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.

hat’s all for now. Join me on Instagram and YouTube if you are looking for more paper crafting content!

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.

That’s all for now. Join me on Instagram and YouTube if you are looking for more paper crafting content!

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!

Scrapbook Challenge

Life Is Beautiful

Using A Circle Punch To Make Your Background

Hello everyone! This week I made a page with a few more photos taken at Sofi Stadium in Los Angeles when my husband and I went to the Taylor Swift Eras Tour.

I used some pastel paper from the American Crafts Spring stack for my background. Using a circle punch, I created lots of circles from Pink Gold Drops paper by Recollections. To make the circles pop, I edged each one in gold paint using pearlescent watercolors by Yasutomo. I also splattered some of the gold over my background paper (partly to disguise the accidental drops I got on the paper while painting my circles.) There are some mixed media elements above and below my photos, made with some gold stencil butter and a grid stencil by The Crafter’s Workshop.

I had some leftover hexagons made with a Sizzix diecut that were in colors that matched the page. I added a few in clusters along with some frames by 49 and Market, some ice cream cones from Minty Papers, and some tags by Aall & Create. I added a few enamel dots by Simple Stories to finish.

I used Weekly Sketch 434 at A Cherry on Top Crafts. I replicated the circle pattern on the background and used mixed media stenciling as the shading behind the photos. Some large phrase stickers from the Amy Tangerine sticker book made up my title.

I found a new monthly challenge called Colorful Options and here is their beautiful mood board for April! All of their challenges are rainbow color themed and this month is specifically pastels. The speckled paper I used reminded me of the paint swatch image in the mood board. The tea cup has golden accents so I added gold into my layout too. I have lots of rainbow paper in my stash so I am looking forward to their challenges in the future!

That’s all for this week. If you are looking for a new challenge to participate in, check out the Taylor Swift themed one I host here. There’s still time to play for the month of April!

Scrapbook Challenge

Wild Adventure

Green Foliage

Hi scrappers! This week I created a page using a photo that was taken on a resort in Fiji. They had a big swing that looked out on the ocean so my husband and I snapped a photo while sitting on it. Since there was so much green in the picture, I paired it with lots of green on the page.

I used some plain white cardstock as my background and embellished the left side using 49 and Market rub-ons, a stamp by Penny Black, and a transparent fern sticker I cut in half so I could make the most of it. I also splattered some paint in addition to the paint splatter patterns in the rub-ons.

I had been meaning to use the foliage-print paper by Prima Marketing for a while but never found the right layout since I knew this paper would be really busy. So help with contrast, I matted a square of this paper and my photo with black cardstock to make them pop. I made three accent stripes using 49 and Market Moonlit Garden washi tape, Discover + Create washi tape and a thin paper scrap. The title was made using foam stickers, and I created an accent cluster using ephemera by Simple Stories and laser cuts and enamel dots by 49 and Market.

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This page was made for the April White…with 1 challenge. The one color this month was obviously green. I noticed a lot of the inspiration photos has black accents, so I incorporated that into my page. I incorporated a lot of foliage and woodsy items into my page as well.

This page was made using the left side of this sketch from the Lasting Memories April challenge. I liked the accent stripes and the background square which I knew I could create with the foliage paper I had on deck. Instead of stars, I used various leafy embellishments, but kept the long title over my photo.

That’s all for this week. Thank you for joining me and if you’re looking for a new paper craft challenge, check out the Taylor Swift themed one I host at A Cherry on Top Crafts here. See you next week!

Color Dare Design Team Challenge #648

As Long As We’re Together

Yellow And Peach

Hi everyone! I’m back again with Color Dare challenges, proudly representing their design team! The photos I used for this page are of me and my parents along with a couple of cats and as you can see, we didn’t quite fit in the frame when taking a selfie! These photos came out silly and goofy and I love them!

I used 2 pieces of cardstock from American Crafts, one from their Spring stack and one from a pack of basic white. I then raided my stash for scraps in tones of peach and yellow and was surprised by how many options I ended up with. I cut lots of 2 inch squares and arranged them in a grid, decorating some with various stickers cutouts and ephemera. I especially like the ice cream cones by Minty Papers, the peachy donut sticker, and the puffy sticker I used for my title by Thickers. I added in some enamel dots by Altenew and Simple Stories and some 3D plastic flowers from an Art C junk journal pack.

