Summary of 2024 projects using Anna Griffin products

 Here are a few projects I completed with Anna Griffin products:

 

Made a Valentine’s Day card for my hubby using Carte Canton Bleu as base, topped with Romantic stickers and sentiments. 

Love the Carte Canton Bleu collection. The pretty blue color reminds me of the classic Chinese vase and other art. 

This card was featured on Anna's Feb 15th, 2024 Craftspiration. 

 

 

 

 

 

  

I made these birthday cards at our AZ Griffin Gals Spring Convention a couple of weeks ago. Had fun using the 3D mini birthday cake die set and birthday wishes embellishments and meeting up with all my Griffinite friends! 

These cards were featured on Anna's April 11th, 2024 Craftspiration. 

 

 

 

  

I scrapped an older picture with heirloom paper and embellishments. Love using the new journaling tags cut and emboss folders. They are perfect for any scrapbook pages.

This layout was featured on Anna's April 25th, 2024 Craftspiration. 

 

 

 

 

 

I had fun making this layout with the beautiful papers and embellishments from the Wildflower Meadow scrapbook kit. The picture frame and borders were made with Wildflower Meadow frame and die set and 3D ribbon border dies. 

This layout was featured on Anna's July 18th, 2024 Craftspiration. 

 

 

 

 

 

I used paper from the Lian Multicultural Cardstock collection and a Floral 12" Border Sticker for this travel layout. The title is from Wildflower Meadow Papercraft Kit and the embellishments were made with Spellbinder's Lena Fok lantern die and AG's Christmas Wishes Luxury Matte Foil.  

This layout was featured on Anna's October 17th, 2024 Craftspiration.

 

 

 

  

I crafted with some friends at a Friendsgiving crop. I love how pretty the Lilian paper collection is. I also used the 3D Ribbon Border Dies and Floral Border Stickers as embellishments.

This layout was featured on Anna's December 5th, 2024 Craftspiration
 

Summary of 2023 Projects using Anna Griffin products

Here's the remainder of the projects I did for the year 2023 using Anna Griffin products.  

 

I dug up some old pics of a daughter-father dance and used the floral papers from CAH and made this layout.

This spread was featured on Anna's March 2nd, 2023 Craftspiration. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I made my husband this Father's Day card using AG's cigar labels. I haven't crafted for a while so it feels wonderful to be back at it again.  

This card was featured on Anna's June 22nd, 2023 Craftspiration.  

 

 

I made a few AG Flower Cart birthday cards for my friends. It was 116F outside and the best way to beat the heat was to craft indoors LOL!  

These cards were featured in Anna's July 20th, 2023 Craftspiration.  

 

 

 

My daughter and I visited Greece together recently after her semester abroad in Europe. I love how blue the sky and ocean were. I used AG's Canton Bleu paper and embellishments to highlight those beautiful blues. I'm in love with these blues in this Mother's Day layout. I used the border and frame de from Crop at Home 2 for accents. 

This layout was featured on Anna's July 13th, 2023 Craftspiration. 

 

 

 

 

Making 24 cards for my crafty friends. I did a flat version of the snow globe card using AG's snow globe dies, cartouche cut and emboss folders and Christmas bontanical pattern card stockl It was a lot of fun making these. 

These cards were featured on Anna's December 28, 2023 Craftspiration . 

March PPC Paper Pad Challenge

 I haven't done any challenges for a long time, and the PPC challenge is just the right one to start out again.  It is a 'use your paperpad' challenge and I used Basic Grey Serendipity & Shine On pad for these two birthday layouts.  I was able to dig up some old Thickers, leftover chipboard from an old BG calendar kit and a K&Co rub-on.   This is the perfect 'use your stash' projects.

Things I love about you

This picture was taken when we visited Legoland in 2007, and when you were really into face-painting.  By now, you've already outgrown face-painting... and it got me thinking, how fast you've grown.  Well, not that fast, really.  But in my mind, I seem to only remember holding you UPRIGHT in our arms, walking around and around in the living room, sometimes for hours it seems, until the tiny little you stop crying and fall asleep.

And we never seem to have told you enough how much we love you.  We want to tell you for each 'issue' we have with you, there is a blessing that you bring to us.  And really, as many flaws as you or anyone has, you have as many wonderful good qualities.  But it really doesn't matter, because really, deep in our hearts, we love you just for who you are: a gift to us from God.  We need to tell you that.

And I probably could also tell you that I really love the new Konnichiwa line from Basic Grey!   And I'm taking up on the challenge to use some other shapes than rectangle and square... so I used quite a few circles, taken from the blossom motif in the background paper.   And while we're on the Asian theme here, I also break out some K&Co Mira embellishments.  And that reminds me, we have to scrap those Shanghai pictures soon... before we make 3 more trips there....

(I'm very honored to have this layout featured in Basic Grey's Eye Spy on 5/19/12).

