now I'm working on going through it all, finding crafting space in my new home and storage shelving for the items for sale!  Soon I will have a list of the goodies I have for sale and keep it in a permanent page on this blog but also will begin to offer them for sale on Ebay or Etsy, I believe.  I'm up on the Northshore in Massachusetts now and still have some kits in large enough quantities for workshops in your home as well as plenty of page-kits in different themes but using the same cutting diagrams/layouts as well as the ability to create book projects in different themes but the same dimensions/instructions!

Club Scrap: Sonoma 3/10 - Metallic Grape; Apothecary 8/09 - Dark Grey, Light Grey, Wine; Musical Interlude 12/05 - Borders & Backgrounds UM Stamps, Club Stamp UM Stamps; Retreat 2008 All The World's a Stage - Digital Kit Stamps; India Ink Pad;
Ranger: Adirondack Alcohol Inks - Caramel, Copper Mixative, Cranberry, Latte, Mushroom, Raisin, Wild Plum; Polished Stone Technique;
Krylon: Metallic Leafing Pen - Red, Silver;
Offray: Ribbon;
Cropadile;
Glossy Cardstock;

It's hard to see in the scan but the alcohol inked front panels are stamped with the Musical Interlude sheet music as is the gray insert... the interior panel with all of the info was inked up, then printed with both the text and a background digistamp showing a theatre seating chart.

The big thing that's been occupying our time is that my twins have become actresses! They've each performed roles in 4-5 professional theatre productions (North Shore Music Theatre's Gypsy and The King & I, American Repertory Theater's Wild Swans, Salem Theatre Company & Marblehead Little Theatre's Ragtime, Huntington Theatre Company's A Future Perfect, and Underground Railway Theatre & Central Square Theatre's Brundibar & But the Giraffe!) and have been venturing into film and commercial work! They played supporting roles as best friends of the main character children in Infinitely Polar Bear which was one of the highest, if not highest, selling films at this year's Sundance Film Festival! And Uatchet is currently appearing on television in Connecticut in an advertisement for Greenwich Hospital! You can follow their acting careers at their official acting pages http://facebook.com/UatchetJ & http://facebook.com/NekhebetJ!

10 Cards Using Herringbone and the ALCM Idea Deck

Club Scrap has tons of great ideas to help you with card making! Every month the Club Stamp Rap (full color newsletter that comes with the monthly Club Stamp membership kit) includes images of 15 great cards that are often created by members, using that month's kit. There are often tips and techniques scattered throughout the Sr, Jr, Club Stamp, and Digital Raps that either deal directly with cards or translate easily to them. There is also a full set of free instructions available to members to help them make 15 cards using the optional monthly Greeting to Go side order. And then there are countless videos in the Cinema with more ideas... And finally, the awesome ALCM (Assembly line Card Making) Idea Deck which has 52 idea cards with full cutting instructions so that you can transform a few sheets of 12x12 and/or 8.5x11 papers into a set of coordinating cards! A sampling of these cards were given away for free during the last PSL (Pro Scrapping League, a multi-week challenge to work as teams to create layouts and/or cards, competing for prizes and discounts... a brand new Summer Camp PSL is opening up on July 6th)!

Today, I'm going to share 2 new cards that I made using the Herringbone Technique that was just featured in a recent CS Cinema episode and some cards that I made during the last PSL using the 5 of Hearts card from the ALCM deck and papers from the Vintage Choice Collection! Enjoy!



Club Scrap: Concrete Jungle 6/09 - Birthday CSt WM Stamp; Milestones 12/08 - Plain Paper in Soft White; Wings 7/05 - Plain Paper in Apricot, Brown, Dark Blue, Light Blue, and Mustard; Hybrid Ink Pad in Earth; Herringbone Technique;
Carpet Tape;

The Herringbone Technique was features in the Henna 5/09 Club Stamp Rap and there is also a great video up in Club Scrap's cinema that teaches the technique! Basically you take thin scraps of cardstock and adhere them to carpet tape (from the hardware store) or another equally sticky surface, and lay them out in a Herringbone-like pattern then trim away! very simple and lovely! Use plain cardstock, printed papers, or stamp all over them before cutting... use left over scraps or cut up some extra paper, anything goes! It's a really great way to use up tiny scrap from your projects! I wound up diving into my ziplock baggies with old scraps in them and trimmed the strips to some skinnier pieces!



