Christmas Tea 2017 Layout

My friend Diane is a fabulous baker and hostess, so the ladies from our church were so blessed to have her host a Christmas tea at her house. 

Here's a little detail of the ornaments I created using chipboard circles, ribbon, and gold wire. I added some shine using a shimmer brush and then put a little gold Stickles on them so they are really shiny IRL!

Recipe:
Mistletoe papers
Black, New England Ivy, Garden Green & Colonial White cardstock
Cranberry, Garden Green & New England Ivy ink
Green fineliner pen (iBayam)
Cranberry & New England Ivy embroidery floss
Green/gold ribbon (Michaels)
Black enamel dot
Merry Little Christmas Ephemera (Bella Blvd)
Loving This puffy Thickers (American Crafts)
Gingerbread stickers (from my stash, source unknown)
Buy the Dozen gold wire (Artistic Wire Ltd.)
Clear Shimmer brush
Gold Stickles
Liquid Glass
Scalloped border punch (Fiskars)
Cricut Design Space: title using Chloe font
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #94

Challenges: Colorful Options - Red Green & Gold; Inspiration Station #68 (I was inspired by the gingerbread man and the stripes on the candy cane, plus the idea of holiday drinks since I was scrapping about a Christmas tea)

Slide & Ride Layout

My last layout was photo heavy, so I decided to just scrap two photos for this layout, and the rest are in a pocket page. There were no cows or roosters at this event, but I wanted to use the horse stamp so I had to add the others to keep the layout balanced!

Recipe:
From the Funny Farm stamp
Jingle All the Way papers (Simple Stories
Black, Ruby & White Daisy cardstock
Black ink
White gel pen (Sakura)
Gold Metallics marker
ShinHan Touch Twin markers
Black glitter enamel dots (Eyelet Outlet)
Circle Double Stitched steel dies (Art Impressions)
Cricut Artiste cartridge: title
Pattern: Sketch-n-Scrap #310

Challenges: Farm Quest Challenge Blog #66 Things Found in Barns; Park Hopping My Happy Place - I was inspired by the carousel ponies at Legoland

San Dimas Parade Layout

I had a bunch of photos from a Christmas parade my kids attended, so instead of using a sketch, I decided to crop them to odd sizes and fit them together like a puzzle. Haven't done this for a while, but it was fun to play with!

Recipe:
Snowhaven paper
Brown Bag, Candy Apple, Evergreen, Carolina, Sapphire & White Daisy cardstock
Whisper & Black ink
Black & Goldrush markers
Prussian Blue fineliner pen (iBayam)
Silver & White gel pens (Sakura)
ShinHan Touch Twin markers
Classic Snowflakes stickers (EK Success)
Black label tape (Dymo)
Black stripe grosgrain ribbon
Xmas Red & Stardust Stickles (Ranger)
Cricut Speaking of Winter cartridge: title
Challenges: Cut It Up #319 use more than one die-cut (my title used lots of die cuts); Time Out Challenges #278 photo inspiration (inspired to do a creative title)

Winter Memories Layout

I had some random photos from November and December 2017 that didn't really go with anything else yet I wanted to scrap them, so I combined them onto a layout of winter memories. Problem solved!

Recipe:
Holiday Magic stamp set
Sparkle & Shine papers
Bah Humbug papers (Moxxie)
Clover Meadow & Black cardstock
Clover Meadow & Black ink
White gel pen (Sakura)
Jolly Elements stickers (Creative imaginations)
Red enamel hearts
Red gingham ribbon
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #109 (turned upside down)

Challenges: Heart's Quest Challenges #68 Anything Goes with a red or green heart (my red enamel hearts didn't scan well, but they are there!)

Making Tracks Layout

Life has been quite busy, and I was stuck with a layout on my desk that just wasn't working for me, so I finally put it aside and worked on this one instead. It came together pretty quickly, and I love the good memories it evokes!

Recipe:

One Wish papers (Sweetwater)

Whippersnapper papers (Rusty Pickle)

Almond & Black cardstock

Tulip & Topiary ink

Black marker

White gel pen (Sakura)

Jingle All the Way puffy stickers (Simple Stories)

Antique Bronze brads

Cricut Simply Sweet cartridge: title

Pattern: Splitcoast Stampers Sketch15May1

Challenges: The Outlawz Anything Goes in a Card Free Zone with optional twist: Light Up the Holidays (added some Christmas lights puffy stickers)

6 Flags Layout

I used an old sketch and papers to scrap my family's 2017 visit to Six Flags Over Texas during our Texas vacation. We had a blast!