Supplies:
Basic Grey Konnichiwa patterned paper and stickers
Basic Grey Gypsy patterned paper
K&Co Serendipity stickers
K&Co BW Mira stickers and rub-ons
Prima flowers
Queen & Co and Recollections crystal flourish stickers

Home (from ours to yours)

One of the NSD challenges today is to create a layout about home... or what makes it a home.  For a family like ours, it is of course all about ......  FOOD!   

Culturally, we always gather with family and friends around food.  It is more so for our family.  We all love food, the kiddies love dessert especially, and I happen to like baking... well I got into baking because of them.   It has become my love language, and hopefully their best family memories.  

We always bake cookies or cupcakes together for major holidays.. perhaps it's just an excuse.  But I love cooking for them, and I love it when they love my food!   My son once told his teacher, of all things, that I'm a baker.  I can be a gazillion things (you know how moms are), but to my dear child, I'm a baker - Ha!   I had no idea I would make this kind of mark in his life!  And my daughter requests that I make this special sponge cake (of course complete with whipped cream frosting and a ton of fruit) for her birthday every year.   It just warms my heart.  Of course, I cooked everything the way my love would want, and for the first year of our married life, I had his mom's number on speed dial (there are no recipes in her generation).  This.. is how I think of my home, food, made with love, and eaten together as a family as we share our daily stories from work or from school.  And I hope this is how my family remembers it, full of delightful aromas.. maybe from sautéed onion and garlic, or the sweet smell of vanilla cupcakes or fresh baked Chinese pastries...  and eaten around the dinner table, full of laughter and silly stories.  

For this important layout, I naturally chose... Basic Grey's Nook and Pantry line!  I based it off of a Becky Fleck sketch from her book.  The rest is just ... natural!  

Thanks for looking!  Bon Appétit!

Supplies:

Basic Grey Nook and Pantry patterned paper, rub-ons, stickers and chipboards

Basic Grey Lilykate patterned paper

Basic Grey Sketch Challenge 4.23.12

I love this week's sketch from Basic Grey.  I've always wanted to try adding horizontal embellishment strips to a layout as accent.  This sketch gives me the perfect chance to try it out.

I chose the sunny Lauderdale line to go with the fun Legoland pictures during my son's first trip there.  I used 3 pictures and some fun rub-ons and embellishments to complete this layout.  I had fun making it.

Supplies:

Basic Grey Lauderdale patterned paper

American Craft Thickers alphabet stickers

Fancy Pants rub-ons

Monochromatic Card - Happy Surfing!

The surfer dude is so cool that I'm using it again in DeNami's Monochromatic Challenge.  My last monochromatic layout was based on my favourite colour blue, and when I make this card, I borrowed some elements from it.   I made the embossed surf boards and used ric-racs and blue stickles to go with the water theme.  My stickle bottle is misbehaving so the swirls were less than perfect, I hope to get better results next time.  This is also my first time using my new Copic markers and I had fun with it.

Here is my monochromatic layout in blue that inspired the card:

Thanks for looking!


Supplies List (card):
Cardstock - Recollections
Patterned Paper - Making Memories Paperie
DeNami Stamp
Technique Tuesday Ink
Copic Markers


Supplies List (layout):
Patterned Paper, Stickers, Journal - Making Memories Paperie
Technique Tuesday - Splash Stamp

Another Heritage Layout

Dad received some profits from his factory one year, and decided to take all the employees on a tour to Thailand. He visited one of the temples and took a few pictures. He closed down the factory in a few years because he felt he was too old to run it and he just wanted to spend more time with family..... He is the best employer I've known! :)

I couldn't recognize the site of these photos so I had to post it on FB and ask my friends to help. My friend Linda has helped me to identify it as Wat Arun.

This layout was done for a heritage challenge. The pics were taken in the 60s. I hand cut the elephant from the pp.. despite the fact that I have a few die cut machines.. the irony of it - LOL!

Supplies List

Basic Grey Blush - Double Dark
Basic Grey Boxer - Vintage Tee, Corduroy, Wide Tie, Wing Tip
We R Memories snaps
Jolee's stickers
American Craft Thickers

Heritage Page

I haven't done a heritage page for a long time ... fortunately, I stumbled upon a challenge that got me going again. Of course, I couldn't have done this without the help of my friends, Rhonda and Cyndi, who 'enabled' me to get a set of Asian themed scrapbook kit from Big Lots. So I decided to scrap this picture of my parents that I absolutely LOVE!

