White Tower Journaling Card

Yesterday when I posted my layout of the White Tower at the Tower of London, I mentioned that the photos of the arms and armor exhibit in the White Tower were going to be placed in a pocket page along with my journaling about the Tower. I got the journaling card finished today, so here it is, along with a few photos of the Line of Kings exhibit from the pocket page. We were a little overwhelmed by this huge exhibit, so I forgot to take notes of who the armor belonged to, but it's still fun to look at it.

Keeper, a dragon made of armor, was actually part of the Power House display on the second floor, but since I put it in a pocket with the other vertical photos, I'm showing it here!

Recipe:

Color Kaleidoscope papers (American Crafts)
Glacier & Black cardstock
Glacier & Black ink
Black marker
Cricut Medieval Silhouettes cartridge: knight on horseback

White Tower Layout

In the center of the Tower of London is the White Tower, the original building William the Conqueror had constructed in the 1070s to bring the fierce and fickle Londoners under his control. One of the main exhibits inside is the Line of Kings, a massive display of armor that opened in the late 1600s. We took lots of photos of this exhibit, but I decided to put most of them in pocket pages, so my journaling about the history of the White Tower and the collection will also be in the pocket pages. For today, I just scrapbooked the exterior of the Tower.

Recipe:
Live Inspired, Distressed Backgrounds, Lucky & Friendship Alphabet Small stamp sets
Color Kaleidoscope papers (American Crafts)
Glacier, Linen, Black, Chocolate & White Daisy cardstock
Glacier, Lagoon, Pear, Linen & Black ink
Sienna fineliner pen (iBayam)
ShinHan Touch Twin marker
Halloween Mix epoxy stars (Bella Blvd)
Top Dog Shape Sprinkles (Doodlebug Designs)
Cricut Medieval Silhouettes cartridge: castle (edited in Design Space)
Challenges: Colorful Options rainbow colors; Cut It Up Challenges #311 Anything Goes with a die-cut; Challenge YOUrself #128 Inspired by a Rainbow (I tried to use soft hues of all the rainbow colors, and there are two photos with me in them wearing a grey shirt and black scarf)

Sped Class Layout for Lasting Memories #716

It's time for the last of the Scrappy Olympics challenges over at Lasting Memories, and this week we need to add some gold to our layouts  as we Go for the Gold! To scrap these photos of my son's Special Education class open house, I grabbed a gold photo hanger and some gold brads to add a little shine to my layout. The design team over at Lasting Memories would love to see what gold you are going for, but please be quick to share your layout with us because this challenge ends on Saturday, August 31.

Recipe:
Zoe papers & stickers
Carolina & Almond cardstock
Sweet Leaf & Smoothie ink
Black marker
Gold photo hanger & brads
Smoothie baker's twine
Cricut Design Space: title sing BFC Night Kiss
Challenges: Color My Heart Color Dare #614 - used pink + blue + yellow + green + neutrals (black, white, almond, grey) + metallic (gold)

3rd Grade Layout for Lasting Memories #715

It's time for another challenge reveal over at Lasting Memories! I am this month's hostess, and I decided to challenge us to a Scrappy Olympics in honor of the games just held in Paris. This week's challenge is to be inspired by the swimming competitions by creating a mixed media layout. Since the challenge didn't actually require using a swimming theme, I chose to scrap my son's third grade school portrait; I used yellow watercolor paint and blue ink from a spray pen on a piece of watercolor paper to create my background. I am not super talented with mixed media, but once I added the photo and other papers and embellishments, it turned out okay. Hopefully some of you ladies are better at mixed media than I am, so I would love to see your mixed media layouts! Please link up your post before this month's challenge ends on 8/31/24.

Recipe:
Diverse Backgrounds & Solos "3" stamp sets
Smarty Pants papers & stickers
Watercolor paper
Candy Apple cardstock
Candy Apple, Capri, Sunny Yellow, Olive & Black ink
Watercolor paint
DE Awards chipboard
Star Attraction Shape Sprinkles (Doodlebug Designs)
Pacifica bradsSweet Rush Collection - Loving This puffy stickers (American Crafts)
Pattern: Rochelle Spears August 2024 Sketch

Challenges: My Time to Craft #540 Back to School; Scrap With Stacy August 2024 Tic Tac Toe - used the diagonal with 1 photo + phrase sticker + brad

Festive Friday #166 - used yellow + black + white + backpack + books + kids

Tintin Haircut Layout

My son had long hair for several years, but one day decided to cut it all off in favor of a Tintin haircut, which is short all over except the front, which sticks up like the cartoon character. I found an image of Tintin on the internet and created a cut file in Cricut Design Space, then put the silhouette next to my son's head. Aren't the haircuts similar? The circle sticks up off the page a little, something I don't often do, but I like the look of it. Hope you do as well.

