Millennium Bridge Layout

Another layout for my London album, this time showing views of the Millennium Bridge over the River Thames. I was looking for some water or waves paper and found a Simple Stories beach themed paper pack that had just what I was looking for, plus it had some cool geotag/road map type paper that worked well for this layout. My pictures featured pretty drab colors with just a few pops of red, so I used the pink and red cardstock to cheer up the layout.

Recipe:
My Life stamp set
Just Beachy papers (Simple Stories)
Cotton Candy, Chocolate, Ruby, Blush, Black, Pewter & White cardstock
Bamboo, Flaxen, Juniper & Tulip ink
Very Merry Christmas wood stars (Pinkfresh)
Chocolate baker's twine
Slate polka dot washi tape
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: banners
Cricut You Are Here cartridge; bridge
Cricut Artbooking cartridge: arrow, notebook paper edge
Cricut Design Space: title using Amertha font
Challenges: A Cut Above Anything Goes including a die-cut; Love Those Pretty Papers Anything goes with patterned paper; NBUS Challenge #88 My never before used stuff is the patterned paper and the wooden stars; One More Page Scrapbook pages only; Paper Rocks Scissors #18 Used scissors to cut the baker's twine.

Everyday London Layout

On the trip my hubby and I took to London in 2017, we saw many beautiful buildings that we did not have time to explore further, but I thought I would put a few of them together on a layout. The buildings paper from American Crafts was perfect for this layout! I also used a London newsprint paper that I had purchased, not realizing that it was all about Hyde Park, a place we never visited despite it being pretty close to our hotel. This seemed like a good opportunity for me to use a large piece of it, since there are photos and embellishments covering a lot of it.

Click on the photo to see a close-up of the details!

Recipe:
Vintage Type Alphabet stamp set
Vicki Boutin Mixed Media patterned paper (American Crafts)
The Flower Emporium papers (49 and Market)
Practically Perfect - London Examiner paper (carta Bella)
Peach, Black & White cardstock
White Daisy textured cardstock
Peach, Sky, Desert Sand & Whisper ink
Mars Black fineliner pen (iBayam)
Simple Vintage Junk Drawer foam stickers (Simple Stories)
Krafty Garden Essentials rub-on transfers (49 and Market)
Curiosities in Willow Grove rub-on transfers (49 and Market)
Black striped border sticker (MAMBI)
Mocha Opaques
Pink baker's twine (American Crafts)
Charmalong key charm (Bead Landing)
Brayer
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: postage frame, scalloped border
Cricut Design Space: viewfinder reel
Pattern: Dusty Attic Week 25 Sketch

Challenges: NBUS Challenges #88 My never before used stuff is the foam stickers and rub-ons; Love Those Pretty Papers Anything Goes with lots of patterned paper; Let’s Craft and Create #233 Anything Goes.

Let's Go Layout

I am a sucker for a double page sketch, so I was very excited to see a double pager on the Sketches in Thyme Facebook group this month. Although I had 9 photos, far more than the sketch called for, I made it work by using Flip-Flaps to hold 4 additional vertical photos. The vertical photo and the card with the bicycle on it both lift up to reveal more 3 photos. Score! The sketch also inspired me to fire up Cricut Design Space to create the slightly off-center ring, and I think it makes a great focal point for the layout.

Recipe:
Chantilly & Harmonious Patterns stamp sets
Central Park papers
Glacier, Topiary, Pacifica, Ballerina, Poppy & Black cardstock
Topiary, Pacifica, Ballerina, Poopy & Canary ink
Mars Black fineliner pan (iBayam)
Love This & My Happy Place Shape Sprinkles (Doodlebug Designs)
Petticoats & Pinstripes enamel dot (Echo Park)
DE Signage Chipboard shapes
Cricut Design Space: rings, triangles
Cricut You Are Here cartridge: Let's Go
Pattern: Sketches In thyme #714 from Facebook

Challenges: A Cut Above Anything Goes with a die-cut: Heart's Quest Challenge Blog #86 Anything goes with hearts; The Outlawz Anything But a Card; Inkspirational Challenges #370 Leftovers - the patterned papers and all of the cardstock except the base pages and the one I cut the largest ring from were scraps - a great way to use up some leftovers)!

General Cornwallis Layout

Back in February, I scrapped the other layout for "Walk Through the American Revolution," a program put on by my son's elementary school, in which my son played the British General Cornwallis, but I never scrapped the photos I took of him at home. I really wanted to use all five photos, but there was a lot of empty space around the figure of my son, so I eventually decided to crop each one to about 2.25" wide so I could line them up across the page. I don't do this very often, but I like how it turned out here, especially with the frame around the center photo. Another layout done for my son's elementary school album, and with only two layouts left to go, I might even complete it by the end of the month!

Recipe:
Route 66 paper & stickers
Moonstruck, Cranberry, Sky & Canary cardstock
Moonstruck, Cranberry & Sky ink
Light Greg fineliner pen (iBayam)
Bold + Bright puffy thickers & ephemera (American Crafts)
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: stars, scalloped border
Challenges: Cut It Up #358 For the Boys + must include a die-cut (mine isn't a card, but it's for a boy's album, so hopefully that counts); One More Page  Any scrapbook page goes; The Outlawz Anything But a Card Anything goes with optional theme: Let’s Play!

Alpine Zoo Layout

I finished the last of my Big Bear vacation layouts this morning with this one of our trip to the Big Bear Alpine Zoo. It was a really fun place to visit, and my son got so excited about the animals that he donated his birthday money to "adopt" (support) a red fox. Our favorite animals were the snow leopards, Asha and Shanti, and we managed to get seats in the front row for the demonstration, so we saw them eating up close - kind of gross but cool at the same time!

As I was searching my stash for animal themed papers, I realized I have several kits that have African animals like elephants, monkeys, and giraffes, but not much in the American wildlife theme.  Fortunately, I stumbled across some BoBunny papers I purchased many years ago for a project, but then I put them away and can't even remember what they were for, so I guess I was unintentionally saving them for today!

The photo of my layout is pretty washed out, but I finally persuaded my hubby I have to get the expensive scanner for scanning my layouts, so hopefully next month's layouts will look color-correct again - woohoo!

Recipe:
Wild About Love stamp set
Take a Hike papers (BoBunny)
Grunge Rust paper (Reminisce)
Goldrush, Toffee & Colonial White cardstock
Goldrush, Toffee & Cocoa ink
Ink Blue fineliner pen (iBayam)
Heritage Stickers - Silver (MAMBI)
Color-Ready Cork Alphabet stickers
Woodgrain washi tape
Summer Afternoon & Cool Summer Nights enamel dots (Altenew)
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #109 (reversed)

Challenges: Farm Quest Challenge Blog #81 Forest baby animals (the stamped little red fox image); NBUS #83 - the BoBunny papers as mentioned above; Stencil Fun - stenciled the leopard spots in the upper right corner of my background).

Cruising Layout

While working on my Big Bear family vacation photos, I am not going in strict chronological order, so this layout features photos from our last day at Big Bear. I decided not to add any journaling because it will be obvious we were taking a little jaunt around the edge of the lake, and I really had nothing more to say beyond that obvious fact! For the title, I went old school and stamped then fussy cut out the letters. Haven't done that in forever because it's a bit of work, but there was a definite satisfaction in getting the cutting just the way I wanted it.

