Good morning! Like many of us, I take tons and tons of photos. So why is it only one or two make it onto my pages?  Today, on the Get It Scrapped blog, we are sharing a variety of ideas for getting multiple photos onto our pages. 

The photos were taken on a cell phone in 2010. They are not very good quality, and could only be printed in a small size such as 2x3. I needed to get them onto one page so I could give them some meaning without them getting lost.  I had one 4x6 photo given to me that I was able to crop and use as a larger focal photo. Now the small photos support the larger one, and have meaning of their own. 

Using so many photos on a page can create a busy page with no focus. Printing the small photos all the same size gave them and the page some unity.

The women in this Book Club started as strangers to me, but ended up becoming my very good friends. This was the last gathering I attended before moving away. The first few months after I moved, I phoned in on book club night. It sure would have been nice too have Skype!

Thanks for stopping by my creative view today. I seem to be on a roll now. I hope you'll come back again soon.

Supplies: Patterned Paper, Stickers, Die cuts, flair and alpha-Fancy Pants, pen-Micron, Adhesive-Recollections, EK Success

The Astronomist

Hello again! Still catching up on blog posts and challenges. Moving on to another favorite challenge, the Book inspired challenge at Scrap Our Stash. 

I went with the overall space theme. The stars are hard to see because there are stars on the paper, but I added 5 bling stars around the page. One at the end of the title, in the center of the '0', and one near the cluster at the top of the photo, are 3 of them. 

My son has always been interested in space. It's a subject he strays from, but always seems to return to. After a recent trip to the library, he came home with these books to read in his "free time". All I can say is, I'm happy he has interests. I'm happy they are so broad and he has so much information available to him. I have to wonder if this is something he will pursue, or keep as a special interest. 

Thanks again for stopping by my creative view. Come back again, I have lots more to share

Supplies: PP, remade die cuts, stickers- Shimelle for American Crafts, Alpha-Thisckers, bling stars-Freckled Fawn, pen- Sakura, digital cut file-The Cut Shoppe. Silhouette

23 & Me

Hey there! Catching up on some much needed blogging! I had the chance to play along with one of my favorite sketch challenges, Stuck?! Sketches. Laura creates the most beautiful and useful sketches. As usual, I couldn't use it as it is, I had to change it a little. That's another bonus of these sketches, They are so easily adaptable to all styles of scrapbooking!

All I did is reverse the image. My photos seemed to be oriented this way and it worked! My favorite thing about this page? The only patterned paper I used is the background. Everything else are die cuts, stickers and chipboard. Easy peasy. I might have to use this one again!

As long as I can remember, I have been a Ryne Sandberg fan. I know it has to do with being able to watch Cubs games in the summer. They were always day games. I followed his career, watching him get better and better. I'm pretty sure the first time I saw him play, was against the Dodgers at Dodger Stadium.  I was 17.  Needless to say, moving to Chicago and seeing him play at Wrigley was a huge thrill. Even better was attending the game when the Cubs retired his number, also watching him being inducted into the Hall of Fame. After many years of asking I finally received the only jersey I've ever asked for.   So yes, 23 & Me, and one of my children too, whose middle name, just might be Ryne...

Thanks so much for stopping by my creative view today. I know its been a while, too long in fact. Stay tuned, I have more to share.

Supplies: PP, die cuts, washi-Bella Blvd, chipboard-Freckled Fawn, stickers-Freckled Fawn, Bella Blvd, Flair-Accent Scrapbooking, A Flair for Buttons and Freckled Fawn, Wood piece-Gossamer Blue, Alphas-Thickers

Beautiful Magic

Hello there! I'm here! Really! I've been scrapping. But, not as frequently as I'd like, or blogging as often as I'd like.  Anyhoo, I am so happy to be sharing this page that I created for the newest article at Get It Scrapped. Today, out pages are inspired by the English Countryside style. 

English countryside makes me think of exactly that. The country. The outdoors, and nature where butterflies inhabit, filled with green grass, trees and flowers.   The distressed wood grain, small floral prints, and subtle hints of gold on the page all speak to this outdoor countryside feeling. 

I had the opportunity to visit a butterfly exhibit for the first time. Seeing them flutter around, landing everywhere was truly breathtaking. I felt like Alice in Wonderland and wanted to follow them around.

Thank you so much for stopping by my creative view today. Come back again soon. I do have much to share,  I need make the time to do it! 

Supplies: Patterned Paper-Simple Stories, PinkFresh Studio, die cuts, puffy stickers and wood pieces-PinkFresh Studio, epoxy stickers, metallic leaves-Freckled Fawn, pen-Micron, adhesive-Recollections, EK Success