Birthday Cards

 

This year everyone is getting a variation of the same card!

Thanks to Jennifer McGuire for the inspiration!

Festive Fireworks layering stamps - My Favorite Things

Happy birthday dies - Pinkfresh

Wizard of Oz Tunnel Card

 

Thank you, Madi Azar and Graphic 45, for the tutorial on how to make this tunnel card.

I made one using the Alice's Tea Party collection for my first one for a friend's birthday, 

and then this one, using the Magic of Oz collection, for my daughter's birthday.

Halloween 2022

 

Grandchildren's Halloween. Granddaughter's above, grandson's below.

Surprise!

A little story from my teenage years, but one that is so memorable.

 

Happy Birthday to You

My granddaughter turned 14 a couple of weeks ago and got her first cell phone -

a birthday wish come true!

The stars and confetti are not on the paper - that's plain white - but are on an

acetate overlay from Obed Marshall's Buenos Dias collection.

 

Top 40

This is all about the old wooden Cathedral-style radio we had when I was a kid,

and how my sister and I would listen to the Top 40 countdown every Saturday afternoon.

Great memories!

 

Kodiak Cousins

For my granddaughter's album, a layout showing her and her brother

with their cousins who they hadn't seen in six years.

 

Happy Birthday to You

 

For my grandson's 10th birthday - Minecraft all the way!

Cut file from Paige Evans.

Fading... Fading... Away

A layout about my hair going white after I decided to stop dying it.

Salon collection from Echo Park.

 

Happy Day

When my grandkids visited this summer, 

they got to see cousins they hadn't seen in six years.

We had some "Happy Days"!

Collection is Jen Hadfield Live and Let Grow

 

The 5 Nieces (# 2)

The second layout with these photos.

 

The Next Generation (# 2)

 

This is the second layout with these photos. With two children, I need two Heritage albums.

I'm using Bo Bunny's Family Heirlooms for my daughter's, and Simple Stories 

Vintage Ancestry for my son's (today's).

The 5 Nieces

This is the companion page to yesterday's layout highlighting the five of us in my generation.

The two-page spread is below.

 

The Next Generation

Another page for the Heritage albums for my kids.

I am one of five female first cousins, the only kids in the next generation after my father's. 

This layout honors three of them, with the other two to come on a companion page.

 

Shrek the Musical

My granddaughter loves theater and was able to go to Theater Camp this summer. 

She played Papa Bear in their production of Shrek.

 

Jurassic Park - Homecoming 9/22

After a week of decorating for the Jurassic Park-themed Homecoming,

my granddaughter and her friends celebrated with a football game,

a parade, and, of course, a dance.

 

Celebrate - 4-H Rabbit Show

Companion page for yesterday's Fair layout - both are shown below.

This was the day he showed his rabbit, Cal.

 

Enjoy Today at the Fair

My grandson's day at the county fair, entering his 4-H projects and his rabbit, and visiting all the animals.

 

Birthday cards

 

Birthday card for my grandson...

...and one for my son the next day.

Oh What a Beautiful Day

My granddaughter's 8th grade graduation.

 

It's Mohawk Time

My grandson with his summer cut!

 

8th Grade Graduation card

My granddaughter graduated from 8th grade this month

and got an award for her stellar grades.

 

Road Trips

Another page for my daughter's Heritage album. Same pictures as my son's page, different design.

I had bad lighting - the green should be more forest-y!

 

New York Boy

A page about my dad for my daughter's Heritage album.

 

John P. Meschino

A page about my Dad for my daughter's Heritage album.

Bo Bunny's Family Heirloom collection.

 

A Guy and His Pals

Apparently my Dad and his pals took some trips and went camping in the 1930s and 40s.

I think it's funny that they're never wearing shirts in these photos, but it was summer

and it was hot. Love the old cars.

 

Hello Sunshine

For my granddaughter's album, a page about some of her end-of-the-year events - recognition for being a reading mentor, the last choir concert, and a Student Council retreat.

Photoplay - Oh What a Beautiful Day

 

As Time Goes By

 

This is the companion page to yesterday's layout about my paternal grandparents.

Treasures

I'm making two Heritage albums, one for each of my children,

so I need two of every page. This is the first one I've done for

the second album. While the photos and the arrangement are the 

same, the collection is different - Bo Bunny's Family Heirloom.

 

New York Boy

The right-side of a two-page spread about my father for my Heritage album.

Journaling will go on the right. The left-side page is shown below.

Materials from Simple Stories Vintage Ancestry collection.

Spring Has Sprung

For my grandson's album - all the fun of spring!

 

Later Years

This is a companion page to the one I did Sunday about my paternal grandparents.

All materials except brads are from the Simple Stories Vintage Ancestry collection.

 

Day in the Life

 

Today's LOAD prompt was about documenting everyday life,

and I realized I hadn't done that in my Covid Traveler's Notebook.

So here's yesterday.

Lifetime of Love

This page for my Heritage album is about my paternal grandparents,

immigrants from Italy in the early 1900s. 

I'm taking part in ScrapHappy's Layout a Day; the prompt for today is

"something that hasn't seemed to change even with the passage of time."

I saw this in my grandparents' love for each other and their children,

and also in the strong family ties that continue to this day.

The technique prompt is to use clocks and/or gears.

All paper and embellishments are from Simple Stories Vintage Ancestry collection.

 

Winter Fun 2021-22

For my granddaughter's album.

 

Today Will Be Great!

 

Alice's Tea Party Pop-Up Cards

 

More cards made from the Graphic 45 Alice's Tea Party collection.

Thanks to Amy's Artisan Crafters for her tutorial.

Below is the pop-up inside of one of them.

Alice's Tea Party Cards

Two cards from the Graphic 45 Peel-Back Slimline Card Set,

using the Alice's Tea Party collection.

 

First Place Boy

My grandson's first 4-H Rabbit Show.

Globe, AZ March 19, 2022

Simple Stories Simple Vintage Weathered Garden collection

 

Aunt Anne

 

Plugging away at my Heritage albums.

This is one of my father's sisters.

Simple Stories Simple Vintage Ancestry collection

Meschino Siblings

For my Heritage albums, some of my father's siblings.

Simple Stories Simple Vintage Ancestry collection

 

Japan

The beginning of some pages about a trip to Japan taken by my daughter and her family.

Scrapbook Customs Japan collection

 

Yay! 5

Catching up on my grandson's birthdays from years gone by.

Add Another Candle collection from Echo Park