I created a pocket behind the framed photo for the journaling tag, so here it is:

Recipe:
Flight of the Arrows stamp set
Soda Pop & Hip Hip Hooray papers
Nectarine, Lagoon, Sundance & Black cardstock
Nectarine, Lagoon, Sapphire & Sweet Leaf ink
Black marker
Lagoon ribbon
White glitter enamel dots (Eyelet Outlet)
3-D foam tape
Cricut Artiste cartridge: title, hearts
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: tag
Cricut Design Space: Tintin Silhouette
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #94

Challenges: Color My Heart Color Dare #612 - used the top row with Pumpkin (subbed Nectarine) + Limeade + Sundance and the right column with Sundance + Lagoon + Sapphire

Inkspirational #322 Mood Board - inspired by colors (similar to above challenge) and the layered plates and the ombre chevrons.

Sick Day Silliness Layout for Lasting Memories #714

It's Sunday and that means another Lasting Memories challenge. I am hosting this month, and the theme is Inspired by the Olympics! This week, I want to see at least 5 rings (or circles) in honor of the Olympic rings. I had a lot of fun figuring out how to incorporate rings and circles onto my layout, so hopefully you will join us for the fun before this challenge ends on August 31.

Recipe:
Circle Together & Whooo's Your Valentine stamp sets
Star Gazer & Smarty Pants papers
Canary, Candy Apple, Sapphire & White DAisy cardstock
Canary, Sapphire & Bamboo ink
Black marker
Black embroidery floss
Black tulle ribbon
Gold eyelets (Making Memories)
Red heart brads (source unknown)
Foam smiley faces (source unknown)
Cricut Design Space: rings, frame, title
Pattern: Sketches in Thyme #623

Challenges: Color My Heart Color Dare #613

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie #195 Be Happy; Double Trouble #172 What Makes You Happy - this kiddo makes me happy, so I tried to express that with the cheerful colors and smiley faces!

Woodland Themed Birthday Card

My mother-in-law's birthday is this week, so my hubby asked me to make her a birthday card. I dove into my challenges list for inspiration and came up with the following card. Thanks for the inspiration, all you wonderful challenge blogs!

Recipe:
Chantilly, Bugs and Hugs & Wild About Love Stamp sets
Kraft, Olive, Honey Butter, Goldrush & White Daisy cardstock
Honey, Autumn Terracotta, Olive, Garden Green & Chocolate ink
Yellow paper flowers (Recollections)
Woodgrain washi tape
Heart punch (EK Success)
Cricut Artistry cartridge: leady frame & mat
Pattern: Sketch-n-Scrap card sketch #271 (reversed)

Challenges: AAA Birthday Cards #64 Critters; Farm Quest Challenge Blog #57 Forest or Woodland Things;  Inkspirational #321 Woodland; Tic Tac Toe Challenge #253 (used the middle row with flowers  + scoring + die cuts)

EMS Sketch Challenge #114 + Inmost Ward Layout

Anyone in need of a new sketch? I wanted to scrap a few more pictures from the Tower of London and decided to create a new sketch featuring 6 uncropped 4' x 6' photos. It's actually a pretty versatile sketch, since either side can be easily used on its own. I used the sketch almost as is, but as always, feel free to adapt it for your needs, and be sure to leave a link to your finished layout in the comments. Enjoy!

The sketch:

My layout:

Recipe:
Picture Perfect & Harmonious Patterns Stamp sets
Pine, Scarlet, Wisteria, Peach & White Daisy cardstock
Pine, Scarlet, Wisteria, Peach & Greg Wool ink
Black marker
Grey Wool baker's twine
Petticoats & Pinstripes enamel Dots (Echo Park)
Cuttlebug D'vine Swirl embossing folder
CTMH Chevron embossing folder
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: banners, hearts, title, scalloped borders
Challenges: The Outlawz AG in a Card Free Zone with optional twist of use a photo; Color My Heart Color Dare #611 (used all the colors except Papaya, added black, white, and grey)

The Medieval Palace Layout

I am still working on photos from the Tower of London, but got stuck on this layout for a couple of weeks. It was supposed to be a scraplift, but I didn't take into account that I had a very limited selection of papers and no embellishments to use in certain spots, so I kept trying to figure out what to use. I finally decided to simplify and omit the highly embellished tags on the original layout, so it's must simpler than I originally planned. I'm glad to get it into the album so I can move on, so it's all good!

The medieval palace at the Tower of London is made up of three towers, so I put photos of St. Thomas Tower on the left page of the layout, and photos of Wakefield Tower and Lanthorn Tower on the right page. In between is a photo storage page with journaling and more photos, some of which I showed off below.

Recipe:

Newsprint Alphabet stamp set (SU)
Once Upon a Time papers (P13)
Indian Corn Blue, Kraft & White Daisy cardstock
Indian Corn Blue & Candy Red ink
Cobalt Blue fineliner pen (iBayam)
Yesterday & Today PML cards
Trinkets Wooden shapes
Wooden Arrows
Durables Artisan Studs
White wired ribbon (from my stash, source unknown)
Red ribbon (Offray)
Scalloped border punch (Fiskars)

Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: tag
Pattern: Scraplift from Scrapbook.com