S.I.T #488

 Just finished page 20 of the weekend.  Getting a bunch down at the fall retreat, but thought I would take a quick break to share this birthday layout inspired by Sketches in Thyme #488.

In place of the flowers I fussy cut pom pom clusters.

Trying to use up my Echo Park “Let’s Party” kit.

Still have a bit left.  Thanks for stopping by to take a peek. 

October 15th Scrap our stash

 Working on my 11th layout of the day and thought I’d give the October Scrap our stash mid month challenge. 

I’ve had this paper in my stash for awhile but picked up the coordinating stickers at the fall CM retreat.  Serendipitous for sure as it really pulls it all together.  I only had one photo instead of 4 but the base and placement echo the sketch.

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Fall retreat

 Fall retreat and first share in a while.  Life has been busy with cross country and school.  I’ve squeezed in a bit of scrappy here and there, but now that it’s fall retreat weekend I plan to get a bunch done. Starting with this beauty.

I’ll pop in with more soon.  Thanks for stopping by

S.I.T #480 OA Nominee

Hello I'm back with another scout layout using Sketches in Thyme #480

I used the base of the layout and altered it a bit to work with my theme and photo.

I've got to start with a little bragging on my son and myself

Eric was nominated to be an Arrowmen in the Order of the Arrow. It's a service organization within the BSA program.  Since his nomination and induction, he has gone on to lead other youth through the induction process even though he never had a traditional induction ceremony due to COVID.  Super proud of him.

Also pretty pleased with myself as well as I used a premade border on this layout.  My CM consultant had an open house at the end of July and I made the border at her make and take station.  I opted to use the cloud BMC instead of the flag banner border punch as I thought it was more versatile for my crafting and I used the B side of the United we stand paper pack for the same reason.  The original was much wider than what's on the layout but by deconstructing it to cut the banner down I was able to use the extras to build the layout.

Mixed and matched the embellishments to create the other elements in the layout.

The firework bursts/ star stickers are CM  in place of the 2.5x 3.75 element and the shield/ arrows are K and company in place of the circle element.  

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Sketch N Scrap #230

 I'm taking advantage of my inability to sleep.  Up at 2 AM, let's scrap.

Still working my way through my son's scout photos using the August sketch at 

Sketch N Scrap

I rotated the sketch to fit my photo orientation as well as changed the title location.

Super proud of myself for using up some of my scraps too.  I had two bigger chunks of Amy Tan papers from some TSR kits.  They mixed together nicely with the CM rainbow scallop sticker and enamel shapes.  I don't know the source or manufacturer of the brads and food truck as those pieces I inherited.  

 finished the whole thing off with some black nuvo drops

love how the mixture of items makes for an interesting cluster.  So glad I skimmed through my kit leftover stash for this watermelon slice.  I figured even if Eric was sauteing onions any food item would work.  Totally in love with the swim goggles to keep his eyes from watering, so innovative

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July Jump Start with the Scraproom

 I'm back with another boy scout layout using the July Jump Start sketch from the Scraproom

I rotated the sketch and merged the two patterned papers together instead of leaving a gap.

Instead of using a border, I journaled around the edges of the patterned paper block instead

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July Scarp our stash sketch challenge

 I finally am back into a creative groove.  I did try to keep the juices flowing on vacation by reading my blog feed daily and marking layouts and challenges I wanted to try when I got back into my craft space.  Now that I've got two weeks of summer school under control and summer track is over, I'm hoping to craft nightly.  Here's what I managed to knock out the past two days. I created this one using the July Scrap our stash sketch challenge.

I tried a couple different configurations with the banners and just didn't like having the tails facing each other.  I think it's because of my background patterned paper. I noticed that most of the DT at S.O.S used solid paper.  Could also be that my cuts are not symmetrical.  Anyway, I changed it up just a bit to work.  I choose to stagger the smaller green banners to play up the stars.  I fussy cut the stars from a scrap of patterned paper but only had two.  Hide the fact that the third didn't match by mounting a merit badge in the center of it.

I also got a quick single-page layout with an 8 x10 photo of my son and husband with a few of their troop mates at World Jamboree.  I have a whole album covering World but wanted a page in my son's road to Eagle Album so that all of the events and activities he does as a scout are in chronological order.  

and this one I whipped out last night.  I was inspired by Creative memories virtual crop sketch #2

I used CM winter woods

and rotated both sides of the sketch to accommodate the orientation of the photos. 

I didn't use the banners or other embellishments so that I could get the photo mat/ title card and journal box on the layout.  Journaling is to be done by my husband and son sometime soon.

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Back in the swing of things

 I've been back from our trip to Colorado for almost a week and this is the first chance I've had to share the latest layout.  I started it just before our trip using a sketch from Rochelle Spears June Challenge

I flipped the sketch upside down and mirrored it to accommodate my photos

Still working away at my son's scout album.  Need to get back to cranking out one a night as he is in West Virginia with his troop at the Summit for Project Orion.

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Throwback photo LM#554

It's time for Lasting Memories fifth and last challenge of the month. For the month of June, LM is doing all about photos for inspiration challenges- This time, use a photo that is at least 10 years old.  If you don't have an old photo, create a layout using a selfie.  Since I just Chapereoned JCHS 2021 Prom I thought I'd dig out this gem from 1990. I used some older paper too as that is a requirement for the TSR challenge.(You must use at least one item on your page that has been in your stash for at least one year.)

I rotated the TSR throwback sketch and used "Scenic Route" clearance items from when Ben Franklin closed in Eugene.