Club Scrap: Concrete Jungle 6/09 - Birthday CSt WM Stamp; Collections 6/06 - Plain Paper in Red, Saddle Brown, Tan, and Teal;
Ranger: Adirondack Dye Ink Pad - Stream;
Carpet Tape;



Club Scrap: Idea Deck Assembly Line Card Making - 5 of Hearts; Vintage Choice Kit: DIY Green Block Print, DIY Light Tan; Extra Extra 6/04 - UM; Rhapsody 3/07 - UM; Refresh 2/07 - UM;
Ranger: Adirondack Dye Ink Pads - Latte, Starfish Green, Meadow; Distress Ink Pad - Walnut Stain;

What do two sheets of 12x12 paper do when thrown into a PSL final challenge? Why, pair up with the Assembly Line Cardmaking Idea Deck's 5 of Hearts and become a quick set of 4 cards, of course! And I love this recipe since it creates cards which fit into standard invitation sized envelopes while also working quite easily with printed papers and stamps! Or toss some simple embellishments onto the smaller rectangle to finish out the cards!



Club Scrap: Idea Deck Assembly Line Card Making - 5 of Hearts; Vintage Choice Kit: DIY Purple Print, Time & Space Mauve Dust; Ivory Elegance - UM; Chapter One UM; Unknown Flowers and Brads; FFC Ways of Stamping - UM; Palette Hybrid Ink Pad - Noir Black;
Colorbox: Unknown Purple Ink;

Stay tuned for some more ALCM Idea Deck cards, coming soon!

Current FFC Kits (as of 9/10/09)

Update: Two brand new Crafter Classics are out! Color in Black & White and Nature's Wonders! Check out a sneak preview on Karen's Club Scrap Blog!

I'm sorry that I don't yet have images loaded for each of these, but I'm working on it! For those that aren't already on my blog, I've linked to the Club Scrap Gallerias and blog posts of the kits wherever it is possible! If you need to see anything else, contact me because I may have some in progress, subpar, images that I can send! I'll be trying to get each of these kits up on my blog as soon as I can!

Current FFC Exclusive 6 Page ALSB Kits:

• Amber Waves
• Bonsai Garden
• Chapter One
• Desert Rose
• Dream in Indigo (low stock)
• Extra! Extra! (low stock)
• Grape Jelly (low stock)
• Musical (aka Red Holiday)
• Phone a Friend
• Plum & Vine (aka Sugar Plum Holiday)
• Tropical Paradise (low stock)
• Workbench

Current FFC Crafter Classics Kits:

• Chocolate Shoppe Remix
• Color in Black & White Remix
• Nature's Wonders Remix
• Orient Remix
• Polynesian Remix
• Refresh Remix
• Road Trip Remix
• Tuscany Remix
• Unmounted Borders & Background By The Seashore Remix
• Unmounted Borders & Backgrounds Chocolate Shoppe
• Unmounted Borders & Backgrounds Color in Black & White
• Unmounted Borders & Backgrounds Nature's Wonders
• Unmounted Borders & Backgrounds Orient Remix
• Unmounted Borders & Backgrounds Polynesian Remix
• Unmounted Borders & Backgrounes Refresh
• Unmounted Borders & Backgrounes Road Trip
• Unmounted Borders & Backgrounds Tuscany Remix

Additional Current FFC Exclusives:

• Hometown Design Classics 10 Page ALSB Kit (low stock)
• Serengeti Sampler 12 Page ALSB Kit
• Cruisin' 8/08 Greetings to Go 15 Greeting Card Kit
• Basic Cardmaking Collection (low stock)
• Brights Cardmaking Collection
• Paper Bag Book (the current version uses the 8.5x11 Kraft print from Chapter One Sr 6/07, but I also have them in other designs)
• Unmounted You're Invited Stamps

Other Available Past and/or Exclusive Kits:

• A Very Groovy Christmas Bright 6 Page FFC ALSB Kit
• A Very Groovy Christmas Classic 6 Page FFC ALSB Kit
• Beach Party 6 Page FFC ALSB Kit
• Blue Lagoon 6 Page FFC ALSB Kit
• Carnival 6 Page FFC ALSB Kit (comes with County Fair Stencil)
• Cherries Jubilee
• Coral Reef 6 Page FFC ALSB Kit
• Dancin' With the Stars 6 Page FFC ALSB Kit (comes with Time & Space Stencil)
• Daisy Fields 6 Page FFC ALSB Kit
• Focus on the Arts #1 6 Page FFC ALSB Kit
• Focus on the Arts #2 6 Page FFC ALSB Kit
• Friendship I 6 Page FFC ALSB Kit
• Hip to be Square 6 Page FFC ALSB Kit
• Love 6 Page FFC ALSB Kit (comes with free Glimmer Mist)
• Musical Interlude 6 Page FFC ALSB Kit
• Red Hot! 6 Page FFC ALSB Kit
• Royal Court 6 Page FFC ALSB Kit
• Wings 6 Page FFC ALSB Kit

• Architecture FFC Crafter Classic Kit
• By The Seashore 2 Remix Crafter Classic Kit
• Literary FFC Crafter Classic Kit
• Safari FFC Crafter Classic Kit

• Serengeti FFC Design Classics

• Centennial Collection
• Down to Earth Sr 4/05 Anniversary ALSB
• Extra! Extra! CSt UM Stamps
• Farmer's Market JR
• Vintage Choice Collection
• Workbench Sr 8/05 Anniversary ALSB

• Bistro 7/07 CSt Album Purse
• Cutest Little Canvas in Town Kits in To You With Love and Fossils themes
• Gatefold Flag Book Kits in Asian Artisan, Evergreen, Friendship, Poetic, and To You With Love themes
• Perpetual Calendar Project (in assorted designs)

Updated 9/10/09

Card Donation Drive for Soldiers to Use

Club Scrap: Mirror Mirror - Greetings to Go, UM Stamps; Ranger: Adirondack Inks - Espresso, Stonewashed, Pesto; Seashells Inks - Starfish Green; Glossy Paper;

My daughters and I are working on a bunch of packages to send overseas to soldiers serving the Army in Iraq! We've got three wonderful guys who are currently serving there and have promised to distribute all of our goodies to as many fellow soldiers as they can and to be sure and share with those who don't get many care packages from home. But beyond the regular treats, we thought of something else that they could really use! We're sending them unused handmade cards that they can in turn send home to their loved ones, and they don't have to pay postage, the military does!

We're looking for more people who would love to send us cards for them... Very good themes include I Miss You, ILove You, Happy Birthday, ThankYou, blank cards, etc. We'd also love a few Father's Day cards to send this month! Everything is welcome, but maybe refrain from 20 glittering pink butterflies in a row as most of the people sending these will be men who may shy away from picking those cards in front of their platoon! :) But plenty have little girls at home, still!

If we have more than these guys can handle, I'm talking to them about trying to maybe set up a basketful at their post office with a freebie sign so that everyone there can scoop them up! And we'll get the girls' Brownie troop more involved in collecting additional cards, stationary, and soldiers to help distribute in Iraq & Afghanistan! I already have a huge thank you to DanaM, Cheryl M, and Pam G for already helping!

Just send me an email at neithj@gmail.com and I'll send you out our mailing address!

Thanks!

Neith


Club Scrap: Paisley 3/06 - papers; FFC You're Invited - UM; Club Scrap Hybrid Ink Pad - Earth; Assembly Line Cardmaking - 9 of Spades;

Mirror Mirror Kit - 2 Cards and 1 DigiLayout

I really adore the color combination in the newest Club Scrap kit! I've always been a big fan of greens and browns for scrapbooking... Lately, it seems my kids are always dressed in shades of browns, greens, and blues! So the colors worked wonderfully for the book that I just posted, but they also work great for all kinds of other things! Here are a few examples!



Club Scrap: 11/08 Mirror Mirror Light Celery, Dark Celery, Brown, B&B UM Stamps; 2008 Old World Christmas: Greetings UM Stamps; 2008 Holiday Projects: Holiday Collection Stencil; 6/2000 Heritage: Journaling Stencil; Club Scrap Earth Hybrid Ink Pad; ColorBox Stylus Tool; Holiday Ornament Stencil Tutorial Video;Ranger - Distress Stickles: Walnut Stain;

Club Scrap has been filling its new Cinema with loads of wonderful project and technique videos to help you create! They even have a gorgeous video to help with techniques for using the holiday ornament stencil that I used on this card! I added some Distress Stickles to the ornaments and the torn edge on my card, added lines inked through the journaling stencil, and more using the great stripes stamp from the Mirror Mirror kit, both straight on and as a second generation of stamping for the distressed background.



