Diefunbunker ---Sketch 362 at Scrapbook Challenges

The latest sketch at Scrapbook Challenges is out.  It is here.

 I used my photo from our trip to Ottawa.  We visited Diefunbunker, a Cold War Museum, about 10 minutes from Ottawa.  It was originally built between 1959-61 to house Canadian leaders during a nuclear attack. Everything in the building is of that era--desks, nurses station, phone etc. It was a very cool museum for me in that it brought back memories of what things looked like when I was little (for me that was the 60s and 70s).

 

I used some of my double sided paper to create the squares for my LO.  I knew the colors would go together.  I sewed around my page and added a few circles.  I then added some ribbon to give my page some dimension. 

If you would like to give this sketch a try click here to get all the information.  Stop over to SBC to see the added challenges with this sketch.  They are to use washi tape or make this into a double page spread.

Thanks for stopping by and having a look at what I have been creating!

Summer is over .............what have I accomplished?

Plenty of scrapbook pages, that is what I accomplished this summer.  I created over 65 LOs.  Being a librarian at an elementary school gives me my summers off to do as I choose.  Mostly I chose to spend time working in my scrap room.  I did read over 15 books, sent time with my friends and family, and watched more tv than I should have.  Many of my LOs can be seen at my Scrapbook Challenges gallery.  I am on the DT there and we had lots of challenges this summer.

Their most recent challenge is Sketch 360 and a color challenge.

 

 

I created my LO of my daughter, who has not wanted her photo taken lately.  I have been taking it anyway!  So here she is with her hands over her face.

 

 

To see this challenge, get all the details, and join us at Scrapbook Challenges go here.

Summer scrapping

I have created a lot of LOs this summer.  These 2 are for challenges at Stuck Sketches.

The first is from the July 1 sketch.  It is my daughter from a museum trip in July 2012.  She did not want her photo taken, but was not given a choice by me.

This second LO is my daughter with some of her classmates at her award ceremony in June 2012.  She reached the NY state standard to read 25 book sin one school year.

 

My goal is to do an average of 1 per day so I can get caught up with my photos.  I am working on summer 2012 photos.

 

 

SBC Pinterst Picks

Do you belong to Pinterest?  Do you spend many hours looking all the posts? 

I created a challenge at Scrapbook Challenges give you some ideas of how to put Pinteerst and scrapbooking together.  Find a picture that you  like on Pinterest and then use it as your inspiration to create a LO or card.

I liked this poster of the car because of all the yellow in it with just the pop of white.

I used it as my  inspiration to create this LO of my mom and niece at the Fair last year.  This is part of our summer trip that we do every summer.  It is a day to Celebrate the farming community where we live.  This photo was taken in the FFA barn where youth display their creations and projects that they  worked on during the year.  They fill a sandbox with kernels of corn for the kids to play in.

 

With all the yellow of the corn I thought I’d try to make a LO with mostly yellow, like the car poster.  Since blue was the next predominant color in my photo I used blue for my pop color in my LO.  I looked through my paper and embellishments and found things that were yellow.  I then used one small piece of blue paper and the letters in blue.

 

So go ahead and find a picture you like on Pinterest and then use whatever inspires you from it to create your own LO.
Head on over to the SBC Blog to find out all the details to enter for the monthly prize draw.  All entries must be posted by 11:59 PST on July 31st to be eligible for the monthly prize draw.
I hope to see you over at Scrapbook Challenges.

Stuck Sketches

My school library is all packed up and summer vacation is here!!  Now I have lots of time to work on my scrapbook pages. 

I have been working on my Spring Break photos from 2012 when we went to Florida.  I am just about done.  The following LOs were based on the Stuck Sketches for June.

The first Lo has photos from the day we went to the beach.  My son took photos of us reading and hanging out.

The second is from the day we went on the bus tour to the Everglades.  This photo was taken at the end of the day when everyone was a bit tired.  I used gesso on the background paper and then added some color to it with my spray inks while it was still partly wet.

June Shape Challenge at SBC

The theme for this month at Scrapbook Challenges is Heritage & Genealogy. 

It makes me think of all the ways we celebrate in my family.  We don’t go out to eat at restaurants often so when we do it is a way for our family to spend time together.  One of my husband’s favorite restaurants to eat at is Denny’s.  There aren’t any around where we live so it is not too often we get to go to one (the closest one is at least 2 hours away).  When we were on our spring vacation last year there was a retro Denny’s in the nearby town that we visited.  We traveled past it several times on the way to the beach and other day trips. It was on a 2 lane highway and we were usually on the opposite side of the highway.  We were able to go there for lunch, once we figured out how to get to the other side of this 2 lane highway.  This is the LO that I made from that day.

My challenge to you is to use rectangular and square shapes on your page.  You can use long rectangle strips like I did and then rip them to make some shorter strips.  See how many you can use.  Try to not to have round corners on your page.  I did use a small wooden bird which has a round belly, so go ahead and use 1 thing that is round.  I can’t wait to see what you create!

 

To join the fun go to Scrapbook Challenges to get the rest of the details.

All entries must be posted by 11:59 PST to be eligible for the monthly prize draw.

Winter Estates of Edison and Ford

Here is a photo of my daughter from our Florida vacation in April 2012.  We went to the Winter Estates of Edison and Ford in Fort Myers.  This Lo was done  for the May 1st sketch from Stuck Sketches.  I was able to use up some of my scraps from another LO I did from this vacation so this page will go well with my other page.