love love love love love [Challenge YOUrself 113].

This month for our Challenge YOUrself challenge, we are getting MESSY! This challeng was actually so so fun!

I used a cutfile from PearTree cutfiles as a base for my photo strip. My 'photo strip' is actually just a collage I created from a poor quality photo.

I used several stamp sets from my stash with a couple different pink distress ink colors. Then I added some micro beads in red.

As a final touch, I added some white flicks of mist and some sequins from Spiegelmom Scraps. Thanks for looking!

press pause.

Another layout this month for the March challenges at Paper Issues. This was a mood board challenge. I was inspired by the navy blues + the dash of pink. I also took inspiration from the heart and the florals.

This is the new Vintage Artistry Everywhere collection from 49 and Market. I used die cuts and rub on transfers and a cut file from Pear Tree cut files.

This is my youngest nephew when he was only one month old. So cute! Thanks so much for stopping by today.

special to me.

This page is for one of the March Paper Issues challenges.It's a scraplift challenge but I didn't really love the design I was coming up with, so I took a more liberal approach to the 'lift.

I used the storyteller collection from CVS. Here's the challenge layout:

football is my favorite season [Challenge YOUrself 111].

I loved our challenge this month - sports! You know I have plenty of Bengals layouts to make! This page is from the home opener this past September.

I thought this Paper Issues free cut file was perfect for this page and totally describes me. I pulled out all my orange supplies and I love this page so much.

Thanks for looking!

good for the soul [Challenge YOUrself 110].

Time for another Challenge YOUrself page! This month we're documenting how you meditate. I'm sure this comes as no surprise... I made a beach layout!

winter fun.

 I was trying to make this page for a PearTree Cut Files challenge and I forgot two parts of the challenge. I love these photos so much + with the big title and bold background I wanted to keep the rest of the page pretty simple.

I just added a couple Elle's Studio stickers + some SMS sequins. Thanks for looking!

2022 review [Challenge YOUrself 109].

I do want to add some journaling to this page, but overall I love the design. It took a lot more time than I ever thought it would and some of the photos are definitely rotated a little too much to make them fit. This was such a fun page to make though. Cutfile + mixed media premade background. Easy peasy!
 

celebrate always [Challenge YOUrself 108].

 This month's challenge was to use black and white photos, which I love to do! Unfortunately, the free photo editing program I use does not allow black and white photos... but you can do sepia!

Sepia it is. Then I decided to challenge myself by using only black & white embellishments. Here's how it turned out:

Thanks for looking!

grateful for this moment.

 Here is my third crop challenge for My Little Scrapbook Store. This was a sketch challenge and I grabbed the photos from my youngest nephew's Baptism earlier this year. 

I'm trying to get the albums caught up for both nephews by Christmas because everyone looks at them exactly once a year - Christmas.

Thanks for looking!

school pix.

 Here's my second crop challenge page for My Little Scrapbook Store grateful for you November crop. This is for challenge #1 about a person you are grateful for.

I'm so grateful for the relationship I've developed with my oldest nephew :)

smiles from ear to ear!

My Little Scrapbook Store is hosting a crop with eight challenges and you have until 12/6/22 to enter. My first challenge to complete was #2 cheers to you. This challenge is about someone who cheers you up and look at this face! Grayson is always such a happy baby - hard to be anything but happy when you see him!

This cut file is free from Paper Issues and I used the Magical Adventures 2 collection from Echo Park + some Elle's Studio goodies. Thanks for looking!

Graters [Challenge YOUrself 107].

 Things have gotten busy for me again so I haven't had much time to scrapbook. I can't believe another month is here and that means another Challenge YOUrself challenge!

This one was easy because I do handwritten journaling most of the time :)

Thanks for looking!

let's boo this!

 Look at that big smile!

My youngest nephew Grayson enjoying his first Halloween!

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 :)