This cute little day and night card combines the papers from this month's Club Scrap kit with some patterned paper and stamps from Scrapbook Takeout. When you open the card, you have a little night scene off in the corner!



Scrapbook Takeout: June 08 Eclectica: Unmounted Stamps; July 08 Potpourri - Unmounted Stamps; Dream Street Cafe Chic Lounge and Fashionista Paper;
Club Scrap: Mirror Mirror 11/08 - Paper in Robins Egg Blue, Dark Celery, Light Celery, Brown, and White;
Ranger: Archival Ink Pad in Coffee;



You'd think that he was a movie star to see my children react to their cousin serving them at Starbucks! So, it seemed only proper to give him the star treatment in this layout! The Expanded Art overlay provided a wonderful, yet masculine, glam for the page! I used the magic wand to select all of the black and gray in the overlay and then used the Adjust Hue/Saturation enhancement to colorize it and turn it to a dark green. To create a colorful custom title, I cut small pieces of the printed tags to fit inside of the font!

Club Scrap: Mirror Mirror CSt Digital Kit;

The College Years - 6 Layouts & 1 Postcard

Ahh, college... It's a time when you have full freedom to reimagine yourself in any way that you wish. You have no permanent career or meetings with your children's school for which you have to maintain proper appearances. You can be you. I do miss feeling free to dye my hair, write and read lots of poetry, etc and may go back to it all one day, but for now, I'll scrap it!



Club Scrap: Simply Beautiful 5/07 - Green 8.5x11 Print, Green Cut Out, Rose Plain, Rose Cut Out, Lilac Print, Lilac Cut Out, Beads, Paper Flower, Mini Brad, UM Stamps; Big & Tall 2004 - UM Font; Road Trip 3/05 - UM Font;
Ranger: Adirondack Dye Ink Pad - Espresso;
Blue Moon Beads: Gold Head Pin;



Club Scrap: Generations 4/08 - Translucent Print, JR WM Stamp; Farmer's Market 10/06 - Pumpkin Plain; Paisley 3/06 - Burnt Orange Print, Olive 8.5x11 CSt Print, UM Stamps;
Scrapbook Takeout: 8/07 Adventures in Altering Kit - Maya Road Fresh Chipboard Scroll Corners; Grungeboard Alphabet (as stencil);
Ranger: Adirondack Ink Pads - Espresso, Pesto, Rust; Distress Crackle Paint - Dried Marigold;
Zig: Memory Writer - Chocolate;



Club Scrap: Egyptian 8/03 - Rollergraph Stamp, UM Stamps, Stencil;
StampFrancisco - Nebti Stamp;
Ranger: Adirondack Ink in Caramel and Latte;
Clearsnap: Fluid Chalk Ink, ColorBox Stylus Tool;

Hymn to the goddess Neith, unknown source:
Most ancient Mother
Great Radiant One,
Lady of the Stars,
Mistress of the Celestial Ocean
Highest Judge,
Fiery One who rose from the Primordial Floods,
It is Neit who reaches down from the heavens
to take the hands of each who dies,
taking them into Her arms
to place them as stars of the universe,
each to light Her perfect body
with an emerald light,
sowing mortals upon Her heavenly self,
as others sow the green plants of the fields.
Though if Her anger was provoked
She might cause the sky to crash upon the ground,
still She was Mother of All
broad winged Goddess who protects from evil,
who defends the good with bow and arrow,
as She once defended those ancient priestesses
who took Her name:
Neit Hotep,
Meryet Neit,
Her Neit,
priestess queens who ruled when Egypt was young,
when only women served at Neit's altars,
each knowing throughout her life
that she would one day glisten as a star
upon the measureless body of the Mother of Heaven.



