Mint Street Layout

I've been a little lazy this week as far as scrapbooking goes, but today I got back to work and finished up another Tower of London layout, this time encompassing our tour of the former National Mint in Mint Street. The circles across the top of the sketch I used were perfect for cropped photos of some of the coins we saw. I ran out of journaling space to list all the coins, but they range from an Edward I groat (1279) to some Elizabethan coins (late 1500s), to Charles II guineas from the 1670s. The final one on the top was a countermarked Spanish real, a repurposed Spanish coin used during a currency shortage in England. A tiny portrait of the English monarch was stamped onto an existing foreign coin in order to make it legal English currency!

Recipe:
Lucky & Silhouette papers
Almond & Dutch Blue cardstock
Almond & Dutch Blue ink
Black marker
Wooden hearts
Wooden arrow (Crafter's Square)
Black craft buttons
Gold ribbon
Cricut Design Space: window, title (using Artbooking cartridge)
Cricut Medieval Silhouettes cartridge: castle
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #78

Challenges: Double Trouble #171 What's Your Drive-Through Window? (it was super fun to create a window scene based on the view out the window at the Mint); Color My Heart Color Dare #609 Black + Beige + one color (I chose blue + my free metallic is gold).

Tower of London Layout

My hubby and I went to London in 2017 and took over three thousand photos, so every once in a while I pull out some photos and try to get some layouts scrapped. On this particular day, we visited the Tower of London, so here are the photos of the exterior walls, the drained moat, and the entrance at the Middle Tower. Hopefully I can get on a roll and finish scrapping our Tower photos this month, but we took a lot of pictures so no guarantees!

This layout also includes a Flip-Flap that opens up to reveal another photo and my journaling card. Here's the other photo:

And here's the journaling card:

Recipe:
Love Life, You & Me, Cherish the Day & Vintage Type stamp sets
Sage & White Daisy cardstock
Sage, Honey, Pewter & Black ink
Black marker
Silhouette & Zippidee My Complements cardstock stickers
Storybook PML cards
Happiest Place Acrylic shapes
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: ticket
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge 3 (The bottom two photos on the left were a panorama but not quite perfectly lined up, so I decided to ditch the straight lines of the sketch and stagger everything slightly, plus I added a bunch of PML cards to the background.)

Challenges: Park Hopping My Happy Place (inspired by Cinderella's Castle at Disneyland); The Outlawz Anything Goes in a Card Free Zone with optional twist of travel (our trip to London); Time Out Challenges #268 On Vacation (to London!)

U R So Silly Layout for Lasting Memories #710

Greetings, my fellow scrappers! I hope you are having a wonderful day and beating the heat if you're in the northern hemisphere, or keeping warm if you're down south. Today is reveal day for another fun Lasting Memories challenge, and this time Maureen asked us to do some word play based on the season of Spring. I listed the items below that are included in my word play. Feel free to join us before the end of the month to check out the design team's inspiration and to play along with this challenge!

S - stickers, stamps
P - patterned paper
R - raffia
I - inked edges and ink splatters
N - new product (Soda Pop papers)
G - googly eyes, glasses

Recipe:
Stacy's Hand Alphabet stamps
Soda Pop papers
Lagoon, Almond & White Daisy cardstock
Lagoon, Desert Sand & Black ink
Turquoise fineliner pen (iBayam)
Clear embossing powder
Soda Pop stickers
Let's Wander Thickers (American Crafts)
Field Trip ephemera (American Crafts)
Teen Spirit - Boy ephemera (Echo Park)
Raffia (Michaels)
Charmalong metal charm (Michaels)
Googly eyes (from my stash)
Cricut Design Space: circle with welded title using DTC Spring Break font
Pattern: Stick It Down July 2024 single page sketch (from Facebook group)

Challenges: Double Trouble #170 (embossed XOXO + used Lagoon colored paper for Disney's Typhoon Lagoon + played along with Park Hopping My Happy Place)

{News}flash Layout

I really wanted to play along with Rochelle Spears' sketch this month, and even had a couple of photos selected, and since I also wanted to participate in Colorful Options' challenge to be inspired by a flag, I picked out some red and blue papers with stripes and stars. This created a problem for me since the journaling for the photos was all about hearts, so I changed course and instead scrapped my son's Star of the Week photos from 3rd grade. But this worked out well for using Scrap With Stacy's Tic Tac Toe board, so it's all good. Thanks for all the inspiration, gals!

Recipe:
The Summer Stack papers (DCWV)
Stargazer paper
Kraft, Cranberry & White Daisy cardstock
Sapphire & Cranberry ink
Prussian Blue fineliner pen (iBayam)
Let Freedom Ring stickers (All My Memories)
Cranberry baker's twine
Star Attraction Shape Sprinkles (Doodlebug Designs)
Boys Gone Wild epoxy sticker (Reminisce)
DE Signage chipboard
Great Lengths Mod Titles sticker (CM)
CTMH Sunbeam embossing folder
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: tag
Pattern: Rochelle Spears July 2024 sketch (I removed the right hand half circle to add some embossing and decided the layout looked better without it, so I left it off)

Challenges: Colorful Options Flags challenge (I was inspired by the US flag to add papers with stars on a blue background + red and white stripes); Scrap With Stacy July Tic Tac Toe board (diagonal with tag + stickers + twine AND column with star + stickers + tag AND row with red, white & blue + stickers + 2 photos) 

Just a Note Card

When creating my Cone of Shame layout, I pieced together nine squares of patterned paper to make a little quilt, and then I cut a circle out of the center to use on my layout. Today, I decided to use the negative space (i.e. the leftover outer border) from the circle. My mom loves quilting, so I thought she would enjoy receiving a card that reminds her of her favorite hobby. Looking at the photo here, I think I should have inked the inside of circle cutout with Cocoa ink to match the outside of the quilt block, but I probably won't retake the picture, so you will have to enjoy it as is!