This page was made for Color Dare challenge 648 and I ended up pairing peach with yellow since my photos were taken at golden hour and looked peachy and warm. I was especially surprised to find a paper scrap that had a gingham design in peach and yellow! It ended up matching perfectly. Come show us your crafty creations. I can’t wait to see the colors you all chose to pair with yellow!

This page was made for the April Cherry Lift Challenge over at A Cherry on Top Crafts. I used the sketch above by joannie because I loved the grid design. Grid designs are so easy (assuming you cut your squares equally!) and are a great way to use up paper scraps and I always have tons of paper scraps, big and small, that need using! Plus this layout was easy to make my own by embellishing all the squares differently. Instead of a Disney birthday theme, I used soft botanicals, heartland food themed embellishments because they happened to match my color palette.

That’s all for now! Thank you for stopping by my corner of the internet. I also have accounts on Instagram and YouTube if you are looking for more paper crafting content!

Scrapbook Challenge

You Jelly?

Patterned Papers And Fish Stickers

Hi scrappers! This week I made a layout with some photos taken with my sister at the Seattle Aquarium in front of the jellyfish exhibit. Since the light behind the tank was a bright yellow color, I matched that with some yellows on my page.

The background is some mottled red paper from the Evergreen & Holly stack. I paired it with some yellow star-print paper from the Hey Little Girl 6 X 8 stack and some large dot print paper from the Vicki Boutin Kaleidoscope stack, both by American Crafts. I also had a random scrap of striped paper in the same colors so I used that whole scrap in the upper left corner.

To break up the red background, I used some yellow and turquoise acrylic paint and then used stencil butter in Gamboge and Turquoise along with a stencil by The Crafter’s Workshop layered on top to make a mixed media collage. Since all the patterned papers were already so busy, I didn’t add too many other elements besides the stickers for my title, a few tags made with a Marvy Uchida punch, some brads by Doodlebug, and some enamel dots. I didn’t have any jellyfish stickers, but I had some cute puffy stickers with other sea creatures that were in the right colors. I love the octopus most of all!

I used the sketch from the April Sketch with a Twist challenge at A Cherry on Top Crafts for this page. The twist was to use enamel dots which I did by scattering across the page. I used two larger photos instead of four small ones, and moved where my title was since it ended up being so large.

That’s all for now! Thank you for stopping by my page and I will be back soon! As always, you can find me on Instagram and YouTube if you are looking for more video content showing how I make my pages.

Scrapbook Challenge

Kitty Life

Chartreuse And Gray

Hi scrappers! This week’s layout features a bold color palette of bright yellow-green and charcoal gray. I used a picture of my cat Europa because one of her eyes is the same yellow green color.

I used some dark gray paper from the Midnight Garden stack by Prima Marketing as my background. It was a fairly neutral backdrop and dark enough to make the bright green really pop. Using a makeup sponge and some acrylic paint, I added some starburst designs and added some paw prints over the top with a Stamperia stencil and some Fern stencil butter by The Crafter’s Workshop.

I made a double mat for my photo using some paper by Reminisce along with some dark gray cardstock. I also used a mat from the 49 and Market Kaleidoscope Stacked Frames pack. I used a circle punch and paper scraps to make some large circles and added some washi stickers and sequins for some smaller circular embellishments.

The title is made with some Doodlebug alpha stickers and an acrylic sticker from the 49 and Market Vintage Artistry Essentials collection. Lastly, I added some big, bold fake flowers and painted some chipboard pieces by The Dusty Attic to match the color palette.

This page was made for the April Mood Board challenge at A Cherry on Top Crafts. The inspiration graphic is so pretty with an unexpected color palette. I especially like the photos that a mostly gray with a bright green pop so I tried to do that on my page as well. I was inspired by the following elements:

  • Hearts

  • Leaves

  • Circles

The sketch I used for this page comes from Stick It Down. I really liked the mandalas in the original sketch but didn’t have a stencil small enough so I used a paw print instead over the sunburst designs I painted. I also tilted my photo and added some circles, but embellished even more with flowers and sequins.

