December scrap a sketch

I recently joined scrap a sketch on Facebook 

This sketch is from the December 18th sketch-a-thon

The circle element is a mixture of chipboard leaves and leaf stickers popped up on foam.  I also added in some dotted flourishes to create movement around the leaves.  Hard to se them in the photo but love the little actors it adds.

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Mid month check in

 Hi all stopping in with a mid-month check in.  I’ve changed up the way I tracking my time spent scraping this year.  Last year I did the days of the month letters that could be colored in.  I’m much more of a linear girl so an actual calendar with a place to tally total pages completed.

Below is a layout that I finished before my birthday weekend.  No challenge, no sketch, just because.

And a quick sneak peak of the subject of my next DT layout 

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JO with S. I.T and UYS

With my “Magic Awaits” collection still out from my DT assignment I thought I would do another layout with it. 

The papers are Creative Memories take on Disney colors so they are a perfect match for the Inspired by Disney challenge at Use Your Stuff.  I paired it with the current sketch at Sketches in Thyme.

Even though the embellishments are meant to accompany photos from the Disney theme parks I picked the more neutral ones that are generic enough to go with my subject matter 

And here’s a peak at the journaling 

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Deep in the woods

 I have to admit that I am smitten with the new "Deep in the Woods" collection from Creative Memories.

I'm very much into the earthy colors and textures on the papers and I love that I could cut apart the laser cut frame page to get it to spread across two pages.  I added in some leaves cut from the side of the journal card.  Sprinkled in some wood round stickers.  Plus a smattering of mushroom stickers and die cuts to finish off the layout..  the paper works so well with my photos of my adventure partner Jodie.  We went mushroom picking this past November

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UYS- Inspired by Disney

I'm super excited to announce I've been selected for the Use Your Stuff DT.

Team A will be sharing their take on Inspired by Disney.  

I inherited my scrap friend  Creative Memories' "Magic Awaits" decorative bundle.  Mary was a huge Disney fan and was working on her Disney Album when she passed from cancer two years ago this March.  I kept the collection even though I'll probably never go to a Disney park.  I find that the color scheme works well with the Junction City High School colors.  Below is a layout I created for my daughter's school album which is 8.5x 11

I hope that you find some inspiration from my project, or from the other DT

 

Halloween

Still working my way through the end of 2022.  My kids are on the edge of being too old to trick or treat but decided to go out this year as they didn't last.  I'm using Sketches in Thyme #499 for this layout.

I framed one of the 4x6 photos with a cut-down 6x6 frame from an old Halloween paper pad from Creative memories.  I also used two sheets of the argile print butted together.

 The black lace detail is fussy cut from the same paper pad.  The owl is a coordinating dimensional sticker and the banners are die cuts.  Finished it all off with puffy stars and black nuvo drops.

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Greenhouse

Wheel of challenges at scrap our stash is a recipe challenge

1 title 

2 photos 

3 embellishment clusters

4 pattern paper 

5 enamel/ puffy dots, jewels or sequins

I think I pulled the recipe together.

To get 4 patterns I had to gut a strip 3x 9 ish inches.  Didn’t cut enough for the top blue floral to go edge to edge like the pink on the bottom but no worries as I hid the shortage behind the tag/ cluster.

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Year end recap

 I started off strong with my #2021goals of scraping 15 or more a day and blogging at least once a week.  Did fairly well until cross country seat started.  Lost my free weekends to coaching.  Still manages 91 post and over 100 layouts as a couple post featured multiple layouts.

 

Keep your fingers crossed for me as I’ve applied for a Design team spot for 2022.

LM #557 throwback

 I absolutely loved the multi phot challenge earlier in the year and am glad to see it made the throwback list at Lasting Memories.  I used the CM December virtual crop sketch1 for this layout but rotated it to fit my photos.

I be got on more set of photos paired with paper from the fall retreat weekend packing.  Definitely makes the process go faster.  I’ll need to get the next group prepped this weekend.

Did a bit of fussy cutting of the floral paper in the kit and wasn’t sure I’d use them as these pictures are from an October canoe trip.  If the colors work why not, right?  

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Anything goes

 Challenge YOURself #96- anything goes paired with TSR December jumpstart sketch.

My original thought was to make a wreath-type circle with the CM pine branch border maker punch.  A couple snips between the segments and I was able to shape the line into a semi-circle.  I love how the bottom one came out but not the top so I only used a half circle but the element is still there.  Added a couple of extra strips for pops of color. All of the paper is the B-side of the CM Halloween papers (toil and trouble, Hocus Hopcus and bats in the belfry)  Mixed in chipboard elements from MME happy camper. Plus the thicker phrase and some enamel dots all to document my daughter and I evening at the Eugene Symphony.

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Final summer road trip pages

 Finally finished the summer vacation section of the album with a title page for the front and a pocket page to hold maps/ brochures at the back.

