TTYL

Talk to ya later!!

I created this layout (lo) solely out of words.... it's probably the most difficult lo i have ever attempted.... I had to cut and re-cut and re-cut and re-cut these words and letters so they could all fit on a page.... It was a layout probably one year in the making... why because..... I was a little impatient to say the least. I had the story in my head for a while.... few months...... I finally wrote it down .... few months went by.....then I'd start cutting....a few months went by - I had to re-cut letters over and over. Then when I was finally ready to start putting it together..... I would have to re-cut again... and then when I was in the middle of gluing the letters down.... I would re-cut AGAIN!

SO it might look like a simple layout - but it's NOT! (argh)

here's maybe 1/3 of the leftover letters......... I'm not sure I am completely happy with the end result but I was so sick of looking at it... at that point I really did not care......

The story is about a "chat" session on facebook and my bff said... gotta go .... ttyl... I had no idea what the heck ttyl meant..... and it bugged me for a few days... finally i remembered how awesome GOOGLE is.... and my question was instantly answered. I thought it would be fun to make a layout with texting acronyms ... and well here it is.....like it or not!

ttyl,
amt

Life'z a beach

Life is pretty beachy when you are a 6 or 4 yr old.... caught a few moments on digital film from our last trip to Rio Del Mar. So stoked to have my brother only blocks from the Santa Cruz beach front.


the spelling is improvised from left over chipboard letters from Maya road.... the pattered paper, ribbon, buttons and metal brads are from Great Escape by making memories.... .the road sign template is from an issue of creating keepsakes magazine (several months back....)




this card is from made from "scraps" how cute huh?

Have a beachin' day!

xo,
amt

it's the little things.....

A few times on my bloggity blog .... I have rambled on a bit about the "tiny attacher"......
it's a fun little tool that I have recently become buddies with..... it's endorsed by none other than Tim Holtz, a paper and mixed
media genius (he does not claim himself to be so... but I so crown him... king of mixed media tools!) It's a teeny, tiny, little stapler..... not to be confused with the mini stapler... it's smaller than that! and soooo much fun to use on my littlest crafts.
I could bare not to throw away the packaging. SO, what's a crafty lady to do? scrap it!


It's a simple layout, consisting only of cardstock, ribbon, staples, metal grommet and circle frame.
voila!
xo,
anna

up, up and away......

one thing, I do not do very well is a two page layout (lo).... I am challenged, with the what seems to me, a massive amount of space, 12" x 24". One of my goals in my crafting is to try things "out of my comfort zone". This is one for sure (2 pg. lo). I think easier, more naturally, on a mini scale...... So I knew if I was going to attempt the 2 page lo.... I would need to have several pictures.... and at least one bigger than 4 x 6. These pictures for sure fit the bill... I took them on our trip back to Gilroy a few weeks back. I was experimenting with my camera on manual mode. I LOVE how they turned out..... I can not tell you what aperture I had the camera set at.....but I LOVE the effect. (movement in the background but the foreground in focus). .... click on the picture to see the detail...


We were at the Gilroy Gardens..... on the hot air balloon ride. The boys were by themselves and I was in a balloon by myself. I shot over 60 pictures on this ride alone..... I deleted a lot too.... I LOVE digital photography!!! I love my camera, too!

my metal accent of choice..... Tim Holtz tokens..... - I felt they were perfect for this "lo" as we were at an amusement park! (please note: how those cute tokens are attached!!! Tim's "tiny attacher" !!! OHHHHH, it is so fun to use!! Behind the tokens are "paper whimsies" by sassafras..... all paper is by sassafras, as well.

To be honest..... I think this layout is so-so...... for me, it's the pictures that make the layout (lo). It's too little simple, I would have loved to add more details but I just didn't know what to do..... (again.... scared off all that overwhelming space to fill!)
Hope you have a joyful weekend,
xo, anna