Open the Door to Explore Layout

I'm hostessing a challenge over at Splitcoast Stampers for their Virtual Scrapbook Night. Come join us! The theme this time is My Mother Always Said, and here's my challenge: One of the things I remember my mom saying often as her four children ran in and out of the house was, “Shut the door! Do you think we live in a barn?” As a mom myself now, I find myself shutting doors after my kids all the time, so I can understand her frustration. My challenge: In honor of mom, please create a layout that has a “door” on it. It can be a stamped or die-cut door, or it can be something that opens and closes like a door or it can be a totally different idea that you dream up. Get creative and have fun!

For my sample, I chose to scrapbook pictures of my son at the fair, and I not only incorporated the idea of the door in my title, but also made a swing-open door for the picture of my son and his buddy in the "jail" at the fair.

Recipe:
Headline Alphabet & A Typeface stamp sets
Dreamin' Level 2 papers
Bamboo, Chocolate & Colonial White cardstock
Pacifica & Chocolate ink
Colonial White brads
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge 29
Challenges: Splitcoast Stampers VSBN Challenge 14

Water Bugs Layout

For my Day three LOAD, I am running a little behind on getting it posted, but there's a good yet funny reason. I was working on my layout last night and I could not find my Twilight stamp pad. I looked all over my scrap desk, and even checked other rooms of the house in case I had wandered into another room holding it and put it down somewhere. No luck, so I decided to call it a night and re-check in the morning with fresh eyes. Sure enough, I found it right away, misfiled in my ink storage tower!I was able to get back to work and finish the layout. I included a challenge from the Heart 2 Heart Challenge Blog: I used rock and roll stamping on my title and my little fishies (the fins are rolled in a darker color than the bodies). I also took on the challenge from Little Red Wagon to use at least three buttons. Now on to day 4.

Recipe:
Headline Alphabet Large, Hot Diggity & Dream Big stamp sets
Tinkering Level 2 papers
Sunny Yellow & White Daisy cardstock
Sunflower, Sunny Yellow, Sky, Twilight, Clover Meadow & Holiday Red ink
Color-Ready Kraft Borders
Craft buttons
Natural hemp
Pattern: Let's Scrap 5-9-12 sketch

Just an FYI: the title come from the brand name on the tube.

Lower Yosemite Falls Layout

Well, I'm really ripping through these Yosemite layouts, so I definitely should have the whole vacation scrapped by the end of the month.I used the pattern Rhapsody from Imagine as the basis for this layout. I changed a few photo sizes a little, but otherwise stayed pretty true to the pattern. Unusual for me, I know!



Recipe:
Headline Alphabet stamp set
Back Country Level 2 papers
Colonial White cardstock
Outdoor Denim & Olive ink
Outdoor Denim marker
Dimensional Elements in Color - Adventure
Outdoor Denim My Accents
3-D foam tape

Fishing Layout

I feel like I have been MIA on my blog for a week! Aren't thing supposed to calm down so we can take it easy during the summer? Not a chance in our home. I have been doing some scrapping, though, so here's my latest layout. I have no idea where that water paper came from (Creative Memories, perhaps?), but the rest is from CTMH. I just realized that the stamped fish on the left hand page looks like it's flying. I was going to draw some movement lines so it looked like it had jumped into the air, but I forgot. Too lazy now to re-scan it, so I guess you get a flying fish. LOL! Don't forget, you have until July 31 to leave a comment regarding your favorite piece of artwork from my blog, and I'll be picking a winner for blog candy on August 1.



Recipe:
Dream Big, Family Ties Adults, Family Ties Children, True Happiness, Headline Alphabet Large & Tiny Typewriter stamp sets
Felicity papers
Water paper (unknown source)
Desert Sand, Bamboo, Cocoa, Chocolate, Brown Bag & Colonial White cardstock
Brown Bag, Cocoa & Crystal Blue ink
Twill ribbon
Crystal Blue brads
White gel pen (Marvy)

LOAD #30 - LOL!

It's my last LOAD of the month, and it isn't done. Today was just too crazy for me to complete my layout. It is in progress, though, and I will post it tomorrow. Hopefully Michelle and Linda had better luck with theirs. Thanks for participating, ladies!