Recipe:
Hero Alphabet stamp set
Zippidee papers & Stickers
White Daisy cardstock
Pastel Vellum (Paper Pizzazz)
Outdoor Denim, Cranberry, Honey & Desert Sand ink
Cobalt Blue fineliner pen (iBayam)
Say Cheese Adventures at the Park washi tape (Simple Stories)
Epoxy stars - Primary (Bella Blvd)
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: flags
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #51

Challenges: Park Hopping My Happy Place - inspired by Six Flags Over Texas; My Time to Craft #548 Anything But a Card

The Perfect Tree Layout for Lasting Memories #730

It's time for the final challenge of 2024 over at Lasting Memories, and it gave me a chance to look back over the year and pick out a LM challenge that I didn't complete because I ran out of time. There were a couple of challenges I could have selected, but I settled on LM #717, a color inspiration board. The colors are great for a non-traditional Christmas layout, and they went really well with my photos, so it seemed a perfect match. I pulled out one of the sketches I created for Splitcoast Stampers and an old KI Memories Christmas paper pack to complete this layout. Now it's your turn! If you have a favorite Lasting Memories challenge you want to play along with again, or maybe you missed the deadline for another challenge, please join us this month by clicking the link above.

Here's my layout:

And here's the color challenge that inspired me:

Recipe:

Triangle Trees, Atomic Caps & Atomic Lowercase stamp sets

Traditional Christmas papers & stickers (KI Memories)

Pixie, Sweet Leaf, Topiary & Black ink

Black marker

Everyday Moments pocket card (Scrapbook.com)

Woodgrain washi tape

Christmas Red Stickles (Ranger)

Sparkles

Cricut Artbooking cartridge: arrows

Cricut Artiste cartridge: bent arrows 

Pattern: Splitcoast Stampers Sketch17Mar

Challenges: Cut It Up #318 Sparkle and Shine - used Stickles and sparkles; Festive Friday #173 - used red, green, glimmer, trees & ornaments

Good Memories {of Texas} Layout

I'm trying to finish up scrapping my 2017 family photos before the end of the year, so I decided to do a layout with miscellaneous photos from our Texas vacation that year. If the photos seem a little random, well, that's because they are, from packing (our cat liked the suitcase but we removed him before our trip) to petting a dog at the airport to hanging out with extended family.

Recipe:
Noted Backgrounds stamp set
These Are My People papers & stickers
Mink, Black, Capri & White Daisy cardstock
Saffron, Pixie, Carolina, Capri, Green Apple & Black ink
Let's Wander Thickers (American Crafts)MAMBI Sticks Our Adventure epoxy stickers (MAMBI)
Oh Happy Day washi tape (Simple Stories)
DE Flower Garden chipboard
Craft buttons
Candid Moments PML card
Pink grosgrain ribbon (Michaels)
Blue Adornaments Fiber (EK Success)
Charmalong charm (Bead Landing)
Summer Afternoon enamel dots (Altenew)
Tim Holtz Dot Fade stencil (Stampers Anonymous)
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: tags
Pattern: Sketches in Thyme #638 (from Facebook Group) + Serendipity Sketch #390

Challenges: The Outlawz Anything Goes in a Card Free Zone with optional Thankful for our Furry Friends - thankful for our cat Thor plus a dog the kids petted in the airport!

Disney Day Layout

My hubby took our older boys to Disneyland, which gave me an opportunity to pull out some Disney themed papers and stickers and create this fun layout! 

Recipe:
Chocolate Alphabet Large & Trinity Alphabet stamps
Happiest Place papers
Glacier & White Daisy cardstock
Glacier, Candy Apple & Sunny Yellow ink
Black marker
Acrylic shapes
Say Cheese III stickers (Simple Stories)
Magical Adventures Element stickers (Echo Park)
Halloween Mix epoxy stickers (Bella Blvd)
Cricut Artbooking cartridge: starburst border
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #88 (reversed)

Challenges: Park Hopping My Happy Place - inspired by Disneyland!

Loving This {Soccer} Layout

Since I've already done a soccer page for each of my kids for this particular season, I decided to just scrap a couple of the game photos for my son and put the rest of the photos in a pocket page. I started with Rochelle Spear's monthly sketch and worked hard to convert a very floral design into something for a boy; hopefully you think I succeeded! 

