4th Grade Open House for Lasting Memories #777

Is it okay to say I am loving this month's challenges for Lasting Memories, even though I am the one who picked them out? LOL! They are all based on children's picture books, and this week the book is the Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. I love the bright colors on the cover, and my kids always loved the holes in the book, so I used both of those as inspiration (holes are the scalloped borders with holes in them). I also included a butterfly and, since I didn't have a caterpillar, I used a bookworm  instead because it was as close as I could get. We would love to have you join us over at Lasting Memories to inspire us with your take on this or any of the picture book challenges!

Here's the book cover:

And I also found a photo of my son in kindergarten when they voted on their favorite Erik Carle book, and he chose this book. Nothing to do with the layout except it's the same kiddo!

Recipe:
Captured Happiness stamp set
I Can Count paper (Reminisce)
Kraft, Candy Apple & White Daisy cardstock
Candy Apple, Canary & Chocolate ink
Moonstruck marker
Acrylic Shapes
School Is Cool ephemera icons (Bella Blvd)
DE Booksmart chipboard
Topiary brads
Cricut Design Space: title using A Child's Year font
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #125 - I adapted it a little since I only had vertical photos and wanted to use a big piece of the number paper

Challenges: Neglected Stuff - used the number paper which has been in my stash forever, and the bookplate labels which are newer but still neglected for a long time; Paper Rocks Scissors #10 - used scissors to cut the paper behind the yellow heart outline.

Pharaoh's Shopping List? Layout

When we went to the King Tut exhibit in 2018, we took a ton of pictures, so every once in a while, I go back to get a few more scrapped. For these ones featuring some of the jewelry found in his tomb, I wanted to do something different from my other Tut layouts, so I grabbed some washi tape in bright colors to make the striped piece on the side, and then pulled some matching cardstock to make the mosaic frame. The title and journaling was inspired by a challenge about shopping over at Park Hopping My Happy Place; it got me wondering how Tut selected his jewelry, so I wrote about that. The jewelry ephemera was a late addition, and I'm not sure I love it, but it's okay because it feels good to conquer another page!

Recipe:
Slice of Life paper (American Crafts)
Sapphire, Crystal Blue, Honey Butter, Raspberry & White Daisy cardstock
Sapphire, Crystal Blue, Honey & Desert Sand ink
Prussian Blue fineliner pen (iBayam)
Washi tape (Recollections)Ancient Egypt Ephemera book (Ruth Harding - purchased on Amazon)
Heavenly Blue organdy ribbon
Heart punch (Ek Success)
Tim Holtz Dot Fade stencil (Stampers Anonymous)
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: circle tag
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #111

Challenges: Heart's Quest Challenge Blog #79 Anything goes with brown or yellow hearts; Park Hopping My Happy Place inspired by shopping theme!

Another Year Older Layout for Lasting Memories #776

I mentioned in an earlier post that I am hosting the Lasting Memories challenges this month, and my theme is children's picture books. Today's book features one of my son's favorites characters: Pete the Cat. I already scrapbooked a layout of him with a Pete the Cat book, so I couldn't use that photo, so I decided to go with the bright colors on the cover and added some buttons. We would love to see how this book inspires you, so please click on the link above to get all the details on how to submit your layout.

Here's the book cover:

And I couldn't resist adding the photo of my son with his Pete the Cat book that he got at McDonalds!

Recipe:
Sweet Safari papers & PML card
Bluebird, Candy Apple, Sundance & Black cardstock
Bluebird, Candy Apple & Espresso ink
Burnt Sienna fineliner pen (iBayam)
White gel pen (Sakura)
Red ribbon (Offray)
My Happy Place Shape Sprinkles - hearts (Doodlebug Designs)
Craft buttons (from my stash, source unknown)
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: tag
Cricut Artbooking cartridge: frame
Cricut Design Space: title using BFC Night Kiss font
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #111 (reversed)

Challenges: Colorful Options - rainbow of colors; Crafty Calendar - add a button; Heart's Quest Celebration of Love #11 - birthday theme.

Where the Wild Things Are Layout

I'm hosting the challenges this month over at Lasting Memories, and I thought it would be fun to use picture books as inspiration. Unfortunately, I couldn't get my act together in time to finish a layout for the first challenge, but I want to play along with all the challenges, so here is mine for Where the Wild Things Are. These photos of my daughter and her friends being goofy seemed perfect for the title, and I tried to pick up some of the colors from the artwork, as well as including one of Max's monsters. The title was a real challenge since it was hand lettered and never digitized, but I ended up scanning the cover and editing it in Cricut Design Space to remove all the fuzziness until I ended up with a sharp enough outline to cut. Lots of work, but I love how it turned out. Hopefully you are inspired to come on over and see the design team's inspiration and then create your own layout for the challenge!