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Here's my final LOAD layout, finally finished. My week was insanely busy, which is why it took me so long to post this. It goes with my previous Laugh for Haiti layout, but this time I talked a little more about the comedy show put on by Michael Jr. He was absolutely hilarious! I was feeling a little sick from laughing so much by the time the show was over. The layout uses the You Rock papers again, and I think I'm in love. The colors are great, and I love the tough look! I also want to say thanks to Linda and Michelle, who scrapped along with me this month. You ladies did a great job with your LOAD! I will do the prize drawing as soon as both of you have posted all your layouts.



Recipe:
Starstruck & Headline Alphabet stamp sets
You Rock Level 2 papers
Indian Corn Blue, Cocoa & Goldrush cardstock
Indian Corn Blue, Outdoor Denim & Cocoa ink
White Daisy & Outdoor Denim grosgrain ribbon
Clear Sparkles
White gel pen

Look What Santa Brought Me Layout

I started this layout at a crop last month, but I just wasn't inspired, so I set it aside and moved on to other projects. I pulled it out last night and inspiration struck! I kept it very simple, but it was fun to make the little presents. The design is based on one of Becky Higgins' alternate sketches in October 2009 Creating Keepsakes.



Recipe:
Headline Alphabet & Hodge Podge Alphabet stamp sets
Magic Moments Level 2 papers
Cocoa, Indian Corn Blue & White Daisy cardstock
Cocoa & Indian Corn Blue ink
Cocoa marker
White Daisy ricrac
Twilight mini brad

LOAD #3 - Magic Day at the Circus

When most women say their home is sparkling, they mean it's really clean. Unfortunately, when I say that, it means I just finished a project in which I used lots of glitter. Yep, it's everywhere, including my hubby's cheeks! Hopefully you can see the glitter on this layout, because I think it helps reflect the magic of the circus. I used the Stars Above pattern from Imagine, but since I don't have a photo printer at home, I can't print the odd sized photos. So I revised the two spaces with the large photos to hold multilpe smaller photos. Jeanette Lynton's pattern books are so versatile; you can adapt them to your photos -love it! By the way, for those not familiar with Blogger, you can click on the pictures if you want to see a larger view.





Recipe:
Laughter, Headline Alphabet, Hodgepodge Alphabet & Priceless Love Word Puzzle stamp sets
Tinkering Level 2 papers
Sunny Yellow, Cranberry, Lilac Mist cardstock
Cranberry & Lilac Mist ink
Cranberry marker
Prisma Glitter

Father's Day Layout

I didn't get much scrapping done this weekend since I attended the Women of Faith Conference in Anaheim (Woohoo!), but I eked out this layout on Sunday after church. It's another of Helen Onulak's challenges, this time using the Imagine pattern, Sweet Symphony. I featured these sweet pictures of my sons with their daddy this past Father's Day, and the Stardust paper was an excellent accompaniment, as well as giving me the idea for a title. While creating this layout, I discovered that, even thought I have tons of stamps and supplies, I tend to reach for a few of my favorites most of the time. I love the versatility of the Hodge Podge Alphabet stamp set, and Star Struck has such cute arrows, stars, and circles that it goes with many layouts. Another favorite item is the Basic Craft buttons. These just debuted this month in the Fall/Winter CTMH catalog, but I have already used them on several layouts. The neutral colors make them so easy to work with. If you don't already have these three items, they are "must buys." Put them on your list - you won't regret it. I only have 4 more Hawaii layouts to scrapbook, so I'm going to go sit at my desk right now and see how many I can crank out. I really want to finish these by the end of the week so that I can move on to others subjects, like catching up on Adrian's school album and our current family photos. Wish me luck!



Recipe:
Hodge Podge Alphabet, Headline Alphabet, July Word Puzzle & Star Struck stamp sets
Stardust Level 2 papers
Lilac Mist, Chocolate & Bamboo cardstock
Bamboo, Desert Sand, Moonstruck & Versamark ink
Basic Craft Buttons
Embroidery floss
Chocolate & Moonstruck markers
Embossing powder
Liquid Glass
Connections Club Clear Shapes
Star punch (unknown source)