Club Scrap: Culinary 3/04 - Frame Stamp, UM B&B Stamps, White 8.5x11 JR Print, Olive 8.5x11 JR Print, Silver Translucent 8.5x11 JR Print Green Plain, Silver Plain, Burgundy Plain;
Stayzon: Olive;
Unknown Silver Ink Pad;
Sizzix: Sizzlits Alphabet;



Club Scrap: Generations 4/08 - DP01;
Font: Keetano ATL My Gangsta;
Adobe PSE5.0: Altered Hues; Altered Contrast; Drop Shadows;

Ordeal
I promise to make you more alive than you’ve ever been.
For the first time you’ll see your pores opening
like gills of fish and you’ll hear
the noise of blood in galleries
and feel light gliding over your corneas
like the dragging of a dress across the floor.
For the first time, you’ll note gravity’s prick
like a thorn in your heel,
and your shoulder blades will hurt
from the imperative of wings.
I promise to make you so alive that
the fall of dust on furniture will deafen you,
and you’ll feel your eyebrows like two wounds forming
and your memories will seem to begin
with the creation of the world.

by Nina Cassian
translated by Michael Impey and Brian Swann



Club Scrap: 05/08 Body & Soul DigiKit - DP04; Interior Designs 11/06 - Xtra37;Font: Font Garden - FG Adrian;
Adobe PSE5.0: Altered Hues; Drop Shadows;

The Fog Horn by Ray Bradbury
(an excerpt in which McDunn speaks)

“I’ll make a voice like all of time and all the fog that
ever was; I’ll make a voice that is like an empty bed
beside you all night long, and like an empty house when
you open the door, and like trees in autumn with no
leaves. A sound like the birds flying south, crying, and a
sound like November wind and the sea on the hard, cold
shore. I’ll make a sound that’s so alone that no one
can miss it, that whoever hears it will weep in their
souls and hearths will seem warmer, and being inside
will seem better to all those who hear it in the distant
towns. I’ll make a sound and an apparatus and they’ll
call it a Fog Horn and whoever hears it will know the
sadness of eternity and the briefness of life.”



Club Scrap: Body & Soul 5/08 DigiKit - DP06; Tran08;
Font: Exocet;
Adobe PSE5.0: Altered Hues;

Scrapbook Takeout Holiday Workshop Week

http://forum.scrapbooktakeout.com/index.php?showforum=108

ETA: Due to an outage, the forum was down on Tuesday morning and Francine's class has been posted to her blog, for now... http://francineclouden.typepad.com/tuesday_todo/

For the next few days there are a bunch of fun online workshops going on at Scrapbook Takeout!

Today's classes include a Paper Bag Christmas Card and Easy Evergreen Cards; Tuesday's classes include a Stacked Christmas Tree and Mini Album Tin Ornament; Wednesday's classes include a set with a Gift Bag, Tag and Gift Card Holder; Thursday's classes include chipboard ornaments; Friday's classes include Christmas Treet Boxes and a Christmas Ornament!

Please check it out, sign in, and let them know that I sent you!

Here's my quick version of Lizette's Paper Bag Christmas Card! I used only the paper bag, remnants from the FFC Exclusive Christmas Brights ALSB Kit, 2 mini brads, and one ink pad! This "card" would be perfect to fill not only with a nice big letter to a loved one, but stuff a bagged holiday drink mix inside, or some other treat that you can get relatively flat!



Scrapbook Takeout: Lizette's Paper Bag Card Class November 2008 Holiday Workshop;
Club Scrap: FFC Christmas Bright ALSB Kit Remnant Paper and Tags; Generations 4/08 - Berry Mini Brads;

Book Of Me, Blog Alerts, and More!

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This week I've been working on some layouts about my own life as part of Club Scrap's PSL Camp Challenges, beginning to work on a series of challenges based on Bernie Berlin's Artist Trading Card Workshop book, and had a card to make for my son's birthday! Here are two of the layouts and a card that combines the ATC workshop and my son's card.. plus one other layout for my Book of Me that I made earlier in the month!


