October Scrap Our Stash Blend a Sketch challenge.

Today I'm on the Scrap Our Stash blog sharing my take on this month's blend a sketch challenge.

I printed two photos of our mini-moon trip to Chicago. We went to a Cubs game... and they lost.

I used the background design from the left sketch with the striped paper covering 2/3 of my page. Then I layered, used title placement, and vertical 4x6 photos like the sketch on the right.

Thanks for looking!

supplies
patterned paper: My Mind's Eye (By the Sea); Elle's Studio (Noteworthy; Shine)
die cuts, stickers: Elle's Studio

LOVE

This amazing cut file was FREE at The Cut Shoppe this month and I think it's adorable! My Silhouette had a little trouble cutting this delicate cut file and I only wanted to use the 'love' anyway. This page will go in the album I'm making for my brother and his girlfriend for Christmas.

Thank for looking!

supplies
patterned papers: Elle's Studio (Sweater Weather)
die cuts, projecj life cards: Elle's Studio
ink: Tim Holtz distress ink (Mustard Seed)
cut file: The Cut Shoppe

Halloween1989.

Throwback photos for one of the Paper Issues challenges this month, which is to scrapbook Halloween!

This is me, my brother, and our cousin when we were little. We always went trick or treating together and usually in coordinating outfits.

supplies
patterned paper: The Paper Studio [woodgrain]; Elle's Studio (Sweater Weather);
die cuts, journal cards: Elle's Studio
sequins: Spiegelmom Scraps (Gold Summer Sunset)
cut file: Paper Issues (Halloween Titles)

beautiful [Die Cuttin' Divas].

I'm guest designing at Die Cuttin' Divas today! This week's theme is FOOD.

I chose to make a shaker cupcake using a cut file from Paige Evans. I use my Fuse tool and cut up page protectors to form my shakers.

I have tons of wedding themed goodies, as well as just pinks and greys and blacks, pulled from my stash and stored in a large tote for now. I figure I'll be scrapping lots of wedding stuff for the next few months :)

This is making me crave cupcakes. How about you?

supplies
patterned paper: American Crafts (black); Me & My Big Ideas (pink heart); Simple Stories Forever & Always (grey)
sequins: Spiegelmom Scraps (Cotton Candy Land; Pick Your Plum)
cut file: Paige Evans
chipboard stickers: Crate Paper (Heart Day); My Mind's Eye (Bliss)
washi: Heidi Swapp
stickers: My Mind's Eye (Bliss)
mist: Heidi Swapp color shine (gold)

good times.

I got an order from Paper Issues today that had the Pink Paislee Auburn Lane collection in it. Not the whole collection, just a few pieces of the patterned papers that I liked. I thought they would be good for documenting some wedding photos :) I started with this striped paper for my background because one of the Paper Issues challenges this month is to use striped paper.

I'm playing along with the Scrappy Friends challenge this month, which includes Stacy's song challenge and Rochelle's sketch challenge. I always try to play along with Stacy's song challenge because I LOVE using songs and lyrics on my pages and I don't know of any other challenges like hers. The song this month is Trace Adkin's You're Gonna Miss This and I chose the line "these are some good times." I thought this Elle's Studio gold piece I've had in my stash for a while was the perfect fit.

I found that black and white striped chipboard frame on my Crate Paper sheet and wanted to make a shaker with it. A few sequins later and it was done!

These flair are from a new Etsy shop I found called Scrappin' Happy Studio. Super cute stuff! They're thin and flat backed so I really like them. [I'm not affiliated; I just like them :)]

Thanks for looking!

supplies
sequins: Spiegelmom Scraps (Metallic Mess; Springtime Bliss)
cardstock frame sticker: Crate Paper (Heart Day)
die cuts: Simple Stories (Forever & Always)
patterned paper: Pink Paislee (Auburn Lane)
washi: Heidi Swapp
flair: Scrappin' Happy Studio

LOVE.

I know I can't name every wedding layout "love," but I'm having a hard time coming up with anything more creative!

