LOAD #19 - USS Midway

We took a ton of photos during our trip to the USS Midway, and I didn't want to do 5 layouts of it, so I tried to cram as many pictures as I could onto this layout. I used the pattern Stars Above from Imagine for the design, and I replaced some of the large photo spaces with multiple smaller photos. Hopefully, you get the picture of our trip!



Recipe:
Hero's Pride stamp set
Majestic Blue Level 2 papers
Bamboo, Indian Corn Blue & Chocolate cardstock
Chocolate & Desert Sand ink
Indian Corn Blue marker
Plantain cartridge (Cricut)

LOAD #18 - Cake & Presents

I really need to get back on the ball and finish my layouts earlier in the day. Tomorrow morning is busy again, but hopefully I can get back on track by Wednesday. This layout is the final one in my series from the coolest princess party ever. Check out the great princess cake! I was inspired by the sketches in the July/August issue of Creating Keepsakes, so I used the basic idea and adapted it to my photos. Hope you like it.



Recipe:
Chocolate Alphabet Small, It's YOur DAy & Good Times stamp sets
Life Delights Level 2 papers
Lilac Mist & White Daisy cardstock
Lilac Mist, Blush, Chocolate & Creme Brulee ink
Chocolate marker
Chocolate grosgrain ribbon
Chocolate brads

LOAD #17 - Blue Sharks

Today's page uses the same pattern (Small Packages) as yesterday's, and it's the same subject (soccer pictures), but you can see how the two look totally different because I used different supplies. I also used stitching on both layouts, but whereas yesterday's featured embroidery floss, today I got lazy and just used a marker to create faux stitches.



Recipe:
Best Shot & Cocktail Alphabet stamp sets
Stardust Level 2 papers
Bamboo & White Daisy cardstock
Dutch Blue, Desert Sand & Moonstruck ink
Moonstruck marker
White gel pen (Marvy)

LOAD #16 - Red Devils

I'm home after a long but fulfilling day at a leadership seminar, and I have my layout completed. Woohoo! I used the pattern Small Packages from Imagine for this one, and so I was able to pack in 12 photos and hopefully not have it look too busy. I also hope that any physics majors who see this layout are not too hard on me regarding the trajectory of the soccer ball. It's probably physically impossible, but I'm a scrapbooker, so you have to cut me some slack!



Recipe:
Extreme Caps & Best Shot stamp sets
Emporium Level 2 papers
Cocoa & Colonial White cardstock
Cocoa & Vineyard Berry ink
Vineyard Berry marker
Sweet Leaf embroidery floss

LOAD #15 - Forestiere Underground Gardens

I've been trying to finish up my layouts in the morning so I can post them by noon, but today was a hectic day. In fact, this has been a crazy week. We "sold" our house contingent on us finding a new house, lost out on the house we wanted to purchase (by 90 minutes), and I've spent the last 2 days scouring the area for another home we liked enough to move from our current one. Found it today, so we've been doing paperwork and been on the phone with our realtor all day. If all goes well, I will have a big scraproom by this time next month! Anyway, I finally got a chance to sit down and work on my layout today after dinner, so it is pretty simple, but at least it tells the story. You probably have to click on the picture and enlarge it to see this, but I used a circle punch to create the arches in the bottom border paper, and then stamped plants on the background paper that peeks out from behind it. Fun! BTW, I may be posting late tomorrow as well since I'll be at a seminar until 5, but we'll see if I can whip another one out tonight!



Recipe:
Friendship Alphabet Small & Intrinsic Backgrounds stamp sets
Unknown patterned paper from my stash!
Heavenly Blue & Bamboo cardstock
Topiary & Chocolate ink
CM circle punch

LOAD #14 - Ready to Ride

I'm almost done scrapping photos from our 2006 Yosemite vacation. These photos were taken outside Yosemite on the Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad. My boys had a lot of fun, especially the elder since at the time he was a huge fan of "The Polar Express." I used the pattern Creative Rhythm from Jeanette Lynton's book Cherish for the design.



Recipe:
Passages & Route 66 Level 2 papers
Black & Desert Sand cardstock
Black ink
Black marker
Silhouette My Stickease alphabet stickers
Train Stickers (Stickopotamous)
Ribbon (Michaels)

EMS Sketch Challenge 21 & LOAD #13 - Climbing Half Dome Layout

I promised a sketch challenge every other Wednesday, so here it is. I'm scrapping a lot of panaromic pictures because my husband just loves to take them, but if you don't have a single picture to fit the bottom 2 spots, you could use 3 4"x6" photos. My panoramic photo ended up being a little shorter than 6", so I was able to add the "mountains" to the bottom of the page. I hauled out my old deckle scissor (remember when those were all the rage?) and cut a border, and then hand cut at irregular intervals to make the mountains taller.

The sketch:

My Layout:

Recipe:

Classmate Alphabet, Charm Uppercase Alphabet, Charm Lowercase Alphabet, Beautiful Things, Journaling Jots, & True Friends stamp sets

Stardust Level 2 papers 

Bamboo & Dutch Blue cardstock

Bamboo, Topiary & Moonstruck ink

Moonstruck marker

Deckle scissors (SU)

LOAD #12 - Tenaya Lake

I have to give a shout-out to fellow CTMH consultant Lela as I post today's layout. I was totally inspired by the color combination on her At the Bay layout that used pastel blue and a bold red. I loved the look and wanted to try it on my own layout. I love how it came out, and will probably be using this combo again, so thanks, Lela! Thanks also to Jeanette Lynton; I used the pattern Pleasing Paradigm from her book Cherish as the basis for the layout.



Recipe:
Extreme Caps stamp set
MME patterned papers
Heavenly Blue & Cocoa cardstock
Cocoa & Twilight ink
Twilight marker
Heartfelt Wonder diecuts
Spring Blossom Just Blooms
Spring Blossom Mini Medley (brads)
Liquid Glass

LOAD #11 - Dog Lake

I usually use my blog to show off the wonderful Close to My Heart Products that I love so much, but I do actually have a bunch of non-CTMH products that I've collected over the years. I'm trying to use up some of them on my Yosemite scrapbook (pictures from our 2006 vacation), so the layouts for this week will be a mix of CTMH and other manufacturers. Today's layout is also my submission for an inspiration challenge for Split Coast Stampers. The challenge was to use leaves on your project, and I had some pretty leaf paper that I thought worked well with my pictures. If you're interested in participating in this challenge, the deadline is October 17, and you can get the details here. Let me know if you submit a layout. I get extra-credit for referring you!



Recipe:
Making Memories paper
Moonstruck, Barn Red & Vanilla Cream cardstock
Brown Bag & Barn Red ink
Brown Bag marker
Chipboard alphabet (JoAnns)
Pewter brads
Leaf punch (Family Treasures)

LOAD #10 - Kindergarten Portrait

Anyone notice that today is 10/10/10? Kinda cool!

I am so far behind on my boys' school albums. My oldest son is in third grade and I am just completing a layout for his kindergarten portrait. Oh well, I have scrapped several other events from kindergarten, so maybe I should just enjoy reliving how little he was in kindergarten. This is a scraplift of a layout in the spring 2008 CTMH idea book. I loved the colors and papers, and they fit so well with his photo, so I just changed it a little to fit the supplies I had.



Recipe:
Friendship Alphabet Small stamp set
It’s a Guy Thing Level 2 papers & My Stickease
Desert Sand, Colonial White, Cocoa & Olive cardstock
Desert Sand ink
Pewter photo hangers
Olive button
Tan hemp