Super Layout for Lasting Memories #769

Can't believe it's already time for the final LM challenge of September, but here it is! This week, Sandy challenged us to use plaid paper. Plaid can be kind of overwhelming in large doses, so I elected to just include a long strip and a small one as accents to the apple paper on my layout. It's been a low-participation month over at LM (people must be busy with school starting), so hopefully this is the inspiration you need to grab some photos and dig some plaid paper out of your stash and join this challenge!

Thanks to Lisa over at Scrapbook.com for the inspiration to do the circle journaling tag!

Recipe:
Harvest Apple Plaid paper (Daisy D)
Sweet Safari papers & journaling cards
Espresso & White Daisy cardstock
Espresso, Candy Apple & Lagoon ink
Burnt Sienna fineliner pen (iBayam)
School Is Cool ephemera icons (Bella Blvd)
Field Trip Puffy Thickers (American Crafts)
Candy Apple Striped ribbon
Wooden arrow (Crafter's Square)
Simply White Nuvo Drops
Staple
Pattern: Sketch-n-Scrap #320

Challenges: Paper Rocks Scissors #8 - used scissors to cut the striped ribbon; Neglected Stuff - mine is the apple paper, which has been sitting in a box since 2014 when my neighbor gave it to me because she was moving!

Presidio Layout

I'm working on my son's school album this week, so here is another layout, this time with his "presidio" project for California history. 

Recipe:
Pet Shoppe Cat paper (Simple Stories)
Fur Baby 6x8 paper (Simple Stories)
Glacier, Sundance, Candy Apple & White Daisy cardstock
Glacier, Honey, Candy Apple & Outdoor Denim ink
Outdoor Denim marker
Ruby Red fineliner pen (iBayam)
Reasons to Smile ephemera (American Crafts)
Bold & Bright ephemera (American Crafts)
Love You More Shape Sprinkles (Doodlebug Designs)
Chevon embossing folder
Cricut Artistry cartridge: title
Pattern: Sketch Savvy 87

Challenges: Can You Handle the Pressure? Embossing with optional twist of lots of layers; Neglected Stuff Challenges- mine is the double sided heart/stripe paper that I bought in March 2023 and never used.

Air Museum Layout

My husband has a life-long love affair with flight, train, and car museums, so here are some photos from the Palm Springs Air Museum. I didn't add any journaling here since it will be on the pocket page I am putting between the two pages in my album. I think I am going to make my hubby write it, too!

Recipe:
Vicki Boutin Mixed Media Collection stamps (American Crafts)
Watercolor Patterned paper (Recollections)
Vick Boutin Mixed Media Collection papers (American Crafts)
Fall 2019 Mix In papers
Juniper, Sapphire, Black & White Daisy cardstock
Canary, Saffron, Juniper & Black ink
Beetle Black puffy hearts (Doodlebug Designs)
Summer Afternoon Enamel Shapes (Altenew)
Bold & Bright Puffy Title Stickers (American Crafts)
Black Geometric washi tape (Recollections)
Cricut Design Space: title using Austin Hearts font
Cricut You Are Here cartridge: airplane, helicopter
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #51

Challenges: The Outlawz Anything Goes in a Card-Free Zone; Alphabet Challenge Blog L is for Love Letters with Hearts -  since my husband loves flight museums, I added three hearts to each side of the layout plus one in the title.

First Day Layout

I decided to scrapbook another layout in my son's school album, so I pulled out some Bella Blvd supplies and played along with a few challenges to get this page done.

Recipe:
Chloe papers & stickers (Bella Blvd)
Star Spangled Blue, Flaxen & Cranberry cardstock
Flaxen & Nectarine ink
Star Spangled Blue marker
School Is Cool ephemera icons (Bella Blvd)
Spring Fun sticker (KI Memories)
Warm and Cozy enamel dots (Altenew)
Cricut Artbooking cartridge: title, apple, ruler
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #104

Challenges: Let's Craft & Create #223 Anything Goes with optional twist: lots of layers; The Outlawz Anything Goes in a Card Free Zone; Colorful Options Anything Goes

Back to the Sea Layout

Although I love how mixed media looks on other people's layouts, I have never been a  big fan of doing it myself. Somehow, it always seems to not look quite right when I try to incorporate it into a layout! However, last month I tried scraplifting someone's layout that had a water colored background, and I loved how it turned out, so I decided to try another lift in hopes it would inspire me. I think it was actually a digital layout, but it gave me the guidance I needed. Once again, I like the result, so who knows, maybe one day I will get brave enough to create my own water colored backgrounds!