So a while back I asked Cassie about Paper Issues getting some wedding cut files for me to scrap some wedding pics. Today I got an email from her saying they were in the PI shop. Seriously... MADE MY DAY. I immediately purchased, cut, and got to work.

My Silhouette didn't do so great at cutting out the little heart "light" in the middle of the bulb so I had to just snip them off.

I made a shaker card out of one of the project life cards in the Bliss package from my Mind's Eye.

This is one of my favorite photos from the ceremony. Because of the wide angle, you can see Bentley resting quietly to the right. I printed it 5x7 and then cropped out some of the sides so it ends up being about 4.75" x 4.75" and I love that it shows the rafters and the lighting.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

supplies
cut file: Paper Issues (Wedding Lights)
sequins: Spiegelmom Scraps (Metallic Mess; Rustic Retreat)
cardstock: Core'Dinations 
patterned paper: Photo Play (We Do); Glitz Design (Hello Friend)
stickers, chipboard, journal card: My Mind's Eye (Bliss)

October Scrap Our Stash Golden Globe challenge.

Hi SOS friends! I'm not quite ready to let go of summer yet, as you can tell by my page. This month our Golden Globe inspiration is the movie SING and you also need to use rhinestones or bling on your page.

I printed off this photo from a Kenny Chesney concert I went to earlier this year. I thought "sing" was a perfect representation of what I did all night.

I used the December 2017 Hip Kit Club kit on this page + some Spiegelmom Scraps sequins and some old Studio Calico rhinestones from my stash.

You can see more on the SOS blog. Thanks for looking!

supplies
sequins: Spiegelmom Scraps (Metallic Mess)
patterned papers: Crate Paper (Good Vibes)
stitched stars: Pink Fresh Studio

fun features this week!

I had two recent layouts featured this week!

Elle's Studio featured this page on their blog yesterday! That was so fun to see that on my Instagram feed!

and Challenge YOUrself featured this page as a top 3 design team favorite!

Thank you so much!

together.

One of my cousins got engaged this year and I took one of her engagement photos off of Facebook to scrapbook.

I don't know how I never knew about the My Mind's Eye Bliss collection! I just saw a haul video on You Tube last week where someone was sharing the chipboard stickers and I had a moment. Like I just got married.... I need this line. It's so pretty and perfect. So I immediately ordered some stuff from A Cherry on Top.

This page is based on the October sketch from Paper Issues. I love a good grid design :)

I've had that pink heart paper in my stash forever. Finally found a good layout for it :)

Thanks for looking!

supplies
patterned paper: American Crafts (Fine & Dandy by Dear Lizzy)
cardstock: Bazzill
embellishments: My Mind's Eye (Bliss)
mixed media: Heidi Swapp Color Shine (gold); Shimmerz (Pink o de Mayo);  
washi: Heidi Swapp 
sequins: Spiegelmom Scraps (Metallic Mess)

Autumn favorites.

My mom went to Ohio this past weekend to visit my brother and they went to a local orchard to pick apples. I have my September Elle's Studio kit sitting on my desk that I knew would be perfect for these photos. I found my September 2017 kit matched this kit almost perfectly so I used some bits from that kit as well.

I'm playing along with the color challenge this month at The Studio Challenges + the sketch I found at Elle's Studio from August.

I found this free cut file at Paper Issues and used some of the 3x4 journal cards to back the leaves. Thanks for looking!

supplies
patterned paper: Simple Stories SN@P! Basics 
journal cards, acrylic stars, die cuts: Elle's Studio
washi tape: October Afternoon (Daily Flash)
chipboard phrase sticker: American Crafts (Patio Party)

me & you.

This is a simple one using sketch 339 at Sketches in Thyme. It's a very simple sketch and I thought I would struggle with it. I had this photo in mind for an 8.5x11 size page for the album I'm doing as a Christmas present for my brother and his girlfriend.

