O Come All Ye Faithful Layout

My last layout for 2023 is also the last layout I needed to complete for 2016! I started this layout in October but it was not working for me, so I put it aside and finally decided to finish it tonight. I fell ten short of my scrapping goal this year (only made it to 90) but am looking forward to a new year and hopefully more scrapping fun. Happy New Year, everyone!

Recipe:
A Typeface, Glory to God & Trim the tree stamp sets
Mistletoe papers
Cranberry, Black & White Daisy cardstock
Cranberry, New England Ivy & Black ink
Black marker
Sparkles Holiday Shapes
Black button brads
Red ribbon (recycled)
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: title, ornaments, stars, tag
Cricut Artiste cartridge: pocket
Cricut Design Space: nativity scene
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge 98

Live + Laugh Layout for Lasting Memories #681

Good morning everyone, and welcome to my layout for this week's Lasting Memories challenge. This month's theme is the Design Team's Favorite challenges from 2023, and today we are revisiting a challenge from September 17 - Stash Busting: Layering - create a layout with lots and lots of layering, and use brads, buttons or bling, or even better all three if you can. I chose to use buttons with some photos of our family posing with the cardboard cut-outs at a Mexican restaurant. I took a risk with the color combo by using some colors that aren't found in my photos, so hopefully it came out okay. This is the last Lasting Memories challenge for December, so we would love to have you play along and  share your layout based on this and any other challenges from this month.

Recipe:

Let's Wander Mixed Media papers (American Crafts)

Nectarine, Flaxen & Black ink

Black marker

Let's Wander Thickers, Tags & Journaling Pieces (American Crafts)

Field Notes Journaling Ephemera (American Crafts)

Color Kaleidoscope cardstock stickers & Puffy Stickers (American Crafts)

Journey Color Buttons II (Fun Stampers Journey)

Embroidery floss

Teal enamel dots

Pattern: Sketches in Thyme #593

Challenges: Challenge YOUrself #120 Anything Goes; Park Hopping My Happy Place December 2023 Challenge (I was inspired by the Mexican themed photos which reminded me of Fiesta Village at Knott's Berry Farm in Southern California)

Happy Birthday 2 U Layout for Lasting Memories #680

Greetings and happy Sunday to you all! It's time for another fun challenge from Lasting Memories, this time revisiting one of the design team's favorite challenges of the year. Since this also happened to be a challenge I hosted, that was a bit of a thrill for me! Here's the challenge: 

LM #680 - Summer Wordplay "Campers" (June 25) - use an item or technique that starts with the first letter of this summer word: CAMPERS.

Here are the items I used:
C - circle
A - arrow
M - milk bottle (bet you didn't see that one coming!)
P - patterned paper
E - epoxy stickers
R - ribbon
S - stamp

And here's my layout, another cat party one. Only one more layout and I'm all done scrapping this party - woohoo!

Recipe:

Happy Everything stamp set

Chloe papers (Bella Blvd)

O Happy Day papers (Simple Stories)

Ballerina & Capri cardstock

Juniper ink

Peacock Blue fineliner pen (iBayam)

White gel pen (Sakura)
Chloe chipboard sticker (Bella Blvd)

My Happy Place Shape Sprinkles (Doodlebug Designs)

Floral kit - epoxy stickers (KI Memories)
Blush ribbon
Cricut Artiste cartridge: title

Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: arrow

Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #67

Challenges: Double Trouble #155 Die-cember (Thing 1 = title and arrows die-cuts + Thing 2 = play along with Use Your Stuff' #481 Wrap It up by using ribbon + Thing 3 = used ribbon); Heart's Quest Challenge #43 Hearts + music theme (didn't know what I was going to call this layout until I saw this challenge and it inspired me to use the Happy Birthday song as the title of my layout!)

Mom Time Layout for Lasting Memories #679

This was supposed to be posted on Sunday, but our internet stopped working Saturday night and we just got it fixed. Oh well, better late than never, and I hope you still are inspired to play along with our latest challenge from Lasting Memories!

Good morning and happy first Sunday in December to all of you! Can you believe it’s only 21 days until Christmas? Where has this year gone? Speaking of years, over at Lasting Memories, the design team is looking back over some of our favorite challenges of the year. The first challenge revisits A Walk in the Park Day from March 26, and asked us to use at least one outdoor photo. I could have continued with my daughter’s cat party photos, but I was ready for a break, so I chose photos from an outdoor event at my kids’ school to celebrate Mother’s Day. We only have three challenges for December, so I hope you join us over at Lasting Memories and show us your work. Here’s my layout! 

Recipe:
These Are My People, I Heart Us & Smitten papers
Watercolor papers (Recollections)
Black, Gypsy & White Daisy cardstock
Pixie, Smoothie, Gypsy & Capri ink
Black marker
Dazzling Die-Cuts arrow
There Are My People stickers
Purple Glitter Gems
White pearls
Flower punch (EK Success)
Cricut Artbooking cartridge: scalloped frames
Cricut Artiste cartridge: mom
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: large curvy reactance cutout, vines
Pattern: Page Maps for Challenge YOUrself blog

Challenges: Cut It Up #292 Use more than one die-cut; Color My Heart # 577

Pin the Bow on the Cat Layout for Lasting Memories #678

Good morning everyone, and welcome back to the latest challenge for Lasting Memories. It has been fun to be the hostess this month, and here's my last challenge. Grateful for Words - use one of the following journaling techniques on your layout: a list, 50+ words, on a journaling card, digital or hidden. I chose to go with a journaling card on this one, and after searching through my stash, I found one I thought went well with the layout. Hope you think so, too, and are inspired to hop on over to Lasting Memories to play along with any of our Scrappy Gratitude challenges before the clock runs out on Saturday, December 2!

Recipe:
Chloe papers (Bella Blvd)
Capri & White Daisy cardstock
Capri & Raspberry ink
Black marker
Chloe chipboard stickers (Bella Blvd)
Hopscotch PML card
Bubblegum embroidery floss
Burlap ribbon
Silver photo hanger
Base & Bling bow charm
Blue craft button
3-D foam tape
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: tags, butterfly
Cricut Artiste cartridge: title
Pattern: Sketch-n-Scrap #141 (Throwback sketch for their November Crop challenges)

Challenges: Festive Friday #148  - used natural ribbon (burlap) + texture + animals + animal patterns (cat paws)

Scoop the Poop Layout

For my daughter's cat themed birthday party, we came up with a variety of the games, including this one for the kids to scoop the poop (chocolate candies) out of the kitty litter (rice). To be honest, I probably found the idea on the internet, but the kids loved it, so thanks to whoever dreamed up the idea. I found a poop emoji on the internet and traced it to create a hand made embellishment to add to my layout.

Recipe:
Stacy's Hand stamp set
Chloe papers
Toffee, Capri, Cotton Candy, Brown Bag & White Daisy cardstock
Toffee, Capri, Pixie & Brown Bag ink
Coffee and Black markers (Zig)
Cat Lover sticker (Photoplay)
Circle Double Stitched steel dies (Art Impressions)
Cricut Artbooking cartridge: heart

Disorganized Fun Layout for Lasting Memories #677

Hello, everyone, and welcome back to another fun challenge from Lasting Memories. I am hosting this month, and I chose to focus on being grateful for another essential scrappy supply: enamel dots and shapes. I used six dots on my layout, and I love the extra pop it gives to my page. We would love to have you play along with the challenges this month; simply click on the link above to get the details!

Recipe:
Oh Happy Day papers (Simple Stories)
Toffee, Capri & Pear cardstock
Capri, Raspberry, Canary & Black ink
White gel pen (Sakura)
Grass Green fineliner pen (iBayam)
Black and White enamel dots
My Happy Place acrylic heart
Raspberry baker's twine
Metal rimmed tag
Let's Wander sticker (American Crafts)
Oh Happy Day Bits & Pieces ephemera (Simple Stories)
Cricut Artbooking cartridge: heart
Cricut Design Space: Fun (using Cookie font)
Pattern: Sketch-n-Scrap #285

Challenges: Cut It Up #291 Friends and Family (I chose to use the friends theme because I'm scrapping photos of my daughter having fun with her friends)

EMS Sketch Challenge #111 - Everybody Wants to Be a Cat

I haven't posted a new sketch since May, but as I was working with one of my older sketches, it kept morphing until it didn't look that much like the original, so I decided to create a new sketch based on my layout! You won't need a ton of patterned paper for this one, but even with four photos there is room to get creative and have some fun. As always, feel free to change things up a bit and please post a link to your completed layouts in the comments so I can enjoy how you used the sketch.

Here's the sketch:

Scrapping photos from my daughter's cat themed birthday party has been a rather hodgepodge affair, so this layout actually goes before the one I posted on Sunday and after the one I posted in August. I think I am now in chronological order, though, so it's all good. The title for this layout was based on the song from the Aristocats, but I decided to keep the second "e" in "Ev'rybody" since it looked better on my layout. Anyway, here's my layout:

Recipe:
Stacy's Hand Alphabet stamp set
Chloe papers (Bella Blvd)
Toffee and Pear cardstock
Chocolate, Pear, Orange & Lagoon ink
Burnt Sienna fineliner pen (iBayam)
Chloe chipboard Icon stickers (Bella Blvd)
Chloe stickers (Bella Blvd)
Cat Lover stickers (Photoplay)
Orange embroidery floss
My Happy Place Shape Sprinkles (Doodlebug Designs)
Cats & Bats enamel dots
Cricut Artbooking cartridge: large heart
Challenges: Let's Craft and Create #201 Stitching; Scrap With Stacy November Tic-Tac-Toe (used the left column with stickers + ink + enamel shapes)

Posing Layout for Lasting Memories #676

Happy Sunday, everyone. It's time for another challenge over at Lasting Memories, and this time I asked everyone to show their appreciation for stamps and stickers by including two or more of either on a layout. I usually am all about the stamps, but I had purchased a cute cat themed kit for scrapping my daughter's cat birthday party, so I decided to use the stickers from that. Feel free to hop on over to Lasting Memories and join us for any of the November challenges before December 2!

Recipe:
Chloe papers (Bella Blvd)
Capri, Canary & White Daisy cardstock
Capri, Canary, Pixie & Whisper ink
Peacock Blue fineliner pen (iBayam)
Chloe & Molly stickers (Bella Blvd)
Oh Happy Day sticker (Simple Stories)
Blue Jean Heart puffy shapes (Doodlebug)
Striped ribbon (American Crafts)
Pattern: Sketches in Thyme #588 (rotated right)

Challenges: Festive Friday #147 (I chose alphabet + patterned paper + Hello sentiment - the blue sticker at bottom right)

Enjoy the Presents Layout for Lasting Memories #675

Good morning, and happy Sunday to everyone. I'm hosting the challenges over at Lasting Memories this month and went with a theme of Gratitude List with a Scrappy Twist. Today's thing I'm grateful for is die-cuts! I used lots of die-cuts to decorate this layout of my son opening presents on his birthday. We would love to have you join us over at Lasting Memories for this challenge before it closes on December 2!

Recipe:
Sweet Safari papers and stickers
Sundance, Lagoon, Bluebird & White Daisy cardstock
Honey, Lagoon, and Candy Apple ink
White gel pen (Sakura)
Teal Dots
Cricut Artbooking cartridge: hearts, presents, postage stamp mat, buddies
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: tab, postage stamp frame
Cricut Artiste cartridge: title
Pattern: SCS Sketch April 17