Happy Birthday- Sketch Saturday

Hi all! I have a new card today. It has been a while since I made a card, but this was a quick one. I started with this sketch from Sketch Saturday:

I used my new brick wall embossing folder with kraft paper for my background. I then pulled a bunch of scraps that went together and cut strips from them. I attached the strips, stamped my sentiment on another strip and attached that. I finished off the card with some tiny stars from a past Cricut cut and Liquid Mercury Nuvo Drops. And that was it!

 

My First Christmas

Another Christmas layout! But this should be the last for a while. I started with this sketch from Sketches in Thyme:

I used the sketch for my left hand page. I expanded the photo area to include three photos, which meant I also expanded the patterned paper. I didn't have enough of one patterned paper to have it be on both pages behind the photos, so I found something that coordinated. I found the branch cut in Cricut Design Space and cut that from dark green cardstock. The cut came with ornaments to cut out too, but I chose to fussy cut these ornaments from a sheet of patterned paper. I also fussy cut the house on the right hand page. I also used my Cricut to cut the title. Once that was all adhered, I used silver Nuvo Drops to make the ornament "strings" and the smoke from the chimney. I finished off the page with irridescent gold stars.

 Thanks for checking out my layout!

Build a Dino

Hello, I have a new layout to share today, one with a big piece of memorabilia. I sometimes find full sheets of paper sized certificates a challenge to scrap since they don't leave a lot of space for other things. One thing I tend to do is cover up the non-essential parts with photos and patterned paper like I did here. 

I let the "birth certificate" speak for itself and didn't add a title. I used some patterned papers behind my photos for some interest and embellished the page with some washi tape, epoxy flair, and various stickers- letters, acetate, and puffy. The first challenge of March at Lasting Memories was to use stickers, so that's what I did here.

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Warm Christmas Wishes

I have another new layout to share! It is another Christmas page, but this time, I had a letter from Santa to include. 

I had ordered some dress up costumes for my daughter and they were late getting to me, so we had to come up with a story. My husband came up with the fun rhyme for the letter. 

I worked with scraps for this layout and I am happy with how it came together! I cut the title with my Cricut and then colored over the red letters with a glitter pen for some shimmer. The Week 2 challenge at Lasting Memories was to use trims- ribbon, twine, washi tape or paper strips, so I used some paper strips and washi tape on this one. To embellish the page, I used a flair badge, a brad and banner and some gem stars. 

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Always Smiling

Hello! I have another layout to share today! For this layout, I was inspired by the current challenge from 123 Challenge:

I thought the color scheme would make for a great boy page, so I pulled some photos of my oldest son at some playdates. (The current challenge at Use Your Stuff is to make a masculine page too!) I made the photo area bigger to accomodate all my photos, which meant I had to move the banners to the side. I took the inspiration of the area in the top left a couple of ways, I added a circle and then a strip of paper cut with a pinking edge scissors (yes, I used a decorative edged scissors!). I had thought about die cutting some stars, but instead opted to use a mask and colored some molding paste blue to match my papers. I love the texture it gives to the page! I cut the title using my Cricut. I embellished the page with some puffy stickers, some things I fussy cut from patterned paper, a wooden button, letter stickers, and silver Nuvo drops.

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Christmas is in the Air

Hello! I spent a few days this past week editing photos to be printed since I got so many scrapped last weekend. I did have time to get a layout done too! I was inspired by the current sketch by Rochelle Spears for my left hand page:

I was also inspired by the tic tac toe board from Scrap with Stacy:

For the sketch, I decided to cut a wreath with my Cricut for the circles. I left it the cream color, allowing the patterned papers and photos to take center stage on this layout. I stretched my patterned papers across both pages to tie them together and matted the group shots on each page to make them stand out. For the title, I again used my Cricut. I wanted the word Christmas to be a different color than the other words, but I couldn't divide the cut file to have them cut on different mats, so I cut my red down to size and put my gold right up against it. The red was a little too big and the tops of the letters of the bottom words ended up being cut from the red. I decided to go with the two tone letters and put in the effort to get the pieces lined up. I hand wrote my journaling on strips. I embellished the page with a fussy cut ornament, a flair button, a canvas deer, a brad and gold stars. For the tic tac toe challenge I did the bottom left to top right diagonal- long title; cirlces- the wreath, brad, and badge; and word strips for my journaling.

