Love My Dog Layout

Our dog, Huxley, was not acquired by normal means; we were at a birthday party and one of the attendees was trying to find a home for him. We joke that he was the best party favor we ever got at a party, so that's what I based my journaling on. I used some new stuff on my layout (the papers and stickers), and the scalloped frame which had been sitting in my stash since I cut it out in 2023 but couldn't use it because my paper was too skinny and the left side got chopped off. Because I tucked the frame under my other papers, I was finally able to rescue it from the discard pile - woohoo!

Recipe:
Fur Baby Dog papers (Simple Stories)
Fur Baby 6x8 paper pad (Simple Stories)
Glacier, Cashmere & White Daisy cardstock
Glacier, Moonstruck, Goldrush, Candy Apple & Chocolate ink
Burnt Sienna fineliner pen (iBayam)
Brown marker (Zig)
Fur Baby cardstock stickers (Simple Stories)
Red gingham ribbon (Offray)
Cricut Artbooking cartridge: scalloped frame
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #103

Challenges: Neglected Stuff Challenge - mine is the scalloped frame (see story above).

Tis the Season Layout

My friend Diane hosted a Christmas tea in 2018, and for some reason I only took two photos. I am usually an avid photo taker at events like this, so I was pretty surprised at this small number of photos. However, there is a possibility this was the year I led the ladies in singing Christmas carols on guitar for the first time, so that would explain why I was so preoccupied and didn't take many photos. Hopefully Diane remembers, but in the meantime, there is no journaling on my layout because I can't remember all the facts!

The washi tape and spatters didn't show up well in my scan, so here is a close-up photo I took.

Recipe:
Love Life stamp set
Traditional Christmas Papers (KI Memories)
Woodgrain papers
Garden Green cardstock
New England Ivy, Pomegranate & Cocoa ink
Winter Reflections Accent Pack (CM)
The Holiday Life chipboard stickers (Simple Stories)
Jingle All the Way chipboard stickers (Simple Stories)
Reasons to Smile washi tape (American Crafts)
Fairy Crystals (Memory Box)
Peeled Paint Distress Spritz (Ranger)
Pattern: Splitcoast Stampers Sketch15Aug1

Challenges: Holly & Ivy Challenge #192 Anything Christmas Goes; Peace On Earth #96 Christmas; Time Out Challenges #298 Word Inspiration - I used spatter + season (perfect for my title!) + Metallic (the gold washi tape)

A Million Reasons to Smile Layout

I finished up scrapbooking the last of my November 2018 photos this morning by scrapping a birthday party for a little girl we know. We haven't seen the family for a while, so I reached out to the mom to check on her daughter's age in the photos, which turned out to be a blessing as we caught up and I remembered what great friends they were. That's my scrapbooking bonus for the day!

Recipe:
Reasons to Smile papers (American Crafts)
Lagoon & Mulberry cardstock
Lagoon & Petal ink
Petal marker
Reasons to Smile ephemera, puffy stickers, cardstock stickers, enamel dots & washi tape (American Crafts)
True Colors Floral Bits (Simple Stories)
All Aflutter Shape Sprinkles (Doodlebug Designs)
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: title, scalloped borders
Pattern: Sketch-n-Scrap #252 (throwback to 2022!)

Challenges: Crafter's Cafe #323 Anything goes with optional floral; Heart's Quest Challenge Blog #77 Orange and/or purple hearts; Love Those Pretty Papers Anything Goes with lots of patterned paper; NBUS #78 My never before used schtuff is the rainbow washi tape and the "Reason to Smile" sticker (first sticker off the sheet); Sketch-n-Scrap Throwback sketch.

Elizabethan Dinner Layout

I'm skipping all around in my scrapbooking, so today I decided to scrapbook some Christmas photos. One of the high school students at church invited my hubby and me to an Elizabethan dinner because she was on the royal court. It was a lot of fun, and since I couldn't find any music themed paper in my stash to go along with the Christmas caroling, I enjoyed creating a mixed media background using distress spritz and stamps. Mixed media is still not my forte, but I am getting braver. I'm just bummed the sparkle of the distress spritz doesn't show up well in my scans, but IRL it is very glittery!

I also included two additional photos in a pocket under the black framed photo. The pull tabs are so you can remove the photos when the page is in a page protector.

Recipe:
Universal Backgrounds & Holiday Magic stamp sets
The Holiday Life paper (Simple Stories)
Ruby, Almond, Black & White Daisy cardstock
Ruby, Toffee & Black ink
Black
The Holiday Life Page Pieces & stickers (Simple Stories)
Red glitter gems
Lumberjack Plaid & Peeled Paint Distress Spritz (Ranger)
3-D foam tape
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: tabs
Cricut Design Space: title using Poor Richard font (curved and welded to circle)
Pattern: Creative Memories Sketch found on A Cherry on Top

Challenges: Creative Inspirations, Holly & Ivy Challenge #192 & Peace on Earth Challenge #96 - all Christmas themed challenges!

Tutankhamen Cartouche Layout

I have four more layouts to scrapbook from the King Tut exhibit we went to back in July 2018, so I decided to pull out my papers and get one done this morning. This is actually a continuation of the Graven Images layout I completed back in July, and I couldn't think of a cool title, so instead I used the cartouche with Tutankhamun's name in it that I created and cut using Cricut Design Space. If you're fluent in Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, you should be able to read my title easily!

