On the Slopes {at Mammoth} for Lasting Memories #744

It's time for Lasting Memories' first challenge of April (a little early but I don't imagine anyone will complain!), and this month we will be featuring favorite sketches of the design team. This week, Sandy chose a Scrapbook Generation sketch that features 6 photos, so I decided to scrapbook pictures from a trip to Mammoth my family took in spring 2018. I had to adapt it a tiny bit, but you can still tell I used the sketch. I love how it all came together, and hopefully have inspired you to go check out the challenge - just click on the link above and join us!

Here's my layout:

And here's the sketch:

Recipe:
Love These People and This & That stamp sets
Traditional Christmas papers (KI Memories)
Magic Moments Scrapbooking kit papers & stickers
Dutch Blue, Barn Red & White Daisy cardstock
Dutch Blue, Pixie, Hollyhock & Sweet Leaf ink
Dutch Blue marker
Bold & Bright ephemera (American Crafts)
Cupcake Heart Puffy Shapes (Doodlebug Designs)
Paper crimper (Fiskars)
Cricut You Are Here cartridge: title
Challenges: Love Those Pretty Papers Anything Goes using patterned papers (I used up a whole sheet of paper plus some large scraps on this layout); Inkspirational #338 (this is always a little challenging to figure out when I'm scrapbooking, but hopefully "adventure awaits together" and "you've got this" count as sentiments)

Thor & Huxley Layout

These two pictures of my pets were taken in the same month but not the same day, but I scrapped them together because I loved the way both pets seemed to be looking straight at me! I couldn't decide on a place to put my journaling (two things I copied from my Facebook posts about these two photos), so I popped up the photo mat to create a pocket for each bit of journaling.

Here are the journaling cards:

Recipe:
Magnolia papers (MME)
Fur Baby 6x8 paper pad (Simple Stories)
Star Spangled Blue, Nectarine, Sundance, Paprika, Pear & White Daisy cardstock
Star Spangled Blue & Nectarine ink
Star Spangled Blue & Black marker
Embossing pen
Clear embossing powder
Sweet Leaf grosgrain ribbon
Green washi tape (from my stash, source unknown)
Timberline Assortment wooden shape
Charmalong key charm (Bead Landing)
Gold eyelets (Making Memories)
Chloe sticker & Ciao Chip chipboard (Bella Blvd)
Fur Baby - Dog chipboard (Simple Stories)
3-D foam tape
Scalloped border punch (Fiskars)
Cricut Artbooking cartridge: sun, &
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: butterflies
Pattern: Sketch-n-Scrap #314 (includes the recipe found below - my thing found in the sky is the sun, and my spring thing is butterflies))

Challenges: Anything Goes in a Card Free Zone; Neglected Stuff March challenge (I used a super old paper pack called Magnolia, not sure of the date but probably been in my stash for 15+ years) 

Together {Easter Sunday 2018} Layout for LM #743

Hi everyone. I've been scrapping up a storm this week, and it's Sunday again, so here is my latest layout along with my design team reveal for Lasting Memories. In keeping with our Going in Circles theme, the challenge was to use circular ephemera or stamped images to embellish your layout. I chose to use some Easter photos from 2018 (love seeing my family all dressed up) and used stamped circles and embossed cardstock circles. If you would like to check out this or any of the other circle themed challenges for this month, click on the link above before the challenges end on March 29.

Recipe:
Connections stamp set
Watercolor paper (Recollections)
Vicki Boutin Mixed Media paper pad (American Crafts)
Flamingo, Toffee, Pear & White Daisy cardstock
Flamingo, Toffee, Creme Brulee, Gypsy & Lilac Mist ink
Heartstrings Sentiment Bits ephemera (Simple Stories)
Telling Our Story chipboard (Echo Park)
Wicker Weave embossing folder (Cuttlebug)
Cricut Design Space: bunnies
Cricut Artbooking cartridge: frame, grass
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #67 (rotated left)

Challenges: Can You Handle the Pressure? Anything Goes (I used the Wicker Weave embossing folder from Cuttlebug on my circles - love the added texture); Cut It Up #326 Colors of Spring; Inspiration Station #71 - I was inspired to add two bunnies to my layout!

Celebrate {Aerospace Birthday} Layout

This must be my week to do birthday layouts, because my last layout was my son's birthday, and now I scrapped the first birthday of our friend's son. For this layout, I had pulled out three old CTMH scrapbooking kits, but the celebrate sticker on the Party Time kit kind of jumped out at me, so I put the other kits away and used this one. The rocket ship stamp is also from an old CTMH set, and I debated coloring it in, but the layout is already pretty busy so in the end I left it as its. What do you think? Should I go back and add some color?

Names are removed for privacy reasons.

Recipe:
Outta This World stamp set
Party Time papers & stickers
Glacier & Green apple cardstock
Sunny Yellow, Lagoon, Sapphire & Green Apple ink
Prussian Blue fineliner pen
Cricut Artiste cartridge: rocket ship
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #118

Challenges: My Time to Craft #556 Celebrate someone special; Park Hopping My Happy Place - the rocket ship reminds me of the ones in Tomorrowland at Disneyland!

Super Cool Dude Layout

My son's 13th birthday party was a change from previous events; no more backyard kid parties with tons of games and a pinata. Instead, he hung out with friend for food and a movie, a true sign he was moving into his teenage years. For the final two lines of my journaling, I pulled out the statement I posted on Facebook, just to remind me how loud junior high boys can be!

