I spent Friday and Saturday cropping with the girls from Rubba' Stampa' and Scrapbooka's Attic. I had a lot of fun. It's a great group – lots of fun stories and silly sarcastic personalities (my favorite). Here are some photos:
Christina (above) is the woman in charge! It's her crop.
I spent most of the crop with that heat gun in my hand! Thank goodness it's quiet!
My Mom made me the best little book. It's filled with life advice. I love it!
I was so pleased and tickled to get to crop with Sue (above), who is a frequent commenter on this blog. I smile every day when I read her comments. She was kind enough to bring me a little gift, which I am modeling in the photo below:
Canvas bead bracelets from Alisa Burke. They are just too cool! I'm thrilled and have been wearing my bracelets all around!
Sue and I did a page swap. My Mom took a photo of the two of us. I printed it out. We each scrapped a page with the photo and then gave the pages to each other. Here's the one that Sue made for me:
And the page I made for Sue:
I love doing page swaps! So nice to have a page from someone else. I really think that every crop should involve making some sort of handmade swap.
In any case, I was working pretty darn fast (for me) and managed to make quite a few things over the two days! They're mostly paint and paper with a few embellishments.
All Bundled Up
I printed my photos at 2×3" (I always crop with my Epson PictureMate Photo Printer!), so to create the other rectangles, I used an exacto knife to cut a 2×3" rectangle from a piece of paper. I used the leftover paper as a stencil and sprayed with Glimmer Mist. I love the neat but messy results!
The hearts were cut from patterned paper. I then used gesso and watercolor to decorate them further!
I painted the snowflake and then added some rhinestones for a touch of bling!
Go Sox!
This page is part of my "settling in" phase. I came to the crop without an agenda. No deadlines. No product that I had to show off. No parameters. And it was a hard adjustment. For at least a year, maybe a bit longer, I've had to make about 17 layouts or paper projects per month to satisfy all of my scrapbooking commitments. I've scaled back and now I have the time to make pages just for me. But because I haven't scrapped without some sort of product parameters in such a long time, it took me a while to settle down and find myself again.
Don't get my wrong, I like this layout, but I felt very trapped while I was creating it. And simple as it looks, it took me a really long time to finish it.
The good news is that I loosened up after a while!
Learning to Pose
I know that title looks painted, but it's actually hand cut from black cardstock.
I had fun painting all of the black scrolly swirls. I only brought
gesso, watercolor paints, and Glimmer Mist with me. (I usually use
about twelve art mediums!) It was hard to get the effects I wanted
with the limited supplies, but fun to try!
My Mama Made Me a Dreamer
I have had this blue cloud paper-fabric from the Love, Elsie line forever. I pulled the adhesive paper off of the fabric and used the fabric to make little flowers.
The title was hand cut. I find that I'm quick enough with the exacto knife these days that I can cut faster than a Cricut!
Every Single Time
I was glad to do the page swap, but sad to lose the page. So, i re-used the idea of a blue circle.
The nice thing about the photo printer is that I was able to take these mirror photos and scrap them right away!
I had fun doing a little pen work with my Uniball Signo – best white gel pen ever!
I also spent a little time working in my art journal and painted two faces:
I think you can see the improvement from the first face to the second. They're both watercolor on top of a gesso base. I'm looking forward to painting some more faces and learning more, getting better each time (hopefully).
I probably won't post again until after Thanksgiving (it's on Thursday, for those of you outside the U.S.). So, I want to wish everyone a lovely holiday! Hope you get to spend time with your family! I'm looking forward to spending time with mine!
Thanks for stopping by!
WOW. My jaw is on the floor. I am LOVING your new pages! So free and artistic! Those freehand black scrolls are fantastic and those misted rectangle – AWESOME! Thanks for being such an inspiration!
WOW. My jaw is on the floor. I am LOVING your new pages! So free and artistic! Those freehand black scrolls are fantastic and those misted rectangle – AWESOME! Thanks for being such an inspiration!
WOW. My jaw is on the floor. I am LOVING your new pages! So free and artistic! Those freehand black scrolls are fantastic and those misted rectangle – AWESOME! Thanks for being such an inspiration!
WOW. My jaw is on the floor. I am LOVING your new pages! So free and artistic! Those freehand black scrolls are fantastic and those misted rectangle – AWESOME! Thanks for being such an inspiration!
Happy Thanksgiving! What an awesome group of layouts! I can’t wait until bubba is big enough for me to leave him for an evening, I miss my crops!