Recipe:
Land of Pharaohs paper (Stamperia)
Pacifica & Canary cardstock
Pacifica, Canary & Bamboo ink
Ancient Egypt Ephemera book (Ruth Harding - purchased on Amazon)
Indian Corn Blue embroidery floss
Blue sparkles
Circle Double Stitched Steel Dies (Art Impressions)
Cricut Art philosophy cartridge: banners
Cricut Design Space: Tutankhamun cartouche using image found on Wikipedia Commons
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #64 rotated right

Challenges: Paper Rocks Scissors #8 - used scissors to fussy cut the mask ephemera and trim the embroidery floss; Try It On Tuesday Pretty papers - my photos covered up a lot of this fabulous piece of paper, but you can see the left strip and two other sections.

The Mission Layout

Today I scrapped some more photos for my son's school album, and it was funny to see what he chose to photograph when he went on a field trip to the San Juan Capistrano Mission. All his photos were horizontal, and he didn't include any people in them, and hardly any exteriors of the mission buildings, but he got a gorgeous photo of the church altar! At any rate, I had fun working with the photos, and even managed to create a little vignette for the bottom left corner of the layout.

This is the scene from the mission that I was trying to replicate.

Recipe:
Tan Squares paper (Rusty Pickle)
Cocoa, Paprika, Toffee, Mocha, Lagoon, Sage, Olive, Shortbread & Black cardstock
Cocoa, Autumn Terracotta, Toffee, Espresso, Lagoon & Olive ink
Sienna fineliner pen (iBayam)
ShinHan Touch Twin markers
Sweet Safari PML card
Love This Shape Sprinkles (Doodlebug Designs)
Cricut Design Space: title (using Amertha font), mission, tree, brackets
Patterns: EMS Sketch Challenges #48 & #12

  AND

Challenges: Heart's Quest Challenge Blog #77 Orange and/or purple hearts; Anything Goes in a Card Free Zone; Inkspirational #350 I already had a beautiful tree in one of my photos, so I added the die-cut olive tree to my page as well as the branches on the journaling card.

Super Layout for Lasting Memories #769

Can't believe it's already time for the final LM challenge of September, but here it is! This week, Sandy challenged us to use plaid paper. Plaid can be kind of overwhelming in large doses, so I elected to just include a long strip and a small one as accents to the apple paper on my layout. It's been a low-participation month over at LM (people must be busy with school starting), so hopefully this is the inspiration you need to grab some photos and dig some plaid paper out of your stash and join this challenge!

Thanks to Lisa over at Scrapbook.com for the inspiration to do the circle journaling tag!

Recipe:
Harvest Apple Plaid paper (Daisy D)
Sweet Safari papers & journaling cards
Espresso & White Daisy cardstock
Espresso, Candy Apple & Lagoon ink
Burnt Sienna fineliner pen (iBayam)
School Is Cool ephemera icons (Bella Blvd)
Field Trip Puffy Thickers (American Crafts)
Candy Apple Striped ribbon
Wooden arrow (Crafter's Square)
Simply White Nuvo Drops
Staple
Pattern: Sketch-n-Scrap #320

Challenges: Paper Rocks Scissors #8 - used scissors to cut the striped ribbon; Neglected Stuff - mine is the apple paper, which has been sitting in a box since 2014 when my neighbor gave it to me because she was moving!

Presidio Layout

I'm working on my son's school album this week, so here is another layout, this time with his "presidio" project for California history. 

Recipe:
Pet Shoppe Cat paper (Simple Stories)
Fur Baby 6x8 paper (Simple Stories)
Glacier, Sundance, Candy Apple & White Daisy cardstock
Glacier, Honey, Candy Apple & Outdoor Denim ink
Outdoor Denim marker
Ruby Red fineliner pen (iBayam)
Reasons to Smile ephemera (American Crafts)
Bold & Bright ephemera (American Crafts)
Love You More Shape Sprinkles (Doodlebug Designs)
Chevon embossing folder
Cricut Artistry cartridge: title
Pattern: Sketch Savvy 87

Challenges: Can You Handle the Pressure? Embossing with optional twist of lots of layers; Neglected Stuff Challenges- mine is the double sided heart/stripe paper that I bought in March 2023 and never used.

Air Museum Layout

My husband has a life-long love affair with flight, train, and car museums, so here are some photos from the Palm Springs Air Museum. I didn't add any journaling here since it will be on the pocket page I am putting between the two pages in my album. I think I am going to make my hubby write it, too!

Recipe:
Vicki Boutin Mixed Media Collection stamps (American Crafts)
Watercolor Patterned paper (Recollections)
Vick Boutin Mixed Media Collection papers (American Crafts)
Fall 2019 Mix In papers
Juniper, Sapphire, Black & White Daisy cardstock
Canary, Saffron, Juniper & Black ink
Beetle Black puffy hearts (Doodlebug Designs)
Summer Afternoon Enamel Shapes (Altenew)
Bold & Bright Puffy Title Stickers (American Crafts)
Black Geometric washi tape (Recollections)
Cricut Design Space: title using Austin Hearts font
Cricut You Are Here cartridge: airplane, helicopter
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #51

Challenges: The Outlawz Anything Goes in a Card-Free Zone; Alphabet Challenge Blog L is for Love Letters with Hearts -  since my husband loves flight museums, I added three hearts to each side of the layout plus one in the title.

First Day Layout

I decided to scrapbook another layout in my son's school album, so I pulled out some Bella Blvd supplies and played along with a few challenges to get this page done.

Recipe:
Chloe papers & stickers (Bella Blvd)
Star Spangled Blue, Flaxen & Cranberry cardstock
Flaxen & Nectarine ink
Star Spangled Blue marker
School Is Cool ephemera icons (Bella Blvd)
Spring Fun sticker (KI Memories)
Warm and Cozy enamel dots (Altenew)
Cricut Artbooking cartridge: title, apple, ruler
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #104

Challenges: Let's Craft & Create #223 Anything Goes with optional twist: lots of layers; The Outlawz Anything Goes in a Card Free Zone; Colorful Options Anything Goes