Party Time {Olliewood Dance} Layout

Due to low light conditions, I didn't get the sharpest photos of my daughter's school dance, but I wanted to scrap them anyway, so I picked the best three for this layout. I knew right away what papers I wanted to use for this project, but it was fun scrounging through my stash to find the perfect embellishments to go with them! I added journaling to a tag and created a pocket for it to slide into (see below). Everything came together quickly and I am pleased with the result. Hope you like it, too.

Here's the tag pulled out of the pocket, and the journaling on the reverse. Ollie the Owl is the school mascot, and that's why it was called the Olliewood Dance.

Recipe:
Simple Stitches stamp set
Laughing Lola paper
Laughing Lola Purple, Gypsy, Cotton Candy & White Daisy cardstock
Gypsy, Crystal Blue & Black ink
Gypsy marker
Party Time sticker (CM)
Just the Ticket sticker (SRM Press)
Faded Memory Lane rub-on transfers (49 and Market)
Old Soul ephemera (American Crafts)
Purple glitter trim
Black tulle ribbon
Craft buttons
Telling Our Story adhesive brads (Echo Park)
3-D foam tape (Scrapbook.com)
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: flowers
Pattern: Scraplift of Lisa's Enjoy the Ride LO from Scrapbook.com

Challenges: Crafter’s Café #335 Always anything goes - includes optional twist: no cards; Double D Challenges Wings; Love Those Pretty Papers Anything goes as long as you use lots of patterned paper; Paper Rocks Scissors #21 - used scissors to trim the tulle bow and glitter trim.

Wild and Amazing Layout

I posted the layout about decorating for this event last week, and now I am finally getting around to scrapping the actual event. The volunteers always worked so hard to make this a fun and meaningful event for the kids, and this particular year was a rousing success!

Recipe:
Atomic Lower Case Alphabet, Alphabet Solos "A" & Trinity Alphabet stamp set
Animal Kingdom papers (Echo Park)
Green Apple & Nectarine cardstock
Topiary & Creme Brulee ink
Mars Black fineliner pen (iBayam)
All Aflutter Shape Sprinkles (Doodlebug Designs)
Gold rickrack (Jo-Ann Craft Essentials)

Transparent Photo Corners (Pioneer)
Cricut Design Space: title using Amertha, BFC Night Kiss & Simply Sweet- Blocked fonts
Pattern: Splitcoast Stampers Sketch16Aug3

Challenges: NBUS Challenge #91 My never before used stuff is the Echo Park Animal Kingdom scrapbooking kit; One More Page Scrapbook layouts only; Paper Rocks Scissors #21 Used scissors to trim the rickrack; Triple B Anything goes including a bird, a bloom, and/or a butterfly. - I included all three.

Trunk or Treat 2019 Layout for LM #822

The final Lasting Memories' challenge for October is a fun one: use 3 (or more) hexagons on your layout. For this layout of a Halloween event at my daughter's school, I grabbed Rochelle Spear's current sketch and converted the circles to hexagons, and I love how it turned out! Feel free to join us over at Lasting Memories for this or any of the other challenges this month, but hurry because the linky expires on the 31st.

Recipe:
Spellbound papers
Sunset, Slate, Black & White cardstock
Sunset, Slate & Black ink
White gel pen (Sakura)
Mars Black fineliner pen (iBayam)
Jeepers Creepers washi tape
Geometric washi tape (Michaels)
Top Dog & Midnight Magic Shaper Sprinkles (Doodlebug Designs)
Cricut Design Space: title using A Child's Year font, spider, web, hexagons, candy, spirals, pumpkin
Pattern: Rochelle Spears October 2026 Sketch

Challenges: A Cut Above Anything goes with a die-cut; Colorful Options Fiery orange, dramatic blacks, and ghostly whites; Unicorn Challenge Blog #125 Autumn and/or Halloween; Scrap With Stacy October Tic Tac Toe Board - used the left column with washi tape + 2 photos + stripes.

Inspired By Challenges Candy!

Inspiration Station #90

Summer Blast Decorating Layout

I'm taking a break from my Kew Gardens photos to finish up a few layouts from Vacation Bible School 2019 (our Children's Director called it Summer Blast). One of the things I always enjoyed was decorating - guess it's an extension of my love of crafting - and so I took some photos of the awesome volunteers getting the church ready for the kids. Even though I had just ordered a new pack of jungle paper to use on this layout, I decided instead to keep it super simple with just cardstock and some old stickers that I already had in my stash, and I am glad I did since hopefully it keeps the focus on the pictures.