Happy Thanksgiving! What an awesome group of layouts! I can’t wait until bubba is big enough for me to leave him for an evening, I miss my crops!
Happy Thanksgiving! What an awesome group of layouts! I can’t wait until bubba is big enough for me to leave him for an evening, I miss my crops!
Happy Thanksgiving! What an awesome group of layouts! I can’t wait until bubba is big enough for me to leave him for an evening, I miss my crops!
Julie…LOVED seeing these great pages/projects! I would have loved to be a fly on the wall there! Lots of creativity and energy going on there no doubt!
I love doing page swaps…and also ROUND ROBINS (pass the page) at crops — you get to take a piece of someone else’s art home with you…
Glad you found your voice — without all the requirements it is sometimes hard to “just let go!” Everything was delightful!
Julie…LOVED seeing these great pages/projects! I would have loved to be a fly on the wall there! Lots of creativity and energy going on there no doubt!
I love doing page swaps…and also ROUND ROBINS (pass the page) at crops — you get to take a piece of someone else’s art home with you…
Glad you found your voice — without all the requirements it is sometimes hard to “just let go!” Everything was delightful!
Julie…LOVED seeing these great pages/projects! I would have loved to be a fly on the wall there! Lots of creativity and energy going on there no doubt!
I love doing page swaps…and also ROUND ROBINS (pass the page) at crops — you get to take a piece of someone else’s art home with you…
Glad you found your voice — without all the requirements it is sometimes hard to “just let go!” Everything was delightful!
Julie…LOVED seeing these great pages/projects! I would have loved to be a fly on the wall there! Lots of creativity and energy going on there no doubt!
I love doing page swaps…and also ROUND ROBINS (pass the page) at crops — you get to take a piece of someone else’s art home with you…
Glad you found your voice — without all the requirements it is sometimes hard to “just let go!” Everything was delightful!
wooowwsers- you did it again- those pages are sooo stunning. Love those layouts and all the techniques!!!! And the art journal drawing is so cool. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
wooowwsers- you did it again- those pages are sooo stunning. Love those layouts and all the techniques!!!! And the art journal drawing is so cool. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
wooowwsers- you did it again- those pages are sooo stunning. Love those layouts and all the techniques!!!! And the art journal drawing is so cool. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
wooowwsers- you did it again- those pages are sooo stunning. Love those layouts and all the techniques!!!! And the art journal drawing is so cool. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
What fantastic LO !!! i’m always fan. Your so creative !
Really love “Learning to pose” : this LO speaks to me…
Bizzzzz
Nathel
What fantastic LO !!! i’m always fan. Your so creative !
Really love “Learning to pose” : this LO speaks to me…
Bizzzzz
Nathel
What fantastic LO !!! i’m always fan. Your so creative !
Really love “Learning to pose” : this LO speaks to me…
Bizzzzz
Nathel
What fantastic LO !!! i’m always fan. Your so creative !
Really love “Learning to pose” : this LO speaks to me…
Bizzzzz
Nathel
Wow!! I love these. My fav is the mom made me a dreamer one!@! Very very cool. I’m glad you are doing some layouts for yourself. I like those best. I’m not a big product person and I like seeing what you do with just paint and freedom. Very cool.
Wow!! I love these. My fav is the mom made me a dreamer one!@! Very very cool. I’m glad you are doing some layouts for yourself. I like those best. I’m not a big product person and I like seeing what you do with just paint and freedom. Very cool.
Wow!! I love these. My fav is the mom made me a dreamer one!@! Very very cool. I’m glad you are doing some layouts for yourself. I like those best. I’m not a big product person and I like seeing what you do with just paint and freedom. Very cool.
Wow!! I love these. My fav is the mom made me a dreamer one!@! Very very cool. I’m glad you are doing some layouts for yourself. I like those best. I’m not a big product person and I like seeing what you do with just paint and freedom. Very cool.
Love your art! And it looks like you guys had so much fun!
Love your art! And it looks like you guys had so much fun!
Love your art! And it looks like you guys had so much fun!
Love your art! And it looks like you guys had so much fun!
I love how “free” your layouts are – if I could change one things about the way I scrap, it would be to allow myself the freedom to scrap beyond the cookie cutter. You really are quite talented and how awesome to get the opportunity to scrap with one of your readers. Very cool.
I love how “free” your layouts are – if I could change one things about the way I scrap, it would be to allow myself the freedom to scrap beyond the cookie cutter. You really are quite talented and how awesome to get the opportunity to scrap with one of your readers. Very cool.
