Lovely Music Fills the Air Layout

My hubby and I have loved the music of Steven Curtis Chapman since we were in  college, so it was fun to attend a concert featuring lots of his songs from over the years. I didn't have any papers that perfectly matched the purple in some of the photos, but I did the best I could.

Recipe:
You & Me and Star Power stamp sets
Life's a Hoot papers
White Daisy cardstock
Wisteria, Eggplant, Lagoon & Bamboo ink
Crimson fineliner pen (iBayam)
Gold metallic pen (Staedtler)
Old Soul ephemera (American Crafts)
Butterfly Bits ephemera (49 & Market)
Lagoon baker's twine
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: stars, frame & ticket
Challenges: Love Those Pretty Papers - anything goes with lots of patterned paper; One More Page - anything goes with a scrapbook page; Paper Rocks Scissors #16 - used scissors to cut the baker's twine and fussy cut the guitar.

Hey Santa Layout + Lasting Memories #635

For my final challenge as a guest designer for Lasting Memories, I needed to scrapbook about a family tradition or event that happens year after year. One thing we do every Christmas morning is listen for the sirens on the fire trucks that tell us Santa is on his way with treats for all the kids, courtesy of the local fire department. It's a really old tradition in our city, so I thought it would be fun to scrap it for this challenge.

Recipe:
Star power stamp set
Happiest Place & March/April 2022 Mix-In papers
Jingle All the Way papers (Simple Stories)
Sage cardstock
Candy Apple & Black ink
Black marker
Jingle All the Way chipboard stickers (Simple Stories)
Black baker's twine
Clear sparkles
3-D foam tape
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: title
Pattern: Stick It Down January 2023 single page sketch (rotated right and with larger photos)

Challenges: : Lasting Memories #635 Traditions; Cupcake Inspirations #561 Polka Dots (mine are huge but hopefully they still qualify)

What a Relief Layout

I went back to the Assyrian exhibit at the British Museum for this layout featuring carved reliefs from various sites in Nimrud and Nineveh. The title is a play on the old jingle for Alka Seltzer, and I popped up the negative title to give a little additional dimension.

The journaling and additional photos are on a facing photo storage page:

And, since it's probably really hard to read the journaling, here are the journaling cards for any history nuts (like me) who want to read all about it!

Recipe:
Pen Pal Alphabet & Star Power stamp sets
Elemental, March-April 2021 Mix-in & Sweetheart papers
Sorbet, Sage & White Daisy cardstock
Sorbet, Creme Brulee, Sage & Black ink
Black marker
Creme Brulee baker's twine
Let's Wander Thickers (American Crafts)
Dymo label tape
3-D foam tape
Cricut Artiste cartridge: title, wing
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge 61

Challenges: Let's Craft & Create #176 Things with Wings; Tic Tac Toe Challenges #137 (used the middle column with Embossing + Green + Twine) 

Color My Heart #476 (I don't have anything in Papaya yet and very little in Sundance, so I used the old colors Sorbet and Creme Brulee as the closest matches. Also realized I messed up and used gold instead of silver, but I still wanted to share my layout!)

Princess Leia Hairdo Layout

My daughter wanted to be Princess Leia for Halloween one year, but the wig that came with the costume wouldn't fit over her thick black hair, so I had to scour the internet to find out how to do the Princess Leia buns. As this layout reveals, it took a few tries to get something that didn't look like a scraggly mess!

Recipe:
Just Be You & Star Power stamp sets
Slice of Life & Let's Wander papers (American Crafts)
Sapphire, Goldrush & White Daisy cardstock
Canary, Glacier, Twilight, Sapphire & Versamark ink
Moonstruck marker
Clear embossing powder
Tan sparkles
Glitter
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: stars, tag
Pattern: Scraplift of Michelle's A World to Wander layout

Challenges: The Studio Challenges - scraplift a member of the design team (see above); Lasting Memories #527 - Word Play on Lights
L - Leia, Let's Wander patterned paper
I - ink blending
G - glitter
H - hearts
T - tag, twine, torn edge
S - stamps, stars, sparkles, Slice of Life patterned paper
Tic Tac Toe #92 (I used stars, tag, and sparkle / glitter, and threw in some ink blending just for fun!)

At the End of the Day Layout

When I first got these photos developed, I had no idea how I wanted to scrap them, but a sketch from the Memory Nest and a couple of challenges (check them out below) came to my rescue!

Recipe:
Life is Sweet, Charming Cascades & Star Power stamp sets
Clementine Level 2 papers
Whisper, Creme Brulee, Sorbet, Twilight, Goldrush & Colonial White cardstock
Creme Brulee, Sorbet, Saddle & Twilight ink
Twilight marker
Coffee marker (Zig)
White gel pen (Sakura)
Twilight brads
3-D foam tape
Cricut Artistry cartridge: pennant
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: title, stars
Cricut Artbooking cartridge: Day circle, sunburst
Pattern: The Memory Nest Make It Monday sketch #81
Challenges: Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge - use the word Today; Picture This It's In the Air Blog Hop (for Christine's stars challenge, I stamped stars on my background cardstock and traced over them with white gel pen, plus I added 3 die-cut stars)

SCS Variety Challenge 192 - One of Those Days

Who needs some inspiration to get your scrapping going today? Well, it's time for another variety challenge for Splitcoast Stampers, so come join in the fun and play along using the link below! 

