Furniture for Pharaoh Layout

I'm continuing scrapping my photos from the King Tut exhibit, so here is one with some of the furniture that was found in his tomb. Since there were too many photos to scrapbook on traditional pages, I inserted a pocket page opposite. You can see a few of the photos from the pocket page below my layout. My title is a little obvious and not very exciting, but at least I used alliteration, right?

Recipe:
Background Elements stamp set
Land of Pharaohs papers (Stamperia)
Indian Corn Blue & White Daisy cardstock
Mocha & Toffee ink
Brown marker (Zig)
Ancient Egypt Ephemera book (Ruth Harding - purchased on Amazon)
Telling Our Story Adhesive Brads (Echo Park)
Let's Wander Thickers (American Crafts)
Simple Vintage Essential foam stickers (Simple Stories)
Title font: Algerian
Challenges: Park Hopping My Happy Place - the Egypt theme reminds me of the Lost Kingdom Adventure at Legoland California. Paper Rocks Scissors #5 - used my scissors to fussy cut the jars out of the ephemera book)

{Shipwrecked} Imagination Station Layout for Lasting Memories #751

Hello, everyone. It's a happy day here in Southern California because my daughter's softball team won their second playoff game yesterday despite fierce winds and lots of dust in the air! Congrats, Cougars! And that was on top of my daughter receiving the Most Improved Player award at the sports banquet on Friday night, so it's been a good sports weekend for our family.

In other news, Lasting Memories has a new challenge posted, another Tic-Tac-Toe Board, and I got to scrap some more fun memories from Shipwrecked VBS. I chose the middle column with Stripes + Flowers + Stickers, which was a popular one with the rest of the Design Team. There are so many fun combinations you could use, though, so we would love to see you create a layout and link it up over at Lasting Memories before the end of the month!

Here's my layout:

And here's the board:

Recipe:
Background Elements stamp set
At the Zoo paper (Doodlebug Designs)
Sweet Safari paper
Magnolia paper (MME)
Desert Sand, Chocolate, Pear, Clover Meadow & Lagoon ink
Clover Meadow marker
Spring Green marker (Zig)
Burnt Sienna fineliner pen (iBayam)
Chocolate brads
Telling Our Story adhesive brads (Echo Park)
Bold & Bright ephemera (American Crafts)
Monkey sticker (Frances Meyer)
Summer Afternoon & Cool Summer Night enamel dots (Altenew)
3-D foam tape
Cricut Artistry cartridge: monkey, vines (edited in Design Space)
Cricut Design Space: title using Cricut Sans font
Miscellaneous Cricut cartridges: flowers (they were in my leftovers box and I'm too lazy to look them all up!)
Pattern: found on Pinterest, possibly a Michelle van Wyk sketch - I reversed it because I will have a photo storage page between the left and right sides of my layout and so wanted to have my title on the left page.

Challenges: Cut It Up #330 Send Me Flowers - used die-cut and sticker flowers

Beauchamp Tower Layout

We took these photos at the Tower of London, and I tried to recreate an aerial view of this section of the Tower at the bottom of the layout. Not too sure how successful I was, but as i always say, at least the photos are scrapped for posterity!

Recipe:
Background Elements & Ink the Background stamp sets
Dutch Blue, Clover, Toffee, Slate, Almond & White Daisy cardstock
Dutch Blue, Clover Meadow, Slate & Toffee ink
Burnt Sienna fineliner pen (iBayam)
ShinHan Touch Twin markers
Color Kaleidoscope stickers (American Crafts)
Spray pen
Circle Double Stitched Steel die (Art Impressions
Cricut Wall Decor & More cartridge: compass
Cricut You Are Here cartridge: treetop
Cricut Design Space: title
Pattern: Sketches In Thyme #639

Loving This {Soccer} Layout

Since I've already done a soccer page for each of my kids for this particular season, I decided to just scrap a couple of the game photos for my son and put the rest of the photos in a pocket page. I started with Rochelle Spear's monthly sketch and worked hard to convert a very floral design into something for a boy; hopefully you think I succeeded! 