I started with 2 pieces of patterned papers that I really love, and then added the embellishments one by one. After I was done, I thought it still lacked something.. I wanted to add something a bit more personal (in addition to the journaling) ... so I stamped the bird and the butterfly and hand-cut them as custom embellishments. I also found an Asian themed wooden stamp that I had for a long time about summer, and I made an image from that as well. Now it feels more complete:



Supplies list:
DCWV cardstock
Colorbok Scrapbook Kit
Making Memories Journaling Stamp, Basic Grey Granola Stamp
Prima and K&Co Flowers
Making Memories vintage pins, ribbon charms, antique brads
Prima and K&Co Pearls and flower centers
Maya Road Coins, OTC metal flowers
Prima ribbon

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A day in my life

This is a layout I did for a challenge:

A day in my life.. that day, I happened to have:
- gone online (of course of course)
- looked for 60s stuff for my daughter's 60s' day at the school
- had lunch with my son at a nice bakery cafe
- scrapped while he napped
- given him a haircut
- picked the remaining peaches on the tree
- watered my plants
- checked on the birdies on the front door
- posed for a spontaneous 60s shoot

This is inspired by a LO designed by Ali Edwards (a Technicue Tuesday class that I took at CKC). I made quite a few changes because I had more pics... I also used patterned paper from the Rusty Pickle Lucky Line instead of just plain cardstock. The stamp set is designed by Ali and is given to us in the class kit. I also used more Ali journaling stamps for the journaling.

Happy Valentine's Day!

I'm so in love with being in love and loving my kids! I know.. too much chocolate! Anyway, I joined two challenges and made these 2 LOs. One about our anniversary and the other about the consequences of marriage.

I used Making Memories papers on both of the LOs. I actually used the Paperie collection on the anniversary LO. I thought I would use it for Christmas, but then when I saw the pics, I thought a red and white colour scheme will do well in the love theme. I based this LO off of a sketch found in the Oct, 08 issue of Scrapbook Etc. I usually don't scraplift, but this challenge requires it... and I have fun doing it. It is a wonderful sketch and I made some changes to the LO. I used the Slice to make the circles and the journaling spot (got to love the Noteworthy Slice Card)! I used a Fancy Pants journaling stamp as well. In order to match the tones of this LO, I stamped the title using the beautiful Technique Tuesday Big Timber Meadow stamps. I stamped the title twice and cut and layered with foam stickers to achieve the 3-D feel.

This picture was taken on our 10th anniversary, at Cafe Deco at the Peak. There is a hidden pic with us and our kids. We have arrived at the 10th year mark with 2 wonderful gifts. :) The small pic is from our wedding.


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This other LO is also about love:
"I'm not sure why I love you, from the second you were born
And my love will only grow, even when my body is all worn
Every tear you shed, every song you sing
You tug at my heart string
And I still don't know why I love you
I just know I'll always do"

I read every book about taking care of babies, but none talks about how to start loving you both. When you were born, I realize it is NOT a conscious decision. It just happens. Just like that. Like I was just programmed to do it, without questioning.

The pictures were taken last year, and everything in the pictures, I hand made. My daughter's teacher had a special V-day party for the class and let all the moms came in a day early to decorate each kid's desk. I used my scrapping supplies, of course, and my die cut machine and stickles. :) I also made 2 cards for my kids, with the help of all family members.

I used Making Memories' Love Notes line in this LO. I had fun making my own heart embellies. I used the Slice to cut the layers, stickled them and glued them together. The title are acrylic words (Garden Party), but I painted them white.

Another Disney LO

I did another layout earlier with the Mickey ears, and I love it so much that I am doing it here again.

I chose the colours orange and blue because they remind me of Winnie the Pooh... and that's my favourite character! :) I also did this for a colour challenge.

I love using brads and I've used quite a few here to accent the Mickey ears.... I love their vibrant colours. These brads are from Queen & Co.

Queen & Co's new releases look really cool too, I think I might need to get a few of those buckets.

Laugh

This is my son's favourite expression when he was a year old. We all love it when he does that. And he knows it too.... and he'll make that face to make us laugh. The funny thing is, he couldn't help laughing when he does that ... which is what happened here! He is making the funny face AND laughing at the same time.

I'm so glad we took pictures of that to remind us what a goofy baby he was!

This is my first time using the Slice die cutter from Making Memories. I used the Basic Shapes 1 card to make the stars and the title. As for the flowers, I used the Noteworthy card. I layered them using cuts with different sizes.

I got this cute SEI Chick-A-Doo Collection pack a while back and I have always wanted to use it. I'm glad I get to use it on this fun LO. I used the tags and card stock embellishments from the collection pack.

Tags - Index/Table of Contents

I love tags. I've seen many beautiful ones, either pre-made or hand-made. I have always wanted to make some... but I'm not sure how to use them besides using them as gift tags or on cards.

One day, while I was planning the table of content/index page for the travel album, I suddenly remembered the ticket stubs I've collected from our trip. We went to a few places and collected quite a few of them. I failed to include them in the actual trip LOs.. so now I have to find a way to include them in the album.

Then I suddenly remember tags! They would make wonderful ticket stub holders! Or at least I hope.....

I picked the same Making Memories tropical patterned paper that I used on some of my travel LOs, and used that as the design for the tags. Embellishing them was fun. I even did one of them as a hidden tag for our itinerary. I tend to forget where we've been after a while....