Scrapbook Challenge

Cat Naps

Colors, “Awesome” And Arrows

Hi scrappers! I’m back again with a very colorful page featuring my sleepy cat Jupiter! This page was a lot of fun because I allowed myself to be more lenient with the color palette so I ended up combining lots of colorful items in interesting ways. Hopefully it’s not too over the top!

I used some rainbow pinstripe paper by Pink Paislee for my background. This tied it into my colorful layout but wasn’t too busy and had a lot of white to balance out all the bright things I planned to add. I added some hot air balloon washi and cut up some rub-ons by Aall + Create to place around the edges. Since my background is white, these transparent items remained vibrant.

I used a scrap of mottled green paper by Vickie Boutin and then layered over some floral vellum by Maggie Holmes. I positioned it half on the green paper and half on the white and you can see how the colors change because of the colors beneath it. I added stickers and some ephemera by Vicki Boutin and used some sparkly Thickers stickers for my title. I used some Aall + Create dies to add a fun squiggly edge and some puffy stickers by the Paper Studio. As usual, I added some enamel dots by Carta Bella to finish it off.

For this page, I went and found a sketch on Pinterest. The floral paper in the sketch matched up with the vellum I had already decided to use and I also loved the little banner detail across the top.

This page was made for July challenge #2 at Counterfeit Kit Challenge which was to use colors, arrows and the word “awesome”. The photos above were the inspiration given for us to go through our stash and put together our own kit. I had the same glitter stickers they used but in a different color but knew I wanted to include them. I also had the exact same Hazel & Ruby banner stickers so I used those too.

I used the banner stickers to spell out the word “awesome” and added arrows by adding some washi tape by Crate Paper and a stencil by The Crafters Workshop.

That’s all for this week. Thank you for visiting and I will be back with a new page soon.

Color Dare Design Team Challenge 662

You Are Purrfect

Black, White, Red And Gold

Hi everyone! I’m back with Color Dare’s latest challenge: use white and gold with an additional color of your choice. I used red and a touch of black to make some photos of my two cats pop.

I started with some glittery striped paper by The Paper Studio as my background. I used a large scrap of black and gold polka dot paper to frame my photos, and matted it with some red paper to give it some extra contrast. My embellishments for this page were pretty minimal, including a large red polka dot tag, some red paisley paper scraps and a large title sticker from the Roxie and Friends 12 X 12 sticker sheet by Photo Play. I added some cat silhouette die cuts and used an Echo Park Paper stencil and Champagne Gold stencil butter over the top to add some star designs over the top.

Color Dare 662 invites you to use gold, white, and a color of your choice. I added in red as well as a few black accents for contrast. We can’t wait too see what you make and hope you will join us for this week’s challenge.

This page was also made using Sketch N Scrap sketch #318. I liked how the photos were side by side but offset and used a circular punch to duplicate the circular element with a piece of gold foil scrap paper.

Thank you for visiting. This month is almost over but I will try and return with at least one more page for the month of July!

Scrapbook Challenge

Beach, Sun & Surf

Summer Pastels

Hi scrappers! I took a little time off but I am back with a summer-themed layout. I used a photo my husband took on one of his many dive trips, but I can’t remember what country he was in! I could sure go for a beach like that and a drink with a paper umbrella in it right about now.

I found the perfect paper for my background from the Heidi Swapp Set Sail collection. I cut it in half so I could display both the shell print side and the pink and blue ombre side. I used some pink and blue paper scraps to make an asymmetrical photo mat and had a scrap from a previous project that had Beach, Surf & Sun on it. It ended up being the perfect title for this page! I layered in some geometric washi tape and some striped patterned paper as well as peachy ephemera by Minty Papers and Simple Stories. I finished with some small circular stickers and some enamel dots by Altenew.

This page was made for the July Cherry Lift challenge at A Cherry on Top Crafts. I lifted this layout by blbabe1234. I liked her use of washi tape and a patterned print on the top half of the page so I used those same elements in my lift.

This page was also made for the Give a Crafter a Cookie July challenge. The theme was “Seashells at the Beach” so I used a photo taken on a beach along with plenty of seashell ephemera.

