Brothers 2015 Layout

Love these sweet photos of my now-adopted son Angel hanging out with his biological brother! We're fortunate that Jacob was adopted by a family who lives only ten minutes away, so Angel can continue to have a relationship with him.

Recipe:
Yesterday & Today papers
Kraft, Chocolate & Almond cardstock
Chocolate & Toffee ink
Outdoor Denim marker
Pewter Square Durables
Little Boy ephemera (from my stash, source unknown)
3-D foam tape
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: banners, title, circle
Pattern: Stick It Down September single page sketch (rotated right)

Challenges: Heart 2 Heart Multi-Dimensional Magic (added some dimension by popping up the truck with 3-D foam tape and using metal studs); The Studio Challenges - Old Stash (the ephemera is so old, I don't even know when I got it, plus I used some older metal studs)

Mission San Luis Obispo Layout

September has not been a scrappy month for me, unfortunately. I guess I am still adjusting to having four kids doing distance learning at home, with all the fun challenges that entails! Speaking of challenges, the layout I have slowly been putting together over the past two weeks was inspired by several challenges. First, Double Trouble challenged us to create a scene from anywhere around the world. This fit perfectly with photos from a trip my hubby made to Mission San Luis Obispo, and much of my time this week has been spent finding a good line drawing of the mission that I then imported into Cricut Design Space and edited to create the mission facade. Lots of work but I think it was worth it. Twisted Sister's twist to include a mode of transportation stumped me for a while but then I thought of adding a little donkey (mule?) to my scene to represent a primary mode of transportation in the mission era. Isn't he cute?

And here's a close-up of the mission die-cut:

Recipe:
Friendship Alphabet Small, Universal Backgrounds & Intrinsic Backgrounds stamp sets
Autumn Terracotta, Pacifica, Topiary, Linen, Greg Wool, Almond & White Daisy cardstock
Autumn Terracotta, Topiary, Cocoa & Almond ink
Black marker
Gold Metallix marker
Wooden Arrows
Blue epoxy bubble
Cricut Noah's ABC Animals cartridge: donkey
Cricut New Testament cartridge: cross
Cricut Design Space: mission (based on imported drawing)
Cricut You Are Here cartridge: tree, bush
Pattern: Sketches in Thyme #435 (I used the sketch for both pages but flipped and changed up the right page)

Challenges: The Paper Girls #207 - Around the World; Use Your Stuff #405 - Farm Animals (there was lots of livestock at the mission including sheep and cattle, but I chose to just include the donkey); Heart 2 Heart Wood You Rather? (used wood arrows and stamped a wood grain pattern on the Chocolate cardstock)

Greg's Travelogue Layout

One of the fun place's my hubby visited on his business trip in 2015 was the San Luis Obispo farmers market, where he got to enjoy some delicious food and take in some famous sights. I used some really old papers on the layout and combined them with some new stickers and a die-cut, so hopefully the effect isn't too dated!

Recipe:
Travelogue & A Typeface stamp sets
MKids Ethan Large Stripe & Ethan Plaid papers (Making Memories)
Dutch Blue, Toffee & White Daisy cardstock
Dutch Blue, Toffee & Sweet Leaf ink
Dutch Blue marker
Let's Wander stickers (American Crafts)

My Crush Besties assortment
Cricut You Are Here cartridge: travelogue title
Challenges: Lasting Memories #513 Wonders of the World ( title + subtitle using the word travel + journaling); Tic Tac Toe Challenges #80 (I chose stripes + masculine + blue)

EMS Sketch 93 + Joy of Sets 21 + Love {My Science Teacher} Layout

September is here, bringing a few new challenges for all my crafty friends to enjoy. First up, I created a new sketch. It's a little different from my usual style because I actually created it based on an existing layout, per a friend's request. I included measurements for your convenience but feel free to change it up, as I obviously did. My photo was smaller than 5" x 7," so I added another piece of cardstock to fill in the space, and I decided not to cut all the circles as different pieces and instead used a piece of patterned paper that had balloons on it to substitute for the circle idea.

Here's the sketch:

And here is my layout:

It's also time for the JOY OF SETS September challenge! Anne-Marie has a fun grid for us this month, with science right at the center. I chose to use the diagonal with stars, science, and gems to scrapbook this photo of my mom, who also happened to be my 8th grade science teacher. Here is the grid. You have all month to play along with it, so let's see what you can do!

