My Thoughts & Scraps: January 2018

Monday, January 22, 2018

Say Cheese

I just recently developed this picture and thought I'd never find paper to put it on. I remembered that I bought this paper- The Paper Studio Cameras w/ Floral- recently from Hobby Lobby and thought it fit! I decided to go with Say Cheese as the title, because the picture was basically a snapshot. The title is actually a journaling block, but can be used as both. The title and the photo mat are both from Colorbok 12" Paper Signature Hopscotch and the journaling mat is from Prima Marketing Moulin Rouge 6" x 6" paper stack. The journaling states that the picture is of Jenn and I after the first day of Stamp and Scrapbook Expo at Mesa, AZ. Jenn is Laura's cousin and was willing to hang out with me for a little bit when I arrived to AZ and while I was waiting on Laura.

a close-up of the title

I wanted to keep this layout as simple as possible since the paper is busy enough. TFL!

Friday, January 12, 2018

Snow Fun Blog Hop

Welcome to ...

the SNOW FUN
Blog Hop
This is a blog hop all about those white fluffy snowflakes and all the fun you can have in them!
You should have arrived from (Miranda http://www.nanasscrapspot.com/) but if you happened here by mistake then head over to
Connie Can Crop (http://conniecancrop.blogspot.com/) she is the beginning of this hop!
This is a one day blog hop, but you have until Sunday to finish hopping and leaving your love for all of these talented elves.

Connie Can Crop is your sponsor for this hop!!
One lucky winner will win a beautiful stamp from Fun Stampers Journey.

(valid to ship in the US only)
What do you need to do to win? Easy... become a follower of each of the fabulous blogs in this hop and leave each of them a comment letting them know what you like best about their projects.
You will have until 10 pm Sunday to finish the hop and leave your comments.
Winners will be announced on Wednesday 1/17/18 at Connie Can Crop.
Be sure to follow everyone and leave a comment along the way!

Now on to my project. I decided to do a layout of snow pictures. The patterned paper is from Pebbles Home For Christmas Patterned Paper Pad. The snowflake ribbon/border and photo mats are RAKs. I also added 2 snowflakes from the ribbon at the end of my title- Snowpocalypse. We don't see much snow here in NC so the town pretty much shuts down so that's why I call it Snowpocalypse. I used the Chiller font on Word on the biggest size font to type my title. The snowman stamp is from my stash- I think it is from Unity Stamp Company, but I can't find it on their website. I colored it in with NPW 50/50 Two-Tone Colored Pencils and Gelly Roll Metallic Pen. I used Versa Fine Onyx Black Pigment Ink to stamp it. I typed my journaling on my computer again and it states that this is about 6 inches of snow in our front and back yards that fell during the early hours of January 4, 2018. It was too cold to make a snowman so I decided to add a snowman stamp.