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.
First Day of School layouts often contain primary colors and heaps of school themed product. I have never been a scrapper who feels the need to have loads of school themed product. That may be because we have homeschooled. You know, that cute yellow bus die cut just doesn't apply to us. However, I do document the first day of school and random things we do throughout the year in the family albums.
Here is the first day for our two daughters. Now, I did save this 6x6 paper pad sheet for this particular layout. However, I have no idea where it came from other than it was in a paper pad. And I only know this because some of the paper pad glue was still stuck to the top of the paper!
No hashtag, just school. That title came from a conversation I had with my daughters about whether this photo would be hashtagged and what it should be. Well, there was no hashtag when I shared the photo, so it's just school. Had I not received this Thicker word in a Citrus Twist Kit, I am sure the title would have gone in a completely different direction.
For this layout, I used my Stash Kit, along with a few more letter sitckers and that saved sheet of paper thrown in.
Cardstock, unknown
Washi, unknown
Chipboard Stickers - Family & Co, Fancy Pants
Die Cuts - Family Stories, Teresa Collins
Color Shine - Black Velvet, Heidi Swapp
New Bradz - Sunshine & Happiness, Simple Stories
Enamel Dots - McIntosh, Bella Blvd.
Thickers - Skylar, American Crafts
Thickers - unknown, AMerican Crafts
Stickers - Capture Life, Echo Park
Baker's Twine - Recollections, Michaels
6x6 Paper, unknown
Letter stickers - Sweet & Sour Soup, Jillibean Soup
If you want to see how this layout came together, check out the process video here:
Today I am Rediscovering My Stash. I'll be residiscovering this stash for the next month or so. Yay! The challenge for today is to scrap a layout without people. Well, here's a layout with a sign and an automobile. Working through the Jelly Belly Factory Tour day trip. I am almost finished with it so that is super exciting!
One of my YouTube friends, Crystal Barret, has been scrapping with triangles. I have noticed them on a couple of her videos, so she inspired me with the triangle on the paper and using the triangle stickers for the banner. Please don't blame her for that awkwardness of the banner, though. That is all my own doing. I don't know if any banner would actually present itself in such a weirdo way. Ha!
Awkward!
Sticker Cluster
For supplies, I dug into my Stash kit. Here's what ended up on the page:
Today I am playing along with the gals over at Sketches in Thyme. This is sketch #289 by Brenda Ragsdale.
Today's layout is made from my Rediscover Your Stash Challenge Kit. This is the 4th layout I have created, so I have a ton of product left to work through. I did not use any cork. Hooray! I thought I was going to end up with cork on every. single. layout. I did use a gelato for the first time. Go me. I am not sure how exciting of a job I did with it and think if I play a little more I can make something cool. Next time!
Black Dot Paper - Life is Beautiful, Fancy Pants
Green Paper - I Love Family, Echo Park
Hexagon Color Paper - I Love Sunshine, Echo Park
Gelato - Passion Fruit, Faber-Castell
Stickers - Sunshine & Happiness, SImple Stories
Enamel Dots - Homemade, Perler
Washi Stickers - Freckled Fawn
Word Phrases - Tim Holtz
Washi - Stash, unknown
Enamel Hearts - Freckled Fawn
Enamel-like Circles - Fancy Pants
You can see how this page came together on my YouTube channel:
