Science Fair Project Layout

I took a detour from working on snow themed layouts from our Mammoth vacation to go back to my son's science fair project from 2014. Since I hadn't played along with Color My Heart's color dares for a while, I decided to try using their color scheme with orange and green plus neutrals, and I  am pretty happy with how it turned out, although I kept wanting to add blue because of my son's attire!

Recipe:
Everyday Celebrations, Dotty for You & Basic Paper Fundamentals papers
Nectarine & Chocolate cardstock
Nectarine, Chocolate & Sweet Leaf ink
Burnt Sienna fineliner marker (iBayam)
My Crush Wildwood Assortment journaling card
Chocolate brads
My Happy Place Shape Sprinkles (Doodlebug Designs)
Cricut Artiste cartridge: title
Cricut Design Space: hexagons, hearts, circles, squares
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #100

Challenges: Heart's Quest Challenge Blog #72 

 Color My Heart Color Dare #647

Days to Remember {April 2018] Layout for Lasting Memories #747

Hello everyone. Hope you all had a blessed Easter and didn't eat too much chocolate! I was able to get some scrapbooking in after church and lunch with the family, so here's what I came up with. This week's Lasting Memories challenge is a favorite sketch from Design Team member Lisa, and  I meant to get my layout done in time for the reveal yesterday, but no such luck. However, I did get inspired this morning and was able to complete it, so here it is.

I included a third photo in a pocket behind the two photos:

And here is the sketch (the challenge is open through 5/3, so click the link above to check it out and play along):

Recipe:
Simple Stitches, Besties - Zoey & Buddies - Joey stamp sets
Vicki Boutin Mixed Media paper (American Crafts)
Field Trip Journaling Pad paper (American Crafts)
Floral papers (from my stash, source unknown)
Tulip, Glacier, Chocolate, Hollyhock, Slate, Sky, Sage & White Daisy cardstock
Tulip, Sky, Twilight, Gypsy & Black ink
Black marker
ShinHan Touch Twin markers
Telling Our Story Adhesive Brads & Chipboard (Echo Park)
Freshly Baked enamel dots
Spring Fun Scrapbooking kit - stickers (KI Memories)
3-D foam tape
Besties - Zoey & Buddies - Joey Thin Cuts
Mini flower punch (EK Success)
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: flowers, branch
Challenges: Let's Craft and Create #218 AG + add flowers (grabbed my bag of pre-cut but unused Cricut cut flowers and used a bunch on this layout!); Neglected Stuff April challenge (my neglected stuff is the boy and girl Thin Cuts and stamps that I have only used once since I got them in 2022, plus the stitching stamp, the days to remember and tab stickers, and the two pieces of floral paper, all sitting in my stash for 10-15 years!); The Outlawz Anything Goes in a Card Free Zone April challenge; Unicorn Challenges #108 Use Dies (used 2 Thin Cut dies to cut out the boy and girl, and also used a bunch of die cut flowers and a leafy branch that were cut on my Cricut)

Snow Play Layout

Although it never snows where we live, I have scrapbooked a surprising number of snow themed layouts. What surprised me even more is that I have never titled one Snow Play (at least since I started my blog in 2009). So I guess this layout title is past due! The photos were taken on the third day of our 2018 Mammoth vacation. After cutting out the circle photos, I used the leftover scraps to cut out the title and the snowflakes on my Cricut. I don't think I have done this with photos since before I got my first Cricut, so it was a fun technique to use again, and I love that the snow pattern gives a little more interest than plain white cardstock.

Recipe:
Fresh Air papers
New England Ivy cardstock
Vellum
New England Ivy, Toffee & Glacier ink
Simply White Nuvo Drops
Cricut Artiste cartridge: title
Cricut Accent Essentials cartridge: snowflakes
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #78 turned upside down

Challenges: Cut It Up Challenges #328 Starts with a C - my C is circles; I used six circle photos and a patterned paper circle.

Mammoth Vacation Layout

This week, I went back and worked on my intro page for our Mammoth vacation. I used some old papers gifted me by a neighbor, and I actually love the pink and brown color combo with some added touches of blue and orange. Hope you like it, too.

On another note, ever since I got a new computer, the very old software I use to stitch together the scans of my layout has not been working well. Somedays, I can get it to work fine, but other days, it tells me I don't have enough memory to do anything! If you have a great suggestion for stitching together scanned halves of layouts, please let me know, because I am getting super frustrated (and don't even get me started on the challenge of putting a double page layout on a 24"x12" canvas)!

Recipe:
Friendship Alphabet Small stamp set
Patterned papers (name and source unknown, given to me by a friend)
Goldrush, Cocoa, Carolina & White Daisy cardstock
Goldrush & Cocoa ink
Burnt Sienna fineliner pen (iBayam)
Candid Moments PML cards
Brown grosgrain ribbon (Offray)
Cricut You Are here cartridge: title
Art philosophy cartridge: banner, scalloped borders
Various Cricut cartridges and punches: snowflakes
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #33

Challenges: Challenge YOUrself #136 Use Scallops + include a photo of yourself (obviously I used more photos than just of me, but I love the photo of me cuddling the stuffed animal); Unicorn Challenges #108 Use Dies (hopefully die-cuts done on a machine count, because I used a bunch!); A Cut Above April challenge Anything Goes with a die-cut (banner, title, snowflakes, scalloped borders); Neglected Stuff Challenges April challenge (my neglected stuff is the pink and brown patterned papers a neighbor gave me when she moved in 2014 - they have been sitting in my stash ever since); Anything Goes in a Card Free Zone April challenge

Dr. Seuss Day Layout

This cute photo is from Dr. Seuss Day in 2018, and I enjoyed mixing a few die-cuts that I created in Cricut Design Space with some school themed and floral ephemera to make a fun layout commemorating the day. The hat, fish, and journaling are inspired by my daughter's childhood favorite, the Cat in the Hat!

It's kind of hard to see in the scan above, but I added some Liquid Glass raindrops in the upper corner to represent the cold, cold wet day!

Recipe:
My Happy Place papers (Doodlebug Designs)
Raspberry, Lagoon, Goldrush, Candy Apple, Black & White Daisy cardstock
Raspberry, lagoon, Goldrush & Black ink
Black marker
White gel pen (Sakura)
DE Monograms chipboard
Reasons to Smile ephemera (American Crafts)
Heartstrings Sentiment Bits (Simple Stories)
Liquid Glass
Scalloped scissors (CM)
Cricut Design Space: hat, fish
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: scalloped border
Challenges: Let's Craft & Create #218 anything goes + flowers; Double Trouble Challenges #188 Spring Showers Recipe: Thing 1 = 3 colors of the rainbow + 2 die-cuts + 1 scene (mine is the fish + the corner that I cut using scalloped scissors to represent water) and Thing 3: Liquid Glass raindrops for the cold, wet day from Cat in the Hat

Elliot's Adoption Day Layout for Lasting Memories #745

This month's challenges at Lasting Memories are all about sketches, one of my favorite scrapbooking techniques, and this week I got to choose the sketch. I selected one that I created and have used eight times in my albums over the years, but this time I only used the right side, which I rotated to the left. After looking at my photos on the page, I decided to also center them for a more balanced look. I love that sketches can be so versatile, don't you? Please join us over at Lasting Memories to see the sketches and to add your own take on them!

Here's my single page layout. Fun Fact: the attorney's clerk spelled my son's new name incorrectly on his adoption papers, but it was only when I registered him for high school that we noticed his name on his birth certificate was listed with a double L on the end, not one as we requested - oops! We had to jump through lots of hoops to get his name changed on all his records so he could get a driver's license. I decided to use the spelling we chose on all his layouts because that's what we really wanted.

And here's the sketch I based it on:

Recipe:
Feel So Blessed stamp set
She's Magic paper (American Crafts)
My Happy Place papers & sticker
Juniper, Pixie & Sage cardstock
Juniper & Cotton Candy ink
Black marker
Bubblegum Hearts Puffy Shapes (Doodlebug Designs)
Cricut Artistry cartridge: hearts
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: scalloped border
Challenges: Cut It Up Challenges #327 Die-cuts + anything but a card; Unicorn Challenge Blog #108 Use dies (mine were the hearts and scalloped border)

On the Slopes {at Mammoth} for Lasting Memories #744

It's time for Lasting Memories' first challenge of April (a little early but I don't imagine anyone will complain!), and this month we will be featuring favorite sketches of the design team. This week, Sandy chose a Scrapbook Generation sketch that features 6 photos, so I decided to scrapbook pictures from a trip to Mammoth my family took in spring 2018. I had to adapt it a tiny bit, but you can still tell I used the sketch. I love how it all came together, and hopefully have inspired you to go check out the challenge - just click on the link above and join us!