Lastly, this page was made for this month’s 3 in a Row challenge at A Cherry on Top Crafts. I used the top row:

P: Pink/Peach colored ephemera
Blue: (Embellishments, striped paper and enamel dots)
A: American Crafts background paper

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Color Dare Design Team Challenge 660

One Day At A Time

Summer Neon

Hi everyone! This week I return with Color Dare for a very bright challenge! I loved the color palette this time around and I hope you will too! I feel like the colors would really work for just about any summer-themed page!

The background is made up partially of paper scraps and partially from triangles cut from paper by Echo Park Paper and Pink Paislee. I raided my stash and was once again surprised by all the items I had that were the right colors. I used a film strip by 49 and Market, created tags with some Momenta dies, cracked into a brand new sticker Quotes sticker book as well as added some flowers from the Pressed Florals sticker book, both by The Happy Planner. The big butterfly is from a My Mind’s Eye ephemera pack and the enamel dots are by Altenew. Lastly, I used an Aall & Create stencil with some TCW stencil butter.

Join us for challenge 660 at Color Dare! We would love to see how you use at least 2 of these 3 colors on your next project!

This page was created as part of a monthly mini crop where I ended up lifting this layout by mizz_kitty21. The paper quilting look is very unlike anything I normally make, mostly because cutting triangles leaves me with weird shaped scraps that I am less likely to use. However, I really love how this page came out, especially with the bold colors I used! Would you give this layout a try?

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Scrapbook Challenge

The Little Things Are Often The Biggest Things

The Opposite Of Minimalism

Hi scrappers! This week I made a page featuring both of my cats who were sunning themselves on the patio. They love to hang out there, soak up the sun and watch the world go by. What a life!

Used a ton of odds and ends on this page, even more than usual. In fact, the final page turned out so busy that I consider this a pretty maximalist page, even for me!

I started with some floral paper from a very old Colorbok kit with papers and stickers featuring Flower Fairies from Cicely Mary Barker’s 1923 book of illustrations. I’ve had this kit since the early 2000’s when I started scrapbooking so I doubt it is still in print. I combined a 8 X 8 piece of pink cardstock by DCWV with a 6 X 8 piece of grid paper from Pink Paislee’s Auburn Lane stack. I double-matted my photos with paper scraps and then framed my pink cardstock with a border from a sticker sheet that was included with the 12 X 12 paper pack.

I layered some golden mesh washi over some skinny paper scraps to make some accent stripes, and then proceeded to take on or two pieces of ephemera out of a bunch of ephemera packs including The Plant Department and Fruit Paradise by Prima Marketing, Botanical Journal Brads by Bo Bunny, and Peony Garden die cuts by Minty Papers. I also added in a few floral print wooden buttons too.

This page was made for July’s Say Yes to the Dress challenge where the theme was colorful wedding dresses! I chose the one above and made a page inspired by it. I obviously incorporated pink as well as florals to match the embellishments on the bodice. Since I think the bride looks like a fairy princess, I added a fairy to my layout too.

I used sketch 667 from Sketches in Thyme. I liked the detail of 3 stripes along the bottom which I replicated by used some gold grid washi over the top of some paper scraps. It also had built in embellishment clusters which I almost always add to my pages.

That’s it for my first page of July! If you are looking for another paper crafting challenge to participate in, consider the one I host here which is Taylor Swift themed. This month we are playing with text prints as page backgrounds!

Scrapbook Challenge

Cute + Cuddly

Pastel Florals On A Dark Background

Hi scrappers! June is nearly over and I bring you my last layout for the month. I used some photos of my cat Europa and and paired them with a dark blue background that really made her eyes pop.

I started with some basic blue cardstock by The Paper Studio and then cut some squares from K & Company Wallpaper Stripe Paper. This paper was double-sided so I featured the stripes on one side and the light green florals on the other. I also had a scrap of Precious Paper by Maggie Holmes that matched. I used the side with little bows on it and arranged them so at least a few bows showed in their entirety.

I added some die cute circles and rings by albumlovehandmade and then layered some ephemera by Jen Hadfield and Goldenrod puffy stickers by One Canoe Two. I used a tag by the Hello Little Boy Ephemera pack as my title and used the last two hummingbird stickers of a sheet in my stash by Little B. The page was framed on top and bottom by some scalloped Vicki Boutin Discover + Create washi tape and finished with enamel dots by Simple Stories and Altenew.

This page was made for the June Sketch with a Twist challenge at A Cherry on Top Crafts. The twist was just to use three patterned papers which is tough for me! I managed to stick with just three patterns and use solid papers for the rest.