I love how “free” your layouts are – if I could change one things about the way I scrap, it would be to allow myself the freedom to scrap beyond the cookie cutter. You really are quite talented and how awesome to get the opportunity to scrap with one of your readers. Very cool.
I love how “free” your layouts are – if I could change one things about the way I scrap, it would be to allow myself the freedom to scrap beyond the cookie cutter. You really are quite talented and how awesome to get the opportunity to scrap with one of your readers. Very cool.
What fun it is to actually make it into your blog post. I love the LO you made for me and I enjoyed making one for you. If we all brought printers with us it would be very cool to do LO swaps more at crops. I had a fun time laughing at the crop humor and meeting the pugs. “MY Mom Made Me A Dreamer” is awesome and your Mom worked so hard on that book for you. Happy thanksgiving and thank you for your crafty inspiration Julie!
What fun it is to actually make it into your blog post. I love the LO you made for me and I enjoyed making one for you. If we all brought printers with us it would be very cool to do LO swaps more at crops. I had a fun time laughing at the crop humor and meeting the pugs. “MY Mom Made Me A Dreamer” is awesome and your Mom worked so hard on that book for you. Happy thanksgiving and thank you for your crafty inspiration Julie!
What fun it is to actually make it into your blog post. I love the LO you made for me and I enjoyed making one for you. If we all brought printers with us it would be very cool to do LO swaps more at crops. I had a fun time laughing at the crop humor and meeting the pugs. “MY Mom Made Me A Dreamer” is awesome and your Mom worked so hard on that book for you. Happy thanksgiving and thank you for your crafty inspiration Julie!
What fun it is to actually make it into your blog post. I love the LO you made for me and I enjoyed making one for you. If we all brought printers with us it would be very cool to do LO swaps more at crops. I had a fun time laughing at the crop humor and meeting the pugs. “MY Mom Made Me A Dreamer” is awesome and your Mom worked so hard on that book for you. Happy thanksgiving and thank you for your crafty inspiration Julie!
You are very inspiring! Makes me want to break out all my paints and stuff! BEAUTIFUL work!
You are very inspiring! Makes me want to break out all my paints and stuff! BEAUTIFUL work!
You are very inspiring! Makes me want to break out all my paints and stuff! BEAUTIFUL work!
You are very inspiring! Makes me want to break out all my paints and stuff! BEAUTIFUL work!
It was great scrapping with you & your Mom again! It had been way too long!
BTW, we raised $2300 for PRoNE that weekend!
Hope to see you & Eileen again soon!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Christina
It was great scrapping with you & your Mom again! It had been way too long!
BTW, we raised $2300 for PRoNE that weekend!
Hope to see you & Eileen again soon!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Christina
It was great scrapping with you & your Mom again! It had been way too long!
BTW, we raised $2300 for PRoNE that weekend!
Hope to see you & Eileen again soon!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Christina
It was great scrapping with you & your Mom again! It had been way too long!
BTW, we raised $2300 for PRoNE that weekend!
Hope to see you & Eileen again soon!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Christina
hi julie!
i wish i got to crop with you! that looks like so much fun! 🙂 are you in NY? i spend the winter here and would be tickled to get together.
i would love to do a page swap with you.. if you have the time, maybe some time in january? let me know if you’re interested!
xo
amy
hi julie!
i wish i got to crop with you! that looks like so much fun! 🙂 are you in NY? i spend the winter here and would be tickled to get together.
i would love to do a page swap with you.. if you have the time, maybe some time in january? let me know if you’re interested!
xo
amy
hi julie!
i wish i got to crop with you! that looks like so much fun! 🙂 are you in NY? i spend the winter here and would be tickled to get together.
i would love to do a page swap with you.. if you have the time, maybe some time in january? let me know if you’re interested!
xo
amy
hi julie!
i wish i got to crop with you! that looks like so much fun! 🙂 are you in NY? i spend the winter here and would be tickled to get together.
i would love to do a page swap with you.. if you have the time, maybe some time in january? let me know if you’re interested!
xo
amy
Loved your new pages … very appealing and high energy! THanks for sharing. Happy THanksgiving!
Loved your new pages … very appealing and high energy! THanks for sharing. Happy THanksgiving!
Loved your new pages … very appealing and high energy! THanks for sharing. Happy THanksgiving!
