Incorporating Ephemera: Part II

So I guess I'm not done talking about ephemera in our scrapbooking.  I really like being able to keep business cards or brochures with the names of hotels, restaurants, and businesses that we visited on our trips, in case we want to go back to them in the future, or so I can recommend them to friends.  It's almost like having a gigantic Rolodex with photos and notes included!

Here I incorporated the business card from our Prague hotel into an embellishment cluster.  Even though the colors don't go with the layout too well, because its part of the embellishment it doesn't stand out too much on the layout.

Disclaimer: I know ephemera isn't acid free.  Because I'm using prints of digital photos, I'm not worried about the prints getting damaged over time.  The digital photos will persist.

We Slept Here

Sketch: Shimelle Laine

Supplies: Harmonie Rococo (Broderie Paisley); Hambly Studios Grandma's Wallpaper; Basic Grey Junebug (Crazy Quilt), rubons; Making Memories Noteworthy spiral journaling book; October Afternoon Word stickers Fly a Kite, Togetherness ready set chip, Thrift shop word stickers; Fancy Pants rubons, Little Yellow Bicycle Clothesline epoxy stickers, flower stick pin; K & Co Engraved Garden grand adhesions; Lilly bee letter stickers; American Crafts Thickers

Finally getting to the vacation photos

As you may recall, I have a massive amount of vacation photos from our trip last fall.  Midst the craziness of moving I was able to come up with a plan of attack and get all of the photos I'll be scrapping printed.  I'll show you in a later post how I'm dealing with the album overall, with around 1000 photos to scrap, but here's the page I started with.  I'm not scrapping the photos in any particular order, but they will go in the book divided by city.

Beautiful Prague











Sketch: Scrapbook Generation

Supplies: American Crafts Cardstock; Scenic Route patterned paper and sticker; Foofala patterned paper; Basic Grey patterned paper, Bling It On; Tattered Angels Chalkboard mist; Martha Stewart punch, Cherish labels; Colorbox Cat's Eye Ink; Making Memories letter stickers, Baubles; My Minds Eye die cut, chipboard sticker; October Afternoon letter stickers; Fancy Pants rub on; Rebecca Sower Designs stickers; Prima baubles; Heidi Grace cardstock stickers; Bazzill Basics bling

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Missing How Things Used to Be

I was a very lucky girl growing up.  My family owned a small cottage at the beach, where I spend pretty much every weekend and all summer.  But I didn’t know how lucky I was.  You see, I just thought it was the normal thing to do: pack up every Friday after Mr. Rogers and go for a 2 hour drive, to spend the weekend playing in the sand and never changing out of my bathing suit.  To scoop up crabs and catch shrimp and boil them that night for dinner the next.
But time and age took its toll, and the house took many beatings from hurricanes.  Beach houses, even small, 1 bathroom cottages, are expensive to fix and to keep.  So it was sold.  And with it went an innocent, simple time before tremendous coastal development where we were the only ones for miles on the beach.  Beach houses involve a very different way of life now.

The Beach House



Patterned Paper: Basic Grey, Cosmo Cricket, Fancy Pants, Target Dollar Spot; Stickers: Crate Paper; Fabric Flowers: Prima; Paper flowers: Making Memories, Prima; Chipboard Letters: Miss Elizabeth’s, American Crafts; Sticker letters: Cosmo Cricket; Bird charm: Tim Holtz; Word sticker: K & Company; Buttons: Jenni Bowlin; Pearls: Kaisercraft; Tattered Angels Chalkboard Glimmer Mist; Ali Edwards for Technique Tuesday stamps; Versamagic and Rubber Stampede inks.

Using More Stash

Even though the Use Your Stash class is over, May Flaum continues to inspire me to use up my stash.

  Birthday Boy

 

 Supplies Used:

October Afternoon: patterned paper; Martha Stewart: journal sticker, felt banner; American Crafts: letter stickers; K&Co: journaling tag; Studio Calico: sticker; Pink Paislee: rubon; Creative Chaos (etsy): calendar tag

Tools Used:

Tim Holtz tiny attacher

Giggle Laugh Enjoy

Supplies Used:
American Crafts: patterned paper, stickers, paper flowers; K&Co.: stickers, paper tape, rhinestone; Jolee's: stickers, jewel stickers; KI Memories: patterned paper; Making Memories: word stickers; Scenic Route: patterned paper; Handmade Goodies by DeeJan (etsy): journaling tag; Fancy Pants: rub on; Colorbok: chipboard flowers; Target Dollar Spot: layered chipboard flowers

Tools Used:
EK Success punch