Women's Retreat 2015 Layout

Since I haven't scrapped much this month, I decided to make up for it by scrapping a layout that has everything but the kitchen sink on it! I wanted to play along with a challenge on Scrapbook.com that required a single picture and tons of other stuff, so I pulled out a photo of me with a bunch of ladies on a women's retreat and used that to help me get started.

Recipe:
Let's Wander Multi-Media & patterned papers (American Crafts)
Black, Lagoon, Canary, Blush & White Daisy cardstock
Canary, Creme Brulee, Cotton Candy & Lagoon ink
Black marker
DE chipboard banners
Creme Brulee & Sunset Baker's twine
White Lacey Trims (49 and Market)
Juniper brads
Spring Fun & Wedding epoxy number stickers (KI Memories)
Craft buttons
Color Kaleidoscope word sticker & Thicker (American Crafts)
Let's Wander flower stickers (American Crafts)
Cricut Artiste cartridge: shaped rectangle, doilies, heart outline
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: tag
Cricut Artbooking cartridge: Special title
Cuttlebug embossing folder: Swiss Dot
Scalloped border punch (Fiskars)
Tim Holtz Dot Fade stencil (Stampers Anonymous)
Pattern: scraplift from Scrapbook.com
Challenges: Scrap With Stacy tic tac toe (I used the column with twine, border punch, and word stickers)

Tic Tac Toe Challenges #102 (I used the diagonal with flowers, word die-cut, and stencil)

The Tombs Layout

I haven't done a lot of scrapping this month, so I'm easing myself back into it with this super simple layout featuring a few photos of the Egyptian exhibit at the British Museum. Baby steps!

Recipe:
Felicity Alphabet stamp set
Florentine papers & cardstock stickers
Goldrush & Colonial White cardstock
Cocoa, Indian Corn Blue, Goldrush & Bamboo ink
Brown marker (Zig)
Cuttlebug embossing folder: Wicker Weave
Pattern: Sketches in Thyme #457 (rotated left)

Challenges: Heart 2 Heart Borders (added borders at top and bottom); Lasting Memories #533 Embossing (dry embossed the borders at top and bottom)

Set in Stone Layout

My hubby took lots of pictures of the Ancient Egypt exhibit at the British Museum, so this layout features some of the statues he photographed. There were too many to include them all!

Here are a few of the photos that go in the photo storage page that I placed between these two pages.

Recipe:
Laughing Lola papers
Glacier, Black & White Daisy cardstock
Black ink
Black marker
White Pearls
Licorice Opaques pearls
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: title, tag
Cricut Artbooking cartridge: stars
Pattern: Splitcoast Stampers Sketch15Jan3

Challenges: Double Trouble #77 Layer It On (Thing 1 = 5 layers in the upper corners with the stars + Thing 2 = linked up with the Crafter's Cafe #260 + Thing 3 = pearls); Use Your Stuff #416 It's My Favorite (purple, light blue, and black is one of my favorite color combos with which to scrap)

You Had Me at Meow Layout

When I look at my big kitty now, it's hard to believe he was ever this small, but he is still as precious as he was when we first brought him home!

Recipe:
Friendship Alphabet Small stamp set
Heartstrings papers & stickers
Black cardstock
Black, Crystal Blue, Cranberry & Hollyhock ink
Black marker
Flamingo Dots
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: Meow
Challenges: Heart 2 Heart All You Need Is Love; Challenge YOUrself #86 Celebrate Love