St. James Park Layout

I already did one layout on St. James park, wherein I featured the many species of birds we saw, but this is my overview layout that shows some of the flowers and the lake. For the October scraplift challenge at Splitcoast Stampers (I know, I'm a little behind on this), I scraplifted a layout from Elizabeth G, who had actually scraplifted Wendella247, so it was fun to keep the love going! I was inspired to add the smile button and stamp the phrase "This makes me smile" because of  Stacy's song inspiration challenge (loved the line "my world it smiles" from Led Zeppelin's Thank You).

Recipe:
Enjoy the little Things & Love This stamp sets
Beautiful Friendship & Fresh Air papers
Sapphire, Smoothie & White Daisy cardstock
Sapphire, Smoothie & Canary ink
Moonstruck marker
Golden Yellow ShinHan Touch Twin marker
Enamel & Glitter Duos - blue dots
Outdoor Denim brads
Hopscotch assortment badge button
Paradise Just Blooms paper flowers
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: title, heart, scalloped border, photo corner
Challenges: Heart 2 Heart Inspired by Nature

SCS Variety Challenge 204 - Rose Garden

I'm tickled pink to be hosting another Splitcoast Stampers Variety Challenge, and this may be your golden opportunity to try something new and make your friend green with envy over your talent! Okay, enough with the color puns, but hopefully they inspired you to play along using the link below. I'll be really blue if you pass up this chance to have fun (couldn't resist one last pun)!

SBVC204 - Top Marks
I’m a little slow to get on the coloring craze that’s sweeping the scrapbooking and card-making world, but seeing other people’s artwork is getting me motivated! Today’s challenge is to pull out the markers or colored pencils and add some coloring to your layout. You can start with a stamped or digital image, or you can go wild and freehand something. Whatever you decide, you’ll get top marks for completing this challenge!

And now on to my layout. In 2012, we had a membership to the Natural History Museum in Exposition Park, so we went there a lot, and, of course, we took lots of pictures! Here are a few photos of the rose garden that is next to the museum. For those who watch the t.v. show Bones, this is where the exterior shots of the "Jeffersonian" were filmed. Anyone recognize this building?

For my layout, I created a garden border to match the flower garden. The scalloped borders worked nicely as planter borders, and I went to town coloring the stamped flowers. I even popped up a couple to create a 3-D effect.

Recipe:
A Flowering Bunch, You Are My Happy Alphabet & Enjoy the Little Things stamp sets
Cashmere & White Daisy cardstock
Pink vellum (Hot off the Press)
Sweet Leaf & Whisper ink
Black pigment ink
Ruby, Cotton Candy, Blush, Smokey Plum, Sweet Leaf, Honey, Desert Sand & Chocolate markers
Black journaling pen
Clear embossing powder
Mocha Opaques
3-D foam tape
Cricut Artbooking cartridge: scalloped border
Pattern: Let's Scrap 8-9-13 (right page only)

Stash Busters May Week 2

I'm running a little behind on my Stash Buster's challenge for the week, but here it is at last. Click on the link below to play along!

Stash14May2
This month, I am challenging you to use up certain items from your stash and then link your completed layout at Splitcoast Stampers so we can all get excited over it! I'll post a new list the first four Thursday of the month, and you have until May 31st to scrap your layout using the products. If you complete all four layouts, you will get an honorable mention for the month!

Please use:

• 1 full sheet of patterned paper (If you do a two page layout, you can either use a full sheet for each page or divide up one sheet between 2 pages)

• 2 pieces of baker's twine

• 3 brads
• 4 staples

Recipe:
My Life Cricut, All the Details & Enjoy the Little Things stamp sets
Dream Pop Level 2 papers
Clover Meadow, Honey, Raspberry & Colonial White cardstock
Clover Meadow, Sunset, Honey & Grey Wool ink
Cotton Candy, Sunset, Honey, Buttercup & Black markers
My Crush Besties Assortment (stickers, journaling spot)
Green Epoxy Bubbles
Sunset baker's twine
Staples
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: banners, arrows
Cricut Artbooking cartridge: word bubble
Pattern: Nuts About Sketches Week 316
Challenges: 4 Crafty Chicks flowers challenge; Stampin' Royalty flowers challenge; Scrapbook.com Boys Only challenge & Scrap With Your Scraps challenges

Lollydoodle Cards

I haven't posted to my blog since last week because I've been super busy creating a fun card workshop using the adorable Lollydoodle papers! I used quite a variety of stamps, some old, some new, and all the die-cuts were cut using the Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge. I was inspired by various sketches and challenges, so hopefully I don't forget to give anyone credit. Here we go.

Pattern: Mojo Monday Sketch 336

Pattern: Sketch-n-Scrap card sketch 21

Challenge: Little Red Wagon - Truly  Dimensional (the butterfly's wings are not adhered, so she is truly 3-D

Pattern: Seize the Sketch 15

Pattern: totally cased from this card by Jen Shults

Pattern: Deconstructed Sketch 142

Challenge: 4 Crafty Chicks - Trees (it's a tree branch, so hopefully that counts!

Recipe:
A True Thank You, Frame It Up, Twitterpated, Hot Diggity, Wild About Love, Say It in Style, Enjoy the Little Things, Happy Birthday, Love You Forever & Holiday Tags stamp sets
Lollydoodle Level 2 papers
Pear, Cotton Candy, Juniper, Slate, Desert Sand  & White Daisy cardstock
Pear, Cotton Candy, Juniper, Slate & Cocoa ink
Cocoa pigment ink
Pear, Cotton Candy, Juniper, Buttercup, Chocolate & Black markers
Pink watercolor pencil (Prismacolor)
Clear embossing powder
Flamingo Dots
Color-Ready seam binding ribbon
Woodgrain washi tape
Silver shimmer trim
Liquid Glass
3-D foam tape
Stripe embossing folder (new from CTMH!)
Swiss Dot & Happy Birthday embossing folders (Cuttlebug)