That’s all for this week! Thank you for visiting and I will see you in July!

Color Dare Design Team Challenge 658

Love Is All You Need

Red, Green And Gray

Hi scrappers! Do you ever play the game where you see how many different layouts you can make while incorporating the same piece of paper? You may recognize the pretty strawberry paper used here from a page I made a couple of weeks back! So far the layout count for this paper is 2 and I still have some more left over! In fact, all papers used except for my background paper were out of my scraps stash! Now that’s recycling!

I used some gray text paper by Momenta as my background. The gray matched the background color in the P13 strawberry paper I knew I wanted to use. To make it a little more interesting, I added a messy wash and some splatters with some green acrylic paint.

I layered my paper scraps along with some strawberry washi tape by albumlovehandmade which I used on my last strawberry-themed layout too! I really love all the products I have purchased from her and highly recommend you check out her shop for handcrafted embellishments!

From there, I added some metal martini glasses, hand stitched some accents with red string, and used up the last 2 canvas stickers off a sheet I have had for a very long time! Some glitter studs, Tim Holtz ephemera and some button stickers add additional pizzazz. Lastly, I did something new and put my photo inside of a shaker! I filled it with sequins and beads to create a fun interactive element!

This page was made for Challenge 658 at Color Dare and I hope you will join us to share your own creation! This week’s color dare is to use gray plus 2 other colors. I used red and green along with some tan and off-white neutral tones.

This page was also made for the June throwback challenge at Sketch N Scrap. I used the upper left sketch to make this page!

That’s all for this week. Come join me and play along with a Taylor Swift themed challenge I host every month. June’s can be found here and I’d love for you to play along!

Guest Designer with Lasting Memories June Week 4

A Mermaid Tale

Shades Of Aqua

Hi scrappers. I’m here for my final week as a guest designer with Lasting Memories for the month of June! I used some photos taken several years ago in Lake Tahoe. Look how clear the water is! The teal color in my photos inspired the color palette for the rest of my layout.

I started with some teal cardstock by The Paper Studio and then cut up some polka dot paper by Vicki Boutin and placed them in an alternating pattern across my background paper. I had a paper scrap of zig-zaggy pattern paper and cut it into 4 narrow strips. I tried to get fancy by making a woven design, placing these perpendicular to the polka dot paper, but ended up covering 90% of it as usual 😔.

I had some 12X12 paper that was basically cut-apart journal cards, all in teal tones, and used 4 of them on this page. I added in some bright blue washi tape, some seriously ancient stickers by Christine Adolph, a few doilies and some Vicki Boutin stickers. I used a stencil to add some circular elements, using texture paste by both American Crafts and Picket Fence Studios. The title is made up of both Thickers and Tim Holtz stickers.

This page was made for the June challenge at Colorful Options. The gorgeous mood board features various shades of aqua blue inspired by pools and tropical waters. They definitely matched the colors of my lake photos!

Come join us for week 4 of June challenges at Lasting Memories. This week’s challenge is to create a layout using paper pieces in the following sizes:

• 4 - 2.5 x 10

• 4 - .5 x 12

• 4 - 3 x 4 (could use journal cards)

I hope you’ll join us and show us what you create!

That’s all for this week! Thank you for visiting and I will be back soon with a new scrapbooking page!

Guest Designer with Lasting Memories June Week 3

A Day To Remember

Red And Spring Green

Hi scrappers! I’m back again with Lasting Memories for week 3 as a June guest designer. This challenge was about using smaller pieces, but more of them! I had a challenge arranging all the little pieces in a way that I liked.

I know I wanted to incorporate the P13 strawberry paper from their Into the Woods collection. It’s so pretty and the green tones matched my photos pretty well! I was surprised by how many strawberry-themed things I had in my stash! I used some washi tape by albumlovehandmade as a frame for my photo. I added in some stickers and ephemera also by P13 and a tag from the Simple Stories Simple Vintage Berry Fields that had strawberries on it too. I used some vibrant paper by 49 and Market as my background so everything else on top of it popped.

I had some red and green floral ribbon in my stash that matched perfectly and then used some paper scraps to decorate. I added eyelets to one of the paper scraps and threaded some ribbon through it and then mirrored the X design with some embroidery floss to the right of my photo. I added a few enamel dots by Eyelet Outlet to finish the page.