That’s all for now. Thank you for visiting my page and I will be back soon with an all new layout!

Color Dare Design Team Challenge #646

I Need Some Vitamin Sea

Pink, Teal And Lavender

Hi scrappers! I’m back with Color Dare for challenge 646. I used some photos taken at the beach and the pastel rainbow sweater I was wearing went really well with the tri-color palette provided.

I used some basic white cardstock from American Crafts as my background and then used some gold polka dot paper from a Recollections paper pad and cut it into 3 1/2 inch squares. Some pink and teal cardstock by DCWV made up the difference.

The stack of products I used on this page is absolutely huge including lots of ephemera and stickers. I added some seashell print washi by Little B around my photos but this washi wasn’t very sticky, so I tried to get creative with ways to get it to stick. I added some mixed media details using an Aall + Create stencil and stencil butter by The Crafter’s Workshop in key places to try and keep the washi adhered. Other products used are below:

This page was made using sketch 421 from A Cherry on Top Crafts. I only used 3 photos instead of 5 but kept the grid layout and decorated each square.

Join us at Color Dare for challenge 646. I used all three colors in the palette but you can make a project using any two of these colors as well. Come share what you create!

That’s all for this week. Thank you for joining me and if you’re looking for a new paper craft challenge, check out the Taylor Swift themed one I host at A Cherry on Top Crafts here. See you next week!

Scrapbook Challenge

Good Times Together

Hot Air Balloon Motif

Hi scrappers! This will probably be my last layout for March. How did the month go by so fast?? The photo I used for this page is of my sister and I making funny faces. We went to a pumpkin patch this day and were actually in a corn maze. I think moments after this photo was taken we saw a hot air balloon in the sky so even though it’s not in this picture, I included hot air balloons in several forms on this page.

For my background, I used some blue-gray paper with a filagree design by Maggie Holmes. Using three colors of acrylic paint, I added so paint splatters in the upper right and lower left corners.

I used a mix of washi tapes including one by Lawn Fawn and one by Vicki Boutin along with some paper scraps to create some horizontal stripes. I used a scrap of paper for my photo mat and then layered several pieces from the Kaleidoscope Stacked Frames assortment by 49 and Market behind it. After that, I added lots of circular ephemera, mostly by Simple Stories including their Carpe Diem, Retro Summer and Flea Market collections.

Lastly, I added in lots of stickers from the Dear Lizzy sticker book, some chipboard stickers by Carta Bella and a healthy scattering of Pinkfresh enamel dots.

This page was made for challenge 743 at Lasting Memories which was to use circular ephemera. I really liked this layout by their guest designer Rainny so I used the sketch as a starting point for my own page.

This page was also made for the 3 in a Row challenge at A Cherry on Top Crafts. I used the diagonal including any shade of gray, free space and weather element.

That’s all for this week. Thank you for joining me on my page and I will see you in April with an all new layout.

Scrapbook Challenge

Chopa Bean

Pastel Rainbow

Hello all! I haven’t been nearly as active this month but I was able to put together this layout with some photos of my kitty Europa. The title comes from my nickname for her. We started calling her Europa Chopa and then Europa Bean. The Pet Challenge this month at A Cherry on Top Crafts was to make a layout using our pet’s nickname. Here is mine!

I used some floral paper from the Heidi Swapp Wanderlust stack as my background and some left over peach cardstock from another project by 49 and Market on one side. I layered various paper scraps and some old striped paper I had along with some fabric tape by 49 and Market and tags by Aall & Create. I finished with some rainbow chipboard pieces from the New Day collection by Echo Park Paper, enamel dots by Waffle Flower, and created some little paw print details using a Stamperia stencil and Picket Fence Paper Glaze in Lime Soda.

I used throwback sketch #82 from Sketch N Scrap. There was an additional element to the challenge to add a rainbow or a rainbow-colored element. I added both chipboard rainbows and used rainbow fabric tape. The whole page came out super colorful!

Thank you for visiting my page! As always, you can find me on Instagram and YouTube if you are looking for more video content showing how I make my pages.

