Cat Nap Layout

Our cat Thor is beloved by all my children, so my daughter was thrilled to have some one on one time with him. Aren't these photos of him all wrapped up and with his head on her doll's pillow a crack up?

Recipe:
Purrrrific stamp set
Chloe papers (Bella Blvd)
Capri, Raspberry & White Daisy cardstock
Raspberry, Pixie, Capri & Creme Brulee ink
Baby Blue marker (Zig)
Creme Brulee baker's twine
Doohickey stickers & Ciao Chipboard (Bella Blvd)
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: circle border
Pattern: Splitocast Stampers Sketch16May1

Challenges: Double Trouble #134 PAWsome Pets (since I'm usually the one taking photos of our family with the pets, I couldn't find a good picture of me with Thor, so I included a picture of me and three of my kids walking our three dogs)

Festive Friday #131 (used cat + paw prints + twine)

EMS Sketch Challenge 101 + Furry Friends Layout

I made it to 100 sketches last year and was going to stop making them since that seemed like a nice round number to me, but when I couldn't find a sketch for these photos, I couldn't resist the urge to create a new sketch! I changed my sample layout up by using a large photo on the left hand page. Hope some of you scrappers out there will be able to use the sketch. Feel free to change it up as needed, and don't forget to post a link to your completed layout in the comments section below. Happy scrapping!

The Sketch:

My Layout:

Recipe:
Paw Prints on My Heart & Purrific stamp sets
These Are My People paper & cardstock stickers
Green Apple, Pixie, Charcoal, Black & White Daisy cardstock
Saffron, Pixie, Green Apple, Carolina & Black ink
Black marker
White gel pen (Sakura)
Canvas Badge Buttons
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: ring
Challenges: Crazy Critter Challenges #60 Anything Goes with animals as the focus; Double Trouble #105 Bring on the Green (Thing 1 = lots of green + Thing 2 = played along with Heart 2 Heart's Wearing of the Green challenge + Thing 3 = plaid or checks); Challenge YOUrself #99

Beautiful Moments {with Thor} Layout

Now that my cat is all grown up, I love looking back on those precious few moments when he was a tiny kitten. He still loves to snuggle up with me when I take a nap, but fortunately (considering how much he weighs) he now prefers to lie on my feet instead of my chest! 

And because the close up of my kitty didn't come out well on the scan, here's the original photo. Enjoy the cuteness!

Recipe:
Purrrrific & A Typeface stamp sets
I Heart Us & Craft On papers
Thistle & White Daisy cardstock
Bamboo, Thistle, Lagoon & Bluebird ink
ShinHan Touch Twin marker
Oh Happy Day Bits & Pieces ephemera (Simple Stories)
Best Day Ever ephemera assortment
Teen Spirit Girl ephemera (Echo Park)
Escape the Ordinary Thicker (American Crafts)
Field Notes Journaling ephemera (AMerican Crafts)
Blue & pink craft buttons
Grey Wool baker's twine
Pattern: The Studio Challenges 4/4/21 Sketch

Challenges: 2 Crafty Critter Crazies anything goes with a critter; Lasting Memories #543 - include a 4x4 photo; Challenge YOUrself  #88 Alphabet Soup (this time I chose the letter B and used buttons, bows, baker's twine, blue, black, bamboo, Beautiful Moments, Big Happy Dreams, Best Day Ever ephemera & Bits & Pieces ephemera to scrapbook my Baby kitty)

The Truth About Flat Stanley Layout

My daughter did a Flat Stanley Project in 2nd grade where she created a Flat Stanley and mailed it to my sister, who then took a bunch of pictures of Stanley doing all kinds of things, then she mailed it and a journal about their time together back to us. I saved Flat Stanley, the photos, and the journal, and was going to title this layout Flat Stanley, but then I opened up a new stamp set I had purchased and it had the conversation starter "The truth about . . " and that sparked a whole new idea for the layout. I wrote a whole bunch of "truths"' about Stanley based on the photos my sister sent, and added them to a pull out tag on the layout. Really fun to get creative that way, and I hope you enjoy the result!

And here's Stanley with the journaling tag:

Click on the photo for a close-up of the journaling!

Recipe:
Story FYI, Pennant Alphabet, Life's a Jungle, Picture Perfect, A Chocolate Affair, Purrrrific & Highlight Reel stamp sets
Inspirationals stamp set (SU)
Craft On papers
Toffee, Raspberry & White Daisy cardstock
Black, Cocoa & Toffee ink
Black marker
ShinHan Touch Twin markers
Raspberry baker's twine
White Daisy embroidery floss
Cricut Artist cartridge: "Flat"
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: tag
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge 10 (FYI: the large square on the right hand page made a great place for a memorabilia pocket! I layered mine with vellum over patterned paper to get two pockets, one for the journal and the tag, and one for Stanley.)

Challenges: Heart 2 Heart mixed fonts (my title fonts look similar but they're actually created using two stamp sets and a Cricut font)