Blissful, Beautiful Butterflies Layout

My hubby took two sets of photos during our family visit to the Natural History Museum in 2018: the butterfly enclosure and then everything else. I decided to scrap the butterfly photos first since I had the title idea and wanted to run (fly!) with it.

The sentiment at the bottom left is a little washed out in my scan, so here's a close up of it.

Recipe:
Alphabet Solos "B," Pen Pal Alphabet, Bugs & Hugs, Smiles From the Garden & Diverse Backgrounds stamp sets
Goldrush, Thistle, Garden Green, New England Ivy & White Daisy cardstock
Goldrush, Thistle, Garden Green & New England Ivy ink
Thistle Diagonal Striped ribbon
Smiles From the Garden Thin Cuts
Messy Circles layering stencil (Amazon)
Challenges: Triple B July challenge - I included lots of butterflies and a few blooms; The Outlawz Tuesday Color Challenge - I used all the colors.

Double Trouble #195 - my three colors are Goldrush, Thistle, and Green, my two stamped images are the butterflies, and my sentiment is down at the bottom left. I stamped some splatters on the background cardstock but it's not shiny, so not sure if it counts for the twist!

What Matters Layout

Recently, I was rummaging around in a file of semi-completed layouts that needed photos and found two pieces of Moonstruck blue cardstock with a couple of strips of patterned paper stuck to each one. Not sure what I originally intended to do with them, but when I needed to scrapbook a set of photos taken at various times during a trip to visit family in San Diego, they sprang to mind as being something I could work with. I was also inspired by a couple of challenges (see below) for the direction I went with the layout, so thanks for breathing new life into something long ago relegated to the "finish someday" file.

Recipe:

This Happened, Balloon Talk & Captured Happiness stamp sets

Smiles From the Garden stamp set + Thin Cuts

Blue Ribbon papers

Moonstruck, Lilac Mist, Kraft & White Daisy cardstock

Moonstruck, Indian Corn Blue, Chocolate & Desert Sand ink

Moonstruck marker

White Acrylic Heart & Flowers

Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: curved rectangle

Challenges: Cut It Up #306 Feeling Blue + use a die-cut; Stamping Sensations Mood Board (inspired by the color blue, butterfly, and flowers)

Dedication Layout

Even though these photos were of parents dedicating their baby boy at our church, I decided to coordinate the color scheme with the mom's outfit. Consequently, there's a lot of pink on this layout, which my hubby thinks is a little weird, but I explained to him this is the exact reason I used to color coordinate out family outfits when we went on vacation. He had no good response for that - LOL! 

Recipe:
Precious Alphabet & Smiles from the Garden stamp sets
Belle Fleur papers (Photoplay)
Emporium & Dream Maker papers
Ballerina, Black & White Daisy cardstock
Vellum
Ballerina, Flamingo, Raspberry, Sweet Leaf & Black ink
Sweet Leaf & Black markers
Everyday Moments pocket card (Scrapbook.com)
Dream Makers stickers
Sweet Leaf grosgrain ribbon
Spring Blossom Just Blooms flowers
White paper flowers (Recollections)
Large black & White brads (from my stash, source unknown)
White Daisy Bigger Brad
Dot Fade stencil (Stampers Anonymous)
Smiles From the Garden Thin Cuts
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #69

Challenges: Color My Heart Color Dare #604 - I used Ballerina + Flamingo + Rosy + Limeade + Black + White + Gold (I didn't have any Rosy or Limeade ink, so I used the colors closest to it in my stash)

Time Out Challenges #265 - I was inspired to use floral paper and paper flowers