Club Scrap: Rhapsody 3/05 - Cream Plain; Farmer's Market 10/06 - Leaf Plain; Egyptian 8/03 - Gold Plain;
Scrapbook Takeout: Eclectica 6/08 - American Crafts Journaling Stickers, Maya Road Stitched Ribbon, Heidi Swapp Felt Flowers;
American Crafts: Galaxy Marker - Purple Nebula;
K&Co: Kimberly Hodges - Red Multi Striped Flat Paper 643077 639546;
Sizzix: Alphabars - Ransom;
Unknown: Fibers;


Club Scrap: Bridges 2/08 - Brown Plain; Science 9/05 - Gold 8.5x11 Print, Transparent Overlay;
Scrapbook Takeout: Tell Your Story 3/08 - Jenny Bowlin Die Cut Sticker;Celebrations 12/07 - 7 Gypsies Photo Turns; Wonderful Whimsy 6/07 - American Crafts Felt Punctuation; Journal Jammers 4/06 - Heidi Swapp Chipboard Alphabet, 7 Gypsies Gaffer Tape;
Zig: Writer - Chocolate;
Unknown: Decorative Brads;


Scrapbook Takeout: Eclectica 6/08 - American Crafts Treehouse Chipboard Shapes, Maya Road Stitched Ribbon,
Club Scrap: A Study in Red 1/08 - Red; Be Still 9/07 - Yellow; Collections 6/06 - UM Font; Salsa 10/03 - White;
Artist Trading Card Workshop by Bernie Berlin: Intuitive Watercolor;
Darice: Kid Concoctions - Liquid Watercolor Hot Colors;
Niji: Waterbrush;
Stewart Superior: Palette - Noir Black;
Zig: Millennium - Pure Black;


Scrapbook Takeout: Parisian Vintage 5/08 - 7 Gypsies 97% Complete Flashcard Sentiments, Maya Road Trinkets Velvet Sparkle Blossom, Manila Tag;
Club Scrap: Simply Beautiful 5/07 - Green Print, Tan Plain;
Ranger: Distress Crackle Paint - Antique Linen;
Zig: Writer - Denim;

Body & Soul: 1 Card plus 2 Digital Layouts

I have such a pile building up of pages that I need to scan and add here, but today I'll go with some that are already on my computer ;) Both of the layouts were made using the Body & Soul 5/08 Club Scrap Digital Kit and the card was made by using the digital transparency images on my photograph before printing and matting it!


Photography by Audrey Schiller
Club Scrap: Body & Soul 5/08 Digital Kit - DP04, DP07, DP10, Exp02, Tag07, Tran08, Tran13, Trans21, Xtra06, Xtra29;

I created my own custom background/printed matte in Photoshop Elements by using Filter >> Texture >> Grain >> Stippled and then by layering the kit's papers and transparencies with various blending modes and deleted areas of the photo until I was happy with the results.

As soon as I saw my friend's photos of the baby ducklings in her neighborhood, I knew I had to use them with this kit! You can see more of her work at her new photography blog! http://audreysunfocused.blogspot.com/


Club Scrap: Body & Soul 5/08 Digital Kit - DP04, Tran08, Tran14; Sparkle 12/07 Digital Kit - Tran22, Xtra54;
Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0: Blending Modes - Multiply, Screen; Artistic Filters - Film Grain, Smudge Stick; Render Filter - Lens Flare;

For our very first sparkler experience, of course my camera was not ready and when I got it out I kept having to dodge the 7 kids to get a photo... winding up with just one unobscured shot, but it was blurry! What's a gal to do but mess around with the photo digitally?


Club Scrap: Body & Soul 5/08 Digital Kit - Transparencies; Painted Desert 5/06 Flower Embossed Plain Paper, Sand Plain Paper;
Stewart Superior: Palette Ink Pad - Noir Black;
Adobe Photoshop: Layer Effects - Soft Glow;

Printing text/images as part of your printed photograph can be a wonderful way to make a photographic card and add a sentiment... It's also very handy if you want to produce a lot of the same card, or just want the text to show up! You can always create a contrasting colored layer of the text under it then enlarge and soften it, add drop shadows, or add a soft glow so that it will be legible even on high contrast photos!

Happy Memorial Day!

Happy Memorial Day! Today my kids marched with their Scout groups in our town's annual Memorial Day Parade and ceremonies... plus I have some layouts and cards to share with you from past holidays, elections, military service, and more!


Club Scrap: Freedom 2003 - Flag Print;
Ranger: Distress Ink Pad - Tea Dye;
Vintage Ephemera;

The kids and I made a series of these little Squash Books and sent them, with other gifts, to the Army soldiers that we adopted the last time that my brother was serving in Iraq.


