Dixie Stampede

It was family, fun, freedom, fireworks, flags, FOOD!  :-D  Nope...not the Fourth of July.  The Dixie Stampede in Pigeon Forge TN!  Notice I "x"ed out the "fourth" and Sharpie markered in FOOD! 

I created these pages at a time I wanted to scrap, but didin't want to fool with the pictures.  I created a pile of Fourth of July, red/white/blue themed pages using a kit I had.  The kit was a 8.5 x 11 kit and I scrap 12 x 12.  So I added SU! Basic Black in 12 x 12. 

My favorite part has to be the stars on the edges of the pages!  I punched the black CS with SU! Star Punch and then put red paper on the back.

SUPPLIES:
Stamps:  None.
Paper:  SU! Basic Black, Unknown Kit
Ink: None.
Accessories: Stickers from Kit, SU! Star Punch

This page came together so quickly!  Maybe you don't feel like scrapping or fooling with pictures...you can still create pages and use sticky notes so you'll remember where to put photos and journaling.  Just don't forget to USE the pages at a later date.  I'm bad about this...it's like making a list...and then forgetting to look at the list.  Some good the list did me.  {sigh}  BUT...I'm getting better at looking at my list.  {wink}

Happy Friday!  Do like Santa...make a list and check it twice!

Aquatic Animals

There were some really interesting individual exhibits of aquatic animals at Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies.  Here's a page with a few of them:

Since DS plays Playstation while I scrap, I always share my completed page with him before I photograph.  His reaction...WOW!  And a big smile!  Coming from a 15 year old...fantastic, super!  Now...not sure if it was for the photos or the page.  In either case, love how this page came together.

Using a Sally Sketch (SBSC116) and the Basic Grey Archaic Collection, I was able to create a page featuring three very different aquatic animals.  I purchased the Basic Grey Archaic Collection a couple of years ago and have been steadily using it.  I've really enjoyed this kit.  I still have several sheets left. 

SUPPLIES:
Basic Grey Archaic Collection

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you have a wonderful day!

Life in the Coral Reef...

...is beautiful.  What vibrant colors!  It was very interesting watching live coral...move...float...it's like when you dip your hair in the swimming pool and it floats...

OK.  The hair is still attached to your head.  Nothing spoils a good mood like a loose hair ANYWHERE!  Yuck!

I was captivated by this little yellow fish!  I took THREE pictures of him.  The exhibit tank was quite wide and in the other corner we could watch the coral capture the smaller fish.  Interesting.  The coral emits something like a sticky substance to capture fish.  Pretty cool.  Sometimes the fish would break loose.  That sticky substance must be like caramel or chocolate...the poor fish kept coming back for more.  {sigh}

That's a little alpha!  Teeny tiny!  It's SU! Naturally Serif.  I even dotted the "i".  I do like the alpha...a lot.  I ran the letters through Xyron to attach.  I dotted the "i"'s with Mono Multi.  :-D

We visited the CARGO HOLD Gift Shop...love that name!  I scrapped my patch and the packaging.  I thought the packaging was neat!  It also makes a great transition from this page to the companion page.

The companion page is the page I showed on Monday.  Here they are together:

SUPPLIES for Today's page:
Paper: Cameo Coral, Brushed Silver, Taken with Teal
Accessories: Stampin' Dimensionals, Big Shot, Naturally Serif Alphabet, Xyron, Mono Multi, Sticky Strip

Thanks for stopping by!

Schooling Fish

School?!?  What school?!?  It's Fall Break. 

We took a trip to Gatlinburg TN to visit Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies.  We're on break...fish are still in school.

ROFL! 

tee hee

The top photo is a postcard.  I stamped the Modern Label from Favorite Things in Yo Yo Yellow on Yo Yo Yellow...and labeled them Coral Reef Fish.  Wonder what the next page will be?  :-D

That middle picture...psst...is really two pictures.  I had a picture of this aquarium with DS.  But there was that anooying light bulb dot!  So I cut DS out of the other picture and popped him up on this one!  Brilliant?  :-D

I'm really in a silly mood.

Third picture is Mom and DS viewing a tank of "Schooling Fish".  Pretty cool.  They even had a sign at the top..."Schooling Fish". 

The tunnel was really nice and very relaxing.  A lady on SCS left me a comment...she said she took her Church youth group to a sleepover at the Aquarium.  They slept in the shark tunnel!  How awesome!  To relax...lay there in your sleeping bag...watching the sharks and rays...so relaxing.  Cool! 