New Lamps for Old
In the original Aladdin story, Aladdin's bride unknowingly exchanges the old magic lamp for a shiny new one. After all, who wouldn't rather have something new in place of the old? My challenge to you today is to pull our some old treasures from your stash (at least five items that are over a year old) and scrap them in order to make room for the new stuff you probably want to buy!

I don't think my layout has any products that are less than a year old, except maybe the cardstock and baker's twine. Hope you have as much fun using up your stash as I did!

Recipe:
Tiny Typewriter Alphabet, Star Power & Victory stamp sets
Newsprint Alphabet stamp set (Stampin' Up)
Superhero Level 2 papers
Sky & Kraft cardstock
Chocolate, Moonstruck & Sky ink
Cranberry baker's twine
Cranberry grograin ribbon
Cranberry & Chocolate stripe ribbon
Milepost Shapes - stars & circle
"Family" ribbon slide
Cranberry photo anchors & brads
Decor Journaling Spot - Cranberry
Spring Blossom Just Blooms
Outdoor Denim craft button
Pattern:Sketch 'n Scrap Sketch 36
Challenges: Fabulous Friday challenge - use ribbon, twine, or washi tape; Scrap It Girl - red, white, and blue; SCS Inspiration Challenge - Sport Your Colors Proudly

LOAD # 9 - Hard Rock Cafe

We found a Hard Rock Cafe in Buenos Aires and thought it would be fun to say we'd gone! I pre-designed this layout in Studio J, and here's my paper recreation of it. The Studio J stickers were really fun, and I had to get creative designing the circle elements since I didn't have the exact stamps to copy the Studio J ones.

Recipe:
Star Power, Just Be You & Extreme Caps stamp sets
You Rock Level 2 papers
White Daisy, Indian Corn Blue & Goldrush cardstock
 Goldrush, Olive, Smokey Plum, Indian Corn Blue & Outdoor Denim ink
Outdoor Denim marker
Olive button brads
3-D foam tape
Pattern: Dynamic Duo from Imagine

Week 34 Layout Linky - Toasty Toes

The Heart 2 Heart challenge for August 8 was "to show us 'HOT' in your artwork". I started working on this layout for the challenge a week and a half ago, and just finished it today, but better late than never, right? Instead of a sunny beach scene, my idea of hot was a roaring fire, with me and the kids toasting our toes in front of it. Not something I would want to do today, with the temperature soaring up into the 80s, but a lot of fun in the middle of winter! I used 2 Page Sketch #12 from the Sketch Support blog for the design.



Recipe:
Star Power & Trinity Alphabet stamp sets
Back Country & Free Spirit Level 2 papers
Barn Red, Autumn Terracotta, Outdoor Denim & Colonial White cardstock
Barn Red, Autumn Terracotta & Honey ink
Barn Red marker
Outdoor Denim grosgrain ribbon
Colonial White Edge Anchor
DE Stars
DE Monograms "T", "O", "E" & "S"
3-D foam tape
Fiskars border punch

***If you are participating in the 52 Layouts Challenge, please use the link below to link your layout to this post. You have until Friday at 11:59PM PST to post your week 34 layout. The link will allow you to post a title and thumbnail that link to your site, where we can see the layout in all its glory! Note: please do not post from a password protected site that will require us to input a password before viewing.

Heart 2 Heart Sketch Challenge #7 - Take 2

It's the 15th of the month, so that means another Heart 2 Heart Sketch Challenge. Feel free to play along, and please post your creation on the Heart 2 Heart blog. I'll be excited to see what you do with this sketch. Here's the layout I created using this sketch. This is my tribute to the family photo shoot. I'm sure you all have them, the not-quite-right family photos, the rejects that you snapped on your way to finding the perfect family portrait. The cheesy grin, the distracted kids, the wild-eyed look, we captured 'em all during this family photo shoot for our 2007 Christmas card! I loved using the beautiful Roxie papers for this, but I had a hard time choosing which side of the paper to showcase. I can tell this is going to be an on-going dilemna for me!

The sketch:


My layout:


Recipe:
Star Power stamp set
Roxie Level 2 papers
Desert Sand cardstock
Desert Sand & Black ink
Black marker
Cork Color-Ready Alphabet
Pearls
Bling Assortment
Twill ribbon

Week 13 Layout Linky - Sing Layout

I went away to a scrapbook retreat this weekend, so I got quite a few layouts done. Here's another one from the Bible Boot Camp VBS our church did last summer. I used a Becky Higgins sketch and the new craft paper from CTMH. FYI: this paper is great, and it's perfect for anything army. Well, it's perfect for a lot of things, but that's what I happened to be scrapping this weekend! I did lots of multiple ink stamping on this layout. For a few, I was able to get multiple colors on the stamp just by inking up the stamp on the edge of the pad, but for the guitar I had to use a sponge to apply the Pansy Purple ink. I like how it came out really muted, especially in comparison to the star I stamped over it. Same ink, two different looks. Cool!



Recipe:
Star Power & Extreme Caps stamp sets
You Rock Level 2 papers
Olive, Craft & Colonial White cardstock
Olive, Pansy Purple, Outdoor Denim, Goldrush & Desert Sand ink
Pansy Purple Bigger Brad
Olive & Outdoor Denim markers

***If you are participating in the challenge, please use the link below to link your layout to this post. You have until Friday at 11:59PM PST to post your thirteenth week's layout. The link will allow you to post a title and thumbnail that link to your site, where we can see the layout in all its glory! Note: please do not post from a password protected site that will require us to input a password before viewing.