Recipe:
Watercolor paper (Recollections)
Grape & Canary cardstock
Violet fineliner pen (iBayam)
Bold & Bright ephemera (American Crafts)
Teen Spirit Girl Ephemera (Echo Park)
Free Spirit brads (Prima)
Green Field enamel shapes (Altenew)
Cricut Artistry cartridge: phone
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #17

Challenges: Let's Craft and Create #217 - Anything Goes with optional twist of green and purple (not a color combo I use often but I love how it came out); Double Trouble #187 - 3 Enamel shapes & 3+ ephemera, 2 decorative brads, 1 die-cut & 1 piece of patterned paper

SVK Layout

I had some cute photos of my daughter in Sunday school at my old church, and I decided to scrapbook them on this bright yellow paper as a reflection of how much fun the kids had in their class! The design is pulled from two old sketches, one of which I had used before (see here) and one I had not. I added a strip of paper all the way across both pages to tie the two together, plus used the Juniper cardstock and patterned paper to form a visual triangle and further unite the pages. Hope it worked!

In case you're wondering, SV was the initials of our church and the K is for kids!

Recipe:
Reasons to Smile paper pad (American Crafts)
Oh Happy Day papers (Simple Stories)
Sunflower & Juniper cardstock
Sunflower, Juniper & Poppy ink
Black marker
Reasons to Smile ephemera & puffy stickers (American Crafts)
Oh Happy Day ephemera (Simple Stories)
Summer Afternoon & Cool Summer Night enamel dots (Altenew)
Cricut artiste cartridge: title
Patterns: Sketch-n-Scrap #169 & #192

Challenges: Heart's Quest Challenge Blog #71 Pink and/or red hearts (I used both colors)

No Girls Allowed Layout

Love these fun photos of my hubby taking the two older boys out for some special time without the little kids. Not gonna lie, there were some challenges to adding two new kids to our family, so we tried to make the older boys know they were not forgotten in the chaos of our enlarged family. I pulled some old supplies out for this layout and it came together really quickly. Sometimes I labor for days over a layout, so I love it when everything works and it gets done swiftly.

Recipe:

Let's Wander Mixed Media paper (American Crafts)
Best Wishes papers (CM)
Sagebrush marker (Zig)
100% Boy sticker (Bo Bunny)
Boys Gone Wild epoxy stickers (Reminisce)
Primary Stars epoxy shapes (Bella Blvd)

Challenges: Unicorn Challenge Blog #107 Boys/Men; Neglected Stuff March 2025 Challenge - my neglected stuff is everything on the layout except the background. Some items are almost 20 years old!

February 2018 Layout for Lasting Memories #742

For this month's Going in Circles theme over at Lasting Memories, we're exploring different ways to use circles on our layouts. This week, the challenge is to divide a circle into pie slices using patterned paper, a stencil, or whatever else takes your fancy, and then add it to your layout. I was originally going to use patterned paper to divide up my circles, but ended up pulling out my watercolor pencils that I use so seldom and coloring in hand drawn circles I divided into slices. Hope you decide to join us for this or any of the circle themed challenges this month!

Recipe:
Dreamin' Big papers & cardstock stickers
Juniper, Poppy, Black & White Daisy cardstock
Goldrush & Poppy ink
Black marker
ShinHan Touch Twin colorless blender
Watercolor pencils (Prismacolor)
VIP Rainbow acrylic shapes
Love You More Shape Sprinkles (Doodlebug Designs)
Cricut Design Space: title using BFC Night Kiss font
Pattern: Splitcoast Stampers Sketch17Apr (rotated left)

Challenges: Heart's Quest Challenge Blog #71 Red or white hearts; Colorful Options March 2025 Green or rainbow colors (I have a green background but chose to go with rainbow)

EMs Sketch Challenge #120 + Kid Approved Layout

We're heading into the weekend, so I thought it would be fun to give everyone a new sketch to play around with over the next couple of days! It features three uncropped, vertical 4" x6" photos with an optional  frame around the middle one. Part of the inspiration for the design was a pad of 6" x 8" papers; you can cut some of the sheets in half and have them peeking out from the top and bottom of the row of photos. You could also do this with any 6" x 6" papers you have sitting around. As always, feel free to adapt the sketch for your needs, and please leave a link in the comments below to your posted layout when you finish it. I really love seeing what people do with my sketches!

Here's the sketch:

And here's my layout:

There is space on the sketch for journaling, but I was also doing a pocket page to hold additional photos, so here are a couple of journaling cards I created to go in that page:

Recipe:
Field Trip Journaling Pad & 12x12 papers (American Crafts)
Black & White Daisy cardstock
Flaxen ink
Black marker
Dreamin' Big Complements cardstock stickers
Genius Puffy Stickers (American Crafts)
Let's Wander sticker (American Crafts)
Field Trip ephemera (American Crafts)
Diggin' for Dinos Scrapbook kit stickers (Creative Expressions)
Green Fields enamel dots (Altenew)
Grid washi tape (Recollections)
Cricut Artbooking cartridge: frame

Challenges: Anything Goes in a Card Free Zone

Bath TIme Layout for Lasting Memories #741

It's Sunday again, so that means Lasting Memories' challenge time. I'm hosting this month and focusing on circles, so this week's challenge is to create a circular page border using punched or die-cut circles. I used two really old scrapbooking kits from Stampin' Up to Scrapbook these old photos of my two sons in the tub when they were little ones. Reusing my sketches is also something fun to do, so I rotated this month's sketch to the left and used the wreath circle instead of a big circle. Hope you are inspired to  join us for this or any of the other circle challenges over at Lasting Memories this month!

Recipe:
Loves Me & Just Delightful Simply Scrapping kits (SU)
Espresso & Flamingo cardstock
Ocean, Ballerina, Flamingo & Espresso ink
100% Boy sticker (Bo-Bunny)
Flamingo enamel dots
White sparkle enamel dots
Cricut Simply Sweet cartridge: title
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #119 (rotated left)

Challenges: Crafter's Cafe #316 Anything Goes with Stripes and/or spots (I used both on my circle border)