Book of Beasts Layout

The Book of Beasts exhibit at the Getty Center was fascinating, showing us the view that medieval people had of animals like lions or hippos, animals most of the people had never even seen. 

Recipe:
Four Seasons papers
Flower Emporium Starter papers 8 & 10 (49 and Market)
Almond, Toffee, Cocoa, Fern & Colonial White cardstock
Chocolate, Desert Sand & Pine ink
Burnt Sienna fineliner pen (iBayam)
Vellum animal ephemera (from my stash, source unknown)
Gold eyelets (MM)
Vegetation Adornaments fibers (EK Success)
Krafty Garden Essentials rub-on transfers (49 and Market)
Woodgrain washi tape
Leopard print stencil (Amazon)
Cricut Design Space: title using A Child's Life font
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: hearts
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #100

Challenges: Neglected Stuff Challenge - the striped paper, the vellum animals, and the fibers are all neglected stuff; One More Page - anything scrapbooking goes; Stencil Fun - used a leopard print stencil.

Congrats Grad {Elliot} Layout

I am so close to finishing my son's elementary school album, and it only took me a year longer than I had been hoping (it was my goal for May 2025)! Here's his graduation layout, complete with journaling about his unique streak that I hope helps him succeed in the future. As I was working on this layout, I noticed a scratch piece of cardstock that I had used last month to test my foam stamps for Elliot's Pool Party layout. It looked pretty cool as the background for the school building ephemera, so I threw it on here. I still have a tiny scrap that I may need to use on a card, but it was nice to use up some of it.

Recipe:
Book Fair papers (Simple Stories)
Kraft, Candy Apple< Heavenly Blue & White Daisy cardstock
Candy Apple, Ocean & Juniper ink
Capri, Crystal Blue, Glacier & Dutch Blue re-inkers
Black marker
White gel pen (Sakura)
Book Fair ephemera (Simple Stories)
School Is Cool ephemera (Bella Blvd)
Ruler ribbon (Offray)
Outdoor Denim brads
Stars Halloween Mix (Bella Blvd)
Top Dog & Star Attraction Shape Sprinkles (Doodlebug Designs)
Pattern: Splitcoast Stampers Sketch15Nov3 - I changed up the right hand page to fit with my photos.

Challenges: Colorful Options - used Option #3 Rainbow; Double Trouble #216 Graduation theme -includes Thing 3's twist to use kraft paper; NBUS Challenge #87 - my never before used stuff is the Book Fair papers.

Lovely Music Fills the Air Layout

My hubby and I have loved the music of Steven Curtis Chapman since we were in  college, so it was fun to attend a concert featuring lots of his songs from over the years. I didn't have any papers that perfectly matched the purple in some of the photos, but I did the best I could.

Recipe:
You & Me and Star Power stamp sets
Life's a Hoot papers
White Daisy cardstock
Wisteria, Eggplant, Lagoon & Bamboo ink
Crimson fineliner pen (iBayam)
Gold metallic pen (Staedtler)
Old Soul ephemera (American Crafts)
Butterfly Bits ephemera (49 & Market)
Lagoon baker's twine
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: stars, frame & ticket
Challenges: Love Those Pretty Papers - anything goes with lots of patterned paper; One More Page - anything goes with a scrapbook page; Paper Rocks Scissors #16 - used scissors to cut the baker's twine and fussy cut the guitar.

Along the Shore Layout

Still working on my Big Bear vacation photos but almost done! This is a follow-up layout to my Love You So Much layout I posted on Sunday. You will notice there are no pictures of me on this layout, so my hubby eventually figured out that I was not going to smile for any more photos and he just took ones of the kids. Smart guy! I finally pulled out a collection of papers I bought from SU a while back but hadn't cut into, and I love how they look with these photos. Hope you enjoy them, too.  