The color palette for this page came from the June Mood Board challenge at A Cherry on Top Crafts. Isn’t it pretty? I love how light green looks with scarlet. I was also inspired by florals, strawberries, and the criss cross of the back of the dress.

I hope you’ll play along with Lasting Memories’ third June challenge which is simply to make a layout with paper pieces in these sizes:

3 - 5" squares
3 - 1.5 x 5 strips
3 - 2" circles

Three of each item! I had a hard time figuring out how to arrange the squares in a way I liked but I finally settled on this placement. What do you think?

That’s all for this week. Thank you for visiting and I will be back with a new page soon.

Color Dare Design Team Challenge 656

These Are The Days

Teal, Orange And Magenta

Hi scrappers! This week I bring you a bright and bold layout featuring some photos that were taken on a trip to Fiji. In one of the photos, there’s some pink flowers that matches the bright pink papers I used in this layout.

I started with some teal floral paper from Amy Tangerine’s Brave + Bold stack since I knew bright colors would pop against the darker color. I used orange and pink papers from The Paper Studio’s Textures stack and found a scrap of pink patterned paper that I cut into a large pennant shape. I used some Vicki Boutin ephemera as well as some stickers to embellish. The title comes from the Amy Tangerine sticker book and I finished with a few enamel dots by Simple Stories and Altenew. While I didn’t use a ton of embellishments on this page, triple-matting my photos creates an impactful design element that draws a lot of focus.

I hope you’ll join us at Color Dare Challenges for challenge 656.This color palette was so fun to work with since the dark deal contrasts nicely with brighter pink and orange. Come join us and show us what you make!

This page was also made for the Sketch with a Twist challenge at A Cherry on Top Crafts. I turned the sketch 90 degrees to work with my landscape photos and used paper flowers to embellish instead of stars.

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Scrapbook Challenge

Life Is An Adventure

Yellow, Blue and Turquoise

Hi scrappers! I’m back for week two of guest designing with Lasting Memories. I used a photo of my husband that he took when he was scuba diving. The colors in the photo really pop with the yellows and blues in the papers I chose.

I used some navy cardstock by The Paper Studio because I knew the papers I layered on top would really stand out. I cut some Mint Green Honeycomb paper by Recollections into three strips and pasted them at varying lengths. I found some really cool paper from Echo Park’s For the Record 2 6 X 6 collection that looks like old Spirograph designs and placed those behind my photo. I added a few strips of skinny washi tape by Bo Bunny and embellished with some acetate pieces by 49 and Market, tropical ephemera by Art-C, some metal pieces that matched the spirograph patterns and a few enamel dots by Carta Bella.

I am a guest design over at Lasting Memories for the month of June. This page was made for their second challenge. Please join us here and play along!

This page was made for case file 457 at Color, Stories, Inspiration. I really liked the color palette and the Echo Park Paper I found matched up with the given color palette pretty closely! I incorporated the following “Evidence”:

• Floral Pattern

• Hexagons

• Cursive Font

• Metal

• Transparent Elements

• Circles

That’s all for this week. Come join me and play along with a Taylor Swift themed challenge I host every month. June’s can be found here and I’d love for you to play along!

Guest Designer with Lasting Memories June Week 1

Think Happy Thoughts

Stars And Stripes

Hi scrappers! I’m happy to announce I will be a guest designer at Lasting Memories for the entire month of June! Each week, they will host a scrapbooking challenge featuring a list of specific sizes of papers. How they are arranged is up to you!

The list of required shapes for this challenge are as follows:

1 - 6 x 12
1 - 8.5 x 11
1 - 6" circle
1- 4 x 10

I wanted to use up as many paper scraps as possible so all of these came from scraps I already had except for the 8.5 X 11 paper and my background paper. I double-matted my 5 X 7 photo to make it pop and then added some additional embellishments like some tags, some 49 and Market frames, wooden buttons and ephemera by Simple Stories. I used a sticker from a Happy Planner sticker book as my title and incorporated some plastic pieces from an Art-C ephemera pack too.

I hope you’ll join us at Lasting Memories for this month’s challenges and I will be back soon with an all new page.

