NSD Card Sketch Challenge on Scrapbook.com

I had so much fun this month with National Scrapbook Day and Scrapbook.com challenges.  Here is my latest with the Card Sketch Challenge put on by Kathy 101!! I used Melissa Frances papers, Authentique Freedom collection papers, Graphic 45 World's Fair and the tropical papers from Die Cuts with a View Watercolor stack.  Another card I am making will be posted soon for their own challenge. Here's my Gallery under Bevjordan on their site.

Here are the sketches.

DCWV Layout Won for May Stack a Holic Challenge

I used the following DCWV stacks: Treasures Stack for the "stone" background, Hello Darlin' for the "wood" mat and top strip, Chateau Lavender Cardstock for the Green strip, and one of my favorites, their Corrugated piece to add a bit of dimension. Can't remember which I got the leaf one from so I'll update this when I get back home. The Title was fussy cut from one of the sheets of random letters in the Treasures stack.  Then I added the wooden sticks with natural twill, tying them with twine. I stamped with Imaginese Neon Green ink the words "Relax" and "No, Race" to add to the story. And that is NOT a real gator but a statue, since she hikes around where that landmark is located. See she is taking Journalism at University of Florida and has a blog called, Hikes n Bytes, writing about places to hike in the area of the school. She loves to hike and write about it! Fun huh?
   This is my project for DCWV Stackaholic Challenge on Facebook as well as there blog HERE.

DCWV May Stack A Holic Sketch Challenge

Won May Stack A Holic Page Top 10

As well as, this is my project for the

Paper Crafter's Corner Magazine Monday challenge #145: For a young girl who does what she loves.

Graduation Layout for Scrapbooks.com NSD Challenge

Here's a list of the embellishments from the top:
Scrapbook.com "Embellishment Variety Challenge" for National Scrapbook Day
Making Memories 3 Metal mini Plaques (embellishments with graduation motif). I adhered them onto
1 piece of white cardstock I had embossed with Embossing folder.
Title "Success" 7 die cut letters from Cricut Explore Plantin Schoolbook Rolly Polly.
Junkitz  3 Graduation acrylic circles
Paper Bliss 3 Textured Tags
Making Memories 5 metal word pieces
Total: 22 pieces in my double layout. I love a challenge to push me

Graphic 45 Time to Flourish May Layout

Here is my double page layout that I used Graphic 45 Time to flourish May sheets, one of each.  After cutting the pieces all out of the sentiment page, I then used the beautiful floral page as the background. After doing the left side I realized I will need to buy another sheet for the right side, so that is yet to come. The store is 1:45 away so not today.

I fussy cut the large flower out on the upper right side of the floral paper. Too much was taken out so I reinforced the area with a scrap, as seen in the above pic.

Here is the front side of the page, and you can see I covered it with the stamps, and popped 2 of them up.

Fussy cut flower popped up and Crystal Lacquer added to the butterfly.

I added mats to all the pieces even on the purple background which won't show up until I redo it onto the floral paper.  Totally love how it came out and that my daughter's outfit matched. That was not planned but love that it did!! I am submitting this layout for the following challenges.

Paper Crafter's Corner Magazine Monday Challenge #144- "May"inspired cover, Flowers, ribbon on the right page and has "May" written on the page.

Graphic 45 Steampunk Feminine cards

I loved making these cards with Graphic 45 Steampunk die cuts and other papers and ribbon roses from my stash. I used Tombow foam to pop up the center pieces. Prima Brown ink applied to the edges to add dimension, too. The roses were cut apart and arranged in such a way to give the most interest. Though they look fairly fast, it took me hours. LOL!! I have made these for friends of mine since my mother passed away 20 years ago. Enjoy!
Paper Crafter's Corner Magazine Monday #143-Mother's Day Card

National Scrapbook Day Marathon

Happy National Scrapbook Day 2016! #NSD2016

If you haven't noticed, I love to scrapbook and so enjoyed all the inspiration from the fabulous Designers on Scrapbook and Cards Today! The day was full of fun events and challenges.  I have a long list to get started. Also have been using some Echo Park Paper company challenges as well.  And they had 10 challenges as well. So I spent my Mother's Day weekend spending it with my hubby and daughter watching movies and playing along with them.

Here's just some of stash of Echo Park Paper Company

I hope to be publishing some layouts and cards soon.

Anna Griffin FSU Graduation Card

Anna Griffin Graduation card I put together with the MANY pieces to choose from. I used a circle punch on a logo from a past FSU announcement. It's called recycling!! ;)  Love the personal touch, don't you? The rosette is pre-embossed and very easy to fold and assemble. I highly recommend any of Anna's kits due to the lavishness of the finished projects.
Projects I am entering this in:
Paper Crafter's Corner Magazine Monday Week #142

For JayZ's Champagne lifestyle, and the masculine subject.

For Paper Crafter's Corner Washi Wednesday, here is my submission. Use My Minds Eye gold, and red chevron washi tapes. Both are from two different lines of theirs. The gold from Market Street, and the red from their past Christmas. I used them to personalize this envelope for the graduation card, by trimming the edges of the "S" and "U" to form the curves. Just takes time and patience. ;)