Recipe:
Rustic Alphabet stamp set
Vicki Boutin Mixed Media patterned paper (American Crafts)
Magnolia papers (MME)
Watercolor paper
Kraft cardstock
Mocha ink
Watercolor Paints (Artist's Loft)
Tim Holtz Field Notes ephemera (Idea-ology)
Color Wheel 12x12 stencil (Crafters Workshop)
Krafty Garden rub-ons (49 and Market)
Summer Afternoon enamel dots (Altenew)
Pattern: Scraplift from A Cherry on Top
Challenges: NBUS #83 - used a new package of rub-ons plus the sectioned circle stencil that I have pulled out numerous times since I bought it in 2023 but finally managed to use today; Paper Rocks Scissors #13 - used scissors to fussy cut my stamped title; Pick 3 Challenge #2 - used embellishments (ephemera & enamel dots) + flowers + circles; Stencil Fun - used watercolor paints and a sectioned circle stencil to create the big circle on the left page; Triple B - used 3 butterflies and a sprig of flowers.

Snow Summit Layout

Day 2 of our 2019 Big Bear vacation, and my hubby took our son snowboarding. Well, my son snowboarded while my hubby went skiing, but they both had a great time, so that's what's important. I kept the layout pretty simple in keeping with the idea of fresh snow.

Recipe:
Candy Cane Lane papers (Doodlebug Designs)
Color Kaleidoscope papers (American Crafts)
Bluebird, Black & White Daisy cardstock
Juniper ink
Black marker
Snowflake & Welcome Winter stickers (recollections)
Tangled Rectangle die-cuts (Frantic Stamper)
Pattern: Stick It Down February double page sketch (from Facebook)

Challenges: Alphabet Challenge Blog V is for Volume - the snowflakes are popped up on foam; NBUS #83 - my never before used schtuff is the snowflake papers and stickers; Love Those Pretty Papers with optional polka dots (hard to see but there are some on the circles); The Outlawz Anything But a Card

Fun & Games Layout

My old church used to have occasional game nights, so my hubby snapped a few photos at one of them. The level of expertise varied a lot from person to person, but we always had a great time! February seems to be hidden journaling month, because this is my third layout with hidden journaling. This time the top photo lifts up to reveal more photos and the journaling.

Here's the journaling spot:

Recipe:
Let's Stay Home & Canvas Art Workshop stamp sets
Vicki Boutin Mixed Media Stamps - Circles (American Crafts)
Magnolia & Wild Asparagus papers (MME)
Mocha, Crystal Blue, Creme Brulee & Black cardstock
Mocha, Crystal Blue & Creme Brulee ink
Burnt Sienna fineliner pen (iBayam)
Vicki Boutin Old Soul & Bold + Bright ephemera (American Crafts)
Summer Afternoon enamel dots (Altenew)
Lagoon washi tape
Brown grosgrain ribbon (Michaels)
Cricut Design Space: title, outline, title using Art Philosophy, BFC Night Kiss, Quarter Note, Wall Decor and More, Simply Sweet Blocked, Amertha & Artiste fonts
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #108

Challenges: A Cut Above Anything goes with a die-cut; The Outlawz Anything But a Card Anything goes; Creative Fingers Challenge Blog #316 Anything goes; Love Those Pretty Papers Anything goes with  lots of patterned paper.

Meow Layout

Since I scrapbooked my dog this weekend, I decided to give my kitty some equal time. He spends a lot of time sleeping on my bed, but sometimes he joins me in my scrapbooking room, where he either looks out the window or falls asleep on my scanner because it's warm! Speaker of which, I am still scanner-less, so I had to take a photo of my layout instead. The colors didn't come out as vibrant as IRL, but until I can figure out which scanner to buy, I guess it's my only option. It's so frustrating to think I've found the perfect scanner, and then I read a review that absolutely trashes it! What's a scrapping gal to do? Eek!