Recipe:
Autumn to Remember papers (SU)
Yesterday & Today paper
Petal Pink (SU) & Saddle (CTMH) cardstock
Saddle, Chocolate, Toffee & Olive ink
Burnt Sienna fineliner pen (iBayam)
Yesterday & Today PML pocket card
Autumn to Remember woodgrain die-cuts & cardstock stickers
Green grosgrain ribbon (Offray)
Earthy matte dots (SU)
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: title, banner, scalloped border
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #33

Challenges: Cut It Up #350 By the Sea or Lake or River - I chose to scrap photos of us walking Big Bear Lake; NBUS #83 My never-before-used-stuff is the lovely Autumn to Remember patterned papers from SU; Paper Rocks Scissors #13 - used scissors to trim the ends of my ribbons.

Walk Through the American Revolution Layout

My kids' elementary school does some pretty amazing history programs, including Walk Through the American Revolution, where each 5th grader dresses up as a historical figure from the period, and they work together with a facilitator to tell the story of the Revolution. My son got to be General Cornwallis, and he had to memorize some lines (not his strong suit) and answer some questions. He did a good job, and the whole presentation was really enjoyable to watch.

I was going to journal directly on my cardstock on the right hand page, but then I decided to create a replica of my son's coat using my Cricut and needed somewhere to put it, so I added a journaling card that will flip up to reveal the journaling on the back. Here's the journaling:

And here's a close-up of the coat, of which I am a teeny bit proud!

Recipe:
A Typeface stamp set
Celebrating Freedom paper (BoBunny)
The Fourth of July papers & stickers (Carta Bella)
Ruby, Almond, Mink & Black cardstock
Patterned vellum (from my stash, source unknown)
Sapphire ink
Prussian Blue fineliner pen (iBayam)
Gold metallic marker (Staedtler)
Hello Darlin' PML card
Tag Types adhesive tag (Sticko)
Blue Adornaments fiber (EK Success)
Tim Holtz Field Notes ephemera (Idea-ology)
Vicki Boutin Old Soul ephemera (American Crafts)
Halloween Mix epoxy stars (Bella Blvd)
Red Glitter Gems
Lumberjack Plaid distress spritz (Ranger)
Cricut Design Space: title using Quarter Note font, General Cornwallis coat (put together using coat and waistcoat images, then modified to look historic)
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #113

Challenges: Little Red Wagon #847 L Is For Leftovers - I used some long scraps of paper plus the enamel stars are the final bits of a pack; Neglected Stuff  Challenge- the vellum, safety pin, and metal rimmed tag.

Mission Inn LO for LM #785

Since I still have no scanner, I have been avoiding creating any double page layouts because I wasn't sure how well I could photograph them, but this week's Lasting Memories challenge pushed me over the edge to work on one of them. The challenges this month - hosted by me! - are all about journaling, and this week's challenge is to write 50+ words of journaling. For our wedding anniversary in 2019, my hubby and I stayed at an awesome hotel in Riverside, the Mission Inn and Spa, and took a bunch of photos while exploring this Historical Landmark location, so I knew I could write a lot about it. I discovered that 50 words is actually not that many, and I ended up using about 175 on this  layout!

Recipe:
Glamour Alphabet & Whooo's Your Valentine stamp sets
Perfect day papers
Juniper, Sorbet, Cashmere & White Daisy cardstock
Vellum
Juniper, Sorbet & Tulip ink
To Go Sentiments rub-on (K & Company)
Simple Vintage Essentials Butterfly Bits (Simple Stories)
Heritage stickers - silver (MAMBI)
Let's Wander stickers (American Crafts)
Juniper brads
3-D foam tape
Cricut Artiste cartridge: hearts
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #111 (left) & #5 (right)

 

Challenges: A Cut Above Anything Goes including a die-cut (mine are the hearts); Heart’s Quest Celebration of Love #2 for 2026 - remembering our anniversary trip; Inkspirational Challenges #360 XOXO - I used a heart stamp with XOs on it, plus the LO celebrates 27 years of married love;  Neglected Stuff Challenge - my neglected stuff is the circle stickers that have been in my stash since 1999, and that I haven't pulled out of my stash since before I started blogging in 2009! Triple B Anything goes including a bloom (on the patterned paper) and a butterfly (ephemera).