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Paper Issues Crop Layouts

Buckle up, I have a bunch of layouts to share today! These are the layouts I completed over the weekend for the Paper Issues Spa Crop. I am so excited that I was able to complete so many layouts!

First up is the layout I completed for the Seaweed Wrap challenge. The challenge was to make a monochromatic green layout. I also based my layout on this sketch from Sketches in Thyme.

I started by pulling out all the green papers I could find. I then decided to create a background. I pulled out a piece of light green cardstock and a polka dot mask. I blended Crushed Olive and Lucky Clover Distress Oxide inks over my mask. I then layered my papers and photo on top. I found some cute tags with saying in my stash so I used those, along with some wood veneer stars, gem stars, and Cricut die cuts to embellish my page. A few stickers and handwritten journaling finished off this layout. 

 Next up was the Highlights challenge, which was to use one color of ink, watercolor, etc. on a white background. I had a lot of fun smooshing orange inks onto my background. Once it was dry, I layered patterned papers on top, along with my photos. To embellish the page, I used some stickers, chipboard, and brads. I cut my title with the Cricut. I cut it three times and layered it up for some dimension. That was a labor of love with this title since each letter is individual, but the outcome isgreat! I finished off the layout with a few Dirty Bronze Nuvo Drops scattered around the page. 

I made this cute layout for the Manicure challenge, which was a this or that challenge. I also based my layout off of this PageMaps sketch that was a challenge at Lasting Memories last month. I cut the patterned papers and laid them out with the photos. I chose to use stamps on the layout, so some swirls and snowflakes to add interest to the background. Once my papers and photos were adhered, I cut the title with my Cricut. I went with a large title. I cut this word three times from white cardstock and layered it for dimension. For added interest, I covered it in Stickles and Glossy Accents to give it a candy appearance. I finished off the layout with some pink ink splatters and puffy stickers. 

I did this layout for the Massage challenge, which was to use felt or fabric on your layout. I used some sparkle ribbon. I pulled out a rainbow of colors and decided to make a rainbow for this Rainbow Loom page. The patterned paper was leftover from another layout and I wanted to use it as a whole piece and decided it would work perfectly for this. I continued the rainbow theme with my title. I cut it with my Cricut from black and white cardstock. I ink blended a rainbow on the white cardstock. I embellished the page with stickers, puffy stickers and sequins.

This layout was for the Pedicure challenge: use 10 tiny photos or 10 small embellishments. This layout has 12 photos, but 10 are smaller. In case that wasn't good enough, I used 10 gold stars to embellish the layout. I did some ink splattering with gold and then ink blended red through a star mask in the title area and one either side of the large photo on the right page. To add interest to the photo on the left page, I cut a wreath with my Cricut and colored the berries with a red sparkle pen instead of trying to attach tiny cut berries. I also cut the title with my Cricut. 

This layout started out to be for the Highlights challenge, but I forgot the detail about only using one color on the background and I used 3. I used a brush and streaked metallic watercolors across the background and added a few splatters. I cut the leaves from glitter cardstock. I layered the photos and some patterned paper over the top. I used a preprinted piece of paper and letter stickers to make my title. I embellished the page with printed chipboard and brads. I finished off the layout with some twine for the Up Do challenge.

The next layout came together pretty quick for the Facial challenge. This challenge was about using a photo of yourself. I used a photo from our 10th anniversary party to go with the cards we received. I made three pockets on the page to hold the cards. I used washi tape around the edge of the pockets to give th page a finished look. I cut the title and embellishment words with my Cricut. I finished this one off with light pick Nuvo Drops. 

I have a set of die cut felt that I pulled out for a second go round with the Massage challenge. I started by smooshing pink inks on my background. I found some green and pink papers to go with the cake in the photos. I found the word "Birthday" in my stash of words that were already cut and it matched my layout, so I just cut the word "Party" with my Cricut from holographic paper. I punched a few stars from the same paper to bring it around the page. I cut some of the words from text patterned paper. I finished of this layout with some sequins for a little more sparkle.

Whew! There they all are! Thanks for checking out my layouts! Now I'm off the edit some photos to print since I scrapped most of the ones I had printed!