Sunday, November 22, 2020

November 2020 creations

I'm so bad about keeping my blog current.  I feel like between the Facebook groups I post to and the Youtube channels I follow that blogging is becoming a thing of the past.  However, it's time for me to get back at it if nothing else to force me to craft more and to share and inspire.

Earlier this month I participated in the Creative memories virtual crop and even posted my layouts to the group only to have them deleted as none of the layouts used purely CM products.  Card stock,  tools, techniques and sketches but not 100% their product.  I get it but I'm trying to use all my stash not just CM. So here goes my take on 5 of the 6 sketches


I turned a single page spread into two using MME "happy camper"



I did make all the chevrons by hand with 1/2 inch strips.
  I like how they turned out but will probably never do it that way again.
I also added a few extra photos to the sketch because I wanted to showcase the whole evening for Ana's 16th

I actually used CM paper on this one.  The camera pp is from "picture this" and the navy cardstock is CM as well, Just threw in some of the leftovers from  MME  "gal meets Glam" on the previous layout to tie it all together.  Love the individual photos of my daughter taken during the party photoshoot.


No CM products here at all just the sketch.
I'll be honest the photos and papers I'm working through we pulled for a weekend retreat back in October.  I didn't get as far as I thought I would as the kid's school albums were not even close to up to date like I thought.  Closer now but still need to go back and add a few things. At least this year won't have as many school things to add with virtual classes.

So still plugging away.  
The process is definitely faster when everything is together and all I have to do is grab a collection keeper


 The collection I used just screamed sweet treats and I thought it would be perfect to showcase my daughter in her chef garb.  Her first gig cooking as a volunteer for Troop 182 and the Irving grange during the annual pancake feed and car show.

For this last layout I used a sketch from creative scrapbooker magazine November 2020 sketch

quick and simple as I used scraps from a previous layout as I wanted the connection to the event but also showcase his character