In the mid-2000s, I started scrapbooking when it became popular. In the years since, I have greatly improved my art with new techniques and better quality supplies.  During this time of sheltering at home during COVID, I have gon…

Maybe it's a sign of my aging, but I love to watch the Texas birds that come to visit us! These are photos that I took in 2012 when I discovered that a hummingbird had created a nest in our front yard tree. The nest was so ti…

While sheltering-at-home, I am on a quest to use up some stash to get some scrap-book layouts finished. For today's layout, I'm using items from Vicki Boutin and American Crafts:   "Kaleidoscope" 12"x 12…

Last week I gave several examples of combining three Crate Paper collections to get some layouts finished. Today is the same technique with some  old , old My Mind's Eye papers. One more try, and then it was to the recy…

This week I have been sharing a variety of layouts using a combination of these collections from Crate Paper: Today I will share two final layouts using these papers. This layout mostly uses papers and ephemera from t…

Today is Day Three in my series of using up Crate Paper collections to make some fantastic layouts. See Day One with a double-page layout here. See Day Two with a single-page layout here . Today's layout features #OurDo…

Yesterday was a double page layout I created by combining some Crate Paper collections .  Today is another layout I completed from this paper combination. In 2018, My Oldest, Matt, was working a summer job at a local restaurant…

Recently I explained how I organize my scrapbook paper by collection .   As I was going through my paper stash to write this post, I discovered two collections that were quite dated: The "DIY Shop" (2012) and "Port…

With Shelter-At-Home continuing, scrapbooking has given me an excuse to hide away in my office/craft room to have some alone time. In the past, I used to do more 12" x 12" layouts, whereas now I do more pocket and jou…

Lately, when I scrapbook 12" x 12" layouts, I am working on older photos. Usually, five years past or more, when my boys were younger.  And when I didn't have as much time to scrapbook. My current scrapbooking i…

Another water-themed layout is finished for the (scrap)books, using the rest of the Shoreline collection (by American Crafts) from my stash.  This isn't a vacation photo, but a rare trip to our neighborhood pool, with both …

This past weekend I got more scrapbook layouts finished, using more of my stash of the "Shoreline" paper collection from American Craft. As I mentioned before, this collection is from 2012, but it worked perfectly for…