Of Course I can...

It was such a generous offer.  Our California friends loaned us a car for our drive north so we didn't need to rent one.  And not just any car!  A convertible sports car!  My husband loves small convertibles.  He has owned a few before we got together.  That was - hum - many years and many pounds ago.  So we wondered - we, being everyone but him - how he would manage with such a small car.  He had no doubts and easily folded himself into the tiny car.  I used to drive a sports car and I have to admit my joints are a bit creakier getting in and out now.  It was a fun vacation option!

For the pages, I did Nichol Majourik's challenge this month in her Scrapbook Stamping class.  We are to stamp our own designer paper.  I used Circles and Dots from Inkadinkado and colors that matched my photos. No hunting through my stash for just the right paper.  

Since all my white stamping cardstock is 8 1/2 x 11 and I really needed to fill a 12" page, I cut the paper    into three 3 1/2 x 8 1/2" strips and then cut one strip again to fill the page.  The "seams" became pockets for some extra photos.  Lots of machine stitching tied all this together - literally.

Other project notes:

• The embellishments were cut with the Cricut and the Accent Essentials cartridge.  Some SU! brads I picked up on clearance filled in these 'wheel' looking embellishments.
• To finish the edge of the curved cardstock, I brushed on white acrylic paint.
• The letters are another dollar store find from Making Memories.  

Ingredients:  Not mentioned above are designer papers from My Mind's Eye Little Robots collection and October Afternoon Cherry Hill.
Baker's Twine from Papertrey Ink