Recipe:
Background Elements stamp set
Fresh Paint papers
Capri, Paprika & White Daisy cardstock
Clover Meadow, Capri, Nectarine & Black ink
Heavenly Blue gingham ribbon
Irresistibles Pizzazz chipboard
White Daisy flower brads
#Life Cards
Teen Spirit Boy ephemera (Echo Park)
Father's Day ephemera (Simple Stories)
Loving This Thickers (American Crafts)
Let's Wander stickers (American Crafts)
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: tag, hearts
Pattern: Rochelle Spears November 2024 sketch

Challenges: Scrap With Stacy November 2024 Tic Tac Toe - used the left column with ephemera + chipboard + flowers

Halloween Prep Layout for Lasting Memories #722

I'm on a scrappy roll, with two layouts completed in two days, so here is my latest, featuring the new Lasting Memories challenge. Brandi Jo is challenging us to be inspired by Autumn this month, so the first challenge is to be inspired by pumpkins - create a layout using at least 50% orange, and include a round element. I think I have more than 50% orange here, and the round elements are the sub-title letters and the circle behind the top pumpkin sticker. This was a fun and relatively easy challenge to complete, so hopefully you are now inspired to hop over to Lasting Memories and play along!

Recipe:
Background Elements, Spooky Smiles, Vintage Type & Wicked stamp sets
Pumpkin Spice papers
Tangerine, Paprika, Mink & White Daisy cardstock
Tangerine, Mink, Autumn Terracotta, Peacock & Black ink
Black marker
Pumpkin Spice stickers
Orange ric-rac (JoAnn Craft Essentials)
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: banner
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #108

Challenges: My Time to Craft #544 Autumn Colors; Colorful Options October challenge: orange; Time Out Challenges #273 - I was inspired to scrapbook some pictures of my beautiful kids enjoying a favorite autumn activity, and I used some shades of orange along with some other autumnal colors.

Bolt Up! Layout

My hubby is a huge Chargers' fan, so he loves going to their training camp, and in 2017, his brother and his nephew were able to attend along with our youngest son. To scrap these photos, I pulled out some cardstock, stickers, and stamp sets (no patterned paper), plus I used my Cricut to create the curved lightning bolt for the Chargers' logo. I had to watch a tutorial to remember how to do the journaling using my Cricut and pen, but I think it was worth the time it took to figure it out. Although I don't care much for football myself, this layout was a labor of love for my sweetie!

Recipe:
In the Backgrounds, Background Elements & Distressed Backgrounds stamp sets
Carolina, Bluebird, Goldrush & Honey cardstock
Carolina, Goldrush & Honey ink
Black marker
Stardust My Stickease cardstock stickers
Cricut Design Space: journaling using Quinn Type & lightning bolt (imported)
Cricut You Are Here cartridge: football helmet, stars
Challenges: Craft Rocket #115 No designer paper (I used stamps to create the stripes on the top and bottom of the LO and to add some interest to the Goldrush cardstock); Double D Challenges - Reach for the Stars (stars on border stickers + die cut stars)

Out to Sea Layout

My husband used to go on a fishing trip every year with our eldest son, and I asked him to write the journaling about the photos from their trip on 2017. I spent a while doing some mixed media work on the upper left and lower right corners of the layout to transform white cardstock into the background you see here. I was also inspired to adapt the sign from the Nemo attraction at Epcot and really went overboard creating the lettering, but I love how it turned out!

Update: this layout was chosen to be in the Top 3 for Cut It Up Challenges #306!