Color Dare Design Team Challenge 654

You + Me Beautiful

Black, Pink And Forest Green

Hi scrappers! Does anyone else get really excited when a new batch of photos arrives in the mail? I just received a batch that included pictures taken on a trip to the Natural History Museum in San Diego. We took quite a few photos there, and the first ones I used were of my husband and I posing with a giant frog statue.

I tried my hand at making a mixed media background using some Distress Oxide spray and a stencil. I decided on a zig-zag tread pattern on a stencil by The Crafter’s Workshop and repeated the pattern several times over.

I made some stripes with washi tapes by London Gifties and The Washitape Shop and arranged them in an alternating pattern. I then tried my hand at mixing a custom shade of texture paste since I didn’t have the right shade of green. I combined Terra Verte and Turquoise stencil butters by The Crafter’s Workshop with Black Eyeliner and Lime Soda paper glazes by Picket Fence Studios. I created some botanical details using a 6 X 6 Swirly Contrary stencil by Aall + Create at the edges of my page.

Since this page was inspired by frogs and nature, I combined embellishments that matched that theme. I used tickets and ephemera by P13’s Naturalist collection along with some 49 and Market Laser Cuts and some Field Notes ephemera by Tim Holtz. I added in some metallic rose gold elements by Heidi Swapp and Pink Paislee, including my title and finished off with a few stickers by Maggie Holmes.

Psst! Do you love making cards or scrapbook pages using a specific color scheme? Color Dare is looking for Design Team members! Here is this week’s challenge with the ask of using black, pink and one more color of your choice (I picked forest green because there were green tone in the sample picture and I liked how it looked.) Come join the fun and if you’re interested in making sample projects on a biweekly basis, visit the site to apply!

This page was also made using sketch 428 from A Cherry on Top Crafts. I obviously didn’t stick with a patriotic theme, but made sure stripes and splatters were still prominent on my project.

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Scrapbook Challenge

Look On The Bright Side

Text Print And Florals

Hi scrappers! I think I finally made a page with minimal products! Normally I use a ton of different items, especially embellishments on a single page. This time I mostly used patterned papers to make an impact along with floral embellishments all from a single pack, rather than 10 different collections!

I used some pretty orange paper with a subtle text print. The words were all garden themed so I paired it with some unique floral light bulb paper by Jen Hadfield. To make my accent paper pop, I matted it with some DCWV cardstock and used the same color to mat my photos. I used a light teal tag from some Vicki Boutin cut-apart paper and added some old twine wrapped around a fuzzy brad.

What really makes this page pop is all the floral embellishments from Simple Stories Noteworthy Floral Bits. I believe this came to me as part of a blind ephemera box I purchased and I had never opened this until now. These embellishments ended up working really well with my light bulb paper so I used a whole bunch of them and layered them above and below my photos. The title is from a pack of puffy stickers by The Paper Studio and I added little clusters of rhinestones by Molossi instead of my usual enamel dots.

This page was made using sketch 427 from A Cherry on Top Crafts. I liked the text print background in the original sketch but found one that was more subdued so it wouldn’t be too busy.

That’s all for this week. Thank you for visiting and I will be back with a new page soon.

Scrapbook Challenge

R2-D2

May The 4th Be With You!

Hi scrappers! I’m celebrating May 4th (a.k.a Star Wars Day) this year with a layout featuring R2-D2! This is a real prop from the original movies that is housed at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles. They had so many props from so many different movies here and it was really cool to see them up close!

I used some dark blue cardstock by The Paper Studio and splattered it with blue and gold paint. I then used some Navy Marble paper by Recollections that looks like space and paired it with some glittery print paper from the DCWV Stardust stack. I also had a few scraps of blue glitter and teal textured paper that I included and layered some stickers from the Cosmic Watercolor sticker book over the top. I also had a piece of printed vellum that I attached with some brads, and used up some planet stickers by Jolee’s. I like the pops of color they bring to the page!

I used the left side of this sketch from Sandi’s NSD Challenge #5 for this page. I liked that it featured one photo had hot lots of potential for mixing different papers.

Colorful Options had a really fun challenge for May! I used colors from the left side of the inspiration graphic, focusing on blue, teal and black and included the Star Wars theme!

That’s all for this week. Come join me and play along with a Taylor Swift themed challenge I host every month. May’s can be found here where the challenge is to use sequins!

