telling our stories [Challenge YOUrself #106].

 I can hardly believe another month has gone by and it's time to share the October sketch challenge at Challenge YOUrself.

I used the new CVS Storyteller line, which was fitting because this page is about hanging out with family and sharing stories from the past.

I still need to finish my journaling and add the date, but otherwise am happy to have this documented. Thanks for looking!

quality time in paradise [Challenge YOUrself 105].

 It's time for another Challenge YOUrself and this month we are doing GOOD times. Last month was tough times.

I have had this photo printed for a while, just waiting to get it scrapbooked. This is from when we went out to dinner at a cool local place in Florida last year.

This is the Sunkissed collection from Cocoa Vanilla Studio. Super cute collection that I've been hoarding :) Thanks for looking!

Seafood Shack.

A second page done for the PearTree Cutfiles birthday challenges. This one is challenge number five - tags and twine. I barely have any twine in my stash. I just don't ever use it.

This is also my second page using the Doodlebug Seaside Summer collection and I'm documenting another Florida memory. 

Thanks for looking!

happy days.

Peartree Cutfiles Facebook group has a birthday celebration going on this month with tons. I'm going to complete as many as I can! This challenge was to use ephemera & distressed edges.

We just spent a week in Florida & I ordered the Seaside collection from Doodlebug to scrapbook the trip. This is my first layout using this collection. Thanks for looking!

this day [Challenge YOUrself #104].

 Time for another Challenge YOUrself challenge and this time we're documenting tough times. This was just the push I need to start doing some pages about our IVF/miscarriage journey.

This ended up being a two page layout, with the second page telling more of the miscarriage. I used a new 49 and Market collection for both of them, as they'll go next to each other in my album.

This is a Paper Issues cut file & I liked the idea of using blue & pink primarily on this page as typical baby colors. Here's the second page:

Those butterflies are all rub ons from the collection. I scattered them in order from pink to yellow. 

Thanks for looking!

Tis the Season to be Jolly.

 Here's another page for the My Little Scrapbook store July crop. This challenge was to make a Christmas page with NO green or red.

This was a fun page to make with a bunch of Elle's Studio goodies + some super fun sequins. I had this Paper Issues free cut file from a few years ago already cut and never used so this page came together super fast!

Thanks for looking!

around the zoo.

I'm on a roll! This page is for a challenge at My Little Scrapbook Store this month. We're supposed to combine old + new products. Most of this is older Bella Blvd. My newer item is the giraffe! I just purchased it last week from MLSS!

I was also inspired by the July single page sketch at Stick It Down! Thanks for looking :)

you.

 Hello again! Another page for the My Little Scrapbook Store July crop. This one was to scrapbook something that makes you happy.

Here's my youngest nephew again with the Storyteller line from CVS. This page was also inspired by sketch day 19 at Paper Issues. Thanks for looking!

lovely day.

 My Little Scrapbook Store is having an online crop with tons of challenges. I always get my Cocoa Vanilla Studio from them & I got my new order just in time for this crop!

This challenge was to scrapbook about a 'present' you received. This is my youngest nephew, born earlier this year. 

I also used inspiration from sketch day 18 at Paper Issues. They are doing 31 days of sketches this month! Thanks for looking :)

collect moments, not things.

This cutie is my youngest nephew and this page was made for one of the July challenges at Pear Tree cut files! This one was to use LAYERS.

Everything on this page is from my PinkFresh stash. I'm learning to use the off cut feature on my Silhouette so I've been practicing with the Pear Tree cut files I have. My floral background paper is actually matted on another sheet of ombre patterned paper, but I couldn't crop the photo right to include it so I had to crop that out. Lots going on on this page but I think it all comes together because the tones are all matching.

Thanks for looking!

furrever friends.

 I'm playing along with Peartree Cutfiles July online crop again this month! Challenge four was to use your favorite collection and although this is not a super current collection... it IS the most current Bella Blvd pet collection and it's my favorite dog collection ever. I had this cute photo of my oldest nephew napping with one of his dogs and I thought it would be so cute with this collection + cut file.

I used some broken china distress ink behind my title + popped it up with foam adhesive. Everything is from Bella Blvd and I just think this is so, so cute. 

Thanks for looking!

sweetest [Challenge YOUrself 103].

Happy July! Time for a new challenge at Challenge  YOUrself and this month the focus is family. Remember, YOU have to be in the photos. These photos are me with my littlest nephew, Grayson.

Everything on this page is Elle's Studio (except the chipboard title) and the patterned papers are actually 6X8 size! That's a new one for me, but I couldn't find any 12X12 papers in my stash that I wanted to use.Thanks for looking!

good vibes only.

This was a quick page using sketch day number five from Paper Issues #31DaysOfSketches challenge this month.

I used a bunch of things from my stash. The patterned paper (Heidi Swapp Art Walk) started this whole page. The die cuts and stickers are Cocoa Vanilla Studio and the patterned paper strips are all Bella Blvd. Thanks for looking!

big boy bed.

Another layout completed for the June challenges at Pear Tree! I don't think I'm going to get all four done in time, sadly. This was for a sketch challenge and I used all of my new 49andMarket. I am super loving this whole collection.

Thanks for looking!

summer sun.

 I was wanting to try some mixed media and I found some challenges at the Pear Tree cut files Facebook group. This challenge was to use five items from a list and I chose wood, patterned paper, sequins, mixed media, and washi + you had to use a PearTree cut file.

This is the broken china distress oxide ink + sunflower flight sequins from Spiegelmom Scraps.

Thanks for looking!