Recipe:
Autumn Terracotta, Garden Green & Colonial White cardstock
Autumn Terracotta & Garden Green ink
Autumn Terracotta marker
Burnt Sienna fineliner pen (iBayam)
Wild Adventures stickers
Safari stickers (MAMBI)
Janice paper flowers (Little Birdie)
Top Dog Shape Sprinkles (Doodlebug Designs)
Cricut Design Space: adventure circle, title (using Thick font)
Pattern: Stick It Down October Sketch from Facebook group (adapted for larger photos)

Challenges: A Cut Above Anything goes with die-cuts; Neglected Stuff Challenge My neglected stuff is the stickers (from 2001 and 2004 - they haven't been touched for years!); One More Page Any scrapbook layout; The Outlawz Anything But a Card.

Woodland House Layout for LM #821

This week's shape challenge over at Lasting Memories is to add at least three circle to our layout, so I used a couple of circles I cut on my Cricut plus a pre-printed ephemera circle as embellishments. This was an easy challenge, so hopefully you come on over to the blog and play along!

Recipe:
Kraft, Garden Green, New England Ivy & Almond cardstock
Garden Green, New England Ivy, Almond & Chocolate ink
Burnt Sienna fineliner pen (iBayam)
Field Notes ephemera (Idea-ology)
Birdsong Ephemera Bits (49 and Market)
Curiosities in Willow Grove rub-on transfers (49 and Market)
Midnight Magic Shape Sprinkles (Doodlebug Designs)
Green craft buttons
Colonial White & Chocolate embroidery floss
Woodgrain stencil (Amazon)
Cricut Design Space: grass, title using Quarter Note font
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #86

Challenges: A Cut Above Anything Goes with a die-cut (title, grass); Crafter's Cafe #335 Anything goes with optional twist of no cards; Little Red Wagon #880 Use a frame; Stencil Fun Anything Goes with a stencil (woodgrain).

Life's Little Pleasures Layout

Love these photos of my hubby acting like a kid as he navigated across the log trail and checked out the badger sett at Kew Gardens in London! I used a Stampin' Up kit for the majority of the page, and even though it was autumn themed, I think it went well with these springtime photos.

Recipe:
Autumn to Remember scrapbooking kit - papers, cardstock, die-cuts, stickers (SU)
Saddle, Whisper & Olive ink
Burnt Sienna fineliner pen (iBayam)
Gazebo Titles Great Lengths sticker (CM)
Sparkle Dot Essentials (SU)
Raffia (from my stash, probably off of a gift)
Peeled Paint Distress Spritz (Ranger)
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #130

Challenges: Let’s Craft and Create #236 Anything goes with optional twist: the colors of fall; Love Those Pretty Papers Anything Goes with lots of patterned paper; One More Page Any scrapbook page.

The Good Life {Kew Gardens} Layout for LM #820

This week, the challenge from Lasting Memories design team member Wendy is to use three rectangles on our layout. This was a no-brainer for me, as I wanted to use a bunch of rectangular photos. I pulled out an old sketch and got to work, adding a few photo mats (also rectangles) to create some separation between the photos. If you would like to play along, click on the link above and show us your rectangles!

Here's a close-up of the title and some detail on the photo mats. For the photo mats, I matted my photos but then folded over one end of the patterned paper so you can see the pattern on the reverse. I punched holes and inserted eyelets in them to thread the twine through and tie into bows. Haven't used this technique in forever, so I'm glad I remembered it!

Recipe:
The Flower Emporium papers (49 and Market)
July/August 2021 Mix-In papers
Kraft cardstock
Pine & Sage ink
Sap Green fineliner pen (iBayam)
Simple Vintage Essentials foam stickers (Simple Stories)
Zoo Animals stickers (Tumblebeasts)
Border stickers (MAMBI)
Antiqued bronze eyelets (MM)
My Happy Place & All Aflutter Shape Sprinkles (Doodlebug Designs)
Fern thick twine
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #51

Challenges: As You Like It Favorite fabric embellishment - I went with twine because it is so versatile to tie on or around something (here I threaded it through two holes and tied bows on two of my photo mats); Heart’s Quest Challenge Blog #88 Lime green hearts; Neglected Stuff Challenges The bird and border stickers; Triple B Anything Goes with a bird, a bloom, and/or a butterfly.

