Women's Retreat 2015 Layout

Since I haven't scrapped much this month, I decided to make up for it by scrapping a layout that has everything but the kitchen sink on it! I wanted to play along with a challenge on Scrapbook.com that required a single picture and tons of other stuff, so I pulled out a photo of me with a bunch of ladies on a women's retreat and used that to help me get started.

Recipe:
Let's Wander Multi-Media & patterned papers (American Crafts)
Black, Lagoon, Canary, Blush & White Daisy cardstock
Canary, Creme Brulee, Cotton Candy & Lagoon ink
Black marker
DE chipboard banners
Creme Brulee & Sunset Baker's twine
White Lacey Trims (49 and Market)
Juniper brads
Spring Fun & Wedding epoxy number stickers (KI Memories)
Craft buttons
Color Kaleidoscope word sticker & Thicker (American Crafts)
Let's Wander flower stickers (American Crafts)
Cricut Artiste cartridge: shaped rectangle, doilies, heart outline
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: tag
Cricut Artbooking cartridge: Special title
Cuttlebug embossing folder: Swiss Dot
Scalloped border punch (Fiskars)
Tim Holtz Dot Fade stencil (Stampers Anonymous)
Pattern: scraplift from Scrapbook.com
Challenges: Scrap With Stacy tic tac toe (I used the column with twine, border punch, and word stickers)

Tic Tac Toe Challenges #102 (I used the diagonal with flowers, word die-cut, and stencil)

The Tombs Layout

I haven't done a lot of scrapping this month, so I'm easing myself back into it with this super simple layout featuring a few photos of the Egyptian exhibit at the British Museum. Baby steps!

Recipe:
Felicity Alphabet stamp set
Florentine papers & cardstock stickers
Goldrush & Colonial White cardstock
Cocoa, Indian Corn Blue, Goldrush & Bamboo ink
Brown marker (Zig)
Cuttlebug embossing folder: Wicker Weave
Pattern: Sketches in Thyme #457 (rotated left)

Challenges: Heart 2 Heart Borders (added borders at top and bottom); Lasting Memories #533 Embossing (dry embossed the borders at top and bottom)

Set in Stone Layout

My hubby took lots of pictures of the Ancient Egypt exhibit at the British Museum, so this layout features some of the statues he photographed. There were too many to include them all!

Here are a few of the photos that go in the photo storage page that I placed between these two pages.

Recipe:
Laughing Lola papers
Glacier, Black & White Daisy cardstock
Black ink
Black marker
White Pearls
Licorice Opaques pearls
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: title, tag
Cricut Artbooking cartridge: stars
Pattern: Splitcoast Stampers Sketch15Jan3

Challenges: Double Trouble #77 Layer It On (Thing 1 = 5 layers in the upper corners with the stars + Thing 2 = linked up with the Crafter's Cafe #260 + Thing 3 = pearls); Use Your Stuff #416 It's My Favorite (purple, light blue, and black is one of my favorite color combos with which to scrap)

You Had Me at Meow Layout

When I look at my big kitty now, it's hard to believe he was ever this small, but he is still as precious as he was when we first brought him home!

Recipe:
Friendship Alphabet Small stamp set
Heartstrings papers & stickers
Black cardstock
Black, Crystal Blue, Cranberry & Hollyhock ink
Black marker
Flamingo Dots
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: Meow
Challenges: Heart 2 Heart All You Need Is Love; Challenge YOUrself #86 Celebrate Love

Party Time {for Hailey} Layout

It's time for my final layout as the Lasting Memories guest designer for this month, and their theme is "Events," so I pulled out some fun photos of a birthday party we attended. The challenge is open until the 30th, so feel free to pop on over and play along!

Recipe:
Party Time papers & stickers
Glacier cardstock
Glacier & Cotton Candy ink
Watermelon marker
Dazzling die-cuts (scalloped border)
Capri & Rose grosgrain ribbon (MM)
Flamingo & White enamel dots
Flower punch (EK Success)
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge 10

Challenges: Tic Tac Toe Challenges (I chose the top row across with flowers + ribbon + pink)

Snow Much Fun Layout

Back in fall of 2017, I started scrapping photos from a Frozen birthday party my kids attended, but I kinda ran out of steam after also scrapbooking my daughter in her Elsa costume riding in a princess carriage and enjoying several Halloween events. I put the remaining pictures on hold until now, when I was inspired to pull them out so I could play along with Bitten By the Bug's Magical Winter Snowflakes challenge. This page will face another layout I previously created, so I used some of the same supplies and dug through my box of Cricut cuts to find the snowflakes. This page is rather photo heavy, but I couldn't bear to create yet another Frozen layout, so they all had to fit on this one!