Recipe:
Background Elements stamp set
Fresh Paint papers
Capri, Paprika & White Daisy cardstock
Clover Meadow, Capri, Nectarine & Black ink
Heavenly Blue gingham ribbon
Irresistibles Pizzazz chipboard
White Daisy flower brads
#Life Cards
Teen Spirit Boy ephemera (Echo Park)
Father's Day ephemera (Simple Stories)
Loving This Thickers (American Crafts)
Let's Wander stickers (American Crafts)
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: tag, hearts
Pattern: Rochelle Spears November 2024 sketch

Challenges: Scrap With Stacy November 2024 Tic Tac Toe - used the left column with ephemera + chipboard + flowers

Play Soccer Layout for Lasting Memories #729

It's time for the final November challenge over at Lasting Memories, and we needed to find inspiration from a mixed media artwork by Amy Genser. Although I was tempted by the color scheme, I finally decided to find some patterned paper that reminded me of the layered circles. This led me to a totally different color scheme from the artwork, but that's the fun thing about inspiration: everyone has a unique interpretation of it! Feel free to check out the design team's inspiration for this and the other challenges  from this month, and then create your own artwork inspired layout. But hurry; the challenges end by Saturday, November 30.

Here's my layout:

And here's the inspiration piece:

Recipe:
Play Hard - Soccer stamp set
Wedding paper & stickers (KI Memories)
Juniper, Chocolate & White Daisy cardstock
Pixie ink
DE Quotes chipboard
Pink baker's twine (American Crafts)
Cricut Artiste cartridge: hearts
Cricut Artbooking cartridge: heart border
Pattern: from a Scrapbook.com challenge

Challenges: Let's Craft & Create #213 AG with optional twist to use a bow; The Outlawz Anything Goes in a Card-free Zone

Hike Layout

Just finished another layout for my husband's camping trip  with the boys, this time during a hike he took with them. I decided to go minimalist on the journaling since it seemed pretty self-explanatory. 

Recipe:
Joy in the Journey papers & stickers
Black, Journey, Crystal Blue & Peach cardstock
Journey, Crystal Blue & Peach ink
White gel pen (Sakura)
White Daisy brads
White Daisy baker's twine
Star Attraction Shape Sprinkles
CTMH Stripes embossing folder
Cricut You Are Here cartridge: title
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #42 (right side only) + photo storage page

Challenges: Color My Heart Color Dare #627 - I used Journey, Crystal Blue, and Peach as the best matches.

3rd Grade Open House for Lasting Memories #728

It's time for the third of our Lasting Memories challenges for November, and today we are being inspired by artist Nathaniel Mather's mixed media work entitled "Helping Trunk." I loved the colorful spray of water coming out of the elephant's trunk, and I knew I had some patterned paper that reminded me of it, so I chose photos and built my layout around that paper. There are so many fun elements in the inspiration painting, so hopefully you will come play along with us using the link above!

Here's my layout:

And here's the inspiration painting:

Recipe:

Blue Skies papers
Candy Apple & White Daisy cardstock
Lagoon, Green Apple & Candy Apple ink
Black marker
My Happy Place Shape Sprinkles (Doodlebug Designs)
Cricut Artiste cartridge: title, hearts
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #90

Challenges: Colorful Options Red or Rainbow Colors (I chose rainbow colors)

Retreat 2017 Layout for Lasting Memories #727

Happy Sunday, and greetings to everyone out there in scrappy land! Hope you got some time in to scrapbook this week. I got this layout done for the latest Lasting Memories challenge to find inspiration from a piece of artwork provided by design team member Lisa. I decided to crop five of my photos into circles, something I rarely do, but it enabled me to get six photos onto this single page layout, so hooray for the inspiration! Feeling inspired? Join us over at Lasting Memories through the end of the month for this or any of our other art inspired challenges.

Here's my layout:

And here's the art inspiration:

Recipe:
Pumpkin Spice papers & stickers
Barn Red & Outdoor Denim cardstock
Barn Red, Autumn Terracotta & Peach ink
White gel pen (Sakura)
Outdoor Denim craft button
Autumn Terracotta embroidery floss
Cricut Artiste cartridge: title
Challenges: Inspiration Station #167 (inspired by the colors, fall theme, and coffee cup)

  Double Trouble #179

Off With Her Head! Layout for Lasting Memories #276

If this seems like a gruesome title for my layout, it is, but it's because I needed to scrapbook some photos from the execution site at the Tower of London, where such famous people as Lady Jane Grey and Anne Boleyn were beheaded. Another round of challenges from the Lasting Memories blog starts today, and they are super fun, with inspiration from various artworks found at the University of Iowa Children's Hospital. Today's inspiration is Jen P. Harris' mixed media work entitled "Parte Incognita." My first instinct was to go with hexagon shapes, and I even cut out a few, but then I noticed each hexagon was actually divided into three diamond shapes, so I decided to go with that instead. There is some great inspiration on the Lasting Memories blog, so be sure to check it out and join us for this fun round of challenges!

