tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31943429238479432322024-01-30T14:31:52.005-05:00craftysuz creating everydayScrapbooking & Cardmaking Inspiration, {ippity} Stamp SalesSuzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14467254034464260955noreply@blogger.comBlogger395125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3194342923847943232.post-21686055693067100692014-08-09T18:51:00.003-04:002014-08-09T18:52:20.705-04:00Best FriendsIt was so wonderful to have my best friend since 4th grade (when you are 51 that's a LONG TIME lol) come visit last week, We talk several times a month for several hours which is like getting together but in person was amazing, wonderful, fabulous..... and any other super great adjective but still wouldn't describe it totally. I treasure her friendship. We have so many things in common (crazy about critters is high on that list) It's so comforting to have someone just "get you". Lori can call me out on things & really encourages me like no one else. During one of our talks I mentioned no one wanted to see the Bacon Brothers with me (I've been a fan since late 90's).... next thing I know she has a plane ticket scheduled.<br />
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Holding Pom who just got his first haircut at the groomers...</div>
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It was so great just hanging out together. The highlight was going to a concert celebrating the 75th Anniversary of Sugar Hill GA. The line up was Haley & Alexis Band, Andy Velo Band & The Bacon Brothers.<br />
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Swoon a Mustang had to take pic for my son (we're both total Mustang freaks)</div>
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This sports car was really cool </div>
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Pretty courthouse & park area </div>
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We're waiting for the show to start. </div>
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Lori bought me a hair clip since it was so hot.</div>
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I am now a fan & can't wait to see where their musical journey takes them.</div>
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Love their original tunes & they rocked the covers especially Johnny Cash....</div>
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Really talented musicians in their band</div>
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<a href="http://www.andyvelo.com/">Andy Velo</a></div>
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My scrapbooking friend Maggie's son is the drummer Matt Pozzi</div>
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I've been following them & a fan for a while</div>
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During <a href="http://baconbros.com/">Bacon Brothers</a> set it caught <a href="https://twitter.com/kevinbacon">Kevin Bacon's</a> eye & he said it "was freaking him out" lol </div>
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We were 3rd row on the left. Brought our lawn chairs it was great</div>
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They are fabulous musicians & showmen. So talented </div>
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They played a great mix of old & new (not released yet) music</div>
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I already bought the single "493 Miles"</div>
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Lori wasn't very familiar with their music & is now ready to follow them across the country with me lol</div>
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We expected a small show from the list of manufacturers attending but since we are local figured it was worth going to since we didn't have travel expenses. The week before this show there was a small show in Salt Lake City UT so many who went to that show didn't attend Atlanta's show.<br />
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Having everything all in one location was really nice. </div>
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The room had a great city view.</div>
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Seeing Madison from Echo Park/Carta Bella always puts a smile on our face.... he is so much fun</div>
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Susan ordered all their lines. We especially loved the new thin metal dies & stamp sets</div>
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Kaiser, Bo Bunny, & Jillibean all had strong releases that Susan purchased & will be coming into the store over the next several months.</div>
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We did get some great stamps from a new company called <a href="http://www.pinkandmain.com/">Pink and Main</a>. We enjoyed chatting with Michelle & seeing her beautiful samples & products.</div>
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Way before their was a scrapbooking hobby or industry filled with products I used my babysitting money at Woolworth's 5 & 10 Store to buy an old fashioned scrapbook - those big blue or red faux leather covers with the gold inlay framing it. The pages were like construction paper in a kraft color. Many times they were filled with clippings of an eclectic variety of my favorite music groups (Partridge Family, Bay City Rollers, Led Zepplin,, The Who, Elton John, Jackson Browne, Bruce Springsteen, among others) or Movie/teeny bopper Stars (Leif Garret & Matt Dillon). I loved & purchased monthly Tiger Beat, Teen Beat, 16, Cream, Rolling Stone, etc at Greetings & Readings in Towson MD. I will dig them out soon & take pictures of them for a post in the future... they are something else lol.<br />
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I also filled some with scribbles of memories & photos I had taken on the latest camera technology of the day because I LOVED being behind the camera... </div>
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(thanks to http://www.mrmartinweb.com/ for the pix of old cameras)</div>
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This wasn't my camera but I fell in love with photography using it</div>
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When everyone complimented my photo composition</div>
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I made this scrapbook page about a photo I had taken of my parents with this camera</div>
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I always had them bulging in pocket since you only got 4 shots with each cube.</div>
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This one was slimmer but still used the cube flash. </div>
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I remember feeling so high tech with this camera. </div>
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I would take it to school to get some shots of friends. </div>
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It really took poor quality photos especially action shots.</div>
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The best Christmas gift ever!!!</div>
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Dad bought the flash, a wide angle & super long zoom lenses for me too<br />
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I was the happiest girl in the world 12/25/77<br />
Hanging out at that store after school & researching at the library<br />
I started experimenting with different types of film<br />
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Christmas 1980 an underwater safe version of the 110 camera by Minolta</div>
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Which I don't think I ever took underwater lol</div>
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Christmas 1982 latest technology was the Kodak Disc camera</div>
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The film was a disc & the negatives were on the disc when developed</div>
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I unfortunately used this camera to take some of our wedding</div>
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I didn't want to lug big SLR around & this was compact and took good pictures</div>
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When those candid photos got ruined in a flood we had in 2000 I couldn't find anywhere</div>
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that could process to make prints off the negative wheel.</div>
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One of my first jobs in the early 80's was in a little photo hut booth</div>
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called FOTOMAT</div>
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I would sit inside & wait for cars to drive up to drop off/pick up film pictures</div>
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Customers could select one day (big deal wow) or several days for a lesser price</div>
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It was could have been a boring job...</div>
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but I liked the independence (only me in booth)</div>
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I brought books or magazines to pass the time</div>
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We didn't have cell phones with us so if I called anyone it was on company land line phone that I couldn't tie up for long just in case a customer or manager called me.</div>
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All of us who worked there would glance at the pictures in envelopes</div>
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You honestly wouldn't believe some of the things customers took pictures of</div>
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& brought in for developing </div>
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Then since I had experience sitting in a box</div>
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driving from store to store</div>
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filling in for people who called in at last minute</div>
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training the new people to stay occupied</div>
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of film/photos each day</div>
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Then came the digital age.....</div>
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I've had lots of different point & shoot cameras</div>
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then invested in a Pentax DSLR (since I already had good lenses)</div>
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But lately my go to camera has been the</div>
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I get my son's hand me downs</div>