Recipe:
Flakey Friends stamp set
Glitter & Watercolor papers (Recollections)
Crystal Blue & White Daisy cardstock
Lagoon ink
Enamel & Glitter Duos blue dots
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: snowflakes
Mini snowflake punch (EK Success)
Challenges: Use Your Stuff #414 Out With the Old (I used a leftover piece of glitter paper plus snowflakes I had die-cut but not used for a previous project)

The Mummy Cases Layout

I have long been a fan of Elizabeth Peter's novels about Amelia Peabody and her husband Emerson, intrepid Egyptologists and solvers of mysteries, so I knew exactly what I wanted to do for this week's Lasting Memories "Best Seller" challenge: create an Egypt themed layout based on the title of one of her books! There were several I could have chosen from for these photos, but "The Mummy Case" was an obvious winner. I even used the cover of the book as inspiration for some of the design features on my layout.

And here's the cover. If you haven't read any of this book series, do it now! Amazing fun.

I was really tempted to add a cat die-cut, but I thought it would detract from the theme of the layout so I resisted. Speaking of cats, did you know the Egyptians sometimes mummified cats? We saw a couple of them at the museum.

Recipe:
Color Kaleidoscope papers (American Crafts)
Kraft, Autumn Terracotta, Champagne & Black cardstock
Black, Sky & Cashmere ink
Black marker
Let's Wander Thickers (American Crafts)
Color Kaleidoscope cardstock stickers (American Crafts)
Black striped grosgrain ribbon
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: title
Cricut Artistry cartridge: pyramids
Pattern: Sketches in Thyme #451

Challenges: Tic Tac Toe Challenges #96 (I chose the bottom row with ribbon, die-cut, kraft)

This Rocks

I was so excited to see the actual Rosetta Stone when we visited the British Museum, but I wanted a title with a little more pizzazz than just "Rosetta Stone," so after a little thought, "This Rocks" just dropped into my brain. Love it when that happens!

Recipe:
Extreme Caps alphabet stamp set
Watercolor paper (Recollections)
Let's Wander paper (American Crafts)
Black, Twilight, Glacier & Saffron cardstock
Twilight, Glacier & Saffron ink
Black marker
Black enamel dots
Slice of Life mini puffy sticker (American Crafts)
Color Kaleidoscope puffy sticker (American Crafts)
Our Adventure epoxy sticker (MAMBI)
Pattern: Splitcoast Stampers Sketch15Dec1

Challenges: Scrap With Stacy January 2021 Tic Tac Toe (I used the middle column with puffy stickers, hearts, banner piece)

Thor's Thoughts Layout

I host a Daily Inspiration Challenge over on Scrapbook.com, and I try to think up fun way to use our crafting supplies by being inspired by seasonal and sometimes bizarre holidays. This month, I was inspired by several challenges as I created this layout about my cat Thor:

• January 2 is Run It Up the Flagpole and See If Anyone Salutes Day, a day to get creative with new concepts and ideas, so I finally pulled out the pen that came with my Cricut and experimented with writing my journaling using the Cricut. Only took me a year to use this pen - LOL!

• January 6 is Cuddle Up Day, so I added journaling about my cat cuddling up to Cinderella.

• January 19 is Tin Can Day, and since the tin can was invented in the early 1800 but can openers didn't come along until 1858, I challenged everyone to use a tool they wish had been around when they started crafting. My tool was my Cricut, which I used to cut out the speech bubbles.

• January 22 is National Answer Your Cat's Questions Day, so I added the speech bubbles as if my cat was talking/thinking about life.

The Daily Inspiration Challenge is open all month, so come on over to Scrapbook.com to check it out and play along!

Recipe:
Blue Skies papers & stickers
Canary cardstock
Canary, Green Apple, Candy Apple, Lagoon & Sapphire ink
ShinHan Touch Twin marker
Black marker (Cricut)
Stargazer & Seas the Day enamel dots
Ric-rac (JoAnn's Craft Essentials & Wrights)
Cricut Design Space: speech bubbles and journaling
Pattern: Sketch-n-Scrap #216 (reversed to work with my background paper)

Challenges: 2 Crafty Critter Crazies anything goes with a critter (my cat); Heart 2 Heart Out With the Old, In With the New (I used the Blue Skies papers and stickers that I got for Christmas, plus a new technique using my Cricut).

EMS Sketch Challenge 97 + Fun @ CCV Layout

It's a new year and here's my first scrapbook sketch for 2021! There are lots of photos on it, but the mats help separate them a little and give the pages definition. I stuck pretty close to the sketch for my layout, but feel free 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:
I Love Halloween papers (Echo Park)
Paprika, Garden Green, Black & White Daisy cardstock
Sunset, Garden Green & Black ink
Black marker
Heartfelt Whimsy felt die cuts
Hodge Podge Color-Ready alphabet stickers
Garden Green brads
Cricut Artbooking cartridge: journaling frame
Challenges: Use Your Stuff #413 All About the New (used my new Echo Park Halloween papers!); The Studio Challenges Old and New (used new Halloween papers plus old felt die-cuts and alphabet stickers)