It's the Little things

I chanced upon this sketch..and loved it so much I kept a copy.. If you could see my rubber stamp collection you'd notice a whole shelf of "faces".

A small stash of fabric for a quilting project. I love black & white with a POP of red or any bright color.

This was set up for Halloween, but I kept the 3 singing cats out and smile as I pass by them each day.

And as soon as I can find time with some inspiration, I hope to get back into designing something with PSE. The old body is acting up and the doctors have me run ragged with tests to see if any surgery will help. If not, I don't know what they will come up with to give me some relief from this GERD... But they know my innerds better than they know MY FACE.

And I've learned that I've had a GRAND LIFE if this body is any indication.. I've worn it out pretty fast... GRANNY

12 layered page

My DD#1 in uniform- a fourth generation of Nursing .
would you believe this one page has 12 + photo layers.. just look at the following layers going from 12 to 1 and know that this can be done in paper as well as digital. I worked this one in digital.. with credits to RaSPBERRY Road for the frame with a cluster as my inspiration for coloring ..Isn't that ROSE great!

I color and shade all the papers myself and found other elements thru Digi Free search engine.. so head over and see what you can download for FREE.


layer 12- Title and journaling comes last for me.






layer 11 . A round frame with clusters at the bottom from Raspberry Road.. is the inspiration for my choice of background colors..

layer 10--here is where you would add your photo on the dark matt area.

layer 9- a hint of word art and line of buttons with string gives more depth

layer 8 --there is a subtle color change here.. I wanted to dampen down the bright look, so added the layer 1 and clicked on soft light & reduced opacity to 75%.

layer 7 - use left over scraps of paper of contrasting color..and neutrals to give depth.. (DIGI-add drop shadows and outlines for addition interest)

layer6 - one straight, one slate a bit..with ink or outline of white..

layer 5 - If one strip is good, add another.

layer 4- contrast color with a velum piece/scrap

layer 3- U used my brushes (digi) for a splatter look .. in whites and darks. MOST of this will be covered so play around and have fun with this layer.

layer 2 - 2 paper layer with approx 1/2 inch trimmed off the top one.

layer 1 - I checked the shadow on the Frame cluster to get this dark, neutral color as my base.. Just a starting point to keep the continuity of the final layer.. * USE A NEUTRAL*

New year- BACK 2 Basics

I am so slow about where to go with this spot.. and have been surfing to get some kind of inspiration. Since this is my Hobby/Crafty show off spot, it takes a bit of planning and organizing. AND then, My apologies to all since a health related incident got in there somehow.. The doctors are still trying to decide what to do with me.. LOL.

I have finally gotten the Bug to create and teach as I go. This years thoughts/ themes will be to show you step by step Layering! It's a scrapbooking trick I found the hardest to learn and keep in mind as I started this journey ten years ago.

When I first started scrapbooking it was step 1. paper, step 2. photo/photos, Then step 3. embellishments.WITH Journaling!! a must on every page.

Over the years the artistic personalities have taken off with many more ideas and added steps to this concept.

I've gone thru the rule-of-3's, the balanced composition, Journaling prompts, sparkle/bling,

clustering and all the other wonderful Eye Candy trends...and so what is left? Back to BASICS, my friends..... SCRAPbooking. That layering process which now numbers into the 8 to 12 layers BEFORE adding a photo, then more layers (embellishments) on top of them ( or after them). We don't want to cover our photos...

And don't be afraid to use more of EVERyThing... use up the SCRAPS.. Don't waste anything.

That includes items from our sewing baskets, kitchen, wrapping papers, etc, etc.. old clothing/scraps of material, trinkets, lace, beads and from your pile of ?? items.

This goes for Digi scrappers --if you can scan it or take a photo of it: then you can use it..

The Aussie gals have a ScrapLift challenge going on and while analyzing their layouts I got this idea of showing you the Layering that goes on from these talented ladies .. this technique works for cards, wall hangings, gifting and album pages... sewing projects, and most crafts--so with that, I'll get busy creating and sharing with you each week one special layering project..

I work in digital and paper so will explain each project as I go along. Stop by after the week end and grab your first lesson/hints on layering..

Or if you'd rather show me yours, just link up with me in the comments section and I'll feature your page or project.. Til MONDay Jan 10th, keep surfing and scrappin'

Granny