Recipe:
Distressed Backgrounds stamp set
Watercolor paper (Canson)
Watercolor patterned paper (Recollections)
Emerald Green & Lilac Mist cardstock
Topiary & Desert Sand ink
Star Spangled Blue marker
Sap Green & Cobalt Blue watercolor paints (Artist's Loft)
Monograms 2 Chippies (Mintay Papers)
Cricut Artbooking cartridge: heart banner
Cricut You Are Here cartridge: turtle
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: mini banners
Pattern: scraplift from A Cherry on Top
Challenges: Double D Challenges Make Your Own Background; Art Impressions #412 Wild About You - my wild animal is a turtle; NBUS #78 - my never before used schtuff is the Mintay chipboard letters that I bought in June and finally got around to using on this layout.

I Can Feel It in the Air Layout for Lasting Memories #768

This month at Lasting Memories, Sandy is challenging us to use up some of our stash of patterned papers. The focus of this week's challenge is floral papers. I wanted to get some Christmas layouts done, so I pulled out a collection that had some floral papers, one very subdued with a tone on tone look that I used for my background, and the other more elaborate with lots of blossoms that worked well as an accent piece. Now hopefully you are inspired to hop on over to Lasting Memories and play along with our challenges this month! 

Recipe:
The Holiday Life papers (Simple Stories)
Black, Olive & White Daisy cardstock
Olive ink
Black marker
The Holiday Life Journal Bits & cardstock stickers (Simple Stories)
Jingle All the Way chipboard stickers (Simple Stories)
Wooden arrows
Ebony Black Nuvo Drops
Circle Double Stitched Steel Dies (Art Impressions)
Cricut You Are Here cartridge: title
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #64

Challenges: The Outlawz Festive Friday Challenge - Christmas; Paper Rocks Scissors #8 - I used the scissors to trim the foam tape that popped up my floral pieces on the end of the banner; Unicorn Challenge Blog #113 - Circles

Elgin Marbles Layout

This is the companion page to the Monuments page I created earlier this week. There will be a pocket page between them to hold more photos and my journaling, which usually means I can scrapbook the two pages in totally different style even though they are thematically related, but I got lazy and just used the supplies I already had on  my desk from the other page!

Recipe:

Baroque Borders stamp set

Wonderland & Dreaming Big papers
Chocolate, Indian Corn Blue &White Daisy cardstock
Indian Corn Blue, Chocolate & Whisper ink

ShinHan Touch Twin markers
Washi tape (Recollections)
Simple Vintage essentials stickers (Simple Stories)
Frayed Burlap distress spray (Ranger)
Simply White Nuvo Drops

Zoo Assortment Matte Sprinkles (Doodlebug Designs)
Cricut Design Space: pillars

Cricut Artiste cartridge: title

Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: leaves

Pattern: Splitcoast Stampers Sketch16Aug1

Challenges: A Cut Above Anything Goes with a die-cut

Monuments Layout

I did a little bit of organizing in my scrapbook room this week, with a pleasant surprise resulting: I found the last set of photos from the British Museum that I had misplaced, so here is a layout of the Nereid Monument, an impressive Greek tomb. There are also two photos of the Parthenon Frieze, which is why I felt justified in titling my layout Monuments (plural). Journaling will be in a facing pocket page, and I am working on another layout with the rest of the Parthenon sculptures. For the background, I started with white cardstock which I brayered with the blue ink, then  stamped the corners and added some distress spritz. Not usually a mixed media gal, but I like how this came out!

Recipe:
Baroque Borders stamp set
Wonderland & Dreaming Big papers
Chocolate &White Daisy cardstock
Indian Corn Blue, Chocolate & Whisper ink
Chocolate baker's twine
Washi tape (Recollections)
Simple Vintage essentials stickers (Simple Stories)
Frayed Burlap distress spray (Ranger)
Simply White Nuvo Drops
Brick Stencil (from Amazon)
Chevron embossing folder (on tag)
Swiss Dot embossing folder (Cuttlebug)
Cricut Artiste cartridge: title
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: tag, banners
Pattern: Rochelle Spears September 2025 Sketch

Challenges: Inkspirational #349 Add a Tag; NBUS #78 and Stencil Fun - used the brick stencil for the first time; A Cut Above Anything Goes with a die-cut - used my Cricut to cut the title, tag, and banner die-cuts; Scrap With Stacy Tic Tac Toe - used the diagonal with 2 or more photos + banner + twine. 