NSD Challenge

The Orpheum Theatre

Monochrome With Red-Violet

Hi scrappers! I’m back again, this time with a monochromatic layout! The pictures I used were taken in the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles which is a very old, incredibly beautiful theater! I went with my husband to see a live podcast show and it was our first time every going there!

I started with some basic white cardstock as my background so anything I put on top of it would pop.I used a scrap of paper left over from a previous layout along with some paper from the Ink Drops - Dusk stack. Behind these 2 papers, I layered 49 and Market washi strips and some more paper scraps. I used some 6 X 6 Bo Bunny papers as mats for my photos. Even though snowflakes didn’t really match my theme, the colors were perfect so I used them anyway!

I combined some Thickers glittery alpha stickers with some letters made using some Tim Holtz die cuts. from there, I combined Plum Grove chipboard, ephemera, and die cuts by 49 and Market and some Kaiser Craft die cuts from their Violet Crush and Fairy Dust collections.

This page was made for Dr. Sonja’s Color Play challenge. There were several color specific options for this challenge, but I chose monochromatic with the color red-violet. It’s always surprising how many products I can find in my stash for just about any color!

This page was also made for the White…with 1 May challenge. The challenge was to use one of the colors in the inspiration photo and make a monochromatic layout on a white background. I obviously chose purple! There was also a musical element to the challenge this month. I used the closest thing I had which was theater photos and added some musical note stickers t the layout as well.

This page was made using the birthday sketch over at Sketch N Scrap. I added some additional clusters and thinner strips of paper and washi in the background.

I almost never enter in the same challenge twice, but this month I made an exception. Both this layout and my previous one fit the challenge at Challenge YOUrself really well so I am entering both!

That’s all for this week! Thank you for visiting and I will be back soon with a new scrapbooking page!

Color Dare Design Team Challenge #652

Catalina Journey

Neon Green, Marigold And Melon

Hi scrappers! Join me again for another Color Dare challenge! This week’s color combo is bright, warm and summery. I used some photos with some contrasting colors so they would really pop.

These photos were taken a couple of years in the city of Avalon on Catalina Island off the coast of Southern California. It can be reached by a 1 hour ferry ride from Orange or Los Angeles counties and is incredibly beautiful. Look at the color of that water! Some of the architecture feels vaguely European and a few of the buildings date back to the 1800s. The hills are also full of buffalo, yes, buffalo! It’s a really fun and unique place to go, known as an incredible scuba diving location.

I started with Bo Bunny’s Courtship paper from the Brighton collection as my background. I used a circular punch to punch out the shadows of my husband and I in the water, then a corresponding circle out of some pink polka dot paper from the Hello Little Girl 6 X 8 stack. I used this same paper to mat my larger photo, for my title using Tim Holtz alpha dies, and even a few hexagons. I ended up using the whole sheet on this page!

I pulled lots of other little scraps from my stash and punched out hexagons as well as a scrap of green cardstock which I placed behind my photo and layered some paper die cut flowers over and topped with some enamel dots in the center of each one. A pair of butterflies by All & Create were the perfect color and I hand stiched some details in two of the corners with some marigold embroidery floss.

I hope you’ll join us at Color Dare with your take on this week’s colors! They certainly aren’t colors I would have combined together but that’s the fun of these challenges! I ended up making something I never would have otherwise.

This page was made for the Challenge YOUrself 137 challenge which was to use butterflies in your layout. The ones I used are definitely big and bright!

Lastly, I used the sketch from Brandi’s “Let’s Get Sketchy” NSD challenge for this page. I almost never use circular photos on my layout but I squeezed one in this time. Every time I try to cut out a circle freehand, I see all the imperfections and don’t like it. Using a punch makes my life easier because I know the circle will be perfect, but that means I have to find a photo small enough to fit. The hexagon punch I used was a little larger than the ones in the original sketch so I used less of them. I replicated the misting on the page with Distress Oxide Spray in Saltwater Taffy over my doily and in the upper right corner, but most of it ended up getting covered with other embellishments.

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NSD Challenge

Life’s Better in Flip Flops

Beach Theme And Bright Colors

Hi scrappers! This month includes National Scrapbook Day! That means there’s tons more challenges for me to participate in and I’m going to try really hard to squeeze in a few extra layouts.

For this page, I used some photos taken at the beach and matched some red tones on the page to my dress.

