Kindergarten ABC Album Final Layout

Since May was National Scrapbook Month, I started out with the intention of scrapping 20 layouts, but life intervened. During the first week of the month, my 11 year old son, whom my family adopted four years ago, went in for surgery to widen his constricted aorta. Despite seeming to come through the surgery with flying colors, some complications developed and my son went home to be with the Lord the day following his surgery. We miss him desperately, and I wasn't sure I would be able to scrapbook about him any time soon, but I made the decision to finally finish the ABC album I had started for him in kindergarten. It was intended to be a gift for his teacher, but I worked so hard on it that I just couldn't part with it, so I saved it for my son. I still hadn't completed the final layout, but my husband really wants to include the album as part of the display table at our son's memorial service, so I pulled out my supplies and forced myself to scrapbook. The process has been therapeutic, and I am so grateful to have this memento of my baby.

Recipe:
Moondoggie papers
Cashmere, Indian Corn Blue, Garden Green, Cranberry, Saffron & White Daisy cardstock
Cranberry, Indian Corn Blue & Garden Green ink
Black marker
ShinHan Touch Twin markers
Cranberry grosgrain ribbon
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: title, arrows
Cricut You Are Here cartridge: Hibiscus
Pattern: Splitcoast Stampers Sketch16Jan1

Challenges:
• Bitten by the Bug May Flowers
• Double Trouble #85 (Thing 1 - Anything goes + Thing 2 - played along with a previous partner + Thing 3 - Yoyo dare using the Time Warp trick since I pulled out an unfinished project from the past)
• The Crafter's Cafe #267 Anything Goes
• Studio Challenges SCRAP items (S - sketch + C - Cranberry cardstock + R - ribbon + A - arrows + P - patterned paper);
• Tic Tac Toe Challenge #116 (Used the middle row with blue + Circle + floral image)

ABC Album P - R Layouts

Some more ABC album layouts coming your way! The P page is based on a sketch from Creative Scrappers. Our principal is awesome, but I blotted out his name for privacy reasons, so his identity will have to remain a mystery to you!

The Q/R page is a scraplift of this page from Lela over at Splitcoast Stampers.

Recipe:
Dotty for You Level 2 papers
Cashmere, Lagoon, Smoothie, Sweet Leaf, Buttercup, Whisper, Slate & White Daisy cardstock
Cashmere, Lagoon, Smoothie, Sweet Leaf, Buttercup, Whisper & Slate ink
Black marker
White embroidery floss
Lagoon ribbon
White Daisy grograin ribbon
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: title, tags
Cricut Artbooking cartridge: owl, circles
Cricut Artistry cartrdige: ballons

ABC Album N & O Layouts

The latest layouts for my son's kindergarten ABC album include the letters N and O. For the N layout, I used the June 1st sketch from Stuck?! Sketches. Everything is compressed on my layout to compensate for the smaller format while still using a 4" x 6" photo, but I tried to add some fun touches anyway,

The O layout uses Anna's sketch from The Studio Challenges. I loved the flowers on her original sketch and was even able to find some that reminded me of them among my Cricut cartridges.

Recipe:
Blue Ribbon & Take Note stamp sets
Typeset Level 2 papers
Cashmere, Vineyard Berry, Juniper, Cocoa & Colonial White cardstock
Cashmere, Vineyard Berry, Juniper & Cocoa ink
Cocoa marker
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: title, tag, stars, banners
Cricut Artistry cartridge: flowers

ABC Album L & M Layouts

The ABC album I'm creating for my son's kindergarten teacher is chugging along; only 10 more layouts to finish by Thursday! Here are a couple more.

The L layout uses an older sketch from Stuck Sketches; since it featured lots of white space, it was easy to pare it down to fit my 8" x 8" format.

The M layout is a scraplift of this layout from Elizabeth, which is in turn a scraplift of this layout. And the love goes on! In the interests of privacy, I blurred out the teacher's name, but be assured she was great for my son.

Recipe:
Noted Backgrounds stamp set
Later Sk8r Level 2 papers
Cashmere, Pear, Outdoor Denim & White Daisy cardstock
Cashmere, Pear, Lagoon, Outdoor Denim & Whisper ink
Outdoor Denim marker
Lagoon ribbon
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: title, pennant
Cricut Artbooking cartridge: apple, hearts
Cricut Artistry cartridge: arrow

ABC Album E & F Layouts

After an incredibly busy week helping finish end-of-school-year assignments (picture me holding a cattle prod - LOL!), I was able to find time to complete two more layouts for my ABC album.

For the E layout, I used my new sketch for Splitcoast Stampers. Since the original sketch is 12' x 12", I had to shrink it down to fit my 8" x 8" format and then adapt a few components, like tracing an outline around my photo with a gel pen instead of framing it.

The sketch:

My layout:

The F layout was based on Sketch-n-Scrap #106, but once again I had to adapt it for my small format. I used a standard 4" x 6" photo, so that covered up a lot of the horizontal strip on the sketch, so I decided to just mat the photo and move some elements around to fit. For example, instead of a banner, I tucked a strip under the ring that replaced the sunburst from the sketch, and I moved the subtitle down below the horizontal strip.

The sketch:

My layout:

Recipe:
Blue Ribbon Level 2 papers
Cashmere, Outdoor Denim, Indian Corn Blue, Honey & White Daisy cardstock
Cashmere, Outdoor Denim, Cranberry & Honey ink
Outdoor Denim marker
White gel pen (Sakura)
White ri-crac (Wrights)
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: title, stars, butterflies, flowers
Challenges: Rochelle Spears' June This or That challenge (I chose butterflies)

ABC Album B Layout

I'm plowing through the layouts for the ABC album for my son's kindergarten teacher. Here's another one, using the May single-page sketch from Stick It Down. It was a lot of fun to work with the sketch, and I might save it to use later on a full size page!

Recipe:
Chalk It Up Level 2 papers & stickers
Black, Sorbet & Cashmere cardstock
Cashmere & Lagoon ink
Black marker
White gel pen (Sakura)
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: title, banner, ring