Let's Celebrate Layout for Lasting Memories #767

This week, Lasting Memories design team member Sandy is challenging us to use striped paper on our layouts, so I pulled out a couple of striped scraps to use as accent pieces. Originally, I was looking for a bright emerald green to go with the photos I was scrapping, but I am glad I decided to use a more muted tone, as it went better with my daughter's mint colored shirt. The LM patterned paper challenges will be continuing until the end of the month, so we would love to have you pop over and check out the design team layouts, and hopefully it will inspire you to join us!

I didn't add journaling yet because I scrapped this in the middle of the night and couldn't remember how the team placed but didn't want to sneak into my daughter's room to find her medal!

Recipe:
Pinwheel stamp
6x6 patterned papers (from my stash, source unknown)
Juniper, Nectarine & Black cardstock
Juniper & Nectarine ink
Fresh Paint PML pocket card
Reasons to Smile ephemera (American Crafts)
Orange ric-rac (JoAnn Craft Essentials)
Crisp Air enamel shapes
Spots & Dots embossing folder (Cuttlebug)
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #72

Challenges: Can You Handle the Pressure? Use an embossing folder + optional twist of balloons; Let's Craft and Create #223 Lots of layers; NBUS #78 My never-before-used stuff is the Let's Celebrate stamp that I got in 2014 but never used until today; Unicorn Challenge Blog #113 Circles (cut a photo into a circle + embossed circles onto two colors of cardstock)

Hands-On Learning Layout

My hubby used to teach Sunday school and asked me to help him out when he was doing a Passover meal for the class, so I got a few photos of the kids enjoying (or not) the foods. I decided to use the title "Hands on Learning" because it's the start of the school year and because it really was an interactive way to learn about this piece of history that is still relevant today. All the embellishments on the layout were die-cut on my Cricut using Design Space, and it was a lot of work, especially the seder plate items. Some were very detailed and didn't cut well at the small scale I needed, so I had to use the contour tool to remove all those details, which took more time than I should have spent - LOL! I popped up the sheep and the plate using dimensional tape, and the tag behind the plate pulls out to reveal my journaling, also done on my Cricut using a Cricut pen.

Recipe:
I Want Candy paper
Sapphire, Carolina, Fern, Canary, Shortbread, Chocolate & White Daisy cardstock
Sapphire, Carolina & Chocolate ink
Navy pen (Cricut)
White Daisy grosgrain ribbon
3-D foam tape
Opaque Texture Paste (Ranger)
Starry Night Stencil (Simple Stories)
Cricut Design Space: title (using Thick font), all Passover themed die-cuts, journaling (using BFC Autumn Woodland font)
Cricut Just Because cartridge: sheep
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: tag
Challenges: Farm Quest Grocery Game Challenges #21 Anything food related; A Cut Above Anything goes with a die-cut (I used a ton!); Stencil Fun Anything Goes with a stencil - I used a star stencil and texture paste to create the background behind the lower right photo; Unicorn Challenge Blog #113 Circles

Right Now Layout

I combined a few photos of my kids in October 2018 on this layout. There wasn't room for a bunch of journaling on the front, so I plan to write a little bit on the back. However, the photo of my daughter with her red face needs some explanation: she got hit in the face with a ball at school, and although it was painful at first, we later discovered she liked the attention so much that she started putting make-up on her face to make it look like it was still red!

Recipe:
Honeycomb stamp set
Magnolia papers (MME)
Nectarine, Mocha & White Daisy cardstock
Nectarine, Ruby & Pacifica ink
Baby Blue marker (Zig)
Bold & Bright Thickers (American Crafts)
Cool Summer Night enamel dots (Altenew)
Ruby washi tape
Lumberjack Plaid Distress Spritz (Ranger)
Red ribbon (recycled from a gift)
Corner rounder
Circle Double Stitched Steel Dies (Art Impressions)
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: scalloped border
Pattern: Splitcoast Stampers Sketch15Apr1

Challenges: Cut It Up #337 Anything Goes including a die-cut; The Outlawz Anything Goes in a Card Free Zone

My 100th Layout for 2025 - Cuteness!