Recipe:
Background Elements stamp set
Fish Tales paper & stickers (Photoplay)
Sunset, Crystal Blue & White Daisy cardstock
Sunset, Sorbet, Spring Iris, Moonstruck & Outdoor Denim ink
Outdoor Denim marker
Bubble stickers (Stickopotamus)
Cricut Design Space: title using Arial Black font
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #3

Challenges: Cut It Up #306 Feeling Blue; Double Trouble #168 (masculine themed + played along with Colorful Options June challenge using rainbow colors); Park Hopping My Happy Place (inspired by The Seas with Nemo & Friends at Epcot)

Sing {Fishfest} Layout

I'm determined to get some serious scrapping done this month, so here's my first layout. I wrote quite a bit about this event (Fishfest, a Christian music festival in Southern California) when I scrapped the companion layout back in February, so I decided not to add a bunch of journaling. Instead, I just listed the names of the band/artists who performed, plus my hubby and son's names, by writing them around the bottom set of photos, then added some doodling for fun. For the background, I stamped and embossed the splatter stamp first, then brayered over the whole page using purple ink. The purple didn't come out as dark as I wanted, but I guess it shows up the photos pretty well, so it's all good!

Recipe:
Background Elements stamp set
White Daisy cardstock
Goldrush & Black ink
Lovely Lilac ink (SU)
Black marker
Clear embossing powder
Dimensional Elements Monograms chipboard - S,I,N,G
3-D foam tape
Pattern: Stick It Down April single page sketch from Facebook
Challenges: Color My Heart #593 Only Two (loved the Honey Butter and Royal color combo but didn't have either ink, so I did my best color match using old inks)

{You} Made It Layout

To scrap these photos of a friend's new baby, I played along with several challenges, including the Heart's Quest challenge to use hearts and a congratulations theme. The song lyrics, "Looks like we made it" kept running through my mind, so I shortened and adapted it to {You} Made It, with a special note of congratulations to the new parents as my journaling.

Parents' and baby's names blanked out to protect privacy.

Recipe (all supplies CTMH except where noted):
Chocolate Alphabet Small, Background Elements & Live Inspired stamp sets
March/April 2022 Mix-In & Skylark papers
Sage, Toffee, Chocolate & White Daisy cardstock
Sage, Desert Sand, Chocolate & Lagoon ink
Sienna fineliner pen (iBayam)
Lagoon ribbon
Silver heart brads (from my stash, source unknown)
Cricut Wall Decor & More cartridge: You
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: tag, heart, brackets
Cricut Artbooking cartridge: heart banner
Scalloped border punch (Fiskars)
Pattern: Stick It Down July 2023 single page sketch

Challenges: Heart's Quest Challenge #34 Congratulations theme + hearts; Use Your Stuff  #489 Three Item Cluster (cluster on tag using multiple stamps, cardstock circle, silver heart brad & bow); Color My Heart Color Dare #558 (used diagonal with lagoon + silver + sage)

Hello There Layout

Although Star Wars: The Force Awakens had been out for over a year by the time we saw these Lego figures at Legoland, it was still fun seeing them for the first time. The layout's title is based on the iconic line from the original Star Wars movie, when Ben Kenobi meets R2D2 (for the first time?) and greets him with "Hello there." I welded together the phrase in Cricut Design Space and added a little arrow to point towards the new characters.

Recipe:
Background Elements & Here's the Story stamp sets
October/December 2022 Mix-Ins & Stargazer papers
Mocha, Scarlet, & White Daisy cardstock
Mocha, Scarlet, Toffee & Almond ink
White gel pen (Sakura)
White Daisy baker's twine
DE Quotes chipboard
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: stars, tag, tab
Cricut Artistry cartridge: arrow
Cricut Design Space: title using Star Jedi font
Pattern: Scrap Our Stash June sketch (I shifted the stacked photos left to accommodate an extra photo)

Challenges: Cut It Up #280 Masculine theme + die-cuts; Color My Heart Color Dare #553 (my extra color was tan)

Mother's Day Card 2023

I'm super late creating my card for my mom this year, but hopefully it will get there in time! I started with a blank card base and used this technique to create a floral background. I'm not much of a mixed media gal, so this is probably as close as you will see me get. Once I created the background, I added some die cuts and patterned paper, but they weren't working for me, so I went back to the drawing board and found a card sketch from Stick It Down that I thought I could adapt for the word MOM. Part of me thinks I should have added a penned square around the letters to tie it all together, but I was too chicken, so I left it as is. I know my mom will love it no matter what, so that's what's important. 