January 2019 Layout

Since I am a chronological scrapper and tend to scrap almost all my photos, yet don't want my end of year scrapbooks to be too thick, I have started scrapping all my miscellaneous photos from a particular month together on one layout rather than scrapping a bunch of single photos. It's kind of fun as it gives a feel for various happenings throughout the month. For January 2019, I added labels with the date and event under each photo rather than making a long list in one place. The layout design is based on a sketch I created in 2019 but have only used once, so since The Outlawz Anything But a Card was challenging us to re-create a project you had previously done, I thought this would be a good sketch to use. Here's the link to my previous layout, where I pretty much did the sketch as is, whereas for today's layout, I flipped the sketch horizontally, added an extra photo, and extended the bottom border piece across both pages. It was fun to re-visit this sketch, so thanks for the challenge inspiration!

Recipe:
Vicki Boutin Mixed Media paper (American Crafts)
May-June 2022 Mix-In papers
Sky patterned paper (from my stash, source unknown)
Buttercup, Flamingo, Carolina, Nectarine & White Daisy cardstock
Sunny Yellow & Flamingo ink
Turquoise & Black fineliner pens (iBayam)
ShinHan Touch Twin markers
Monograms 2 Chippies (Mintay Papers)
Raindrops/umbrella stickers (Recollections)
Lace (Celebrate It)
Star Dust Stickles (Ranger)
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: butterflies, dragonfly
Cricut Artiste cartridge: sun, cloud
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #82

Challenges: A Cut Above - Anything goes with a die-cut; Let's Craft & Create #227 Anything goes with optional theme of  something new - I used a brand new sticker set that I just bought on Saturday; NBUS #82 - my never-before-used-schtuff is the raindrops and umbrella stickers;  Paper Rocks Scissors #12- used scissors to cut the lace; Color Dare #685 - used all the colors plus black, white & grey.

Happy Layout

My son's 17th birthday was a pretty low key event, but that meant fewer photos for me to scrap, and he still had a fun time, so it was all good!

Recipe:
Teen Spirit Boy papers (Echo Park)
Lagoon, Sundance & White Daisy cardstock
Black marker
Genius thickers puffy stickers (American Crafts)
Vicki Boutin Bold & Bright ephemera (American Crafts)
Illustrated Faith Family die-cuts (Bella Blvd)
Yellow & Orange ribbon (Ribbon Boutique)
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #18

Challenges: Paper Rocks Scissors #11 - used scissors to cut the ribbon and to cut apart the gifts die-cut so I could layer the boxes; NBUS #81 - my never-before-used-schtuff is the Teen Spirit Boy papers on each page (banners + sentiments), purchased back in 2019 and never used until today!

He Filled All the Stockings Layout for Lasting Memories #779

It's time for my final Lasting Memories layout of 2025 (favorite challenge from 2025), and I chose to re-visit one of Jill's Favorites that she posted in June. For LM #757, she challenged us to use a favorite tool. At the time, I was really using my stamps a lot, but I think my Cricut actually gets more playtime in my craft room, so I am going with that. I used it to die-cut a bunch of items for this layout, and I seldom create a layout wherein I don't use my Cricut for at least one thing. How about you? Are you a Cricut lover, or do you have another favorite tool? Come play along with us at Lasting Memories using this challenge or any other from 2025. We would love to see your layouts!

For my layout, I mirrored my monthly sketch again, but subbed tags for some of the shapes, and kept the pictures at the outsides of the layout so I could stretch my title across the middle.

Recipe:
Distressed Backgrounds stamp set
White Pines papers
Cranberry, Honey Butter, Harbour, Glacier, Peacock, Ballerina, Champagne, Mocha, Black & White Daisy cardstock
Cranberry, Glacier & Desert Sand ink
Christmas Fairy Crystals (Memory Box)
Red gingham & blue dot ribbon (Offray)
Brown & Merry Christmas ribbon (Celebrate It)
Red baker's twine (Celebrate It)
Swiss dot embossing folder (Cuttlebug)
Cricut Design Space: rooster, candy jar, piglet, title (using Agent Q font)
Cricut Art Philosophy: banners, tags
Cicut You Are Here cartridge: t-shirt
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #126 mirrored

Challenges: A Cut Above Anything goes with a die-cut; Heart's Quest Challenge Blog #80 Red hearts; NBUS - my never-before-used-schtuff is the Merry Christmas ribbon, bakers twine, polka dot ribbon, and the rooster, candy jar, and piglet die-cuts; Crafty Calendar Winter/Christmas; Can You Handle the Pressure? Anything Goes with an embossing folder.