Recipe:

I Heart Us, Central Park & Key to My Heart papers

Raspberry, Smoothie, Creme Brulee, Lagoon, Peacock, Mink, Black & White Daisy cardstock
Raspberry, Smoothie, Creme Brulee, Lagoon & Ponderosa Pine ink
Black marker
I Heart Us Complements chipboard
Round sparkles
Smoothie grosgrain ribbon
Rasberry & Lagoon baker's twine

Miracle Irresistibles chipboard die-cuts

Field Trip ephemera (American Crafts)

3-d foam tape

Heart & star punches (EK Success)
Cricut Artbooking cartridge: sun
Challenges:The Studio Challenges Special Person (I chose my wonderful mother); Double Trouble #65 (Thing 1 = anything goes + Thing 2 = linked up with Color My Heart); Color My Heart #409 (I used all the colors plus black and white, but had to substitute Creme Brulee for Nectarine since I didn't have any Nectarine ink or cardstock).

The End of the Day Layout

My kids are all back in school (well, they're all doing remote learning) so it's time for me to get back to scrapbooking! I chose some photos my husband took while on a business trip in Pismo Beach. After he was done with meetings for the day, he was able to walk down to the beach and enjoy a relaxing walk along the coast.

Update: this layout was featured on Use Your Stuff challenge blog!

Recipe:

Pen Pal Alphabet stamp set

Surf's Up papers
Glacier, Crystal Blue & White Daisy cardstock
Ponderosa Pine, Lagoon & Saffron ink

Color Kaleidoscope Phrases and Icons Puffy stickers (American Crafts)
Color Kaleidoscope Thickers (American Crafts)
Our Adventure epoxy stickers (MAMBI)
Field Notes Thickers (American Crafts)

Say Cheese III enamel dots (Simple Stories)
Opaque Matte Texture Paste (Ranger)

Tim Holtz Rays stencil (Stampers Anonymous)

Cricut Artbooking cartridge: sunburst border

Pattern: Splitcoast Stampers Sketch16Sep3

Challenges: Heart 2 Heart Anything Goes; Use Your Stuff #404 (I was inspired by the ocean background and the teal & caramel colors)

A Berry Sweet Day

For some reason, we didn't take many photos on Mother's Day 2015, so here are the two I have of my kids serving me breakfast in bed.

Recipe:
White Pines, Twitterpated & Central Park papers
Kraft, Cocoa & Colonial White cardstock
Cocoa ink
Brown marker (Zig)
Summer Strawberry die-cuts (MME)

White enamel dots

Tim Holtz Burlap stencil (Stampers Anonymous)

Cricut Artbooking cartridge: banner title

Cricut Artiste cartridge: title letters

Pattern: Sketches in Thyme #433

Challenges: Lasting Memories #510 - Special Events Mother's Day; Heart 2 Heart Something to Smile About; Tic Tac Toe Challenge #78 - stencil (Tim Holtz Burlap on circle) + celebration + any shape die (strawberries)

Lunch Break Layout

I'm still plowing through the photos from Take Your Child to Work Day 2015, so here is another one, this time with photos from the kids' lunch break at a cool place in Malibu. There were multiple photos but I decided to scrapbook just these two of my own kids, while the others will go in a pocket page. The Baker's Dozen challenge over at Scrapbook.com always inspires me to add more stuff to my layout, and this time I had to get really creative to add beads and a shaker element. Since the only beads I had were pretty fat, I cut the sun image multiple times on my Cricut and stacked it until the beads could roll around a little under the vellum. Can you spot where I put all 13 items?

