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Grapes! My dad grows grapes in his backyard to make wine out of. I used white 12 x 12 paper for the background and then stamped it with a stamp set from Stampin' Up.

October. This is a calendar page from Creative Memories. I used Stickapotamos stickers (the pumpkins) to create the Os in October and then used the square punch to put a couple of random pictures on this page. The block of pumpkins at the bottom are from a stamp I bought at this little stamping store by my apartment and then I used watercolor pencils and a blending brush to color in the stamp.

Matt & Circles. I had quite a few pictures of Matt from a night of karaoke (I think it was Keem's first night) and I wanted to put them all together. This worked to create a "story" of him singing.

A Month of Karaoke. One of the months of my 2004 album is full of karaoke pictures. This is an extra page I had in the album and I just journaled about karaoke and then the keyboard is a picture that is sold as a banner. The letters at the top are Creative Memories.

The Regulars. This is the title for another page of Halloween Karaoke. I just wanted to show how I made these letters. I cut strips of orange paper and adhered them to the black. Then I cut the letters out with the Sizzix machine.

Queen of the Universe. Here's DM in costume. I used more stickers and the Sizzix machine. I get a little obsessive about stickers.

Man of Mystery - More Halloween Karaoke.

Halloween Karaoke. I used the Sizzix machine again for the letters and musical notes (see post below).

Go-Go Dancer & Wizardess. These pages are from the Halloween Karaoke section of my 2004 album(s). Most of the stickers are stickapotamos. I made the letters by using my Sizzix machine and I had torn strips of orange and black before cutting the letters out.

Crop Circles. These pictures are from a scrapping day with Keem and DM. The background paper is Stampin' Up and I used a stamp set from SU to put circles on the circular tags.

A Day at the Zoo. This is the cover page to my album devoted to one day at Como Zoo with Keem and DM.

Wild Animals. I got the background paper from The Slab II. The matting of the pictures comes from scrap paper left over from other projects. The stickers (and letters) are all Creative Memories.

Zebra! This page ended up really busy due to the excess zebra print paper. I still like having one or two pages randomly in an album with a lot of pictures and themes going on.

Moments of Solitude. I used a circle punch (Creative Memories) to make the circles. I used a stamp set (Plaid Perfects - Stampin' Up) to stamp the blocks of paper in the corners. I also used a rub-on to create the title of the pages. These pictures are from the Japanese Garden.

Stay on Path. This is a really simple layout. I had a picture of the "Stay on Path" sign, so I just crimped some paper and made a path through the pictures.

Giraffee. The giraffee print paper is from Creative Memories.

Japanese Garden. At Como Zoo, there is a Japanese Garden. The layout is simple. I purchased some 12 x 12 "paper" made from bamboo.