I am so excited to meet my yearly scrapbooking goal early this year, especially since I had to crank out 9 layouts in the last week of  December last year in order to make my goal of 100 layouts! These photos were especially meaningful to scrap since they involved a new addition to my two youngest kids' biological family. I covered up the names for privacy reasons, but my kids were definitely excited to meet their new half sister.

Recipe:
Framework Alphabet stamp set
Oh Happy Day papers & Stickers (Simple Stories)
Ballerina cardstock
Vellum
Ballerina, Raspberry, Canary, Juniper & Black ink
Black marker
Highlights PML card
Pink grosgrain ribbon (Michaels)
Cool Summer Nights & Summer Afternoon enamel shapes (Altenew)
Washi tape (Recollections)
Cricut Design Space: hexagons
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #14 (right side only, my third time using this sketch this month for a challenge)

Challenges: Crafter's Cafe #322 Anything Goes with option twist of patterned paper; Cut It Up #337 Anything Goes with a die-cut (hexagons); Paper Rocks Scissors - used scissors to fussy cut my title and trim the ends of the ribbon.

2 Little Pumpkins Layout for Heart's Quest Challenge Blog

This month, I was asked to be a guest designer for Heart's Quest Challenge Blog, so here is my layout with a sprinkling of orange hearts as requested. The other option is purple hearts, which would also be fun, so I may do another layout featuring purple hearts! 

Recipe:
Thoughtful Seasons stamp set
Blue Mini Page Kit (Colorbok)
Honey Butter, Slate & White daisy cardstock
Nectarine ink
Light Grey fineliner pen (ibayam)
Hopscotch PML card
Puppy Love & Falling for You Shape Sprinkles (Doodlebug Designs)
Unicorn ribbon (American Crafts)
Cricut Design Space: Cat, title using BFC Night Kiss font
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #72 (rotated left)

Challenges: Let's Craft & Create #222 Polka Dots and/or stripes (used both); Neglected Stuff Challenge - the papers, tag, and vellum sentiment are from an old mini kit I last used in 2020; The Outlawz Anything Goes in a Card Free Zone

Fix Layout

I was hoping to have this layout done for the Lasting Memories Stash Busters challenge reveal yesterday, but my week got too busy, so here it is at last. I still added chipboard and acrylic for the challenge. These were rather odd photos to scrapbook, but I wanted to pay tribute to my hard-working husband, so I went ahead and chronicled how he fixed the walkway that tree roots were lifting up.

Update:

Recipe:
My Happy Place papers (Doodlebug Designs)
Wicker Lane papers (Photoplay)
Toffee & White Daisy cardstock
Pear, Juniper, Cotton Candy, Canary & Black ink
Black marker
DE Monograms chipboard
White acrylic hearts
Canary baker's twine
Mind Your Manners Fundamentals stickers (Bella Blvd)
3-D foam tape
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #73

Challenges: Little Red Wagon #821 Circle of Life - I used lots of circles; Crafter's Cafe #322 - Anything Goes including patterned papers; Paper Rocks Scissors #7 - used lots of patterned papers and cut the baker's twine with my scissors; Love Those Pretty Papers

Women's Retreat 2025 Bookmarks

Our church's women's retreat is coming up this weekend, and since I had some free time on my hands, I volunteered to make bookmarks for each lady attending. I had done this before at my old church, but we usually only had about 25 ladies, so I didn't consider how much work would be involved in making 70 bookmarks! My printer doesn't like thick paper, so I ended up printing the Bible verse on colored printer paper, stamping the designs, and then adhering it to the patterned paper before laminating it and hole punching it to add the ribbon. I made the first 25 but was already getting tired of the design, so I decided to make three iterations. Here's the first set:

And the second (2 variations since I ran out of plaid ribbon):

And the third:

And in case you, are wondering what 70 bookmarks looks like, here they all are together!

