Sketch N Scrap"s Card Sketch #269 and Small Format Sketch Projects

 Hello, everyone! Happy Sunday to you! I hope that you have been doing well. We are finally getting back into the old routine after having a couple of weeks of vacation. We didn't do much - just a couple of day trips and working on projects around the house - but it was so nice to be a bit more relaxed!

I have been neglecting my poor blog and Instagram, too, so I thought I would share a couple of projects that I have made this month so far. I am starting with the card that I made for Sketch N Scrap's July 5th card sketch since it is featured today over on the Sketch N Scrap Facebook page. Here is a look at the sketch:

And here is my card:

For this card, I have used my Lisa & Lori's Great Stash Bash July kit. I mostly used scraps, but they were in my kit! This was a fun sketch to work with and this card came together so quickly - after I picked my papers! Why is it a struggle sometimes to get the papers right?! In my mind, I had the pink paper and the blue reversed, but when I put it together that way I just didn't like it. I thought about embossing the blue paper but in the end, I just left it plain.

For the flower I used a die set from Momenta that I got at Hobby Lobby probably a year or so ago and this is only the second time I have used it. Here is a close-up - because it's just so pretty:

I love the detail in this flower! I also used a border die from a set that I picked up at Dollar Tree earlier this year and it has quickly become one of my favorites! I really need to use my metal dies more often. I always love the results. Maybe I need to add a couple of dies to my stash bash kits each month, like I do my stamps, and challenge myself to use them. I have been using my stamps more...

The second project I am sharing is the layout I made for Sketch N Scrap's July Crop Challenge #5 over in the Monthly Challenges Facebook group. Here is the sketch:

This is a smaller format sketch but it can be used for any size you like. I made a layout in my traveler's notebook, although it almost measures 6x8. Here is my layout:

A month or so ago, I was watching an unboxing video for an Echo Park warehouse box and they had the Carta Bella Here, There, and Everywhere collection in it and they went through the papers. I saw the daisy paper and remembered I had bought that collection in an Echo Park warehouse sale earlier this year and I had never even looked at it close enough to realize it had daisy paper in it! I scrapped a couple of the other photos from this little photo shoot with Ada back last month and thought I would scrap the rest in my traveler's notebook - using that Carta Bella paper.

I used a couple of alphas and enamel dots from my July kit and I used a couple of stamps, too! That white title piece was just too plain for my liking. 

If you haven't played along with our smaller format sketch, you should give it a try! You can make any size you want or just use one side of the sketch. We would love to see your take on it! You can find our smaller format sketches in our Monthly Challenges Facebook group. It is always challenge #5.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today! Hopefully, I will get back to posting a little more regularly!

Have a great day!

Lisa & Lori's Great Stash Bash July Kit Challenge

Hello, hello! Happy Monday and Happy July 1st! It is time for the Lisa & Lori's Great Stash Bash July Kit Challenge. Here is how this challenge works -  on the 1st of each month, we will post a challenge prompt and the stash kit we have created using that prompt. During the month we will try to use as much of our stash kit as possible on different projects. 

This will be a just-for-fun challenge so there is no monthly prize - but the real prize is using up our stash! We hope you will join us in our quest to bash our stash! If you play along - link up on either my blog or Lisa's blog (or both if you choose) so that we can see who is joining us each month.

Here is July's recipe:

To create your kit, pull 10 papers, 3-4 embellishments, 5-7 scrap papers. Our focus item for July is alphas.

Here is my kit for July:

I am keeping with the summer theme this month and have pulled papers from the Simple Stories Sunshine and Blue Skies collection (2019), and the Simple Stories Summer Lovin collection. Here is a look at the papers:

I haven't bought any new summer collections this year because I have so many older collections that I am trying to work through. I thought I was missing out on the floatie paper in the Echo Park Summer Vibes collection from this year. I even went to my LSS this past week with every intention of buying it - or the whole collection - and they did not have it. When I came home and went through my summer collections, I saw the floatie paper in the Sunshine and Blue Skies collection and thought it worked just as well, so I saved myself some money and I now have an opportunity to use up some stash!

Here is the "b" sides of the papers:

Quite a few cut-apart papers or papers that can be fussy cut.

Here are the embellishments that I have pulled:

The 12x12 sticker sheets from both collections, ephemera packs from both collections, a sticker book, wood veneer, a sheet of word/phrase stickers, and enamel dots. I don't have any enamel dots from either collection, so I had to pull packs that had a color match, which is why there are so many!

Here are the scraps that I pulled:

I had kept the scraps from both collections together with their collection, so I pulled those and the 6x8 paper pad from the Summer Lovin collection.

I also found the matching solid papers for the Sunshine and Blue Skies paper, and I had two sheets from that collection that I just couldn't leave out, and the cut-aparts, too, so I added those as well:

Our focus item for July is alphas, so I pulled a few of those:

Okay, that might be a bit more than a few! To be honest, I rarely reach for these alpha stickers anymore. I am either using my go-to alphas or my metal dies to cut my own, using my stamps, or using ready-made words - like from those on the sticker sheet or in the ephemera packs. All of these alphas are in a bin on the top shelf of my shelving unit and are just not easy to get to. I am so glad I pulled that bin down and went through it! There were so many little gems in there that I forgot that I even had. I pulled alphas in all the colors that match my kit, and I am going to try and challenge myself to use some of these alphas on my projects this month.

I am keeping the same stamps out this month that I had included in my kit last month since my kit is still summer-themed:

That is it for my kit this month! I have 7 or 8 layout ideas for this month's kit. I'm not sure if I will get them all done this month, but at least I'll have everything ready to go when I have the time to get them all done!

Be sure to stop by Lisa's blog - My Creative Endeavors - to see the beautiful kit that she has put together. I always love to see her kits!

Don't forget - this is a just-for-fun challenge, but if you do play along and put together your own stash bash kit - add it to the linky below and we will be sure to check it out and cheer you on! Here are the rules:

1. Follow the challenge prompt to create a kit to work with throughout the month. You may use other items, but please concentrate on using your kit, and link it below.

2. Create new, not previously posted projects using your stash kit.

3. If you have a blog - please include the challenge graphic and a link to our challenge in your posts. 

4. You may link to social media if you don't have a blog. If you share on Instagram, please make sure to use - #lisaandlorisgreatstashbash2024

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today! Have a great day!

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