Recipe:

Chloe papers & stickers (Bella Blvd)

Capri & White Daisy cardstock

Capri, Honey & Sunset ink

Ink Blue fineliner pen (iBayam)

Chloe Ciao Chipboard (Bella Blvd)

Scalloped border punch (Fiskars)

Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: hearts

Pattern: Sketches-in Thyme #693 (rotated left)

Challenges: Cut It Up #348 My Heart; A Cut Above Anything Goes with a die-cut; Love Those Pretty Papers Anything Goes; The Outlawz Anything But a Card

Memories of SBCM Layout

For our anniversary in 2019, my hubby and I spent the weekend in Redlands, checking out a museum and some historic homes, plus we stayed at the amazing Madonna Inn. We took lots of photos, but I tried to pare it down to the best to scrapbook, so here are a few from our time at the San Bernardino County Museum.

Recipe:
Passages papers
Brown Bag, Garden Green, Barn Red & Vanilla Cream cardstock
Brown Bag, Cocoa & Barn Red ink
Sienna & Burnt Sienna fineliner pen (iBayam)
Brown alphabet stickers (CM)
Jackson pocket cards
Birdsong Ephemera Bits (49 & Market)
Vicki Boutin Old Soul ephemera (American Crafts)
Yellow ribbon (American Crafts)
Timberline Assortment wooden shapes
Wooden Arrows
Bon Bon Heart Assortment puffy shapes (Doodlebug Designs)
Earthy Matte dots (SU)
Frayed Burlap Distress Spritz (Ranger)
Tree punch (McGill Craftivity)
Staple
Sunbeam embossing folder
Cricut Artbooking cartridge: arrow
Challenges: Can You Handle the Pressure? Anything Goes with an embossing folder; Heart's Quest Challenge Blog #81 Anything Hearts goes; Paper Rocks Scissors #12 - used scissors to trim the ribbon; Neglected Stuff Challenge - my neglected items are the patterned papers. the title stickers, and the punch I used to make the little trees.

So Very Happy Layout

For these photos of the kids (and my hubby) playing games at my son's birthday party, I dug deep into my stash for all the supplies. I was actually surprised at how well the rub-ons adhered since they are from 2007! Hopefully the layout doesn't look too dated, but even if it does, it was great to use up some older product. Always need to make room for the new stuff, right?

Recipe:
So Very stamp set (SU)
Good Times papers & stickers
Sweet Leaf, Chocolate & Colonial White cardstock
Sweet Leaf, Chocolate & Twilight ink
Riley chipboard buttons & rub-ons (Love Elsie for KI Memories)
Sweet Leaf, Chocolate & Colonial White embroidery floss
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #109

Challenges: Neglected Stuff Challenge - everything on the layout has been sitting in my stash for years;  Unicorn Challenge Blog #116 AND Double D Challenges Birthday theme; Heart's Quest Celebrations of Love - BEWAS themes - I chose birthday.

Family Photos Layout

We spent Christmas 2018 with my extended family, and it was a great opportunity to get photos of  the different family groups with my parents, in addition to a rare one of all my siblings with our parents. The scan didn't come out well, and as I mentioned in my journaling, nobody thought to plan ahead so we all wore matching colors, but I still love the photos because they preserve the memory of my family, imperfect but so precious to me.

Recipe:
Traditional Christmas papers (KI Memories)
Believe papers
The Holiday Life papers - cut apart tags (Simple Stories)
Topiary, Ruby & Black cardstock
Topiary, Ruby & Black ink
Black marker
DE Framed Fun chipboard
Tulip sparkle flowers and sparkles
White Daisy grosgrain ribbon
Silver thread (from my stash, source unknown)
Glitter Black enamel dots (Eyelet Outlet)
Cricut Artbooking cartridge: hearts
Cricut Design Space: title
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #107

Challenges: Paper Rocks Scissors #9 - used scissors to trim ribbon ends and cut silver thread; Crafter's Cafe #324 Anything Goes with optional Christmas theme;  The Outlawz Anything Goes in a Card Free Zone

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)

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

Capture It All Layout

I decided to finish up a few more layouts for my son's elementary school album, so here is one of a Halloween celebration where the kids dressed up as famous figures. They also decorated their classroom door with kites they had made, so I stamped diamond shapes on the orange cardstock to tie that in with the costume parade. My colors aren't quite traditional Halloween colors, but seemed right for a school page. Hope you agree! 

