Out of the Mire

Saturday, August 31, 2019

090119 Archi-scraps September Challenge

Use a horse somewhere

Earlier this year we took a trip & wandered a bit around the southwest US.

Lately I've been using the Archi-scraps challenges to take me off the page. This time I was inspired by an October Afternoon embellishment sticker sheet from the 2011 Sarsaparilla collection - in particular the stagecoach element - to use a Western theme on a Traveler's Notebook.

I thought it would make the perfect cover image. That led me to remember a wonderful canvas money bag with a horse on the front. Perfect for my cover!

I grabbed a beat up piece of leather to use for the spine & some lovely turquoise colored rawhide lacing & a silver concho for the closure. I sewed the ends of the bag to the inside to create pockets for my notebook to slip into. I then sewed around the edge of the layers of canvas to secure them & left the cut edge raw.

My title page, "Go West Young Man", is made from more of the OA Sarsaparilla elements.

To see the completed book link HERE.

As always, Archi-scraps never fails to take my inspiration to new territory!

Be sure to share your creations with us.

Thanks for stopping by!

Saturday, August 10, 2019

081019 Vacation Mini-book

I always look for postcards

My album came from Family Dollar & it's a bit of an odd page size, so I've fashioned my own from letter size cardstock. Each has a flap which creates a full landscape page. You'll see!

This little mini is all about the photos & ephemera of our brief trip to Missouri.

I'm too uncoordinated to manage a video flip through so here's an old-school version:

Dinner on our first leg of the trip - Chicago style hot dogs - a new fave.

I saved the paper hats!

We had a FANTASTIC (Caverns) and...

INCREDIBLE (Pizza) day!

Best. Patterned. Paper. Ever.

Oops! Need to journal about our day in St. Louis.

My daughter takes amazing cellphone photos!

Twinning.

Had all my stuff organized & printed so this came together really quickly.

Hope you've enjoyed your summer!

Thanks for stopping by!

Wednesday, July 31, 2019

080119 Archiscraps August Challenge


Country Music Hall of Fame, Nashville, Tennessee

Incredible building!
Our Archi-scraps August challenge?
Be inspired by music.

My off-the-page entry comes from Finnabair's class that alters an LP!
Mine doesn't end up with her signature style but I'm happy with it as a tribute to my dear departed Aunie (on the right in this circa 1940s photo.)

Her love of classical music & movie scores formed the background of my childhood. In fact, this project was crafted on one of her record albums. I purchased a modern day Victrola to play her collection & am enjoying her playlist once again.

I used modeling paste with stencils to create the lacy background & the stylized rose.

I have even included a piece of her needlework. The postcard can be unclipped to read the journaling on the back & serves to represent her career as a congressional secretary. I finished the edge with an almost defunct metallic gold pen.