Celebrate Layout

Scrap our Stash January 2022 Sketch

This layout was made to match the sketch and play along with the Scrap Our Stash January sketch challenge. I chose the Basic Grey RSVP collection in my older stash and started pairing the papers. I chose the gray with dots and traced a bowl out for this larger circle. Using the numbers for the vertical part was appropriate because I wanted to scrapbook that my girlfriends and I always meet up at an Orlando restaurant for ALL of our birthdays. It's a fun place and delicious food, as you can see the bread pudding in the picture. The journal says: "Celebrating another birthday at our favorite restaurant together, it's always Tibby's (New Orlean's Restaurant)". The flags and the cupcake chipboard were all apart of this Basic Grey RSVP kit. French Vanilla Bazzill cardstock was used to mat and for the journal strips. The background is Bazzill yellow.

Other Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday-Anything Goes

Let's Craft and Create-Something New-Pattern papers, flags and chipboard sticker and photo corners .

Word Art Wednesday #527 - #528

Good Memories Sketch In Thyme Layout

                                                              Sketches In Thyme #493

Used old Basic Grey paper from Stella Ruby (in strips and fussy cut), and inked the edges with Distress ink and oxide in Walnut Stain and Aged Mahogany. Used Spellbinders Platinum 6 with circle dies and a Sizzix Bright Bubbles die that I cut apart for the hollow circles. The sticker letters were from an old Echo Park kit I am finished with and the cardstocks from my stash. 

Challenges

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #517-518

Lasting Memories Layout Challenge Stash Bash-Enamel Dots

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)

Smarty Pants Sketch In Thyme Layout

                                                      Sketches In Thyme October #489

Using another Sketch in Thyme sketch, and more of my parrot pics, with all of these old supplies from my scrap stash, I am in love with how it came out!! Making Memories letters were embossed with WOW Ultra High clear embossing powder and heat embossed. The word "pants" was die cut from Altenew Simple Alphabet letters in yellow cardstock. The ribbon at the top was secured to match the sketch. The hibiscus flowers were die cut from a Tessler die. Hope you enjoy my layout and pics of these ultra clever parrots!! They were beautiful and smart too!!

Other Challenges I am entering:

Word Art Wednesday #513-514

Let's Craft & Create Challenge- AG + Anything with Wings-Parrots

Creative Paris Layout

Sketches In Thyme September Week #3 Sketch

Creative Embellishments September Challenge

I used Authentique Papers called Explore and started with the gorgeous map paper. I then used other papers in the collection and my Spellbinders circle dies and Platinum 6 die cutting machine to cut them into circles. The flowers are all Prima Marketing from different collections. The wooden pieces were in my stash. I used white gesso on the flowers then rubbed Evergreen Bough Distress Oxide over the top and used my heat gun to dry each layer faster. After the piece was dry, I rubbed it with Versa Mark ink pad and then added Wow Clear gloss ultra high embossing powder and heat set that. This gave the flowers an enamel gloss to the piece. I broke off a piece while doing the technique and that made me want to use this as 2 pieces to the layout. Funny how accidents turn into great ways to use things! Love that! With the word Cherish, I used the Versamark ink and added Ranger Gold embossing powder and heat set. The velvet ribbon was left over from cards I made so it just seemed to beg to go on the layout as well. The quote was from the top bar of the Authentique Papers which was added with foam squares under the velvet ribbon.

The Story: In 2019, my husband and I chose to take our 40th Anniversary trip a year early. Yes. We decided NOT to wait for July 2020 to take our trip when the time was actually going to happen and due to that very thing, I really cherish these precious memories!! First time to Paris and not planning any more trips! Once and done!

I loved playing with these pieces from my stash and am entering this in these challenges:

Sketch In Thyme #485

Sketch in Thyme chose this layout as one of the top 3 runner up winners for September.

Simon Says Stamp Monday=Touchy Feely

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday-Anything Goes

Creative Embellishments September Challenge

Word Art Wednesday #511-512

Let's Craft and Create #175-Lots of layers

                                                   

 

Friends Layout

This is a layout of my friends who regularly attend conventions for stamping and scrapbooking. We decided to wear matching t-shirts and it was a big hit at this particular one due to their mascot is a flamingo! We always have a blast together no matter what we are doing!! Loved using the Simon Says Stamp "Thank you for being a friend" from the Golden Girls. The flamingo is from Creek Bank Creations (it's on clearance!!) and the papers are all from Let's Party by Echo Park. The bunting pieces were all fussy cut out and there were so many!! Think of putting a puzzle together to arrange them in these clusters! The edges were all inked with Ranger Walnut stain ink. Am entering this on Sketch in Thyme following the sketch below. Enjoy!!

Sketch in Thyme #484

Challenges I am entering include:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge-Lots of Layers

Word Art Wednesday #509-510

Let's Craft & Create Challenge #175 Anything Goes & Lots of Layers

Prima Marketing Annalee Layout from Sketch in Thyme blog

I love these papers and found them at a recent Scrapbook Garage Sale at The Scrapbook Studio in Tavares, FL. Such a cute shop and met such sweet ladies!! Yes these papers are a blast from the past and came with the flowers which were included. Loved working with all of the pretty colors to make this feminine layout. Products used: Prima Marketing Annalee, Fairy Flora and Flights of Fancy Collection papers. I fussy cut apart the borders and used 2 of those. Cut up all of the different papers as squares and layered and distress inked all of the edges of each and the larger 12x12 background too. Inks: Ranger Distress Walnut ink; Distress Oxides in Mermaid Lagoon and Raspberry Preserves with a blender tool. Also distress inked the flowers as well. 

Here's the Sketches in Thyme sketch #483

Challenge:

Sketches in Thyme Sept. #483

Word Art Wednesday #507-508

Funkie Junkie Boutique Challenge-De-stressing with distressing-I used 2 Ranger Distress Oxides: Mermaid Lagoon, and Raspberry Preserves and of course Distress Walnut Ink.