I'm really liking the hodge podge of letters.  I ran out of glue dots!  Yikes.  So I got out the Mono Multi.  As I had read...a little dab'll do ya!...I did a little dab and smeared it around.  I love Mono Multi for adhering little chipboard letters!  You gotta try it!  A little dab'll do ya and that little bottle should last forever!

This is a Sally Sketch (SBSC209) just posted on Friday.  I flipped it and omitted some elements.  That's allowed.  And I had a good reason.  Here's the companion page:

Details in THIS post.  Now together...

Two stand alone pages...two stand along titles...that go together quite nicely, I think. 

Whatcha think?

SUPPLIES:
Stamps: Favorite Things
Paper: Old Olive, SU! DSP, Yo Yo Yellow
Ink: Yo Yo Yellow
Accessories: Tempting Torquoise Brads, SU! Moderrn Label Punch, Crop A Dile, Double Churned Alphabet, Unknown Chipboard Alphabet, SU! Fire Round Brads, Pop Dots, Die Cut Fish, Sticky Strip, Mono Multi

Our day at the aquarium...

...wouldn't not have been complete without a ride through the shark / ray tunnel!  Awesome...fantabuluous!  Wonderful! 

This has to be the neatest thing.  Like walking into a fish tank.  The sharks..."regular sharks" and "saw nose sharks"...stingrays...beautiful...swimming above us.  The neatest thing...we didin't even have to WALK.  There was a conveyor belt that just carried us along. 

I picked up the designer paper and the die cut shark the day before our aquarium visit at the Scrapbook Superstore in Sevierville TN.  I found a Sally Sketch (SBSC 174) with circular elements and this just came together.  I was able to use my SU! Circle Scissors!  Love that tool!  I wish it was bigger.  Hahaha...I want some 12 inch circles and rings.  {pout, pout}

The journaling block is from the retired SU! Journaling Fun...one of the very first SU! sets I purchased.  This is the first time I've actually used the spiral journaling stamp to journal...pretty cool!  I used some SU! Brushed Sliver CS, paired with Taken with Teal and a pinch of Cameo Coral.

Supplies:
Stamps: SU! Journaling Fun (retired)
Paper: Reminisce At the Aquarium, SU! Brushed Silver, SU! Taken with Teal, SU! Cameo Coral
Ink: SU! Taken with Teal Classic
Accessories: Shark die cut (Scrapbook Superstore), SU! Circle Scissors, Glue Dots, Sticky Strip, Black Zip Journaler, Pop Dots

WOW!

One word to sum up a visit to Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies...WOW!

I love this page for several reasons.  I purchased the paper and the fish die cut the day before at the Scrapbook Superstore in Sevierville TN.  I think I made an excellent choice, seeing that it goes so well with our group picture.  I love this group picture!  I was able to also scrap the ticket stubs.  One ticket is flush with the page; the second is tilted and popped up with pop dots. 

Notice the googlie eyes in the "O" of WOW?  DS said it needed a "mouth"...so out came my "school punch" and a little pop dot!  LOL

I'm loving my Big Shot and the Serif Essentials Alphabet.  It's a large size alphabet...larger than I thought it would be, but it's useable.  I ram the letters through Xyron...aka sticker machine.  Love that thing, too!

Supplies:
Stamps: None.
Paper: Reminisce Under The Sea - The Aquarium, PTI White, SU! Yo Yo Yellow
Ink: None.
Accessories: SU! Photo Corner Punch, Big Shot, Serif Essentials Alphabet, Googlie Eyes, Glue Dots, Xyron, Pop Dots, Sticky Strip, MS Word (for journaling), 1/4" punch

It's been a very long time...

...since I've made a scrapbook page!  Boy, it feels good to be back!  :-D  And on my 40th birthday, too!

We just returned from a trip to Pigeon Forge / Gatlinburg TN.  This trip was my 40th birthday present from Mom.  Does Mom spoil me or what?  I had a great time!  One place we visited was Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies...I should have several pages to share once I have these scrapped.

First off...the Amazon Basin exhibit.  Holy Cow!  There's all kinds of "friendly" fish in the Amazon Basin!  Red bellied piranhas!  It said...they only attack sick or injured animals; can attack humans when HUNGRY or threatened.  Good thing they feed these at the aquarium!

SUPPLIES:
Stamps: SU! Favorite Things
Paper: SU! Pumpkin Pie, SU! DSP
Ink: SU! Pumpkin Pie Classic
Accessories: Tim Holtz Grungeboard (arrows), Adirondack Alcohol Ink (Lettuce), Double Churned Chipboard Letters, Unknown Chipboard Letters, SU! Fire Circle Brads, Sticky Strip, Crop-a-dile, Black Stampin Write Journaling Pen