Here's the book cover that inspired me:

Recipe:
Twitterpated papers
Mocha, Sorbet, Sweet Leaf, Slate & White Daisy cardstock
Mocha, Sorbet & Sweet Leaf ink
Sienna fineliner pen (iBayam)
Sweet Safari PML card
My Crush Bestie Assortment stickers
Bon Bon & Blue Jean Heart puffy stickers (Doodlebug Designs)
Sorbet grosgrain ribbon
Googly eyes (from my stash, source unknown)
Cricut Design Space: title, monster, palm leaf overlay, banners
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #75

Challenges: A Cut Above anything goes with a die-cut;  Heart's Quest Challenge Blog #79 - used brown hearts; Love Those Pretty Papers - my forest critter is the monster from the book, although maybe he's more of a jungle critter, not sure since he's imaginary!; Paper Rocks Scissors #10 - used scissors to trim the ribbon and cut some rough edges off of the monster.

EMS Sketch Challenge #125 + Christmas Eve Layout

I haven't done a sketch challenge since August, so here's a new one that hopefully lots of scrappers will enjoy and use. It houses 8 photos plus still has room for some embellishing. I especially love the 2" x 2" squares, which are perfect for those little cut apart cards you often get in a paper pack. As always, feel free to adapt the sketch to fit your photos, use only one page, rotate it, etc., but be sure to leave a link in the comments so I can admire your finished layout!

Here's the sketch:

And here's my layout, staying pretty true to the sketch except I split the title and cropped the top two photos into squares and added a little bit more patterned paper below each.

Recipe:
Stardust papers & stickers
Cashmere, Moonstruck & White Daisy cardstock
Moonstruck, Topiary, Cranberry & Chocolate ink
Moonstruck marker
The Holiday Life stickers and cut apart cards (Simple Stories)
Cranberry conchos
Simply White Nuvo Drops
Spray pen
Cricut Design Space: Eve, scalloped borders
Challenges: Inkspirational #353 Seeing Stars - 6 star stickers plus some more stars on the patterned paper; Little Red Wagon #831 Candle in the Wind - my light source was the stars; Crafter's Cafe #324 Anything Goes with optional Christmas theme

The Truth About Me Layout

Kristin over at A Cherry on Top hosts the Picture Yourself challenge, and this month the challenge was to scrap about a little known fact about yourself. Mine is that, despite trying really hard to be outgoing and friendly, I am really an introvert. Part of the challenge was to include a picture of just yourself, so I dug one up that I don't absolutely hate (LOL!), and that inspired me to also play along with the Challenge YOUrself blog this month and create a black and white + one color (mine is pink) layout.

Recipe:
Story FYI stamp set
Modern Christmas paper (SU)
Spring 2020 Mix In paper
My Happy Place paper (Doodlebug Designs)
Molly paper (Bella Blvd)
Oh Happy Day paper cut apart card (Simple Stories)
Flamingo, Black & White Daisy cardstock
Flamingo, Raspberry, Smoothie & Black ink
Black & Watermelon markers
DE Monograms chipboard - M, E
Bubblegum embroidery floss
All Aflutter Shape Sprinkles (Doodlebug Designs)
White acrylic flowers
Oh Happy Day sticker (Simple Stories)
Spots & Dots embossing folder (Cuttlebug)
Cricut Artbooking cartridge: camera
Pattern: Sketch-n-Scrap #321

Challenges: Challenge YOUrself  #142 Black and White + one color - I chose shades of pink; Can You Handle the Pressure - added embossing to the big circle and the paper strip on the left; NBUS #79 - my never before used schtuff is the loopy background paper from a kit I just bought from SU; The Outlawz Twisted Thursday Anything Goes with twist of All Tied Up - I tied an embroidery floss bow onto my chipboard and used some more floss to add stitches to the top of the layout.

Family Photos Layout

We spent Christmas 2018 with my extended family, and it was a great opportunity to get photos of  the different family groups with my parents, in addition to a rare one of all my siblings with our parents. The scan didn't come out well, and as I mentioned in my journaling, nobody thought to plan ahead so we all wore matching colors, but I still love the photos because they preserve the memory of my family, imperfect but so precious to me.