Recipe:
Card Chatter Sympathy stamp set
I Heart Us, Emporium & Brushed papers
Raspberry, Kraft & White Daisy cardstock
Raspberry, Cocoa & Sweet Leaf ink
Raspberry baker's twine
I Heart Us Complements chipboard
Craft button
Heart punch (EK Success)
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: large heart
Challenges: The Outlawz Twisted Thursday July challenge - AG with optional twist of Recycle/Upcycle (I used the leftover from another project as mentioned above) ; Let's Craft & Create #209 AG with optional twist of  buttons (I added a little flower button)

Soccer Star Layout

This layout's title is a bit tongue in cheek, since my son was probably more likely to be picking daisies on the field than showing off his superb skills, but the pre-made title went well with his uniform colors, so I went with it! I also played along again with the latest Lasting Memories challenge, which was a bit of wordplay based on the word Winter (it's open until August 3 if you want to play along). Here are my items I added to the layout:

W - washi tape, whistle sticker
I - ink
N - numbers paper
T - tag, twine
E - epoxy dots
R - ric rac

Recipe:
Jeepers Creepers, Sweetheart & Animal Cookies papers
Buttercup, Black & White Daisy cardstock
Black & Clover Meadow ink
Black & Clover Meadow markers
White gel pen (Sakura)
Soccer Star Frame Ups cardstock stickers (MME)
Epoxy bubbles
Jeepers Creepers Washi tape
Black baker's twine
Bright Green ricrac (Craft Essentials)
Star punch (EK Success)
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: tag, stars
Pattern: Sketches in Thyme #619 from Facebook Group (flipped horizontally)

Challenges: The Outlawz AG in a Card Free Zone; Time Out Challenges #267 Seeing Stars

Cone of Shame Layout for Lasting Memories #709

It's Sunday, and unlike my sweet pup in this layout, I am a happy girl because it's time for another Lasting Memories challenge! This month, Maureen is challenging us to some wordplay using the seasons, starting with winter. Here are my "Winter" items:

W - washi tape
I - I Heart Us papers
N - negative space (the chipboard S)
T - tag
E - epoxy sticker
R - ribbon

If you are interested in playing along, pop on over to the Lasting Memories blog before August 3rd and link up your layout; if you need some help, check out this alphabetical list of scrapbooking supplies.

Recipe:
Friendship Alphabet Small stamp set
I Heart Us, Emporium & Blossom papers
Kraft, Vineyard Berry & White Daisy cardstock
Vineyard Berry, Pixie, Sweet Leaf, Crystal Blue, Cocoa & Desert Sand ink
Burnt Sienna fineliner pen (iBayam)
DE Monograms chipboard
Lagoon washi tape
Sweet Leaf grosgrain ribbon
Pet Shop epoxy sticker (KI Memories)
Cricut Art Philosophy cartrdige: scalloped border, tag
Heart punch (EK Success)
Pattern: Sketch-n-Scrap #300

Challenges: Cut It Up #307 Critters + die-cut; Heart's Quest challenge #57 - Part A = quilt (in photo and one I pieced together using scraps) + Part B = kraft heart shape

A Day at the Beach Layout

Happy Independence Day to all you crafty people in the USA! Hope you have a wonderful day with family, celebrating our independence. And now, on to my layout. I went to town with my Cricut on this one, cutting out a bunch of beach and summer themed items to go along with the beach photos I was scrapping. The beach tote ended up being a lot of fun to put together; I popped it up using 3-D foam tape so that I could slide the mini book with my journaling inside it. Took me back to my childhood when I would create miniature books for my Barbies!

Recipe:
August Word Puzzle & Spot On Backgrounds stamp sets
My Happy Place papers & stickers (Doodlebug Designs)
Carolina, Raspberry, Buttercup, Nectarine, Blush, Black & White Daisy cardstock
Raspberry, Honey & Black ink
Orchid fineliner pen (iBayam)
Black marker
White Daisy embroidery floss
Pink button
Triangles washi tape (Recollections)
Cricut You are Here cartridge: all die-cuts
Challenges: My Time to Craft #537 Summer Florals (I used hibiscus and plumeria in honor of the plants blooming outside my window); Inspiration Station #63 (I was inspired to create the little beach scene on the bottom corner of my layout)

Discovery Cube Layout

For this visit to the Discovery Cube, a kids' science center with two locations in our area, I pulled out my sketch from last month, mixed a brand new scrapbooking kit (Joy in the Journey) with a piece of older paper from American Crafts, and then cut a whole bunch of science themed die-cuts on my Cricut.

Recipe:
Joy in the Journey paper & stickers
Field Trip paper (American Crafts)
Journey, Capri, Pansy, Black & White cardstock
Capri & Black ink
Black marker
Tabbed Journaling Card
Silver Shimmer Trim
Black label tape (Dymo)
Cricut Design Space: title (using DTC Spring Break Font), I Love Science file, dinosaur fossil (from One Cut Collections)
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #113

Challenges: Color My Heart Color Dare #606 (used Journey + Capri, and I didn't have Royal but Pansy seemed pretty close to me; also added Black, white, and silver)