Design 1 recipe:
Love Life & Save the Date stamp sets
Meg Paisley paper (Making Memories)
Amethyst, Spring Iris, Ocean & Black ink
Lavender gingham ribbon (Michaels)

Design 2 recipe:
Tickled Pink, Bugs & Hugs, Love Life & Grown with Love stamp sets
Brown Paisley (DCWV)
Brown Bag, Mocha, Sunflower & Capri ink
Pure Brown marker (Zig)
Plaid ribbon (Berwick)

Design 3 recipe:
May Word Puzzle, Love Life & Find Your Style stamp sets
Floral paper (from my stash, source unknown)
Raspberry, Pixie & Pear ink
Plaid ribbon (Berwick)

Challenges: Paper Rocks Scissors #7 - I cut each length of ribbon in addition to trimming individual bookmarks that were a little wonky!; The Outlawz Anything Goes in a Card Free Zone - I usually submit scrapbook layouts, so I though this would be a nice change of pace.

10 Things That Make Today Great Layout

My husband and eldest son love to hike, while I love to scrapbook, so put them together and I get to scrapbook pictures of them hiking! The younger kids and I were actually part of this excursion, so I dredged up every fun thing about it that I could remember for my journaling. I may never love hiking, but spending time with my family is priceless.

Recipe:
10 Things & Forest Critters stamp sets
Pathfinding paper
Kraft, Chocolate & White Daisy cardstock
Saffron, Olive, Glacier & Chocolate ink
Burnt Sienna fineliner pen (iBayam)
ShinHan Touch Twin markers
Yellow paper flowers (Recollections)
Beige Adornaments fiber (EK Success)
Summer Harmony Bigger Brads
Summer Afternoon enamel dots (Altenew)
3-D foam tape
Cricut Artistry cartridge: title shape & frame
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #14 (I'm doing a challenge to use the same sketch five times, so you will be seeing this sketch again this month!)

Challenges: Little Red Wagon #820 Be Krafty (use kraft cardstock); Neglected Stuff Challenge - my neglected stuff is the two stamp sets: "10 Things" I seldom use because I'm usually too lazy to come up with 10 things, and "Forest Critter" I bought and forgot about until now; The Outlawz Festive Friday Challenge - Critters; Double Trouble #197 You're in the Spotlight - my three colors are blue, green, and yellow, and I played along with Triple B's August challenge by adding some blooms to my layout.

Our Christmas Tree Layout

Every year, we go down to Walmart soon after Thanksgiving to pick out a tree. The kids are less interested now that they are older, so I am happy to have these photos of a time when they thought this was exciting! I played along with Rochelle Spears' monthly sketch, and it was like a puzzle figuring out how all those layers fit together. I'm pretty pleased with the results, but I think I will go simple on my next layout - LOL!

Recipe:
One Wish papers (Sweetwater)
Santa's Village & The Holiday Life papers (Simple Stories)
Merry Christmas paper (from my stash, source unknown)
Cranberry, Ponderosa Pine & Colonial White cardstock
Cranberry, Saffron & Cocoa ink
Sap Green fineliner pen (iBayam)
White gel pen (Sakura)
Scrapbook Stitches Forest Green embroidery floss (Making Memories)
Jingle All The Way decorative brads and chipboard (Simple Stories)
Merry Little Christmas Ephemera Words (Bella Blvd)
The Holiday Life Journal Bits (Simple Stories)
Magic Mesh (Creative Imaginations)
Believe rub on (I had to insert a V from another set because the V in the word got crumpled up)
Swiss Dot embossing folder (Cuttlebug)
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: TREE, stamps
Pattern: Rochelle Spears August sketch

Challenges: Can You Handle the Pressure? Anything Goes with an embossing folder; Cut it Up #336 Use a sentiment and a die-cut (hopefully the title, "the perfect tree," and "Merry Christmas" count as sentiments; Let's Craft and Create #222 Use polka dots and/or stripes (I used both); Love Those Pretty Papers; Scrap With Stacy August Tic Tac Toe board - I used the left column and the middle row.

Party Layout

I missed Christmas in July but decided to scrap a few Christmas events in August. Here's my first layout, using photos from my husband's work party. My kids were pretty fascinated by the guy carving the ice sculpture, but he was taking forever so we never got to see it finished because we had to get home. Unfortunately, many of my photos from this night are grainy because of the low light conditions, but at least the memory is preserved, right?