I used Paper 01 from the Kaleidoscope Solids collection by 49 and Market as my background paper. I used two paper scraps in my stash for the accent stripes on the right, and used some red paper from Vicki Boutin’s Evergreen & Holly stack behind my photos. I added in some yellow cardstock, a Tim Holtz pocket card that I cut in half, and some 49 and Market washi strips.

Then I layered on my embellishments, using chipboard by Carta Bella for my title and some additional chipboard pieces by Echo Park Paper Co. I had some glittery beach stickers by Recollections and placed the sailboat over a piece of jar ephemera by Vickie Boutin. Some additional ephemera by Simple Stories, some seashell brads and some enamel dots finish the page.

This page was created for the NSD Cake and Ice Cream challenge over at A Cherry on Top Crafts. Depending on the the flavor of ice cream chosen from a list, you were presented with a different color palette. Choosing chocolate cake meant adding enamel dots of sequins and choosing yellow cake meant adding washi tape. I ended up adding both to my page!

I used sketch 316 from Sketch and Scrap to make this page, keeping everything pretty similar to the original. I used a chipboard piece for my title instead of a longer vertical title.

That’s all for this time. I’ll be back soon with a new page as I continue to celebrate National Scrapbooking Day!

Scrapbook Challenge

The Good Life

Patterned Papers And PET Tape

Hi scrappers! National Scrapbooking Day is this month which means there’s a ton of extra challenges and contests happening all around the internet! There’s not enough hours in the day for me to participate in them all but I will do my best to do as many as I can!

This photo was taken of my husband and our cat napping on the couch together. I love the way her leg is sticking out. She’s such a daddy’s girl and loves cuddling with my husband!

I used some scalloped design paper by Vicki Boutin as my background. I added a scrap of P13 paper and some woodgrain paper by Craftsmith as well as some blue 8 X 10 paper by Bo Bunny that I placed my photo on top of. I used some Midsummer Meadow PET tape by London Gifties on top of some gray cardstock as am accent. I really like this PET tape because it’s not overly shiny ad hard to photograph. like some other tapes.

I had previously made a 2.5 X 3.5 card for a previous challenge and used it as an embellishment here along with some handmade tags. I used up lots of little paper scraps and then embellished them with some peachy fibers and lace by Michaels, and some puffy stickers by Simple Stories. The title is a piece of ephemera also by Simple Stories and I added in some washi tape accents by The Washi Tape Shop and some enamel dots by Altenew.

This page was made as part of the Cherry Lift Challenge at A Cherry on Top Crafts.Tis is the original sketch by ChrisC. I liked the mix of patterned papers and I kept the cat theme too!

This page was also made for the May Color, Stories, Inspiration challenge. I loved the color palette provided and used all colors as well the following “evidence”:

• woodgrain pattern

• flowers

• leaves

• washi tape

• watering can

• word stickers

• brads

That’s all for this week. Come join me and play along with a Taylor Swift themed challenge I host every month. May’s can be found here!

Color Dare Design Team Challenge #650

Shine Just Like The Stars

Blue And Wine

Hi scrappers! I’m here with my first page of May! This was created as part of the design team for Color Dare Challenges. This week’s challenge was to create a project using blue and wine/burgundy and I love how these two colors look together!

The photos I used were actually taken at a local boba shop that is fantasy themed. The ambiance here is really cool and while we were there, they were playing Lord of the Rings on a big TV! My friend and I sipped our drinks and enjoyed the movie.

My blue background paper comes from the Over the Rainbow stack by Craft Consortium. I cut a piece of distressed floral paper from the Tattered and Worn stack by The Paper Studio and layered that behind my double matted photos. I added in some blue doilies, and some insect print paper which I cut into a large tag. I added in some flowers by Aall & Create, a few chipboard pieces by 49 and Market, and some stickers from the Dream Seeker sticker book by The Happy Planner, including the one I used for my title. As usual, I added in some enamel dots to finish the page.

I hope you’ll join us for this week’s Color Dare challenge! This color combo was unique and fun! I actually had to really search my stash for deep wine-colored embellishments but I really like how this page turned out. I can’t wait to see what you make using the same colors!

I made this page using throwback sketch #92 from Sketch N Scrap. I changed a few things like using a tag instead of a pennant and moved where my title was placed on the page.

That’s all for this week! Thank you for visiting and I will see you all soon for another month full of original scrapbook pages!