Loved your new pages … very appealing and high energy! THanks for sharing. Happy THanksgiving!
i think it’s time i explored scraplifting your work again. the freedom and the way you build layers really catches me. i figure i’ll use your “all bundled up” as the one for me to noodle on this time.
happy thanksgiving!
i think it’s time i explored scraplifting your work again. the freedom and the way you build layers really catches me. i figure i’ll use your “all bundled up” as the one for me to noodle on this time.
happy thanksgiving!
i think it’s time i explored scraplifting your work again. the freedom and the way you build layers really catches me. i figure i’ll use your “all bundled up” as the one for me to noodle on this time.
happy thanksgiving!
i think it’s time i explored scraplifting your work again. the freedom and the way you build layers really catches me. i figure i’ll use your “all bundled up” as the one for me to noodle on this time.
happy thanksgiving!
Hi Julie, thanks for the comment on my blog. You know it’s funny how excited a couple of lines can make you but I suppose it’s because I think your art is awesome and I’m glad I can make someone like you “swoon”. LOL.
I really really enjoyed reading about your crop and your thoughts about creating. It’s so great you scrapped with your mum! I wish my three daughters will join me when they get older. The chances are pretty high, they already love “making albums” as they call it.
Hugs from London!
Hi Julie, thanks for the comment on my blog. You know it’s funny how excited a couple of lines can make you but I suppose it’s because I think your art is awesome and I’m glad I can make someone like you “swoon”. LOL.
I really really enjoyed reading about your crop and your thoughts about creating. It’s so great you scrapped with your mum! I wish my three daughters will join me when they get older. The chances are pretty high, they already love “making albums” as they call it.
Hugs from London!
Hi Julie, thanks for the comment on my blog. You know it’s funny how excited a couple of lines can make you but I suppose it’s because I think your art is awesome and I’m glad I can make someone like you “swoon”. LOL.
I really really enjoyed reading about your crop and your thoughts about creating. It’s so great you scrapped with your mum! I wish my three daughters will join me when they get older. The chances are pretty high, they already love “making albums” as they call it.
Hugs from London!
Hi Julie, thanks for the comment on my blog. You know it’s funny how excited a couple of lines can make you but I suppose it’s because I think your art is awesome and I’m glad I can make someone like you “swoon”. LOL.
I really really enjoyed reading about your crop and your thoughts about creating. It’s so great you scrapped with your mum! I wish my three daughters will join me when they get older. The chances are pretty high, they already love “making albums” as they call it.
Hugs from London!
Julie- I loved all of your layouts and the fact you were actually able to do a scrapbooking for yourself. 🙂 I bet that felt really good! 🙂
Julie- I loved all of your layouts and the fact you were actually able to do a scrapbooking for yourself. 🙂 I bet that felt really good! 🙂
Julie- I loved all of your layouts and the fact you were actually able to do a scrapbooking for yourself. 🙂 I bet that felt really good! 🙂
Julie- I loved all of your layouts and the fact you were actually able to do a scrapbooking for yourself. 🙂 I bet that felt really good! 🙂
wow! absolutely love all them! My mamma made me a dreamer is however my favourite: the white title, the title itself and the background:)
wow! absolutely love all them! My mamma made me a dreamer is however my favourite: the white title, the title itself and the background:)
wow! absolutely love all them! My mamma made me a dreamer is however my favourite: the white title, the title itself and the background:)
wow! absolutely love all them! My mamma made me a dreamer is however my favourite: the white title, the title itself and the background:)
You are so stinkin’ amazing!! The all bundled up page..gorgeous design, and your artwork in the book..wow! I gasped when I saw your dreamer page. The colors are amazing. You seriously are the most unique and talented artist. Thanks for the inspiration and sharing your work with others!
You are so stinkin’ amazing!! The all bundled up page..gorgeous design, and your artwork in the book..wow! I gasped when I saw your dreamer page. The colors are amazing. You seriously are the most unique and talented artist. Thanks for the inspiration and sharing your work with others!
You are so stinkin’ amazing!! The all bundled up page..gorgeous design, and your artwork in the book..wow! I gasped when I saw your dreamer page. The colors are amazing. You seriously are the most unique and talented artist. Thanks for the inspiration and sharing your work with others!
You are so stinkin’ amazing!! The all bundled up page..gorgeous design, and your artwork in the book..wow! I gasped when I saw your dreamer page. The colors are amazing. You seriously are the most unique and talented artist. Thanks for the inspiration and sharing your work with others!