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(he's a latest & greatest guy)</div>
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So started with 3gs</div>
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then a 4</div>
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(I was dying for Suri to talk to....)</div>
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Finally on New Years Eve 2012 </div>
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I used my xmas money from my dad </div>
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to buy a brand new iPhone 5 at Sam's Club - super sale $125</div>
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I wanted white but they were out of stock</div>
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The quality isn't always great but it's always with me to capture the daily memories....</div>
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We've really come a long way with technology</div>
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It's wonderful to be able to see that the picture is good & take another</div>
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I take lots of pictures on digi format </div>
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I couldn't have afforded to do that with film cameras</div>
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In addition to One Hour processing</div>
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I have learned hard way to back up multi (min 3) different ways</div>
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*yep I've had both computer hard drive & external hard drive both fail at same time*</div>
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to transfer your archives to the newest technology</div>
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My parents too VHS video of the boys growing up</div>
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so I need to get those on DVD soon</div>
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I have lots of family photos from the 20s-50s</div>
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They all look great. Very few have faded too much unless they were worn or creased</div>
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So why do photos from the 80s & 90s look SO BAD?</div>
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I've been Photoshop editing all my kids photos because of funky color & fading</div>
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It's all about the processes</div>
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I wonder how the photos we are printing at home will hold up with time....</div>
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I know so many of us have lots of <a href="https://beckyhiggins.com/products/">Project Life</a>, Albums Made Easy, & just those great pieces of patterned paper that are filled with the 3x4 and 4x6 images for us to cut out (super inexpensive way to build up your card collection), etc.... every company is jumping on the pocket scrapbooking band wagon. But you can only use so many of them right? many times there are 3-10 of each style in a boxed set so lots of left overs that are super cute but you may not want to use them again in your pocket album. </div>
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So what to do......</div>
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I was inspired by Susan owner of <a href="http://www.emiscrapbooking.blogspot.com/">EMI Scrapbooking </a>to take a boxed set of the <a href="https://beckyhiggins.com/products/">Becky Higgins Project Life</a> <a href="https://beckyhiggins.com/product/azure-edition-core-kit/">Azure Core Kit</a> cards & the matching patterned paper to make a mini album sample & kits for sale at her store. Each kit included 1 of each of the 3x4 cards & 1 of each patterned paper (when I kit I use every little bit of paper)</div>
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I started out just going thru the "decks" of cards to see what inspired me & went together to make an interesting title. Adding the stamped "us together" words by Ali Edwards completed my title and balanced the page.</div>
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This is what I came up with....</div>
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I tried to make it generic enough for nearly any kind of pictures you may be taking right now</div>
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Here's some of the 33 pages in this album</div>
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Cutting up office supply file folders is a great way to add lots of room for photos or journaling.</div>
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It's filled with lots of flaps, folders, tabs & pockets </div>
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Another stamped image on the super cute but plain heart card.</div>
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After adding all the edited photos to the blog I thought I should have done a video... oh well next time<br />
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I had an amazing 2 weeks at the beach in Destin 3 years ago with my parents. It was a special time since we don't get to spend as much time together anymore & I rarely get to the beach anymore.<br />
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I had scrapped some of the photos & made a mini book kit sample with some of the memories for EMI Scrapbooking using Pink Paislee Nantucket. The kit had an actual baggie of sand in it from my trip that I glued on the front cover to add texture & shells I picked up on my walks. (I never blogged about that mini so maybe it will be a next week's post)<br />
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However I had so much more journaling about the trip that I wanted to do & loads of pictures... I would take the dslr & iphone on my morning walks & end up dumping all the photos each day onto the laptop since I was running out of space. I found beauty in the little insignificant things along my walk. The time walking & solitude really changed my soul.<br />
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When <a href="http://teresacollinsdesignsblog.com/">Teresa Collins</a> released Memorabilia came out I knew that was the perfect collection to put all my memories of the trip in one book. The soft blue & black colors with a very classic/timeless feel. I added the journaling book & folders to give me plenty of room to preserve the memory. It started out going to be bound with coils & got so big with all the interactive elements that I had to use rings. Thankfully I had just bought some big blue ones (though was one short so a friend who also bought gave me one so wouldn't have red & blue rings). So, the book was dubbed the Monster Mini.</div>
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I like a "kit club" feel to my projects mixing and matching from things in my stash. But I loved the entire collection so much that I added a few embellishments from different companies but you will see I bought & used all the different types of embellishments & papers. I used quite a bit of the Family Stories collection that was released at the same time. It has some pink in it and it's more modern so I had to choose carefully which parts would go with my book</div>
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When planning a travel mini pick up lots of ephemera during your stay. Maps, tickets, receipts, postcards, & unique inexpensive trinkets. Notice the flip flops key chain that says Destin - it doesn't necessarily match but I love the whimsy</div>
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I kept ribbon long to allow me to double tie blows so there are 4 loops visible.</div>
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Don't you love the bingo cards from Teresa Collins Summer Stories collection</div>
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Lots on a single piece of patterned paper</div>
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It's sort of smash book style - very random</div>
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Tip: I save everything... the word memories is from the cutaway strip from a piece of patterned paper</div>
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Matting the photos with black cardstock allowed me to layer them</div>
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The journaling strips gave it a more organized feel</div>
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Stamped images draw the eye and balance the photos</div>
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Pg 5 is a day when my health & pain kept me inside</div>
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Thankful for a good book that our cousin Jackie had in a basket</div>
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My inexpensive necklace/earrings I bought while shopping one day </div>
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journaling on the back</div>
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the pocket holds title card (Jenni Bowlin Beach Bingo Card) & journaling</div>
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Opening the folder the story is all about my Mom's love of the pool</div>
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Note how I had to adhere the folder onto a strip of patterned paper....</div>
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Pg 8 another of the great chalkboard look quotes that are part of Teresa's collection</div>
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Pg 9 is just random photos from the pier </div>
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Pg 10 - Lunch at the pier with my parents each photo lifts up to reveal jouranling </div>
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Pg 11 a post card picked up at the grocery store with Destin title</div>
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I like to be able to see next page from page I'm on sometimes</div>
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Bottom photo of my parents lifts up to reveal our food</div>
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Pg 12 is backside of postcard kept simple with a special beach photo & journaling</div>
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Dad gave him several for his children - yes on a short ride my dad gets to know people lol</div>
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The journaling is inside the Maya Road kraft envelope</div>
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Pg 15 is another of the textured black cardstock fold overs with a quote & border strip from collection</div>
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Another Jenni Bowlin bingo card is held in a cute envelope made by Webster's Pages.</div>