Recipe:
Geometric Backgrounds stamp set
March - April 2021 Mix In papers
Bluebird, Canary, Nectarine & Kraft cardstock
Bluebird, Canary, Nectarine & Candy Apple ink
Bold & Bright Thickers (American Crafts)
Field Trip ephemera (American Crafts)
Top Dog Shape Sprinkles - tiny stars (Doodlebug Designs)
Sunbeam embossing folder
Circle Double Stitched steel die (Art Impressions)
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: stars
Pattern: Splitcoast Stampers Sketch15April1

Challenges: Color My Heart Color Dare #649 - I managed to get all the colors in, although my purple (on the journaling spot) is a little dark.

Mammoth Vacation Layout

This week, I went back and worked on my intro page for our Mammoth vacation. I used some old papers gifted me by a neighbor, and I actually love the pink and brown color combo with some added touches of blue and orange. Hope you like it, too.

On another note, ever since I got a new computer, the very old software I use to stitch together the scans of my layout has not been working well. Somedays, I can get it to work fine, but other days, it tells me I don't have enough memory to do anything! If you have a great suggestion for stitching together scanned halves of layouts, please let me know, because I am getting super frustrated (and don't even get me started on the challenge of putting a double page layout on a 24"x12" canvas)!

Recipe:
Friendship Alphabet Small stamp set
Patterned papers (name and source unknown, given to me by a friend)
Goldrush, Cocoa, Carolina & White Daisy cardstock
Goldrush & Cocoa ink
Burnt Sienna fineliner pen (iBayam)
Candid Moments PML cards
Brown grosgrain ribbon (Offray)
Cricut You Are here cartridge: title
Art philosophy cartridge: banner, scalloped borders
Various Cricut cartridges and punches: snowflakes
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #33

Challenges: Challenge YOUrself #136 Use Scallops + include a photo of yourself (obviously I used more photos than just of me, but I love the photo of me cuddling the stuffed animal); Unicorn Challenges #108 Use Dies (hopefully die-cuts done on a machine count, because I used a bunch!); A Cut Above April challenge Anything Goes with a die-cut (banner, title, snowflakes, scalloped borders); Neglected Stuff Challenges April challenge (my neglected stuff is the pink and brown patterned papers a neighbor gave me when she moved in 2014 - they have been sitting in my stash ever since); Anything Goes in a Card Free Zone April challenge

Elliot's Adoption Day Layout for Lasting Memories #745

This month's challenges at Lasting Memories are all about sketches, one of my favorite scrapbooking techniques, and this week I got to choose the sketch. I selected one that I created and have used eight times in my albums over the years, but this time I only used the right side, which I rotated to the left. After looking at my photos on the page, I decided to also center them for a more balanced look. I love that sketches can be so versatile, don't you? Please join us over at Lasting Memories to see the sketches and to add your own take on them!

Here's my single page layout. Fun Fact: the attorney's clerk spelled my son's new name incorrectly on his adoption papers, but it was only when I registered him for high school that we noticed his name on his birth certificate was listed with a double L on the end, not one as we requested - oops! We had to jump through lots of hoops to get his name changed on all his records so he could get a driver's license. I decided to use the spelling we chose on all his layouts because that's what we really wanted.

And here's the sketch I based it on:

Recipe:
Feel So Blessed stamp set
She's Magic paper (American Crafts)
My Happy Place papers & sticker
Juniper, Pixie & Sage cardstock
Juniper & Cotton Candy ink
Black marker
Bubblegum Hearts Puffy Shapes (Doodlebug Designs)
Cricut Artistry cartridge: hearts
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: scalloped border
Challenges: Cut It Up Challenges #327 Die-cuts + anything but a card; Unicorn Challenge Blog #108 Use dies (mine were the hearts and scalloped border)

Celebrate {Aerospace Birthday} Layout

This must be my week to do birthday layouts, because my last layout was my son's birthday, and now I scrapped the first birthday of our friend's son. For this layout, I had pulled out three old CTMH scrapbooking kits, but the celebrate sticker on the Party Time kit kind of jumped out at me, so I put the other kits away and used this one. The rocket ship stamp is also from an old CTMH set, and I debated coloring it in, but the layout is already pretty busy so in the end I left it as its. What do you think? Should I go back and add some color?