Recipe:
Background Elements & Intrinsic Backgrounds (2010) stamp sets
Gypsy, Lagoon, Sunset, Black & White Daisy cardstock
Gypsy & Lagoon ink
Black marker
Mocha Opaques pearls
Black button
Lagoon baker's twine
Heart stencil (Scrapbook.com)
Cricut Wall Decor & More cartridge: MOM
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: butterfly, daisies, hearts
Small flower punches (EK Success)
Pattern: Stick It Down May 2023 card sketch

A bunch of challenge blogs had a flower theme this month, so FYI: I was also inspired by the new purple and white daisies we planted last Saturday. They look fuchsia in the photo, but they're really more purple.

Challenges: Allsorts #727 April Showers bring May Flowers; Crafter's Cafe #296 Easter and/or Flowers (I went with flowers); Crafting Happiness #142 Flowers; Little Red Wagon #704 Spring Flower; Retro Rubber Challenge Blog #206 Tic-Tac-Toe  (use the middle column down with stencil + flowers + ribbon/twine)

Joy {December 2016} Layout

It's time for our final seasonal sketch over at Lasting Memories, and this time we were challenged to scrap winter memories. I had been saving some December photos just for this sketch (I scrapped the other ones for this event back in January), so here's the sketch:

And here's my layout:

Recipe:
Background Elements stamp set
Jingle papers
Olive cardstock
Tulip, Juniper & New England Ivy ink
Jingle All the Way ephemera (Simple Stories)
Great Lengths sticker (CM)
Green ribbon (Michaels)
Wooden Hearts
Christmas Noel wooden tag (Michaels)

Barefoot and Free with SVCC Layout

Although I meant to scrap these photos last summer, I just was never inspired to get this layout done. I'm actually glad, because I got some fun inspiration this week from a Stick It Down sketch and a Cupcake Inspirations theme that helped me create this fun layout!

Click on the picture for a closer view!

I had so much fun with the detail in the lower left corner that I had to show a close-up. I think I might be inspired to make a card as well using this idea!

Recipe:
Background Elements stamp set
Good Day Sunshine papers (Echo Park)
Toffee, Almond, Glacier, Peacock, Canary, Brown Bag & White Daisy cardstock
Desert Sand, Peacock, Canary & Brown Bag ink
Black marker
Good Day Sunshine stickers
These Are My People sticker
Second Avenue a la carte printed die-cuts (MME)
Dymo label
Cuttlebug Wicker Weave & Swiss Dot embossing folders
Cricut Artiste cartridge: sun, sunflowers
Cricut Artbooking cartridge: surfboard, fence
Pattern: Stick It Down April 2023 double sketch

Challenges: Cupcake Inspirations #566 Sunflowers

Update: this layout was a favorite for the Cupcake Inspirations Sunflower challenge!

Lego Star Wars Layout

I have been working since February on scrapping photos from our 2016 visit to Legoland, so today seemed like a good day to finish it. I used some photos taken in Miniland that had a common Star Wars theme and scraplifted a layout from Scrapbook.com. 

Recipe:
Background Elements stamp set
ProPlayer papers
Ruby, Slate & Whisper cardstock
Ruby, Whisper & Outdoor Denim ink
Grey Wool baker's twine
Durable Round Studs - Pewter
Grid washi tape (Recollections)
Cricut Artiste cartridge: title, stars
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: tag
Pattern: scraplift from Scrapbook.com
Challenges: Park Hopping My Happy Place Anything Goes inspired by a theme park (Legoland); Color My Heart Color Dare  #541 Greys + 2 Colors (my 2 colors are red and blue)