EMS Sketch Challenge #126 + Winter Blast 2018 Layout

December is here, bringing a new sketch for you all to enjoy! I featured four 4x6 photos, two cropped and two uncropped, but as you can see from my layout, it's pretty easy to substitute different sizes and even add a journaling block if desired. Feel free to add a link in the comments if you use the sketch.

Here's my layout. I mirrored the sketch to create a double page layout, and added a journaling spot on the right hand page since my photos could be cropped shorter.

Recipe (all CTMH unless noted):
Pen Pal & Bingo Alphabet stamp sets
Holiday Sampler stamp set (SU)
Jingle All the Way papers (Simple Stories)
Ponderosa Pine, Toffee, Cranberry & White Daisy cardstock
Ponderosa Pine, Toffee, Ruby & Black ink
Fineliner pens (iBayam)
Pear & Partridge PML card
Red Dot Essentials washi tape (Echo Park)
Geometric washi tape (Recollections)
Leaves stencil (Clear Scraps)
3-D foam tape
Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge: banners
Challenges: Stencil Fun - I didn't have quite enough patterned paper so I used an ivy leaf stencil to create some more; Inkspirational Challenge #355 Mood board - I was inspired by the tiny icons, so I stamped and added several around my layout.

Color My Heart Color Dare #680

EMS Sketch Challenge #125 + Christmas Eve Layout

I haven't done a sketch challenge since August, so here's a new one that hopefully lots of scrappers will enjoy and use. It houses 8 photos plus still has room for some embellishing. I especially love the 2" x 2" squares, which are perfect for those little cut apart cards you often get in a paper pack. As always, feel free to adapt the sketch to fit your photos, use only one page, rotate it, etc., but be sure to leave a link in the comments so I can admire your finished layout!

Here's the sketch:

And here's my layout, staying pretty true to the sketch except I split the title and cropped the top two photos into squares and added a little bit more patterned paper below each.

Recipe:
Stardust papers & stickers
Cashmere, Moonstruck & White Daisy cardstock
Moonstruck, Topiary, Cranberry & Chocolate ink
Moonstruck marker
The Holiday Life stickers and cut apart cards (Simple Stories)
Cranberry conchos
Simply White Nuvo Drops
Spray pen
Cricut Design Space: Eve, scalloped borders
Challenges: Inkspirational #353 Seeing Stars - 6 star stickers plus some more stars on the patterned paper; Little Red Wagon #831 Candle in the Wind - my light source was the stars; Crafter's Cafe #324 Anything Goes with optional Christmas theme

Elizabethan Dinner Layout

I'm skipping all around in my scrapbooking, so today I decided to scrapbook some Christmas photos. One of the high school students at church invited my hubby and me to an Elizabethan dinner because she was on the royal court. It was a lot of fun, and since I couldn't find any music themed paper in my stash to go along with the Christmas caroling, I enjoyed creating a mixed media background using distress spritz and stamps. Mixed media is still not my forte, but I am getting braver. I'm just bummed the sparkle of the distress spritz doesn't show up well in my scans, but IRL it is very glittery!

I also included two additional photos in a pocket under the black framed photo. The pull tabs are so you can remove the photos when the page is in a page protector.

Recipe:
Universal Backgrounds & Holiday Magic stamp sets
The Holiday Life paper (Simple Stories)
Ruby, Almond, Black & White Daisy cardstock
Ruby, Toffee & Black ink
Black
The Holiday Life Page Pieces & stickers (Simple Stories)
Red glitter gems
Lumberjack Plaid & Peeled Paint Distress Spritz (Ranger)
3-D foam tape
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: tabs
Cricut Design Space: title using Poor Richard font (curved and welded to circle)
Pattern: Creative Memories Sketch found on A Cherry on Top

Challenges: Creative Inspirations, Holly & Ivy Challenge #192 & Peace on Earth Challenge #96 - all Christmas themed challenges!

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.