Recipe:
Very Merry Christmas & Cityscape stamp sets
Sparkle & Shine papers
Have a Holly Jolly Christmas paper (Echo Park)
Juniper, Ruby, Slate & White Daisy cardstock
Juniper, Ruby & Slate ink
Black marker
Sparkle & Shine chipboard
White organdy ribbon
Ruby baker's twine
White embroidery floss
Ruby sparkle buttons
Winter stickers (Recollections)
Silver Stickles (Ranger)
Lumberjack Plaid distress spritz (Ranger)
Christmas Tree steel die-cuts (these were a gift so I don't know the source)
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #113

Christmas Challenges: The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #189 Anything Christmas Goes; Make My Monday #258 Snow in August (Christmas); NBUS #77 - my never before used stuff is a set of Christmas tree dies that were a RAK from someone at Scrapbook.com)

Autumn Days Layout

Last week, I scrapped photos from the car show at a local park, so here is the companion page showing our visit to the pumpkin patch at the same park later that day. There is a pocket page between the two layouts with more photos from the events, so I didn't try to match the other page at all!

The bottom right picture also lifts up to reveal two more photos, one of them with my journaling on it. I wrote about the lack of clearly defined seasons in Southern California and how a visit to the pumpkin patch signals the advent of autumn.

Recipe:
Fall Favorites stamp set
A perfect Autumn & Celebrate Autumn papers (Echo Park)
Kraft cardstock
Mocha, Saddle & Nectarine ink
Chocolate pigment ink
Shin-Han Touch Twin markers
White gel pen (Sakura)
Clear embossing powder
Brown grosgrain ribbon (Michaels)
Puppy Love Shape Sprinkles (Doodlebug)
Woodgrain washi tape
Autumn to Remember woodgrain die-cut & word stickers (SU)
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #121

Challenges: Heart's Quest Challenge Blog #76 Anything Goes with red and/or orange hearts; A Cut Above Anything Goes with a die-cut; NBUS #77 my never before used schtuff is the woodgrain title and the three banner/phrases under the circle, all from the SU collection Autumn to Remember

EMS Sketch Challenge #124 + The Good Stuff Layout

I didn't do a scrapbook sketch last month, so I decided it was time. We took a bunch of photos at the car show, and I managed to put some of them into a pocket page, but I needed to squeeze the remaining five onto a layout without it looking overcrowded. That was the intent behind the sketch, so let me know if I succeeded! As always, feel free to change up the sketch to suit your needs, and please leave a link to your completed layout in the comments below.

Here's the sketch:

And here's my layout:

Update:

Recipe:
You're a Classic Stamp set
Wood Grain & White Pines patterned papers
Cranberry & White Daisy cardstock
Cranberry, Ocean, Desert Sand & Black ink
Burnt Sienna fineliner pen (iBayam)
Charmalong key charm (Bead Landing)
Cranberry baker's twine
Puppy Love Shape Sprinkles - hearts (Doodlebug)
Magic Mesh (Creative Imaginations)
Chipboard (I know it's from CTMH but can't remember the name of the kit)
Cricut Art philosophy cartridge: photo corners
Challenges: Heart's Quest Challenge Blog #76 Anything Goes with a red heart; Little Red Wagon #818 Masculine (it's a car show, but hopefully the hearts didn't wreck the masculine vibe!); The Neglected Stuff Challenge - my neglected stuff is the nameless chipboard and the Magic Mesh, plus I used Ocean ink which has been discontinued and unused by me for many years.

Luncheon Layout for Lasting Memories #762

I love shopping my stash, so I was really excited when I saw that fellow Lasting Memories designer Wendy had decided to do a stash busting challenge this month. The first week, she has asked us to use any or all of the following: ribbons, lace, fibers. I chose to use some ribbon to make two big bows on my layout. Hopefully you decide to join us over at Lasting Memories this month to use some of the items that are piling up in your stash!

Recipe:
Hawthorne papers
Vanilla Cream, Sangria & New England Ivy cardstock
Saffron, Toffee, Sage, New England Ivy, Vineyard Berry & Sapphire ink
Prussian Blue fineliner pen (iBayam)
Wild Wheat ribbon (SU)
Cork Color-Ready Alphabet Stickers
Mocha Opaques pearls
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: banners
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #14

Challenges: Paper Rocks Scissors #7 - used the scissors to trim my ribbon ends and to fussy cut the hexagon paper; Love Those Pretty Papers - I had lots of fun fussy cutting the hexagon paper and creating the journaling pocket with folded over paper; Colorful Options - this rich color palette worked perfectly for my photos and paper!