H Is For Happy Layout for Lasting Memories #674

It's time for our last October challenge over at Lasting Memories, and  Maureen challenged us to create a Celebration themed layout (Christmas, New Years, Easter, or Birthday), so I grabbed some photos from my son's birthday party at Scandia - a local amusement park - and pulled together this layout. The month is almost over, so please hurry over to Lasting Memories to play along with this or any of our other October challenge!

This layout will have a facing photo storage page, so here are a few of the other fun things the kids did!

Recipe:
Party Invitation & Artiste Birthday stamp sets
March - April 2021 Mix In papers
Lagoon, Black & White Daisy cardstock
Candy Apple, Honey & Black ink
Childhood PML card
White acrylic hearts
Red enamel hearts
Lagoon washi tape
Cricut Artiste cartridge: Happy birthday pennant
Challenges: Cut It Up #289 Add a sentiment (mine is happy birthday on the die-cut banner at the top); Park Hopping My Happy Place Anything Goes with theme park inspiration (I was inspired by the local fun park where my son had his birthday party)

Hot Fun in the Summertime Layout

I’m hosting the monthly Variety Challenge over at Splitcoast Stampers and asked everyone to be inspired by s’mores in honor of my recent trip to Yosemite. Although there are a variety of ways you could be inspired (color scheme, family fun, sweet memories), I went literal and scrapbooked pictures of my family eating s’mores. Feel free to join us at SCS for this challenge!

Recipe:
Surf's Up, August Word Puzzle & Party Invitation stamp sets
Felicity & Twitterpated papers
Sorbet, Chocolate, Crystal Blue & Colonial White cardstock
Sorbet, Chocolate, Crystal Blue & Desert Sand ink
Colonial White ric-rac
Cricut You Are Here cartridge: chocolate, marshmallows
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: postage stamp frame
Cricut Artbooking cartridge: arrow frame
Pattern: Pagemaps April 2008 double page sketch
Challenges: Bitten By the Bug Frames challenge (I included two, one over a picture and one to frame the title); Scrap with Stacy song inspiration: Hot Fun in the Summertime

Graduation Cards

Just finished graduation cards for four gals at our church who are completing high school. We've known one since she was a baby, so it seems a little weird that she's old enough to graduate - yet another example of how time flies. I'm totally excited with how much money I just saved myself by not having to buy graduation cards from the store! I used the same pattern for all the cards (Winning Combination from Originals), but I wanted each one to be a little different since these girls all know each other and might see the others' cards. I was inspired by the little bird stamp from the June Word Puzzle stamp set, and I took it from there. All the patterned paper is from the same kit: Boom-Di-Ada Level 2. Isn't it cool how you can get so many different looks using the same color palette? The inside of the cards says, "Happy graduation."







Recipe:
June Word Puzzle, Party Invitation, Rustic Flowers, Hodge Podge Alphabet & Tiny Typewriter Alphabet stamp sets
Boom-Di-Ada Level 2 paper pack
Buttercup, Olive, Barn Red & Colonial White cardstock
Buttercup, Olive, Barn Red, Autumn Terracotta, Hollyhock, Sweet Leaf & Blush ink
Black Marker
White Grosgrain Ribbon
Pink & Green Grosgrain ribbon (from Michaels)
White Brad
Blending Pen
Circle Punch (CM)