 I used a bunch of assorted travel themed ephemera and my label marker for the location strips

The back page was made with acetate sleeves that I closed off and decorated 

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Summer road trip

 Finished up the last of the summer road trip photos and in the process found all of the maps and park newspapers that I was going to use on the layouts.  I managed to incorporate the one for Malad Gorge and snuck one into the Pikes peak layout but the other ones won’t be so easy.  I’m thinking about making a pocket page for all of them at the end of the trip and also create a title page to denote the start of the trip as I housed it in my chronological albums.  

I’ll share what I come up with soon.  Thanks for stopping by to take a peak 

Summer tea

 Back with another layout from our summer road trip day 12

For this layout I cut down the Summer tea menu into smaller segments so that it would fit on the page.  The title banner is cut pieces from the parking permit.  Lucky that the soft blue works with the CM road trip papers.  Still have a little paper left and two more days to go. 

I have more maps and memorabilia that I think I’ll work into th back of the pages or on the opening title page.  Still working that part out.  Thanks again for stopping by

Redefine Kreative

 I’m playing along with the Redefine Kreative Facebook group on the December daily challenge.  Crate at least 15 minutes a day.  So far I’ve got 4 days in a row.  Super excited to share yet another road trip layout.

 

And a peak at my score card

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EP- “Go,See,Do” kill a kit

 

Killing another TSR kit.  Every month the scraproom has a kill a kit challenge.  I picked two travel-themed TSR kits to use.  The first one was  Simple Sotries " Travel Note" and this one by Echo Park "Go,See, Do"

Here's what the kit looked like to start with. 

2 white card stock

3 patterned papers

die cuts and clear epoxy stickers

This is Day 5 and 6 of our road trip- Arches National Park day 5.  Super hot and crowded, but beautiful.

Day 6 was a travel day with a brief lunch stop at Eagle creek water sports park.

Day 7 was our first day in Colorado Springs. 

 We hiked in Garden of the Gods and finished the day with a run in the thunderstorm

The embellishment clusters are a mix of the SS kit leftovers, word phrases, and enamel dots

This last layout is three days' worth of fun.

Day 8 was the 4th of July so we did a short walk at Memorial park before going to my brothers for dinner

Day 9 was a trip to Cave of the Winds and dinner at bonefish

Day 10 was Old Colorado Springs along with a trip to the El Paso County Museum

 And this is all I have left

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TSR Kit killing

 I’ve finally started working on our summer road trip and did the first 3 days using my Simple Stories lTravel Note” kit from 6/2018.  Got 3 two page layouts done and don’t have much left from the kit.  I was originally going to mix kits so that the colors and embellishments through out but with 14 day to document I’m not going to be able to stretch the two kits I have.

Day one was a stop @ Clearwater Creek, Crater Lake and over night in Klamath Falls (Piano Project)

Day 2 morning run along the Klamath River and then Lava Beds National Monument 

Day 3 we drove straight thru Nevada and stopped in Windover for the night so this layout is actually day 4 of the road trip.  Might have to change the title.  

This layout is of our morning run which was in Nevada but the rest of the the rest of the day was in Utah.

Lepton Hills trail, visit to Wendover air base.  Home of the Ebola Gay hanger, Temple Square, and the Salt flats.

I’m still trying to get in 15 minutes of creating a day and have a new color chart as I’m also playing along with redefine kreative

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TSR throwback

 This is for the November scrap room throwback sketch.  

I've had the American Crafts "Dear Lizzy" kits in my stash for a while as I put my membership on pause during the start of the pandemic when I was job sharing and uncertain as to what I could afford. (May 2020) so I know that the kits are at least a year old if not older.  

I did two photos in place of one 4 x6 and also changed up the visual triangle.

I used the birds as the three points nesting the smaller puffy sticker birds on the cut apart frames.

skipping using a title too as I want the words on the background paper to stand out.

Finished it all off with a bit of journaling on the bottom piece of paper

Stash bash with a sketch

I love pairing sketches with stash challenges.  It gives me the opportunity to dive into my stash while not having to overthink the creative process of the layout.  Lasting memories most recent stash bash challenge is to use wood veneer, flair and/ or buttons- LM #574

I don't have much in the way of flair so I grabbed the next best thing- oversized pearl brad.  I also used a wood title and a smattering of buttons to document this year's harvest.

The buttons, brad, and title are from my stash everything else that I used is from my Fancy pants "good old days" kit from the scraproom kit club.  I'm currently on a pause from the monthly kits as I'm trying to work through my current stash of kits, so this challenge is perfect to help me make a dent

as for the sketch, it's another from the CM November virtual crop #1

 

Bubble tea

Another two challenges in one layout.

Lasting memories stash bash- washi, stickers and punches and a sketch from sketches in thyme #493

I used a single piece of pink washi, a bunch of stickers that coordinate with the paper and various circle punches 

I made the center paper 8 1/2 x 8 1/2 so that I could use the salvage flip side for the circles.  Switched journal location and forgoing a title.  I tend to not use titles on layouts and let the photos and journaling tell the story.

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