Sally & Maggie

I'm always up for a "Use your old stash" challenge. I want to use what I have before I call it quits with scrapbooking. So, here's the challenge from my favorite, CSI.

The first things that caught my eye were the colours and, to me, the wintery scene. I knew right away what photos to scrap; my dogs wearing their red and black winter coats on a nice December day.

I've had this piece of grey with white polka dots in my stash for a while. It matches the one in the scene perfectly. Everything on this layout is at least a year old, and some I've had for years like the Tim Holtz film strip and vintage cards. I even used my Fastenator (remember those) to hold down the ribbon on the tag.
The one thing missing is flowers. I rarely create a page without flowers but, for some reason, I could not make flowers work on this one.

Close-ups;

These photos of Maggie (staffie mix) and Sally (mini dachshund) were taken by Ashley Vinet Photography as part of a fund raising effort for Hearts of the North.
*Hearts of the North is a dog rescue organization. I adopted both Maggie and Sally from them.

That's it for now. Thank you for stopping by.

À la prochaine, Until next time,

Jacynthe😊

Fun Family Outing

A new year is upon us. Things are changing so fast. I realize that "blogging" has become less and less popular. Even though I expect very few people to visit my blog, I will still post my layouts here even if it's only as a record of my work for me to look through.

I've signed up to be on one of two teams at 2 Peas Refugees. Each month different challenges are posted and points are added up for every challenge met. At the end of each month, the points are tallied and the winning team gets bragging rights.

I will try to copy and post the comments I get on my layouts here.

So here's my first post of 2019.

All papers are from 12 x 12 Recollection paper pads.

Challenges/ Points:
#3 - Use rectangular photos     1 point
#10 - Ribbons or Washi (ribbon)     1 point
#12 - Pretty Patterns - make a layout using only patterns including the background     1 point
#19 - A Fun Outing     1 point
#30 - Use your stamps - (butterfly stamp)     1 point
#31 - Multi-photo layout     1 point
#37 - Journaler's Badge     1 point
#43 - Don't Fall Behind - scrap some of those autumn photos     1 point
#45 - Tie One On - use string, twine or Baker's twine     1 point
#57 - Tie it up with ribbon and bows - (on tag)     1 point
#58 - Stitched up - use machine or hand stitching     1 point

Total - 11 points

That's it for now.

À la prochaine, Until next time,

Jacynthe 😊