September 2018 Layout

This is my September 2018 collection of random  photos that I scrapped together. I didn't have a particular theme, so I just went with some papers that coordinated with my son's shirt that he's wearing in two of the photos. For the horizontal photo, I used a technique I haven't tried for a long time: I cut the cardstock mat a little longer than needed and folded it over the end of the photo, then embellished the end piece with a patterned paper strip and the hanging tag. Glad I remembered this technique, because I love how it turned out!

Recipe:
September Word puzzle & This Happened stamp sets
Life Is Beautiful papers & stickers (Echo Park)
Sage & White Daisy cardstock
Vellum
Sage, Dusty Rose, Blush & Grey Wool ink
Craft buttons
Grey Wool baker's twine
Silver eyelets (Making Memories)
Tag Types adhesive tags (Sticko)
Scalloped circle punch
Cricut Art Philosophy cartrdige: tab
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #92

Challenges: Let's Craft & Create #220 Anything Goes with optional buttons; Paper Rocks Scissors #5 Anything Goes using paper and scissors (trimmed all the baker's twine); Try It On Tuesday - Add Text (beside the stamped title, I printed my journaling on vellum)

This & That Layout

Continuing my habit of combining the miscellaneous photos from every month on a single spread, here are my August 2018 photos. I was excited to discover one of my sketches is being used as the challenge sketch this week over at A Cherry on Top, so of course I had to dive in and create my own version of this sketch to add to the five other times I used it! Love that about sketches; they are so versatile that you can use them over and over and your layout looks unique every time.

Recipe:
Cherish the Day Stamp set
Sweetheart & Something Fierce papers
Sage, Evergreen & Bluebird cardstock
Sage, Ballerina, Cotton Candy & Bluebird ink
Star Spangled Blue marker
As You Grow PML journaling card
Simple Vintage Butterfly Bits (Simple Stories)
Puppy Love Shape Sprinkles (Doodlebug Designs)
Random Spots stencil
Cuttlebug Spots & Dots embossing folder
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: title
Cricut Artbooking cartridge: heart
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #68

Challenges: Heart's Quest Challenge Blog #74 Blue hearts; Can You Handle the Pressure - used circle embossing folder on my green circles; Color My Heart Color Dare #655 - in retrospect, my light green may be a little too light, and my dark green may be a little too dark, but I tried!

Diving Into Summer Layout

To scrap my second set of photos from my church youth camping trip from 2018, I used premade background pages from CTMH. I don't usually use these types of pages, so I decided to include my own touches by adding the berry pink patterned papers to either end, plus some word stickers and other embellishments.

Recipe:
Starter Cut Above Layout Kit 2
Hip Hip Hooray papers
Olive, Avocado & Sandance cardstock
Olive, Citrus Leaf & Thistle ink
Black marker
Mod Great Lengths Title stickers (CM)
Simple Vintage Essentials foam stickers (Simple Stories)
Reasons to Smile washi tape (American Crafts)
Telling Our Story adhesive brad (Echo Park)
Blue Jean Hearts Puffy shapes (Doodlebug Designs)
Heart punch (EK Success)
Cricut Artbooking cartridge: sun
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #111 (for left side)

Challenges: Heart's Quest Challenge Blog #74 Blue and/or yellow hearts - both colors on heart washi tape + 2 blue puffy hearts; Inspiration Station #73 - I was inspired by the outdoor scene, especially the sun on the horizon.

Grad 1983 Layout

Two Sundays ago, I scrapbooked my 8th grade school picture, and today I skipped forward to 8th grade graduation. I am fortunate enough to have my childhood diary with an account of the day, so I scanned the page and printed it out to add to my page. Apparently, I had no humility at the time, as I mentioned being the best singer in my quartet and having a high GPA! I kept the color scheme to earth tones, which went well with the rather faded photos. Although it looks white in the photos, my dress was actually light green. I had my layout finished and scanned, then remembered I wanted to add butterflies from my new package, so I had to go back and do that. Anyone ever do this? LOL!