Club Scrap Digital 1/08 A Study in Red papers, tags, and ribbons with altered hues; Font Gardens FG William computer font;
Layout is my take on Bistro's Sr ALSB Layout #1.

Journaling reads: January, 2008
Chris has only just returned to Iraq for a second tour of duty. From this photo it seems perfectly clear that the front infantry is where he has wanted to be all along. I may never understand, but it is what he wants.


Club Scrap: Surf's Up 7/06 - UM Stamp; Mosaic Twist 1/05 - Blue; Freedom 2003 - Red;
Vintage Ephemera;
Personal Stash - Fabric Flower, Mini Brad, White Ink Pad;


Club Scrap: PSL ALSB #7; Farmer's Market 11/06 - Leaf; Freedom 2003 - Flag Print , Blue Print, Red Print;
Sticker;

These recreations of National Monuments were created by my son's 4th grade class!






Club Scrap: Crafter Retreat 07 - ALSB Scramble; Academy 8/07 - Brown Plain, Tan 8.5x11 Print; Interior Designs 11/05 - Right Companion Stair Print on Brown; Collections 6/06 - UM Font; Poetic 9/03 - Blue Plain;
Ranger: Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabber in Gold;

We happened upon this Flag Retirement Ceremony being given by an Eagle Scout candidate in Lynch Park. It was an amazing ceremony filled with history about our flag, beautiful music tied in, and a large Flag Retirement Ceremony for the town.





Club Scrap: Sparkle 12/07 - UM Stamps; Time & Space 12/04 - ALSB #9 & 10, Gold Plain, Star White Galaxy Print; It's a Boy/It's a Girl 2006 - UM Font;
Ranger: Archival Ink Pad - Grape;

Tripods, delayed photos, and long shutter exposures are your friends if you want to capture shots of a fireworks display! Or, call them Fireflowers, like the Korean translation for fireworks! :)


Club Scrap: Down To Earth 4/05 - Lt Green; County Fair 7/04 - Green; Workbench 8/05 - Green; Unknown - Dark Green; Americana 2001 - Stencil;
Tsukineko: Brilliance - Pearlescent Ivy, Rocket Red, Galaxy Gold;
Stippling through a stencil;






Club Scrap: Crafter Retreat 07 - ALSB Scramble; Poetic 9/03 - Brown Print, Brown Plain, Blue Plain; Heritage II 6/00 - Journaling Stencil;
Scrapbook Takeout: Clearly Speaking 7/07 - Hambly Screen Prints Rub-Ons in Vintage Motifs Black;
Stewart Superior: Memories Ink Pad in
Art Print Brown;
Zig: Millennium Pen in Pure Black;

Unfortunately, when we visited the Statue of Liberty, they weren't releasing tickets to climb up inside of her... but the kids were still in awe!

Club Scrap: PSL ALSB #8; Freedom 2003 - Flag Print , Blue Print, Red Print;
Making Memories: Alphabet Rub-Ons - Heidi Small White;

We saw this amazing display when we visited Ellis Island. At first glimpse it's just a representation of our flag, but as you pass it it transforms into photographs of Americans from all walks of life.







Club Scrap: A Study in Red 1/08 - Dark Red Plain; Sparkle 12/07 - Blue Metallic Plain; English Garden 5/04 - Library Pocket Stencil; Freedom 2003 - Blue Print, Red Print, Translucent 8.5x11 Foil Print;
Scrapbook Takeout: Adventures in Altering 8/07 - Chipboard Numbers;
American Crafts: Pigment Pro Marker - Blue;

At the time of the last presidential election, my kids were very revved up about voting from both their parents and their school! They saw everyone out holding election signs and wanted to be a part of it, especially when they saw people parking at town hall to pick kids up from school and not voting earlier in the year... So we made up very impartial signs and they got permission to hold them in front of town hall to remind people to vote, even with kids in tow! I think my kids have only missed going to the polls with us once in their lives!


Club Scrap: A Study in Red 1/08 - Dark Red Plain; Sparkle 12/07 - Blue Metallic Plain; Freedom 2003 - White Print, Translucent 8.5x11 Foil Print;

During high school, our Governor was running for President and came by a youth center where I served on the board. The photo is of him with our two exchange students! I'm sorry that this layout scanned so poorly, but it's chock full of metallic and foil finishes that don't like my scanner!