Recipe:
Traditional Christmas papers (KI Memories)
Believe papers
The Holiday Life papers - cut apart tags (Simple Stories)
Topiary, Ruby & Black cardstock
Topiary, Ruby & Black ink
Black marker
DE Framed Fun chipboard
Tulip sparkle flowers and sparkles
White Daisy grosgrain ribbon
Silver thread (from my stash, source unknown)
Black glitter enamel dots (Eyelet Outlet)
Cricut Artbooking cartridge: hearts
Cricut Design Space: title
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #107

Challenges: Paper Rocks Scissors #9 - used scissors to trim ribbon ends and cut silver thread; Crafter's Cafe #324 Anything Goes with optional Christmas theme;  The Outlawz Anything Goes in a Card Free Zone

I {Heart} This Layout

These pictures were all taken during the week my sister and her family visited So Cal for my nephew's graduation, but other than that, they seemed to have little in common. But then I happened across a challenge over at A Cherry on Top and decided to use the quote "I wish we could stay here forever and ever and ever" to tie them together. FYI: I added some buttons to my layout, and the bulk made it hard to scan, so sorry about the not-great quality of the page.

Click on the layout for a close up of the journaling.

Recipe:
This & That stamp set
Boom-di-Ada papers
Olive, Autumn Terracotta, Barn Red & Buttercup cardstock
Autumn Terracotta, Barn Red & Olive ink
White gel pen (Sakura)
Boom-di-Ada stickers
Olive & Autumn Terracotta baker's twine
Olive & Autumn Terracotta embroidery floss
Autumn Terracotta spiral clips
Craft buttons
Irresistibles Frames chipboard
Farmhouse Collection - Love This Shape Sprinkles hearts (Doodlebug)
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: flowers
Challenges: Love Those Pretty Papers; Heart's Quest Challenge Blog #79 Brown or yellow/gold hearts

Off to School Layout

I've been working on my daughter's school album this week, but since I don't have any more photos printed for her, I switched to my son's album. I'm starting his 5th grade photos, so almost done with elementary school. He's 20 now, so I am a little behind - LOL! Here was first day of school. I had fun making the little composition notebook with his name on it and framing the piece of cork paper with woodgrain paper to create the bulletin board with my first day of school letter on it. I also tried out an ink splat stencil that I had never used before, and I love the slightly messy look it adds to the page, perfect for my ADHD kiddo.

Recipe:
Take Note stamp set
Smarty Pants & Woodgrain papers
Black & White Daisy cardstock
Desert Sand, Sunny Yellow, Candy Apple, Sapphire & Juniper ink
Black marker
Smarty Pants stickers
School Is Cool Ephemera Icons (Bella Blvd)
Enjoy #Life journaling card
To Go Sentiments rub-ons (K & Company)
Tape measure ribbon (Offray)
Ink splat stencil (from Amazon)
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #3 (I'm trying to use it four times this month for a challenge over at Scrapbook.com, so you will probably see this sketch again!)

Challenges: Colorful Options - I don't have any Halloween photos to scrap for the orange and black option, so I went with the rainbow of colors instead; Inkspirational #353 Seeing Stars -  a star border plus lots of little stars scattered around; Stencil Fun - pulled out a new ink splat stencil to add some messiness to the layout.

Brianna's 2nd Grade Class Layout

Yesterday I created a layout with my daughter's 2nd grade class portrait on it, and now here is the companion page with her whole class. I used basically the same supplies so the two pages would coordinate well. The Sketch-n-Scrap throwback sketch was my inspiration, but I had to make a few changes since the photo is an 8x10 instead of the smaller ones from the sketch. Super happy to use most of the burgundy floral paper, which has been in my stash since at least 2006! I have a little bit left, so I might need to make a card just to finish it off.

Recipe:
Color Kaleidoscope & Vicki Boutin Mixed Media paper (American Crafts)
Burgundy floral paper (from my stash, source unknown)
Black cardstock
Lagoon, Ruby & Blush ink
School Is Cool Ephemera Icons (Bella Blvd)
Beetle Black & Bon Bon Heart Assortment puffy stickers (Doodlebug)
Cricut Artiste cartridge: filmstrip
Pattern: Sketch-n-Scrap 12th Birthday Bash Sketch #3

Challenges: A Cut Above Anything Goes with a die-cut; Heart's Quest Challenges #78 Anything Goes with orange or black hearts; The Outlawz Anything Goes in a Card Free Zone