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!