1. Clouds
2. Pocket Card
3. Summer Sun
4. Beads
5. Shaker Element
6. Cork
7. Ribbon
8. Die Cut
9. Paper Tearing
10. Paper Piecing
11. Misting or splatters
12. Brad
13. Stamps

And here are a few of the photos that will go in the pocket page:

Recipe:
Let's Stay Home & Pen Pal Alphabet stamp sets

White Daisy textured cardstock

Charcoal, Kraft, Champagne, Chocolate, Honey & White Daisy cardstock

Vellum
Pacifica & Slate ink
Black marker
ShinHan Touch Twin marker
Childhood PML cards
Cork Color-Ready Alphabet stickers
Lagoon satin ribbon
White brads
Gold and silver beads (found in my stash, possibly from Michael's)
3-D foam tape

CTMH Stripe embossing folder
Cricut Artiste cartridge: sun, cloud

Cricut Chore Chart cartridge: dog

Pattern: Scrap Our Stash August 2020

Challenges: 2 Crafty Critter Crazies #41 - I included the die-cut puppy to keep the dog in the photo company; The Paper Girls #206 Emboss Like a Boss - I added an embossed strip of kraft paper to the left of the photos.

Working in the Neighborhood Layout

 My two oldest boys got to spend the day at my husband's work for Take Your Child to Work Day in 2015. They were able to visit the public works yard he oversaw, and then they went out with one of the work crews to help on a local project. My hubby took lots of pictures, so here's one of the first locations they visited.

Recipe:
Let's Wander & Field Trip papers (American Crafts)
Twilight, Glacier, Sunset, Lemonade, Black & Almond cardstock

Twilight, Glacier, Sunset & Creme Brulee ink
Black & Creme Brulee markers
Let's Wander Thickers (American Crafts)
Silver Bigger Brads

3-D foam tape

Cricut Wall Decor & More cartridge: title, dump truck

Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: tags, banners

Pattern: Let's Scrap 8-15-19

Challenges: Tic Tac Toe Challenges #77 (used circle, tag, metallic)

Do Something Layout

Matthew West has a great song called "Do Something" about not just sitting back and expecting God to solve all the pain and suffering in the world but actually getting involved in others' lives ourselves to help with their problems. It seemed like a perfect fit to use some of the lyrics on this layout featuring photos of my children helping out at our church's food drive. While creating this layout, I was inspired by a few tic tac toe challenges that gave me great ideas of items to add to my layout: the stamped and embossed title, the heart die-cuts, the rhinestone sparkles, etc. Love the finished product and hope you do as well.

The sparkles don't show up too well on my scan, so here's a little detail photo of the lower corner of the layout:

Recipe:
Extreme Caps (2009) & Background Builders (2019) stamp sets
Watercolor paper (Recollections)

Kraft & White Daisy cardstock

Vellum

Chocolate, Juniper & Pacifica ink

Brown marker (Zig)

Milepost Shapes die-cuts

Color Ready Kraft Borders

Juniper Washi tape

Color Kaleidoscope sticker (American Crafts)

Blue rhinestone stickers (Recollections)

Clear embossing power

Cricut Artbooking cartridge: hearts

Pattern: Stick It Down August single page sketch

Challenges: Joy of Sets #20 tic tac toe - used emboss + shine + triangle


Retro Rubber Challenges #140 tic tac toe - used die-cut + blue + washi tape

Tic-Tac-Toe Challenges #76 - used alphabet (stamps) + square (photo) + embossing (title)

EMS Sketch 92 + Awesome Skating Party Layout

It's August, and I whipped up a new sketch featuring eight 4" x 6" photos. A couple of the photos are cropped, but you could leave them full sized if desired. Enjoy the sketch, feel free to adapt it as needed, and as always, be sure to post a link in the comments to your completed layout using the sketch. I used the sketch for the last of my daughter's birthday party layouts; I had some fun photos of her and the guests skating around the roller rink, some with more success than others! Since I placed an embellishment on the space designated on the sketch for journaling, I decided to create a journaling card and place it in a Flip-Flap. It's under the photo of  my son holding onto the rink wall.

The sketch:

My layout:

The journaling card:

Recipe:

Teen Spirit Girl Power & Epic Buttons papers (Echo Park)

Raspberry, Honey, Lagoon & White Daisy cardstock

Raspberry, Honey & Lagoon ink

Ocean marker

Honey, Lagoon & Cotton Candy washi tape

Lagoon baker's twine

Teen Spirit Girl Frames & Tags and Ephemera die-cuts (Echo Park)

My Happy Place shape sprinkles (Doodlebug Designs)

Cricut Artbooking cartridge: today, banner, hearts

Challenges: Lasting Memories #509 Birthday, Anniversary, or Graduation (I picked birthday); Scrap With Stacy August Tic-Tac-Toe board (I used the diagonal with banner + hearts + tag)