How do you feel about heights? We rode the Aerial Tram in the Teton Village on my birthday. It wasn't that high, and we loved it. The smoky haze from the wild fires dampened the view just a bit, though.
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Scrapbooking, cardmaking, and life
Sunday, March 17, 2024
View from the Top - Two Page Travel Scrapbook Layout
Saturday, March 16, 2024
Enjoy the Ride - Two Page Travel Scrapbook Layout
Hello again. Here's another layout from our visit to the Grand Tetons area in Wyoming.
For my birthday, we rented bikes for a day! So much fun. I wanted to try out an electric bike. Oh my word...GAME CHANGER! Our path was flat, so I didn't really need it, but it was the perfect time to try something new.
Thursday, March 14, 2024
Horsin' Around - Two Page Scrapbook Layout
Here's another layout to share from our trip to Wyoming's beautiful Grand Tetons. We stayed inside the Teton Village. These horses lived on the corner as your turn into the village. We rode bikes past there a few times, and had to stop and talk to them.
Thursday, March 7, 2024
String Lake - Two Page Travel Scrapbook Layout
Hello friends! Loving the Spring weather we are starting to see here in NE Indiana. It could be "false Spring", but I'll take it!!
Today, I'm sharing another layout from our tip to the beautiful Teton area in Wyoming in 2020.
Published Layout - Spring 2024 Creative Scrapbooker Magazine
This layout features photos of me in my scrapbook/office space! We built and moved into our home at the end of 2017 and was blessed with my very own dedicated crafting space for the first time in my life! It truly is my "happy place". I still work a full time job, but love the moments I can get in there and play around with all my crafty stuff. The layout also reminds me to practice self love. These photos of me turned out okay, but who knew they'd show up on a published layout. Yikes! If you've never checked out one of their magazines, you definitely are missing out! You can view a super quick online preview here and scroll down to the short video. Every page of this issue is full of colorful inspiration and will feed your longing for sunshine and all the Springy things.
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
The Mountains are Calling - Two Page Travel Scrapbook Layout
Hopping on again to share another travel scrapbook layout from the most beautiful, Jenny Lake, in Wyoming. The scenery is beautiful on it's own without us in the foreground, BUT it's a must to prove we were there, right? 😂
Sunday, February 18, 2024
Jenny Lake - Two Page Travel Scrapbook Layout
Thursday, January 4, 2024
Grand Teton National Park - Two Page Travel Scrapbook Layout
I kept the colors natural to match the beautiful photos. As the journaling mentions, the smoke from several wild fires as visible in all the pictures, but still so beautiful. I can't even imagine it being more beautiful with clear blue skies. We took nature drives every day. Even when there was no wildlife around, the views couldn't be beat.
I used a natural colored tan scrap, along with some checked Kraft washi tape to ground the photos. Super easy!!
Sunday, December 24, 2023
Christmas Memories - Two Page Christmas Scrapbook Layout
Hello friends. I have another Christmas layout to share with you today!
Thanks for stopping by again!! Merry Christmas Eve!
Saturday, December 23, 2023
Fantasy of Lights - Two Page Christmas Scrapbook Layout
I'm on a roll here with posting my Christmas layouts from a few years back. It's been fun reliving the memories as I share my layouts with you.
I love the paper with this layout. It reminds me of vertical light strings. I added the simple evergreens with white "snow", and cut a few strands of mini lights to drape across the top. Love when you can save the free pass and use it for the title!I had the two glittery scraps (journaling background and horizontal piece) that match your layout perfectly. I love to use scraps!Friday, December 22, 2023
It's All About the Cookies - Two Page Christmas Scrapbook Layout
Oh I miss the cookie making! We didn't have time to get together for this tradition this year. It makes me sad, but I'm also trying to be realistic with everybody's schedules. I miss it! Hopefully we can make a few in the New Year before the extended family gathering. We'll see.
Thursday, December 21, 2023
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas - Two Page Christmas Scrapbook Layout
The pictures above were taken of a home in our neighborhood which is beautifully decked out for Christmas each year. The reflection of the lights on the pond is quite spectacular. This is not one of those "tacky" Christmas displays. It's really beautiful!
So many wonderful memories of Christmases past. So much can change in the scope of a few years. Enjoy every moment with family!
Wednesday, December 20, 2023
Joyful, Merry and Blessed - Two Page Christmas Scrapbook layout
I just returned from a five day Scrapbooking retreat! It's a crazy time of year to be away from home, but how wonderful to have a break from the craziness of Christmas preparation. I took some time to do Christmas cards and finished up some pages from our trip to Florida for a conference on travel that I attended. Mainly, I chatted with friends and it did my heart good!
Tuesday, December 12, 2023
Christmas Cheer - Two Page Christmas Layout
Here's another Christmas layout to share featuring my kids and grandchildren opening their stockings.💓😍 Again, 2019!! Yikes. Better late than never in posting this one.
I love all of these smiling faces! Our life seemed a little easier three years ago. We've faced some hard changes and challenges since then. These are beautiful memories to hang on to, for sure. Look at Scarlet all dressed up in her Christmas dress. And...you should see her now, 3 years later! She's turning into a beautiful young lady.Love the way this simple layout turned out. I was able to pack in a nice handful of photos and still add some embellishments and style.
I hope your Christmas decorating, shopping, baking, planning, and parties are falling beautifully into place. Even if they aren't...try to take a deep breath and choose not to stress about it all. My motto this year has been to try to go with the flow. That's not who I am instinctively, but it's the only way I can stay focused on the true reason for the season!
Thursday, December 7, 2023
Peace and Love - Two Page Christmas Scrapbook Layout
Here I go with the first of my Christmas layouts to share this season.
Do you scrapbook chronologically? That is typically the way I do it. It keeps things in order and that seems to be less confusing for me. Otherwise, I'm wondering what is done and what isn't. Ugh...that's just how I roll and it works for me!
As you can see I am posting at least a few years after the pictures were taken. I'm really only a year to year and a half behind in actually scrapping my photos....It just takes me awhile to take photos of my layouts, and then post them here. These last two steps, are my least favorite and they tend to sink to the bottom of my at home "to do" list.
Anyway, here's my first Christmas layout post of 2023! It is December, after all!
I love watching our boys and their girls opening gifts. They seem to have fun with it, just like the little kids. I just read the date and this layout is actually from Christmas 2019!!!So much has transpired in the last almost 4 years. I love my family so much, even through the many ups, downs, and shock losses that occur along the way.
Since I do scrap chronologically, I tend to get tired of all the Christmas paper and traditional Christmas colors. I used olive cardstock here and a smaller scrap of some untraditional looking Christmas paper. I really could have added some embellishments here now that I look at it 4 years later. To be honest, Christmas photos are my last types of photos to scrap. I love Christmas, though!!!