Open House Layout

Last month, I was hoping to finish up my daughter's third grade photos for her school album, but I didn't quite make it. I am saving some Halloween photos to do this month since there are so many Halloween challenges to play along with, and I never like scrapping the photo with all her classmates, so I put that off for later, which means this is almost the last layout for third grade. Open House always entails lots of photos, so I placed six photos in Flip-Flaps that lift up to reveal the photos underneath; hopefully my layout doesn't look too cluttered!

Here are a few close-ups showing some fun details from the layout:

Recipe:
Noted Backgrounds stamp set
Typeset papers
Barn Red, Juniper, Coca & Vanilla Cream cardstock
Barn Red, Juniper, Cocoa & /Bamboo ink
Burnt Sienna fineliner pen (iBayam)
Typeset canvas shapes
Cranberry Magic Mesh
Freshly Baked enamel shapes
Walnut Stain Distress Spritz (Ranger)
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: title, scalloped borders
Cricut Wall Decor and More cartridge: owl
Cricut Design Space: apple, book
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #114

Challenges: Cut It Up #366 Use more than one die-cut; Love Those Pretty Papers Anything goes as long as you use lots of patterned paper; Time Out Challenges #323 My two picks are circles and an apple.

Muffins With Mom 2017 for LM #818

It's time for another round of challenges from Lasting Memories, and this time it's all about shapes. This week, Wendy challenged us to use at least 3 triangles on our layouts, so I chose to create a banner with 3 triangular pennants on which I stamped part of my title. We would love to have you join us and show off your scrappy interpretation of this challenge!

Recipe:
Bingo Alphabet stamp set
Mayberry papers
Olive, Smoothie, Cocoa & Colonial White cardstock
Olive, Honey & Cocoa ink
Burnt Sienna fineliner pen (iBayam)
Paper flowers (Recollections)
Heartfelt Wonder felt leaves
White baker's twine
White lace
Chocolate brads
Love This Shape Sprinkles (Doodlebug Designs)
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: banner, title
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #75

Challenges: Heart’s Quest Challenge Blog #88 Anything with a heart goes; Paper Rocks Scissors #21 Used scissors to trim baker's twine and lace; Triple B Blooms; Color Dare #722 - my added color is green.

Wild Jungle Fun Layout

My daughter worked very hard on her ecosystem report about the rain forest when she was in third grade, but I only had one photo of her with the report, so I decided to print it as a 5" x 7" and give it a layout all of its own. The design is based on a layout by Lisa, one of my fellow design team members from Lasting Memories. Beside the photo, I think my favorite element on the layout is the chimp (gorilla? orangutan?) that I fussy cut from a piece of patterned paper; he looks so quizzical, like he is wondering why he's on this layout! 

I added a few close-up shots of my layout, including the journaling on the tag hidden behind the photo.

Recipe:
Summer Vibes & Sweet Safari papers
Country Woods paper (SU)

At the Zoo paper (Doodlebug Designs)

Safari paper (BoBunny)
Zoo Adventure Multi Journaling Cards (Carta Bella)
The Flower Emporium paper (49 and Market)
Garden Green, Pine, Kraft & White cardstock
Candy Apple, Glacier, Fern, Saddle & Desert Sand ink
Crisp Air enamel heart
Jungle Safari element sticker (Echo Park)
Posh Parrots sticker (Mrs. Grossman's)
Janice paper flowers (Little Birdie)
Chocolate baker's twine
Burlap ribbon
Magic Mesh
3-D foam tape
Swiss Dot embossing folder (Cuttlebug)
Paper crimper (Fiskars)
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: tag, hearts
Cricut Artiste cartridge: sleeve for tag (partly hidden under photo)
Cricut Design Space: Wild
Challenges: Can You Handle the Pressure? Used the Swiss Dot embossing folder on my kraft circles; Crafter's Cafe #334 Anything Goes with optional twist: lots of color; Heart’s Quest Challenge Blog #88 Anything with a heart goes; NBUS Challenge #91 My never before used stuff is the chimp that I fussy cut out of a cut apart paper purchased in 2023 but never used; Paper Rocks Scissors #21 Used scissors to fussy cut the chimp and hello leaf, trim the ends of the twine, cut the Magic mesh and burlap and numerous pieces of foam tape; Pick 3 Challenge #9 Used leaves, brown, and bird.