Push the Limits Layout for Lasting Memories #636

I am excited to announce that I have joined the Lasting Memories Design Team as of this month! The challenges this month all revolve around a few of the favorite things of DT member Brandi's little boys, and here is the first inspiration board. Even if you don't have kid photos to scrap, I can see lots of ways  you could be inspired by this board, so feel free to join in on the fun.

Here's the board:

And here's my layout:

Recipe:
Flyin' High, Later Sk8r & Boys at Play stamp sets
Let's Wander Mixed Media paper (American Crafts)
Nectarine & White Daisy cardstock
Sunflower, Nectarine, Tulip & Lagoon ink
Teen Spirit Boy ephemera (Echo Park)
Color Kaleidoscope stickers (American Crafts)
Cricut Artistry cartridge: ring
Pattern: Stick It Down February 2023 single page sketch

Challenges: Time Out Challenges #231 Photo Inspiration (I was inspired to use the mixed media paper with multiple colors across it as my background and to use a title with white writing on a colored background)

Happy Together Layout

For this bunch of photos of the kids riding scooters and skating around our cul-de-sac, I decided to feature three photos on a traditional layout and put the rest in a pocket page. The design is actually a scraplift of Sandra's "Biker Dawls" layout from over on Scrapbook.com. Down the left side of her page, Sandra had a bunch of sayings she had cut out of a piece of pattered paper, but I chose to ink up my stamps and get to work stamping and cutting! I used the rainbow paper from my brand new "I Heart Us" paper pack from CTMH, and that gave me a whole rainbow of colors to chose from when stamping the little sentiments.

And here's the journaling card from the pocket page:

Recipe:
Boys at Play, Framework Alphabet, Friendship Word Puzzle, It's Your Day, Just for Boys, Kid Power, Later Sk8r, Take Note, This & That, Whooo's Your Valentine & You and Me stamp sets
I Heart Us papers & My Complements stickers
Canary, Bluebird & White Daisy cardstock
Canary, Pixie, Thistle, Key Lime, Lagoon, Sweet Leaf, Raspberry & Bluebird ink
ShinHan Touch Twin marker
Hopscotch PML card
Stargazer and Cats & Bats Dots
Thistle striped ribbon
Staple
Star punch (EK Success)
Challenges: Heart 2 Heart Happy Times challenge; Lasting Memories #444 alphabet stamps (used to stamp "happy" in my title); Double Trouble Something, Anything, Everything challenge (for Thing 1, I pulled out a bunch of stuff I have never used before - the I Hearts Us papers, Bluebird cardstock, Bluebird & Raspberry ink pads, and a roll of Thistle ribbon, then for Thing 2 I played along with Heart 2 Heart, and finally I used tons of word stamps for Thing 3).

Fontana Speedway Layout

Squeezing in a last minute layout for August! I had lots of fun using the Later Sk8r Picture My Life cards on this. They make great photo mats and can even be altered if something on them does not quite work on your layout. For example, I loved the look of the journaling card, but there was a sentiment on it that totally didn't fit with my layout, so I covered it with a die-cut arrow. Easy-peasy!

Recipe:
Flyin' High, Later Sk8r, Distressed Backgrounds & Ticket to Ride stamp sets
Later Sk8r Level 2 papers & PML cards
Whisper, Cranberry, White Daisy cardstock
Whisper, Slate, Cranberry, Lagoon & Outdoor Denim ink
Pear & Outdoor Denim markers
Lagoon & Slate washi tape
Cranberry concho
Round Durables - Pewter
3-D foam tape
Cricut Artiste cartridge: title
Pattern: Simple Stories
Challenges: Heart 2 Heart Ticket to Ride

Star Wars Exhibit Layout

Let's Scrap posted their weekly sketch and it was a card, but I kept looking at it and wondering if I could adapt it into a layout. I decided to give it a try, and here is the result. I had to make a few changes, but you can probably recognize the bones of the sketch. Pretty fun, huh? Frosted Designs has a challenge to use handwriting plus ink (journaling, title, key words) on your layout, so I dragged out a few sets of stamps and a marker and played around until I found a combo that worked for me. The Star Wars part of my title is stamped and then I gave it a little definition using a marker, and I also added the word exhibit using the marker.

Recipe:
Later Sk8r  WOTG stamp set
Later Sk8r Level 2 papers & My Stickease
Whisper cardstock
Outdoor Denim, Lagoon & Whisper ink
Outdoor Denim marker
Later Sk8r Assortment
Blue Epoxy Bubbles
Staples
Challenges: Frosted Designs Handwriting + Ink challenge
Pattern: Let's Scrap 4-16-14 sketch

Ouch Layout

Taking a break from Christmas layouts to do a quasi-Christmas layout. My younger son Elliot received a skateboard for Christmas in 2011, and hadn't been on it for five minutes when he fell and skinned his knee. In retrospect, the skateboard has been a poor investment, because Elliot also broke the bottoms off his two (permanent) front teeth while riding his skateboard this year. Sigh . . . So, something to contemplate as we usher in the new year: if you had a do-over for 2013, what would it be? And what would you like to do better in 2014? Hope everyone has a wonderful and safe (i.e. skateboard-free) New Year!

Update: I was a winner at Paper Secrets for this layout!

Recipe:
Later Sk8r, Express Postage & Make It Count stamp sets
Later Sk8r Level 2 paper & My Stickease
Slate, Whisper, Lagoon, Outdoor Denim & White Daisy cardstock
Slate, Whisper, Lagoon, Outdoor Denim & Pear ink
Outdoor Denim marker
Later Sk8r Assortment
Green & Blue epoxy bubbles
Swiss Dot embossing folder (Cuttlebug)
Cricut Artiste cartridge: gears, title
Pattern: Paper Secrets December 15 Sketch (twist = include clock or calendar)