Here is my layout:

And here is the inspiration artwork:

Recipe:
Friendship Alphabet Small

Skylark, Splendor & Something Fierce papers
White Daisy cardstock
White watercolor paper (Canson)
Goldrush, Capri, Flaxen, Topiary, Espresso & Pewter ink
Goldrush pigment ink
Light Grey fineliner pen (iBayam)
Clear embossing powder

Chloe Ciao chipboard (Bella Blvd)
Cricut Artistry cartridge: diamonds
Cricut Artiste cartridge: head

1 Clean Kitty Layout

Hope everyone had a fun Halloween and took great pictures of costumes and decorations. My daughter was a taco for Halloween, and she looked so adorable! Anyway, I started this layout a couple of days ago but didn't manage to get it done until this morning because - well, life! Sometimes cats are regal and elegant, and sometimes, they look like this. Cracks me up so I had a scrap these photos. Can anyone else identify?

Recipe:
Chloe papers (Bella Blvd)
Wicker Lane papers (Photoplay)
Oh Happy Day papers (Simple Stories)
Capri cardstock
Capri, Slate & Honey ink
Chloe Ciao chipboard & tickers (Bella Blvd)
Cat Lover stickers (Photoplay)
"1" chipboard (from my stash, source unknown)
Spiced Pumpkin acrylic paint (DecoArt)
Cricut Chore Chart cartridge: clean
Pattern: Sketch-n-Scrap #306

Challenges: Critter Crazy Challenges #92 Anything Goes with animals as the focus; The Outlawz Anything Goes in a Card Free Zone including optional challenge: Thankful for My Furry Friend!

Trick or Treat 2017 Layout

Inspiration struck this afternoon from multiple sources (see the challenge listing below), and I put together this layout just in time for Halloween! I realized after I had already cut the pumpkin paper that the pointed ends of the hexagons were supposed to be on the top and bottom, but I didn't have any more of that paper, so I just ran with it. My cat was eying the raffia as I pulled it out of my stash, but I managed to prevent her from stealing it, and I love the way it looks on the layout. Hopefully you do, too!

Recipe:
I Love Halloween papers (Echo Park)
Hey Pumpkin papers (Crate Paper)
Black, Sunset & Grape cardstock
White gel pen (Sakura)
Raffia (from my stash)
Cricut Artbooking cartridge: title
Cricut Artistry cartridge: hexagons
Leaf punch (EK Success)
Pattern: Stick It Down October Sketch (from Facebook group)

Challenges: Double Trouble #178 Anything Goes - Thing 1 = anything goes + Thing 2 = played along with 3 previous partners + Thing 3 = fall themed image/element; Crafting Happiness #198 Bats; Inspiration Station #66 (inspired by Jack o' lanterns, fall leaves, and raffia)

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie #197 (found some EEK! paper that was perfect for this challenge)

Movie Night Layout for Lasting Memories #725

I've been busy working on a photo book for my recent Alaska cruise, so I have been neglecting my blog a bit, but here's a layout I managed to eke out for the new Lasting Memories challenge. In honor of Halloween costumes, Brandi Jo asked us to use something that sparkles, so I chose some gold Stickles to do the Wonder Woman logo, plus I added some gold star brads. That's more sparkle than I am used to, but I love the look. Hopefully you are inspired to scrapbook along with us. Just click the link above to hop on over to the Lasting Memories blog and add your sparkly layout!

Recipe:
Joy in the Journey, October - December 2022 Mix-In & September - October 2023 Mix-In papers
Journey, Scarlet & Linen cardstock
Journey & Scarlet ink
White gel pen (Sakura)
Joy in the Journey cardstock stickers
Gold Stickles (Ranger)
Gold star brads (Creative Impressions)
Cricut Artiste cartridge: title
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #84

Challenges: Cut It Up #3156 Add Embellishments + a die-cut; Color My Heart Color Dare #623 (used blue, red & white plus neutrals grey and gold for my metallic - thank you for the beautiful inspiration photo!)

Time Out Challenges #275 (I focused on the sweet treats with the chocolate fountain)