Grand dogs

I went to Wisconsin to see my daughters and grandchildren over the 4th of July week and the first layout I made of the trip was of my grand dogs.  LOL  I have never been a fan of pit bulls because of all the bad press they get.  However, these dogs are great. Well, Rosco is great, princess growled at me the entire time I was there.  I think it had more to do with the fact I slept in her room and kicked her and my granddaughter out.  She liked me when I gave her treats but that was about the only time.  Rosco is just a big lovable drooling lug.  He loves to be loved on, he loves to play.  They are both very well behaved and trained.  My daughter did this thing where she said "One paw" and they would tap her hand with their paw.  She would say "Other paw" and they would tap her hand with the other paw.  Then she put her hand up by her head and said "Both paws" and they would pat her hand with both paws.  Then she would tell them "good dogs" and give treats.  Which was the birth of the layout title.  I had some VERY old chipboard letters that are covered with the most random patterned paper you have ever seen and nothing you could actually use.  So, I picked out the letters d o g s and scanned them into my Silhouette software, traced them, cut enough of them out of brown paper to cover all the letters I needed and removed the old patterned paper and added the brown card stock.  They looked too plain so I stamped paw prints all over them in teddy bear brown ink.  Which, by the way, I used the same ink to ink around practically everything on this layout including the letters.  I used a piece of the green swirly paper that I got a billion years ago from Oriental Trading that isn't good for much but layering as it is practically tissue paper thin to print One paw Other paw Both paws on and layered that on a chipboard tag that was with the letters.  I used a piece of my homemade decor mesh to ground the title, three resin flowers I got from Listia.com, three bone brads and added the paw print stamped around the layout.  I used some wood veneer tabs to add the dogs names and a bit of journalling. I love the layout and I really love that I was able to use a bunch of random stuff from my stash to get it on a layout instead of in a drawer.

There will be more layouts to come containing my children and grandchildren and one more grand dog and a couple of grand lizards (ick).

Happy Scrappy Doo to you
Lisa

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Tracy Banks knockoff

This is my weak attempt at lifting Tracy Banks (Mercy Tiara)'s amazing layout (Scrapbooking Process: Sleepy Kitty).  I turned it on its side and added top & bottom borders.  I added flowers and homemade enamel dots in place of the sequins.  This is a layout of my youngest daughter (now almost 18) and her best friend when they were in 2nd grade and accidentally showed up at school in the exact same bib overall shorts.  They are still best friends and laugh at these old pictures when I come across them.

Father & Sons big catch

This is a layout I did last night.  I have been in a mess in my craft room so I have not been able to craft.  I finally just moved a bunch of stuff out of my way, grabbed the first picture I came across and got it on a layout.  I was needing to do something cause I was feeling lost not scrapping.  I also grabbed the closest paper to me and started laying it out.

I got the wood veneer "potty" people and since most of my scrapbooking is of my daughters I wondered how I would ever use all the boys ones (even though I do have grandsons).  So this was a perfect spot to use them.  I found the tag with "father" on it laying on my desk and since it is of my grandfather taking his sons fishing I thought it worked.  I used the wood arrow to point to the "father" (my grandfather).  I also had the flourish stickers laying around for years and decided to use them up.  I found thin black ribbon on my table and wrapped it around for a bit of texture.  I added some homemade enamel dots to either side (there are supposed to be three on either side but two fell off in transit to my office to photograph the layout in better light.  I will replace them tonight.).

I don't know if I am going to leave the word Father as the title or if I am going to add another title.

The journalling is not done yet because I'm waiting for my cousin to tell me who is who in the picture.  One of they older boys was her father.

I used mist spray droplets on the top left and bottom right.  They kinda soaked in but I like it.  Finally I added a fish just cause they were showing off their big catch for the day.

Feels good to get a layout done.  I'm still going to keep organizing but I must keep taking time to get some layouts done so I don't loose my mojo.

Thanks for watching.  Would love to hear your comments.

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St. Louis Cardinals baseball cap container

This is a file from SVGcuts from the Fun & Games set.  I made it for a gift for a friend who is a BIG St. Louis Cardinals fan.  I am going to fill it with candy or peanuts.  I created the SL myself using the trace feature of my Silhouette Cameo Studio software. 

I made this one from the same cut file for my dad who is a huge Cubs fan.  I filed it with a mix of candy and nuts for Father's Day.

 I wonder if it is bad karma to do Cardinal and Cubs crafts in the same day?