Monday, February 25, 2019

School Is Finally Out

I am enjoying more time in my craft cave and have another layout to share from this last weekend.  Two years ago we had a record snowfall as documented by this layout, Snowmaggedon.  My older son missed 8 days of school and my younger son 11 days.  The district made up a few days by having student contact time on days that were normally teacher grading days, and by by adding 4 days to the end of the year.  Hence the title!

I am playing along with the sketch from Sketch-n-scrap:

I played around with a few supplies including some really old ones to achieve the look of the sketch and a challenge at 2Peasrefugees.
  • All the papers (except one) are from the Basic Grey Oliver collection; Tyson, Drake, Aidan, and Joey are used on the layout.
  • To create the border, I used some ancient Mrs. Grossman's Stickers by the Yard in Black.  
  • The center is trimmed to 10" x 10".
  • The red strip is trimmed to 3/4" x 11" and pressure embossed with a single line of dots using the embossing folder by Cuttlebug, Daisy Border.  I had tried stamping in white ink and did not like the look, I think this is just the right amount of distressed look to coordinate with the papers.
  • The journaling is done on Scenic Route's Grid Outline on White with Zig Antique Burgundy.  I also ran the pen around the outside edge to give it a bit of definition.  I also used a few rub-on letters (unknown origin), for the "Yeah!".
  • The little label for the date is a Quickutz die, and I added two enamel dots from Echo Park Jungle Safari collection. 
  •  The title is Quickutz Frankie Classic and Mini.  I think it is kind of fun to used both sizes and used two colors for the title. 
  • A few Basic Grey Oliver Elements Stickers complete the embellishments.  
Thanks for stopping by, it is fun to have more time to craft and preserve memories.

6 comments:

  1. Oh, yes! I am sure they would not forget that time at all but having it shown in your beautiful layouts is so fantastic!

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  2. This is super cute!! Great job with the sketch! Thanks for joining us at Sketch N Scrap!

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  3. Such a great layout! Love the title - there's been a couple of years when my kids were in school that make up snow days made the year seem so long! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Sketch N Scrap!

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  4. Definitely an occasion worth documenting!! Great layout. Sketch N Scrap appreciates your participation. Thank you for playing along.
    Sharon Fontenot
    higgledypiggledycrafts.blogspot.com/

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  5. Great take on the sketch. Thanks for joining us at Sketch N Scrap.
    Surama

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  6. Congrats! You were chosen as our February Featured Scrapper at Sketch N Scrap- look for our March 3rd blog post to see your feature! Thanks for inspiring us last month at Sketch N Scrap!

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