Eric's Birthday

Last one of the layouts I made at Croptober retreat

I didn't get it in with the last post as I did an alteration with glitter glue as the title cut out was the wrong color.  Super easy to fix with a maker for background and glitter glue on top.

The paper pack is one from National Scrapbook day event that I didn't get to attend, but had to have the paper.  Perfect for a birthday themed layout.  The Party cut out was from a giveaway from my CM consultant, however as stated above wae not in the color palate I needed.  So glad to have got it out of my stash and onto a page.

One more retreat post

Okay so last retreat post for the evening. 

I have a couple 2 page spreads for Girl Scout National Convention in Ohio

This first one is in downtown Lake Osewgo and in the airports

Exploring the Scioto Mile in Columbus Ohio

Convention and Ice Cream- our daily staple

And now for some single page layouts

This last one cracks me up.  

The bread is my daghters braids pulled around and twisted and it goes so well with her shirt.

You can't tell in this photo but I made her 3 dimensional by cutting out hr image and layering it on top of a second simiral photo.  Looks pretty cool in real life.

 

I have one more layout to share after this, but the glitter glue is still drying so it'll have to wait.  

Croptoberfest retreat

My CM advisor hosted a Croptoberfest Retreat.

Part of the event was using project recipes with the specialty paper for the event

Neither of my layouts are for the fall season but the colors worked well with them anyway.

First up is our family viewing of the nearly total Eclipse in Oregon

Then I documented our last summer adventures before heading back to school.

Our stops included lunch at sizzle pie, bubble tea at Townsend tea house, Ice cream at Red Wagon Creamery and a sweet treat from Vodoo donuts

I like the overall layout but might go back and tweak it as the sample photo doesn't look like the end result.  Think the measurements provided are not correct

CM virtual challenge

I've been really hit and miss on here.  I started a new job last month and my only creative time has been the retreat I attended towards the end of October.  I just relaized I never shared the layouts I got done.  So while I'm waiting for inspiration to strike I might as welll share.  Alot of the layouts where created for the Creative memories live crop last month and I did post a few of them to that forum.

For Challenge #1 I stuck really close to the original sketch, however I didn't use CM products from the last 6months.  The paper is from a year to remeber which is on the older side.  Oh well, I was playing for the pure inspiration of the sketches and not to win prizes

Challenge #2 has an extra photo in the layout but works because I changed the cut dimensions.

Got to use a TSR kit for this one

Challenge #4, yup I skipped #3 as I wasn't feeling the circle cut photos.

Anyway I did just the left side of the layout of my Daughter and I running with 

Team Red, White and Blue

Challenge#5 I flipped on it's side and made the photos larger.

I also didn't round the corners and replaced the scallops with the flower punch.

Challenge #6 I think was my favorite.  I moved the journaling to the top as I wanted lots of space to write about my amazing daughter.  She created an inspiration board for her bedroom, with quotes and messages to her self.

So there you have it the Virtual challenge from October