Names are removed for privacy reasons.

Recipe:
Outta This World stamp set
Party Time papers & stickers
Glacier & Green apple cardstock
Sunny Yellow, Lagoon, Sapphire & Green Apple ink
Prussian Blue fineliner pen
Cricut Artiste cartridge: rocket ship
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #118

Challenges: My Time to Craft #556 Celebrate someone special; Park Hopping My Happy Place - the rocket ship reminds me of the ones in Tomorrowland at Disneyland!

February 2018 Layout for Lasting Memories #742

For this month's Going in Circles theme over at Lasting Memories, we're exploring different ways to use circles on our layouts. This week, the challenge is to divide a circle into pie slices using patterned paper, a stencil, or whatever else takes your fancy, and then add it to your layout. I was originally going to use patterned paper to divide up my circles, but ended up pulling out my watercolor pencils that I use so seldom and coloring in hand drawn circles I divided into slices. Hope you decide to join us for this or any of the circle themed challenges this month!

Recipe:
Dreamin' Big papers & cardstock stickers
Juniper, Poppy, Black & White Daisy cardstock
Goldrush & Poppy ink
Black marker
ShinHan Touch Twin colorless blender
Watercolor pencils (Prismacolor)
VIP Rainbow acrylic shapes
Love You More Shape Sprinkles (Doodlebug Designs)
Cricut Design Space: title using BFC Night Kiss font
Pattern: Splitcoast Stampers Sketch17Apr (rotated left)

Challenges: Heart's Quest Challenge Blog #71 Red or white hearts; Colorful Options March 2025 Green or rainbow colors (I have a green background but chose to go with rainbow)

EMS Sketch Challenge #118 + Fabulous Little Moments Layout

Something that seems popular right now on scrappy sketch blogs is a throwback or rewind sketch challenge, where they pull up an old sketch and ask scrappers to create a layout based on it. I decided to do something similar with a sketch I created in 2012 when I was the sketch designer for Heart 2 Heart Challenges blog. Although I love to reuse my sketches, I realized I seldom used this one because it features 3" x 4" photos, a size I hardly ever print. so I updated the sketch with larger photos. While this sketch is not an everything-and-the-kitchen-sink type as regards embellishments, I think it still manages to leave enough room for you to get creative. What works better for you, a sketch with small or with larger photos? Please let me know, and don't forget to leave a link in the comments if you decide to use either this sketch or my original.

Here's the sketch:

And here's my layout:

I used the circle to hold an embellishment since I wanted to put my journaling on a 6" x 4" card that will go in the facing pocket page.

Recipe:
Second Avenue a la carte paper (MME)
Aged & Confused Vagabond paper (Basic Grey)
Kyla's Classic Colorblock paper (Paper Pizazz)
Blue cardstock (from my stash, source unknown)
Desert Sand cardstock
Desert Sand ink
Let's Wander Thickers (American Crafts)
Simple Vintage Essentials foam title stickers (Simple Stories)
Heart punch (EK Success)

Challenges: Double Trouble Challenges #183 Recipe - 3 Images of your Choice (I chose a banner, camera, and geotag) + 2 Patterned Papers (stripes and tan mesh) + 1 Sentiment that Makes you Smile (Paradise Found - because I love the photo of my little guy thinking he could catch his older brother if he jumped off the wall); The Outlawz Anything Goes in a Card Free Zone;  Time Out Challenges #281 - I used layers and hearts.