This lovely picture of my date Robert and myself at my Junior Prom. Robert was kind enough to be my date as my boyfriend was taking college finals and I couldn't think of anyone else I would rather have spent the evening with other than my big, little brother. I would spend hours at Roberts's house talking with him about life and love.

I took all my cues from the sketch and tried my hand at some mixed media and stencils. I used white paint mixed with marigold shimmerz and then splattered with old yeller inklingz and radiant rain yellow. I fussy cut the flowers from the patterend paper and popped it up on foam. mixed in some red enamel dots and the orange gems with the gold foliage that matches the smile script I used for my title.

 And here a shot of me at the photo station for this year's Prom

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Rendezous with S.I.T #474

 I'm on a roll again, just in time to go on a road trip.  We'll see how much crafty and creative time I get while traveling. In the meantime, I'm here to share another boy scout layout based on S.I.T sketch #474

I rotated the sketch to fit the orientation of my photos and I added an extra photo as I trimmed them down to edit out a random adult that was in the shot.

Fussy cut the stars from a patterned paper from the same collection as well as added some star stickers and nuvo drops.  Thanks for stopping by to take a look.

9/11 Flag ceremony with Scrap our Stash

  Just got back from my son's Court of  Honor last night and was feeling motivated to get this done.  I'm trying to get closer to current.  This one is 9/11/2019 but I am also working on photos from 2020. The sketch I used from Scrap our stash and added the wood veneer embellishments

I used Bella Blvd "Fireworks and Freedom" which has been in my stash for a while now.  I figured that even though the photos aren't from the 4th of July the patterned paper would go well with the patriotic theme of a flag ceremony.

 The wood veneer phrase arrow and hearts are leftovers from a kit that have also been languishing in my stash.

I love that Scrap our stash encourages diving into and using up our stash of materials.  I've been trying to use what I have and not buy more.  I was doing great till I went thrifting with my daughter.  Found some tags, gems, and dimensional phrase stickers at the local Goodwill.  $3 for new to me items that someone else donated.  I call that a win.

I used the die-cut star (light blue) and created my own stars by punching into the middle of a firework burst.  the tiny red star is the end of the burst.  I hid the cut by tucking it under the layers and added some sparkle with the rhinestone.

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Tenderfoot Court of Honor with S.I.T #473

 

Happy Father's Day to those that celebrate.  I'm sneaking in some early morning crafting as my husband and son are at Camp Baker for an OA work weekend.  We'll celebrate with a nice dinner when they get home but what better way to mark the date than to create another boy scout layout using sketch #473

I switched it up a bit with labels and tags in place of flowers.

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Black and White with LM

 I wasn't entirely sure which of my B&W photos I was going to use to create my GDT assignment for Lasting Memories.  I printed a variety of photos from my hiking adventures with Crystal and Tami.  I'm fortunate to have such amazing friends that share my passion for outdoor adventures. 

 Here's the companion page to my GDT page

I love the dimension in the Journal cluster and that I was able to work in some more wood veneer shapes.  I almost didn't use them as I only had the two flowers and wanted wood in each of my embellishment clusters. 

To solve the wood flower shortage I used my last heart and created a banner from a 2x2 card to bring more flowers to the cluster and make just a bit of the wood peak out from the background without being overwhelming

and here are the two pages together.  In case you missed the left-hand side of the spread you can find it here.

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Lasting memories #553 Black and white

  It's time for Lasting Memories fourth challenge of the month. For the month of June, LM is doing all about photos for inspiration challenges- This time, use a black and white photo.

I don't typically print in black and white and when I do it always tends to be in a larger format 5x7 or 8x10.  My photo of the Columbia River Gorge through the tree line at the top of Beacon Rock is just stunning in B&W ( so is the color version) whoever the selfie of myself and Tami is a hodgepodge of colors, so going B&W keeps the distraction at a minimum and lets the scenery shine.  All the color I need comes from the patterned paper and embellishments I used.

I'm so glad we got to get in this sunrise trip as the trail is now closed due to falling rocks.

Rocks took out the railing and damaged trees above and below.  This picture (from the Washington State Park post) doesn't do the trail justice as it is a series of switchbacks and stairs

This is one that I took on our way down when we actually had light

I was inspired by the color mood broad from LM #549

and Allison Davis sketch support #21

I started with the right-hand side of the layout with the pattern paper stripes then rotated the orientation and used an 8x10 focal photo instead of the group of smaller photos.  I printed my journal strips to get the maximum amount of info into a smaller space as I didn't want to cover too much of the focal photo.

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Urban Orienteering

 I'm finally back to creating after the big move downstairs to the front foyer.  My youngest daughter finally got her wish of having her own room, so I gave up the guest room/ scrap space I acquired in January 2020 when the eldest daughter moved out.  My multi-photo layout is based on Stick it down double-page sketch.

I used more photos than the sketch called for as I had several I wanted to use to document my son's scouting adventure.  We did a family urban orienteering course that I put together to help him with his compass skills requirement for first class. Junction City, Oregon has some neat historical buildings and some amazing gardens to explore.  

I numbered the photos on the right-hand side of the layout and then have the key on the left-hand side below the journaling.

I have almost used up the last of my Creative Memories NSD 2019 papers and embellishments.  I even managed to work in the border from the make and take station at the NSD event.  I'm not much of a border maker kind of girl so this was huge, especially since it was pre-made.

Below are some photos of my new space by the front door

The shelf under my work table is the bottom half of a DVD rack that we altered in another household update.  Love that I could upcycle the piece and not spend much money on the new setup.  I scored with the garage sale find of the two bookcases for $30 and they are solid wood.   

The last share is my mid-month check-in for #2021goals.

I've only missed a few days, not too bad with summer track and a move

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