Echo Park, "Paris Notre Dame", Winter Wishes Layout

 Am working through our many photos of our Viking Paris to Swiss Alps from late November through December 2025 of our wonderful time! This is a simple layout showcasing the photos of Paris Notre Dame during these winter days and night. The cathedral is so beautiful on the inside especially, and more to journal at a later time. These pattern papers are the Echo Park Winter Wishes collection which has one each of these patterns. Matched up with 2 shades of Bazzill cardstock from my stash. The alphas are American Craft Thickers which have a sparkly and textural element. Love looking at this layouts so long after the trip which reminds me to always take time to MAKE memories! We loved this trip so much that we are going yet again this Christmas on Viking Prague to Paris, God willing! My health has been limiting but am pro-active to do procedures to help that. Hope you enjoy the layouts!

Challenges:

July Colorful Options Challenge: Choose one color-BLUE

Word Art Wednesday #760-761

Easter 2026 Layout

So happy with my new Glassboard Studio glass mat that is such an amazing crafting tool!!! Blue is my favorite color, by the way. I love using it with its measurements, slick surface and able to easily line things up and ink blend on its top! 

Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Masculine

 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Add a Sentiment

Colorful Options Challenge Rainbow

Word Art Wednesday #756-757

Echo Park Winter layout

 Using the Echo Park Winter Magic collection, I made this and other layouts. Hope you enjoy them. Also, the laser cut title, "Baby it's cold outside" is by Hey Kid company. The blue Navigo card is one I drained while using the Paris metro and added it to this layout. We went to this flea market two mornings in December on cold rainy days. Had a fun time looking. Purchased this sterling bracelet and Ametrine stone-which shows  Amethyst and Citrine. 

Challenges: 

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Whatever the weather

Word Art Wednesday: #740-741

Budapest Matthias Church Layout

                               

                                     

This is a layout of our Viking Grand European Cruise back in June 2024. I dug out some older papers from7 Gypsies' Gypsy Market Sharne and Moe. I fussy cut the image from the Sharne pattern paper, and added black paper to the back to make it more sturdy as well as stand out. I had custom made leather copied paper I had purchased for junk journaling and used that for the mats. The tag is another previously handmade and used for this. Letters were added to the ThermoWeb weave ribbon at the bottom. Bling also.

Challenges:

Word of Art Wednesday Challenge blog #681-682

Graphic 45 Autumn Greetings Layout

                                                  Used Metallic Paint for splatters


Used the new Graphic 45 Autumn Greetings papers: Thanks & Giving, and Pumpkin Patch. Inked edges with Walnut ink and a blending tool. Lots of things from my stash: Prima Marketing flowers and leaves, and crochet piece, foil leaf, metal turkey drink stick, little pearls stitched onto layout, "Thanksgiving" die cut from Pinkfresh Studio Happy die set used with copper cardstock and silver vellum, Gold seam binding tied into bow, and little metal acrylic dots from Prima Marketing. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!! 

Challenges:

Scrappy Friends Challenge

Rochelle Spears Nov 2024 Sketch Challenge

Scrap with Stacy: Nov 2024 Tic Tac Toe 

Vertical center row: Metal (turkey, paint), 3 photos, Banner in upper left corner.

Word Art Wednesday #675-676

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday: Anything Goes 

 

Graphic 45 Enchanted Forest with Die Cuts with a view Castle and Knight

 

We scrapbookers hang on to things!! I purchased these old Die Cuts with a View (DCWV) Castle and Silver Knight recently from a lady's garage sale. I knew that I had gone to the museum at the Bishop's Residence in Passau, Germany and thought that they would be great on my page for that. Unfortunately, I had ton more pics that didn't make the cut including the ones of the armor which was present in the museum. Great use to remind me of what we saw there though there weren't pics on the page. I used the Graphic 45 Enchanted Forest collection so as to keep the theme with most of the towns of Germany having that connection. 

Graphic 45 Enchanted Forest collection

Challenges I am entering:

Word Art Wednesday #673-674

Photoplay Our Friendship Double Layout

 

I loved using Photoplay Our Friendship through the Years collection and really used someone else's design idea from our Scraptique retreat group. Hope you enjoy it.

Challenges:

Word Art Wednesday #671-672

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge-Anything Goes

Bo Bunny Laurie's Day Out

 

Another one of my layouts of a fun day with my girlfriend!! Drove all over Florida for her business. We started and ended in Orlando, and traveled to shop at Betty's Creative Shop in Hernando, then drove to Inverness Florida to eat at #stumpknockersonthesquare where we ate #oysterpoboys and shopped at the #yarnstore across the street. We had stopped in Homosassa, for her Realtor job too. Layout made with @bobunnypress #missprisscollection @cricut #babystepscartridge 

Cricut cut title and reminds me this #funday The tag is stamped, heat embossed, Stickles added and then sprayed with Tattered Angels Cherub spray. Flower and yarn added to match layout. Enjoy!

Challenges: 

Word Art Wednesday #667-668

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

Sweet Sister Graphic 45 Home Sweet Home Layout

 Using the A Cherry On Top weekly Sketch #393, I put this together with Graphic 45 Home Sweet Home collection. The 5 sheets I chose were the first cover sheet called Home Sweet Home; Garden Fresh to fussy cut the flowers out; Apple Pie where I again fussy cut the flower tag; Granny's quilt which is the paper behind the selfie pic. I also used a piece from the Tags and Pockets. I added Walnut ink around all of the edges and red buttons as well.

