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 :)

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 :)