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The long piece of polka dot patterned paper lifts up to reveal photos & journaling</div>
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Hearts punched out of different patterned papers draw the eye & anchors the bottom photo</div>
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Pg 16 - I matted the letters from the collection sticker sheet to make them stand out</div>
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Pg 17 - Offsetting the Polaroid frame adds interest & showcases </div>
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The diecut metal clip is by Basic Grey</div>
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This page needed something it felt off balance so I stamped on vellum</div>
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Foam letters are American Crafts Thickers - add dimension & mix up titlework</div>
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Pg 18 - story of all the birds that walked with me in the morning</div>
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I put the bottom photo layered on one of the pockets from the collection</div>
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Pg 19 - is a strip of patterned paper with matted photos hanging over the edge</div>
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Pg 18 several jouranling cards filled with more photos & stories</div>
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Pg 20 is the back of the strip of patterned paper - I staggered another matted photo & a journaling spot</div>
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Pg 21 - I sewed a piece of patterned paper closed with black thread to make a pocket </div>
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Pg 21 - the tag pulled out of the pocket </div>
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Pg 22 - backside of the pocket</div>
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Pg 23 photos at my favorite place on the beach </div>
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Pg 24 matted photos of the beach</div>
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Pg 25 strip of patterned paper with another quote hanging off the side </div>
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He came down there to drive us home after dad left mom & me for another week</div>
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Pg 27 picture of my mom & journaling about her. </div>
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Pg 28 - More photos (this time Andrew & I walked to jetty at dawn) & stamping on vellum </div>
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Inside of the folder - is all about Andrew & I hanging out on Saturday </div>
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He loves walking on the beach at dawn as much as I do</div>
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The photo lifts up to reveal lots of room to journal.</div>
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Pg 36 - about the houses Andrew & I would love to own right at the Jetty.</div>
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His is a dark colored craftsman style feel</div>
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It lifts up to reveal my dream house</div>
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Blue & white with lots of windows & porches</div>
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The largest pocket in the Memorabilia collection was used</div>
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I still fondly remember those days in Destin & long for another trip to the beach.</div>
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Here's one of my favorite beach photos - colors were not filtered</div>
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It was that beautiful at 8 am</div>
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We LOVE our critters & are proud that all of them are rescued. Each of our furry crew is totally a family member with a unique personality & gives us so much love. I've been capturing the memories of how they came to be in our family on scrapbook pages. </div>
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Do I have a photo from the day we got them? <br />
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I think we get too hung up as scrapbookers thinking we don't have a photo for a story we want to tell or even worse that it's not a good photo. I have to tell you that some of my favorite pages have horrible photos from the 80's (you know that distinct color that those photos have... I mean seriously heritage photos from the 60's or even the 40's look better than whatever the industry was doing when processing back in late 80's when my boys were babes). I think we are in an age of a lot of really poor quality photos due to the use of the phone more often than the dslr or better point & shoot camera. I encourage you to just do it - use those photos because it's the memory & story that's important.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So let me introduce you to Miles. </span></div>
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We think he's a Norwegian Forrest or Main Coon mix of some sort but a very pretty cat. </div>
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Gorgeous green eyes that always look good in photos </div>
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(unlike our ragdoll Pom who looks great in person but rarely in photos).</div>
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He's our only kitty with a collar, tag & most importantly a bell</div>
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(though they are all micro chipped)</div>
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because he lives to get out of the house if you're dilly dallying letting dogs in or out he's gone & I'm running out there like a loon screaming "M-I-L-E-S!!!!!!!" then corner & grab him </div>
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(sometimes with police deputy dog Rosie)</div>
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He has a snaggle tooth that's always hanging out & makes me smile.</div>
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A big "talker" if you say "meow meow" he can't resist answering you back</div>
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with same rhythm and inflection... a real mimic.</div>
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So of course his nick name is "Miles of Smiles" because that's what he gives us</div>
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& where the title of the page comes from</div>
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Here's the layout I made mostly using <a href="http://teresacollinsdesigns.com/">Teresa Collins</a> <a href="http://emiscrapbooking.blogspot.com/">Family Stories</a></div>
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that I purchased at my LSS <a href="http://emiscrapbooking.blogspot.com/">EMI Scrapbooking</a></div>
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This page was started at a crop so I was limited to products I had in a page kit bag.</div>
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That's always a struggle for me & the hot mess will come together at the end when I'm at home. </div>
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Rarely do I finish a page at a crop. </div>
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I'm a drag out a bunch of stuff & mix it up kind of creator so home is better for me.</div>
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So let me share some of my thought process when creating this page</div>
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After I made the layers of paper under the photo </div>
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I always focus on the titlework.</div>
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I like to mix fonts & make it interesting.</div>
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The black letters are a <a href="http://www.timholtz.com/">Tim Holtz</a> die & scraps of inexpensive card stock</div>
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glued to a journaling card cut from the patterned paper. </div>
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It didn't seem like enough so I added the <a href="http://www.studiocalico.com/">Studio Calico </a>wood letters & images </div>
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that along with the embellishment clusters seemed to balance the title against the photo area </div>
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& I love any reason to use wood embellishments lol</div>
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The cute banner was a die cut from the 12x12 collection sheet.</div>
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I punched the star from orange dots the negative space adds interest & then used the die cut on the blue pennant to draw the eye across. Stapling the twine let it fall randomly.</div>
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I went heavy at the top right with a variety of paper scraps, diecuts & dimensional embellishments.</div>
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I'm a big fan of sequins since they are subtle & very inexpensive way to add interest</div>
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& draw the eye around your page. </div>
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I adore the enamel dots but they're really costly to add more than a few to each project </div>
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so sequins gives similar effect without the $$$</div>
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I used the twine to anchor the photo & draw the eye.</div>
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Using it 3 places created a visual triangle to encourage you to look at photo first.</div>
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I added a brad to the cardstock tag & a wood heart in center of the image.</div>
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Finally I love to finish with some dots of spray ink. It's transparant & </div>
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adds that "somethingsomething" that makes me say it's done & I like it</div>
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Even thought there is journaling on the front of the layout with enough room for basic story.</div>
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in the area under the arrow border strip I had so much more to tell about</div>
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how Miles came to be a "Gray" that the family in the future.</div>