I pulled out my Photo Play We Do collection and this came together super fast. I found a cut file at Paper Issues, cut the music notes with my Silhouette, and then just added a few sticker embellishments for the title.

Thanks for looking!

forever friends.

I purchased two kits from Hip Kit Club last weekend when they had a sale so I pulled one out tonight to use tonight on a page using this month's Scrap the Girls sketch challenge.

This is the March 2018 kit and I added some Shimmerz from my stash. Here's my page:

Thanks for looking!

supplies
cardstock: Crate Paper (Maggie Holmes Flourish); 
paint: Shimmerz (Pink o de Mayo)
stickers: Crate Paper (Maggie Holmes Flourish)
die cuts: Jen Hadfield (Home+Made)

this is the good life.

I'm always up for scrapbooking another vacation page so I found this geometric palm tree cut file at Paper Issues and cut it out with teal cardstock.

The background pattered paper is from Pink Paislee's Pick Me Up, but I mixed some white and black gesso to spread over it. The pattern was a little wild and I didn't love it. Then I used Evergreen Bough distress ink with the packaging technique to add some teal behind the palm leaves of my cut file.

I converted my photo to black and white because there was a lot going on in the background of it. It was taken on the docks of the little resort where we stayed in Key Largo in May.

For my finishing touches, I added some embellishments from Elle's Studio. Thanks for looking!

supplies
patterned papaer: Pink Paislee (Pick Me Up No 13)
stickers, die cuts: Elle's Studio
cut file: Paper Issues (Geo Tropical Palm)
ink: Memento (Tuxedo Black); Tim Holtz distress ink (Evergreen Bough)
stamps: Studio Calico (Fun in the Sun); Kelly Purkey (Cruise with Me)
sequins: Spiegelmom Scraps (All American)
gesso: Prima Art Basics

sorry I can't I have plans with my dog / Guest Designing at White With 1.

I'm guest designing this month at White With 1 and the moodboard is using teal sea.

I wasn't sure what photo I wanted to use with this challenge so I started looking through some embellishments to see how much teal I had. I ended up pulling out tons of Elle's Studio labels and die cuts so I printed off this photo of me and Bentley. 

My (now) husband took it from the hallway while he was getting ready for work one day so it's poor quality. But this was a time in my life where I was sick for almost a year and it was so, so frustrating. It started July 2017 and literally every 4-6 weeks I was battling another respiratory/sinus infection. Asthma complicated matters so I couldn't breath right for weeks after each infection. I was on so many rounds of steroids and different antibiotics that I've lost count. Finally I saw an asthma/allergy specialist who ordered a sinus CT and we discovered a massive chronic sinus infection I'd been battling for the past 10 months. Since then we've discovered I have an immune deficiency and I've completed a four week course of Levaquin and [knock on wood] I've been well since! 

But I really love this photo because some days I felt so bad that I would come home from work and go straight to sleep. Bentley would lie with me and keep me company. Just lie there in the bed with me all evening.

Thanks for looking!

supplies
patterned papaer: Carta Bella (Welcome Home)
stickers, die cuts: Elle's Studio

ink: Memento (Tuxedo Black); Tim Holtz distress ink (Evergreen Bough)
stamps: Ink Road (Fur Babies)

Scrap Our Stash September 15 Blend a Sketch challenge.

Hi everyone! I'm on the SOS blog today sharing my page for our September blend a sketch challenge.

For this page, I used the patterned paper and photo placement from the left sketch and then kept the embellishing very simple like the sketch on the right. I felt the sketch on the right allows more focus on the photos, and I definitely wanted these photos to shine.

Every year I get so excited when my peonies start blooming. They're by far my favorite flowers in my yard. They don't last nearly long enough, but that's what makes the blooms so much sweeter.

Thanks for looking!

supplies
cardstock: Bazzill
patterned papers, die cuts: Cocoa Vanilla Studio (More Than Words)
sequins: Spiegelmom Scraps (On Pointe)
ink: Tim Holtz distress ink (Spun Sugar)
washi: Heidi Swapp