Nuts About You Layout for LM#782

This month, Lasting Memories' design team member Wendy is challenging us to use some sketches she chose, so here is my layout for this week's 3 photo sketch.   It was perfect for these photos of a visit with a friend and her kids, although I chose not to crop all my photos into squares, and I added a large heart in the background. Sketches are so fun because you can adapt them to work with your photos and theme, so feel free to play along with us over at LM with one or more of the sketches we are showcasing this month!

And here's the sketch:

Recipe:
Hello Friend & Universal Backgrounds stamp sets
Twitterpated papers
Sorbet, Chocolate & White Daisy cardstock
Sorbet, Chocolate, Brown Bag, Sweet Leaf & Crystal Blue ink
Sienna fineliner pen (iBayam)
All Aflutter & Love This Shape Sprinkles (Doodlebug Designs)
Slice of Life puffy stickers (American Crafts)
Cricut Artiste cartridge: title
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: heart
Cricut Artbooking cartridge: branch, leaves
Challenges: Cut It Up Challenges #347 Favorite die(s) - the heart is one of my favorites, used so many time that I have lost count; A Cut Above Anything Goes with a die-cut (used heart, title, ranch, leaves); Heart's Quest Challenge Blog #81 Anything with a heart; Neglected Stuff - the patterned papers and the big heart that I cut out in 2018 and never used;  Inspiration Station #81 - inspired by the squirrel and nut in the photo

Hey There Peanut Layout

I host a daily inspiration challenge over on Scrapbook.com, and for September 13, since it was National Peanut Day, I asked the scrapbookers to either be inspired by one of Charles Schulz's Peanuts cartoons or to use a peanut image on their artwork. I was originally going to use the cartoon theme, but then I had the idea to use the word peanut in my title, springboarding off the alternate definition of a peanut as "a cute person, used as a nickname to show affection." Little Tristan was certainly a cute peanut in these photos!

Recipe:
Hodgepodge Alphabet, Life's a Jungle, Hello Friend & Trinity Alphabet stamp sets
Patterned paper (all scraps from my stash)
Slate, Whisper, Carolina, Desert Sand & White Daisy cardstock
Slate, Bluebird & Carolina ink
Coffee marker (Zig)
Heavenly Blue organdy ribbon
Escape the Ordinary Thickers (American Crafts)
3-D foam tape
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: tags, large hearts
Small heart punch (EK Success)
Pattern: Sketches in Thyme 389 (loved the idea of the paper strips so I stretched it out to a 2 pager)

Challenges: Double Trouble #38 Something Plaid: Thing 1 - added plaid paper strips + Thing 2 - played along with Use Your Stuff by using tags + Thing 3 - used three tags; Retro Rubber Challenge Blog #120 Anything Goes (Hodgepodge Alphabet - 2009, Life's a Jungle - 2009, Hello Friend - 2014 or earlier, Trinity Alphabet - 2011)

A New Definition of Fall Layout

I wasn't sure where I was going to go with these photo and the sketch from Stick It Down, but I am pretty happy with what I eventually came up with. When I printed the photos, I had the idea that I wanted to talk about something sad that happened while on the way to the pumpkin patch, so it inspired me to create the title and journaling as I did. If you are curious about what happened, click on the photo to get a better view of the journaling!

Recipe:
Hello Friend stamp set
Newsprint Alphabet stamp set (SU)
Pathfinding Level 2 papers
Glacier, Goldrush, Kraft & Colonial White cardstock
Glacier, Goldrush, Autumn Terracotta, Saddle, Chocolate, Barn Red & Olive ink
Black marker
Kraft Color-Ready border
Antiqued copper photo hangers
Sunset Ribbon
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: title block, circle
Pattern: Stick It Down August single page sketch

Stash Busters May Week 1 - Hello Mother Nature

Another Stash Busters Challenge coming your way! Click on the link below to play!

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This month, I am challenging you to use up certain items from your stash and then link your completed layout at Splitcoast Stampers so we can all get excited over it! I'll post a new list the first four Thursday of the month, and you have until May 31st to scrap your layout using the products. If you complete all four layouts, you will get an honorable mention for the month!

Please use:
• 1 patterned paper
• 2 wooden shapes
• 3 buttons
• 4 pieces of embroidery floss

For my layout, I only used one patterned paper for the background but I stamped two more papers to create patterned papers. Except the cardstock, all the materials for this layout were retired items from my stash!

Recipe:
Hello Friend, Noted Backgrounds, Swirl Stroke Caps & A Typeface stamp sets
Topstitch Level 2 papers
Sky & Cashmere cardstock
Olive, Chocolate, Cashmere, Desert Sand & Slate ink
Chocolate marker
Chocolate embroidery floss
Blue & Green craft buttons
Timberline Assortment wooden shapes
Pattern: Let's Scrap 4-30-14
Challenges: Scrap It Girl Mothers or Mother Nature; Scrapbook.com May Stamping challenge with a twist: stamp your background (I didn't stamp the whole background but I stamped the animal paper and the grid paper)