Color Dare Design Team Challenge #644

This Is Us

Orange, Pale Yellow And Blue

Hi scrappers! I’m back again with Color Dare for challenge 644. This week’s color combo is shades of orange, pale yellow and blue. I found some pretty mushroom paper in tones of orange and used that as the base for my page. I decided to scrap this particular photo of my husband and I because his orange shirt and the autumn leaves worked well with the chosen color palette.

I combined the P13 mushroom paper with some blue cardstock by The Paper Studio as well as some various paper scraps and some blue paper from the Echo Park Paper Creative Agenda 6 X 6 stack. I added some gilded washi tape from The Washi Tape Shop and additional stickers and ephemera from the P13 Into the Woods collection. I decorated a chipboard tag from 49 and Market with botanical shapes created with Tim Holtz Flower Jar diecuts and enamel dots by both Echo Park Paper and Simple Stories. A few golden stickers by Vicki Boutin and some mixed media accents with Marigold Stencil Butter by The Crafter’s Workshop finish the page.

I used this layout by StacyLee to create my page for the March Cherry Lift Challenge. I used paper scraps for two of the three panels behind my photos and then expanded upon the simple clusters in the original layout. I used washi for the horizontal strip across the photo and added it as an additional embellishment along the top so the image on the tape could be seen more clearly.

This page was created for Color Dare challenge 644. I used all four colors along with some gold accents. Head on over and share your project using these colors. We would love to see what you create!

That’s all for this week. Thank you for visiting and I will see you all soon!

Scrapbook Challenge

P Is For Pumpkins

Autumn Plaid

Hi scrappers! I took a little bit of a break but I am back with an autumn-themed layout. When I went to go visit my sister, we went to a pumpkin patch since it was the middle of fall. Where she lives, they have a big farm equipped with hayrides, corn mazes, apple cannons, cider donuts, and all the typical fun fall activities. Behind up is the giant pumpkin patch where you can pick you pumpkin right off the vine.


Both my background plaid paper and the green paper come from Echo Park Paper’s I love Halloween collection and I felt they worked well with my photos even though tis is not a halloween page. It was very difficult finding pumpkin in my stash that was not a Jack-o-lantern but I found a pack of Halloween chipboard that had the pumpkin I used here plus the “pumpkins” word detail. I hand painted the pumpkin since it was just plain chipboard but the word was already black.

I used a combo of a punch and a die cut to make my two tags from paper scraps and then decorated with circle and phrase stickers by P13 and some Plum Grove ephemera by 49 and Market.I added in a few enamel hearts, dragonflies and large dots from the Kaleidoscope collection by 49 and Market, and some mini tags by K & Company.

This page was made for the March Mood Board challenge at A Cherry on Top Crafts. The colors were perfect for a fall page and I was also inspired by the following elements:

  • Plaid (used in my background paper)

  • Furry Animals (used in the squirrel and mouse circular stickers)

  • Woodgrain (used in my large tag and the strip behind my photo.

This page was also made using sketch 314 at Sketch N Scrap. The challenge also included a recipe component and I used the following:

  • Color Green (paper, title letter, phrase stickers and other embellishments)

  • Something found in the sky (dragonfly stickers)

  • Polka dot paper (small pieces on either side of my photos)

  • A Tag (used 2 tags in lower right corner)

  • Something that symbolizes Spring (butterfly sticker)

Lastly, this page was made for the March Title challenge where the goal was to make a page with a title in the style of Cookie Monster’s favorite quote “C is for Cookie.”

That’s all for this month! If you are looking for an additional paper crafting challenge, check out the one I host at A Cherry on Top Crafts that is Taylor Swift themed. This month’s challenge is to create a project in shades of lavender!

Scrapbook Challenge

Toes & Tail

Black, Pink And Brown

Hi scrappers! I’m here with what will probably be my last creation for February. I used some photos of my cat Jupiter. She often will wrap her tail around her toes, especially when it’s cold and I think it’s really cute!

