Stooges

I was not going to buy the Echo Park - Playground kit. I have no little kiddies at home, so although I loved the vibrancy of this line, I thought it would be a waste. I was at the Scrapping Bug debating and scheming with myself to come up with ideas for the kit, and in the end I convinced myself to go for it. Sooo glad I did. I had so much fun working with all the great papers, stickers to create this layout. This pic is of Dylan and his 2 sidekicks - Brandon & Chris - being their usual goof-ball selves :)

Turning Over a New Leaf?

Well, I'm trying. I am such a horder. Not like on the show (but sometimes I worry about my tendencies), but I do tend to hang onto so many things... needlessly. When it comes to my scrap stash, I'm trying to make a change. I have paper that I purchaes in 2003 still sitting in my stash. And in some cases, I'm not talking just 1 piece! Eeek! What a waste. I loved it so much when I bought it, and just couldn't bare to use it up! Or, in other cases, a bit of it would be just perfect for a layout/card, but I wouldn't cut it up for just a small piece. Instead, I held onto it and now it's 2011 and it's STILL SITTING IN MY STASH! Not anymore..... hopefully! I'm trying. Below are a few projects that I've created where I applied this philosophy. Hope you like them!

Birthdays!!!

So I'm going to a birthday party tonight. Actually, a surprise 40th birthday party that my friend, Rhonda, is throwing for her boyfriend, Craig. While browsing the Internet for ideas for a gag gift/card, I came across an image that showed a fortune cookie with this fortune in it: Confucius says "Old age is like underwear. It creeps up on you." Perfect! The idea was born. A little more searching for just the right fortune cookie images and I was well on my way. I used leftover October Afternoon paper that I had leftover from the layout I created last night, and some Jillibean that's been wasting away in my stash (I prob have 3 more sheets of it - not joking!)

Rhonda's birthday is Monday, so although the party is for Craig, I had to whip something up for her, too! I had originally purchased this Crate paper, Echo Park stickers and Imaginisce rub-ons to create a Spring layout (whenever that arrives!) But I diverted it to this card instead. I've only had this product for about a month, but I'm happy I used it here. I'm sure that by the time I actually create that Spring layout, I will want to use something different anyway.

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I created this layout using some older October Afternoon paper that I've been hording for a couple of years! I used these cool shots of Dylan skateboarding and playing around that one of his friends took of him. Just a little Studio Calico paper and letter stickers thrown in, and some images of vintage skateboards that I grabbed off the Internet. I'm pretty pleased with the overall effect, and I'm so happy to have finally used this paper :)

"...Youer than You."

So I picked up this BoBunny paper/stickers at the Scrapping Bug yesterday and I had to use it right away! I luvit! OmGosh.... so happy to see these awesome, saturated colour combos. These are goofy pics of Dylan that I found on his Facebook. The Dr. Suess quote just seemed to fit perfectly. This layout is for a couple of challenges on Sisterhood of Scrap this month.

Colour Me Happy

When I bought my house last year - dear friend, Helen, was a huge part of the whole process. She even helped me paint (by 'helped' I mean she probably did 75% of it!). These shots are of me on the ladder painting the bathroom, and Helen is supposed to be painting the hallway. She took a timeout to give me a pedicure use the PAINT!!! My toes stayed that way for a week. Wearing summer sandals... I think people thought I had some kind of disease ;) This layout is now on display on the wall right outside the bathroom.

Knit the Bridge Cambridge

That's what an artist did to the Main Street bridge here in Cambridge. She used knittings donated from all over to cover the bridge. The display was up for a month. After it camed down, the artist took it all down and created blankets from it for the homeless. Pretty awesome! I loved the layout so much, I put it on display in my home.

This layout was created for a challenge on the Studio Calico blog... to create a layout making use of paper strips. This was right up my alley, as I have a huge collection of paper strips just waiting to be used...