Winter Wonderland Layout

We never get snow in Los Angeles, but we are fortunate enough to have mountains within a short drive, so we occasionally are able to take the kids sledding. I loved being able to pull out a bunch of my winter themed stamps - that I can't resist purchasing but seldom get to use - and put them to work creating this layout!

Recipe:
Snowflakes, Flakey Friends, All Decked Out & Take Note stamp sets
Snowhaven & White Pines papers
Cranberry, Glacier, Pewter & White Daisy cardstock
Cranberry, Glacier, Pewter, Almond & Black ink
Black marker
ShinHan Touch Twin markers
Jingle All the Way puffy stickers (Simple Stories)
Red & White pearls
Cranberry grosgrain ribbon
Cricut Artistry cartridge: title shape, snowflake
Cricut Artbooking cartridge: notebook paper
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: postage stamp frame
Pattern: Stick It Down January 2023 double page sketch

Challenges: Use Your Stuff #475 Inspired by a Book - my son's kindergarten teacher gave him this book many years ago, and even though we didn't build a snowman on this trip, I added a couple to my layout anyway!

Love These People Layout

Living in Southern California, we always have to drive at least an hour to get to the snow, so it's fun that this is my second snow themed layout I have scrapped this year. These are my only photos from February 2016 (no Valentines photos that year for some reason), so I wanted to incorporate a love theme into the layout somehow. I decided to use the big "Love These People" stamp as my title, and then added stamped, punched, and die-cut hearts, as well as the heart tag that was recycled from one of my kid's outfits. It's been hanging on my bulletin board for a couple of years, just waiting for the right moment to use it, and I think this was the perfect occasion!

Recipe:
All Decked Out, Love These People, You Warm My Heart & Best Friends Forever stamp sets
Snowhaven papers
Glacier, Cranberry & White Daisy cardstock
Glacier, Cranberry, Whisper & Black ink
Black marker
Seas the Day & Black enamel dots
Heart tag (recycled from an outfit)
Black string (from the tag)
Red gingham ribbon (Offray)
3-D foam tape
Stitched Circle metal dies (Art Impressions)
Heart Frame metal die (source unknown)
Heart punch (EK Success)
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge 95

Challenges: Double Trouble challenge #102 Something, Anything, Everything (Thing 1 = anything goes + Thing 2 = played along with 3 former partners!);  Dies R Us #186 Love theme + use a metal die; Retro Rubber #175 Love theme + use a stamp older than one year (used several sets purchased between 2009 and 2020); Inspiration Station #22 Warm Up With a Cup photo inspiration (used the color scheme of red, white, blue, and black AND scrapped snow photos AND  stamped an image of a thermal cup).

Joy of Sets Challenge # 15 + In a Winter Wonderland Layout

It's the first Saturday of the month, so that means it's time for the Joy of Sets Tic-Tac-Toe challenge reveal! Not gonna lie, the board this month was pretty challenging for me, but that made it even more rewarding when I came up with some photos that incorporated the right hand column of silver (the snowflakes), weather (snow and fog), and paper piecing (the snowmen). I have some other ideas for the birthday, punch, food column, too, so you may see me posting a second layout based on this challenge later this month. Feel free to play along until the end of the month by choosing any row across, down, or diagonal and sharing your completed project on the link above.

My scanner broke last week, so I had to take a photo of the layout instead of scanning it, and some of the detail got lost. Here's a close-up of the snowmen and the stamped snow flurries. Aren't these little guys cute?

And here's the Joy of Sets board:

Recipe:
All Decked Out stamp set
A Perfect Winter papers (Echo Park)
Snowhaven papers
Crystal Blue, Tulip, Twilight, Black & White Daisy cardstock
Crystal Blue & Tulip ink
Twilight & Black markers
ShinHan Touch Twin markers
Heartfelt Wonder felt snowflakes
Glitter Embossed Snowflake stickers (Recollections)
Holiday Joy rub-ons (Frances Meyer)
Red enamel gems
Aqua enamel dots
Liquid Glass
Cricut Artbooking cartridge: title, snowmen
Pattern: Stick It Down March double page sketch

Challenges: Lasting Memories #487 Patterned Paper (there are actually four different patterned papers on here!); Use Your Stuff #393 Favorite Embellishment (definitely die-cuts for me - here I used two snow men and a die-cut title)

Grand Canyon Snow Layout

This layout has been sitting on my scrapdesk for days while I tried to figure out the finishing touches, and I finally decided to just get it done! One thing we hadn't counted on for our trip to the Grand Canyon was snow, but we encountered quite a bit, so I felt I had to memorialize it with at least one layout. I used the pattern Lovely Assistant from Jeanette Lynton's new book Magic, and several elements on my page were inspired by the layout on page 42 of the Fall / Winter idea book. The large chipboard oval on the picture of my son is actually an "O" from the Dimensional Elements Monograms "O" pack. There are two extra-large "O"s that would be difficult to use as part of a title because they're just so big, so I'm glad I found an alternate use for one of them!



Recipe:
Ice Crystals, All Decked Out, Tiny Typewriter Alphabet & Save the Date stamp sets
Mistletoe & Grace Level 2 papers
Black Plaid paper (KI Memories)
Desert Sand, White Daisy & Bamboo cardstock
Cranberry, Desert Sand & Black ink
Cranberry, Bamboo, Grey Wool & Autumn Terracotta markers
Versamarker
Clear embossing powder
Liquid Glass
DE Monograms "S", "N", "O", "W"
Cranberry craft buttons
Cranberry brad
Red sparkles
White Daisy ricrac
Black embroidery floss
3-D foam tape

Mom's Mini Calendar Part 1

I have been toying with the idea of making a calendar for my mom for Christmas, but every time I sat down to work on it, my inspiration flew out the window. Then I was surfing the CTMH consultant bulletin board on Friday and found a cute mini calendar by consultant Anne Chek that really looked do-able. Using her pages as a springboard, the first six pages came together really quickly for me. Thanks for the inspiration, Anne! I used the Animal Cookies Level 2 paper pack and the Animal Cookies Creative Basics on each page. I love the versatility of this pack, with colors that are perfect for a variety of holidays and themes. I'm still working on the other six months, but here's what I've completed so far.













Recipe:
January Word Puzzle, February Word Puzzle, March Word Puzzle, April Word Puzzle, May Word Puzzle, June Word Puzzle, Moments in Time, All Decked Out, Extreme Caps & Say It In Style stamp sets
White Daisy, Moonstruck, Black, Dutch Blue & Sunflower cardstock
Moonstruck, Dutch Blue, Tulip, Clover Meadow, Sunflower, Desert Sand & Black ink
Autumn Terracotta marker
Liquid Glass
Brads