You may recognize the pink polka dot paper I used on the top half of the page. I used it on a previous page a few weeks back and had some leftover. I also used some sparkly heart paper from Craft Smith’s Summer Dream stack. I cracked open some black texture paste that also has some sparkles along with some fuchsia stencil butter and paired them with a stencil by The Crafter’s Workshop. I had a glittery pink frame by Heidi Swapp that was perfect for my title made from Doodlebug alphabet stickers. I added in a lone puffy cat sticker I had, some ephemera by My Mind’s Eye, pink enamel dots, sparkly hearts and some button stickers.

This page was made using sketch 416 from A Cherry on Top Crafts. As soon as I saw the sketch I knew I had a stencil similar to those concentric circles and utilized it here! I used 2 larger photos instead of 3 small ones and added an embellishment cluster in the lower left corner.

This page was also made using this month’s mood board. Besides the black, pink and brown color palette, I was inspired by the kittens, hearts and the chocolate cake! The paper behind my cat photos is actually a photorealistic print of chocolate frosting. I wasn’t sure when I was ever going to use it but it ended up here!

That’s all for this week, and this month! Thank you for visiting and I will be back in March with more brand new layouts!

Scrapbook Challenge

Awesome

Retro Prints With Bold Colors

Hi everyone! This week I scrapped a selfie taken at a restaurant when I actually bothered to do my makeup! Fun fact: like many women in the late 2000s, I fell into a YouTube makeup tutorial wormhole and frequented Sephora on a monthly basis. I have more makeup than I will probably use in a lifetime and the irony is that post pandemic, I seldom wear it anymore! When I do wear it, I tend to go big, and will often use bright or unusual colors, at least in small amounts because a) it’s fun to be creative and b) I will never use up these colors if I don’t! This day I had played with a combo of purple, blue and gray, which happens to work well with my hazel eyes.

Although this photo was taken last year, I am an elder millennial whose childhood occurred before the invention of compact disks, and remember my parents having an extensive cassette collection. Amy Grant and Jimmy Buffet were road trip staples and the bold tones in this amazing paper worked well with the background colors in my photo.

I found this amazing Cedar House paper in my stash and used my usual trick of cutting it into two pieces so both the cassette and mottled teal designs would show. While the cassettes are really cool, I feel like they would be too busy and overwhelming as a background paper. Using this design as the base for my color palette, I pulled, red, orange, teal, gray and seafood green colored items to add to my page. Some tags from P13’s Free Spirit collection also fit really well because they retired retro technology with a similar color scheme. How perfect is that mic texture tag and we can practically hear the sound of our tape deck eating that cassette, right?? I suddenly having a recovered memory of using pencil to wind mangled tape back onto a cassette.

I used a couple of punches to make tiny heart and pennant shapes that I glued on my page and found a pack of vintage camera stickers by Navy Peony that included a Polaroid camera. That was a piece of retro tech that I personally never owned, but there’s several school photos teachers took in the early 90s as part of a bulletin board display that I then took home at the end of the year and kept in a photo album! Apparently waving the Polaroid doesn’t make it develop any faster but I don’t know anyone who didn’t do it!

I added some brads and baker’s twine along with a few circular stickers by The paper studio as finishing touches. The 6 X 6 paper behind my photo comes from the Dolled Up collection by My Mind’s Eye. Does anybody else have a dozen or so 6 X 6 stacks and forgets they exist? I actually used a page in its entirety this time!

This page was made for February challenge #1 at The Counterfeit Kit challenge. I love the concept for these challenges because I have acquired so much scrapbooking stuff over the years, I could probably approximate a dupe kit for just about any collection out there. This collection really caught my eye and if you look carefully, you may see a familiar paper. Yes, I already had a paper in my stash from the original kit! Talk about lucky!

Challenge #1 specified to add hearts in honor of Valentine’s Day, so I punched some small hearts from scrap pieces of paper in my stash and arranged them along my photo and the right side of the layout.

This page was also made for the My Mood challenge at A Cherry on Top Crafts which involved combining two elements from each layout above to create a new, custom layout. I had never made a layout like this before but was up for the challenge. I chose the following:

Sketch 1

  • strip of paper on left

  • single photo

Sketch 2

  • paper behind photo

  • circles

Sketch 3

  • pennants 

  • cluster of embellishments in corner 

Lastly, this page was made for challenge 738 at Lasting Memories. The ask was to use a 6 X 6 paper on a 12 X 12 layout!

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