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I started writing on a sheet of kraft cardstock. Cut it down & adhered to the back</div>
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I usually date it when I actually journal (even if years later from the actual memory)</div>
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I had been shopping for food & litter at Pet Supermarket near our house. I never shop on weekends at pet stores because I know the rescues are there so I was surprised that there were kitties in cages trying to get my attention in the middle of the week. I should know better than to stop & visit with the rescue animals available. Miles caught my eye because Andrew has always wanted a Norwegian Forest cat. He had so much personality & I couldn't get him out of my mind. At home I told everyone about him & the next evening we went to eat mexican across the street & talked everyone into going to see Miles. He was named by the Mountain Park Library because that's where he was living for a couple days & they finally caught him in the CD jazz music section.... so he was dubbed "Miles Davis". We all fell in love with Miles & my aunt was visiting from Pittsburgh PA fell in love with the most stressed out sour female kitty - she wanted to get her & take her home on the plane in a couple days. The rescue lady who worked as a cashier in the store said she would throw Dakota in for free (guess no one interested in her since her personality wasn't shining AT ALL - she had been in a bedroom with an elderly lady hanging out & but not being very well cared for due to the ladies physical ailments). Of course we leave with both kitties. Auntie didn't end up taking Dakota home with her on the plane it was a "later" thing that I knew she would never get her. She even look like the same cat - she was so stressed that her face looked different.</div>
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Supplies: Paper, Sequins, Stickers, Wood Chip, Cardstock Diecut Sheet, Post Notes, Buttons, Brads, Border Strips (Teresa Collins Designs); Wood Embellishments, Sequins, Spray Ink (Studio Calico); Letter Die (Tim Holtz); Brads & Twine (Maya Road); Stamps (Heidi Swapp); Punch (Fiskars), Pen (American Crafts), Ink (Tsukineko Versafine black)</div>
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I've been helping Susan at <a href="http://emiscrapbooking.blogspot.com/">EMI Scrapbooking</a> with the store blog... it's looking great! The store is looking great too - so many new product lines, of course every one of Teresa Collins lines are well stocked, crops, & the mini books & kits business is booming. New kits will be added to the blog when they are available for sale & will have a paypal purchase button right there. Hope you check back often or sign up to follow <a href="http://emiscrapbooking.blogspot.com/">EMI</a> - lots of inspiration & happenings posted daily. If you're in the Atlanta area drop by & say hello.</div>
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This is a picture of the Teresa Collins section from a couple months ago</div>
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I'm still creating mini books & kits for <a href="http://emiscrapbooking.blogspot.com/">EMI</a>. I've been so bad about sharing them here on the blog... I added pictures of the covers over to the right on the slide show. </div>
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<b>Here's a few of my favorites.</b></div>
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Making Memories Valentine line (I miss that company... </div>
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Their scalloped ledger paper is an all time favorite background - I still have 1 piece left & waiting for just the right project</div>
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<a href="http://www.echoparkpaper.com/">Echo Park</a> collections are always great to work with.</div>
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My favorite <a href="http://glitzdesign.net/index.php?route=information/sales">Glitz</a> line ever - love all the soft colors & vintage prints... very shabby chic</div>
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I used canvas fabric for several of the pages - stitching near the edges but loving the fraying</div>
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another of the pages - love the pre-designed clusters on the paper </div>
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Another <a href="http://www.teresacollinsdesignsblog.com/">Teresa Collins</a> collection - classic colors but fresh shades of green & red</div>
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This one is so different than my usual 6x8 size....</div>
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Tall & skinny using <a href="http://www.studiocalico.com/">Studio Calico</a> school collection</div>
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Perfect for teen boy photos</div>
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using <a href="http://www.mymindseye.com/">My Mind's Eye's </a>collection.</div>
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Loved this boy one with Navy & Gold</div>
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another <a href="http://mymindseye.com/">MME</a> more feminine book</div>
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journaling & embellishing images just on a piece of patterned paper. </div>
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Budget friendly without sacrificing the style & layers we all love.</div>
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I had inches of glitter on my desk & all over not just my scrap room but the whole house.</div>
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I was covered in glitter for days since their glitter.</div>
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You're probably thinking so..... but I'm not a glitter person lol </div>
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I have a ban on it.</div>
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This album was beautiful though glitter & all</div>
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Well I hope you enjoyed looking at the covers of some of my books. I'm hoping to post a couple times a week what I'm creating for the store & for myself. </div>
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Brandon will be taking me to the zoo... it's the last day to see the panda twins before they are taken to China to live. I'm a crazy person yes I picked the zoo for my Mother's Day treat - a kid at heart when it comes to animals. Pandas, elephants, anything from Australia & of course owls are some of my favorites. They were so cute when they were little - I hate that I didn't get their earlier but I'm getting to see them that's all that counts right.<br />
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The past 12 months have been really challenging. Having my elderly aunt (who's a fellow "sicky") & dealing with a new blood condition from lupus. It's branching out from my kidneys to "party" elsewhere in the body & it's no fun. I've never felt such profound exhaustion before. All my life I've been a person who didn't require lots of sleep now I have what I call "Rip van Winkle Days" where I do little else but sleep - literally 14-17 hours a day no sooner waking up from a several hour nap to immediately fall back asleep. This is so NOT ME! Adding this to the other health problems that I've had for years has forced to realize my physical limits. Denying it just filled me with stress & frustration. I have good days & bad days. Right now even though the doctors haven't hit on the perfect treatments to give me I'm doing ok. To tweak my outlook I started looking for "One Fun Thing" to do daily... it's a relative thing depending on my energy/pain level for the day but it really is helping me stay positive. On a bad day it may be to just sit out in the yard but that's ok. The next day it may be to go somewhere (as long as I don't get too close to other people since I pick up EVERYTHING). I wear masks sometimes but for some reason breathing in my own exhale gives me asthma (and I'm not going on O2 if I can help it lol) so I'm always scoping out who is around & assessing the risk then making mad dashes away from people.... scientific probably not but so far so good. If I do something one day the next is "pay the piper day" where I lay low & rest because I have no choice. Hopefully the treatments will start working soon - auto immune problems are so hard to deal with & control.<br />
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I've been enjoying the flowers & shrubs waking up in the garden. The roses are going like gang busters. The boys used to buy me an heirloom rose bush each year when we lived around the corner from Natures 5th Season in Lawrenceville. They closed that location & in 2012 closed the Dacula location too. These roses come with us when we move. Here's photos of a few of them<br />
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This beautiful peony looking rose that smells amazing</div>
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Eating the aphids right away </div>
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I was able to create a few mini books that EMI Scrapbooking will be kitting in the near future.<br />
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Here's a sneak peak using the new lines by My Mind's Eye<br />
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We love our animals - they really bring us so much joy in everyday life...<br />
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We've always been "dog people" but now cat & dog people. We rescued Koda - she very affectionate to people but has always been shy & easily upset by some of the other cats. She's happy hanging out in our bedroom & "allowing" Miles & Pom to come visit her during the day. She definitely has a royal attitude about her. She entered the rescue organization after her owner passed away - she lived in a bedroom with an elderly woman. At first I kept trying to change her keeping bedroom door closed in day & making her stay out in the house. It really stressed her out since she wanted to be the top cat in the hierarchy but the guys had other ideas. I consulted our vet & read a bunch online & realized I should stop trying to change her... if she's happy then why not just let her be where she wants to be. The Queen of my Bedroom is Koda.<br />
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I love the <a href="http://www.teresacollinsdesigns.com/stationary-noted.html">Stationary Noted line from Teresa Collins</a>. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/EMI-Scrapbooking-Store/123645039853">EMI Scrapbooking</a> if you are local to Atlanta has some still in stock. <br />
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Don't you love the beautiful soft colors with pop of read, lots of graph or lined papers. It's classic, versatile & gender neutral. I "girled" it up on this page using almost all the floral papers in the collection but Koda is a girly-girl so it suited her.<br />
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Lots of journaling cards to choose from on a single piece of patterned paper are my favorite inexpensive thing to stock up on. I always buy extra if it's a neutral color that can go on other projects.</div>
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The words border under to anchor it is the throw away after cut off piece of the paper - I always save them... another budget friendly bonus from a piece of paper.</div>
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I used a lot of the die cut borders each of them layered just perfectly together.</div>
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Teresa designs from a user standpoint & that is why her collections are so easy to create with.<br />
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Hope you have some time to do something creative today<br />
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I decided to make Jennifer a mini book so she could put pictures of her dogs in it. </div>
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I really like the book look & feel of these modified accordion minis I've been making lately. The fact they have no rings or coils gives a clean look. To add stability I sandwich each page in between front accordion fold & then glue together the backs of the empty accordions so they are not flopping around. It looks more like a book spine. The paper covering the outside is slightly loose and not adhered to the spine so it opens easily.</div>
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Since the cover is chipboard and pages are actually pocket/envelopes that I made using thick cardstock folded & there is a piece of cardstock inside for journaling so I wanted to use thinner scrapbook paper to cover each page. I found a beach themed tablet at Walmart from <a href="http://colorbok.com/">Colorbok</a> that was very un-themed and versatile.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>(note sorry for the iphone not well staged photos.... I was so excited to share my new favorite modeling paste with you) </i></span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I was in no way compensated for this review. I purchased the paste at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/EMI-Scrapbooking-Store/123645039853">EMI Scrapbooking</a> store in Cumming GA for my personal use - I'm just a user sharing my opinions.</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I've tried a lot of them & always come back to Golden brand. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I know Teresa really strives for quality in everything she does so I was excited to try her Basically Essential Modeling Paste.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Opening the jars to compare them I noticed that the Golden is much thicker than the Basically Essential which seems more creamy. Comparing the color Basically Essential is noticeably whiter as the Golden has more grey undertones.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I used a Teresa Collins Basically Essential stencil set. (This release contains 2 different 8-1/2x11 inch sets that contain 3 stencils & 2 12x12 inch single stencils) These are good quality intricately cut stencils & gotta love the pink color! By the way make sure you clean your stencils immediately - especially with modeling paste it can ruin them quickly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I applied Basically Essential to a small section of the stencil. I noticed it was very creamy & glides on very smoothly. It's a little thinner than Golden brand so I was concerned that it would seep under the stencil a bit. Upon removing the stencil there was a small area top row second from right but it would be fine if I had taped the stencil down - I was just holding it. I was pleasantly surprised that it held so much of the texture from the pallet knife application since it was a thinner body paste. The paste levels out perfectly & holds sharp edges. It dries a nice uniform white that is perfect to use straight out of the jar on any project. The thinner consistency allows for some flexibility which is really beneficial on a scrapbook layout or mini book that will be viewed by turning pages.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I applied the Golden brand in the same manner. It is noticeably thicker & seems to have a measurably thicker emboss for each of the stencil openings. When applying it really fills the stencil opening well & as I did that final sweep across to even out & remove waste more of the paste seemed left in the stencil openings. I didn't stir my jar very well before application but you can slightly see the variance of color which has very grey areas especially viewing in person.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Most of the time I have added a paint or ink to the Golden modeling paste when I'm creating a project. So let's see how the Teresa Collens Basically Essential holds up to products I usually use.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First I like acrylic inks since they have a very intense color. Liquitex make some pretty colors. It mixed very well but the bright white color of the paste did act somewhat like white paint toning down the color of the ink.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The watery consistency of the ink did thin the paste somewhat but didn't effect the integrity of the paste to hold it's shape. The color dried true & even.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next I tried my favorite Golden Fluid Acrylics. They are also a bit thinner consistency but the colors are very intense & mix well with many mediums & paints. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Again the paste & paint mixed very well. The paste acted slightly as a white paint toning down the color of the fluid acrylic. The paste still had the ability to hold it's shape & pallet knife texture lines. It did have a small amount of seeping under the stencil but again that was because I didn't tape it down. It seems like with the thinner paste I can't skip that step as easily as I can with a thicker paste. I really like the areas where I didn't have a lot of paste left & it created holes in the stencil negative.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This thicker paint mixed very easily & thoroughly with the modeling paste. It made the paste a thicker consistency without losing the creaminess. I love all the texture lines that held & the uniform color.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm most impressed with the color of Teresa Collins Basically Essential Modeling Paste when it is dry. The white is very clean & uniform. I have not seen this in any other modeling paste that I have tried in the past. Golden is on the bottom & you can see the color is not as vibrant & bright. I would use the Basically Essential modeling paste alone & be very pleased with the color of the dried application. I normally add white paint to the Golden paste to get the true bright white that comes straight out of the jar with Teresa's paste.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sorry Golden Modeling Paste but you have been dethroned as my favorite modeling paste..... I will be buying Teresa Collins Basically Essential Modeling Paste from now on. (If I want heavy texture I think I will still pull out the Golden but for overall usability I loved Teresa's paste)</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Love the white color straight out of the jar dries beautifully, creamy consistency</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I encourage you to give Teresa's modeling paste a try it's perfect for paper crafters to try a new technique and add some texture & elegance to your page.</span></i></div>
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Here are a couple of photos if you are interested in purchasing contact Susan at emiscrapbooking@aol.com for more information. Follow <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/EMI-Scrapbooking-Store/123645039853?fref=ts">EMI on Facebook</a> to know all the latest news <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/EMI-Scrapbooking-Store/123645039853?fref=ts">here</a>.<br />
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The first one is a cute little boy book.</div>
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Premade (it comes with rings I was just out of them here at the house)</div>
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Lots of heavy weight double sided patterned paper pages </div>
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Here are photos of just a few</div>
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This one is a kit all precut & easy for you to put together</div>
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The entire mini has chipboard pages.</div>
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The theme is perfect for those 4th of July photos</div>
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And a few of the pages</div>
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Joann's is clearing out a bunch of products</div>
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I caught the tail end of the sale but still got some good tools that I will so use.</div>
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Look at these big Fiskars punches $4.97 each perfect for journaling spots</div>
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I thought this smaller zig zag would be great for mini book edges </div>
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I love cogs & gears for guy pages so I was excited to get this punch on the left for $3.97</div>
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To make your own chipboard just punch on kraft 4x and adhere together then punch again in whatever you want the top to look like & adhere. Very inexpensive way to get the look we love.</div>
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I couldn't believe how cute Heidi Grace new lines were.</div>
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I was in between doctor appointments recently & had time to kill. </div>
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So I stopped in <a href="http://www.homegoods.com/">Home Goods</a> to browse.</div>
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They have good prices & some really great items for the home.</div>
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I love just looking at all the goodies they get in stock.</div>
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Charley always tells me about the new heavy furniture they are getting in since one his truck loads goes to a store somewhere in the USA. He will be popping Advil after unloading since their orders are heavy.</div>
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I'm really loving all these text canvases that are on the market lately.</div>
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I am thinking of trying my hand at these....</div>
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Brave Girls style.</div>
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Love the burlap & distressed grey/blue. Very beachy</div>
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At first I thought of putting in my Grandpa's fishing lures </div>
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(they are so cool looking he had them for more than 60 years)</div>
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or I could do a vignette of Destin filled with shells, photos & stuff </div>
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from the last time I was at the beach. </div>
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I saw on instagram last night that those photos were taken 82 weeks ago....</div>
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It's been that long? </div>
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Love to put my toes in the sand</div>
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I don't know what it is about this purse but I liked it</div>
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Michaels had some canvases too. </div>
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Butterflies always catch my eye </div>
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Brave Girls Funky Flowers Art School class I had just finished....</div>
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I may try my hand using this as inspiration for the guest room </div>
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It also isn't too think that it creates bubbling & problems with most of the patterned paper on the market today. During the Teresa Collins classes recently Teresa would say to use a glue glider style dry adhesive because wet causes problems.... she wasn't calling me out but telling the entire class - I think trying to "save" me & my project from disaster (which I appreciated - she is always so thoughtful).... but I know my glue. If this was Beacon, Scotch, Aleene's or even PVA (which is specifically designed for paper book making) I know I would have a buckled bubbled & not professional looking project. But <a href="http://www.crafterspick.com/allpurposeglue.html">The Ultimate</a> never fails me (as long as it's not on the copy paper thin style of patterned paper).</div>
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I bought a <a href="http://www.scotchbrand.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/ScotchBrand/Scotch/Products/Catalog/~/Scotch-Adhesive-Dot-Roller?N=6604021&rt=rud">Scotch Dot Roller</a> to use at the crop </div>
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(closest I've found to my beloved Kokoyo Dot Roller that was discontinued in the USA that I horded all I could find & am now out of)</div>
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I won this <a href="http://www.xyron.com/enUS/Categories/Teresa_Collins_Adhesives/Teresa_Collins_Adhesives_-_Tools.html">Teresa Collins Xyron Sticker Maker</a> last year at the crop</div>
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Teresa came out with a matching <a href="http://www.xyron.com/enUS/Categories/Teresa_Collins_Adhesives/Teresa_Collins_Adhesives_-_Tools.html">Xyron adhesive runner</a> recently but I haven't gotten around to ordering online since it's not available locally for me....</div>
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It's much smaller than my ATG & the adhesive is really good (I tested out a friends)</div>
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The Xyron runner is similar size. I really like that the cartridge is drop in no threading of adhesive like the ATG (my son Andrew's job since I make a mess of it with my arthritic hands lol)</div>
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I love when friends enable me with new goodies......</div>
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I think that's why I get lost on Pinterest for hours & have quite a few boards <a href="http://pinterest.com/craftysuz/">here</a> or click button above.</div>
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I look forward to this weekend every year. It was 3rd annual <a href="http://teresacollins.typepad.com/">Teresa Collins</a> classes that Susan owner of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/EMI-Scrapbooking-Store/123645039853?fref=ts">EMI Scrapbooking</a> organizes. It was so wonderful to be around creative women & <a href="http://teresacollins.typepad.com/">Teresa</a> is a great teacher. her kits are very well designed, she shares super techniques that I use over & over becoming immediate favorites, & she is such an authentic, sweet, generous person sharing stories of her life honestly & with such heart. Thankfully this year the weather was beautiful (no hiding out in the hotel laundry room due to a tornado heading down the street like last year). During last year's event Teresa already commits to coming back again (yes even with the tornadoes). So I've been looking forward to this all year. My health has been dictating my life quite a bit lately which is frustrating.... so with lots of prayer, rest, Dr. injections, & prednesone I was able to attend.<br />
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This has been my motto lately.... "BELIEVE IN MIRACLES". </div>
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I made this bracelet inspired by classes I take from <a href="http://bravegirlsclub.com/">Brave Girls Club Melody Ross</a>. </div>
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Words are powerful & I've learned to not beat up on myself with negative words. With all I had been going thru this last month it took a miracle to get me to the event & to last thru the day & late into the evening. It was a real blessing that I needed. Spending time with creative friends.... de-stressing & revitalizing my spirit.</div>
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Sunshine streaming in my bedroom window & feeling pretty good started my day</div>
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This is a photo I took of myself (can't believe I did that... that alone is a miracle lol) driving to the event.</div>
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I got to the store around 1 pm on Friday so I could help Susan finish up some last minute things.</div>
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She put me on making samples for the store above the new Teresa Collins lines in the photo below. <a href="http://pinterest.com/mylissa_stout/">Mylissa</a> brought some great photos of her sons for me to use. I love the one she did with the hearts & an old photo of one of her sons. So sweet & the colors in the photo were perfect for the <a href="http://www.teresacollinsdesigns.com/stationery-noted/">Stationary Noted</a> line.</div>
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The Friday night class started at 6 pm at the Holiday Inn Express in Cumming GA</div>
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After class everyone is free to stay for a crop to finish up kit or work on whatever.....</div>
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I tend to gab more than create during that time as I'm starting to get tired.</div>
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We had a very spacious room to rest</div>
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I couldn't get the volume without <a href="http://www.cvs.com/shop/brand-shop/N/Nuance-Salma-Hayek/_/N-3qZ4lgha">Selma Hayek Nuance</a> hair products sold at CVS.</div>
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Love the skin care products too & she has a great makeup kit for eye brows.</div>
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Then downstairs for a quick bite to eat in the breakfast room</div>
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(forgot to take a pix so used the one on the hotel site lol... it works)</div>
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First class of the day was a mini using <a href="http://www.teresacollinsdesigns.com/far-and-away/">Far & Away</a></div>
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(<a href="http://teresacollins.typepad.com/">Teresa</a> said she named it after the Tom Cruise/Nicole Kidman movie... </div>
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I love that one & seem to watch it a couple times a year whenever it's on lol)</div>
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I have to say NO ONE does a travel line better than <a href="http://teresacollins.typepad.com/">Teresa </a>in my book - love the classic style & generic theme...</div>
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Lots of pockets to hold all the ephemera we get on vacation</div>
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Showing us page by page how to put together....</div>
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Lots of little tricks, tips & techniques</div>
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I finished the basics & bound mine so all that is left is pictures and a bit more embellishing</div>
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Saturday's class was filled... </div>
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After lunch we worked on a cascading interactive mini using <a href="http://www.teresacollinsdesigns.com/stationery-noted/">Stationary Noted</a>. </div>
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I love the pops of red in this one. </div>
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This is her sample that starts out small & each page after gets bigger. It's created mostly with the package of file folders.</div>
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This one was a bit more involved to put together so we had to pay close attention</div>
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Teresa showing us how to use the WRMK Cinch to bind our books</div>
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After the 2nd class the store was open so everyone could shop. Susan<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/EMI-Scrapbooking-Store/123645039853?fref=ts">/EMI Scrapbooking </a>always carries every line that <a href="http://teresacollins.typepad.com/">Teresa</a> releases & is the only company that sells so well with customers buying 4 sheets of each paper & the mini book kits we create for sell the lines even get re-ordered.<br />
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I know it looks like I was staying a week but I bring my pillow & need to buy the carry on size of back to match this one. (Ralph Lauren Chaps - wheels spin 360 - this one was less than $40 at Ross). And I brought my laptop in case I flared up & ended up in the room early so I would have something to do to keep me from being too depressed about what I was missing out on.... Thankfully that didn't happen!</div>
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Teresa shares all about it in a blog post <a href="http://teresacollins.typepad.com/teresa_collins/2013/03/leaving-georgia.html">here</a>.</div>
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Don't get me wrong I really like doing the kits but felt like I had gotten into a bit of a rut since I wasn't doing much for myself. Now I've achieved more of a balance & I feel like a better designer because of it. So from now on I'm going to try to be a gal who does mini book kits/finished books, scrappy projects of our life & mixed media canvases/art journals.<br />
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So today I worked on a page inspired by <a href="http://www.bigpictureclasses.com/the-ties-that-bind.php">Stephanie's relationship class</a> again "Cousins Together". I wanted to capture the relationship I have with my cousin. This is one of the rare photos we have together at our house since they never came to visit us. My grandparents brought her for the Easter holiday because my sister was making her first communion. Random note... my mom was into sewing at the time & made my dress - it was flattering style & I loved the color it.<br />
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This layout has lots of stitching & layers....</div>
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The basic journaling is front & center on the page just under the titlework.</div>
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I adore the soft blue color, canvas texture, & simple all caps font of this set of Thickers.</div>
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I toned down the pink polka dot color by putting a bit of gesso on my finger & smearing it across strip. I have a little bit of my gesso in a bottle with a fine tip applicator. It allows me to put it just where I want. See below where I put it down the side of the washi tape to distress, add interest & draw the eye subtly. </div>
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The will be for sale soon at<a href="http://emiscrapbooking.blogspot.com/"> EMI Scrapbooking</a> online or in store. These are a completely put together & ready for your photos. It's created with chipboard covers & lots of patterned paper pages using a collection pack in addition to cardstock photo mats, sticker letters/images & embellishments. Since they are 1 of a kind it will be first come. They will come with rings & a bit of ribbon/fabric to tie on. I was out of rings yet again - I need to get a case of them lol.<br />
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I'm just sharing the covers. Susan will post some of the pages when she puts them on sale.<br />
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I'm a longtime reader of <a href="http://www.stephaniehowell.com/">Stephanie Howell's blog</a>. She shares her life as an army wife & mom to 4 beautiful daughters. I enjoy reading about the latest escapades of the "chicks" - that Sadie slays me with just a look. It brings back memories of having little ones in the house & life at that stage. She's honest with the good & bad in each day while remembering to be thankful in all things. My heart aches for her when her hubby is deployed in some of the most dangerous places in the world. She is an amazing strong woman. Recently she posted that she was doing her first class at <a href="http://www.bigpictureclasses.com/">Big Picture Classes</a> called <a href="http://www.bigpictureclasses.com/the-ties-that-bind.php">Ties That Bind</a>. It's all about capturing the relationships we have in our lives. It is a self paced class & you have access to it for 2 years. If you want more information click <a href="http://www.bigpictureclasses.com/the-ties-that-bind.php">here</a>.<br />
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The class gave me lots of visual inspiration but more importantly it gave me inspiration to dig deeper into capturing memories & sharing with my family my feelings about them. Not a superficial who, what, where, when style page. You had to figure something got me excited about layouts again when this is the 3rd post in a row. The journaling is more personal (I'm glad I hadn't journaled on the pages I started at the crop).<br />
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This page is about my Grami. I recently received a bunch of old family photos since my Aunt moved in with us. I adore this photo. It is a visual of what my grandma tried to teach me all the time since I hated to have my picture taken. She'd say it's not about how you look that will make it a good picture of you it's how you feel about yourself.... relax & be confident. This picture shows her doing just that. She was beautiful inside & out. I miss her every day. I was so close to her & feel like everything I like about myself I got from her. I was even named after her... she's Sue.</div>
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One of the best things about living where my grandparents raised their kids was being right across the bridge from an amazing family run historical amusement park that is still going strong today. They were able to go to <a href="http://www.kennywood.com/">Kennywood Park</a> many times during the season. School & church picnics, an entire Saturday, or a few hours an evening after work. Every year each family member got their picture taken under the yearly sign.</div>
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I like the easy breezy feel of American Crafts Dear Lizzy 5th & Frolic (3 different papers front & back - I love how American Crafts does a different pattern on the back of the marketing strip so that gave me 3 more prints). It's funky & fresh. It mixed well with some older supplies I had on hand in my stash.<br />
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Making Memories Tiny Types - even though everyone does them now these are still my favorites.</div>
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American Crafts flare is like a button that we wore on our denim jackets.</div>
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We moved to Georgia in 1979 when I was 16. It was so hard for me to have left Lori behind. At that time the cost of a long distance call was $ 0.25 a minute! My dad wasn't happy with the phone bill each month. When we lived in same town we would immediately get on the phone after being together all day at school and talk for hours on the kitchen phone with the 25 foot long cord. We'd both stretch the cords down the basement steps with the door closed for privacy - those coiled cords would be all wonky from being overstretched & drove our moms crazy. Our phone was that 70's yellow.<br />
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I love Teresa Collins products! They are so well designed & the style is timeless. When I see pages in my album that I made years ago they don't feel "dated" because it's too trendy & detracts from the photos/story.</div>
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I'm such a blue jeans gal - easy breezy for me. I LOVE navy blue & yellow in this line and several pages have text. It just feels fresh & has such clean lines.</div>
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My parents let me go back to Baltimore for Easter because I was so depressed after moving the summer before. I missed Lori & my grandparents who lived in Pittsburgh PA. They would come to see us all the time growing up since it was only a 4-1/2 hour drive. Now the only time we would see them is when they flew down a couple times a year (thanks to the fact that they were able to fly free since their son worked for United Airlines & a perk was to fly stand by anywhere in USA for my grandparents)</div>
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I love stitching on paper. It just adds that little "something something".</div>
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I'm all about the noteworthy style with file folders, tabs, & tags. I used one of my favorite Unity Stamp Company Stamps on kraft paper with navy blue ink to balance the page. I can always count on Unity to bring style & a bit of funky to my projects.</div>
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That bottom "remember this" was cut from<a href="http://www.teresacollinsdesigns.com/everyday-moments/#next"> this piece of paper</a>.</div>
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I used one of <a href="http://www.teresacollinsdesigns.com/vintage%20finds/#prev">Teresa's Vintage Finds 1 stamps</a> to give the Prima clock face a place to sit. The milky yellow brad from Now & Then line is perfectly at home. I love how her lines can mix and match</div>
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There are always interesting elements to cut out on her papers. I layered the globe & vintage stamp to subtly give a travel feel to the page. More machine sewing on the layered borders that I punched.</div>
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Other Supplies: Discontinued Martha Stewart Tiny Floral Border Punch, American Crafts cardstock letter stickers, Glue Dots, Pop Dots, American Crafts Pigment Ink Denim, The Paper Company kraft paper, Scotch ATG adhesive, Singer sewing machine<br />
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Hope you have a fantastic day & remember to do something creative.....</div>
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I started these several months ago at a crop. I don't stress out about finishing things at crops because the way I create makes it totally impossible unless I pack up my entire room. I'm one of those people who drags out a multitude of stuff to audition them and see how they will look. While I'm creating I will think of some item that I didn't bring that would be "perfect" and just the thought of it will stop the creative process dead in it's tracks. I've learned to just move on to another page/project or I will sit there and get frustrated. To top it off I'm a slow scrapper. I really enjoy EVERYTHING about the creative process, from the most mundane intricate fussy cutting to journaling the story, so trying to be what I'm not takes the pleasure out of scrapbooking. Realizing this about myself has allowed me to really like cropping & not worry about packing for them. I enjoy the inspiration & catching up with my friends.... just relaxing & enjoying their company.<br />