The Layout is of my sister and I who live 4 hours away from each other and our meet up at Webster Farmer's and Flea market. We do this during the year to shop and eat together and just catch up. We both bought the beautiful orchids which led me to use those in a picture. The vegetables at the market can be seen in the background of our selfie pic. The quote says it all, that it is refreshing to be together. I will journal more when I have a chance. Combined with ACOT's Sketch #393, and Graphic 45 Fall challenge #G45fall. This is what fall looks like in Florida!! Enjoy!

Challenges:

Graphic 45 Fall Challenge for September

Word Art Wednesday #665-666

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Not a Card

Echo Park America Layout

Used Rochelle Spear's sketch with the Echo Park America collection and ephemera and stickers. Also, used Altenew Fancy Celebrate die with blue cardstock for the title. The wooden pattern paper is a cut a part and then added a fussy cut piece to the top. Popped up the banner and the truck with Scotch 3D adhesive to add dimension.

 

Challenges:

Scrappy Friends Bonus Challenges:

Rochelle Spears September Challenge

SCRAP WITH STACY'S September 2024 TIC TAC TOE CHALLENGE: Center vertical line: Wood Grain Paper, 2 photos, tag 

Word Art Wednesday #663-664 

49 & Market Vintage Artistry Sunburst Double Page Layout

 Using 49 & Market Vintage Artistry Sunburst pages (Hidden Treasure & Flamingo Terrace), I made this double page layout. I used flowers from Hobby Lobby.  Love that the lilies and palm leaves match so well. with it. Hope you enjoy it. Bazzill cardstock for the mats. 

Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Lots of Layers

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Add Some Sparkle

Word Art Wednesday #657-658

Crop till You Drop Scrapbook Layout

 Isn't this gnome adorable? My friend, Katie Botsford made it as my welcoming gift box of goodies for our Crop Paper Sister's crop several months ago. Well, I cut it down and used the rest of the box as the background for the title and the mat for the decal of our logo. The swirl was on our "free table" and the papers are from many many years ago by a company called, Making Memories in Fushia. The pics are of us at the crop on National Scrapbook Day and of the group when a past member attended from out of town and we managed to get a pic! We almost forgot to take one!!!! Doesn't that sound funny!! But true! Enjoy the layout!!

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday: Clean and Simple 

Simon Says Stamp Monday: Use your favorite technique-Scrapbooking

Park Hopping, My Happy Place Fairies Tales-It's a Small World

Word Art Wednesday: #609-610

Memorial Day Layout 2023

 

I used the top line horizontally: Faux stitching, Pre-made Title and foam stickers (blue stars)

I used Echo Park America Collection, using the sketch, I used the checkered board as the backdrop of the focus of the pics and cut aparts which were on two different of the sheets of pattern paper. I then mounted the cut aparts to a tomato red cardstock (no name) and the photos do not have cardstock. The title was given to me by a scrapbook friend several months ago and I really wanted to use it but realized that the different sizes of circles didn't "flow" when I lined them up. So much with cutting all of them out!! Shucks! So I gave up and put everything in the bag with the collection and packed it for a crop I was going to today. I went back to the "drawing board" so to speak, and it all came together when I took it out of the bag. I had already fussy cut this rosette paper for another layout, so that the long version of these circles on the rosette paper gave a better look to ground that extra long title. How hilarious! I feel that sometimes when I am scrapping at home nothing comes together but when I am with a large room of friends and talking, I become more flexible and it seems to come together so easily. So I really am surprised in a good way, how it came out!! I kinda shocked myself!! Don't you ever just wonder what was happening when you first were trying?

Challenge: Rochelle Spears August Challenge

SCRAP WITH STACY'S August 2023 TIC TAC TOE CHALLENGE:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday: Summer

Word Art Wednesday #607-608

Park Hopping, My Happy Place-Reminds me of Liberty Square

Party Layout

                                                                             

                                   REQUIRED STARS EMBELLISHMENTS

 Loved playing with this month's sketch but it has been reworked over so many times!! I hope you love it as much as I do!! Many papers, stickers, and ephemera from: Crate Paper, Echo Park Let's Party and We R Memory Keepers. The stars were from Webster's pages from over a decade ago! So glad it is all being used and came out so nice.

Scrap Our Stash March Challenge

Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes -#587-588

Lasting Memories challenge. LM #642 - March 20th is the International Day of Happiness - create a layout about someone or something that makes you happy! This photo makes me so happy because it is my first born son's birthday who I love dearly.

This layout won for Lasting Memories March top 3.

Fancy Pants Reindeer Games Layout

                                                        Sketch In Thyme November #492 Week 2

Loved these pictures and found this Fancy Pants Wish Seasons with the funny deer pattern paper, and then found these Paper Bliss Reindeer sticker packs from Hobby Lobby, (older stash I've had). This took me so long to complete because I kept having trouble with the sticker pieces falling apart! So re-glued the reindeer and the bells. It worked out in the end since the deer on the circle had been attached to the rectangle "banner" at the bottom! Sometimes it is just meant to be... The cardstocks are all from Bazzill: Raspberry Parfait embossed dots, Diamond (sparkly white). The felt ribbon (stash) doesn't want to stay glued and had just a little bit of it but "made it work"!! LOVE the way it came out for a double layout with all my pictures!! Realized I should of taken time to have a group pic!! Well, who knows the next time we will get a big party together! Hope to again soon!! 

Other Challenges:

Lasting Memories Layout Challenge Stash Bash

Word Art Wednesday #517-518

Dies R Us Challenge #180 - Anything Goes (Spellbinders Dies)