Here's my layout:

And here's the sketch:

Recipe:
Love These People and This & That stamp sets
Traditional Christmas papers (KI Memories)
Magic Moments Scrapbooking kit papers & stickers
Dutch Blue, Barn Red & White Daisy cardstock
Dutch Blue, Pixie, Hollyhock & Sweet Leaf ink
Dutch Blue marker
Bold & Bright ephemera (American Crafts)
Cupcake Heart Puffy Shapes (Doodlebug Designs)
Paper crimper (Fiskars)
Cricut You Are Here cartridge: title
Challenges: Love Those Pretty Papers Anything Goes using patterned papers (I used up a whole sheet of paper plus some large scraps on this layout); Inkspirational #338 (this is always a little challenging to figure out when I'm scrapbooking, but hopefully "adventure awaits together" and "you've got this" count as sentiments)

Thor & Huxley Layout

These two pictures of my pets were taken in the same month but not the same day, but I scrapped them together because I loved the way both pets seemed to be looking straight at me! I couldn't decide on a place to put my journaling (two things I copied from my Facebook posts about these two photos), so I popped up the photo mat to create a pocket for each bit of journaling.

Here are the journaling cards:

Recipe:
Magnolia papers (MME)
Fur Baby 6x8 paper pad (Simple Stories)
Star Spangled Blue, Nectarine, Sundance, Paprika, Pear & White Daisy cardstock
Star Spangled Blue & Nectarine ink
Star Spangled Blue & Black marker
Embossing pen
Clear embossing powder
Sweet Leaf grosgrain ribbon
Green washi tape (from my stash, source unknown)
Timberline Assortment wooden shape
Charmalong key charm (Bead Landing)
Gold eyelets (Making Memories)
Chloe sticker & Ciao Chip chipboard (Bella Blvd)
Fur Baby - Dog chipboard (Simple Stories)
3-D foam tape
Scalloped border punch (Fiskars)
Cricut Artbooking cartridge: sun, &
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: butterflies
Pattern: Sketch-n-Scrap #314 (includes the recipe found below - my thing found in the sky is the sun, and my spring thing is butterflies))

Challenges: Anything Goes in a Card Free Zone; Neglected Stuff March challenge (I used a super old paper pack called Magnolia, not sure of the date but probably been in my stash for 15+ years) 

Together {Easter Sunday 2018} Layout for LM #743

Hi everyone. I've been scrapping up a storm this week, and it's Sunday again, so here is my latest layout along with my design team reveal for Lasting Memories. In keeping with our Going in Circles theme, the challenge was to use circular ephemera or stamped images to embellish your layout. I chose to use some Easter photos from 2018 (love seeing my family all dressed up) and used stamped circles and embossed cardstock circles. If you would like to check out this or any of the other circle themed challenges for this month, click on the link above before the challenges end on March 29.

Recipe:
Connections stamp set
Watercolor paper (Recollections)
Vicki Boutin Mixed Media paper pad (American Crafts)
Flamingo, Toffee, Pear & White Daisy cardstock
Flamingo, Toffee, Creme Brulee, Gypsy & Lilac Mist ink
Heartstrings Sentiment Bits ephemera (Simple Stories)
Telling Our Story chipboard (Echo Park)
Wicker Weave embossing folder (Cuttlebug)
Cricut Design Space: bunnies
Cricut Artbooking cartridge: frame, grass
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #67 (rotated left)

Challenges: Can You Handle the Pressure? Anything Goes (I used the Wicker Weave embossing folder from Cuttlebug on my circles - love the added texture); Cut It Up #326 Colors of Spring; Inspiration Station #71 - I was inspired to add two bunnies to my layout!

Celebrate {Aerospace Birthday} Layout

This must be my week to do birthday layouts, because my last layout was my son's birthday, and now I scrapped the first birthday of our friend's son. For this layout, I had pulled out three old CTMH scrapbooking kits, but the celebrate sticker on the Party Time kit kind of jumped out at me, so I put the other kits away and used this one. The rocket ship stamp is also from an old CTMH set, and I debated coloring it in, but the layout is already pretty busy so in the end I left it as its. What do you think? Should I go back and add some color?

Names are removed for privacy reasons.

Recipe:
Outta This World stamp set
Party Time papers & stickers
Glacier & Green apple cardstock
Sunny Yellow, Lagoon, Sapphire & Green Apple ink
Prussian Blue fineliner pen
Cricut Artiste cartridge: rocket ship
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #118

Challenges: My Time to Craft #556 Celebrate someone special; Park Hopping My Happy Place - the rocket ship reminds me of the ones in Tomorrowland at Disneyland!