Merry Christmas Sketch Layout

Using many vintage papers and items, and a sketch, I managed to get these pictures scrapbooked from last Christmas!! It was Lynnette's Famous Christmas Ornament exchange and it is a party to die for!!! We all descend with yummy homemade goodies, and talk and eat till about 8pm. Then the fun begins and goes on till about 12 Midnight! 68 women were in attendance this year and we had a blast. Here I am with my two besties an of course, a selfie with the wonderful Lynnette, herself!

The layout:
Using this sketch from Scrapbook.com May Sketch challenge:

With the extra thing to use Washi tape.

I grabbed these gorgeous foiled papers and the yummy poinsettia vellum paper, that seemed to balance these darker pics. The Merry title was a Hobby Lobby Christmas tag from 5 yrs ago!! The Gold glitter thick cardstock balanced the opposite side, and is made by American Crafts in mustard (not gold believe it or not). The red dot is Ranger Distress Glitter in Festive Berries.The gold brocade is from DCWV. The bottom stripe is Maya Road red stripe washi tape. The wood title "favorite" is from a Freckled Fawn Favorite Wood Favorite Frames.

Boy, I am getting so much done this month for National Scrapbook Holiday!

Challenges:
Word Art Wednesday #388-389

Websters Pages Sisters Layout

This is a layout made through a class from 2014!! Yes, I save (HOARD) all beautiful scrapbook goodies including already made scrapbook layouts. Yes, I am on a mission to try and use it or purge anything I still don't have a use for. But this was just too beautiful to ever fall into that category!!! The papers are Websters Pages Tea Time papers, and Maya Road turquoise small rose ribbon yardage, rust pleated trim, eyelet envelopes and turquoise leaf pins. Turquoise netting, flowers, and other items are Prima Marketing.
The Story: This is my best friend who I've been scrapbooking with for 20+ years and I consider my "Sister". Love her so much!! In addition, Laurie Cain has joined our "sisterhood" and is a welcome addition! We love getting together and scrapping, shopping, and just doing life together.
Simon Says: Bright Colors

Word Art Wednesday #388-389

Simon Says Monday Challenge: Frame it- for putting the photo inside the envelope

Daisy D Mother's Day Layout

Using an old collection of Daisy D's I made this layout for National Scrapbooking Day and just now able to get it up on my blog. I used gold paint on the edges of the chipboard letters so as to hide the raw grey of the cardboard. The heart and the "love" are buttons that are painted with red ink and gold paint. Several pieces or hoarded metal plates and brads are from companies that are no longer in business as well. Love and miss all of them! Journaling under the stamped Mother's Day sentiment about last year's celebration. Enjoy this blast from the past!
Word Art Wednesday #388-389

Kaisercraft Forget Me Not (Mother's Day) cards

I had already made a wonderful Mother's Day card for my 94 yr old Mother In Law but decided to make another that was more frilly and embellished that she would cherish. The second card was for her twin who she would be spending the day with. They love each other so much and fly back and forth between their 2 houses (Indiana and South Florida) and are in such great health!! Praise God!
So here are the details: I chose a die that is 5x5 and cut twice, for the background paper as well as the eyelet frame. I also cut a cream piece to use to stamp the inside sentiment. Using Kaisercraft Forget Me Not collection, I made these beautiful Mother's Day cards and embellished with seam binding and doilies from my stash for the 2nd one. The seam binding is real vintage and matched perfectly, and the bling is Want2Scrap bracket bling. The sticker had powder applied from EK Success powder tool, to de-stick and then Scrapbook Adhesive pop dots applied to pop it up. The "love" sticker is from the Kaisercraft sticker sheet, and the only other tool was my Platinum 6 die cutting tool and Tool N One from Spellbinders.
   Also, I was at a NSD crop and had forgotten my Mother's Day sentiments and was lent an amazing Stampin' Up Mother's Day set by my friend. That's what I love about scrapbooking!! If I have something you need, it is yours and visa versa! And we talk and play all day together. What fun!! Great to have friends like that!
Happy Mother's Day!

If you are ever in Orlando, FL, we meet at the Downtown Salvation Army Building once per month. Get on the "The Salvation Army Orlando OWL Be Scrappin'" emails to find out the dates since they change but usually 2nd weekend each month.

Challenges:

Word Art Wednesday: Anything Goes #386-387

Double D Challenge: Off to the Races

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: For a Special Lady

Favorite Selfie Story

Happy National Scrapbook Day 2019.
While playing along with sketches and challenges and having fun a crop with friends, I started a getting so many things accomplished. I left there at 5pm and once home could concentrate on the time challenges and got started using a sketch that was apart of one.
I have several photos that are a few years old as well as new and much older ones and I had worked on several already. So when this last challenge started, I really only had this one to do that had enough pics that it called for. In fact, there were another 2 with these but they weren't really that good so were omitted.
The journaling was not completed due to time but it this is of a fantastic time in which I won tickets to go to the Southern Women's show and then met the most fun people, including getting a fabulous new haircut by one of them. The one on the left page is of me with the new haircut. I had a really wonderful time and felt so pampered! To make this I started with a sketch that had to be reversed or turned on its side or backwards. I turned it on its side and used it with a paper pack I had brought to play with for several of my projects. You will see in another one yet to come.

I then used the stitched circle die to cut my pics into three circles intending to use the other one on the other side page. After doing that I chose the papers to cut into banners, and thought of the chicken wire stencil with Wendy Vecchi's metallic gold embossing paste to use as a honeycomb look down the page in the place of where the sketch has small circles. Loved how that came out so reused that idea on the left page later, and again used it in a "scallop" way so as not to use a straight line in any of it. The larger circle on the left page was made using an 8" cake pan traced onto the paper and cut out. The Altenew stamp and die set is a must to get pages accomplished! And so I really made the right pg title first and then matched the left's one to it from the words I had left to choose from the set. I really love how simply it came out. To get the circle into place, I fussy cut the springtime flowers with a kraft knife and then popped them up after placing the circle down. The small strip of paper was place through on of the cut holes and the glued into place. Hope you enjoy this and had fun yourselves on #NSD2019!


Supplies:
Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Embossing Paste: Metallic Gold
The Crafter's Workshop chicken Wire Reversed Stencil
Kaisercraft Forget Me Not collection
Fiskars 12 inch trimmer
Fiskars fine tip scissors
Mixed Media spatula
Altenew Super Script Scrapbook words stamps and dies
Memento Tuxedo Black ink pad
Misti tool
Lawn Fawn Stitched circles



Challenges:
Frilly and Funkie: Spring is in Full bloom-my fussy cut flowers on the lower left page, the honey comb looking embossing paste placed on both pages, and floral bg pp.

Simon Says: Monday Challenge-add something Metallic