Recipe:
Glamour Uppercase, Pennant Alphabet & Noted Backgrounds stamp sets
Vicki Boutin Mixed Media papers (American Crafts)
July/August Mix-In papers
Kraft, Saddle, Mocha & Vanilla Cream cardstock
Toffee, Saddle, Mocha & Sage ink
ShinHan Touch Twin markers
Butterfly Bits (Simple Stories)
Wild Wheat Rustic Striped ribbon (SU)
Green Fields enamel dots (Altenew)
Roses clipart (found online and colored using markers)
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #84

Challenges: The Outlawz Anything Goes in a Card Free Zone; Challenge YOUrself #137

 Double Trouble #191 - Green raffle ticket for graduation + used Kraft paper background

Jacob is 5! Layout

After starting this layout on Saturday, I ran out of steam and didn't touch it on Sunday, but I finally managed to finish it up today by adding fibers to the tags, stamping the title, and finding some cute embellishments that went with our buddy Jacob's favorite things when he was 5. I had only used the alphabet stamp set for the title three times since I bought it in 2012, so I am glad I pulled it out and gave it some love!

Recipe:
Hero Alphabet & Starter Alphabet stamp sets
Dream Maker, Fresh Paint, Pumpkin Spice, Skylark, Something Fierce & Sweet Safari papers
Capri cardstock
Sunny Yellow, Peach, Poppy, Glacier, Capri, Lagoon & Bluebird ink
Fineliner pen (iBayam)
Baker's twine
Spring Harmony Sassy Strands
White Acrylic hearts
Blue's Clues, Cars & Spiderman stickers (Sandylion)
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: tags
Pattern: Posted on Scrapbook.com, unknown origin

Challenges: Heart's Quest Celebration of Love #5 - celebrated the birthday of a little guy we love a lot!; Neglected Stuff May Challenge - I used the title stamp set from 2012, and the stickers (paw print, car, Spiderman) are from 2004-2008; Colorful Options Star Wars Day color palette - my red is a little too dark but I tried to get the colors as close as possible!

{3rd Grade] Picnic Layout

Another layout for Elliot's school album! I used the primary opposite colors of green, orange, and purple as my main colors, with a mix of stamped hearts and pre-made ephemera for embellishments.

Recipe:
Whooo's Your Valentine stamp set
Happy Trails paper (Simple Stories)
Laughing Lola paper
Watercolor paper (Recollections)
Sage, Purple Pansy & White Daisy cardstock
Nectarine, Green Apple, Thistle & Black ink
Black marker
Reasons to Smile ephemera & puffy stickers (American Crafts)
Bold & Bright ephemera (American Crafts)
School Is Cool ephemera icons (Bella Blvd)
Purple Glitter Gems
Cricut Artistry cartridge: title
Cricut Artiste cartridge: hearts
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #90

Challenges: Heart's Quest Challenge Blog #73 Anything Goes with green and/or white hearts

Birthday Girl Layout

Needing some inspiration for scrapping photos of my daughter's birthday party, I checked out some crafty challenges for help. This week, the theme from Crafty Catz is feminine birthday - perfect! Next, the Alphabet Challenge Blog was asking us to choose a letter of the alphabet and build a theme around it, so I pulled a sparkly chipboard B out of my stash because it stands for Birthday and Brianna, my daughter's name. The As You See It challenge was to use discontinued tools that we still love, and I immediately knew I wanted to use my old Cricut Expression to cut some die-cuts. Even though I have an Explore Air and enjoy using Design Space online, sometimes it's nice to be able to just pull out my old cartridges and rummage through looking for images without having to fire up Design Space on the computer. As long as this 'legacy" machine keeps chugging along, I will continue to use it! Thanks for all the inspiration from these fun crafting sites.

Recipe:

Background Builders stamp set

Molly papers (Bella Blvd)

Crystal Blue, Raspberry, Ballerina, Canary & White Daisy cardstock

Raspberry, Ballerina & Canary ink

Ink Blue fineliner pen (iBayam)

Blue chipboard B (from my stash, source unknown)

Telling Our Story adhesive brads & chipboard (Echo Park)

Reasons to Smile washi tape

Rhinestone stickers (Recollections)

Pink baker's twine (American Crafts)

3-D foam tape

Cuttlebug flower embossing folder

Heart stencil (Scrapbook.com)

Cricut Artiste cartridge: birthday girl, gift bag

Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: flowers, doily

Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #92