smiles & good times.

Tonight I played along with the August 1 sketch challenge at Let's Get Sketchy. I love sketches with multiple photos and this one was perfect for our honeymoon trip to Chicago. We stopped by the Lincoln Park Zoo briefly and I wanted to scrap those photos.

 Thanks for looking!

supplies
patterned papers, die cuts, stickers: Cocoa Vanilla Studio (More Than Words)
cut file: Paper Issues (Sweet Summertime)

celebrate together.

I'm finally getting around to scrapbooking my wedding shower from last month. For this page, I'm playing along with Scrap the Girls August moodboard challenge.

Thanks for looking!

supplies
patterned paper: Simple Stories (Beautiful)
tags: Simple Stories (Always & Forever)
chipboard stickers: American Crafts (Maggie Holmes Shine)

Scrap Our Stash August 15 Blend a Sketch challenge.

Hi guys! Today I'm sharing my Scrap Our Stash blend a sketch challenge for August 15! Here are the sketches:

I chose the photo placement and matting from the left sketch, but I used one photos and one journaling card instead of two photos. From the sketch on the right, I followed the vertical placement of the paper and title. Here's my page:

This lemon paper is a little bold and lemony for me - even though I do love lemons - but some how I thought it would be great for this page!

Instead of doing the scalloped paper from the sketch on the right, I lined up some washi tape and embellishments. It was fun using some arrows from my stash!

Thanks for looking - can't wait to see what you guys make! :)

supplies
patterned papers, washi, stickers: Pink Paislee (Pick Me Up)
project life card: Elle's Studio (June 2018 kit) 
alphabet stickers: Simple Stories

Scrap Our Stash August 1 Golden Globe challenge.

Who doesn't love this movie?! Today I'm sharing my page for Scrap Our Stash August 1 challenge.

My inspiration came from a quote in the movie (by Brad Pitt): I may be an outlaw, but you're the one stealing my heart. I thought it would be great with some of our engagement photos. I used three journal cards on my page - can you spot them?

 You also must include the word "friends" on your page. I kept my journaling really simple and stuck it down in the corner so to not take away from my photos. It just says my boyfriend... now my fiance.

So I used two journaling cards on this page - the 'XO' card is one and the other one is a graph paper print that I flipped horizontally and layered behind. Use your journaling cards in unconventional ways! Thanks so much for looking!

supplies
patterned paper: Elle's Studio (Noteworthy)
journal cards, stickers, die cuts, stamp: Elle's Studio
ink: Memento (Tuxedo Black)
acrylic: Color Cast Designs

July 4th on the water.

Hi! July is almost over so it's time to document last July 4, right? I'm playing along with the Paper Issues Stars and Stripes challenge + The Studio Challenges July challenge to use a big shape on your layout. I chose a heart :) The 4th of July cut file at Paper Issues was perfect for page. This is a FREE cut file and it has SO many sayings and graphics to choose from.

 I started this page with some clear gesso on the white Bazzill cardstock because I knew I wanted to use some red distress ink on my background. I also added some silver splatters because there's silver in the Doodlebug paper I used for the cut files.

My photo is printed with a white border so I mounted it on a red patterned paper to help it stand out. Then I just added some of the extra stars, some puffy stickers, and sequins for some extra details. Thanks for looking!

supplies
cut file: Paper Issues
pattered paper: Doodlebug
ink: Tim Holtz Distress ink (Barn Door); Memento (Tuxedo Black)
mist: Heidi Swapp Color Shine (Tinsel)
puffy stickers: Elle's Studio
stamps: Kellie Winnell (Looks Like Summer); Studio Calico; Elle's Studio (Right Now Sept 2016)

cherish.

Tonight I'm playing along with sketch 344 at Sketches in Thyme. I rotated this sketch and used a vertical 4x6 photo of my fiance and his grandmother at his cousin's wedding last month. It was a gorgeous day and the venue had a beautiful patio.

 Thanks for looking!

supplies
patterned papers, die cuts, alphabet: Cocoa Vanilla Studio (More Than Words)
washi: Heidi Swapp (Magnolia Jane)
chipboard stickers: Prima (Amelia Rose)

Scrap Our Stash July 15 Blend A Sketch Challenge.

Hey everyone! Sharing my July 15 Blend a Sketch challenge today. I used the sketch on the left with the horizontal photos, but I used two larger photos instead of four smaller ones.

Both sketches are similar with the vertical strip of paper kind of as a mat and then the horizontal layering of paper and embellishing. From the second sketch, I used the title placement and the little banner embellishment up in the top left corner.

Here's my page:

I added in a few extra embellishments because that's just my style and I used the packaging technique to bring some pink ink in from the background paper.

Thanks for looking and I hope you'll play along!

supplies
patterned paper: Pebbles (Sunshiny Days); Amy Tangerine (On a Whim)
sticker: Doodlebug Doodle-Pops (summer sippers)
washi: Freckled Fawn
die cuts, tags: Elle's Studio
ink: Tim Holtz distress ink (picked raspsberry)

Both Our Hearts Believe.

Hey guys! Sharing a layout real quick before heading outside. We're supposed to get some storms later this afternoon so I want to get outside while I can.

I worked on this page off and on all week. I wanted to play along with Stacy's July song challenge (even though I don't care for Ed Sheerhan or this song) because I love using lyrics on my pages and I want her to keep going with this challenge! :) I used my typewriter to type out a line of the song - both of our hearts believe - but I know you can't hardly see it. I just ordered new ribbon for my vintage typewriter.

I also used one of Paper Issue's July scraplift challenges - this page is scraplifted from Debbie T. My title is one of the older PI cut files found HERE.

This is my first time trying a sequin shaker on a layout. I think I crammed it a little too full. But I do love the look of it and I'll try it again :)

Thanks for looking!

supplies
die cuts, patterned papers, stickers, stamp: Elle's Studio
woodgrain paper: SN@P! Basics
cut file: You & Me Poppy Flowers (Paper Issues)
 ink: Memento (Tuxedo Black)
sequins: Spiegelmom Scraps (All American; Magical Adventure)

nurse on duty.

Guys! I saw this new cut file at Paper Issues today and screamed! I am so excited about all the ways to use this and if you're not familiar with PI cut files - they're all FREE! I love the stethoscope and the font is SO pretty.

If you're new here, I'm a nurse, and I currently work urgent care. I want to first say I hate when people scrapbook Snap Chat filtered photos BUT this is a recent one I have from work so I had to go with it. I used all Pink Paislee's Pick Me Up collection and the packaging technique with distress inks.

I'm playing along with Lasting Memories challenge this month to document your job. I found this challenge to be super important because we went to college for four years, we spend 40+ hours a week at this place, and we never talk about it in our scrapbooks!

I combined this with the July tic tac toe challenge at Paper Issues. I used cardstock, date, and patterned paper.

Thanks for looking!


supplies
cardstock: Bazzill
patterned paper, die cuts, stickers, washi: Pink Paislee (Pick Me Up)
ink: Tim Holtz distress inks (Spun Sugar, Picked Raspberry, Chipped Sapphire, Faded Jeans) 
date stamp: Studio Calico 
sequins: Spiegelmom Scraps (All American)

Merry Christmas.

So a Christmas page in July! If you haven't seen Tracey's Instagram (@scrappylikeafox) lately, she's doing a ChristmasInJuly project + Paper Issues in on board with it. I used the sketch challenge at Scrappy Friends too.

These photos are from last year, my supplies are a lot older than that, and I'm loving this page :) Guys, their PJs match this paper almost exactly! Crazy, right?


supplies
patterned paper: Alison Kreft/Webster's Pages (It's Christmas); Elle's Studio
die cuts: Elle's Studio; Chic Tags;

Scrap our Stash July 1 Golden Globe stash challenge.

Hi everyone! This is my first challenge as a member of the Scrap Our Stash design team and I'm so excited! Here is our first challenge:

I was first inspired by the collage of photos and I wanted to do a play on the 'days of summer' somehow on my page. My summer this year has been mostly wedding planning. Originally I used Google to determine how many days we'll have spent planning by August 11 (146), but then decided to be more general and use Summer of Wedding Planning.

So I printed a ton of photos in small sizes so I could make a collage of the things we've been working on. I ended up not using as many of the photos as I had planned.

The twist on this challenge is to include a sun and I had this cut file that I backed with patterned paper and then fussy cut.

Thanks for stopping by! You have until July 29th, 11:59 PM (PST) to link up your entries at Scrap Our Stash for a chance to win this month's prize.

supplies
patterned paper: Prima (Amelia Rose); Simple Stories (Always & Forever)
cardstock: Bazzill
cut file: Paper Issues Sunny Day
stickers: Prima (Amelia Rose); 
washi: Heidi Swapp (Magnolia Lane)
alphabet stickers: American Crafts; Heidi Swapp;

say hello to summer.

Today I wanted to use some of my Echo Park Summer Dreams stash from a few years ago. I had this photo of my cousins & I also had my mind set on using a cut file for something. So here's what I came up with using the July 1 sketch from Let's Get Sketchy:

 Thanks for looking!

supplies
patterned paper: Elle's Studio (Sycamore Lane); Echo Park (Summer Dreams)
die cuts, stickers: Echo park
cut file: free at Paper Issues
ink: Tim Holtz distress ink (Evergreen Bough)
puffy stickers: Elle's Studio
 

design team announcement!

I'm super excited to be joining the team at Scrap Our Stash! You can check out the announcement HERE.

bride and groom.

I'm playing along with the June 1 sketch at Let's Get Sketchy - but I rotated it so that my page elements are vertical instead of horizontal.

Here's my page:

My friend got married last October and her photographer posted some amazing pictures on Facebook so I stole one to scrapbook :)

supplies
cardstock: Bazzill (Berry Blush)
mist: Studio Calico Mr Huey's (Hey Diddle Diddle)
patterned paper, die cuts, stickers: Echo Park (Wedding Bliss)

2017.

I've had this black & white photo of my cousins graduation for a year, waiting to be scrapbooked. Finally today I found the inspiration to get it done.

I used a cut file from Paper Issues  and one of their June challenges - to keep everything on the bottom 1/3 of your layout.

I first smeared some clear and white gesso mix behind where my cut file would be. Then I used the packaging technique and just flicked some mist splatters on my page. Thanks for looking!

supplies
mist: Heidi Swapp Color Shine (Black Velvet; Tinsel); Studio Calico Mr Huey's (Shine)
gesso: Prima
patterned paper: Doodlebug