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Here's a page about my son younger Brandon. He's such an inspiration to me & constantly reminds me to not worry about what others think and to "go for it Mom". He really beats to his own drum, goes after life, is easy going & can talk to anyone... that "boy" has never met a stranger. He slays me how girls will walk by & do a 180 coming back to chat... he usually gets a phone number with no effort lol.<br />
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I loved this Simple Stories line with motorcycles, guitars, & lots of stars. His online nickname for the longest time growing up was "allstar" the stars made it even more perfect. I mixed in some paper from Authentique - it was a vintage school line but I love the grey & yellow colors. The weight of paper heavier & just called to be distressed & grunged up</div>
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Brandon went to the motorcycle races with his friend James. </div>
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I love this photo in black and white it only made it better. </div>
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It "quiets down" the distraction from the colors and just lets the focus be on the guys.</div>
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The banners on the die cut sheet played up the race track theme from the photo.</div>
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I distressed the edges of all the layers to add texture. In my mind that makes it more masculine.</div>
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The "You're Amazing" embellishment is semi transparent piece from Basic Grey.</div>
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I love how Simple Stories lines come with several pieces of paper with borders, 3x5 journaling spots, & lots of different things to use as the title of the page. Their products make great mini books too.</div>
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I loved these metal embellishments that I found in my friend Susan's vintage stash - she found a huge lot of old jewelry at a flea market. I was in heaven just sifting thru the goodies.</div>
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The piece on top of the thermometer die cut is so hammered and mashed like it was run over a dozen times with a tank. That hair comb with the chevron striping of the teeth seemed current on trend & had an masculine industrial feel.</div>
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I really like how they look on the page layered with all the other paper elements. A trick I use all the time in the mini book kits I make is to adhere paper to a piece of blank chipboard. It adds dimension & makes the layers pop.</div>
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Simple kraft wrapping paper, twine & a heart doily from the Dollar Tree and a stamped To/From tag using <a href="http://www.teresacollinsdesigns.com/christmas%20cottage/">Teresa Collins Christmas Cottage Stamp Set</a>. (there is one currently on ebay <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Christmas-Cottage-Acrylic-Stamps-Christmas-Cottage-Collection-/400381310497?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5d3895f621">here</a>)</div>
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Even though we have seen each other in the past weeks it's been at the hospital or nursing home rehab visiting Auntie so she gave me a beautiful birthday box filled with goodies......</div>
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I have put the finishing touches on some layouts that I started a crop months ago.... am I the only one who starts projects & finishes later? I will post some photos later this week the weather here is rainy and I have to be outside to take photos my light isn't the best in the house...</div>
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That's exactly what I did for this mini album kit titled "Tell Your Story" using the product line of the same name. <br />
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They are for sale for $24 at EMI Scrapbooking in Cumming GA and for additional shipping mailed worldwide by contacting Susan at emiscrapbooking@aol.com <br />
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Her hearts desire is to live on the Florida Gulf Coast so the message of this "girl" will remind her of that big dream and to do what it takes to get there. She's a strong lady with loads of gumption if anyone can she can. <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">My parents wedding day 1962</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgppe2BbOxGo0mbs2vtZC_beeY4hiwQLc5kW-4uwQrZh0QdwaBfAVPbGbijZnmEj_XxplkLMbms-vLGF7sdPRl2q_t1xugLuJdhZPxO-echwDqHkOwMm4Epa7ag5e52VnhHfbmUU91uW4oD/s640/blogger-image--864236733.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgppe2BbOxGo0mbs2vtZC_beeY4hiwQLc5kW-4uwQrZh0QdwaBfAVPbGbijZnmEj_XxplkLMbms-vLGF7sdPRl2q_t1xugLuJdhZPxO-echwDqHkOwMm4Epa7ag5e52VnhHfbmUU91uW4oD/s640/blogger-image--864236733.jpg" /></a><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">when she was little girl with her mom and cousin. She's on the left. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-iJVXVYaiyOBf-plB8W8v1BpCYoix3gTe7_1DbRpkUG2lIfYuAQiGecMX9WFkmUJsDK51jkXy2Qo6iGmugWdHj0gT02fDY2W3_I3wu1axfetO_BTBbqvVMc8k6cBxLIET5hb15ynXUCkZ/s640/blogger-image--149903617.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-iJVXVYaiyOBf-plB8W8v1BpCYoix3gTe7_1DbRpkUG2lIfYuAQiGecMX9WFkmUJsDK51jkXy2Qo6iGmugWdHj0gT02fDY2W3_I3wu1axfetO_BTBbqvVMc8k6cBxLIET5hb15ynXUCkZ/s640/blogger-image--149903617.jpg" /></a></div><br />
The recent photos are when she took me to Destin last year for 2 weeks. That's her happy place. <br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Mom & Dad at AJ's in Destin on the docks</div><br />
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Happy Birthday Mom hope this is the best year ever!<br />
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To brighten up her room & make her feel welcome I made this banner for her.<br />
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Made mostly with <a href="http://www.cratepaper.com/default.aspx?PageID=450">Crate Paper's Paper Heart</a> collection. It was 2012 "valentine theme" line but I found it so versatile and used it for so many projects.... mixed media canvases, art journals, mini albums, lots of layouts, and some of the prettiest cards ever. I just love the colors and lots of smaller prints/patterns. </div>
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Auntie needs a bit of help now due to illnesses so we put in a stair lift which our cat PPK (Pom Pom Kitty named after his favorite toy lol that name is way to feminine for a boy kitty but he didn't like DJ which was his name when we adopted him.... he likes PPK) likes to ride up and down on too. That's his Christmas antlers photo shoot... he's not too happy with me</div>
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She needs oxygen to breath... these are her tanks when we are on the go. The small tanks went back since they didn't last long enough the big ones only last 1-1/2 hrs each. She has a big plug in concentrator for use in the house. It's a bit noisy but we're used to it.</div>
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Her dog Bella moved down at the end of May while Auntie was recovering in the hospital & nursing home</div>
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I couldn't resist a dress since she's a little dog I thought she would like it.... she tolerates it at best. This a spaghetti strap "trashy rocker chic" number that Bret Michaels designs for Petsmart... Yes the "Every Rose Has it's Thorn" Bret Michaels from Poison. Who would have thought.</div>
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Koda happily claimed Bella's Martha Stewart Pets bed for "allowing" Bella to move in. It was ok with Bell since she didn't like it anyway.... but don't tell Koda</div>
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Rosie is our wild woman who thinks she is the "hall monitor" (remember in school they thought they had all the power & it went to their heads... well that's Rosie for sure) making sure all the critters are not getting into trouble. The problem with that is that SHE usually gets into trouble for getting involved. </div>
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Then we have Poppy.... she is the most sensitive sweet dog ever. Nothing makes her happier than watching something on TV with animals in it. It doesn't matter if it's real life, movie where a zebra can talk, or even a cartoon... she is all in. She thinks she's a little girl and loves to lay on the bed with her head on a pillow & will even slide between the covers to tuck herself in on a chilly night lol I'm not kidding.... if I didn't see it I would be shaking my head like I'm sure you are saying "yay right" but she really does it.</div>
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This is her pile of "babies" (no stuffing stuffed animals) that have to be brought up on the bed each night or she sits next to the bed crying and beating her wagging tail against the wall until they are all settled in for the night. She's a good "mommy" to "skinny baby coon" the raccoon, "no butt baby coon" that Bella destroyed in 2.2 seconds so he literally lost the bottom half of him, "foxy baby", etc. Yes all their names have "baby" in them. The pile got even bigger after Christmas as their stockings had a couple more in them.</div>
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The critters are the best. They always bring a smile. </div>
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It feels like we are always going to the doctors for something between the two of us "sicky's..... I've learned to take each day as it comes. </div>
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So this is life right now.........</div>
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This card is was made with scraps (My Mind's Eye, Fancy Pants, & Prima)</div>
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I stitched all the layers to a 4-1/2 x 6" piece of kraft paper.</div>
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I stockpile the tiny type letters they are perfect for cards that I don't necessarily have the right sentiment stamp for plus I LOVE the look especially with stitches at the bottom.</div>
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Layers of border punched strips along with a small piece of lace trim. The addition of "ancient" K & Company flowers with buttons & a twine bow add lots of interest & texture.</div>
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