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Thank you for visting my blog. I am fortunate to have friends that love to craft. I hope to meet new frinds as time passes. I have been an avid scrapbooker & crafter since July 1996. Thanks Char. I hope that I can inspire others to enjoy crafting as I have.



Thursday, October 26, 2017

River Rafting

Hi, Kathi here to share with you a double layout. This was taken in August 2017 on the Deschutes River in Central Oregon just before the huge wild fires devastated the area.

 Double Layout

 Page 1

 Page 2 
Background paper is Quick Quotes "Whistlin Dixie QQP- WD106. The photo mats are from Quick Quotes Anchors Aweigh QQP-AW104 and Honeycomb QQP-HC105.  On the outside photo mat was distressed with PowderPuff chalking ink Mocha Mama.   

 Close Up of Center of page 1 


Page 1 top section 
I used the cut out from the windows to place my embellishment Quotes on then added an enamel dot on each of them to finish them off.  The photo's were printed using 2 Canon products. Canon TS 5000 & Canon Selphy CP1200

Page 1 bottom section
A strip of quotes Farmhouse 500 was added to the bottom of the layout, finished off with flowers from Petal. 


Page 2 Center Bottom
The phrase is from Want2Scrap it was painted white then added ice glitter then let it dry. 


Page 2 Upper Section 


Page 2 Lower Left Section.  
Close up of enamel dots.

Supplies Used:

Patterned Paper: Quick Quotes
          Farnhouse: QQP- FA101, 500
          Honey Comb QQP-HC105

           TS5000 
           Selphy CP1200

Want 2 Scrap - Enamal dots & Chipboard words
Petal - flowers 


Thanks for stopping by today

Kathi - Designer




Tuesday, October 17, 2017

A glimpse in the past.

Welcome, thanks for joining me today, Today I am sharing two single 12 X 12 layouts. Each layout has memorabilia. Page 1 is a layout of the 1973 Inaugural parade.  A town in Northern Idaho - Lewiston Idaho was invited to participate in the inaugural parade. It was my junior year of high school.  The large photo is of the entire marching band, drill team and dance squad." The memorabilia is the flyer of the inaugural parade which flips up to reveal the rest of the photo's.


The paper line used was an older paper line from Quick Quotes -Andrew Avenue and Julie Je T'aime

Lewiston Senior High
Bengal Tiger's 

The photo of the tiger was one of the displays at the Smithsonian Museum. 


We toured the Capital, the Washington Monument & the White House



We ended out trip in the big apple "New York City"


Close up of the flyer.

Layout #2 
This layout was our 40 year reunion 1974 - 2014

My tassels from graduation, a mini copy of my graduation announcement. With photo's from graduations night, and the front of the high school.




Supplies Used:
Patterned Paper: Quick Quotes - Andrew Avenue and Julie Je t'amine

BoBunny: Glitter Paste
Roses: Kraft Supplies 4 U
Embellishments from my stash

Thanks for stopping by today.

Kathi - Designer

Thursday, October 5, 2017

Halloween Cards

Welcome crafty friends, today I am sharing with you 3 cards for Halloween.   I used several paper lines to create these.


View of all three


Card 1
Card 1 is a 4 1/4 X 5 1/2" card it has a purple base card layer then it was layered with two layers  using Quick Quotes Mulberry  QQP-MB104 then layered with Quick Quotes Windsong  QQP-WS100.  The witches skirt was created from Quick Quotes  Anchors Aweigh QQP- AW103 & QQP-105 with wink of stella edging the skirts,  the witches legs are cut out of the Mulberry paper line. Shoes are out of black card stock with Wink of Stella on them.  Embellished with a purple ribbon and a sentiment.


Card 2

Card 2 is 5 X 7 1/2" with a black card stock base layered with a yellow card stock. then a third layer that is from an older paper line Andrew Avenue QQP-AW200, the next layer is Anchors Aweigh QQP-AW101. Beneath the house is Quick Quotes Chiffom QQP-CH100


Card 3
I used Quick Quotes Sheer Joy QQP-SJ800 as the base card, I embossed it in an embossing folder by Tim Holtz.  layered on Halloween dies cuts, cut from scraps of card stock. 

Supplies Used:
Patterned Paper: Quick Quotes, Mulberry, Windshong, Anchor's Aweigh, Sheer Joy, Chiffon, Andrew Avenue*** Retired paper line. 
PowderPuff Chalking Ink: Barn Board

Thanks for stopping by today.

Kathi - Designer