Good afternoon, crafty friends! Today I was able to scrap this page using the Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge posted by Moira in the Mercy Tiara's 27 Day Scrappy Challenge Facebook group.
I completed my line with frames, tone on tone patterned paper, and wood veneer or cork. As you can probably guess, I used cork since I am trying to bash my stash of it away.
For this page I used:
Patterned Paper - Summer Vibes, Yellow Wood/Grid (Simple Stories)
Patterned Paper - I Love Family, Family Time (Echo Park)
Patterned Paper - Border Strips, Family Time (Echo Park)
Frames - Summer Vibes (Simple Stories)
Word Phrases - Small Talk (Tim Holtz, Idea-ology)
Thickers - Hello (American Crafts)
Chipboard 'Hello' - Recollections (Michaels)
Die Cuts - Flower Scak, 9 to 5 ( October Afternoon)
Bread IS beautiful. I love bread. Especially a nice crusty, but oh so soft on the inside type of bread. I hope that my love of bread came through on this layout, as I was not loving the products so much.
I am using my Citrus Twist kit from September 2017 for this layout. This is the first page I have created from this kit. I decided to go for some of the products I was not loving as much and just scrap!
There are loads of great things in this kit...and a few that really aren't my thing. But that is the beauty of a kit club; it kind of pushes you to use something that you wouldn't normally purchase. Either that, or you stick it way down in the depths of your stash never to see the light of day again.
One of the things I did to try to make this kit more "me" was to take the mountains with a motivational saying under it and turn it into a banner strip that hangs from the top of the page. I used a label from the cut-apart sheet and sprinkled some pearls from my stash.
So while this page is definitely my style, it is not the usual products I would have chosen. The goal was to not flip through my album and have a jarring "WHAT IS THIS?" moment when you got to this page. In my mind, I have done it.
From the kit I used:
Patterned Paper - Escape the Ordinary "Search" (Pink Fresh)
Cut-Apart Sheet (Citrus Twist Exclusive)
Mini Word Stickers (Citrus Twist Exclusive)
Ephemera Pack - Escape the Ordinary (Pink Fresh)
Thickers - "Swing" (American Crafts) August 2017 Kit
Today I am playing along with the gals over at Stuck?! Sketches.
I used a ton of scraps and some bits and baubles from my Rediscover Your Stash kit as well. Really love this sketch and it pushed me a little outside of my comfort zone as I am not a stacking up scraps kind of scrapper...usually.
See that little bit of meshy stuff? That has been in my stash for over 15 years. Crazy! And it has been used on at least two pages so far in the Rediscover Your Stash challenge this go-around. HOORAY!
Scrapbooking IS always fun, right? It should be! I have always enjoyed playing with paper. What a relaxing hobby for me. Thanks for sharing in it?
Today, I used my Citrus Twist August 2017 kit to start documenting a trip to Muir Woods. If you haven't been to this National Park, I highly suggest a trip. The beauty and magic of the woods are definitely not to be missed.
Today I used a sketch that was provided by Citrus Twist in the August 2017 kit. I used two of my favorite photos cropped down to 4x4 squares. This page doesn't move along the story, it is just a pretty page for my scrapbook.
